Right now my mom is standing inside the open door, and all our old junk’s sitting on tables and the floor. She’s labeled every item with price tags — every one! She’s charging twenty-five cents for my old plastic gun. Old brooms, old hats, old rubber boots, each one will cost a buck, and maybeContinue reading “Mom’s Garage Sale”
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Getting Even
Buried in our freezer beneath some frozen steak is my container full of snow which now, today, I’ll take. Of course, I’ll make some snowballs to throw at brother Bart. He needs to learn, for once and all, he’s really not that smart. He nailed me with some snowballs and so did his friend, Dean,Continue reading “Getting Even”
Henry
Miss Clarkson is my teacher and really is quite nice. Her classroom’s been the best place ever since she brought those mice. We named the fat mouse Henry; the skinny one is Phil. Then Henry had those babies, so now we call him Jill.
The Accidents
My brother Eric’s learning to drive the family car, and here’s the list of accidents that he has had so far. He smashed into the garbage cans, they rolled right down the lane and scattered garbage everywhere, so neighbours did complain. And then there was the afternoon the car went for a swim, cause EricContinue reading “The Accidents”
Food Fight
I saw a movie yesterday and in my favourite scene, there was the biggest food fight, I’m sure, there’s ever been. Hot dogs, relish, great big pies went flying through the air — every kind of food, in fact, and no one seemed to care! Although the kids were quite a mess, they laughed andContinue reading “Food Fight”
The Third Ear
An extra ear has Danny Geer, on his head, and at the rear. It’s the best ear of the three, for it can hear all sounds that be. The fun of this is that he hears the whispered secrets of his peers. He heard that Sally tried to smoke, and it darn near made herContinue reading “The Third Ear”
Fame
My best friend has a broken hand from falling off a slide. The poor kid was in awful pain and screamed and yelled and cried. But now he sits in Miss Clark’s class; his cast bears every name. Yes, falling off the slide has brought that awkward kid some fame. Miss Clark’s extra nice toContinue reading “Fame”
She Just Stared
Mary, at her sister, stared. At Mary, her big sister glared. “Stop staring! Listen! Do you hear? You’re staring makes me feel so queer!” But Mary smirked and she just stared, and so her sister’s temper flared. “Stop it! Right now! I’ll go mad! It’s really making me feel bad!” But Mary smirked and sheContinue reading “She Just Stared”
My Excuse
I didn’t do my homework but I have a good excuse. Last night, just after dinner, our dog got on the loose. He ran out of our open gate, so what else could I do?: I had to chase right after him, so down the lane I flew. That dog ran to the playground andContinue reading “My Excuse”
Mungle
A dreadful thing occurred one night that’s still hard to conceive, and once I’ve told you all the facts, I’m sure you won’t believe. My family all was tucked in tight and dreaming, I’ve no doubt, but then, at once, we all awoke — there’d been an awful shout! It was my sister, Maggie Sue,Continue reading “Mungle”
