Writing :: Where there’s smoke, I’ll be running the other way

“This is a special situation, because as you know blah blahblah blah…” It’s not that I stopped paying attention, exactly–as every student knows, you have to keep at least one ear on the teacher so you can hear certain keywords, like your name or “recess”–it’s that I didn’t particularly care what the reason for the field trip was. I mean: it was a field trip. Who needs a reason?

At one point in Teacher’s speech, she did in fact mention a keyword. Not my name, but she nevertheless had my full attention.

“Fire?!” I screamed.

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Categories: Prose, NaNoWriMo 2006