Weird Kid's Revenge
As if being ginger and called Eric wasn't bad enough, he was a real stinker. Girls laughed at his spotty face and boys kicked him in the nuts just for laughs. I once saw a group of guys set fire to his bag.

Then one day he was pulled out of school. We had no idea why. Some said he had gone to a school for mentally retarded kids. The truth was that his dad had to work in China for six months and Eric was to go with his parents.

He was back at school soon enough and the bullying began again, although his complexion had cleared up and he had filled out a bit. He didn't get upset like he used to, but bore the torment with quiet patience. This didn't last long.

One night after school, a group of three guys circled him and started calling him names. He just stood quietly waiting for them to get bored. But they didn't, and then one of them threw a punch.

What they didn't know was that Eric hadn't wasted his time in China. Kung fu is more popular among young lads there than football, and he'd spent most evenings with other ex-pat kids learning how to kick the living shit out of punch bags.

The guy who'd thrown the first punch went down like a sack of shit, the result of Eric's heel in his forehead. He was unconscious before he hit the ground. This enraged the other two, who advanced at the same time.

Bully No.1 discovered what it feels like to have the edge of someone's hand hacked into his throat: less painful than a kick which allowed him to taste his own gonads before passing out in a red haze. Bully No.2 was lifted off his feet by a kick under his chin which sent his teeth off like an over-active popcorn machine.

And then Eric walked off home, leaving the three guys lying in the yard. When they reported him, the headteacher decided not to investigate further. Eric had always been such a quiet unassuming boy, clearly not capable of such violence.

The bullying stopped.
(frankspencer, Thu 25 Jan 2007, 11:24, Reply)