As usual, I didn’t get to my Irish homework until last
night; the difference this time was that I couldn’t finish it. Our teacher
asked us to translate two pages of a crime thriller, and I got most of the way
done with the first page and saw it was 11 pm. No way could I stay up to finish
the whole thing! But then something amazing happened today – I got an email
from our teacher saying she was stuck out of town and had to cancel class this
evening. Wow, it’s like the time I had to create a book of different types of
poetry in middle school, and of course I put it off until the night before and
then realized there was no way I could do it. Wouldn’t you know the next day
was a snow day? And I didn’t waste it; nope, I threw myself into writing that
poetry book, creating over a dozen poems and illustrating them lavishly. The
next day I turned my creation in, and when I got it back, the teacher had
written that my book was by far the best one in the whole class, and I should
consider becoming a writer. How proud would she be to learn that I am now a
semi-professional writer, making tens of dollars writing this blog? And
sometimes I even write poetry on it! I was going to write a poem today, but
inspiration didn’t strike. Anyway, this gives me a chance to translate the rest
of the chapter in the crime novel and impress my Irish teacher. Maybe I should write a
poem about Irish crime novels.
Famous Hat
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