Rainbow

Rainbow is the thirtieth and final chapter in Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom.

Plot

Miss Mush is preparing to make the best meal ever after the Cloud of Doom is gone, and eventually settles on making rainbow stew. She gets help from her assistant, Mr. Pepperadder, to collect various colorful ingredients to use, but by the time she is serving it, she notices that it is now a grayish-brown mush. She apologizes to the students as she serves it, and the students are initially hesitant, but as they eat it, they taste the colors, and declare it the best lunch ever. Mr. Pepperadder asks what the recipe is, but Miss Mush explains there is no recipe, as no two rainbows are the same.

Characters

Trivia

• This is currently the final chapter of the Wayside School book series.
  • As a result of this, this marks the final appearances of Miss Mush, Mr. Pepperadder, Calvin, Bebe Gunn, Myron, D.J., Kathy, Mr. Kidswatter, Benjamin Nushmutt, Todd, Paul, Leslie, Maurecia, Joy, Ron, Deedee, Joe, John, Allison, Rondi, Dana, and Sharie.
• Allison removing a tangerine from her pocket and taking off the peel in one piece is a reference to "Allison."
• The rainbow stew appears to make students taste their favorite color, as Rondi tastes purple, Dana tastes pink, and Sharie tastes purple and green stripes with yellow polka-dots, the color of her favorite umbrella.
  • Allison ends up tasting orange with green and purple stripes and a black outline, though in "Poetry" she simply claims her favorite color is purple.