ФРАГМЕНТ
BRUISE
“The bruise, again? We’ve just moved in and you are back attacking someone. What happened?” - asked the mother, carefully keeping an eye on her fifth grader in the hallway.
“Nothing,” - the son answered, and with his head down added, - “nothing happened. ”
“Of course. Would you please tell me about it? It is always better to think before using your fists. ”
“They did…” - replied her son, turning his head towards his new school.
“Well then, they go again, aren’t they?” - his mother said sighing. “You know dear, when two people are in the argument only the one person might not to be blame. Let’s have a talk about this. Any mistake can be corrected. ”
“All right,” - uttered the student with his cheeks puffed out. “After I’ll wash my face and hands. ”
TALK
“You know, Mom, I do not like cocky and bully guys, thinking a lot of themselves. Especially if they are not interesting to me. ” - the boy said sitting opposite his mother.
“Well, Son, it might be just your personal opinion,” - mother replied leaning back in her armchair.
“But… Look!” - exclaimed the boy almost shouting. “We had a new assignment on a new topic. We’d have had to resolve it. I solved it one of the first, but our teacher called out Pashka to the board, and he was mumbling… mumbling… and did not find the solution. What a heel!” - her son reacted right away, spilling out everything he had.
“Calling names is not good - it is not a sign of intelligence. ” - Mother replied calmly, - “Now as I understand you’ve decided to take care of the problem, humiliating this boy with your behavior, is that right?”
“I did not! I got there just to make all the things clear, but he was standing near the board and grinning. ”
“And you did still provoke him? Did you? Now I get it. You tried to sort all things out after school. ”
“We weren’t,” - frowned her son. “I was alone against all of them. But I am not afraid! I will teach them a lesson! And I will see what they have! They are able to put it on airs only, and not study…”
The hallway door slammed.
“Oh! There you are!” - Father said entering the room and looking around with the smile. – “Do we have lunch today?”
“Yes, we do.