The Best School Year Ever
““Just don’t you let the Herdmans get him this time,” she said. “He’s got hair now so they can’t draw all over his head but I don’t know what else they might do.”
Howard had hair all right, but it was no big improvement because it started way above his ears and grew straight up, like grass.
“If it was up to me,” Louella said, “I’d shave his head and let him start all over.”
“Just mention that to Leroy,” I said.
Louella turned pale. “My mother would kill me, and I’d never get to watch television ...or go to the movies for the rest of my life.”
Louella kept Howard out of sight for the whole time, but when school started again, the regular baby-sitter quit, so Mrs. McCluskey got special permission for Louella to bring Howard to school—“Just for a few days,” she said. “Just till I find someone else.”
“Now what’ll I do?” Louella said. “I can’t learn compound fractions and watch out for Howard all the time, and he’ll be right there in the same room with Imogene Herdman!”MoreLess
Howard had hair all right, but it was no big improvement because it started way above his ears and grew straight up, like grass.
“If it was up to me,” Louella said, “I’d shave his head and let him start all over.”
“Just mention that to Leroy,” I said.
Louella turned pale. “My mother would kill me, and I’d never get to watch television ...or go to the movies for the rest of my life.”
Louella kept Howard out of sight for the whole time, but when school started again, the regular baby-sitter quit, so Mrs. McCluskey got special permission for Louella to bring Howard to school—“Just for a few days,” she said. “Just till I find someone else.”
“Now what’ll I do?” Louella said. “I can’t learn compound fractions and watch out for Howard all the time, and he’ll be right there in the same room with Imogene Herdman!”MoreLess
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