When Gideon noticed him coming in their direction, he stopped talking and the smile on his face disappeared as he looked at John. He hoped John would not say or do something that would embarrassed him today. On Monday John had been calling him names again and some of the children were laughing.
Gideon had kept quiet as usual but he was greatly upset to the extent that when he got home, he didn't to eat. " who is going to the zoo?" John asked as he stopped close to Gideon's table with a menacing look on his face.
The boys kept silent. Even though John was tall and handsome, and could be very friendly and funny, most of the pupils thoughts he was mean and cruel. Many of them didn't want to be his friend. "I asked who is going to the zoo?"John barked. "It's Gideon." Wale pointed at Gideon, still looking at John.