The day Thumper wore gold jeans

Rule one of teaching at the school "no favourites". This is a rule that all of us have tried to abide by. But when there is a child whose running style should have its own name and whose mannerisms can keep you entertained all day, this rule goes straight out of the window. This child's name is "Thumper" and luckily for us it was his birthday this week.

Tuesday started like any other day, up at 7:00, freezing cold shower (an experience that still isn't growing on me), and then packed into our tuk tuk's to go off to school. Tutorials ran as normal despite a small bit of flooding in our usual spot in the tuition room. Then as the clock struck 8:36 (I remember the time exactly due the importance of the moment), our eyes were finally opened to the meaning of the word "style". Our boy was here, the self appointed leader of the school and resident legend had arrived. Sporting this week's 'in' item of clothing, a brand new pair of gold "Kalvin Klen" jeans. And as the room awoke from its stunned silence we realised it was Thumpers Birthday!

The big man's birthday did not mean he behaved, Jamie went in to lend a hand to Anna and Georgia and Thumper was the only one not working. After a game of cat and mouse (the big guy is surprisingly quick for a boy named Thumper), Jamie had him back in his seat writing "App-puls" for "L's" in no time. Back turned for one minute and he had managed to grab a hold of a pack of nails and threw the entire pack at the rest of the class. It's normally funny when he messes about but there is a boundary so Jamie whisked off the unsuspecting Thumps to sister Annie, poor boy, she takes no prisoners and would get on surprisingly well with Jamie's Nan.

He got a wee crack on the arse in front of the class, he didn't feel it but he understood what it meant and produced the strangest cry. No tears, but resembled a chuckling drunk with fists for eyeballs.

He forgot all about his clash with Sister Annie by tiffin time...in fact I hear he ate another kids lunch as well. I guess being the resident comedian, wrestler, artist, bully and chief of mischief is harder work than we thought.

Jamie and Fergus (better known as Fermie)xx

The day Thumper wore gold jeans