Murder at Mother’s Knee [= Something That Happened in Our House]

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Miss Prince knew all the signs that meant homework hadn’t been done. The hangdog look, the guiltily-lowered head. She stood there by the Gaines boy’s desk, one hand extended. “Well, I’m waiting, Johnny.”

The culprit squirmed uncomfortably to his feet. “I... I couldn’t do it teacher.”

“Why not?”

“I... I didn’t know what to write about.”

“That’s no excuse,” Miss Prince said firmly. “I gave the class the simplest kind of a theme this time. I said to write about something you know about, something that really happened, either at home or else where, it doesn’t matter. If the others were able to, why weren’t you?”

“I couldn’t think of anything that happened.”

Miss Prince turned away. “Well, you’ll stay in after the rest and sit there until you do. When I give out homework I expect it to be done!” She returned to her desk, stacked the collected creative efforts to one side of her, and took up the day’s lesson.

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