The good news is that nobody knows about it. This mouse really roars, and soon everyone is drawing nasty cartoons of Francine. Poor Francine pretends not to be care, but it's not much fun being a punch line. A lot more than they do, as it turns out. Interstitial Students display and discuss their own artwork.
Trouble is, pencils have a bad habit of getting shorter each time they're sharpened.
Pretty soon, Arthur's entire future rests on a small stub of lead. The only things she won't eat are vegetables, fish, fruit, and meat. Interstitial Kids design their own wacky sandwich recipes and are turned loose in the school cafeteria to make them. Interstitial Children talk about the elements of a movie while they turn a classic fairy tale into a very contemporary film. Arthur hopes he never finds out.