The Boomerang on the Playground
In 1997, a fifth-grader named Marcus Torres stood at the edge of the blacktop at Jefferson Elementary in Tucson, Arizona, watching his classmate David trip...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Obadiah 1:15.
In 1997, a fifth-grader named Marcus Torres stood at the edge of the blacktop at Jefferson Elementary in Tucson, Arizona, watching his classmate David trip and scatter his lunch tray across the concrete. Marcus laughed. He pointed. He made sure everyone else saw. For three weeks, Marcus made David's humiliation a running joke — imitating the stumble, calling him "Tray Boy" in the hallways.…
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