Ellray Jakes Walks The Plank (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
YOU OWE ME! “You two sit there,” the playground monitor says to Cynthia and me, sounding both angry and worried as she points to two chairs outside the principal’s office. The principal’s door is open, but he’s probably in the hallway, jumping out and saying “Hi!” to unsuspecting kids coming in from lunch. “Mrs. Tollefsen can slap a bandage on that knee for you when she gets back from the ladies room,” the monitor tells Cynthia, talking about our school secretary. “The nurse isn’t here on Thursdays.” It is obvious from the look on her face that Cynthia does not like this news about the missing school nurse one bit. “She’s not?” she squawks. “But this could be serious!” Yeah, right. A “serious” skinned knee with three tiny dots of blood on it. Okay, maybe four. “I think you should call my mom,” Cynthia says, tears filling her eyes again. My dad calls this “turning on the waterworks” when Alfie does it. “We’ll let Mrs. Tollefsen decide about calling your mother,”
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