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worthy to be a teacher at all. The school head master

was sick of him. When Squint came to him to squeal

on me, he got angry and couldn’t help but reprimand

him.

Squint went to see the school head master again.

He asked the school head master to change his work

and pleaded, “I know I’m not fit to work as a teacher.

I know nothing. Can I work as a warehouse keeper?”

“Do you want to be a warehouse keeper?” the

school head master asked.

“Yes, I do,” he answered.

“Good!” the school head master immediately

agreed.

Thus he became a warehouse keeper and moved

out of our office.

Squint had been harbouring a grudge against me.

He hated me to the marrow of his bones. But since he

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