Well Harold got himself into a pinch again. The debacle started
when I noticed green highlighter drawn in wide strides in, of course, the
yellow squares of the rug. “Who sits in yellow?” I asked to myself as well as
the class, pointing at the unsightly green markings on our classroom rug. Two candidates
were named, Harold and we’ll call the other one Bruce. I quickly pulled out the
tests we had been correcting. Bruce’s had indeed green highlighter and Harold
had nothing, which means we were doing something else to fill our time. I
called Harold and Bruce over and our conversation went like this.
Me: Who drew on the carpet with green highlighter?
(They both point at each other.)
It was at this point I noticed something very helpful to the
case, green highlighter all over Harold’s leg.
Me: Harold, you have green highlighter all over your leg.
Harold: I had a yellow marker.
So I got real close to his little face.
Me: You have green highlighter all over your leg so don’t
try to tell me you didn’t have a green marker.
(He just stares at me.)
Me: Now who drew on the carpet with green highlighter?
(Harold puts his head down.)
Harold: I did.
Me: This is very serious so you’re going to have to go talk
to the principal about it later.
