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“Where could Michael be?” I wondered aloud.

Michael was my classmate. He liked playing pranks on others.

He once put a sign that said “Sing to Me!” on _______ back. It was terrible. Everywhere I went, people I didn’t even know started singing to me. When I realized what was happening, I got really _______.

Another time, he embarrassed Nicole during sharing time. Nicole was shy. She _______ shared; she always said, “Pass.” But what did Michael do when it was his turn to share? He asked, “Did everybody _______ how Nicole’s new blue dress matches her eyes?” Nicole’s face turned bright red. Poor Nicole!

It was Valentine’s Day that day. I was sure Michael was up to something somewhere, _______ he always was. No way was I going to let him pull a prank — ruining someone’s Valentine’s Day.

I _______ him everywhere. Lunch break was almost over. I must find him and stop him. When I got to the classroom, there was Michael Peterson, at Michael Rogers’s desk, digging in his _______ of valentines!

“Hurry and help me,” said Michael as soon as he _______ me.

At first I thought he was stealing valentines from Michael Rogers’s box. However, the more I watched, the more puzzled I became. He was putting valentines _______.

Seeing my expressions, he told me that he found Michael Rogers’s box was ________ when he was passing out his valentines. Michael Rogers was new and Mrs. Karcher must have forgotten to put his name on the list, so ________ made him a card.

I suddenly realized I had also ________ to prepare a valentine for Michael Rogers.

“But everyone made one for me,” Michael continued. “So I’m giving him my ________, since we’ve got the same name — Michael.”

I stood there, not quite believing ________ I was hearing. “Is Michael Peterson the one who always pulled pranks on us?” I asked myself. Maybe he was kind of ________ … in a hidden sort of way.