My life as a Pencil
One more day of this and I will murder myself! I HATE my life! I hate school work! Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Lionel Lead. Yeah, hi, so I’m a pencil. I hate being a pencil. Mother and Pa say that I need to be like my brothers. They are mechanical pencils. They think they are so cool, they don't have to do any work. No sharpening, no pink heads, no ugly yellow old fashion body's. Ugh.
Now onto a brighter subject. Penelope Pen. Penelope is the sweetest pencil I know. The way she can glide across the page is so Dreamy. Oh, no, Gregory is coming, he is one of the mechanical pencils.
“Hey Lionel, oh, look at your eraser head!” cried Gregory laughing. He was staring right at my eraser.
Oh, no, I forgot to cover it with an eraser hat! Every one will be laughing, including Penelope Pen! I have to get a new eraser head!
“Ha, ha you have no Eraser!” laughed Gregory.
I am going to die, all the pencils are coming out of the desks! Great, Penelope is coming over here.
“Umm, umm,” I stammered. I am a fool! I smiled. I look so stupid! I raced back to my desk.
“Hi honey!” called Mother . She was fixing the sharpener. “You forgot your new eraser hat!” she said cheerfully. I grumbled. “Anything you want to talk about?” she asked trying to look concerned. I mumbled something. “Well, Lionel, if you go out, be back before dinner,” she called after me. I walked to the back of the desk to my “room”. I was so embarrassed.
“Lionel, someone's here at the door for you,” called Mother. I find my blue eraser cap. I walk down stairs. Holy shavings, there in my family room was Penelope Pen! I walked to her.
“Hi Lionel,” she said like she didn't have a care in the world,“I like your cap.”
I was in awe. She was so Dreamy. Then she took me by the arm and lead me away. She whispered to me and sang out loud. I was in Heaven. I just stared at her. Then we finally went back to my place. “Bye Lionel,” she said and walked back to her desk. Today was the best day ever.
Next Day
NOOOO!!! Gregory is right next door to me! No more walks with Penelope Pen. No more talks with sweet Penelope. All this happened because the teacher moved desks. Ugh. I can't go to school tomorrow! Need to act Sick , need to act sick. “Mother, I don't feel so good,” I called. I jumped into bed and tried to get really Warm. Holy shavings! I need to hurry Mother's coming up the stairs. “Hi, Mother,”I mumbled closing my eyes and trying to look sick.
“Atten-tion!” yelled not Mother, but Pa. I raced to Attention. I can never let sickness slide with Pa. Oh Erasers! Wait, that was not Pa's normal Gruff voice.
“Where's Mother?”I asked. I couldn't smell any breakfast down stairs.
“She's um.....running errands,” He said. I knew that was a lie.
“So who's making us breakfast?” Oops, wrong thing to say.
“Make your own!” Pa said, bursting out the door. I was curious. What did happen to Mother? I bet she was kidnapped by Gregory!! I did the wrong thing and went to investigate. I was carefully sneaking into Gregory's yard. Not sneaky enough.
“Hello Lionel,” waved Gregory's Mom. Oh Erasers! His mom talks Forever.
“Hi,” I mumbled. I was right. She did talk Forever. Well, Gregory did not kidnap Mother. Maybe more luck tomorrow.
Wish me Luck!
Next Day After Next Day. So three day's Later from First Post
So everything's fine here, well except for Mother. I haven't seen her in a few day's. I asked Pa. You know how that turned out. Yeah, it's really weird. I have to make the lunches, do all the housework, and all the other things. “Get the door!” yelled one of my brothers. I ran to the door. I opened it. There was Mother holding something in her arms. “Hello, darling,” she said, “This is your new Little Sister!” I had my mouth opened wide. Behind Mother was Pa and the whole Neighborhood!
“Wow,” was all I could say.
“Her name is Charlotte Lucy Lead,” whispered Pa. I have never heard him so quiet. We had a Party! I saw Penelope Pen. I walked over. We went upstairs. We were alone. She was so pretty. We stood there for a few moments. Looking at each other.
Then she leaned down and whispered “I Love You.”
“Wow!” is all I can write.
By: J. Elizabeth
