Fortunately I'm 5'2''

My English teacher was talking about a house in Salem called the House of Seven Gables that had a secret passageway behind a fireplace.

"The average height of a man in the 17th century was 5'6'', and a woman was about 5 feet. Now, I'm 4'11''--"

"You're a legal midget," someone in the class interupted.

"What?" said Ms. R.

"If you're under 5 feet and over 15 years old, you're legally a midget," said the student.

"What does that mean?" asked Ms. R. "Do I get money from the government or anything?"

"You can get handicapped parking," the kid said.

"Really? Where have you been all these years?!" said Ms. R, excited. After this revalation that she was a midget, Ms. R continued her story, about how the secret staircase was too small for normal sized adults to walk through, so there was a regular-sized staircase built for turists that led to the secret room.

"The only people who could walk in the secret staircase were the children, me, and my mother," Ms. R described. "When we got to the chamber at the top of the stairs, everyone had to bend over except the children, me, and Ma."

-Rebecca :)