Today’s random word is foundation.
A Drabble is a concise 100-word story that respects your busy schedule. Please stay on the page for 30 seconds so your read will count, and you won’t be among the guilty ones. This Drabble was written for Fiction Shorts.
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Joe strode through the door and settled into the front-row window seat. He placed his pen in the table groove.
Just before the bell, Jim slid into the desk in the back row and slumped down. His cap bill camouflaged his eyes.
Jim had sat in the back of a classroom for as long as he could remember.
Joe always felt comfortable in the front.
At parent-teacher conferences, their mother said her task was to lay the foundation for success.
Joe came two minutes earlier than Jim.
She added:
Jim will be a late bloomer. I know it.
