Tattletale Traitor

Tattletale Traitor — page 3 — hung the backpack on the hook she felt the hook wobble a little Meri peered at it and saw it was definitely coming out of the wall She looked down the row All the hooks were coming out of the wall Meri backed out of the coatroom She didn't understand how all the hooks could get loose at the same time She'd have to tell Mrs Miller about it She walked to the front of the room where her fourth grade teacher was typing on her laptop Excuse me please Meri said quietly Mrs Miller looked up at her and smiled Yes Meri The hooks in the coat closet are loose Loose Just then Tommy Michaels stomped into the room He was the tallest boy in Room Eight In fact he was the tallest boy in the whole school Meri's dad said Tommy looked like a football player He certainly stomped like one And every time he came into the

Tattletale Traitor — page 4 — القران re O classroom he always slammed the door Tommy Mrs Miller called out quickly just leave the door open It was too late Tommy slammed the door closed with a bang It rattled the small bulletin board next to the door Then a huge crash and a shriek came from the coatroom Mrs Miller jumped up and hurried to the coatroom Most of the class followed Meri followed her more slowly Her eyes were on Sean Wilson's table All the boys at the table

Tattletale Traitor — page 5 — were laughing They were doubled over clutching their stomachs and laughing with snorts and howls Meri reached the coatroom door and peered in Mrs Miller was comforting Jenna Paige whose paper lunch sack was smashed flat when her backpack fell on it In fact all of the backpacks had fallen off the wall All of the backpack hooks lay scattered on the floor When Tommy slammed the door and rattled the classroom the loose hooks had simply pulled out of the wall dumping backpacks on everyone's lunch Mrs Miller shooed everyone out of the coatroom Please take your seats and start your morning work while I clean up the coat closet She handed the thick pile of work packets to Meri Please hand these out I need to call the custodian Meri hurriedly passed out the packets She expected Gina and Megan to say something mean when she reached their table but both

Tattletale Traitor — page 6 — girls looked as shocked as everyone else Finally she reached the table at the back of the room where Sean and his friends were struggling to look innocent That was a mean trick she whispered as she handed out the packets I don't know what you're talking about Sean said his eyes wide Meri frowned at him Then why were you guys laughing like hyenas after the crash Steve said something funny Sean answered patting the other boy on the back He's a funny guy And you guys weren't interested in seeing what crashed Sean shrugged We were busy Meri looked hard at David He was in her reading group and she felt like they were friends She didn't think he would lie to her He didn't He just looked down at his packet with fierce attention David she said

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