White Christmas 2008: I

The Bus Was Late
It was the first day of school and the bus usually runs late in the afternoon on the first day of school. But the bus was very late and the parents at the bus stop were beginning to worry. When the bus finally arrived, 7 kids spilled out eager to tell stories about their first day. It took only a few seconds to realize that they were all excitedly telling the same story. The story of how one child was lost and all the classrooms and all the buses were checked and held until they could find this poor child who may have boarded the wrong bus. “Teachers,” they said, “kept getting on and off of all the buses in front of ours. When a teacher got to our bus, she said: raise your hand if you are Amelia White!” And that is why over 300 students were delayed on the first day of school this year.