Adam Cartwright had temporarily taken the chore of teacher. It was nearly summer vacation. Two of his pupils were his 12 year old children Mitch and Pam. The twins knew that Adam didn’t favour them and behaved very well. In contrast with George and Trudy Willis. They kept on disturbing the lessons until Adam got fed up and stepped in.
“George Willis! If you open our mouth one more time without permission you go to stand in the corner”, Adam said strict.
“I asked my brother someting”, said Trudy.
“That goes for you as well!”, reacted Adam.
Both children looked angry at the teacher. Mitch looked at his sister and they knew enough.
“Mitch gets much more attenion than we do”, said George.
“That is because he needs it”, replied Adam.
“Just favorism”, railed Trudy.
“You see the door of the school?”, asked Adam.
They nodded.
“Go through that door because I am sending you out of the class!”, was the answer.
George and Trudy left at once.
“Just continue with your work”, said Adam.
Adam saw that Mitch didn’t understand it. He went to sit by his son and looked at the work of the boy. Mitch hardly had done anything while the others had finished it already.
“Mitch, you just finish it at home. Now you are gonna write an essay about what you wanna become later”, said Adam.
“Mr Cartwright, how long or how short must it be?”, Matthew Walker, the best friend of Mitch, asked.
“That is up to you. I do look for clerical errors but only for Mitch I make an exception”, replied Adam.
The children grabbed pencil and paper and went to work again.
Meanwhile George and Trudy had told their father Frank Willis everything that had happened at school.
“Cartwright won’t make it till this evening and you make sure tha he shall never teach again”, said Frank.
He grabbed his hunting rifle and went with the children to the school.
Because it was already Friday afternoon Adam said, “You finish your essay in the weekend. Just go home.”
The children went away at once. Mitch and Pam stayed behind to go home with Adam. Suddenly Frank came into the class room.
“Cartwright, why have you sent my sweet children out of the class? They were doing nothing”, said Frank.
“They did nothing else than disturbing the lessons all the time. Kids, just go outside for now”, Adam said to the twins.
“We stay”, Mitch said on behalf of Pam.
“Then I can kill you too”, Frank said laughing.
With his rifle he knocked down the twins. Adam wanted to go to his children but Frank held him under gun shot.
“Those two will die and you too”, laughed Frank.
He shot at Adam but missed. Frank tripped over Pam and fell down on the ground. Adam didn’t rethink for a moment and conquered his enemy. Frank got knocked out. Pam woke up and saw fire near a window.
“Daddy, fire”, she called.
Adam saw the flame stoo and lifted Mitch up who was still unconcious. Pam ran outside, followed by Adam with Mitch.
The flames became heavier but Frank didn’t know to escape. Slowly Mitch woke up and with his father and sister he saw how the school burned down.
“What has happened?”, asked Mitch.
“Mr Willis wanted to kill us. He knocked you out and then he tried to shoot me. But I conquered him and then a fire had started”, replied Adam.
In the meantime everybody was busy with an attempt to save the school. Ben Cartwright, the father of Adam and grandpa of the twins, was there too and was relieved when he noticed that they were alright.
Finally the school collapsed and the building burned down ot the ground. George and Trudy came nearer and went to the Cartwrights.
“Mitch, it is your fault that our father is dead”, said George.
“He wanted to kill us”, reacted Mitch.
The boys went fighting were by George got the most smacks. Suddenly Mitch gave George a hard kick with his left leg where by George fell on the ground. Trudy grabbed some sand and threw that at Mitch who got it into his eyes. Pam gave Trudy a hard smack where after she ran way crying, followed by her brother.
“Adam, we take the kid along”, Ben said when everything was over.
“My eyes hurt”, said Mitch.
“The docotor will have a look at it”, Adam said calm but worried.
Mitch got up and got supported by Ben. Adam took pity on his daughter.
Paul Martin saw the Cartwrights coming and received Mitch.
“Trudy Willis threw sand into his eyes”, said Adam.
“I shall treat him right away”, said Paul.
Mitch let him treat. The doctor cleaned the dark lookers of the young Cartwright with water.
“Do you see better now?”, asked Paul.
“Much better”, replied Mitch.
“Then that is good. Your grandpa surely must pay the treatment?”, asked Paul.
Mitch nodded smiling. Adam and Pam liked it though but Ben didn’t.
When the Cartwrights wanted to go home sheriff Roy Coffee came to them.
“The school has been destroyed completey and we have found the body of Frank Willis”, said Roy.
“So we don’t have to learn anymore this schoolyear?”, asked Pam.
“You just learn at home”, replied Adam.
That was a big disappointment for the twins.
“We let rebuilt the school so that the children can return after the summer”, said Ben.
The twin disagreed with this which they understood.
“Then they are gonna built te school of stone for sure”, Mitch said worried.
“That happens indeed”, said Roy.
“We go home so that the kids can recover from this afternoon”, said Adam.
That happened and to great joy and relief of Adam the twins had no bother of the fire.