Susan thought, "Oh Goody!" She hated school. The kids were mean to her and made fun of her because her clothes were hand-made and not in style. Plus, the lady from the Red Cross would come get her to get her shoes. They were the ugly, brown tie-up shoes. The girls would ask Susan if those were the shoes the Red Cross Lady got for her and would go away laughing. They would never ask her to play with them. Furthermore, the lunch ladies would always ask loudly if she got FREE LUNCH. They already knew she did, but the asked anyway every day.
And not one of the girls ever sat close to Susan at lunch. They said she smelled. Her mother bathed her every night, but they didn't have a tub. She hand-washed her. Edie always said you could be poor, but, there was no excuse to be dirty. Soap was cheap.
Even the teachers were mean. Because Susan was slow, the teachers either ignored her or yelled at her if her grades were poor. Susan was dyslexic...But no one knew what that was in the 40's.
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