I don’t get it about boys. Especially Russell and Tom and Otto. Miss VanDuyne always has to call them down and make them stop talking in class. How can they just blurt out stuff like that all the time? I would be too scared to say anything without raising my hand first. Sure, I get checks on my report card for “Whispers too much,” but to talk out loud like that is strange.
That’s what I was thinking when I thought of my experiment. I was going to try to say something out loud when I wasn’t supposed to be talking. But I couldn’t think of anything to say. Then I remembered a joke my daddy told me. Yes! I would do it. I would tell my joke.
I waited for a good time to take the chance. When Miss VanDuyne had to step out of the room for a few minutes I knew it was time, but the boys were already talking. But it was now or never, so I mustered up all my courage and looked at everybody.
“Did you know you have seven holes in your head?” I began. Then I explained, “You have two eyes, two ears, two holes in your nose, and one for your mouth!”
Whew! I did it! My heart was beating fast.
Soon Miss VanDuyne came back to the classroom. “Janice was talking,” one of the students said.
“No I wasn’t,” I quickly replied. Miss VanDuyne didn’t say anything so I didn’t get into trouble. But I decided it wasn’t a good idea after all. It was too hard.
That was absolutely, positively adorable! Why have you stopped writing on this blog? I wish you’d come back to it…it’s wonderful!
Thanks! I haven’t stopped writing on this blog. I just get to it when I can as I have several different blogs going. This one has been really fun. In fact, I’ve just begun writing for our local small-town paper and am finding the “kid” in our senior citizens to write about for the paper. I am considering putting some of those stories here as well. I’m practicing my kid voice with the hope of getting published in the children’s market in the not-too-distant future.