As the first students went to the front of the classroom, I gave Mrs. Mire instructions about how they would draw a card and to write the instructions on the front board:
- If they gave the wrong answer.
- If they didn't answer in thirty seconds.
- If they were the last person to answer if everyone else answered correctly.
- If they cheated.
The students who went for each of the groups were Fred, Patrick, Carly, and Liz. They were given a piece of paper to give the answer. Mrs. Mire seemed pretty confused about the whole game, but she didn't have any choice but go along with it calmly.
"The first question," Mrs. Mires said, "How many men signed the Declaration of Independence?" The contestants wrote their answers. "The correct answer is 56. Those who missed the answer please come draw a card." Fred and Carly answered incorrectly.
Fred drew first and read the card. "'Being shy is boring in the long run, this command will help you have some fun. (Hold the hand of the most attractive person in your group).' What the..." Fred started to say, but he was compelled to walk over to me and hold my hand. It was an odd feeling holding hands with a guy. The whole class started to laugh as Fred's face turned bright red. "I... I'm sorry, I can't... let go."
"It's okay," I replied looking at the next person who was drawing a card.
Carly drew a card and read it. "'Slow down and enjoy life a bit more, remember your childhood when you were four. (Become four years old).'" Carly turned to the teacher and said, "How am I supposed to do this?" But right as she said that, she started to get shorter. Her pants fell off and her shirt fell all the way past her knees as her face lost maturity. In the place of Carly stood a four year old. "I'm so small," she said with a cute young voice as she looked at her hands that were shaking.
The whole class became dead silent. "Alright, next question," Mrs. Mire said calmly.
