Teacher's Pet
Teacher's Pet
“They glance curiously at Mr. Carlson and Scout, then join me by the windows. They heard about my teacher and his dog on Saturday, after we got home from the guide-dog school.
Zoe scans the cages on the counter. “We have to clean all of those before the late bus leaves?” she asks. “We’ll never get it done.”
“Sure we will,” I say. “I’ve got it figured out. There’s a big cardboard box in the back of the room. If we put the animals in there temporarily, we’ll each be able to take a cage. We’ll be d...one in no time.”
“We should keep an inventory,” Sunita says in her most practical tone of voice. “We don’t want any of them to chew through the cardboard and escape.”
“What happens if they eat each other?” Zoe asks, eyeing the fat guinea pigs.
“They won‘t,” Brenna says as I set the box on the ground by the window. “These are all herbivores, well-fed herbivores. The only thing in danger of being eaten is a stray carrot.”
David helps me move the animals to the box, and we start to “freshen up”MoreLess
Zoe scans the cages on the counter. “We have to clean all of those before the late bus leaves?” she asks. “We’ll never get it done.”
“Sure we will,” I say. “I’ve got it figured out. There’s a big cardboard box in the back of the room. If we put the animals in there temporarily, we’ll each be able to take a cage. We’ll be d...one in no time.”
“We should keep an inventory,” Sunita says in her most practical tone of voice. “We don’t want any of them to chew through the cardboard and escape.”
“What happens if they eat each other?” Zoe asks, eyeing the fat guinea pigs.
“They won‘t,” Brenna says as I set the box on the ground by the window. “These are all herbivores, well-fed herbivores. The only thing in danger of being eaten is a stray carrot.”
David helps me move the animals to the box, and we start to “freshen up”MoreLess
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