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This is the second part of my practice session for a feature story.
Article:
The police in this municipality received a call at 3:45 p.m. yesterday afternoon. A woman shouted at the sergeant who answered the telephone. She said: "My son's been beaten. His teacher whipped him this afternoon, and he's all red where she paddled him. Can teachers do that? That's assault and battery, and I want her arrested." Two police officers were sent to the home. They questioned the boy, who is 9 years old. At his mother's insistence, the police officers also inspected the boy's reported injuries. They reported: "We couldn't tell that the boy had been paddled. His fanny didn't look red to us, but we did notice that his pants legs were wet and muddy. As we talked, it became obvious that he boy was lying. He finally admitted that he had stopped to play on the way home from school, forgot the time and got home late. He told his mother that the teacher had spanked him and kept him after school. His mother was there with us and heard the whole story. She said she'd take of the situation, and we're quite certain that she will, as she was very embarrassed. In fact, we could hear her giving the kid a real paddling as we left—and a hard one."
My feature lead:
A regular afternoon took an unexpected turn for the mother of a 9 year old boy when her son came home. The mother of the 9 year old called the police at 3:45 pm when her son told her what the teacher had done to him. The mother called the police screaming. The boy informed his mother of the harsh punishment his teacher gave him, which was a paddling. The mother wanted to have the teacher arrested and the police soon arrived at her house for question. After an examination of the boy took place, the police were soon to conclude the boy was lying. After a conversation with them, the boy admitted to playing after school, hence his tardiness back home. He told his mother that his teacher held him back to punish him instead of telling the truth, and his mother heard his confession. Embarrassed, the mother informed the police she'd handle the situation, giving the police a cue to leave. As they were leaving, they heard the mother "taking care of the situation" as she gave her son a real paddling.
References:
- Article: https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199846412/student/chapter17/exercise/ex5/
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