Jon's short, pudgy legs didn't let him move very fast, and he could see Sarah was already starting to recover from being banged in the head when Ms. Johnson (the girls' gym teacher) had swung open the locker room door. So he threw himself as far as he could toward the stone, landing with a thud on his now ample pot belly.
THe wind was knocked out of him, but Jon still managed to reach out and try to grab the wishing stone. It was a few inches out of the reach of his short arm, but he stretched as far as he could and got his fingertips around it...
Unfortunately, by that time Sarah had her fingers on the stone too. Jon tried to blurt out a wish faster than she could-the first, best thing he could think to wish for was...
