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Spike Cottontail
CHAPTER 1. THE INKWELL ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A LITTLE BOY NAMED JOHNNY. HE HAD RED HAIR AND LOTS OF FRECKLES AND HE WAS VERY MISCHIEVIOUS. JOHNNY WAS SIX YEARS OLD. ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY, MONDAY. JOHNNY WAS WEARING HIS FAVORITE TEE SHIRT, HIS FAVORITE SHOES, AND HIS FAVORITE PANTS. JOHNNY WENT TO SCHOOL AT A SCHOOL NAMED DEDHAM COUNTRY DAY, THAT HE CALLED DCD FOR SHORT.
HE WAS IN FIRST GRADE AND HE HAD A VERY OLD TEACHER NAMED MRS. CINDY. JOHNNY LIKED HER VERY MUCH BECAUSE SHE KNEW HOW SMART HE WAS AND WAS NICE TO HIM. JOHNNY SAT IN THE SECOND ROW BEHIND A GIRL WITH PIGTAILS NAMED EDITH. SHE HAD RED AND BLONDE MIXED TOGETHER PIGTAILS THAT WERE THREE FEET LONG!
ON EVERY DESK, ALL THE CHILDREN HAD INKWELLS, TO COLOR BLACK WITH IT AND THE PENS WE HAVE TODAY WERE NOT INVENTED. THIS HAPPENED A VERY LONG TIME AGO BECAUSE JOHNNY IS NOT OLDER THAN GRAMMY BY HE IS SEVENTY SOMETHING NOW.
THE TEACHER LEFT THE ROOM, AND THE GIRL WAS MEAN AND TEASED JOHNNY. HE USUALLY LIKED HER BUT THAT DAY HE DID NOT. SHE TOLD HIM HE WAS BAD. THAT MADE JOHNNY FEEL BAD SO HE DID A BAD THING WHICH WAS SILLY BECAUSE THAT MADE HIM REALLY BAD. THERE ARE THREE BADS INVOLVED HERE, THE GIRL CALLED HIM BAD, IT MADE HIM FEEL BAD WHICH MADE HIM DO SOMETHING BAD.
THE BAD THING THAT HE DID WAS TO PICK UP HIS INKWELL WHICH WAS FULL OF INK BECAUSE HE DIDN’T DRAW ANYTHING YET, WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. EDITH TURNED AROUND AGAIN AND HE THREW IT RIGHT AT HER LONG BEAUTIFUL RED AND BLONDE, WHICH IS CALLED STRAWBERRY BLONDE HAIR. THAT MADE ALL HER HAIR TURN BLACK.
EDITH WAS VERY MAD THEN AND JOHNNY FELT BAD RIGHT AWAY SO THERE ARE FOUR BADS GOING ON NOW. SHE RAN OUT OF THE ROOM AND TOLD THE TEACHER AND THE TEACHER TOLD THE PRINCIPAL AND JOHNNY GOT SENT TO THE PRINCIPAL. THE PRINCIPAL TOLD HIS MOMMY AND HIS MOMMY WAS MAD AND HE GOT A WHACK IN THE BUTT AND SENT TO HIS ROOM.
EDITH HAD TO WASH HER HAIR A HUNDRED TIMES TO GET THE INK OUT AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME JOHNNY THREW AN INKWELL AT ANYONE. THAT’S THE END OF THAT STORY.
BY SPIKE COTTONTAIL, AGE 5,
OCTOBER 25, 1995
JIMMY WENT HOME TO HIS HOUSE TO HAVE SUPPER, EGGS. JOHNNIE WENT HOME, UPSTAIRS TO HAVE HIS SUPPER: HOT DOGS AND ICE CREAM, BUT HE COULDN’T DRINK MARTINI AT THIS AGE. HE WAS ONLY SIX. JOHNNIE FINISHED ALL HIS FOOD AND DREW SOME PICTURES. OF THE TREASURE. HE THOUGHT IT WOULD TURN TO GOLD LIKE REAL PIRATES TREASURE.
DRAWING THE PICTURES OF THE TREASURE MADE HIM VERY CURIOUS IF IT REALLY TURNED TO GOLD. PLUS HE WANTED A TOY CAR. SO HE SNEAKED OUT IN THE NIGHT. HE WASN’T SCARED. THERE WAS A FULL MOON OUT. HE DUG AND DUG WITH A SILVER SHOVEL. THERE WERE LOTS OF WORMS. FINALLY JOHNNY FOUND ALL THE MONEY THEY HAD DUMPED IN FROM THEIR PAPER BAGS. IT HAD NOT TURNED TO GOLD. JOHNNIE CONVINCED HIMSELF IT WAS GOING TO REALLY GOING TO TURN TO GOLD, SO HE WAS DISAPPOINTED. HE WAS SO DISAPPOINTED THAT HE GOT AN IDEA. THE IDEA WAS IF HE TOOK HALF OUT, THE OTHER HALF WOULD TURN TO GOLD. PLUS, HE COULD BUY THE TOY CAR WITH HALF.
SO HE BROUGHT IT IN. THE MONEY. THE NEXT MORNING, HE WOKE UP AND SAW ALL THE MONEY UNDER HIS BED. HE FELT A LITTLE GUILTY BECAUSE JIMMY DIDN’T KNOW THAT JOHNNIE HAD TAKEN HALF THE MONEY. BUT, JOHNNIE THOUGHT, I TOOK THIS HALF, BECAUSE IT WOULDN’T TURN TO GOLD, THE REST CAN.
HE WENT TO SCHOOL, THIS WAS THE DAY HE GOT IN TROUBLE WITH EDITH, SEE THE OTHER CHAPTER FOR THE DETAILS. EDITH HIT HIM WITH A RULER AND JOHNNIE HAD TO GET AN INKWELL THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WAS THERE, IN BACK OF HIM. SO HE PICKED IT UP, NOT KNOWING IT WAS AN INKWELL AND THREW IT AT HER AND THEN HE GOT PUNISHED WITH THE PRINCIPAL. THE PRINCIPAL CALLED HIS PARENTS, AND JOHNNY FELT BAD. BUT THEN HE REMEMBERED HE HAD THE TREASURE.
HE FELT SO BAD THAT HE GOT THE MONEY THAT HAD NOT TURNED TO GOLD AND WENT TO THE STORE. AT THE STORE, HE BOUGHT A LITTLE TOY CAR WITH THE MONEY, IT WAS RED. SO HE TOOK IT HOME AND PLAYED WITH IT THAT NIGHT TO MAKE HIMSELF FEEL BETTER. IT WAS A WIND UP CAR. IT COST HALF OF 33, WHICH IS 16 AND A HALF DOLLARS. HE FELT BETTER AFTER HE GOT THE CAR.
HE SNEAKED OUTSIDE THE NEXT NIGHT, AGAIN, SO HE COULD SEE IF THE REST TURNED TO GOLD. BUT IT DIDN’T. SO HE BURIED IT AGAIN.
MEANWHILE JIMMY WONDERED AND WENT THROUGH THE SAME THING-DID THE TREASURE TURN TO GOLD? SO HE SNEAKED OUT TO JOHNNIE’S BACK YARD. HE UNBURIED THE TREASURE, AND QUICKLY TOOK THE REST OF THE COINS, SEEING THAT THEY HAD NOT TURNED TO GOLD. HE WANTED TO BUY A CONTROL CAR, NOT A WIND UP CAR.
JOHNNIE WAS STILL FEELING BAD ABOUT THE EDITH INCIDENT THE NEXT DAY SO HE SECRETLY DECIDED TO GET THE OTHER HALF OF THE MONEY. 16.50. THE OTHER 16.50, AND BUY A POCKET KNIFE AND A COMPASS TO MAKE HIMSELF FEEL BETTER. HE DIDN’T THINK HE WOULD REALLY DO THIS,HE JUST WANTED TO CHECK ON THE MONEY. HE THOUGHT: I’LL JUST CHECK TO SEE IF THE OTHER MONEY TURNED TO GOLD, I WON’T TAKE IT BECAUSE THAT WOULDN’T BE RIGHT.
AFTER EVERYONE WAS ASLEEP, HE SNEAKED OUT AND ONCE AGAIN HE TOOK HIS SILVER SHOVEL AND DUG AND DUG AND HE NOTICED AFTER HOURS OF DIGGING THAT ALL THE MONEY WAS GONE!
JOHNNIE DIDN’T KNOW IF REAL PIRATES HAD COME TO TAKE THE MONEY OR IF JIMMY WANTED A CONTROL CAR AND WENT TO CHECK TO SEE IF HE WAS GOLD LIKE JOHNNIE HAD. HE WASN’T SURE, ALL HE KNEW WAS ALL THE MONEY WAS GONE. HE DREAMED ABOUT IT ALL THAT NIGHT.
THE NEXT DAY HE WENT TO SCHOOL AND INSIDE JIMMY’S DESK, WHICH WAS NEXT TO HIM AND ACROSS FROM EDITH WHOSE HAIR STILL HAD BLACK FROM THE INK, WAS A CONTROL CAR. THEN JOHNNIE KNEW FOR SURE, JIMMY HAD TAKEN HALF THE MONEY TOO!
HE COULDN’T BE MAD AT JIMMY BECAUSE HE HAD DONE THE SAME THING. SO THE BOTH HAD NEW TOY CARS, BUT ALL THE ALL THE BURIED TREASURE WAS GONE!
All material copyright 1995 by Lisa Jayne Gordon.
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