The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Harvey gets Lance to sit in Dwight’s seat at lunch. Tommy and Kellen protest, but Harvey says Dwight is a “giant goober,” and he insists on a vote. Tommy votes against Dwight staying. Harvey and Kellen leave. As Dwight approaches, Tommy says Lance can stay. Lance, though, decides their table is “annoying” and leaves.

Dwight sits and promptly uses a straw to punch little holes in his burger. The bits of meat begin to fill up the straw. Tommy thinks Dwight overheard him on the vote and might be miffed: “Just thinking that maybe he had overheard was enough to make me feel kind of barfy for the rest of the day” (41).

In the third grade at Tommy’s birthday party, Dwight laughed so hard at a joke, his mouthful of juice sprayed all over the cupcakes. Sometimes Tommy finds Dwight lying down in odd places, like in front of the library encyclopedias. Dwight once was sent to retrieve something from the PE equipment room and was discovered pounding on its door, shouting: “Squirrels! Come save me!” (43).

Dwight wore the same t-shirt for a month because he got it for free. He also wore a cape until the principal told him to stop it.