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It pours rain all day. Paul and Joey get called into the office at school. Coach Walski is there with the principal. They’ve been called by the carnival people, who told them that some soccer players trashed the freak show. Paul tells them about the other boys. Joey agrees that there were other soccer players there. As they leave the office together, Paul tells Joey that he feels bad about ratting on the other boys. He thinks they’re going to find out who did ratted. Paul asks Joey if Kerri is with Adam. Joey says that Adam is a geek, and he doesn’t think she’s with him. The rain has been pouring all day. As they’re walking on the wooden walkways between the portables of the school they suddenly hear a whooshing sound. They look around and the see that the ground has opened up and a portable is sliding into a sinkhole. The wooden walkways snap and splinter. Realizing that other kids are in the portable, Paul runs through the mud and rain to help get them out. All the kids link arms and they help the kids climb out the hole. Another portable begins to slide too. They save all the kids When all the kids are safe, they all pile into the gym. Gino, the star of the soccer team praises Paul for his bravery. Paul goes home and tells his mom what happened. She’s horrified. That night the see their school, and the sinkhole, on CNN. Paul’s dad is upset because his boss at the civil engineering department is away, and he’s taking all the heat for the fact that school was built on a sinkhole. Paul goes to bed feeling good because of how he acted bravely. He’s still scared of Erik, but at least he was brave.