The School Bully I was happy to be absent from school.

According to Mother, if the ache in my stomach worsens, I'll miss a few more days of school.

I couldn't be happier but I had to act as if I was sad and upset.

Mother believed my act. An actual actor or actress couldn't have achieved the level of acting I just did.

I actually didn't have a problem with my stomach.

I couldn't go to school and face Big Derek.

Derek was two grades above me and stood about two feet over me.

It was an accident when he heard me say he had a lot of muscle but his mother forgot to give him brains.

He had more brains and muscles than I thought because he had the ability to understand and throw me across the room.

It became his daily activity. He would find me about school and hurt me.