Teacher Sees Student Open School Locker and Dozens of Dollar Bills Fall Out of It — Daily Drama
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Nobody knows a little boy is hiding cash in his school locker until one day, his school teacher chances upon him opening the locker and notices several bills fall out of it.
Shakespeare, Dante, and almost anything and everything literature had shaped Ms. Freebody’s life and work. That’s what she taught her students, and she loved it.
Ms. Freebody adored her job as a teacher. She paid attention to every pupil of hers and special attention to kids who needed extra care, like Tammy Harper.
Tammy belonged to a poor family, and he hardly had any friends. The boy was hardworking but failed in all subjects except literature, and Ms. Freebody felt terrible for him. She talked to the other teachers to get them to pay more attention to him, but not everyone was like her.
To her utter shock and surprise, one day, Ms. Freebody saw Tammy doing something strange. He was picking up several dollar bills fallen off the floor and stuffing them back into his locker. The teacher’s heart sank. Where…where did he get all that money? was the first question that crossed her worried mind…
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It had been a long day at school. Ms. Freebody had stayed behind to prepare the exam papers, and she was surprised to see Tammy near his locker when she left her room.
“Poor child!” she sighed, looking at him. “I wonder what he’s been doing here until now.”
Ms. Freebody decided to talk to Tammy when she saw he was struggling to open the locker. She thought it was stuck and decided to help him. Right then, the boy yanked it open with all his might, and Ms. Freebody froze in shock to see what fell out of it.
Dollar bills… dozens of them just lay there on the floor. Ms. Freebody noticed a certain panic in Tammy’s eyes as he began stuffing it all back into his locker. Her hand went to her mouth in shock.
What is this boy up to? How did he get so much money? Is this why he doesn’t focus on his lessons?
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The whole school knew Tammy came from a humble background, so the money certainly wasn’t something he got from home. Besides, the boy was so poor that he couldn’t even afford new clothes and shoes. Tammy alternated between two sets of clothes, which sometimes smelled because he didn’t wash them.
“Oh dear, this child…” Ms. Freebody’s heart shuddered to think where Tammy could’ve gotten all that money. She couldn’t just turn a blind eye to it as she cared about him. He was a little boy, after all.
Forcing a smile on her face, she decided to approach him. He was busy picking up the bills, so she gave him a helping hand, and he seemed terrified. “Ms. Freebody… You… This is my money!” he said, and Ms. Freebody didn’t say anything. She picked up the last of the fallen bills, folded...