Oaks and Acorns
I was never sure why the big six-foot senior football players were afraid to break the rules at school. Whether it was from the stern tone of Mrs. Turner’s rebuke, “Are you boys supposed to be out here?” Or maybe it was fear of the long knotty switch she carried, which was always an added measure of insurance to listen and do as expected. We very seldom saw Mrs. Turner without that switch. The big tall switch bush was right outside her window. No one wanted to hear those dreaded words, “Go get me a switch!” It was understood, if a whipping was given at school, then another was to be expected upon arriving home. I never could figure out how our parents knew about what happened at school by the time we got home, seeing as, no one owned a telephone in the neighborhood. Mrs. Turner’s favorite words were always, “This is going to hurt me worse than it does you.” From the looks of those big burly looking seniors, with tears rolling down their faces, I never really believed it was the truth. Everyone in our small community attended the same elementary school under the tall grand oak trees. Grades one through eight were all housed in the same building. I can still smel
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School Turner, Acorns Oaks, Elon Greek, elementary school, school turner, ice cream, cold winter, oak trees, peppermint candy,
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Approximate Word count = 1242
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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