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Uncle Jack had laid down the law early on. Listening to his rules were. . .optional. At least for me, they were optional. I never missed school. Fourth grade was not a problem for me. Although after long conversations with “Mad” Amelia Pond. . . things got more complicated.
Amelia, was starting to prefer Amy as her name. Amelia, she said, was a bit fairy tale. Amy told me about the Raggedy Doctor. She said that he could fix anything and fight monsters. He sounded like someone I wanted to meet. Amy never stood up for him though that was left for me.
I had told Uncle Jack it wasn’t my fault, when the school called. The teacher was stupid. She had asked why the Titanic sunk, and really the only reason was what Amy had told me. They didn’t call The Doctor. He always came when he was needed and really, the teachers needed to do some homework.
So the principal called Uncle Jack, and when I got home he was not happy. That may be an understatement. He met me at the door, and told Amy to go home.
“The school needs to do their homework, regarding the Doctor ? He would have saved the Titanic ? You know now I have to explain to the school that you have a vivid imagination, and are prone to creating things out of whole cloth, right ? I can only hope they’ll buy it. “
“But. . . you know The Doctor. . . that Skinny-man . . . he came when you called for help.” I teared up, hoping it would soften him. It usually worked, not so much this time. He was pretty angry.
“Mels, you wanted to find your parents. Your best friends are your parents but you mustn’t tell them. The Doctor has a lot of faces, your friend Amy has seen a different face. Now you have to be quiet. ” He turned and started to walk way , “And do try, to stay out of trouble”.
I decided that trying to stay out of trouble would be an option too, probably for the rest of my life.