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When I read it, I made no attempt to hide it as I
passed it to the next person. The teacher saw it,
as I had hoped. “Howard,” he said fiercely,
“give me that note!”
I handed it over, and he read it out loud, as
was his usual practice. “When we leave the
class let’s all do it quietly so we don’t wake
Rod. Pass it on.”
Rod didn’t hear it because he was asleep.
The teacher just grinned and nodded his
approval.
When the bell rang, everyone quietly
gathered everything up and snuck out. The
class that followed us was an all-girl, home-ec
class, who was in the middle of the chapter
about makeup and hairstyles. As I went out, I
heard Lenny whisper to the home-ec teacher
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