The Know-It-All

For Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge

Like Hermione,

She is in her favourite place,

Pre-reading the syllabus,

In the remaining holidays.

Is it so absurd,

She wondered often,

To be aptly prepared,

For a school so foreign.

Tired and upset,

From her schoolmates’ dislike,

Did they feel humiliated,

With her answers right.

Singled out all the time,

She had but a faithful one,

Her dearest friend,

With whom she the most fun.

Too young to understand,

She did not realize,

One true friend is enough,

To have a good life.

@ 2022 Shreya Shah