Week 16

Spellings : Apprehension, Interestingly, Pieces, Freights, Cautiously, Console, Underestimated, Photosynthesis, Sophisticated, Mystifying

1. Hurriedly stuffing her bulging school bag into her locker, Lucy dashed into the classroom. She was going to be late! But as she scrambled up to her table, a golden vision was seated in her chair. Lucy stammered, and then quickly recovered her footing from stopping her from falling in amazement. What on earth was the girl doing in her spot? Ms. Glacier smiled at Lucy’s astonishment. “Lucy dear, this is a new girl, Melanie. She’ll be seated in your spot and you’ll be moved next to Andy.” Lucy hastily moved her things next to Andy and glared at the new girl. How dare she take her spot? Melanie looked at Lucy interestingly, and then turned to Ms. Glacier. It was soon break so Lucy ran back to her trusty locker, and gasped. The place had been turned upside down! Glass pieces smashed into splinters that lay scattered and ants crawled busily into her school bag. Too upset to speak, she got her banana and quietly made her way downstairs. She bit her lower lip to console herself and peered cautiously into one of the girl’s bathrooms hearing a mystifying scream. A gruesome sight met her eyes. Melanie stood towering over little Elizabeth while the helpless girl shivered in the corner. Lucy ran out of the toilets. She had had enough. Maybe she had underestimated the new girl.
   It was soon science and they were studying sophisticated chunks about Photosynthesis and even though Lucy loved science, she still couldn't take her  mind off the horrible encounter in the bathroom. Whatever could Melanie have done to poor Elizabeth? Finally, Lucy made up her mind. She would tell off Melanie and set things all right. So she tore up to Ms Glacier and explained what had happened. Ms Glacier nodded in apprehension, but she couldn't go any further, for Melanie had heard. She frowned heavily at Lucy, then landed with a cross little thump upon her chair, and read her reading book about freights quietly.