7813mp+The+Boys+Get+Even

Have you ever noticed that girls can get away with anything? It seems that if boys do just one little thing, //wham!// they’re in trouble. But girls can get away with murder!

Last summer at camp, for example, there was a big food fight in the dining hall. Okay, maybe the boys started it, but the girls were throwing chocolate pudding and dinner rolls just like everybody else. But guess who got in trouble?

When we were dragged into the camp office, the camp director, Ms. Jenkins, demanded an explanation. We were all too scared to even talk.

Finally, our counselor Phil said, "I guess boys will be boys ."

Ms. Jenkins didn't even crack a smile.

Instead, she replied slowly, "Boys should be gentlemen."

That night, she made us sweep and mop the whole dining hall. We even had to wash the windows. Those things hadn't been washed in like, a hundred years!

As we worked and sweated until midnight, we vowed to get revenge on the girls for sticking us with all the punishment.

W e //would// get even. Our chance came that very next day...

I said to my group, "Well, there's a beach at camp, so..."

Tommy said, "Soooo, what?"

"Soooo, we make a shark fin in Arts & Crafts and put a band on it. The next time we go to the beach, Sean will put on the fin, get into the water, and I'll scream, "SHAARK!"

The only thing was, we didn't know that Melissa was listening.

The next day...

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande',Arial; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5;">They rushed to the beach during surf class and Sean rushed to get on the fin and we made a circle around him so that when he was walking, no one could see him. Then we played in the water until the girls came. And I made sure Sean was there in the water.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande',Arial; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5;">A few minutes later, I yelled, "SHAARK!"

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande',Arial; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5;">All the girls started screaming. Then I notices a few were missing. I looked into the water to see Sean running out. He said there was actually a shark. We looked at the girls laughing and noticed Jessie wearing a fake shark fin.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande',Arial; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5;">We vowed to get them back again someday...

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