The Announcement
A story in under 200 words
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1 min readMay 22, 2020
“I have an announcement to make,” he hops up on the lunchroom table and uses his hands to make his own bullhorn.
Everyone stops and looks. A few people laugh. An eery silence surrounds the whole room.
He gives them a wide-eyed grin as he searches the faces. A few teachers scramble from their own table on the far side of the room.