A story based on the picture "Freedom From Fear", by Norman Rockwell.
“Mom, I don’t want to go to school,” I said today, just like every other day. That’s how I start my morning. Today Mom was in formal clothes. I figured my mom was going somewhere for lunch, because mom normally doesn’t wear formal wear. I got up and ate breakfast. I finished just in time for school. I followed my sister out the door and then since my school was very near, I just ran to school in the nick of time. If I arrived one minute later, it would have been late and I would have been scolded by my teacher. It is not pretty when she scolds someone. It feels like the opposite of heaven. I know this because, it has happened to me. I felt so happy with myself that I congratulated myself. Every day I have math first. Math is my least favorite subject and today I had a test!
The test got over with no mishap. I actually think I did well. Mom will be happier than a monkey with a banana. Next was science, my favorite subject. Unfortunately there was big mishap here. The school bully punched me. He had evil reddish eyes, a red shirt that says bad stuff that I am not going to repeat, and finally he had the bulkiest body in the whole school. Even though he was creepy I stood up to him and kicked him. The bad part was that I was the one in terrible trouble because the teacher saw me kick him and did not have evidence to prove him guilty and that left me in a bad position.
After that incident, we had a bomb drill. This was about what action we take if a bomb really hits us. I hope this never happens. I ran to my next class, which was English. We had to write a story about our life so far. The best story would get $100. Since I was good at writing, I decided to try really hard. I worked harder than a laborer, in the hope that it would pay off as my parents needed that money.
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