Miss Caroline's Diary (Chapter 3)
Today I was walking past one of my students (Burris Ewell) and I noticed he had cooties! I didn't even know what one was until a kind boy named 'Little Chuck Little' explained that it was a cootie. He kindly got me a glass of water and once I had recovered I sent Burris Ewell home and gave him a remedy to get rid of his cooties - I didn't want to other children, or even myself to catch them! Oh well, I suppose that you learn something new every day. That's what I tell my students. I'm not that surprised he got cooties though - he is quite dirty. But, that…
