First Day

First Day is the first episode of the first season of The Rogertucky Septet.

Summary
Two children named Annie and Leo start a new school year at Karen Carpenter Elementary School and meet new friends while doing so.

Story
One day, a boy named Leonard Anderson, or "Leo", as he liked to be called, was having breakfast with his younger sister, Annie, and their parents, Luke and Abigail, who had made cheese omelettes.

"This is the best cheese omelette I've ever had, Mom," said Leo.

"Me, too," said Annie.

"I'm glad you like it," said Abigail.

Just then, Luke checked his watch, rose from his seat, and picked up a briefcase.

"Well," said Luke, "I better be getting to work."

Luke kissed his wife on the cheek and went to the door.

"Bye, Dad," said Leo and Annie in unison.

"Bye, kids," said Luke, "have a good day at school!"

Luke then left in his 1960 Ford Falcon.

"So," asked Abigail, "you kids excited!"

"Yeah," said Leo.

"I don't know," said Annie.

"Hey," said Leo, "Don't worry. I'll be with you the whole time. Plus, we're in the same class together!"

Annie cheered up a little, but she was still nervous.

"Besides," said Abigail, "you'll get to make new friends!"

And that made Annie cheer up more.

"You know, Mommy," said Annie, "you might be right!"

Just then, Leo looked at the clock.

"Well," said Leo, "guess we better get going!"

"See you two later," said Abigail as she kissed her children goodbye.

Fortunately for Leo and Annie, Karen Carpenter Elementary School, which was where they were going to be going to school, was only an eight-minute walking distance from their house. In no time, they arrived, and saw a middle-aged bespectacled African-American man wearing a light green sport coat over a yellow shirt, a light blue vest, a red bow-tie, dark green pants, and black shoes standing at the door.

"Hello, there," said the man with a smile, "you two must be Leonard and Anabel Anderson."

"Yes," said Leo, "but, with all due respect, I prefer to be called "Leo"."

"And I like to be called "Annie"," said Annie.

"Yes," said the man, "of course."

The man cleared his throat.

"And I'm Mr. Ruhle," said the man, "welcome to Karen Carpenter Elementary School!"

"Thanks," said Annie with a smile.

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