For several weeks from September to October, Holling is forced to stay with Mrs. Baker to clean erasers, wipe down blackboards, and straighten the room while his classmates are at their religious classes. He knows he has to do it in order to ensure that his father will be happy with him. As Holling's chore list seems to grow, he is now tasked with the challenge of carrying up twelve trays of cream puffs to the seventh grade classroom. After he has done this, he willingly cleans all of the teachers erasers outside. Trying not to show and defeat he does clean them, but while he is in the process of doing so, he gets chalk all over the cream puffs. This is bad considering they are not for the class, but for a more picky group of women. Holding only gets in more trouble when he is forced to clean out the cage where Mrs. Baker keeps her too rats. They get out and cause a lot of commotion. Holling is paranoid and continues with his feeling that Mrs. Baker hates his guts and that she is out to get him. Thats why when she forces him to read Shakespeare with him, he does not complain knowing it is probably what she wants. To holding's surprise, he enjoys the story and really has a new found appreciation for writing and the message behind it.
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