The “Stupid” Kid’s Secret

That year, in the local school, there was a new Math teacher, as well as some

new pupils. One of the new kids was the stupidest child anyone had ever seen.

It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would

always end up saying something enormously dumb. Like two plus two was five,

seven times three was twenty-seven, or a triangle had thirty corners... Before this boy

arrived, Maths lessons had been the most boring of all. Now they were great

fun. Encouraged by the new teacher, the children would listen to the pieces

of nonsense spouted by the new kid, and they would have to correct his mistakes. They all wanted