Chapter 26 – Mrs. Eel Goes Away
Chapter 26 – Mrs. Eel Goes Away“Does anyone know why Johnny missed school this week?” Mr. Bartlett asks.
“His mom ran away and she ain’t coming back,” Flint says.
“What do you mean?”
“She ran away with the preacher from Kinross. Everybody’s talking about it. Ma says it’s the biggest scandal to hit the county since Mr. Roi had too much to drink and ran over Mr. Sims’ finest Brown Swiss cow and landed in jail.”
“Flint, are you telling me the truth?”
“I ain’t lying. Ask anybody.”
“We won’t discuss this any further. Open your textbooks to Chapter 9. It’s time we learned how rocks are formed.”
“But I thought you wanted to know why Johnny’s not here,” Blew says.
“Rocks, people. We’re going to discuss how sandstone rocks are formed. Our area, especially Sa
