Jon's short, pudgy legs didn't let him move very fast, and he could see Sarah was already starting to recover from being banged in the head when Ms. Johnson (the girls' gym teacher) had swung open the locker room door. So he threw himself as far as he could toward the stone, landing with a thud on his now ample pot belly.
THe wind was knocked out of him, but Jon still managed to reach out and try to grab the wishing stone. It was a few inches out of the reach of his short arm, but he stretched as far as he could and got his fingertips around it...
Unfortunately, he didn't have a very good grasp, and it was plucked from his hand by-Ms. Johnson, the gym teacher.
Snatching up the stone, Ms. Johnson pushed Sarah back toward Jon and Ethel. Jon clambered to his feet. "Ms. Jonson, please you have to...."
"Quiet, Jon! You know how much trouble the three of you are in? Sarah, Ethel, what were you two doing with a boy in the room?"
The two girls looked at each other. Finally, Sarah said...
