Down on the playground Kathy was singing her favorite song.

"Wayside School is falling down,

falling down, falling down. Wayside School is falling down, my fair lady,

"Kids go splat as they hit the ground,

hit the ground, hit the ground. Kids go splat as they hit the ground, my fair lady."

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D. J. was walking across the playground with his head down.

"Hi, Dr. Jolly," said Louis. Louis called D.J. "Doctor Jolly" because he was always smiling.

But now D.J.\'s smile was upside down. He looked up at Louis.

Louis had never seen such a sad face. "What\'s wrong?" he asked.

D.J. just shook his head, then looked back down at the ground and sadly walked away.

Louis felt like crying.

"Hey, Louis, what\'s wrong with D.J.?" asked Ron.

"He\'s so sad!" said Deedee.

"I don\'t know," said Louis, shaking his head. "Hey, you guys want to play kickball?"

"No thanks," said Deedee. "I can\'t have fun when D.J. is unhappy."

"Me neither," said Ron.

Across the playground, all the children quit their games when they saw D.J. Nobody could have fun when D.J. looked so sad.

Except Kathy! She sang:

"Broken bones and blood and gore, blood and gore, blood and gore. Broken bones and blood and gore, my fair lady.

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"We don\'t have no school no more,

school no more, school no more. We don\'t have no school no more, my fair lady."

The bell rang. D.J. sadly looked up at the school and sighed.

"Hey, Deej, snap out of it," said Myron.

D.J. stared through his friend.

"You want to walk up the stairs with us, Dojo?" asked Dameon.

D.J. shook his head. "I need to be alone," he mumbled.

Dameon and Myron looked at each other, then started up the stairs, leaving their sad friend behind.

D.J. headed on up, but stopped halfway between the ninth and tenth floors and sat down. He lowered his face into his hands and cried.

A moment later someone burst out laughing.

D.J. opened his eyes and saw Kathy standing over him.

"You shouldn\'t sit on the stairs, Dumb Jerk!" said Kathy with glee. "I almost kicked you in the head."

Kathy always called D.J. "Dumb Jerk."

She didn\'t like D.J. because he was always smiling. Now she was glad to see him so sad.

"Hi, Kathy," said D.J.

She plopped down on the stair next to him. "What

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happened?" she asked. "Did your dog die?" She laughed.

D. J. shook his head.

"Are your parents getting divorced?" she asked hopefully. "Did your house burn down?"

"No," said D.J. "My great-grandfather gave me a gold watch. It was over a hundred years old. I brought it to school today and-"

"You lost it!" Kathy exclaimed with delight.

D.J. sadly nodded.

Kathy laughed. "Oh boy, are you going to get in trouble!" She rubbed her hands together. "Your parents w............