A Little Game Page #2

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do today?

Nothing.

Okay, I'll be back

as soon as I can.

You call me

if you need me.

Excellent.

There's a choice period

after lunch today, Max.

You might consider visiting

the chess club then.

There are other girls

there with your skills.

But I don't know

how to play chess.

That's okay.

They can teach you.

Do you have a book

that could teach me?

Heh. It's much better

to learn from a person.

The advisor

is Mr. Eckhard.

He's an excellent

teacher. Okay?

Before you came,

I was the third-best

math student in the class.

Now I'm the fourth.

And who might you be?

I'm Max Kuftinec.

I'm here

for the chess club?

Excellent.

What's your level?

I've actually

never really...

Mr. Eckhard, Max is

a friend of mine.

I'll play with her.

Well, thank you,

Isabella.

That's very hospitable

of you.

Let's see

how smart you are now.

Go ahead. You're white.

Oh, my God.

You don't know

how to play.

You don't even know

how to make the first move.

That's pathetic.

One day, I'm going

to come back here,

and I'm going to teach you some manners.

Yeah, well,

good luck with that.

What happened?

Why did she leave?

To be honest, Mr. Eckhard,

I don't think

she liked you very much.

I'm sorry.

Hey, kids!

Hi.

Papa, do you think you

could teach me how to play...

Maxie, I gotta run.

Mrs. Rosenhirsch

has mice.

One of them's

in the bathtub

with Mrs. Rosenhirsch.

Okay, listen,

if I'm not back by 7:00,

get dinner

out of the fridge, okay?

I love you two! Call me

if you need me, all right?

Becky Langer.

Sophie Glass.

Isabella Diaz.

Max Kuftinec.

She's has a boy's first

name and a stupid last name.

I know it's

hard to do,

but sometimes you gotta

take a chance, man.

Yeah, I know.

No,

you should go for it.

It can't take too long

to learn, can it?

I've always wanted

to learn another language.

Just find

the right guy.

Pick the one you want

to learn from.

All the little league

coaches are good.

Go away.

You're still here.

Fine. Let's play.

I'll let you win...

for a while.

Costs five bucks.

I don't know

how to play chess,

and I don't usually

talk to strangers.

Not talking

to strangers is smart,

but not playing chess,

that's just stupid.

What's 25 times 14?

Something tells me

I'm about to find out.

350. I'm not stupid.

Fine.

But you're, like,

what, six years old,

and you don't know

how to play chess yet?

What kind of crappy school you go to?

I want to learn how to play,

and I'm not 6. I'm 10.

When I was 10, I was carrying

blocks of ice up 5 flights of stairs.

I don't think

that's possible

unless you're, like, 90.

Fine. My father

did that, not me.

But I certainly knew how

to play chess when I was 10.

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