Title: The Boy Who Wore Gloves to School
Title: The Boy Who Wore Gloves to School In Mrs. Aisha’s third-grade classroom, there was a boy named Zain. Zain was a bit quiet, but that wasn’t the unusual thing about him. What was strange was that Zain wore thick, red woolen gloves every single day. He wore them in the summer heat. He wore them when he was writing. He even wore them during art class, trying his best not to get paint on them. The Playground Teasing At first, the other kids were just curious. "Zain, why are you always wearing gloves?" they would ask. But soon, the curiosity turned into teasing. "Zain’s hands are frozen!" one boy yelled on the playground. "Maybe he’s hiding ugly, monster skin!" another child laughed. Zain never answered. He never fought back. He would just gently pull the cuffs of his gloves down to make sure his wrists were covered and look at the floor. It made him sad, but his friends didn't see that. They only saw a boy who was "weird." The Birthday Sur...