“Phooey to you!” I said to Russell. Sometimes you just have to stand up for yourself and tell someone Phooey. “You heard me,” I added, a little louder this time. “I told you Phooey!”

Russell blushed and looked down at his shoes. “You’re such a big old meanie,” he whispered.

Philip Zunzuncito Sequoia lives in England. He likes the music of The Fall. He dislikes marzipan.