St. John, NB – After a wayward pitch blinded 10-year old Saul Fieffel in his right eye, the students of Ms. Krougar’s grade 5 homeroom class decided to finish their softball game instead of going for help.
“I heard the scream and I was all ready to run for [the principal] Mr. Vandrow,” said Clint Gossamer, “but then I looked over and saw it was Saul. He’s such a baby. Did you know he needs to keep an inhaler with him at all times?”
The incident occurred while Fieffel was playing catcher, a position the students say they were forced to let him play when his teacher felt he was being excluded.
“He was definitely being excluded,” said Jill Thompson, “we put him at catcher cause the pitcher will throw harder and the batter can spit on him between pitches.”
Added Jill: “If he didn’t want to get hit in the face with a baseball he should’ve stopped wearing light-up velcro shoes in the 3rd grade.”
While Fieffel writhed on the ground, his classmates quickly ushered him off to the side so the game could continue, which culminated in a walk off homerun by Jimmy Wilks to win it in the bottom of recess.
“Best game of the year!” exclaimed Wilks over the sounds of cheering and sobbing.
At press time, Mr. and Mrs. Fieffel’s lawsuit against the school board had been dismissed for being “super lame”.
