Miss Bucher wanted to know. “I’ve been setting things up in here all day.…” The children glanced at each other. “There was this big wind,” Stephanie said timidly. “It was blowing everything around and twisting the sign and—” “A big wind? In the gym?” “That’s right!” Charlie said excitedly. “But it stopped when Matt cut down the sign.” “But why?” Miss Bucher seemed dazed. “I don’t understand. Why did you cut down the sign, Matthew? Climbing that ladder was a dangerous thing to do.” Matt wondered if Miss Whipple were hiding close by, listening. She must have been furious when she saw the misspelled sign. After all, Mr. Beasley was one of the people she had “saved.” “Well,” Miss Bucher said impatiently. “Why?” Matt tried to think of an answer. “I had to,” he said. “The wind was blowing from up there near the ceiling, and I saw that the sign was spelled wrong, so I thought—I thought I’d better cut it down.” He waited for Miss Bucher to ask “Why?”
