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The Lunch Box

The Lunch Box Chris Wood Appalachian Heritage, Volume 29, Number 2, Spring 2001, pp. 55-61 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.2001.0100 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/438688/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:53 GMT from JHU Libraries FICTION Chris Wood BEFORE THE FINAL BELL RANG, EVERY STUDENT at George Rogers Clark Elementary in Belmont, Virginia, knew about the fight after school. Everyone except Dora Lund. The fight was between a couple of third-graders. Their names were Helen Shifflett and Dora Lund. The idea had been Helen's. As the biggest kid in her grade, she felt compelled to prove her physical prowess over her classmates by beating up on them. Dora Lund was the last one left. Truth to be told, though, Dora was unaware that Helen had saved her for last. Without admitting it to anyone, Helen had done this on purpose. There was something sad about Dora, the pudgy, pigtailed girl who always wore a dress to school. Dora was the middle child of three daughters. Although she had a cute chubby face with apple cheeks and dimples when she smiled, she was also heavy for her age, and that was how people saw http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

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University of North Carolina Press
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2692-9244
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Abstract

Chris Wood Appalachian Heritage, Volume 29, Number 2, Spring 2001, pp. 55-61 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.2001.0100 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/438688/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:53 GMT from JHU Libraries FICTION Chris Wood BEFORE THE FINAL BELL RANG, EVERY STUDENT at George Rogers Clark Elementary in Belmont, Virginia, knew about the fight after school. Everyone except Dora Lund. The fight was between a couple of third-graders. Their names were Helen Shifflett and Dora Lund. The idea had been Helen's. As the biggest kid in her grade, she felt compelled to prove her physical prowess over her classmates by beating up on them. Dora Lund was the last one left. Truth to be told, though, Dora was unaware that Helen had saved her for last. Without admitting it to anyone, Helen had done this on purpose. There was something sad about Dora, the pudgy, pigtailed girl who always wore a dress to school. Dora was the middle child of three daughters. Although she had a cute chubby face with apple cheeks and dimples when she smiled, she was also heavy for her age, and that was how people saw

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Appalachian ReviewUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 8, 2014

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