10 Children Should Be Heard and Not Seen

CHAPTER TEN CHILDREN SHOULD BE HEARD AND NOT SEEN Invisible at school. The temptations are hard to resist, especially for one with a mind as inquisitive as Franny's. She had a quick peek in the school's cafeteria kitchen.

She zipped in and had a look in the principal's office.

She stopped in briefly to find out exactly what the teachers were doing in the teachers' lounge.

She found all of the locations fascinating, but she had to get on to the next phase in her plan: to get the kids to devote themselves to mad science in a way that Franny knew she should force them to want to.

Franny strolled into her class completely unseen. She walked up to Erin—who was reading—and whispered in her ear: "I think I'd like to have a look at Franny's robot again."

Erin set down her book and looked around, confused. "I-I guess I'd like to have a look at Franny's robot," she said, believing that she had thought what Franny had whispered. She walked over to the mechanical creature and began looking it over. Next Franny did the same thing to Lawrence and Phil, and they, also believing the thoughts were their own, walked over and joined Erin. Franny whispered to Phil, "It would be great if this robot had a huge, crushing hand, don't you think?" And Phil repeated exactly what Franny had said. Franny moved Erin's