max and the spider (for claudia)

so...we have some odd kids in our class (to say the least). there is a certain boy, who shall remain nameless. oh, let's call him maxine. yes. i said boy.

maxine showed up to school yesterday, wincing a bit. we asked him what was wrong. he replied that he had a headache, an eyeache, something. later in the period, as he walked toward our desk, clutching his eye and wincing in pain, claudia kindly suggested he visit the nurse. i can't begin to describe the spasms that were going on on his face.

he returns today. claudia asks him, "oh, what was wrong?"

maxine: the doctor said he removed a piece of glass from the dark part of my eye.
claudia: oh, the pupil?
maxine: yes.
claudia: oh, how strange, how did you get glass in your eye?
maxine: oh, i don't think it was glass. I think it was a spider's tooth.

need I say more?