Russell walked into the classroom Friday morning and gave his absent note to his teacher.
"Hello Russell, are you feeling better?" Mrs. Carmody asked the little boy when he came up to her desk giving her his note of absence. "Much better, I can give my book report today right?" Russell asked. "Of course that is the first thing we'll do."
"I won't get points taken off right, for it being late?"
"Of course not Russell, don't worry about a thing."
Russell walked to his desk.
"Hey Russell how are you feeling?" Brandon asked. "Much better. You don't want to know how terrible Friday was. Thanks for the cards by the way."
"It was my idea." Jenny said. "Because I felt bad about what I said."
"Well they defiantly cheered me up."
"You're so glad you weren't here yesterday Russell."
"Why?"
"Because we had to look at the disgusting larvae and wile during lunch Kevin let them all loose. The classroom was crawling with bugs. Kevin is suspended for a week." Emily explained.
"Well I'm glad I wasn't here yesterday."
The bell rang as they all sat in their seats, listened to the announcements and said the pledge.
"Now before we begin our vocabulary test we have one more book report. Russell come up and knock us dead."
Russell walked up to the front of the room and looked at the cheerful faces of all his friends. He was so glad he came back.
"The book that I read was Ramona Quimby Age 8 by Beverly Cleary..."
