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     “Al, let’s go get some ice cream at The Dari,” Al’s 

mom said.   The family spent all weekend exploring their 

new community after just moving to Buffalo, New York. 

Although they did some sight-seeing, mom was still 

worried about Al and his new school.   His first day would 

be Monday morning.  

     Al continued to lick his ice cream carefully around all 

the edges.  

     Once the family arrived back at home Al said, “Mom!  

It’s past 7:00!   I should be in bed!”   He put on his 

favorite dinosaur pajamas and his mom tucked him in.

     Al woke up from his quiet alarm clock. Beep!  He then 

changed out of his dinosaur pajamas and into his 

clothes.   He grabbed his stuffed dinosaur on his way to 

the kitchen.   When he arrived in the kitchen, his mother 

told him to get ready for his first day at his new school.  

     Later, his mother walked him to his classroom and 

told him to have a great day.  

     All throughout the day she wondered how Al was 

going to fit into his new school.

    After school Al stepped off the bus where his mom 

greeted him.   “How was your day?” asked his mom. 

    Al responded, “At 1:32 we had science class and 

we are going to learn about robotics.” 

    As they approached the driveway Al ran upstairs 

to get his dinosaur.  

    The next few days were just as good as the first, 

and Al’s mom began feeling more comfortable that Al 

was making friends.  

    Things were about to change.

     The third day of school was different.   Al’s classmates were 

catching on that something was different.   He continued to look 

at the clock and remind the teacher when it was time for lunch, 

recess, special classes, and announcements.   In fact, Billy, a 

classmate, said, “Are you late for something like a tea party 

with the Mad Hatter?   He’s late!   He’s late!”

   A girl named Marie overheard what was happening and 

walked right over to Billy saying, “Hey!   Stop!   You need to 

apologize to Al or I am going to let Mrs. Springfield know about 

this.”

     Marie was really catching on that Al might be different.  

In fact, Al reminded Marie of her younger brother, who 

communicated with a computer.

     The next science class Al’s teacher Mrs. Springfield 

announced a new science project that required group work.  

Mrs. Springfield put the class in groups.   Al was in a group with 

Jake, Victor, Theresa, and Julie.

    The students were asked to meet in their groups while Mrs. 

Springfield passed out the materials for the group project.

Immediately Victor blurted out, “We don’t want Al in our 

group.   He’s weird.”  

     Unfortunately, Mrs. Springfield did not hear what Victor said 

but she noticed Al was not seated with his group.   She had 

one extra robotic kit left.   Just at that time Marie noticed Al 

alone too and offered to be his partner.  

     Marie said, “Mrs. Springfield, I will be Al’s partner.”   The rest 

of the class heard Marie and looked at her in a strange way.

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