When the Cherry Blossoms Fell (2009)
“Miss Henderson directed as she handed out the papers. “Work as far as you can.”
The class groaned as their day began with an arithmetic test.
Michiko twisted her braid before she started. She whizzed through the first page. It was all addition and subtraction questions. She turned the page. Clarence, she noticed, was counting his fingers inside his desk.
She completed the second page of multiplication and division questions and moved on to the third. It was word problems. After reading the firs...t, she gazed across the room. Miss Henderson smiled at her. Michiko lowered her head to make a small drawing to help solve the problem.
A sudden sting on the back of her head made her jerk upright. Clarence picked up the bit of crumpled paper that bounced on to his desk. He slid it inside and unfolded it. His face flamed redder than his hair.
Michiko looked behind her. The boy with the bike smirked at her. Clarence ripped the note in half and stuck it in his shirt pocket.
“Put your papers on my desk on your way out,”MoreLess
The class groaned as their day began with an arithmetic test.
Michiko twisted her braid before she started. She whizzed through the first page. It was all addition and subtraction questions. She turned the page. Clarence, she noticed, was counting his fingers inside his desk.
She completed the second page of multiplication and division questions and moved on to the third. It was word problems. After reading the firs...t, she gazed across the room. Miss Henderson smiled at her. Michiko lowered her head to make a small drawing to help solve the problem.
A sudden sting on the back of her head made her jerk upright. Clarence picked up the bit of crumpled paper that bounced on to his desk. He slid it inside and unfolded it. His face flamed redder than his hair.
Michiko looked behind her. The boy with the bike smirked at her. Clarence ripped the note in half and stuck it in his shirt pocket.
“Put your papers on my desk on your way out,”MoreLess
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