Chapter+07+Summary

Tom could not stay concentrated during school. Tom and Joe found a tick and Tom started harrssing it. Then Tom and Joe got into an argument over the tick, but it sonn ended since noon break begun. Tom and Becky sat ont the school bench and talkedabout the circus. Then, Becky started to write something on Tom's slate, but quickly erased it before he could see. Tom persuaded Backy to tell him what she wrote, so Becky whispered in his ear, "I love you." Tom and Becky agreed to be engaged, but then she noticed Tom was acting uneasy. Becky began to cry and did not believe Tom when he said he didn't care about her anymore. Then Tom ran away and never returned to school the rest of that day.


 * How would you have reacted if you found out the person you were to be engaged to had been engaged before?**