A Prom King Who's a Bully

He's Brad and he's captain of the football team. He’s been chosen prom king and has a scholarship to college. Everything’s going well for him but he doesn’t like little Russell the farm kid who transferred in. Brad calls him Opie and says he should wear a red plaid shirt and black suspenders and bounce to school every day on a John Deere tractor. Russell’s heard enough of that. He and his father like to hunt for squirrel. Not easy to get all the pellets out but a mess of squirrel barbecued makes a banquet out of Sunday dinner. Brad shouldn’t have bothered Russell. He’s still the prom king but he won’t be able to sit on his throne that night. Not easy to get all the pellets out. Donal Mahoney