I’m at the desk and I’m listening to the lesson that the teacher is explaining to us, but more than anything I’m thinking about how long it will take her to let us have recess.
I’m worried about how this interval will go, because my classmate Stefano wants to avenge me because I pulled a prank on him.
Finally, in a certain sense, unfortunately, it is time for recess.
In the stridency of the chairs I hear Stefano’s voice calling a small group of males: probably grouping up to beat me.
In fact, the little group of children surrounds me; soon, I think to myself, the drawings will rise, and their rustling will be the background to the screams.
The boys, at a signal from Stefano, group up and take me.
I, who am very strong, take a child and trip him by dropping him on his back on the floor.
He shouts: “Hey! Get him. ”
In a hurry I run between the desks to hide, but little Stefano, full of anger, sees me slipping between the benches and with a jump he gets behind me, ... READ MORE