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Hello This is Natasha and I'm

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here with a story about Katie.

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Who. Is an all new school? Go

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apart from one thing. She's.

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A witch and can do magic

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tricks. And. Hello to an

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yeah aged nine who's been waiting

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for this case. He story. Katie.

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Had been learning Latin at school for a

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year. When. I say learning

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that might not be quite the

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right word, because to tell you

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the truth, she had hardly learned

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any Latin. She. Knew

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that Gromyko este in Hortefeux

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meant. Gromyko. Is in the

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garden. But. It was the use

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of that to anyone nowadays. Katie.

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Couldn't wait to drop this

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deadbeat language and learn something

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more useful like Spanish. But.

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When she told her mother she received

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a big know. Katie.

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Had to learn Latin because it

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was most useful subject in school.

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If you are a which. Why?

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Mom please is Katie

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hardly anyone cast spells

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in Latin anymore. They've.

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All been translated into English.

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Well maybe. But. Latin

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makes the past come

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alive today. Her. Mom said.

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Gesturing with a wooden spoon

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and accidently flicking some drops

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of Souls soup on to

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kitties forehead without seeming to

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notice. When you

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read Latin people from a

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whole different well speech, you

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like they are alive today,

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only in a parallel universe.

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To do magic, you need

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to understand how the past

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and present live alongside one

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another and that any cheese

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intertwine. Katie. Side

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not entirely convinced.

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He make it sound so

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interesting, but our latin. Jay

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is about as interesting as a

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status you have some bad Roman

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dude. That. Said hey

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see. Her. Mum replied.

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The wooden spoon out tapping with mitzi against

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the side of the pot. Will.

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Have to get to a private

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Latin teacher now, but you are

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always saying we need to save

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more money. Katie protested for arms

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crossing over her chest in a

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defiant stance. It won't

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cost us saying all. Asked Solomon

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to teach you. left in. Soma,

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Then. How

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can he teach last? in. Ah,

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but as you know, he's a much

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cool cat and he knows Latin and

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very. Well indeed, And

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so. Every weekday evening

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at six, except on Thursdays

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when Katie had a dance

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class. Solomon and Katie led.

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To this is. Just to read

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and write it. But to

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speak it. Because if you

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can do magic, You. Will

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know that Latin is a living

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language. Solomon. With

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sit on T t set and ask.

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Solve. A pattern in awkward,

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I guess. Which.

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Means. Hello Katie,

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how are you. A

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penny A To. Take

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he responded meaning ah

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well and you. Op

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de May. Some.

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And heard some ah.

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Do today. We

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are learning Mcdougall salesman

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war but powerful. Quite.

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Verb our. Wits

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words, P.

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Mum seal A's Solomon

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began. Ah

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be lays means cat

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doesn't it? To.

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Right. You are making

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progress. He

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would give her some homework.

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She would have to learn

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to conjugate verbs like encounter

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a to cast a spell

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Income Tax Income Tax. Income

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Tax. I cast

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a spell. You cast a

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spell. He. Casts

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a spell. You get the

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idea. And slowly

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but surely Katie thought better

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and better at Latin. Suit

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Even outside her friend Isis

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to had a very expensive

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lesson. Cheetah. It turned

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out that Solomon the Cat was a

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far more effective Teach us that a

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young lads you at with a first

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class degree from Oxford University. As

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the Mr case her lesson he at

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school he was over the moon with

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Katie and Isis is steady. Progress.

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They were his star pupils,

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a shining beacon of success

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the his time on it

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teaching methods in a modern

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school setting. Solomon.

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On the other hand, secretly

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enjoyed. Teaching T T Latin.

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Is just about the lessons.

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It was. It's hard

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to showcase his unparalleled

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be line intelligence. But

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to to his nature as a

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professional. Grumble are to captain

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badgering Haiti's mum. I'm

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saving you a fortune

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by teaching Haiti. Surely

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that's worth some say.

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Casey's mum wag to finger at

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had season tickets. Solomon.

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You're living a cat's dream here.

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All. Expenses paid. Isn't

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it about time you

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pitched in? Solomon

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sussed his whiskers, twitching

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and indignation. Most cats

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are a via as

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the majestic beings they

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are. Zing and

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being adored. Take that

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indulged feline next door. His.

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Days consists of stretching

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on a luxurious sheepskin

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rug and sauntering to

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the kitchen for goal

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mainland liver. And

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watch Hello Beads does

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he performs as it's

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Roiled Friedman's. Meanwhile,

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my. Life. Consists of nothing

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but. Walk. Walk Walk.

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Walk. You call

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that luck. Katie is my

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last. The old spell

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to keep the house clean and

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the gathering had it hardly too

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much to ask. And

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last week you had me

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scale the. Roof to clear

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the battery. If

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that's. If.

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That's not pettiness. I.

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Don't know what is. For

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a cat of your talents. Danger

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is but an adventure

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she put. Besides,

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you have nine lives to

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spare. Solomon's.

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Eyes glinted. with a

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catchy annoyance. You

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know when the suits next

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door get off on a

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holiday? their cat tix into

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the sea line. lox. Which

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leads. It's a

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veritable saw the cats were

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he's pampered to the point

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of absurdity. Lucky

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him. Said. Katie mum

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sarcastically. You know

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we can't remotely afford. let's me

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like that for ourselves, let alone

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for a cat. The.

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Conversation always ended the same

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way muttering have a he

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would just like be paid

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a little something for all

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his time teaching Haiti left

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him. After all, Human

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teachers get paid, don't they.

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Know as it happens, The

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following term at school. Cases.

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Human Teacher took a sabbatical which

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meant he had some time off

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from teaching while still getting paid.

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In. Addition to the long summer

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holidays when. Blacks the

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same thing. Getting.

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Paid for taking time off. So

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take his Latin class. Recruited

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a temporary replacement teacher for

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that term. He. Turned out

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to be an odd preacher. His

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name was Mrs. Felix.

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And he was quite a fancy dresser. He

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was that prevails at smoking

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jacket, a flamboyant silk handkerchief

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in his breast pocket, Skinny.

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White trousers and white

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pointed shoes. He had

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a long face. Accentuated

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by appointed Beard. Which.

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He was in the habit as stroking thoughtfully.

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His. Pupils soon got the idea that they

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would sit and stroke that sins all

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through the lessons. He didn't

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seem to notice or care. But

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he did insist on the class learning

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that left him Gramma. He.

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Was saw strict in the miss case

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it ever been and anyone who did

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not get at least nine out of

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ten in a latin test was given

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detention. The. Only members of

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the class to escape detention with

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Katie and Isis. To. Always

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got full marks on the Latin tests.

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Some months us who was always

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getting to tension like to call

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them the teacher's pet. But.

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Katie whispered to Isis. If

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only she knew. I

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suspect that he's our. Pets.

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Because her which is senses

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told her that Mister Felix

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and Solomon would not entirely

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unrelated when she went home

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she would ask Solomon. What?

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Did you do today? Solomon? And.

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He would reply. Oh,

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the usual. helping with

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magic around the house,

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doing the laundry, Clean.

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it reduces. A

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cat's house work is never

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done. I'm Katie

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with smile to herself because

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she knew he wasn't being

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entirely truthful. One day

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at school. after particularly grueling

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test that left more than

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half the class with the

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prospect of facing detention, Samantha

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raise her hands a missed

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his Felix. Why?

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Are we even bothering with this?

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Sars? Samantha. Asks

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her voice laced with genuine

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curiosity but adds to his

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frustration. Points of

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learning last in. Small. Like

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with own to use it to texas friends

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or anything. And Mister

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Felix, who really did not

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like Samantha at the best

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of times, positively roared. Back. On

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stub white and lining the

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last in I'll tell you

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what the point of learning

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latin his students. You don't

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learn their Latin that will

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be surrounded the lions. And

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the first few moments mister feel it

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seem to turn into a lie and.

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Not just to Samantha. But. To

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all the students. And the class

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seem to turn into a robot a reader. That.

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Were crowds of people seated. All

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of our them stars begin serving

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as a Lion King closer and

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closer to Samantha. Seemingly about ten

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pounds and it has. All

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the children were screaming and I had

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sauce. Apart. From Casey

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who was thinking. Of

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Solomon. Now he's done

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it. She

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said a spell that brought them all

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that to the left in class. But.

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He was too late. Mishap.

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Worse the head teacher came rushing

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and see what all this screaming

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was about. She. Found

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the entire left in class as

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white. As seats as if they had

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seen a ghost. Some of

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the muttered something about a lie in in

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the room. Nothing seemed

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to make any sense, especially

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Mister Felix He spat out

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that will teach them what

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that point of lactate as.

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I am the miss work who

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already has some serious doubts about

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the strains. Mister Felix when back

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to the office and called the

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teaching agencies to have fun of

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a temporary Latin teacher. The.

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Next day they sent miss a

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killer. Who. Is much more

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boring. Much. The release

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of Mrs. West and the Latin

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class. Midst. Of

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Felix was in taken and as

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being fired. Due

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to know who. Little

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kids like being frightened. He

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insists it. Not

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at this school. Said.

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Mrs. Atlas. But

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of course she have to pay Mister

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Felix for his time at the school.

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Six. Weeks salary and oh,

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And. Secretly he was very pleased.

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With the money. and oddly

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enough, when the holidays came.

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Katie and her mom went to stay

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with Great Aunt clearly in the countryside

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because they couldn't afford the flights and

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hotels and meals. And hope. That.

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That pet cats Solomon.

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Checked. Himself in to the

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see line lox results. So.

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Finally, he received the treatment

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he felt he deserved. And

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that was the story of Katie

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and the cat teacher. We.

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Do hope you enjoyed it! Oh.

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Don't forget to learn your

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lesson verbs. Or. You might

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have a nasty surprise. To.

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