Age Does Matter

Miss Simons agreed to be interviewed by Alec for the school magazine. ' How old are you Miss Simons ? asked Alec. 'I'm not going to tell you that.' 'But Mr. Hill the technical teacher and Mr. Hill the geography teacher teacher told me how old they were.' ''Oh, well,' said Miss Simon. ' I'm the same age as both of them.' 'The poor teacher was not happy when she saw what Alec wrote: Miss Simons, our English teacher, confided in me that she was as old as the Hills.
Originally published November 14, 2002.