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   "Jupiter is 1,000 times the 

size of the Earth, and--Marco!"

   11-year old Marco looked up 

from his notebook, where he 

had been doodling pictures of 

Batman when he was supposed 

to be taking notes.

   "Marco, what are you doing?" his teacher, 

Mrs. Bennett, was questioning him. She had a 

hawk-like nose, short, shaggy hair that 

seemed to cover her face. Therefore, Marco 

had no idea how she could see.

She was a scary sight. Some kids said she was 

a witch. Others said that she was mean so the 

students would respect her, but she was nice 

on the inside. Marco didn't believe anything 

anyone said. He just didn't trust her.

   Just then, the recess bell rang. Happy to 

have an excuse to get out of the classroom, 

Marco jumped up. But Mrs. Bennett grasped 

his shirt collar and pulled him back. "You will 

stay in for afternoon recess. Go on, now, go 

have fun."

   He caught up with his friends in the hallway. 

   "Gee, what was that all about?" asked 

Henry. 

"Sounds like you're in trouble."

   "No big deal," Marco answered. "I just have 

to stay in for afternoon recess."

   "Darn, we needed you for kickball," Bryce 

snapped his fingers. "We'll never beat Abram's 

team without you."

   "Sorry, but I guess it will only be for a few 

minutes. Otherwise she wouldn't have let me 

go back in the classroom."

   But he would soon regret that. When he 

entered the classroom, Mrs. Bennett got him 

to work right away, copying the dictionary. At 

one point he asked,"Why am I doing this?" but 

she just ignored it and told him,"Get back to 

work!"

He was frustrated. He sort of figured that he 

would be doing this for quite a while if he 

didn't hurry. So he rushed to finish, and when 

he finally completed it, Mrs. Bennett snapped, 

"Way too sloppy. Do it over!"

   Right after that, the bell rang, and he 

hurried to get to his locker and get his math 

stuff. On his way back, he scanned the crowd 

of kids for his buddies. He saw Ulysses, Henry, 

and several other friends of his. He went to 

see what was up, and potentially discovered 

that Abram's team had won again.

The red-cheeked guys explained that they 

were winning, but the bases were loaded with 

Abram up and about ten minutes left in recess, 

and he

kicked a grand slam, which started a big rally, 

and that was how they lost.   

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