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Weekly Contest #42
I have been keeping secrets since I was six years old. My first secret was when the teacher at our one-room country school came to board with us. Teachers used to board with our neighbors across the road but when Mrs. Watkins became ill, Momma and Daddy thought it would be a good way to make some extra money. So, Miss Trent came to stay with us. I was just starting Grade Two and at first I thought Miss Trent was terrific. She was pretty and funny and had wonderful blond hair and was not nearly as strict as our last teacher. Did I say she was...
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