On the first day of school,
on Friday, right before the bell rings, my teacher gives us a writing
assignment.
She says, “Okay kids, don’t
forget to research about idioms and their meaning!!” I sighed, loudly, and
began to wonder what an idiom is. I must have had a strange look on my face
because the teacher calls up my name. Great! All I need is everyone’s attention
on me, the new kid.
I trudge all the way up to
Mrs. Perfin, and she asks me why I have a strange look on my face.
I said, “I have no idea what
an idiom is.” She told me there’s no need to be sad, but, I can tell by the
look on her face that she’s disappointed.
She said, “An idiom is a
sentence or phrase that is figurative. For example, what does step on a crack,
break your mother's back, mean?”
I told her that if you step
on a crack, your mother breaks her back. She shook her head and told me to
research it and to tell her on Monday!! I roll my eyes and stomp my feet on the
floor. On my way back, I notice my friend, Derk Robinson and he grins at me. I
smile back and tell him that I’m coming to the party on Saturday. I’ll do the
assignment on Sunday.
AT
HOME:
I throw my backpack on the
floor and flop on my bed to play video games. I have this new one, Sea of
Thieves, that I’m dying to try out!! I keep playing until half past 10, and I
finally shut off my TV. I turn off the lamp and go to sleep. Letting my dreams
fly around with imagination.
ON SUNDAY:
Groan. I get out
of my bed half asleep, half awake and walk like a zombie to the bathroom when I
spot my calendar!! 9:20 DERK’S B’ DAY PARTY!! MUST ATTEND.
I glance at the clock, 8:47, I open my eyes in shock and throw on
some jeans and a T-shirt. 9:07. I grab my bike, and rush out the door as if the
ice-cream truck arrived.
I turn up to the party 5
minutes late and I spot my friend Derk is hanging out near the TV. I run over
to him and he asks me a question. “Hey, did you do your homework” I laugh
hoping this is a joke, but it isn’t. I say no and he says that he already did
it, and that really bothered me. Not what he said, but the way he said it. He
said, “Hey, did you do your homework, (I said no) Well, I already did my
homework ages ago.” I glare at him and push everyone and go out the
door. If there’s one thing I can’t stand its exaggeration and now, Derk.
I head home and I open my
computer and google in, what does “step on a crack, break your mother's back”,
mean? I read: Step on a crack, break your mother's back means that bad luck
comes to anyone who steps on a crack. Aa ha! I knew it! I was correct!! I click
on a website to investigate even more when my computer freezes!! I yell in
frustration and go outside for some fresh air, when whoa!! I’m on...wait...is
that what I think it is? Okay, there's a sign that says Planet Idioms!! Like,
who, what, how, I… I don’t even know. I walk outside and I see a sentence. “Beat
around the bush.” I see a bush nearby, so I grab a stick and start hitting
it all the way around. I drop the stick and am about to walk away when I see an
X on my arm!!
I decide to worry about it
later, and I see another sentence, “Bite off more than you can chew.” I
have no idea where I’m supposed to get a sandwich, and I realize that I have
one in my house!! I quickly go back and get it and bit a humongous piece of the
sandwich, which was way too big for me to chew. I quickly finish my sandwich,
only to see another X on my arm!! I am beginning to worry. What if I have a
disease, The X-teria, (like bacteria but more fatal)!! I run around screaming,
like a chicken, (no offense chickens), when I see a big sign, RULES FOR PLANET
IDIOMS. I quickly realize that I am playing a game, and idiom game and I only
have three chances!! I quickly worry, but then I understand that I only have
one more chance. What happens if I use all three?
I guess that whenever I see a
sentence, I mean idiom, I should use it in a figurative way, like for, beat
around the bush, I should not talk in a roundabout way, and in bite off more
that you can chew, I should take tasks that are hard for me.
I try to spot any more
sentences when I come across one, can’t judge a book by its cover. Hmm. I
wonder what this one is. I decide that it means to take a book and its cover to
a judge. I see no judge, but I do see a court!! I go inside and place the book
on the judge’s desk. I close my eyes and hope to return home, and when I open
my eyes I see… another X!! I go back to my house and cry helplessly, when I
hear a knock at my door. Maybe it's the judge coming to take me away, or maybe
the bush, or the sandwich. I hope for the best and I see my mom!!
I shout out “Mom, what are
you doing here!?” She looked at me surprised and said “Well, I heard you crying
Bensen, so I came to check up on you.”
I smiled and told her it was
nothing, and I also asked her if “can’t judge a book by its cover”, means to
take the book to a judge.
She said, “You can’t judge a
thing or a person by its outward appearance.” I spent the rest of my day
wondering whether it really happened or if it was a dream.
