Bisson_rucker_billys.. - Rudy Rucker

BILLY AND THE WITHC
One day Billy’s teacher fell over dead. The next day they had a substitute. She had
a long pointy chin.
“You have to do what I say,” she said.
“No we don’t,” said Billy. “You are just a substitute.”
“Yes you do,” the substitute said. “Your old teacher is dead. I am your new
teacher.”
Billy didn’t like her. She was mean.
She made him stay after school.
The next day, there she was again.
“I think she’s a witch,” Billy said during recess. “Look at her chin.”
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“Pointy chins don’t prove anything,” the other kids said. “She’s not wearing a witch
hat.”
“Of course not,” said Billy.
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The next day, there she was again. Her chin was still pointy. She even had a broom.
It was parked in the corner.
“You are a witch,” said Billy.
“It’s withc,” said the substitute. She wrote it on the blackboard: WITHC.
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