Some of the children were working in their workbooks. Others were reading in their readers. And still others were computing on the computer.

Miss Nogard looked from one to another. Eenie . . . meenie . . . minie . . . Maurecia! she thought.

Maurecia was stamping a stamp.

"Maurecia," said Miss Nogard. "Will you come here, please?"

Maurecia walked to the front of the room. "Yes?" she said cheerfully.

"Don\'t \'yes\' me, young lady," said Miss Nogard. "You know what you did."

Maurecia looked back at her teacher. What did I do? she wondered.

Miss Nogard waited patiently. Everyone was guilty of something.

I didn\'t do anything, did I? thought Maurecia. I\'ve been good, I think. Unless she found out about that dictionary page I accidentally tore. No, she couldn\'t know about that! It happe............