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STACY
OHNNY, YOU GET IN HERE!!EVERYDAY, THAT'S ALL I HEARD. I WAS ALWAYS GETTING YELLED AT FROM MY MOM. SEE, MY MOM'S THE ONLY ONE WATCHING ME BECUASE MY DAD WENT AWAY. HE'S BEEN GONE FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS NOW. I DON'T KNOW WHEN HE'S COMMING BACK, BUT I HOPE IT'S SOON. I'M AN ONLY CHILD, SO I GET BORED ALOT AND WANT TO TRY NEW THINGS. LIKE THE OTHER DAY I WAS WATCHING CARTOONS AND I SAW THIS BAD GUY JUMP OFF LIKE A 100 FOOT BUILDING, SO I GO GET MY BEST FRIEND ANDY AND TIE HIM UP ON THE BIG OAK TREE OUT BACK AND TELL HIM THAT HE HAS TO ESCAPE AND CHASE ME SO I COULD JUMP OFF A 100 FOOT BRIDGE. WELL IT ALL WAS GOING GREAT UNTIL, BIG JOE JANKER SAW ME PLAYING AND BEFORE I EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO JUMP OFF THE PICNIC TABLE HE SHOVES ME OFF. I WAS TIRED OF HIM BULLYING EVERYBODY AROUND, SO I GOT UP AND TOLD HIM THAT IT DIDN'T HURT AND I WAS GONNA TURN HIM INTO A CRICKET AND STEP ON HIM IF HE DIDN'T LEAVE ME ALONE. I WAS REALLY SCARED THAT HE WAS GONNA BEAT ME UP, BUT INSTEAD HE STARTS CRYING AND RUNS HOME. EVEN AFTER ALL THE STUFF BIG JOE JANKERS DONE TO ME AND MY FRIENDS, I STILL FELT SORRY FOR HIM. THE NEXT DAY CAME AROUND AND I SAW BIG JOE IN LUNCH AND HE WAS SITTING ALONE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS TO GO AND SIT WITH HIM AND APOLOGIZE, BUT THEN AGAIN HE JUST MIGHT DECIDE TO SOCKER PUNCH ME. I DECIDED IT WOULD BE BEST TO EAT LUNCH WITH THE REST OF MY FRIENDS. LATER ON THAT DAY I SAW BIG JOE IN THE BATHROOM AND HE WAS CRYING, SO I DECIDED I BETTER SEE WHAT'S WRONG. WHEN I WENT TO GO SIT DOWN NEXT TO HIM HE GRABBED ME AND SAID, "I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS" AND PLUNGES MY HEAD IN THE TOILET. THE PRINCIPLE HAPPENED TO WALK IN AND TOOK US BOTH DOWN TO HIS OFFICE. I WAS SO SCARED. HE CALLED MY MOM AND JOE'S MOM. WHEN OUR PARENTS GOT THERE JOE TRIED TO BLAME IT ALL ON ME. I TOLD MY MOM HE WAS LYING, AND I GOT IN TROUBLE FOR CALLING HIM A LIAR. JOE CAUGHT IN BIG TROUBLE AND GOT GROUNDED. WE BOTH WAS SENT HOME. I WAS MADE TO GO TO MY ROOM AND THINK ABOUT WHAT I HAD DONE. LATER ON THAT NIGHT, I HEARD A VOICE THAT SOUNDED LIKE BIG JOE JANKERS. I STARTED TO GET WORRIED THAT HE CAME BACK TO GET ME IN MORE TROUBLE. THEN I HEARD MY MOM SAY, " JOHNNY, COME ON IN THE KITCHEN SOMEONES HERE TO SEE YOU." I GOT FRIGHTENED AND WALKED VERY SLOW AND PEEKED AROUND THE CORNER TO SEE IF IT WAS BIG JOE, AND SURE ENOUGH IT WAS! I WALKED IN THE KITCHEN AND SAID, " YES, MOMMA?" SHE SAID, "JOE JANKERS WANTS TO TELL YOU SOMETHING" I WAS FOR SURE HE WAS GONNA TELL ME THAT HE WAS GONNA HURT ME, BUT INSTEAD HE WANTED TO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING MEAN TO ME AND WANTED TO KNOW IF WE COULD BE FRIENDS. I LOOKED AT MY MOM AND SHE SHOOK HER HEAD AND SAID, " NOW GO ON AND ANSWER THE BOY" I TOLD JOE THAT I WOULD LOVE TOO AND THAT I WAS SORRY TOO. YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT ANDY, JOE, AND ME PLAY EVERYDAY TOGETHER. WE'RE ALL BEST FRIENDS. WELL, I GOTTA GO, MY MOM'S CALLING ME AGAIN. I HAVEN'T CLEANED MY ROOM!
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