Mullum High School Now and Then by Pascal

 

The Story as I imagined it...

 

Now...

 

I was sitting in the my classroom finishing my maths when the bell rang. I finished off the sum ... 21 divided by 7, the answer of course being 3, and handed my workbook to the 5/6 teacher.

 

I walked outside for lunch.

"Hi Jack," I said duly.

"Hi!" said Jack enthusiastically. "Wann'a come play with us?"

"Errr, no thanks Jack."

"Oh coz school photos are on in a minute, so we haven't got too much time."

 

"What!" I flattened my hair.

Ten minutes later I was positioned next to Jack and his friends who pointed and laughed annoyingly every one or two minutes.

 

SNAP! The camera flashed, momentarily blinding me. I blinked.

 

and Then...

 

I was sitting in the classroom doing my maths work when the school was told to go out side for a school photo or we'd be beaten again.

 

We have a good teacher and we're naughty kids but our teacher Mr Bland only gives us soft beatings.

 

Mr Bland is very formal. If you've ever seen a tall man with a horse wearing a suit and a hat, with a neatly trimmed moustache , it's probably him.

 

Emily was told to sit on my left and Rita on my right. All the boys stood behind us in the shadows.

 

I turned around and noted absentmindedly how handsome Frank looked leaning

casually against the school building behind all the other boys.

 

Mr Bland glared at me. I realised I had my mouth open and I hurriedly shut it

and looked back at the camera.

 

CHINK! The camera flashed and momentarily blinded me. I blinked.

Done