David Mortimore Baxter — Promises!: Vote 1 David Mortimore Baxter

by Karen Tayleur

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Whether David Mortimore Baxter is telling lies or the absolute truth, he seems to be a magnet for disaster. You'd be surprised how much trouble one boy can get into.

"When our class captain announced he was leaving, you couldn't wipe the smile off Rose Thornton's face. 'Things are sure going to change around here when I'm Class Captain,' she threatened. I didn't want the job but no one else wanted it either. So there we were, me and Rose Thornton, up against each other. Then Rose started playing dirty and I started making promises to the voters that I just couldn't keep..."

Whether David Mortimore Baxter is telling lies or the absolute truth, he seems to be a magnet for disaster. You'd be surprised how much trouble one boy can get into.