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minutes to pick the padlock. Inside I found a
ladder that would reach to the second floor.
Up I went.

The principal’s window was closed, but
I worked a screwdriver between the frame
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and the sill and pried up the window. After
stepping into the room, I searched the desk
until I found Dean’s glove. It was in the
bottom drawer, with some other things the
principal had collected from students.
I took the glove and climbed out the

window. Closed it. Climbed down. I put the
ladder back in the shed, locked it up and
went home to surprise my brother.

I got away with it. Almost.
Dean couldn’t help telling his friends
what his big sister had done. Word began to
get around the school. The principal called
me to her office two days later.

“I hear you’re quite the little thief,”
Principal Rattigan said.

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