Summary Of Pudge's First Day In The Life Of Dr Hyde

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It’s Pudge's first day attending his classes, throughout the day he telle Colonel who were the people who threw him into the lake. Pudge was given a paper with squares that marked all the seats and he had to write in the square to show who threw him. By the end of the day Pudge gained a liking to one of his teachers, an old man with one lung named Dr. Hyde. Pudge hated when teachers would lecture and try to find their words and trying to understand what they’re even saying. Dr. Hyde taught Pudge how much religion was important even if you didn’t have one. That same night for Pudge was lazy but Colonel had a date with his girlfriend and her parents. However, as she arrived there was a lot of tension, they were together for 9 months but she thought

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