"The lake!" one young boy cries. "'N goin' swimming!"

"I like Mrs. Teager's farm. She lets me brush her horses," a girl says, giggling.

"I like Miss Katherine's peaches," says another boy.

"And her poetry!"

"An' when she lets us write outside!"

Katherine chuckles, eying her students the way one might if they were worried they were being buttered up for something. "Why don't you tell him about the town, class."

"Oh, I like Mr. Pike's store. 'E always gives me free candy. You should go get some free candy, Mr. Scurlock!"

"You can go down to the shore, an' there's a spot where the peach trees grow in a circle, n' the grass is soft and tall. I like to take naps there."

"Yeah, when you're cuttin' class!"

"I do not!"

The children erupt into laughter.

And Katherine is laughing too.