Maurecia was beginning to feel scared. She
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looked around for Louis, the yard teacher, but didn\'t see him. "I can scream real loud," she

warned.

"Oh my gosh!" said Jenny. "It\'s Louis!"

Maurecia looked at the stranger. He did sort of look like Louis.

Except his hair was combed. His shirt was tucked in. He was wearing a tie. And there was skin between his nose and mouth.

He had shaved off his mustache.

"That\'s Mr. Louis to you," said Louis. "I\'m a teacher, and I expect to be treated with respect."

"You want to play jump rope, uh, Mr. Louis?" asked Maurecia.

Louis was great at jump rope. He could even do it blindfolded. He was the one who taught Joy the song she was singing at the beginning of this

story.

"No, thank you, Maurecia," said Louis. "I don\'t

play games. I\'m an adult."

"But you\'re a yard teacher," said Jenny.

"No, I\'m a Professional Playground Supervisor," Louis corrected her. He walked away.

"Wow!" whispered Maurecia. "I never knew Louis was so handsome!"

Jenny patted her heart. "I think I\'m in love,"

she said.

"I thought he looked kind of goofy," said Joy.

Up in class, everyone was talking about the new Louis.

"He looks so weird without his mustache," said Calvin.

"He\'s handsome!" said Bebe.

"He got mad at me for running across the blacktop," complained John. "He made me go all the way back to the edge of the blacktop, then walk across it. And I had to call him Mr. Louis."

"I am very proud of Louis," said Mrs. Drazil. "He has always been a troublemaker. But I think he is trying to be good. We should all give him a chance."

Joy stared at Mrs. Drazil. It\'s your fault, she thought You made him shave off his mustache.

At recess, Louis refused to pass out the balls.

"I haven\'t washed them yet," he said.

"You\'re going to wash the balls?" asked Eric Bacon.

"They\'re filthy," said Louis. "And they all have the wrong amount of air in them."

"I don\'t care," said Eric Fry.

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