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y forward or putting my
backpack between me and the seat。 Nothing helped。 She'd
just scoot up; too; or lean over a little farther and sniff…sniff…sniff。
I finally asked Mr。 Mertins to move me; but he wouldn't do it。 Something about not wanting to
disturb the delicate balance of educational energies。
Whatever。 I was stuck with her sniffing。 And since I couldn't see her perfectly penned
answers anymore; my grades took a dive。 Especially in
spelling。
Then one time; during a test; Juli's in the middle of sniffing my hair when she notices that I've
blown a spelling word。 A lot of words。 Suddenly the
sniffing stops and the whispering starts。 At first I couldn't believe it。 Juli Baker cheating? But
sure enough; she was spelling words for me; right in my
ear。
Juli'd always been sly about sniffing; which really bugged me because no one ever noticed
her doing it; but she was just as sly about giving me
answers; which was okay by me。 The bad thing about it was that I started counting on her
spelling in my ear。 I mean; why study when you don't have
to; right? But after a while; taking all those answers made me feel sort of indebted to her。
How can you tell someone to bug off or quit sniffing you
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when you owe them? It's; you know; wrong。
So I spent the sixth grade somewhere between unfortable and unhappy; but I kept
thinkin
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