Happy Kid!

by Gail Gauthier

  “What else could it be?”

  I had an idea. Or maybe I just heard something screaming Melissa’s name.

  I pulled Happy Kid! out of my backpack and handed it to her. “Here. You really should read this.”

  Melissa sneered. “I don’t need a stupid self-help book.”

  “Oh, believe me, Melissa, you do. I showed you how it works,” I said as I forced Happy Kid! into her hands. “Let it fall open and read whatever you find there.”

  Melissa hardly had to do anything. The book practically popped open as soon as she touched it. We both looked down to see what it had to say.