"He picked up the bowl of cereal in one hand, and Fudge in the other. He carried them both into the bathroom. I went along, nibbling on a bone, to see what was going to happen. My father stood Fudge in the tub and dumped the whole bowl of cereal right over his head. Fudge screamed. He sure can scream loud." (Chapter 3, pg. 32)
After a week of Fudge refusing to eat, Peter describes the scene of discipline that finally gets him to cooperate in great detail. This is a spectacle for Peter to watch because he often feels that Fudge does not get the punishments that he deserves for his bad behavior. Now, when Fudge is really being punished, Peter wants a front row seat for the satisfaction of it all.
"In the fall the leaves turn darker and drop off the trees. Sometimes there are big leaf piles on the ground. It's fun to jump around in them." (Chapter 4, pg. 34)
In this paragraph, Peter is describing Central Park in detail to readers. This gives readers a better picture of his home in New York City, and also shows how significant this place has been to him throughout his life. He has seen it in every season, and used it as an escape when he needs to get away from his family and all the trouble Fudge causes for a little bit of independence.
"I felt like one of the world's great living fools dancing around with a balloon, but it worked. As soon as the kids saw me doing it, they started dancing too. And the more they danced the more they liked it... Fudge got the idea of jumping up and down on the furniture. The others liked that too. So instead of dancing with their balloons, that's what they did. And soon they were running from room to room, yelling and laughing and having a great time." (Chapter 5, pg. 51)
There is a lot of imagery in Chapter 5, as Peter experiences Fudge's third birthday party and writes about it. Here, Peter describes the children running and dancing around the living room with their party balloons, which must have looked like a scene straight out of a zoo. It is all the noise from this activity that eventually brings the neighbor, Mrs. Rudder, up to complain.
"Me and Jimmy designed the whole poster ourselves. We used the pros and cons of each kind of transportation. It was really clever. We divided the chart into land, sea, and air and we planned an illustration for each—with the airplane done in silver sparkle and the letters done in red and blue magic marker." (Chapter 7, pg. 75)
Peter carefully describes the details of his project poster because he is proud of the work that he and Jimmy have put into it. This makes it all the more devastating when, not long after, Fudge comes in and destroys it. Luckily Peter and Jimmy make the best of a bad situation and remake the poster to be even better than it was before the incident, which just as clever organization and an even more beautiful sparkly airplane.
