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John didn't say a thing. He just stood there, staring.
And so did the little people.
Until finally, Ricky, the janitor, said, "Well, are you gonna stand there gawping, or are you going to do something about all this?"
Dumbfounded, John rubbed his eyes. He blinked a few eyes. Then he stared again.
"Oh, for the love of....!" Ricky's voice sounded exactly like the people in the movies where got shrunk.
"How....what," John began to say. "What's happened? Why are you all in here like this?"
"Well, how should we know? We all found ourselves like this just as we arrived at the school this morning! Around six o' clock, that's when it was! We've been trying to shove that textbook off the desk all morning, so maybe somebody would hear it and come help. And look who came to our rescue! A scrawny kid who can't even talk right!" Ricky said all that, with a bit of colorful language added for emphasis.
"That will be quite enough!," the principal ordered. "Our teamwork helped us. John is a daydreamer! I'm sure his active imagination will help us get through this!"
John wasn't sure his imagination was good for THIS sort of thing. He wasn't sure anybody's was. It just didn't make sense! And why was everybody acting like HE was supposed to know what to do? There wasn't anybody in the world who knew how to deal with a case of mystery shrinking!
"Okay, smart guy," Ricky snerled. "What are you going to do?"
John's eyes popped out. "Why is everybody picking on ME? I just came in here because I wanted to see what was going on! I couldn't find anybody, I fainted, and then I wake up and find YOU! I don't know what to do! I'm freaking out!!" John realized he'd been yelling, but he didn't care. It felt good; he hadn't said much in a while.
"Listen, John. You're hysterical. I suggest you take some deep breaths. I know this situation is...unexpected. But we won't get out of this if we go into a panicked frenzy. Do you understand?," John's principal sounded so sensible that it was almost funny.
"Do I understand? NO! YOU don't understand anything either! Quit pretending everything's normal! Are you crazy? Where's my mom and dad? Where's all the kids that go here? Did the same thing happen to them? Is somebody messing with my head? Is this some crazy joke?" John was on a roll.
"Shhh....hush now, John. Sit still. Take a few breaths. And think."
"You ARE crazy! And you're freaking me out even more! I'm not going to put up with this! I'm leaving!"
And with that, he did. John left his teacher, principal, the janitor, and the rest of the tiny school staff shrunken and stranded on the Principal's desk.

What will happen next? If you have any suggestions, they will be appreciated...