“I wish I could explain, but I can"t.”
Tom Jaffrey walked in. “That must have been a very interesting class, Fritz. Three of my fourth-period students didn"t show up, and when I saw them in the hall, they said you would explain.”
“I kept them through the fourth, Tom. Sorry. We had a project with a special guest.” General Lee sitting on a tree stump flashed in my mind. “I thought it would be worth their time. I suppose you"ve heard the story already?”
Mr. Jaffrey said, “Uh huh. You"re going to have to show a bunch of us how you did it, "cause I haven"t seen them this excited about, well, anything.”
“Tom, when I have it all figured out, I"ll have the office set up an in-service for the whole staff. Promise. But I"m still working out some details.”
“Sounds good to me. Gotta run.” I was g
