a day at school

kevin was nervous. he didn’t know why. a student teacher was leading the circle today. befani had suggested everyone go around and switch the first letters of their first and last names. so instead of being befani haduji she’d be hefani baduji. everyone laughed. which kevin guessed was the idea. he didn’t know why he was nervous. he was sitting next to befani but on the other side so he’d be last because she had said let’s go this way – pointing the other way – and befani always got her way. if mixter hoofspa had been here this never would have happened, kevin thought. kevin didn’t really know how to spell. maybe that’s what’s making me nervous, kevin thought. so it went around. befani said her mixed-up name again because she was befani. hefani baduji, she said. and everyone laughed. again. befani was good at making fun of herself without making fun of herself. i guess that’s why she’s popular and gets her way all the time, kevin thought. so it went around. eisili mnkostodotos. blipi flatot. chasooso hikawawa. lren zujy. no one laughed at lren zujy. czapo gie. no one laughed again. a bunch more. sometimes people laughed and sometimes they didn’t and sometimes things were in between. a few more then it was his turn. kevin felt some pee wanting to come out very badly. but before he knew it someone said, kevin it’s you kevin it’s you. everyone looked at him. someone say it for me, he said. no you say it, almost everyone said. no someone say it for me, he said. so befani said, hevin kunt. and the student teacher laughed and then befani laughed and then everyone laughed and they laughed a long time and then kevin’s pee came out and it wasn’t a very good day.