Masquerade

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It was the evening before the Halloween weekend.

Children were trickling into the big hall for Rutherford B. Hayes Middle School’s traditional fancy dress ball. There were male and female pirates, princesses with reluctant princes, cowboys and cowgirls, ballerinas (one with a VERY reluctant and embarrassed partner), zombies, ghosts … all hoping to win the prestigious price for the best disguise.

One little boy stood out in the crowd. Well, not really stood out. Actually Phil never stood out. He always kind of blended into the walls. Not really part of anything. Not really a problem but … well, kind of sad. This night Phil was dressed very neatly in a white shirt, burgundy pull-over, black trousers and black leather shoes polished so you could see your reflection in them. The only thing was that this was how he always dressed.

His teacher and the Principal, who both were part of the jury, made their way over to him to gently explain the idea of a fancy dress ball to him.

Later that evening everyone was surprised when Phil won the big prize for the best disguise.

On Monday a happy Amy came to school.

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awww

Totes adorbs

Ha ha.

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Ha ha.

-- Daphne Xu

-- Try saying freefloating three times rapidly.

a very good disguise !

and glad she could drop it at last!

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