Children's Fiction
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Sister and Brother
mothers and fathers and all of the others
in the whole wide whirling world!
We are fizzy with the dizzy reeling,
Fuzzy with the Ferris wheel feeling!
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Despite what my math teacher might think, I'm not stupid.
I'm not mean either. At least I try not to be.
So that's not how I got into this mess.
I got into it because I was bored.
I know that's a dumb excuse, but I bet I'm not the first person to use it. My guess is boredom's the reason lots of people get into trouble. It can drive you nuts. It can make you do stuff you'd never do in a million years.
For me, that meant hanging out with Richard.
That sounds cruel, but what can I say? If you knew the guy, you'd probably feel the same way.
