"Look up. Look down. Look at my thumb. Gee, you're dumb," and he laughs "insanely". For the rest of the first week of school, Charles is still behaving badly in school and is punished by the teacher all the time. Laurie tells his parents about Charles everyday on what he has done to get punishment. His mother blames Charles for all the bad grammar and rude expressions Laurie has been using, but her husband just feels its better for Laurie to meet people like Charles now than in the future. On Monday, Laurie is late for lunch and he tells his mother that Charles got detention for yelling in school and so everyone stayed there just to watch him. From Tuesday to Thursday Charles is bad. Then on Friday he stays after school again, and so does everyone who watches him.
             Surprisingly, Charles later becomes the teacher's good helper. Laurie sounds unhappy or "grimly" when he reports good news of Charles to his parents. However, the good news does not last long. On Frida
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