Sharma 1

Shashank Sharma Mrs. Corsun English Period 12 10 November 2013 Cat Chairs the Rye Crumbs ! you "anna kno" the truth# there is one thing that have looked !or"ard to my entire li!e. S$hool. $ould hardly "ait to go to s$hool. %he &eo&le# the tea$hers# and the books. 'ou kno"# love books. (tti$us "ould al"ays read to me !rom the %ime maga)ine. (nd every "eek "ould read !rom the hymn books in $hur$h. %hat*s "hat loved the most. t*s not like one o! those &hony hobbies like gol!# or "hatever. Reading "as !un. (ny"ay# sin$e +ill had le!t# had nothing to do !or the ne,t !e" days. -ust hung around "ith my brother .em. 'ou kno"# .em is one o! my only !riends. mean# there aren*t very many kids around in May$omb. /ell# there are the E"ells# but you really don*t really "anna be near them. %hey*re boring and very &hony. mean# they "ould $ome to s$hool !or the !irst day# and then stay at home !or the rest o! the year. mean# "hy even bother i! you aren*t gonna go to s$hool. %hey did that so that they $ould !eel like normal kids. 0ut you "anna kno" "hat they really are. %hey*re &hony. (ny"ay# as "as saying# "as really e,$ited !or s$hool. 1n the !irst day o! s$hool# .em "alked me to s$hool. 2sually &arents did that# but sin$e (tti$us "as a la"yer and all# he "as usually busy. 'ou kno"# that*s "hat hate. 3e "as al"ays so busy. mean# "e didn*t really get to talk to him till he $ame ba$k !rom "ork. 2sually# "ould have been !ine "ith that# but today "as a s&e$ial day. t "as my !irst day o! s$hool. Sometimes# thought to mysel! that no one really $ared about me# and they a$ted all &hony so "on*t !eel bad or "hatever. %hat de&ressed me.

Sharma 2

1n the "ay to s$hool# .em told me to not talk to him during re$ess or !ollo" him throughout the s$hool. 3e said something about getting 4embarrassed5 in !ront o! his !riends. 'ou kno"# that*s "hat hate. /hen &eo&le say stu!! is embarrassing. mean# "hy the hell should you $are "hat your !riends think about your little sister or something. nstead o! getting embarrassed or "hatever# you should &rote$t your sister. %hat*s "hat think any"ay. (!ter "e rea$hed the s$hool# .em sho"ed me to my $lass. 1ur tea$hers name "as Miss Caroline 6isher. hated that. mean# "hat ty&e o! name is Caroline 6isher. Most &eo&le have one last name# but a&&arently# our tea$her had t"o. .em had told me s$hool "ould be di!!erent. 3e "as right. S$hool "as like nothing like "hat thought. /e started the day "ith the tea$her reading a story about $ats. Cats that talked# "ore $lothes# and lived under a stove. really hated that. mean# ho" many $ats "ear $lothes and talk to one another7 None. /hy "rite a &hony story about &hony $ats that lived under a &hony stove and "ear &hony little $lothes. %hat de&ressed me. thought about all the &hony authors that "rote &hony stories about little animals that $ould talk. %hat really de&ressed me. n !a$t# s$hool de&ressed me. mean# by the end o! the day# Miss Caroline 6isher had $alled me u& to the room and hit me "ith a goddamn ruler. had to !reaking stand in the $orner o! the room till the noon. (nd all the kids in the room laughed at me. %hat made me !eel really de&ressed. (!ter noon# Miss Caroline 6isher "rote the al&habet on the board. She asked me to read the al&habet. did. %hen you "on*t guess "hat ha&&ened. Miss Caroline 6isher !reaking told me that kne" too mu$h. %oo mu$h !or a !irst grader. (nd she even had the nerve to blame (tti$us !or it. (nd i! that "asn*t enough# she even said (tti$us did not kno" ho" to tea$h me. !elt so angry. mean# loved (tti$us. No one $ould insult him in !ront o! me. (t least thought she insulted him. told her that (tti$us didn*t tea$h me anything# but she didn*t believe me. 'ou

Sharma 3

kno" that*s "hat really kills me. mean# "hy "ould lie about su$h a minus$ule thing7 mean# to tell you the truth# (tti$us really didn*t tea$h me anything. "as born reading. "ould read the daily ne"s&a&er# and -ust be able to understand "hat it said. 0ut no. Miss Caroline 6isher thought "as lying. %he rest o! the day "as very de&ressing. +uring re$ess# .em asked me ho" s$hool "as going so !ar. told him everything. told him ho" Miss Caroline 6isher hit me "ith a ruler# ho" she read us a &hony story# and ho" she said shouldn*t really kno" ho" to read. /hen looked at .em# it didn*t even look like he $ared. 3e -ust said something about $o"s being im&ortant. %hat annoyed me# mean# "hy did he ask ho" "as doing i! he didn*t even "ant to &ay attention. %hat really annoys me. mean all the &hony adults do that. %hey*ll ask you ho" you*re doing and then not even &ay attention "hen you tell them. mean# "hy ask i! you aren*t gonna listen. 'ou kno" "ho does that a lot7 My aunt. (unt (le,andra. She "as one o! the &honiest &eo&le ever. Sometimes# she "ould $all her &hony !riends over and drink &hony tea "ith these bis$uits that she "ould have. %hen they "ould talk about other &eo&le. %hat "as very &hony. hated it. (!ter re$ess# Miss Caroline 6isher talked about something about /alter Cunningham. "asn*t even listening to her. didn*t $are about "hat she said. -ust "anted this day to end.

-ust "anted this de&ressing day to !reakin end.