Hyde And Shriek
“The kids were supposed to go Oooooohhhh or Cool or Wow. They weren’t supposed to run screaming in terror. Across the room, Mrs. Rubric flipped on the lights. I looked at her.
“What’s going on?” I asked.
She shrugged and smiled nervously. “I’d better go round them up,” she said. She dashed off. In my mind, I could almost see her riding a horse and whirling a lasso over her head as she herded the kindergartners back to the corral. Round them up. What a phrase.
The few kids who were still in their... seats stared at me with fear-filled eyes. As I took a step toward them, a girl leaped up and screamed, “Wait for me!” She went tearing down the hall after her teacher.
One boy looked calmer than the rest. He also looked familiar. “You’re Sebastian’s brother, aren’t you?” I asked.
He nodded.
Sebastian was in my sixth-grade class. He was a bit of a clown and a show-off, but he had a good heart. “What’s your name?” I asked him.
“Rory,” he said.
“Well, Rory, do you have any idea why all those boys and girls left the room?”MoreLess
“What’s going on?” I asked.
She shrugged and smiled nervously. “I’d better go round them up,” she said. She dashed off. In my mind, I could almost see her riding a horse and whirling a lasso over her head as she herded the kindergartners back to the corral. Round them up. What a phrase.
The few kids who were still in their... seats stared at me with fear-filled eyes. As I took a step toward them, a girl leaped up and screamed, “Wait for me!” She went tearing down the hall after her teacher.
One boy looked calmer than the rest. He also looked familiar. “You’re Sebastian’s brother, aren’t you?” I asked.
He nodded.
Sebastian was in my sixth-grade class. He was a bit of a clown and a show-off, but he had a good heart. “What’s your name?” I asked him.
“Rory,” he said.
“Well, Rory, do you have any idea why all those boys and girls left the room?”MoreLess
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