Harmony School, 1989, Page 158

Description:	JOHNNY, OTHERWISE KNOWN ASEDDIE HASKELLIt began the moment we got there.What began was a perfect little angel on theoutside but underneath was a kid whoLOVED to tease and torture mentally andphysically. Actually it didnt begin whenwe got there. It had been going on for a longtime.For Thanksgiving my family wentto Bloomington, Minnesota. We visited myAunt Nancy, Uncle John and my twocousins, John Simon and Megan Ann.Every year, starting last year, we trade.They come to our house and then we go totheirs.Last year when they came to see uswe were sitting down for Thanksgivingdinner, the grown ups at the big table andthe kids at the stools. The only reason forthis was there wasnt enough room at thebig table. (I would have gotten to sit at theother table but I had to entertain Johnnyand Megan.) Okay, so I walked past Johnnyto get more jello and Johnny put his head inhis plate and then said I did it! I was about amile and a half from the kid.When we got there this year Ithought that Johnny was more mature. Imentioned it and he said, Ohhhhhh, well, Iknow you really pushed my face in myplate. I was about to die. God, is this kidfor real? I mean, why would any one getany pleasure in lying to people and makingthem feel bad?If your fired and you know itget a job!You dont want to join theArmy or the Mob!Then you go to visit Kate...Shell know just how to relate...So that...On Thanksgiving day whennothing was open we went to the park bytheir house. Johnny found a tennis ball bythe jungle gym and started playing catchwith it. I took Meggie over to the swings. Iput her in the baby swing (shes three) andsat down on the swing next to it after I gaveMeggie a push.Then about two minutes laterJohnny came running over, claiming thatthat swing was his favorite and to give it tohim. When that didn’t work he said that hehad gotten to the swings first and then toldhis dad that I had pushed him off hisfavorite swing and he didnt do anything. Idont know if anyone believed him but evenif no one did , still Ten minutes later Johnnys friendcame over. With his friend it was like twoJohnnys. Then they started throwingsnowballs at me. I had to fight back. Icouldnt just sit there, so I got this hugesnowball and was about to throw it at himwhen it hit me - not a snowball, an idea.Instead of throwing it at him I smeared it inhis face. Then they started to beat me upwithout success. One was grabbing onto mylegs and the other on my back. I Just satthere and in 37 seconds they got bored.Well I could go on and onand on and on and still be on Thanksgivingday, but to make a long story short. Imthankful that I have food and clean water.Im thankful that I have a roof over myhead, but most of all Im thankful thatThanksgiving only comes once a year.Rachel BetzensOld Yellow and BlackieWhen we moved into our new housein Mississippi we found two dogs. I got theyellow dog and I named him or her OldYellow. My sister got the black dog andnamed it Blackie. Old Yellow ran away andI didnt have a dog.Misty BresciaYoure workin for a factory or a snob!Yee-Hah!158
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