At first, Maggie is just being contrary when she tells her parents she doesn't need to learn cursive. Then her teacher, Mrs. leeper, says maggie's cursive is so untidy her name looks like "Muggie," and she decides she will never, never read or write cursive. But when her teacher appoints Maggie class mail messenger, the notes Maggie must carry are in cursive. She can't read them, but suspects they are about her. Now she has a problem.