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My Explosive Diary andlt;link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../styles/9781481406512.css"andgt; andlt;h2 andgt;andlt;a id="page_1"andgt;andlt;/aandgt;Saturday Nightandlt;/h2andgt; andlt;h2 andgt;My Lab, 7 p.m.andlt;/h2andgt; andlt;BRandgt;Dear Diary,andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Weand#8217;ve been banished to the lab FOREVER. Youand#8217;ll understand why when I tell you about my latest invention.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0001-01.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;a id="page_2"andgt;andlt;/aandgt;It was Invention 92: the Super-Sneaky Spy-Cam Collar.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0002-01.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;a id="page_3"andgt;andlt;/aandgt;This is what happened to it.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0003-01.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Donand#8217;t worry, Einstein wasnand#8217;t wearing it at the time.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Dad says that before every good invention there are 99 not-so-good ones. That was number 92. Iand#8217;m SO CLOSE, Diary.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;a id="page_4"andgt;andlt;/aandgt;Everyone in my family had the grumps after theand#160;explosion.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0004-01.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;a id="page_5"andgt;andlt;/aandgt;Einstein is the only one who has forgiven me.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;He understands me even if no one else does.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;This is him.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0005-01.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;I named him Einstein after the real Einstein, who was a scientist. But heand#8217;s dead now. Not my dogand#8212;the scientist.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;a id="page_6"andgt;andlt;/aandgt;Do you know what hurt the most? It was what Dad said:andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0006-01.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;He knows I donand#8217;t have a bedroom. I have a LAB. Bedrooms are just for sleeping in. Iand#8217;m too busy inventing to sleep!andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;a id="page_7"andgt;andlt;/aandgt;Dad has a lab too, only his is disguised as aand#160;garden shed.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0007-01.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Dad is a fully qualified inventor who makes gadgets for spies, and Iand#8217;m his assistant. I like being an assistant inventor, but one day Iand#8217;d actually like to be a SPY, too. I mean, why should someone ELSE get to have all the fun with MY inventions?andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;a id="page_8"andgt;andlt;/aandgt;Speaking of inventions, how did my Super-Sneaky Spy-Cam Collar go so wrong? Itand#160;would have been PERFECT for tracking down where Einstein buries our thingsand#160;.and#160;.and#160;.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0008-01.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;a id="page_9"andgt;andlt;/aandgt;and#160;.and#160;.and#160;. like Aliceand#8217;s shoes,andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0009-01.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;and#160;.and#160;.and#160;. Plumand#8217;s toys,andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0009-02.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;and#160;.and#160;.and#160;. and even Dadand#8217;s tools from his tool belt.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0009-03.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;a id="page_10"andgt;andlt;/aandgt;I showed Alice my invention yesterday before it exploded. She should have been super-impressed, but she barely looked at it. That was very non-super of her.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0010-01.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;a id="page_11"andgt;andlt;/aandgt;No one cares about any of my inventionsand#8212;especially Alice. All she cares about is her garden. Thatand#8217;s why she confiscated Inventionand#160;91: the Spy Rocket that Iand#160;invented last week. She just doesnand#8217;t understand me or my inventions.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0011-01.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;a id="page_12"andgt;andlt;/aandgt;My plan was to make Einstein wear his Super- Sneaky Spy-Cam Collar, and then Iand#8217;d watch the film to see where his secret stash wasand#160;buried.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;But when I connected the Super-Sneaky Spy-Cam to the telecommunication system (theand#160;TV) via the electric current carrier (the TV cable), and put on our flying particle protectors (goggles)and#160;.and#160;.and#160;. well, you know what happened:andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0012-01.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;And that brings us back to right now.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;a id="page_14"andgt;andlt;/aandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0014-01.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Iand#8217;m desperate to come up with an even better invention. Thatand#8217;s why weand#8217;re upside downand#8212;it helps you think. It also makes your hair grow, which is probably why we both have big, fuzzyand#160;hairstyles.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Thinkingand#160;.and#160;.and#160;. thinkingand#160;.and#160;.and#160;. I just know something will come to me soon.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Yours inventively,andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Eliza Boomandlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Inventor-in-Trainingandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;a id="page_15"andgt;andlt;/aandgt;P.S. Since Iand#8217;m writing my inventions in your pages, Diary, you should have a scientific name,and#160;too.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0015-01.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Edison invented this:andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;img src="../images/f0015-02.jpg" alt="Images"andgt;