听Principal: 鈥淵ou know why you鈥檝e been called into my office?听
Group of young students in unison: 鈥淵es ma鈥檃m.鈥澨�
鈥淎ll right, then, let鈥檚 start with you Sunny Ways. What happened and why did you do it?鈥澨�
鈥淚 don鈥檛 really know ma鈥檃m, it was just that I got real mad and I went over to Brownie and grabbed him by the arm and told him we had to all get back or we鈥檇 be late for class and he just kinda laughed at me. I know I tugged on his arm, but I didn鈥檛 hurt him none.鈥澨�
鈥淥h ya, my arm still hurts Sunny.鈥澨�
鈥淥K Brownie, you鈥檒l get your turn.鈥澨�
鈥淚 said I鈥檓 sorry Brownie, what more do ya want?鈥�
鈥淎nd Sunny hit me with his elbow when he just bulldozed his way into our group, and like, we were just laughing and visiting. We weren鈥檛 doing nothing wrong.鈥�
鈥淚s that right Ruth?鈥澨�
鈥淵es Ma鈥檃m.鈥澨�
鈥淗onest, I didn鈥檛 even see her there, it was an accident.鈥澨�
鈥淚t was Ma鈥檃m, I seen it with my own two eyes. Sunny didn鈥檛 even see Ruth. He was just so mad at Brownie.鈥澨�
鈥淚 saw it Liz, I saw it.鈥澨�
鈥淥h, you seen it too? I didn鈥檛 even know you were out there in the playground.鈥澨�
鈥淣o Liz, I鈥檓 speaking about proper English. We鈥檒l get to that later.鈥澨�
鈥淎nd then me and Tommy really got mad right back at Sunny.鈥�
鈥淣o Brownie, it鈥檚 Tommy and I.鈥澨�
鈥淥h, are you mad at him too?鈥�
鈥淥h forget it. I鈥檒l speak to your English teacher, but first, we have to sort this out.鈥澨�
鈥淎nd like, after Sunny hit me, I got real upset and went over to the swings and just stayed there and I missed the next class, and now I won鈥檛 have perfect attendance any more.鈥澨�
鈥淵ou never did have perfect attendance Ruthie, and you know it, and I didn鈥檛 even know you were there and I didn鈥檛 really hit you either.鈥澨�
鈥淵es you did.鈥澨�
鈥淣o I didn鈥檛, but I said sorry to you too anyway, just in case.鈥澨�
鈥淲ell, that鈥檚 the proper thing to do Sunny, because you are the hallway monitor, so you do have some extra responsibilities, the school expects a little bit more out of you.鈥澨�
鈥淚 know ma鈥檃m, and I鈥檓 really, really, really sorry sorta. It鈥檚 just that I got so mad at Brownie and Tommy for laughing at me.鈥澨�
鈥淲e weren鈥檛 laughing at him. What does he think he is, like he鈥檚 a big shot and everybody is looking at him?鈥澨�
鈥淣ow Tommy, stay calm. And I鈥檓 not going to give any of you a detention, as long as you behave yourselves from now on, and that鈥檚 because I don鈥檛 know where my vice-principal Geoff was or whether he saw it or not.鈥澨�
鈥淵es, ma鈥檃m.鈥�
鈥淏ut remember, you鈥檙e all on short leashes here. Now go back to your classrooms and think about what you鈥檝e done and how you could make it better.鈥�
鈥淵es, ma鈥檃m.鈥澨�
On the way out, Tommy and Sunny reach the door at the same time. Sunny gives Tommy a slight push, to move him out of the way.听
鈥淢a鈥檃m, he鈥檚 doing it again.鈥澨�
鈥淥h Tommy, don鈥檛 be such a suck.鈥澨�
鈥淚鈥檓 not Sunny, you鈥檙e just bad 鈥� hey, what鈥檚 that you just said to me? Ma鈥檃m, Sunny just swore at me.鈥澨�
鈥淲hat did you say to Tommy, Sunny?鈥�
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 say nothing much ma鈥檃m.听
鈥淲hat did you say?鈥澨�
鈥淚 just said fuddle-duddle ma鈥檃m, that鈥檚 all. That鈥檚 what my dad used to say when he got mad.鈥澨�
鈥淕et out of here, all of you.鈥澨�
鈥淵es, ma鈥檃m.鈥澨�
