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1. How does Russell describe the month of August?

Russell describes the month of August as the time that the corn is earring, the tomatoes are ripening on the vine, and the clover is in full bloom. There is a little less evening, which is a warning. You want to live every day two times because soon you will be imprisoned in school.

2. How does Russell describe Miss Arbuckle?

Russell says that Miss Myrt Arbuckle, who was their school teacher, must have been about 40. She was past her prime. She was hard of hearing in one ear and could not whip her students like she wanted to because she had arthritis in one elbow. She could still whip the students, but it did not make much of an impression.

3. What did Lester Kriegbaum do in the spring when Miss Arbuckle called him up for a minor infraction?

Last spring, Miss Arbuckle called Lester Kriegbaum up to the front of the classroom because of a minor infraction. He brought a book to the front of the room and read it over her knew, while she wallopped his rear end.

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