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Two Silvery Smiles
1 The school bus rumbled down the street. Usually Christopher
enjoyed looking out the window, but today the world outside didn’t
seem important. Christopher felt stretched tight, like the rubber
bands on his new braces.
2 When the bus stopped and his friends Rashid and Timothy
climbed aboard, Christopher stood up and waved eagerly.
3 “Christopher Ledbetter,” the bus driver scolded. “No standing on
my bus!” Christopher slumped into his seat as his friends sat next to
him.
4 The fourth-grade picnic was scheduled for tomorrow, and
Christopher’s mother had said that he could go under one
condition—that he didn’t get into any more trouble this week.
5 “What a terrible week!” Christopher grumbled. “First braces, and
now I might not be able to go to the picnic.”
6 “But today is Friday, Christopher,” Timothy reminded him. “You
only have to stay out of trouble one more day.”
7 The bus chugged up a hill. To Christopher the turning wheels
seemed to be groaning, “One more day! One more day!”
8 “All right!” he burst out.
9 “Christopher!” called the bus driver. “Quiet down back there!”
10 Christopher hadn’t meant to yell. He never intended to get into
trouble, but it just seemed to happen.
11 Christopher explained to his friends that the week’s misfortunes
were not his fault. On Tuesday he had scribbled a math problem on
his desk, but only because he was out of paper. On Wednesday he
had dropped grape jelly on his library book, causing the pages to stick
together. He had told the librarian that he was just trying to catch up
on his reading during lunch, but she still said that he would have to
pay to replace the book. Yesterday he had tripped on his untied
shoelaces and crashed into Maria Morris. He stood up now to
demonstrate to Rashid and Timothy how it had happened.
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