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Inourweeklystaffmeeting,oureditorAshleywasnotpleasedwiththequalityofourreporting.“Ourreadershipiswaydown.WeneedbetterstoriesforthisThursday’sschoolnewspaper.Doesanybodyhaveanyideas?Shesaid.

IhandedhermyarticleaboutourbasketballteambeatingDeerfieldHighSchoolthepreviousnightbyonepoint.“Sportsstoriesarefun,”shesaid,“butnotgoodenoughforthefrontpage.Weneedsomethingtoreallygetpeople’sattention.

Afterourmeeting,weleftthenewsroomtogetherandheardsomeonescreaming,“Perryismissing!”Perrywasabigredparrotandhadbeenourschoolmascot(吉祥物)fortenyears.Heplayedanimportantroleinstudents’livesbothinandoutofclass.Hehadalsobeenaconstantpresenceatschoolevents,inspiringasenseofunityamongstudents.

EveryonegatheredaroundPerry’semptycage,heartbroken.Suddenly,astudentfromthecrowdcameoverandshowedmeaphoto.“You’reareporterfortheschoolpaper,right?Ihappenedtotakethisyesterday,”hesaid.InthephotowasaDeerfieldHighSchoolbasketballplayerwithsomethinglargehiddenunderhisshirtaroundthesizeofaparrot.

“HemusthavestolenPerrytogetbackatusforwinningthegame!”Ashleycried.Wehurriedbacktothenewsroom,agreeingtorunthephotoonthefrontpagewiththeheadline“DeerfieldStealsPerry.”“Thisisjustthestoryweneed.Everyonewillreadit,”Ashleysaidconfidently.

Aftersheleft,Itookacloserlookatthephoto.Theclockinthebackgroundread4:15pm,butourgameagainstDeerfieldhadn’tstarteduntil4:30pm.WhywouldtheboyhavetakenPerrybeforeweevenplayed?Anuneasyfeelingcameovermethatwemighthavefalselyaccusedsomeone.IwenttoPerry’susualcaretakertoaskifheknewPerrywasmissing.“He’snotmissing.He’sretired.He’sreadyforsomequieterdays,”hesaid.Learningthetruth,IimmediatelytoldAshleyandsuggest