The Course of Frankenstein

            Ten year old Willie Engley was not afraid to cut through the

    woods called the  Little Black Forest by locals of Pawtuxet Village.

    That was how he preferred to go to St. Paul's Catholic School in

    the morning. One morning he  had to stop to " take a leak ". He put

    down his open book bag and went behind  a wild berry bush. He suddenly

    heard footsteps behind  him - a  scary grunting noise.

        " Frankenstein ! "  he thought.  The ogre of Fay Field was going

    to have him for breakfast. He quickly grabbed his bag and started

    running faster and faster , He was a good runner . He had won the bronze

    medal in the Junior Gymnastics. Finally he arrived at the end of Milton

    Street.

        In Sister Veronica ' that morning he could not find his  arithmetic

    workbook. He had forgotten to do his square roots exercises anyway. He

    reasoned that he had lost the book - he dare not tell his poor mother-

    in the frantic escape from Frankenstein. He had also lost a few nice

    red, white, and blue pencils.


          Sister threatened to punish him if he did not have his math exercise

    book tomorrow morning. That meant he would have to go back to the Black

    Forest when it was beginning to get dark - a late October afternoon.

         But Willie was a brave soul.  The   Engley family were old Yankee

    stock. He was so lucky. He found his math exercise book. But amazingly

    Frankenstein had done his square root exercises !

        His homework was corrected by Sister Veronica the next morning. She

    put a gold star above the exercise.   Willie wondered  if Frankenstein

    would return his red , white and blue pencil.