The Field Trip
Can bizarre events actually happen on a field trip with a typical teacher, a normal class, coming from an ordinary school? This was one question nobody had considered in Mrs. K’s class before their extensive, 1-day field trip to the zoo. The class did not know the unfortunate events that would follow their jovial mood prior to their first step on the old and musty bus.
Many preparations had been made for the field trip on the luminous Monday morning. The birds’ chirping was a sign that the weather would stay serene throughout the day. Among the excitement, there was one very poignant boy who was sitting on a couch in Mrs. K’s blissful classroom. This boy’s mother had not signed the field trip form, therefore forbidding him to go. Nobody had sensed this discrepancy in the room, except a petite, blonde girl, named Gabby, who looked to be refined, but was very clever and tricky.
She bent down and looked straight at the gloomy face that lay on the couch in front of her. “What’s wrong, Matt?”
Matt looked up at Gabby’s smiling face. He wanted to say go away, but he knew that would just make him feel worse. “My mom never signed the permission slip. Now I have to sit in the library and read boring books.” Gabby looked up in the air, with a smile that only came when she had an idea. “You have an idea?” Matt asked eagerly. His pupils dilated, and he suddenly felt hungry for a trick to go on the field trip.
Gabby scowled at Matt’s eagerness. “Well, did you tell Mrs. K about the permission slip not being signed?” Matt shook his head, his face still looking excited. “Okay, well you could forge the signature, but…” Gabby suddenly lost her balance, because Matt jumped off the couch and ran to his seat to get out the permission slip. Gabby fell on the floor, and just rolled her eyes.
“Okay, class, settle down!” Mrs. K tried to scream over the hustle and bustle in her classroom. The class eventually quieted down, however not at the alacrity the teacher was hoping for. “Don’t...
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