Diary of a Wimpy Kid: RODRICK RULES | 5 Pages | Part 5

Rodrick said OK, but then he went out of his way to find every speed bump in town.

When I got out of the van, I called Rodrick a big jerk, and then it got physical. Mom saw the whole thing unfold from the living room window.

Mom made us come inside, and she sat us down at the kitchen table. Then she said me and Rodrick were going to have to settle our differences in a "Civil Manner". Mom told me and Rodrick we each had to write down what we did wrong, and then we had to draw a picture to go along with it. And I knew exactly where Mom was going with THAT idea. Mom used to be a preschool teacher, and whenever a kid would do something wrong, she'd make him draw a picture of it. I guess the idea was to make the kid feel ashamed of what he did so he wouldn't do it again.

Well, Mom's idea might have worked great on a bunch of four-year-olds, but she's going to have to think of something better if she wants me and Rodrick to get along.

The truth is, Rodrick can pretty much treat me any way he wants, because he knows there's nothing I can do about it. See, Rodrick is the only one who knows about this REALLY embarrassing thing that happened to me over the summer, and he's been holding it over my head ever since. So if I ever tell on him for anything, he'll spill my secret to the whole world. I just wish I had some dirt on HIM to even things out. I do know ONE embarrassing thing about Rodrick, but I don't think it's gonna do me any good. When Rodrick was a sophomore, he was sick the day they did school photos. So Mom told Dad to mail in Rodrick's freshman picture for the school to use in the yearbook. Don't ask me how Dad screwed this up, but he sent in Rodrick's SECOND-grade picture. And believe it or not, it actually got printed.

Unfortunately, Rodrick was smart enough to rip that page out of his yearbook. So if I'm ever gonna find something to use against him, I guess I have to keep digging.
(Wednesday)
Ever since Mom assigned the dishes to me and Rodrick, Dad's been going down to the furnace room after dinner to work on his miniature Civil War battlefield of his.

(The End)
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