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It was the first day of school at Wildberry 

elementary, and all of the 4th graders were 

reuniting with their old friends, and making 

some new ones too. Everybody was especially 

happy to see George, one of the nicest and 

smartest kids in the class. All of the kids were 

very happy, but George couldn't help but 

notice another student, Ivan, alone in the 

corner. 

Ivan was by far the biggest kid in the 

class, and looked frightening at first. 

He moved to Wildberry the year 

before, and had made a few friends in 

the class. This year he seemed 

different, it didn’t look like he 

wanted to want to talk to anyone. He 

met Georges eyes from across the 

room and glowered, but George didn’t 

think he had done anything wrong.

This silent staring continued for weeks, but George 

didn’t let it bother him. However, one day, in science 

class, Mrs. Wilhelm asked the class a question;

“Alright class, who can give me an example of a 

mammal?”

George raised his hand to answer, but Ivan blurted out 

an answer before he could speak.

“A bear!” he scoffed.

This greatly annoyed George, and it continued to 

happen until Mrs. Wilhelm asked him to stop or she 

would send him into the hall. George turned to look at 

Ivan who smiled wryly and waved.

Later that week, the class was competing in 

the school’s annual paper airplane contest. 

George learned how to make the perfect plane 

using a secret series of folds, which sent it all 

the way to the water fountains near the gym, 

a new record! Ivan was next, and his plane 

flew right over Georges and into the gym itself. 

How was this possible? George later found 

Ivan’s plane and discovered that it had nearly 

the same design as his own, that cheater!

The same day of the paper plane contest was 

the water bottle rocket contest, and George 

was hoping to redeem himself. Sebastian 

had won the competition every year since 

kindergarten, and this was the last year to 

beat him before the kids moved on to 

intermediate school. Sadly, George 

misjudged the amount of water to put in 

the bottle and it barely made it off the 

launch pad. Ivan followed with his rocket 

which not only flew higher than 

Sebastian’s, but then floated down with a 

parachute. George and Ivan met eyes, and a 

smug grin spread on Ivan’s face.

Georges patience was starting to wear 

thin, but he was trying his best to 

avoid confrontation. He decided he 

should blow off some steam after 

school by racing remote controlled cars 

in the park. As he neared the area 

where the kids raced their cars, he 

noticed the usual crowd. Among them, 

though, was Ivan. George didn’t think 

he could stand going over there, and 

went back home instead.

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