The Truth
Copyright© 2015 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 1
The Mostly True: I.
Daddy read the letter sent through the United States Post Office:
“Mr. Austin, your son cannot see the blackboard. I am sending this notice through the post because young Charles has informed me that David has NOT delivered the several notes that he was given to deliver. I will be advancing to the Third Grade in September. I expect to see a sharp improvement in his vision.
Mrs. Patterson
Second Grade
Swegles Elementary.
Disaster! My life is ruined. Two tragedies have destroyed my life between Second Grade and Third Grade.
Tragedy One: Redistricting; The line for the new elementary school passes by my front door, proceeds south to Cass and one half block east to Wight and south to the city limits.
I live on the East side of the line and my very best buddy lives on the West...
His school ... Central Elementary and Junior High ... my OLD school ... is five blocks from my front door.
My new school ... Swegles Elementary is nine million miles from my home ... nine million miles through enemy territory ... up hill ... both ways. Clinton County Public Schools does NOT bus!
Life has dealt me Aces and Eights.
All through the first and second grade, I ... we ... had done our very best to alienate those peasants who lived on the EAST SIDE of our fair city. Our best succeeded.
My route to Swegles was filled with land-mines and ambuscade; the land-mines have cooties and the ambushers have fists.
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