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A Life in the Day of Nixdown Nixon - The Woody Back to School Unit

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A <strong>Life</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Day</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nixdown</strong> <strong>Nixon</strong><br />

beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> break through so hopefully it will turn<br />

<strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> a pretty day as I will have <strong>to</strong> spend <strong>the</strong> majority<br />

<strong>of</strong> it patroll<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> grounds.<br />

Debs is chatter<strong>in</strong>g away cheerfully about her<br />

new hairdo. Despite her natural self-assurance which<br />

can sometimes be ra<strong>the</strong>r irritat<strong>in</strong>g she is not <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

least bit va<strong>in</strong>. In fact she is quite <strong>the</strong> opposite and<br />

can be very self-conscious. I th<strong>in</strong>k that is part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

reason that she always used <strong>to</strong> dress like a hobo.<br />

Yesterday I f<strong>in</strong>ally persuaded her <strong>to</strong> come <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> <strong>to</strong>wn<br />

with me and a visit a friend <strong>of</strong> m<strong>in</strong>e, Pencil, at his<br />

salon.<br />

We <strong>to</strong>ok <strong>the</strong> bus <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> <strong>to</strong>wn and she was<br />

extremely grumpy and non-communicative. I<br />

assumed this was because she still had smoke<br />

billow<strong>in</strong>g out from under her skirt as a result <strong>of</strong> be<strong>in</strong>g<br />

caned by <strong>the</strong> Wart just an hour earlier. <strong>The</strong> Wart<br />

hates Deborah and really did a number on her.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Wart landed <strong>the</strong> first five strokes with textbook<br />

precision and <strong>the</strong>n announced that she was<br />

go<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> f<strong>in</strong>ish th<strong>in</strong>gs up with a bacon slicer. We all<br />

had our f<strong>in</strong>gers crossed and were hop<strong>in</strong>g that <strong>the</strong><br />

Wart would fluff <strong>the</strong> stroke and miss but sadly not.<br />

Somehow Debs managed <strong>to</strong> stay down and<br />

avoided giv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Wart <strong>the</strong> opportunity <strong>to</strong> take a<br />

second shot at her. Of course Debs put a brave face<br />

on it while she was be<strong>in</strong>g post-processed but I have<br />

known her for a long time and I could tell that she<br />

had just been nailed and was <strong>in</strong> pretty bad shapes.<br />

My pal Pencil is as camp as a row <strong>of</strong> tents and<br />

can be very bitchy but I had <strong>in</strong>structed him <strong>to</strong> be nice<br />

<strong>to</strong> Debs and for once he kept his catty <strong>to</strong>ngue <strong>in</strong>

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