Fudge-a-Mania

Peter wakes up feeling silly about his poisonous gas idea, and after breakfast, goes back to sleep. He wakes again unsure what to do about Jimmy and stares out the window at the sun breaking through the clouds, trying to find some optimism. Peter goes out to the porch to look at his baseball cards when Mitzi appears. She tells Peter about a special monster spray that her grandma makes for her. She asks where Fudge is, and Peter takes her behind the house to the garden that Fudge and Sheila are planting together. They find that Sheila and Fudge have dug up some grass and are now planting their rock collection there. Fudge insists it is better than plants because they don’t get eaten and don’t die. Mitzi gets down to help and is soon eating the mud, much to Sheila’s dismay. Soon Mitzi and Fudge start twirling around, and when Sheila tells them to stop, Mitzi yells, “It’s Fudge-a-mania!” (62). Peter even joins in the fun, but Sheila only criticizes them. Before long, Libby comes outside to lecture the kids for being too loud despite it being 10 o’clock in the morning.