Ned

Ned has been following a 7th grade girl around during lunch time:

Mr. Black:  "How can you tell when someone is interested in talking to you?"

Ned:  "They look at you and they smile at you and they face their body to you."

Mr. Black:  "Okay... so has Malinda showed you that she's interested in talking to you?"

Ned:  "No."

Mr. Black:  "Good.  How do you know Malinda is not interested in talking to you?"

Ned (closes his eyes, smiles pleasantly, and nods his head like he always does when he knows the answer to a question):  "Because she faces her back to me and she walks away from me."

Mr. Black:  "Good.  So, you have to stop following her around."

Ned (popping his eyes open and furrowing his brow as if someone just told him Christmas had been canceled for the year):  "BuT sHe'S jUsT sO pReTtY, aNd I jUsT... I jUsT... I jUsT... wAnNa LOOK aT hEr!"