chapter 7

Brinker comes into my room and was amazed at how I got such a big room all to myslef. He jokes about me getting rid of Finny to have the room all to myself. Even though this isnt funny I decide to just go along with it and laugh. Brinker and I then go to the butt room to smoke cigarettes. Brinker pretends the butt room is a dungeon. I began to tell Brinker and the others in the butt room that I shook the tree branch that caused Finny to fall and shatter his leg. I told the story in an obvious joking manner, hoping the others would think I was just trying to be funny. When I got to the part of the story where I shook the tree branch, I froze and didn't know what to say. I then left the butt room with the lame excuse that I needed to go study my French.