Funny Kid Slapstick Chapter Sampler

‘Hurry up, Max, or intermission will be over before you get here,’ Mayor Lopez says into the microphone. The crowd giggles. I glare at him, which is a bad idea. I slip, watch my feet fly through the air and land on my bottom. The whole place erupts in laughter. My bum is instantly freezing cold and wet. I assume this is what it feels like to sit on a seal. I put my hands on the ice for balance and climb back to my feet, pointing my icy rear at the crowd as I do. There’s more laughter.

Want to kiss a seal?

I step carefully onto the ice. Firm feet, I tell myself. It would be a bit of a disaster to fall flat on my face before I even reach the ma‑a‑a-a-A-Y-O-R –

Whoops. I steady myself and look down at the ice. I focus on putting one foot in front of the other and walking as though I have drying cement in my pants.

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