It turns out that Chance's good friend who hurt his knee, didn't really hurt his knee. He took a family trip to China and missed April Fool's Day, so he decided to play a trick when he got back. He came to school using crutches and everything. Chance was not at school though, so he did not know any of this.
Chance decided to play a joke on his friend who he thought had a hurt his knee and sent a text telling him that the doctor had said Chance's leg would have to be amputated from above the knee. Chance's friend never texted back, so Chance did not have an opportunity to respond that he was kidding,
When I checked Chance into school the next day, his first class was history which just happens to have his friend who didn't respond to the text in it and is taught by one of Chance's soccer coaches.
Chance said that when he walked into class, a little late as he was hobbling around the school on crutches, he said his teacher/coach looked like she was in pain when she saw him.
His teacher along with a few other people, thought that Chance was going to loose his leg.
Chance felt bad. He had never meant for the text to spread.(there is a lesson in this situation somewhere).
After everything was cleared up and everyone understood that Chance's friend had never really hurt his knee at all, and Chance was not going to need an amputation, the soccer coach/history teacher had a talk with the soccer team.
She explained that April Fool's Day was on April 1st and did not last for the entire month. She then told the team that they could trick on the official holiday for fooling people, but that was it.
That poor teacher. She just loves Chance and spent an entire day and a half thinking that he was going to loose his leg. She was also his teacher when his implant failed and she was thinking that poor Chance had been asked to endure many physical challenges in this life.
Chance is fine. His friend is fine. The teacher is fine now. I think the moral of this story is, you never know how far and wide a text you send will travel, so keep that in mind when you press the send button:)
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