“What’s the matter, dear?” Helen says as Mark enters the house, crying. “Did something happen at school again?”

“Someone threw a spitball at the back of my head when I was writing on the board,” Mark replies, wiping his nose clean.

“Maybe you should start using Powerpoint when you teach.”

Norman Marcotte is retired and enjoys spending his free time exercising his creative brain. You can find more of his writing at normanmarcotte.com.