The Highest Branch on the Tree.

Harry Hands was not a boy with the most fortunate name for a fourteen-year-old ninth grader who went to junior high. He was not a reserved boy who did not contain visions, intelligence or the ability to stand up for himself. Harry Hands was different. He was very intelligent and the main flaw of his personality was that he did not mind showing it.
Harry was a new student at the high school, but that was impossible to tell. He had so much confidence in himself, on the basis of his superior intellectual abilities. Not only was he capable of answering every single question the teacher gave them, which caused jealousy among the pupils, but he had to make it worse by laughing at the others and calling them; “…dumb peasants…”
Douglas Spaulding describes Harry Hands as an arrogant smart-ass who looked down at people, but did not seem to care about it.
Harry Hands was a boy who kept up the appearance of not caring and when he saw that his methods worked, he got even more arrogant. Harry continued being this smart-ass boy even though he knew the consequences; that the other children would not like him.
We also hear that Douglas and the others would beat up any kid who tried to make up with Harry: “…we would beat the tar out of them next time we did laps and were out of sight of our coach.”
Nobody in the school liked Harry Hands, though one thing they liked was to bully him.
Douglas was in the lead when Harry’s pants were put to the highest branch on the tree.
This way the pupils and Douglas had the opportunity of laughing and pointing fingers at
Harry. But nothing could tear down Harry’s confidence, not even this sort of humiliation cared him a bit, his answer to this display was simply to pull down his shorts and pee on the pupils.
When Harry, from one day to another, disappears; the ninth grade bullies experience the feeling of guilt. They do not know if they should find him and apologize to make him come back or just leave it as it is.
When