About Amy Bellows #1

Mrs Bellows is an elementary school teacher. She is a serious type. This is evident especially in her outward appearance. She wears only the most subdued styles and colors, and tightly pulled back hairstyles and hairnets. She always wears orthopedic shoes for all those hours standing at the blackboard, and she has just recently stopped wearing girdles, because they have just gotten so hard to find, though she still wears very serious tummy control tights. She has developed the habit of continuously wearing her reading half-glasses as she has often studied late into the night preparing for classes and then those papers, always those papers to correct. The glasses are secured around her neck by the silver-beaded chain that was worn so many years by her grandmother and childhood mentor, Nana Rose. Amy often sits and fingers the delicate beads and still faintly hears the words of dear Nana Rose, who tried so hard to give her wings. Amy had not always wanted to be a teacher…