All the other kids sang about Halloween, as Ron Wolfe tells the story in Wednesday's Family section. But Awful Alfred only pretended. "Mumble, mumph," he faked the words. He had an awful secret.
Awful Alfred's secret was so bad that everybody would laugh at him if they found out. There was a girl with orange hair, and he just knew this girl would giggle at him something terrible.
Awful Alfred was famous for being the worst boy in Mrs. Foobah's class, and he liked it that way. He worked at it. But if anyone knew his secret, then he wouldn't be worth a boo.
He'd gotten his nickname by kicking off his shoes. "That's stinky, Alfred," Mrs. Foobah said.
He fell off his chair on purpose. "That's upsetting, Alfred," Mrs. Foobah said.
Finally, he threw a tantrum on top of a tizzy, and it beat the school record by a huff and a half. "That's awful, Alfred," Mrs. Foobah said.
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