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Chapter 1

Gabby Thompkins enjoyed her job as the science teacher St Rita’s Catholic Elementary School in don Philadelphia but soid It allowed for no wiggle rooe needed to be exposed toabout how Godthat to science can sometimes be quite ordinary with no opportunity to explore other venues As she walked through her classrooraders their tiny eyes and innocent looks wanting to know so much more about the world around them somewhere deep within her she felt compelled to explain the concept of alien life on other planets Till now she had stuck to the Archdiocese’s rigid curriculu trees that lined the school’s school yard Pointing at different exaed fro fall season was soets old quite fast

Gabby’s classroootten heat fro her to take soing ceilings were placards of famous scientists and their contribution to society The placards were not your usual ones either they had a tiny red button on the lower right hand side that when the children pushed could hear a brief synopsis of the scientist’s life and dedication to science in their own dialect The best one was that of Benja there in a hard back velvet chair his hite hair covering his oval face and thick rilasses he seemed to know soto another tiet the viewpoints of the different men who transformed the world into what it was today In the back of the rooular containers Each one contained a different anirass depending upon the natural habitat they were used to it

The children were finishing up their last test for the current curriculuer students were already chirping about the anticipating of Santa Clause co down the crowded Market Street which many of the parade It was one Gabby treasured since she was a little girl Holding herat the parade of floats and fa a single et Gabby to the famous event Unfortunately, that was the last one she would ever attend with hermajor heart probleirl nearly six weeks later a week or two after Christ transferred from one foster home to another Gabby often wished there was a way she could have done so her back If only there was a way

“Ms Thoot bit by Precious! “Starting Gabby’s ra voice brought her back to the land of reality Sarah had one of those whiny pitches that was ernails across the chalkboard

Over in the far right hand corner of the rooht hand was covered in blood His thumb oozed a thick red streaerbil Its plu science boards frorade class’s science experilass jar filled with dirt and rocks Shattering onto the hard green tiled floor the splatter of glass resonating a deafening sound that was enough to wake up the dead it would only be moments before another staff ear recalling her lastwith Sister Nelson Anycoone There was no rooet for a science teacher and the only reason they had her on was due to parental pressure With this episode she surely be out of work and with no ability to get a job anywhere