This is my alternate ending of Nothing But The Truth.It will start from the point where philip writes in his diary about how things are not looking well for him.
Philip wrote in his diary, how people are not looking at the suspension from his point of view and siding with Miss Narwin."Why do they support her?It is just unfair!"Philip groaned.At that time Miss Narwin was just as frustrated as Philip.The telegrams were all about how atrocious she was and her suspending Philip because he was "humming the Star-Spangled Banner"and"being patriotic".She thought that it was awfully one-sided and people did not understand her plight.Her sister,Anita Wigham had tried to persuade her to stay with her in Florida,but she would not go.She was determined to make the boy ,Philip understand that she was not trying to make life difficult for him, but just teaching him moral values and respect.
"It was clear that the pupils should stand at respectful silence when the Star-Spangled Banner was being played,but he did not do so twice,so I had to send him to the vice-principal."Miss Narwin let her mind wonder about why the boy was creating a disturbance in class and distracting her other pupils.Philip was sitting on his bed, thinking.The question that was bothering him was that majority of his classmates was supporting Miss Narwin,and only a miserable sum of his classmates supported him."Did I really make a mistake?Was I wrong to not apologise to her?"Philip was starting to have doubts about his actions.He was starting to realise why the girl he liked,Alison Dorsett,did not like him anymore.It was his attitude towards literature.
"I am going to apologise to Narwin..."Philip said it out loud,in front of his parents,who had always supported him.They respected his choice,but still had some doubts.They asked him"Why do you choose to apologise?Did you not say that she was in the wrong?"That day, Philip apologised to Miss Narwin.She was very emotional about about the apology,and promised to teach him Literature well,and Philip also vowed not to be disrespectful in such a way again.
This is my alternate ending to Avi's novel:Nothing but the truth.
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