Chapter 3: D Tent
By: Readreadread
Disclaimer: (Oops, I forgot it last chapter!) Louis Sachar made up most of
this story.
As I turned around to leave the building, a short man wearing high socks walked in. His hat made the tops of his ears fold down. I tried not to laugh.
"Tillie, you may have done some bad things but that does not make you a bad person. I respect you Tillie," the short man said. "My name is Dr. Pendanski, but most of the boys around here call me Mom. You may also call me Mom if you want to."
Mr. Sir rolled his eyes. "Just show her to her tent Pendanski," Mr. Sir said, obviously annoyed.
"Fine, fine," Mom said as he walked out of the clothing building with me beside him. "He has been so cranky since he quit smoking."
"Oh, and don't run away girl because we have the only water for 100 miles. Them buzzards would pick you clean by the third day," Mr. Sir warned as he too left the clothing building.
"I won't run," I replied more to Pendanski than to Mr. Sir.
"That's a good idea," Mom said as we walked into a large brown tent with the letter D on the door. "This is D Tent. D stands for diligence. I am your counselor. The rest of the D Tent boys should be in here in a few minutes. Your bed is the one in that corner, next to the curtain," Mom pointed to a bed in the right corner of the tent and turned around to leave. "Breakfast is served at 4:30.a.m. to avoid the hottest part of the day." He walked out of the tent.
I closed the curtains around me and changed into an orange jumpsuit. As I finished I heard the boys coming in. They were all talking- loud. I heard them all sit on their beds, I heard the rustle of clothes as they changed, I heard a loud bump and I assumed one of them had fallen over.
"Yo, guys, what's up with the curtain over there?" One of the boys said when he noticed the curtain.
"I don't know, but it looks like we've got someone new in our tent," another boy said. "Check it out."
At that moment I realized that my feet stuck out at the bottom of the curtain.
"Hey you, behind that curtain, come on out," yet another boy said.
I took a deep breath and slowly, slowly came out from behind the curtain. They all stared at me with wide eyes.
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As I turned around to leave the building, a short man wearing high socks walked in. His hat made the tops of his ears fold down. I tried not to laugh.
"Tillie, you may have done some bad things but that does not make you a bad person. I respect you Tillie," the short man said. "My name is Dr. Pendanski, but most of the boys around here call me Mom. You may also call me Mom if you want to."
Mr. Sir rolled his eyes. "Just show her to her tent Pendanski," Mr. Sir said, obviously annoyed.
"Fine, fine," Mom said as he walked out of the clothing building with me beside him. "He has been so cranky since he quit smoking."
"Oh, and don't run away girl because we have the only water for 100 miles. Them buzzards would pick you clean by the third day," Mr. Sir warned as he too left the clothing building.
"I won't run," I replied more to Pendanski than to Mr. Sir.
"That's a good idea," Mom said as we walked into a large brown tent with the letter D on the door. "This is D Tent. D stands for diligence. I am your counselor. The rest of the D Tent boys should be in here in a few minutes. Your bed is the one in that corner, next to the curtain," Mom pointed to a bed in the right corner of the tent and turned around to leave. "Breakfast is served at 4:30.a.m. to avoid the hottest part of the day." He walked out of the tent.
I closed the curtains around me and changed into an orange jumpsuit. As I finished I heard the boys coming in. They were all talking- loud. I heard them all sit on their beds, I heard the rustle of clothes as they changed, I heard a loud bump and I assumed one of them had fallen over.
"Yo, guys, what's up with the curtain over there?" One of the boys said when he noticed the curtain.
"I don't know, but it looks like we've got someone new in our tent," another boy said. "Check it out."
At that moment I realized that my feet stuck out at the bottom of the curtain.
"Hey you, behind that curtain, come on out," yet another boy said.
I took a deep breath and slowly, slowly came out from behind the curtain. They all stared at me with wide eyes.
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