Theresa has been stealing money from home. She stole this money her father brought home to pay for a service and discovered that the money was missing.
He came to school when he could not find the money. Angela here keeps the stolen money for her, the principal said.
Angela tried to explain but the principal whipped her to shut up. You have no excuse, why did you keep the money for her? are you a bank? the principal said.
The girls were presented to the entire school during assembly the following day and they were flogged. The pricipal said Angela accepting to keep the stolen money also made her a thief.
She was punished to wash all the toilets in the school while Theresa was handed a four week suspension. Debbie was happy that she had steered clear of Theresa whom she had seen as a bad friend. She would have suffered the same fate as Angela.
To her, Angela was innocent but she had to suffer being a friend to bad girl. Now, she understood why her parents always said that they should keep away from bad friends and that bad friends would only get them into trouble. She was gld she had obeyed the instruction.