Eager Star
“Ms. Brumby’s too busy to read journals. She just wants to make sure we’ve written something. Anything. Maybe I’ll get a great grade for writing so much.
By the time I reached home, I’d almost convinced myself.
Until I saw Dad.
He was sitting in his reading chair, his back to the door. Slowly, he folded the paper, took off his glasses, and turned to face me. “You know, I wish just once I could go an entire semester without hearing, ‘Mr. Willis, I’m calling about your daughter Winifred.’”
I tried... to explain about the two journals getting mixed up. “And besides, it wasn’t really my fault. Remember? Picturing people as horses was really your idea in the first place.”
“True enough,” Dad said. “But that’s not the problem, Winnie. Most of what you wrote sounded . . . well, creative. Ms. Brumby liked several of your comparisons between students and horses. Except some of the things about the lead mare?”
“It’s not fair, Dad! You don’t know Ms. Brumby. She’s cold and mean, and she hates me!”MoreLess
By the time I reached home, I’d almost convinced myself.
Until I saw Dad.
He was sitting in his reading chair, his back to the door. Slowly, he folded the paper, took off his glasses, and turned to face me. “You know, I wish just once I could go an entire semester without hearing, ‘Mr. Willis, I’m calling about your daughter Winifred.’”
I tried... to explain about the two journals getting mixed up. “And besides, it wasn’t really my fault. Remember? Picturing people as horses was really your idea in the first place.”
“True enough,” Dad said. “But that’s not the problem, Winnie. Most of what you wrote sounded . . . well, creative. Ms. Brumby liked several of your comparisons between students and horses. Except some of the things about the lead mare?”
“It’s not fair, Dad! You don’t know Ms. Brumby. She’s cold and mean, and she hates me!”MoreLess
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