Miss Bliss And Tom

Рамиро Лебедев-Толмач
                Miss Bliss
     When Mr Twister was still a student, he had a good friend, Miss Bliss. She was a very idealistic lady. On Monday she could buy a small trifle at a fancy price. On Tuesday she had a pack of hungry guests from Russia and on Wednesday she couldn’t find any food in her fridge. Yet she was not in despair because music was her passion. She made no secret of it. Unfortunately when she was fifteen she made a promise to become a music teacher.
     Now she is twenty-eight, she works at school all day long but not all her pupils adore music. For example, Tom. Her explanations always escape his attention. What a shame! Sooner or later she will have to talk to him.
                Tom
     If you still remember, Tom is Kate’s good friend. Everybody knows he is as strong as a bull. Some young ladies say he also has good looks. Well, maybe. At least he isn’t ugly, for a boxer. No wonder, being strong and, ahem, handsome he has no enemies, only friends.
     His hobbies are music, football and boxing. In fact, boxing isn’t his hobby, it’s his whole life. Sometimes Tom goes to school. Not every day of course, just two, perhaps four days a week.
     All his teachers know about it. Yet nobody wants to talk to him about his studies in private. His music teacher, Miss Bliss, wanted to change his ideas of school... Nobody knows what she told him and, especially, what she heard in answer. It’s a terrible secret. But a week later she disappeared from her school, returned to her husband and started a large family.
     Well done, Tom!