Jenny came to school on the back of her father\'s motorcycle. She was late. Wayside School began at nine o\'clock. It was almost nine-thirty. She kissed her father good-bye and raced up the thirty flights of stairs to Mrs. Jewls\'s room.

"I\'m sorry I\'m late, Mrs. Jewls, but my father\'s motorcycle lost a. . . ." There was nobody there. The room was empty.

"Hello, hello," she cried. "Mrs. Jewls, Dana, Todd, anyone?"

There was no one in the room.
94"Maybe I\'m early," Jenny thought. She looked up at the clock. It was exactly nine-thirty.
"Oh, I hope they didn\'t go on a field trip without me." She looked out the window. Nobody was there, not even Louis.

Jenny didn\'t know what to do. She sat down at her desk. She watched the second hand go around on the clock. "I might as well catch up on my spelling," she thought. She opened her desk and took out her speller.

M-U-D spellsmud.

"Where is everybody?"

B-L-O-O-D spellsblood.

"I hope nothing happened to them."

B-L-A-C-K spellsblack.

Jenny heard footsteps coming down the hall. She began to work very fast.

H-A-C-K spellshack.S-M-A-C-K spellssmack.Someone opened the door. Jenny turned around. "Ack!" she gasped.

He was a man Jenny had never seen before. He had a black mustache and a matching attach case.

Jenny jumped out of her seat.

"Get back in your seat," the man said.

Jenny slowly sat down.

The man walked over and sat down in Dana\'s seat, facing Jenny. He opened his attach case and removed some papers.

"What is your name?" he asked her.

"Jenny," Jenny whispered.

"Jenny?" the man repeated as if he didn\'t believe her.
95"Well, it is actually Jennifer, Jenny for short," said Jenny.
"I see," said the man. He took the speller from Jenny\'s desk. Jenny\'s name was written across the top. He put the speller in his attach case.

"What are you doing here, Jennifer?" he asked.

"This is my classroom," said Jenny.

"Are you sure?" the man asked.

"Yes, I think so. I mean-"

"Where is the rest of your class?" the man asked.

"I don\'t know," said Jenny, "maybe they went on a field trip."

"No," said the man. "They didn\'t go on a field trip."

"W............