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with subtle detail and dozens of characters attending
a bacchanalian picnic on the banks of the Seine. It
was an original, on loan to the Woody Back to School
unit from the private collection of Joe Summers, the
notorious scoundrel and fraudster, and father of
Bernadette Summers. Sadly Joe was languishing in
chokey doing a fifteen year stretch for ripping the
government off for millions in international aid grants.
Bernadette had lent the facility the paintings for safe
keeping while she completed her own seven year
stretch. During her regular visits to the Principal’s
office Jojo had memorized every square inch of the
painting and spent hours in the art-room practicing
the techniques of the artist. It was a fruitful way to
avoid listening to the endless harangues.
Nonetheless, every now and again Ms Lawton’s
lecture piqued Jojo’s interest and curiosity. Ever since
they had returned from furlough, during morning
assemblies, the Grand Dame had been issuing dire
warnings about the painful consequences of
continued contravention of the rules, regulations and
protocols. Jojo had heard it all before, but this
morning Ms Lawton was constantly referring to
undisclosed Radical Revisions that she tended to
implement. It occurred to Jojo that Radical Revisions
might have ominous ramifications for her already
beleaguered bumbags.
Throughout the summer furlough Susan
Lawton had labored over her strategy to counteract
the surge of mega-minxdom that threatened to
reduce the unit into anarchy.