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....the bell for the third period  rang  and she felt her legs trembling,  she also held the heavy load of copies,  she drank  cold water from the tap of the cooler outside tge staff room  , taking small steps  reached the stairs,  these stairs were right outside  the principal  s office  , he always kept an eye on  who was going up and down  , she stopped outside his office,  hoping he would see her and remember her , he was already  there waiting for her,  one more old staff member  and Ma'am sadya were with him,  she   was taken to class fifth  where the whole class stood up together and  greeted them,  the principal   asked them to  wait 

Who is the class monitor  he asked 

Maid came out 

What is your name 

Maid sir  he answered respectfully with his head lowered 

Maid take off your monitor s badge and put it on the  table there and go back to your seat , suppressed  humiliating  laughs made ripples , just one stare from Ma'am sadya  was enough to silence them 

Now the students whose names will be mentioned  will come here and stand up in a line near the  board all the rest on their knees in their own places, the list of names of students she had given  was read out  , six girls and four boys  all stood  there in a line , 

Now anyone who  would  like to tell  who did this