Arthur Read/History

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**Arthur Read** is a high school student at Jacob Katzenellenbogan High School, a pianist and a soccer player for the Jacob Katzenellenbogan Strongdogs. His number on the team is nine, it was given to him by Coach Riggs and he was the captain of the team. Arthur, used to be the captain of the soccer team but decided to defer his status as captain to Alan Powers, after he felt more of an affinity with his piano lessons. As for his piano lessons, he continued to learn from Mr. Fugue. He was taught by Mrs. Ratburn, Mr. Ratburn's older sister. He took a reading option and a library option because he has a library passion for books.

Arthur has been Buster's best friend since kindergarten. From the age of 7 to 11, he was a student at Lakewood School in Mr. Ratburn's third grade class with always Buster, Francine and Muffy. Arthur tries to show his feelings to Francine. However, Francine doesn't share his feelings and they decide to remain just friends, which causes a minor temporary tension in their relationship. On the other hand, it is a newly rich Elwoodian named Andrew Anderson who attracts Francine to him. In the third season, he reconciles with Andrew and forgives him for being jealous of him. In the future we can see that he can marry Francine with 2 children, named Franklin David Read and Aretha Marie Read.

## Childhood

Arthur was born on May 25, 1987 in Elwood City, he is the first child and only son of David Read and Jane Read. In 1991, he became a big brother for the first time to Winny and the second time in 1995 to Kate. In the past, Arthur, Buster were very good school friends. Arthur has known his best friend, Buster since they were four years old. They always went to the same schools and were always in the same classes. In kindergarten, Arthur met other friends like Francine, Brain or Binky at Francis Wheaton Preschool. Binky was always rough with him and the other students like taking crayons. He had as a teacher Miss Murray. When Arthur first got to know Francine, it was a little peculiar but they got along well. Arthur describes Francine like a marshmallow. Arthur met his cousin, Monique (who usually goes by "Mo"), when he was 5 years old. Monique Coleman is the daughter of Loretta whose younger sister David. When Arthur was 5 years old, Mo started the trouble by putting him on a lawn sprinkler; when Arthur was 6 years old, Mo practiced her judo moves on him; and when Arthur was 7 years old, Mo dressed him up as a baby by putting a bonnet on his head, a pacifier in his mouth, and a cloth diaper with a pin over his pants, and placing him in a stroller, causing everyone to start laughing in front of him.

Arthur began attending Lakewood School in September 1993. Arthur met a new elwoodian, named Sue Ellen Armstrong. In second grade, he had M. Marco, one day on a test, sitting next to Francine, Arthur could not see the board then asked Francine if he could copy on his paper. M. Marco suggested that he buy glasses and make an appointment with the ophthalmologist before the check-up began. After But since he began to wear glasses, his classmates made fun of him because they say he looked like a binocular but not Buster. Then one day he was sad and started to turn on the TV and watch but at that moment his favorite superhero was wearing the same glasses he was wearing. The next day Arthur went to school smiling, then Francine added a spade but Arthur didn't listen to her, then another test came up, Francine didn't count on her to get Arthur to copy on her. The notes came and Arthur got the best note, Francine and the others laughed at him. One winter day, Arthur played snow fight with Buster then they discovered a truck with chairs which meant a move then they saw a girl with curly hair, behind her window, she was seen under a witch's shadow, Arthur and Buster were screaming and running in the igloo built by Francine. This "witch" was Sue Ellen Armstrong, and she introduced herself to the whole class.

While in third grade, he, Buster, Francine, Muffy and Brain win the bowling tournament. At Christmas, Arthur and his family celebrated by inviting Jane's older brother, Fred. In 1996, Arthur entered a spelling bee that competed between two of his friends, Alan and Prunella, the smartest kid in his class and last year's winner. Alain finished fourth, Prunelle a finalist while Arthur won the spelling bee trophy. Arthur met new families who are moving to Elwood City, the first who arrived in October, the the Molinas who are from Ecuador and the second who moved in January 1996, the Compsons who are from Louisiana. Alberto Molina, a young Ecuadorian who practices kendo. Ladonna Compson, a young Louisiana girl who tells a lot of stories and has a little brother named Bud Compson who is D.W.'s age. They went with D.W. to see this family's new house which is four houses away from theirs. She quickly befriended her classmates with her storytelling skills, and everyone wanted to spend time with her. Eventually, she runs out of stories to tell and is surprised when she makes one up. After showing Arthur the details of a recent true story, she was able to regain her friends' trust. During summer vacation, Arthur went on vacation to Ohio with his best friend and family to celebrate Thora's uncle Theodore's 85th birthday. On Halloween, he celebrated with Buster and Ladonna but they discovered a haunted house with ghosts.

In 2000, when he was in middle school, one day, with his friends in the living room watching *Alfred* and they say that the winner is Holly Holland. While in the park, Arthur says they could make up more stories, and Binky disagrees, so Arthur asks them if they remember the fun they had, and Buster agrees. Muffy then suggests that they can write about things that actually happened to them; Francine replies that there is just one thing wrong with that. Arthur laughs and reminds her of the first time they had Mr. Ratburn, they thought he was a monster. Francine supposes you could do something about the time she taught Arthur to play baseball. As he entered his teens, Arthur began attending Jacob Katzenellenbogan High School, where he joined the soccer team. He had spent the entire summer before his freshman year of high school working at his father's new company, Read Recipes.

## References

1. ↑ *Concluding with Conclusion*
2. ↑ *Arthur's Baby*
3. ↑ *Arthur's Eyes*
4. ↑ *Arthur's Eyes*
5. ↑ *Francine's Split Decision*
6. ↑ *Arthur's Spelling Trubble*
7. ↑ *The Contest*