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Mr. Prud’homme found out about everyone missing dinner last night; he was not too happy. He came over this morning to punish us, but like always, Finny talked him out of it. Finny's so good at stuff like that. It seems that no matter how much trouble he gets into, he can always sweet talk his way out of it. I kind of envy him for that. Speaking of Finny, he decided to wear a pink shirt today! He said it was to celebrate the bombing in Central Europe. He can pull that off too! Later today, we were with Mr. Patch-Withers talking about the war. Finny happened to be wearing the school tie as a belt today, and when Mrs. Patch-Withers noticed, she didn't seem very pleased. I thought this would be the first time Finny actually wouldn't get away with something. Well, at least I hoped. Is that bad? Anyway, he did get away with it. Once again, he was able to talk his way out of the whole thing, and even make Mr. Patch-Withers crack up from Finny's humor. Why can't I do that? Sometimes I wish Finny would just actually get in trouble one day, just to prove that he's not perfect.