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My hometown of Cedar Creek, Colorado, had a woman who everyone loved to hate.

Her name was Miss Gatlin, and she was both my elementary school's janitor and the scapegoat

for all unfortunate events around our town.

The Cedar Creek elderly despised her for having a son out of wedlock, and the town parents

scorned her for giving set son too much freedom, a parenting style which had supposedly

led to his death at the hands of our town's eponymous river. As for the children of Cedar Creek,

we didn't care at all about social conventions or parental negligence, but we all agreed

that Miss Gatlin was an ugly lady, and that was enough to warrant our cruelty.

My best friend at the time was a curly-haired menace to society named Isaac, who, by fifth grade,

had established himself as a ringleader amongst the neighbourhood boys. He did his best to

inconvenience, Miss Gatlin, though his pranks did little to rattle her. If we spread rumors about

her poor hygiene just within earshot, Miss

Gatlin didn't bat an eye. If we released bugs inside a janitorial closet, she'd calmly sweep

them outside. If we stuffed rotten food inside a locker, she'd clean it out quietly and without complaint.

Our usual tricks never worked on Miss Gatlin, and all of us unimaginative kids were stumped

by how to best a woman whose job it was to clean up messes of all kinds.

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