Katie shouted as she raced over to where her friends were standing outside school. “What?” Emma W. asked. “Mr. G. is cutting off his ponytail!” Katie exclaimed. That sure got everyone’s attention. “No way!” George said. “Way,” Katie assured him. “How would you know something like that?” Suzanne demanded. Katie sighed. Suzanne could sound so mean when someone else found out something before she did. “I heard Mr. G. tell Ms. Folio that he was going to the barbershop,” she told Suzanne. “So I know it’s the truth.” “Whoa, Mr. G. with short hair,” Kevin said. “That would make him look…” “Like a normal teacher,” Suzanne finished his sentence. “Mr. G. could never be normal,” George told Suzanne. “Yeah, he’s special,” Emma W. agreed. Suzanne rolled her eyes. “I don’t see what’s so special about your teacher. I like Ms. Sweet much better.” “He would just have short hair,” Kevin insisted. “But he’d still be Mr. G. He’d still be wearing the same clothes and…”
