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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. We would get even.

Our chance came that very next day.

The next morning, while we were changing, Andy said, "I think we should scare them. They'll scream so loudly that they will wake up Ms. Jenkins. She'll be so mad that they'll be doing what we did until they leave."

"Don't you know a thing about getting back at people? The girls would tell on us. We would only get into more trouble," Mark remarked.

"We could


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