BOY. Yes, sir. (Crying.)
TEACHER. Then go on.
BOY. Boo-hoo! I can’t read it.
TEACHER. Try it again immediately.
BOY. He (boo-hoo! ) rode—the—tater—cart! (Weeps profusely.)
TEACHER. Next scholar read it.
GIRL. Herod—the—the—the (is prompted by someone ) the tetrarch.
TEACHER. Very good. Next boy, the second sentence.
BOY. This—is—a—warm—This—is—a—warm—doughnut—tread on it.
TEACHER (presenting dunce cap). Put that on and stand in the corner. (Boy scuffs to corner, where he spends his time throwing spitballs and eating doughnuts, thrown him by pupils when the teacher is not looking.) Next read. (Boy steps up to ask teacher about an example.)