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Emily dug through her pencil bag to take out her calculator. Strangely, she couldn't feel it. She shoved the pencils around for a long moment, but her calculator wasn't in the pencil case. She also checked inside of her school bag, dumping everything out and feeling at the bottom, still it was to no avail. Replacing her stuff in her school bag, she wondered where she could of have left her calculator. Suddenly, she remembered.

The day before, she had been asking the school principal about a complicated question in Math, which they had solved together in his office. Once she had finished the question, she had placed her calculator on his desk and accidentally forgotten it. She would have to ask Mme Jambonbrûlé if she could journey to his office to retrieve it. Yet since Mme Jambonbrûlé wasn't in the room, Emily would have to wait for her return.

Emily stared at the clock as she waited for the teacher to return. A minute passed, and then another. Emily was growing bored. Just as she was about to draw a cat in her Math notebook, Mme Jambonbrûlé arrived through the doorway. "Mme Jambonbrûlé." Emily addressed her.

"Just a minute, I'm writing something down." the teacher said. Emily waited patiently for her to finish writing. She was about to speak when another teacher, Mme Spaniel hurriedly entered the room and walked over to Mme Jambonbrûlé. They started to converse. Their conversation lasted for a long time. Emily began to draw a cat. She put a considerable amount of detail into her cat, and once she was finished, she turned and listened to the two teachers talk. Mme Spaniel took a break and Emily thought she was done. She called Mme Jambonbrûlé's name again, at the same time Mme Spaniel started to talk again. Emily looked down as she realized she had accidentally cut Mme Spaniel off.

"Shh! We're talking!" Mme Spaniel said angrily.

"Who peed in your cheerios?" Emily replied

"Detention!" Mme Spaniel yelled. Emily cursed loudly. Everyone stared at her with wide eyes and astonished faces. Nobody at school had ever heard Emily curse before.

"Emily!" Mme Jambonbrûlé gasped "What do you have to say for yourself?"

"Congratulations! You've learned a new word!"

Mme Spaniel met Emily's witty response with an angry look. "Go to the office right now!" She commanded.That's where I was planning on going in the first place! Emily thought to herself.

"Fine." She answered. She piled all her stuff in her school bag, and without another word, walked sombrely out the classroom door in the direction of the office. On the way there, she popped her head through the doorway of Mme Rose's classroom and waved, uttering a cheerful hello. Mme Rose smiled and asked Emily what she was doing out of class. Emily replied that she was on her way to the office. Mme Rose refrained from questioning Emily any further. Emily didn't tell her.

Emily arrived at the office, which was currently unoccupied, and removed her calculator from the principal's desk, stuffing it in her school bag. Then she seated herself on the bench right outside of his office and waited for the principal to return. While she waited, she took out her Math text book and binder and started to work on the questions. At least she had her calculator once again. As soon as she figured out the first one, the rest of them came much easier. She felt a flash of pride for figuring them out herself.