Nat gave a glance wondering what Jenny would think if Nat thought it had been Jimmy or at least that Jimmy had put them to it.  "The teacher was busy, she was dealing with something with other boys in class."  Likely the action that had distracted from the theft of her lunch.  "I've gone without lunch before.  I was already getting some trouble with some of the other boys, and I didn't want to add to it.  Scrabbling the first day would not have gone over well."  She shrugged eating more.