Baby chicks —
Today at recess, I almost died.
I was reading DragonGO! Numéro 11. But, something in my nose was bothering me. I put my finger in there to find out what it was. It was a big ol’ boogie. I had to get rid of it before someone saw. I’m gunna be five soon. I have a reputation to uphold. I stared down at the page of my favorite book. I’ll just get dad to buy me one, this is a library book after all. No one’s gunna know it’s me. Everybody loves DragonGO! and whoever says they don’t is a liar!
I might get in trouble if I done what I did. But, I didn’t have any tissue on me, so I had to do it. And no one was watching. I made sure to swipe the booger on the most boring page of the book anyway.
That’s when I heard Ismaël shut the playful voices of our camarades “Maîtresse!” I quickly stood up and seriously looked at him because like if Ismaël was gunna tattle I was gunna battle. He pointed at the sky and said “Why is the eagle flying so low?”
A shadow flew over me, and gave me the chills. There was the eagle, blocking the sun with its mighty wings.
Maîtresse Gaudji winked at Ismaël, “It’s looking for little baby chicks to devour.” And then, she turned around without a care and all the other kids started ooh and aahing like it was a good thing to learn. Did she think it was funny?
If my camarades weren’t so clueless, they would see that our little bright yellow school aprons made us look like little bright baby chicks to the eagle that was clouding up the sky.
I got filled up with dread when the eagle made a sudden swooping descent. But, Maîtresse Gaudji, finally did her job right and blew the whistle and it was time to go back to class. I ran as fast as I could to safety. Ah!
I almost didn’t live to see five. I better get dad to buy DragonGO! Numéro 12 stat.