flowers for Algernon

chapter 13: progress report 10 April 6

I beat Algernon! I dint even know I beat him until Burt the tester told
me. Then the second time I lost because I got so exited I fell off the chair
before I finished. But after that I beat him 8 more times. I must be getting
smart to beat a srnart mouse like Algernon. But I dont feel smarter.
I wanted to race Algernon some more but Burt said thats enough for one
day. They let me hold him for a minit. Hes not so bad. Hes soft like a ball of
cotton. He blinks and when he opens his eyes their black and pink on the eges.
I said can I feed him because I felt bad to beat him and I wanted to be nice and make frends. Burt said no Algernon is a very specshul mouse with
an operashun like mine, and he was the first of all the animals to stay smart
so long. He told me Algernon is so smart that every day he has to solve a test
to get his food. Its a thing like a lock on a door that changes every time
Algernon goes in to eat so he has to Iern something new to get his food. That
made me sad because if he coudnt lern he woud be hungry.
I dont think its right to make you pass a test to eat. How woud Dr Nemur
like it to have to pass a test every time he wants to eat. I think III be frends
with Algernon.