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*No One Will Ever Know*  4/10/02

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No One Will Ever Know

By Janet Seever


Karen, Judy and I were the last ones back in the school room after
lunch. We put our metal lunch boxes on the shelf above the coat
hooks, which were mostly empty. All of the other sixth graders were
already outside, playing marbles or hop scotch or jumping rope,
since it was a pleasant spring day.

"Look what I found this morning in the storage cupboard when I was
getting out some art supplies for Mrs. Eiffler." With a conspiratorial
grin on her face, Karen held up a wooden box filled with short pieces
of chalk in every color of the rainbow.

"Wow! What fun it would be to write on the chalkboard while everyone
is outside." Judy's eyes twinkled with anticipation.

"But Mrs. Eiffler doesn't want us writing on the chalkboard," I
responded, already feeling guilty, although we had not yet done a thing.

"Don't be such a 'fraidy cat', Janet. No one will ever know," said
Karen, reaching into the box and drawing out a piece of chalk.

"Right. Everyone is outside, so we're safe. No one will tell on us."
Judy was already drawing a house with sure strokes.

I reluctantly joined my friends in the artwork, wanting to be part of
what was going on, but afraid of being caught. I knew well that we were
breaking not one, but two class rules. The second rule was that no one
was allowed to stay inside at noon without a written excuse from home
if the weather was nice.

Trying various colors, we drew houses, trees and three-dimensional
boxes. It was fun! All the time we were watching the clock, knowing
that our fun would be over if anyone walked into the room.

Then Judy had an idea. "We're all right-handed. Let's see who can
write their name best using their left hand."

Judy and Karen picked up their chalk and started writing. I chose a
white piece from the box and wrote my name. The handwriting was
a bit shaky, but no one would doubt that it said "Janet."

"I think Judy is the winner," said Karen. "Hers is the best."

"We'd better get this board cleaned off before Mrs. Eiffler comes back,"
said Judy, eying the clock. She picked up an eraser and began erasing
our handiwork from the board.

Everything came off . . . but my name!

In disbelief, I looked at the chalk I held in my sweaty hand. On closer
examination, it wasn't chalk at all. I had picked up a small piece of
white color crayon which was mixed in with the pieces of chalk.

My stomach churned and my knees felt weak. What would Mrs.
Eiffler do to me?

My mother had a saying: "Fools names and fools faces always appear
in public places." I never understood fully what it meant before. Now
I did! I was a fool, and there was my name in crayon to prove it. And
the teacher would be returning soon.

"Quick, let's get some wet paper towels," said Judy, springing into
action.

After vigorous rubbing, my name still remained.

"I think I saw a can of cleanser by the sink in the coat room," I said
as I raced to find it. Precious minutes were ticking away.

We rubbed and my name came off all right, but in the process of
removing it, we left an abrasion on the chalkboard.

Listening for footsteps coming down the hall, we dried the scrubbed
area as much as we could with more paper towels and fanned it with
a book to remove every tell-tale trace of wetness.

We were just slipping into our desks as the bell rang and the
other students began entering the room. The teacher walked in
soon afterward.

Mrs. Eiffler never asked about abrasion and maybe never noticed it.
But I did. Every time I walked past the marred surface of the
chalkboard, I remembered. Oh, how I remembered.

The lesson I learned that day is one I never forgot, even though over
forty years have passed since the event. "No one will ever know" is
never true. Even if no one else found out, Jesus knew and I knew.
Sometimes living with a guilty conscience is punishment enough.

Janet Seever
jseever1@shaw.ca

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The mother of two adult children, Janet Seever lives with her husband in
Calgary, Canada. She is a writer for Word Alive magazine, a publication
of Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada. Her articles have previously
appeared in Decision, Power for Living, FreeWay, Today's Christian
Parent, Challenge (England and Australia) and ChristianWeek. She
currently has five short stories and articles on www.worthfinding.com
and had a short story published in the book, The Essence Treasury:
Celebrating the Season. She enjoys being part of InScribe Christian
Writers Fellowship and can be reached via email at: jseever1@shaw.ca


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Thought For The Day:

"Most men believe that it would benefit them if they could get a little
from those who have more.  How much more would it benefit them if
they would learn a little from those who know more?" --William Boetcker


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"How much better to get wisdom than gold?" --Proverbs 16:16


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"Giving away one cookie when you have two is harder than
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"Virtually every issue that we deal with, be it education...be it human
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ultimate solution."  --Governor Mike Leavitt


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"Anyone can become angry.  That is easy.  But to be angry with
the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right
purpose, and in the right way- - that is not easy." --Aristotle


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"It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to
write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama
with comedy. Which is what life is." --Jack Lemmon


Deep Thought For The Day:

"I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck. But my
lawyer thinks he can get me    five."-- Steven Wright   


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/_/\/\    MICHAEL T. POWERS
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/_/  \    "For I have been crucified with Christ and I no
\_\/\ \   longer live, but Christ lives in me.  The life I
  \_\/   live in the body I live for the Son of God, who    
          
loved me and gave Himself for me."
          
Galatians 2:20
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