George

This is George Stone Hallmark Hinely. He followed the children to Hallmark Elementary School one very cold morning in March. In fact it was the coldest day of the year. George wanted to be inside where it was warm and he could get lots of attention, so he spent the day running in each time the door was cracked. Unfortunately, George ran into classrooms causing so much chaos that the Animal Shelter was called. Fortunately, George found great hiding places and went undetected during the gestapo search. He reappeared at dismissal time, jumping in a bus and causing the kids to scream and the bus driver to throw him off. He repeated this on each bus down the line. I closed my eyes when the buses pulled out and prayed that he wouldn't be squashed. He dodged all of the wheels and then darted back in the school with the teachers and followed us into the faculty meeting. Mrs. Lewis jumped up on a chair and screamed "Get him out!!!! I'm allergic to cats!!!!" I (Ms. Hinely) came to his rescue and gave him to Elizabeth (a 5th grader) and asked her to lock him in my classroom. Mrs. Fox (the principal) told her that he had to go OUTSIDE! An hour later I found him huddled beside the largest oak tree in the schoolyard trying to get out of the cold wind. Now George lives with me and keeps my feet warm every night.

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