“‘I don’t like that word either,’ Miss Ferenczi whispered bent over, her mouth near my ear. ‘It’s ugly. My feeling is, if you don’t like a word, you don’t have to use it.’” (P.50, L. 245 - 258). When Tommy couldn’t spell the word “balcony”, Miss Ferenczi gave him advice, which helped him with his problem. “After five minutes I found it. Gryphon: ‘variant of griffin.’ Griffin: ‘a fabulous beast…’ Fabulous was right.” (P. 59, L. 490-493). Tommy defends Miss Ferenczi by taking evidence from a book to show that her stories weren’t fake. Because Miss Ferenczi helped Tommy with his spelling test, Tommy helped her not seem like a
“‘I don’t like that word either,’ Miss Ferenczi whispered bent over, her mouth near my ear. ‘It’s ugly. My feeling is, if you don’t like a word, you don’t have to use it.’” (P.50, L. 245 - 258). When Tommy couldn’t spell the word “balcony”, Miss Ferenczi gave him advice, which helped him with his problem. “After five minutes I found it. Gryphon: ‘variant of griffin.’ Griffin: ‘a fabulous beast…’ Fabulous was right.” (P. 59, L. 490-493). Tommy defends Miss Ferenczi by taking evidence from a book to show that her stories weren’t fake. Because Miss Ferenczi helped Tommy with his spelling test, Tommy helped her not seem like a