What a day! Mrs Ebbel really did my head in. Today this new kid Jeff Fishkin arrived in our class. Mrs Ebbel told us that he has come from Washington D.C. He told us that he had never been to the White House. Mrs Ebbbel looked around for an empty desk and unfortunately there was only one desk available. Beside me. The class started shouting `not next to Bradley Chalkers` I even admitted that nobody likes sitting next to me. I didn`t care. I was better off alone. I grabbed a pencil and began scribbling. I broke 10 pencils. When the bell rang for recess, I heard somebody shouting `wait up Bradley`.

I was startled. I turned around. It was Jeff, the new kid. He came up beside me and spoke calmly. He said that he does not mind sitting beside me. I was confused. Nobody has ever said that to me. I had never had that experience. Then I said the cruelest thing. I said that `Give me a dollar or I`ll spit on you`.Confused, he gave me the dollar and ran away.

I felt really bad. I was moody for the whole time. At home time, I ran all the way home. Mum asked why I came home early. I lied and said `I ran all the way home with my friends.`I had to lie. My Mum does not know about Mrs Ebbel and the whole class always teasing me. I ran upstairs to my bedroom, slammed the doorand started searching for my animal friends. I was mainly looking for Ronnie and her best friend, Bartholmew. Apparently they had been making out (kissing!) So I fetched them and began talking to them.