Just Her Way

Mrs. Stuart hadn’t missed a day of school yet, and so her class was surprised to find a substitute sitting in her chair one Monday morning.

“We have a substitute,” breathed Jan.

“Maybe we should change our names,” suggested Zack.

“Please have a seat immediately so I can take roll,” interrupted the substitute.

The children filed into the room. The substitute wrote her name, “Mrs. Jesterway,” on the board. Zack couldn’t help noticing that when you broke up the sub’s last name into smaller parts, it sounded like the words, “just her way.”

Zack also noticed that her accent kept changing. Sometimes she sounded like she was from the South, and other times she sounded like she was from the East Coast. Zack decided to keep a closer eye on their substitute.

The substitute seemed a bit weird. Out of the corner of his eye, Zack noticed that the substitute was cleaning out her ears. This lady is something else, thought Zack.

An hour later, Zack saw the substitute turn a dial in the back of her head. He was getting more suspicious. Zack turned to his buddy Jake.

“Hey, Jake, did you see the sub crank a dial in her head?” Jake raised his eyes and shook his head.

Zack looked back up at the substitute and saw an antenna rising out of her head.

“Jake! Look at that!” Zack called. Just then the substitute turned and glared at Zack. She began walking up the aisle to his seat.