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Linda.
Linda was smiling.
That Linda Lorca.
She loved to be the head of things.
Emily raised her hand fast.
But Ms. Roonéy didn't call on her.
She called on Jason Bazyk and Wayne O'Brien for the other two groups.
“Snaggle doodles,” Emily said under her breath.
She looked down at her desk.
She didn't want Ms. Rooney to know that she had a mad face.
Next to her Dawn Bosco had a mad face too.
“I hope you remember what we said,” Ms. Rooney told them. “About groups, and working together, and leaders
Emily nodded a little.
She didn't even know Ms. Rooney had been talking about leaders.
Maybe that was because she had been watching Beast draw.
It didn't make any difference, though.
Ms. Rooney hadn't called on her to be a leader.
She had called on Linda Lorca.
Linda Lórca probably would be a terrible leader.
She hadn't even been captain of a math group.
Emily followed Linda to the back of the room.
She leaned against the science table.
Alex Walker and Matthew came back to the science table too.
Is everybody here?” Linda asked.
“Of course we're all here,” Emily said. “Four of us.”
She wanted to say, “Can't you count?”
She didn't, though.
They might think she was angry because Linda was the leader.
Matthew leaned against the science table too.
Emily tried to inch away from him.
Next to Beast, Matthew was the nicest kid in the class.
But Matthew must have wet the bed last night.
Matthew wet the bed almost every night.
Linda Lorca was inching away from Matthew too.
Ms. Rooney called the rest of the groups.
Jason's group went to the front of the room.
Wayne's group sat on the side.
Ms. Rooney opened the big INV box. “Let's see which group can make the best invention^’ she said.
Ms. Vincent went to the front to help Ms. Rooney.
A minute later she came back to Emily's group.
She dumped a pile of things on the science table.
“This is my special month,” Ms. Vincent told them.
‘
‘Your wedding,” Emily said.
“Right,” said Ms. Vincent. “April 28.”
“Are you having flower girls?” Linda Lorca asked.
“I already asked that,” Emily said. “A long time ago.”
Ms. Vincent smiled. “No flower girls.” She went to the front of the room.
Emily thought about Ms. Vincent's wedding.
She wished she were Ms. Vincent's flower girl.
She'd be wearing a long pink dress.
She'd carry a basket of pink flowers.
She sighed.
She wished she could at least go to Ms. Vincent's wedding.
“I hope I get to go to Ms. Vincent's wedding,” said Linda.
Emily didn't say anything.
She looked at the things on the table.
A cardboard cereal box. Two pink balloons.A red belt. A white plastic cup. Two black socks. A flashlight.
Matthew picked up a balloon.
He began to blow it up.
“Listen, Matthew,” Linda said. “Let's not be putting our mouths on everything. There'll be germs all over the place.”
Emily looked over to the side of the room.
Wayne's group was staring at a pile of stuff too.
Jill Simon had a pine cone in her hand. “I don't know what to do,” she was saying.
She looked as if she were going to cry.
“Don't be a baby,” Sherri Dent told her.
Emily looked back at her own group.
Matthew had put a green paper hat on his head.
He was playing a make-believe drum.
Alex Walker held a dog's mask up to his face.
He began to make barking noises.
“Stop fooling around!” Linda yelled.
“Let's get started,” Emily said.
“This is my group,” said Linda. “I'm the one who says, ‘Let's get started.’ ”
Linda was getting very bossy, Emily thought.
This was going to be a terrible group.
They'd probably have a terrible invention.
Emily pulled Uni the unicorn out of her pocket. She stood him next to the fish tank.
She wondered if Drake and Harry, the class fish, knew what a unicorn was.
Up in front Ms. Rooney clapped her hands.
“I hope you're off to a good start,” she said.
“Some start,” said Alex.
“No start,” said
Linda was smiling.
That Linda Lorca.
She loved to be the head of things.
Emily raised her hand fast.
But Ms. Roonéy didn't call on her.
She called on Jason Bazyk and Wayne O'Brien for the other two groups.
“Snaggle doodles,” Emily said under her breath.
She looked down at her desk.
She didn't want Ms. Rooney to know that she had a mad face.
Next to her Dawn Bosco had a mad face too.
“I hope you remember what we said,” Ms. Rooney told them. “About groups, and working together, and leaders
Emily nodded a little.
She didn't even know Ms. Rooney had been talking about leaders.
Maybe that was because she had been watching Beast draw.
It didn't make any difference, though.
Ms. Rooney hadn't called on her to be a leader.
She had called on Linda Lorca.
Linda Lórca probably would be a terrible leader.
She hadn't even been captain of a math group.
Emily followed Linda to the back of the room.
She leaned against the science table.
Alex Walker and Matthew came back to the science table too.
Is everybody here?” Linda asked.
“Of course we're all here,” Emily said. “Four of us.”
She wanted to say, “Can't you count?”
She didn't, though.
They might think she was angry because Linda was the leader.
Matthew leaned against the science table too.
Emily tried to inch away from him.
Next to Beast, Matthew was the nicest kid in the class.
But Matthew must have wet the bed last night.
Matthew wet the bed almost every night.
Linda Lorca was inching away from Matthew too.
Ms. Rooney called the rest of the groups.
Jason's group went to the front of the room.
Wayne's group sat on the side.
Ms. Rooney opened the big INV box. “Let's see which group can make the best invention^’ she said.
Ms. Vincent went to the front to help Ms. Rooney.
A minute later she came back to Emily's group.
She dumped a pile of things on the science table.
“This is my special month,” Ms. Vincent told them.
‘
‘Your wedding,” Emily said.
“Right,” said Ms. Vincent. “April 28.”
“Are you having flower girls?” Linda Lorca asked.
“I already asked that,” Emily said. “A long time ago.”
Ms. Vincent smiled. “No flower girls.” She went to the front of the room.
Emily thought about Ms. Vincent's wedding.
She wished she were Ms. Vincent's flower girl.
She'd be wearing a long pink dress.
She'd carry a basket of pink flowers.
She sighed.
She wished she could at least go to Ms. Vincent's wedding.
“I hope I get to go to Ms. Vincent's wedding,” said Linda.
Emily didn't say anything.
She looked at the things on the table.
A cardboard cereal box. Two pink balloons.A red belt. A white plastic cup. Two black socks. A flashlight.
Matthew picked up a balloon.
He began to blow it up.
“Listen, Matthew,” Linda said. “Let's not be putting our mouths on everything. There'll be germs all over the place.”
Emily looked over to the side of the room.
Wayne's group was staring at a pile of stuff too.
Jill Simon had a pine cone in her hand. “I don't know what to do,” she was saying.
She looked as if she were going to cry.
“Don't be a baby,” Sherri Dent told her.
Emily looked back at her own group.
Matthew had put a green paper hat on his head.
He was playing a make-believe drum.
Alex Walker held a dog's mask up to his face.
He began to make barking noises.
“Stop fooling around!” Linda yelled.
“Let's get started,” Emily said.
“This is my group,” said Linda. “I'm the one who says, ‘Let's get started.’ ”
Linda was getting very bossy, Emily thought.
This was going to be a terrible group.
They'd probably have a terrible invention.
Emily pulled Uni the unicorn out of her pocket. She stood him next to the fish tank.
She wondered if Drake and Harry, the class fish, knew what a unicorn was.
Up in front Ms. Rooney clapped her hands.
“I hope you're off to a good start,” she said.
“Some start,” said Alex.
“No start,” said
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