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One Bundle of Flowers
Some husbands don’t buy their wife flowers on their birthday. But my dad does. After quite a long 20 years of marriage, my father has yet to forget the flowers. And this year’s birthday was no different. The day before my mother’s birthday, he came home with a huge bundle of flowers. “For you,†he [...]
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A Perfect Yard
The main road in front of our house was getting a big renovation. All the walls were being upgraded from a lowly wooden fence to a beautiful brick wall. Of course, this meant big renovations. And maybe we were happy, but that didn’t mean our gardening neighbors were happy. But they weren’t mad either. But [...]
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The Last Party
5th grade ended that morning at exactly 10:45. I was now a 6th grader. That didn’t mean all fun was lost. We still had one last party up our sleeves: the fifth grade graduation party. It was held at a entertainment center: the kind where you add money to get money on a card and [...]
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The Every-day Car
My dad carpools in an effort to save money from the sky-rocketing gas prices. Sound reasonable? It is. He always tells me how much he loves the HOV lanes in Houston (longest in the country, by the way). He tells me how he loves chatting. My mom was also happy. Every other day they would [...]
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Left or Right? Right.
This morning, my mother eagerly told me that Peanut could now shake hands with a human. I knew that, of course, from the last experiment. But she also told me that there was an improvement. Last night, she had successfully trained Peanut to shake with both hands. “You put your hand in front of whichever paw [...]
Fiction: 203 Ways to Skip Class
Update: 203 Ways to Skip Class is going to be a book! Because of this, I will not publish the rest. Thanks, Lulu, for making my dream true. Fifth grader Robert Ethersten is a natural genius at inventing. Having to go to the very important Invention Convention of Massachusetts, he tries to earn money to [...]
Freezing Water
The wind howled. On the television, I saw the meteorologist speak. “Down… in… Houston… we… have… thirty… two… degreeeeeeess..” The meteorologist’s voice droned on and on. Outside, it was freezing. Today was in the thirties. Fahrenheit. Uh, yeah. 30s. And I did not want to go swimming outside in this freezing water. My mom didn’t [...]
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The Tiny Story of MicroFord
A very long time ago, me and my friend were walking towards the door outside. I just so happened to be thinking of Microsoft at the time. When we walked out, there was a big car parked there, and on it were the huge words “FORD”. I had never seen the word “FORD” written so [...]
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A Dog’s View
I read this very funny joke about a dog.
Behold My Dream
Today, I went to Barnes and Nobles and read a great book on Firefox. It was about how to hack it and all sorts of stuff. Hacking Firefox is the name I’m seeking for, and although it was a great book, I’ve already forgotten it’s author… Today, I decided to pop my wallet and the [...]
The Shampoo Mystery: Part 1