Ellray Jakes Stands Tall
“Cynthia Harbison says the next morning before school. We are all out by the picnic tables. “I heard some gossip,” she announces. Cynthia takes off her pink plastic headband, smoothes back her hair, then puts the toothy headband back on so tight that it looks like her hair hurts.
As usual, the girls are at one of their own picnic tables, and us boys are at one of ours. But we can hear each other talk.
“What’s gossip?” Major asks Marco.
“It’s like when you tell a lie,” Marco says, kee...ping his voice low.
“Naw,” Jared says, louder. He shakes his head. “Gossip is when you talk smack about someone.”
“Talking smack” means putting someone down. Like, “He’s so little you gotta put rocks in his pocket when it’s windy out, or he’ll blow away.” Jared said that about me once, so I guess he’s the smack-talking expert around here.
It was supposed to be a joke.MoreLess
As usual, the girls are at one of their own picnic tables, and us boys are at one of ours. But we can hear each other talk.
“What’s gossip?” Major asks Marco.
“It’s like when you tell a lie,” Marco says, kee...ping his voice low.
“Naw,” Jared says, louder. He shakes his head. “Gossip is when you talk smack about someone.”
“Talking smack” means putting someone down. Like, “He’s so little you gotta put rocks in his pocket when it’s windy out, or he’ll blow away.” Jared said that about me once, so I guess he’s the smack-talking expert around here.
It was supposed to be a joke.MoreLess
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