He hated maths and he hated tests.
But today he wasn’t going to have a problem if he had
mistakes, because he could just say ‘Rub it’ very quietly
and start again.
He had a wonderful TV that you could smell and see at
the same time.
Marvin felt very happy when he got up.
It was much quicker with the new rubber.
“And his name is Robert”.
He wasn’t angry with Grandad any more.
Every time that Marvin made a mistake. He said ‘Rub it’
very quietly and the rubber moved across the page until
the mistake went away.
The shower sang its usual loud and happy song in its
terrible voice and the toilet was speaking to him again.
“We have a new student at the school,” said the
headmaster.
Yes, today was going to be a lovely day.
‘Robert’ sounded like ‘Rub it’, so the rubber started
moving on Marvin’s desk.
His clock said ‘Lots Of Time To Get Ready’ so marvin
spent a long time in the bathroom.
But Marvin was still looking at the new boy.
Grandad’s rubber worked very well.
And he finished his essay last night.
When he wanted to stop rubbing out, he said ‘Stop’ very
quietly and the rubber stopped.
Marvin finished the test quickly.
He didn’t see the rubber as it quietly started its work.
The headmaster walked into the class at that moment.
Even thinking about the maths test today didn’t make
him feel bad.
“It is his first day at school today and I want you all to
meet him.”
“Yes!” thought Marvin.
“Who knows? Maybe we could become friends,” he
thought to himself.
The headmaster was still talking.
“He is going to sit next to … Marvin”
He felt very happy with himself when the teacher told
the class to stop writing and he had no more questions
to answer
He had a small, fair-haired boy with him.
He hasn’t meet Tyson on the way to school, so when the
maths test started Marvin was feeling really good.
Marvin liked the look of this new boy.