Page 428 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1

The kids at my school are AlWAys itching to

see a fight. Me and Rowley tried to walk away,

but those guys weren’t going to let us go until

they saw us throw some punches.

I’ve never been in a real fight before, so I didn’t

know how I was supposed to stand or hold my

fists or anything. And you could tell Rowley

didn’t know what he was doing either, because he

just started prancing around like a leprechaun.

I was pretty sure I could take Rowley in a

fight, but the thing that made me nervous was

the fact that Rowley takes karate. I don’t know

what kind of hocus-pocus they teach in Rowley’s