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Sue : It's
really very unfair ! Why should she be receiving the prize when
she is no more than a cheat ?
Theresa : Are
you sure ? You may have been mistaken.
Sue : No
chance of that ! I saw her. She took out a card with some small
writing scribbled on it. She looked at it and then put it back
in her pinafore pocket.
Theresa : But
why didn't you tell Cik Zubaidah then ?
Sue : You know
how it is. I don't like carrying tales to teachers. I don't like
cheating but, actually, it wasn't really any of my business. I
felt quite sorry for her too, I suppose. She always does so
badly.
Theresa : But
when she got the highest marks in class, you should have said
something.
Sue : I told
you. I thought it was none of my business. Even if she did get
higher marks than me ...
Theresa : You
should have guessed that she would win the Geography prize.
Sue : I
thought that the marks for the whole year's test results were
also going to be considered. How was I to know that they would
decide to base their choice on the Final Exam only ?
Theresa :
Well, we can't let her get away with it. Let's go and tell Cik
Zubaidah now. She always tells us that, as she is our form
teacher, we should go to her with all our problems.
Sue : Well,
actually, I really hate carrying tales, you know. And, it seems
odd to dig up old happenings like this. How can Cik Zubaidah
take action on something that happened so long ago ?
Theresa : It
seems to me like we've no choice.
Sue : Maybe we
should just leave her to her own conscience. Hey, I've got an
idea !
Theresa : Well
?
Sue : Why
don't we talk to Ai Ling personally, instead. We can tell her
that one of us saw her cheating ...
Theresa : And
if she doesn't own up, we will tell on her ?
Sue : Well,
maybe we can just say that we all know what she did and that we
think she shouldn't get the prize.
Theresa : And if she doesn't do anything about it ?
Sue : Well, it'll be up to her. But, I think, if I were
here, I'd rather own up. |
