Saturday, October 24, 2009
|4:53 PM|

There were two classmates who always liked to quarrel. One was called Hanky. The other was known as Henta. Hanky liked to think of himself as a very manly boy, though he only excelled well in studies instead of sports. Henta was pretty much a girl. He once believed that he was a boy, but soon, time changed all that.

It was another typical day in school, and Henta and Hanky were fighting once again.

Hanky: Henta, why is it that you love collecting money so much?
Henta: Shuddup la. *Blinks eyes*
Hanky: Your attitude really annoys me.
Henta: Shuddup la *Blinks eyes*
Hanky: Ah... I see why the class hates you so much.
Henta: Shuddup la *Blinks eyes*
Hanky: Stop it, girl.
Henta: I am a boy!
Hanky: (in a high pitched tone) Shuddup la *blinks eyes dramatically*
Henta: Stop this insolence, you foul vermin! I believe I am the greater great.
Hanky: Yeah right, I am the greater great.

It so happened that Leoj was nearby counting the number of hamsters he owed Grassoat. He had already lost count a number of times before and was even more irritated by the fact that Hanky and Henta were quarelling. So he decided to give Hanky and Henta an English punctuation problem to keep them occupied.

Leoj: Whoever solves this first, is the greater great. Put any type of punctuations in the sentence and write it down. Here's your sentence: Henta without her Hanky is nothing.

And of course Hanky came up with an answer quickly. His read:

Henta, without her Hanky, is nothing.

Surprisingly, Henta though upset with the fact she was referred to as a girl, came up with his answer spontaneously. His... I mean hers read:

Henta! Without her, Hanky is nothing.

Leoj looked from Hanky's answer to Henta's, then back to Hanky's again. He stared at the two students.

Then, he fainted.

PS. Characters here are strictly fictitious. Any resemblance to real life people is also strictly coincidental.

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Tayley Lenrit, Assistant Editor of NAW/The Distillation Melayu.