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Article: A crocodile tale.(Short story)
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- Highlights for Children
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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"I have a problem."
That's what Jack says to me just before Ms. Sanchez tells us to get back to our seats this instant or no recess for a week. I scramble into my seat at the front of the classroom. Too bad Jack has to sit all the way in the back.
I'm good at solving problems. I wonder what's wrong.
Maybe his mother somehow got distracted while she was packing his lunch and accidentally put dog biscuits in his lunchbox and fed his salami to the dog. I look back at Jack.
He doesn't look especially hungry, and he definitely doesn't look like someone who ate dog biscuits for lunch. So that's not it.
Or maybe he was abducted by ...