Audiobook Sample: Superfudge by Judy Blume

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Chapter one. Guess what? Peter life was going along? Ok. When my mother and father dropped the news, bam just like that. We have something wonderful to tell you. Peter Mom said before dinner, she was slicing carrots into the salad bowl. I grabbed one. What is it? I asked, I figured maybe my father's been made president of the company or maybe my teacher phoned saying that even though I don't get the best grades in the fifth grade, I am definitely the smartest kid in the class. We're going to have a baby. Mom said we're gonna, what I asked starting to choke. Dad had to whack me on the back. Tiny pieces of chewed up carrot flew out of my mouth and hit the counter. Mom wiped them up with a sponge. Have a baby? Dad said, you mean you're pregnant? I asked mom. That's right. She told me patting her middle almost four months, four months you've known for four months and you didn't tell me we wanted to be sure. Dad said it took you four months to be sure. I saw the doctor for the second time today. Mom said the baby is due in February. She reached over and tried to towel my hair. I ducked and got out of the way before she could touch me. Dad, took the lid off the pot on the stove and stirred up the stew. Mom went back to slicing carrots. You'd have thought they were discussing the weather. How could you? I shouted, how could you? Isn't one enough? They both stopped and looked at me. I kept right on shouting another fudge. Just what this family needs. I turned and stormed down the hall.