Post #32 Lead writing 2

Hello today I will be practicing my writing on feature story leads

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The police in this municipality received a call at 3:45 p.m. yesterday afternoon. A woman shouted at the sergeant who answered the telephone. She said: "My son's been beaten. His teacher whipped him this afternoon, and he's all red where she paddled him. Can teachers do that? That's assault and battery, and I want her arrested." Two police officers were sent to the home. They questioned the boy, who is 9 years old. At his mother's insistence, the police officers also inspected the boy's reported injuries. They reported: "We couldn't tell that the boy had been paddled. His fanny didn't look red to us, but we did notice that his pants legs were wet and muddy. As we talked, it became obvious that he boy was lying. He finally admitted that he had stopped to play on the way home from school, forgot the time and got home late. He told his mother that the teacher had spanked him and kept him after school. His mother was there with us and heard the whole story. She said she'd take of the situation, and we're quite certain that she will, as she was very embarrassed. In fact, we could hear her giving the kid a real paddling as we left—and a hard one."

A mysterious phone call pierce the room with intervals of silence and ringing. Picking up the phone call , curious the woman soon told that her son was paddled by a teacher which is a very inhumane act. The story that confused the mother "Can teachers do that" she asked herself. The story that confused many but was soon answered when the police officers showed up and investigated. What puzzled the police was the fanny of the young boy was not red at all and that mud engulf the young boy's pants. "We couldn't tell that the boy had been paddled" the police officer stated. Eventually the truth came out and the boy was obviously lying so the parents wouldn't get mad that he stopped on the way home to play and lost track of time so made a lie up to cover the situation. At the of end of the discussion ironically the young boy received a real paddling this time a hard one.