"So are you currently making a medicine or a poison?!!" said Trey, his voice rising, apparently under the impression that Aldo had meant to say that the doctor was a killer and the poison maker could be equated with the doctor. Aldo didn’t intend to discuss the issue further; instead he told the story of how he won in a romp with the school caretaker and his dog after he was caught making potions in the school lab. "Aldo, what if we all are poisoned as you continue to use our egg beater," said Mum every time she saw Aldo put the egg beater back to rack. Hence now was the right time for Aldo to use egg beater without having to hear his mother nagging. "There’s no way we’re poisoned. I’ve always washed it after using it," said Aldo, putting …show more content…
("Are you sure you have swallowed some, Trey?" Aldo stared at Trey in amazement). The event that was just happening did not make Aldo give up, instead he continued experimenting things, "It turns out to be not dangerous at all ha ha ha!” Like his mother, Trey finally decided not to put too much concern with what Aldo’s doing. It's just that Trey always reminded Aldo to be careful ("You must consider what our neighbors think, they could suspect we would rob a bank or something") and Aldo nodded obediently. But Aldo’s nod apparently didn’t mean anything. Explosions still occurred. Almost twice a week Aldo’s potion exploded. And every time his potion exploded, Aldo responded calmly "Upps, sorry for the inconvenience." "Oh, it’s okay!" said Trey, observing the messy house which looked like had just been hit by a torpedo, and ascertained whether Finn (his younger sister) survived the explosion. It turned out Finn’s hiding under the table and still didn’t dare to come out even though Trey had confirmed many times there wouldn’t be any more