It’s been quite a while since I last went to school, and I’ve missed it a lot, so I decided to start going back, and I asked Annie, Toofless, and Chipwell to come to my school, too. When we had gotten there, Mrs. Lynn, the librarian, had explained that Miss Mackle, the teacher, was late again. “…So I’m watching the class. Wouldn’t want you dears to be alone, now would we?” she ended.

I introduced Annie and the Teef to Mrs. Lynn, and she greeted them, exclaiming, “Why! Some new students in our class? How lovely!” Just then, Miss Mackle came in, and she rushed to the class. “Thanks for watching the class, Lynn!” She said to Mrs. Lynn. “No problem! See you all at reading buddies!” replied Mrs. Lynn.

We all waved happily, and class began. “Good morning, class!” exclaimed Miss Mackle. “Good morning, Miss Mackle!” we replied. Miss Mackle spotted me in the crowd of kids, and smiled. “Phoebe, it’s nice to have you back! Were you sick? Hurt?” “Sick, ma’am. I have some new students to introduce.” I replied. “Why! How nice! Phoebe, could you tell us the new people, and I’ll have them come up front.” Miss Mackle told me. “Okay,” I croaked, “This is Annie, and the small things up front are the Milk Teef, Toofless and Chipwell.” Miss Mackle motioned for them to come up, and they did.



Once they were introduced, class begun. First, Miss Mackle made an announcement that the next day was picture day, and that these pictures would go in the yearbook. Then, it was time to read the book, “The Relatives Came”.

After the book, we had Reading Buddies with Mrs. Lynn.

The younger kids (Toofless, Chipwell, Goldie, and Peggy Sue) only read one book. The older kids (Me, Annie, Ann, and Elizabeth) read two books. Peggy Sue and Goldie are Miss Mackle’s nieces. Anyway, after reading buddies, we had lunch. I had some fruit!

After lunchm Miss Mackle called, “Recess! Have fun! I’ll be out there in a couple minutes!” we rushed outside into the fresh spring breeze. Then, we began to play.

…and play

…And play…

Until, we got tired and began to lie down. Even Miss Mackle joined in the fun!

This is the beautiful view we had:

After a while of lying down, Miss Mackle said, “Come on now, dears. You only have a little while longer. Why don’t you go over there and play with those toys?” The entire class agreed, and we rushed to the toys. Ann, apparantly, had her own ideas about playing.



Soon, we heard the school bell ring. “Time for science, and then Math!” Called Miss Mackle. We all ran inside, and Miss Mackle began squeezing lemons for science. “Today,” she explained, “We’re making lemonade! Each of you get a small cup, and then we’ll do Math.

After the yummy lemonade, Miss Mackle taught us our times tables. “Okay, class. Two times two is… Phoebe, can you tell us?” “Four,” I answered, “Two times two equals four!” “Very good, Phoebe! School’s out, kids!” Exclaimed Miss Mackle.

“Here, Miss Mackle,” Whisperes Annie quietly, “Here are some flowers for you! Thank you for being my teacher!” “Oh, Thank you!” replies Miss Mackle. I motion to Annie to come with me.

“Won’t you three come to my house for an after school snack?” I asked. “Of course!” replied Toofless, Chipwell, and Annie.

Wasn’t today a lovely day at school?