Rat in the Raincoat

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## Rat in the Raincoat

**Rat in the Raincoat** is the fourteenth episode of *Season 1 of Wayside School.*

## Synopsis

A rude new kid shows up to class covered in several layers of stinky raincoats.

## Plot

The chapter begins on a rainy day. The classroom on the thirtieth floor smells awful because all the kids have brought wet and smelly raincoats. Fortunately enough, however, there is a new boy in class, and new kids are always fun. Mrs. Jewls introduces the new boy, Sammy, to the class, and while the class tries to be nice to Sammy, they can't see what he looks like underneath his raincoat and cannot get over how bad it smells. Sammy quickly insults the class and refuses to take off his raincoat, and Mrs. Jewls isn't happy with his behavior. When Sammy calls everyone ugly, Allison deflects the insult back at him, but Mrs. Jewls is sure he looks handsome under his raincoat.

Mrs. Jewls takes Sammy's coat off for him, but underneath is another coat, which is even dirtier and smellier than the first one. Sammy and the students of Mrs. Jewls's class continue to fight, while Mrs. Jewls focuses on his raincoat. Mrs. Jewls removes the second raincoat, only to find another one underneath, which smells even worse than the last, so much so that Mrs. Jewls has to stick her head out the window for fresh air. When Sammy continues to insult the class, Mrs. Jewls writes his name under the discipline list. Mrs. Jewls throws the third raincoat out the window, only to find a fourth raincoat underneath, but Sammy is angry that Mrs. Jewls is getting rid of his coats. Mrs. Jewls, however, doesn't budge, putting a check next to Sammy's name and throwing his fourth raincoat out the window.

Sammy calls the students a bunch of pigs and starts to laugh, and it's said his horrible laugh is worse than his horrible voice. As his raincoats are removed, he gets smaller and smaller. With six raincoats now removed, Sammy was now only three feet tall as opposed to the four feet he was when he entered, and there were still plenty more to go. Mrs. Jewls puts a circle around his name and removes a coat, then she puts a triangle around that circle and removes another. She keeps on going until Sammy is only one and a half feet tall. Some children hold their ears while others only hold one because they're also holding their noses. No one is sure if the smell or the laugh is worse.

Sammy tells Mrs. Jewls that if she takes off another raincoat and throws it out the window, he'll bite her head off, but Mrs. Jewls keeps on going until the last coat is removed, and all that remains is a dead rat. Mrs. Jewls dislikes dead rats and doesn't allow them in her classroom, so she picks him up by the tail, places him in a plastic bag, and throws him away. It's revealed Todd also brought a dead rat to class once for show and tell, and he had to throw away that one too. Rondi and Mrs. Jewls were relieved that Sammy was gone, and it's revealed he was the third dead rat they've caught trying to sneak into Mrs. Jewls's class since September. Either way, the kids are grateful that Sammy doesn't have to stay in class.

Meanwhile, a boy (who actually be Sammy) look at them with a smile on his face, he was also grateful that his plan work, now he didn't have him to stay at Mrs. Jewls class in the thirtieth story, and the episode end with Sammy walking to the thirteenth story, where greeted by his new teacher, Mr. Osteo, he then welcoming him to his class and everyone waves their hands to Sammy.

## Cast

* Andrea Libman as Maurecia
* Britt McKillip a Mrs. Jewls
* Dee Bradley Baker as Sammy
* Janice Kawaye as Leslie
* Chantal Strand as Allison
* Ingrid Nilson as Joy
* SungWon Cho as Todd
* Cree Summer as Rondi