Karen's Big Lie

Karen's Big Lie (10 Chapter)

Chapter 10-Keep your eyes on your paper

  Monday. School again. Ms.Colman took attendance. Then right away she passed back our quizzes. As soon as she started walking around the classroom, my hear began to pound. It sounded as if were beating in my ears.

   Finally Ms. Colman laid a paper on my desk. I looked at it quickly. At the top of the page was a red 90. But no smiley face. I looked over at Ricky's paper. I saw another red 90. Then I looked at the problems I had gotten wrong. They were almost the same ones Ricky had gooten wrong. Except he had gotten the very first problem wrong, and I had gotten the very last problem wrong. 

  I wondered if Ms.Colman had noticed anything about my answers and Ricky's answers.

  "Boys and girls," she said then, "I would like to talk to you. I want you to understand something about taking a quiz. The most important is..... to keep your eyes on your paper. You must do your own work. That is the only way we find out what each of you has learned, and what each of you needs to work on some more. Is that clear?"

"Yes," said a couple of kids quietly.

"Sometimes," said Ms. Colman went on, "you may get help when you are doing homework or project. But when you are taking a quiz, you do your own work."

I swallowed hard. My stomach began to feel funny. Did Ms. Colman know what I had done? I could not tell. She had not said any names. Maybe someone else was copying, too.

 Okay, I said to myself. karen, you will not copy from Ricky anymore. You just cannot do that. It is not fair. You have to do your own work and keep your eyes on your paper.

 After I told myself that, I felt a little better. But Hannie ruined everything. She ruined it on the playground aftr lunch. Nancy decided to play dodgeball with bunch of other kids. Hannie and I were watching them. That is all we were doing.  Just watching. And suddenly Hannie said to me," I know what you did Karen."

"What?" I asked.

"I now what you did," Hannie repeated.

"I saw you copy from Ricky's paper on Friday."

My stomach began to feel funny again.

"I....I did not copy!" I cried.

"Yes, you did. Karen, I saw you."

"How could you see me ? You sit all the way in the back of the room."

"I have very good eyesight," Hannie told me.

"I can see the board from the back of the room. That is why Ms.Colman lets me sit there. I do not wear glasses like you. Anyway, I did too see you copy."

"Hannie! I am your best friend!" I expclaimed. "How could you say somthing like that about me?"

"Because it is true. I saw you do it."

"Liar! You did not see me to do that."

"Did too."

"Did not."

Hannie did not answer. She just glared at me. So I said, "I am not talking to you anymore, Hannie Papadaskis."

  And she said, "Good. I do not want you to talk to me."

   We stuck our tongues out  at each other. Then I ran off to swing by myself.

                     ___________Chapter 10 is done then here come Chapter 11____________