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Loitering the school compound, Tom was caught, caned and expelled. It all seemed to be a dream until he found himself going home before the normal 2PM. On his way going home he was thinking; "what do I have to do now because mom and dad are going to have me punished". He finally came up with an idea he called good; "I'm going to hang around till it's 2PM, then I'll go home and act like nothing ever happened" he concluded. At exactly 2PM, Tom headed straight for home (though he had guilt on his mind). On reaching home, Tom found out that Dad hasn't come back for launch because Mom was still cooking. He went in through the door, gave his mom a cold greeting and rocketed himself towards his room. Unfortunately, before he could touch the door handle (of his room), mom sensed that something was wrong. "Hey Tom, are you OK?" Mom asked, Tom who had to continue as planned replied his mom in a warm tone; "I'm alright mom!". His mother still feeling unsure about Tom called her husband to come home. When Tom's dad arrived, he did a lot of rumbling and grumbling because his wife called him to come back when the food wasn't ready. Tom's dad wasn't going to listen to anything until his belly was filled. In about 20minutes time, the food was ready. Mom then called on Tom to come join them at the dinning table. While eating, Tom's dad saw a dozen atom of fear in his son's eyes, he also studied the face until launch was over. "What is wrong?" Tom's dad asked him while washing his hands. At this point, Tom knew he had to tell the truth or he would fall into a bigger trouble; "I was expelled from school" he answer gently.
Basically, Tom's dad didn't get him grounded because he was expelled for loitering, but because he loitered more after he was expelled. Tom was grounded until his mom found out a new school for him.
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