Middle School-Language Arts

Student Script
Student Teacher #2

Say:	Make sure to highlight any word or idea that you do not understand.

     "I think," he said, "that the most interesting place to be would be at a murder trial where nobody knew whether the accused was guilty or not. And then at four o'clock, if he was guilty--"

     Mr. Crangle's breath was coming faster. The clock hands stood at 3:56.

     "Or watching the drunkards in a saloon," he said.

     "Nut," Pet said, and he gave her one. "Oh," he said, "there are so many places, so many places to be. But I'd rather be with you when it happens, Pet. Right here alone with you."

     He sat tense in his chair. He could actually see the big hand of the clock move, in the tiniest little jerkings, leaving a hairline of white between itself and the black 3:57 dot, and moving to the 3:58 dot, narrowing the space, until it touched that dot, and then stood directly on it, and then moved past toward the 3:59 dot.