Apparently she had revived enough to persevere in her profession. “It’s alive!” she screamed.
The male population of the class rushed as one to her assistance. Lord, I thought, she’s scared of a mouse.
Little Chuck Little, whose patience with all living things was phenomenal, said, “Which way did he go, Miss Caroline?”
“Tell us where he went, quick! D.C., shut the door and we’ll catch him. Quick, ma’am, where’d he go?”
Miss Caroline pointed a shaking finger not at the floor nor at a desk, but to a hulking individual unknown to me.
Little Chuck’s face contracted and he said gently, “You mean him, ma’am? Yessum, he’s alive. Did he scare you some way?”
Miss Caroline said desperately, “I was just walking by when it crawled out of his hair… just crawled out of his hair—”
Little Chuck grinned broadly. “There ain’t no need to fear a cootie, ma’am. Ain’t you ever seen one?”
Now don’t you be afraid, you just go back to your desk and teach us some more.
Little Chuck Little was another member of the population who didn’t know where his next meal was coming from,
but he was a born gentleman. He put his hand under her elbow and led Miss Caroline to the front of the room.
“Now don’t you fret, ma’am,” he said. “There ain’t no need to fear a cootie. I’ll just fetch you some cool water.”
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