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It was a really hot and sticky day and Lea was slumped on the couch staring at the television. The air conditioner was on but it was still unbelievably hot in the house. Lea’s mom came in and started vacuuming the room. “Mom!” Lea cried, “I can’t hear!” she turned up the volume to the highest it could go.
“That’s enough! You’ve been staring at that T.V screen for the whole day! Why can’t you be like the other kids and play sports outside?” Lea’s mom lectured. “I’m not going outside! It’s 37 degrees out, besides, I’m getting to the good part of my T.V show,” Lea answered. Lea’s mom took the remote from Lea and turned off the T.V. “Ugh! Fine I’ll go outside!” she slid off the couch and stormed outside.
She knew better then to listen to her mom. She went across the street to her friend Cameren’s house. Cameren opened the door and left it open for Lea to come in. Lea settled on the couch next to Cameren. “My mom is soooo annoying!” Lea started.
“I know what you mean.” Cameren replied. They both stared at the T.V. suddenly, the T.V flickered off. Liar looked at Cameren. “Did you do that?” She asked. “No…” Cameren replied. “STEVEN!!!!!” Cameren screamed. “You didn’t invent another one of your weird inventions that turns the T.V off from your room did you?” Steven is Cameren’s nerdy little brother. Steven ran down the stairs. “OH NO!! My computer! My project! It’s all gone!” Steven screamed hysterically. Then he fell to the floor pounding it. “All my hard precious data!” Lea eyed Cameren. Suddenly, they heard someone screaming outside. “The power’s out!!” “Steven! Get a hold of yourself you little nerd!” Cameren gripped. Lea switched the light switch, no light came on. “Hey, the person’s right, there IS no power!” “Oh no, not in this weather, we’ll all die in this heat! Cameren moaned. “It’s ok,” Lea, said, “I’m sure the power will be on soon, then we’ll have air conditioning again!” Steven whimpered on the floor. “Lets go outside and see what’s going on!” Cameren suggested.
Outside, everyone looked confused and was chattering with on another. “I’ve got it!!” Steven screamed as he came running out of the house with some kind of device. “It’s a radio that runs on a magnet! H! I knew I would need it someday!” Everyone stared. “Just let me turn this annnnnd there!” The radio crackled but then they heard an announcer speaking. Everyone came closer.
“This looks like it’s a blackout throughout entire Canada! It’s said that there was some kind of explosion and that the blackout will last about 2 days. There is a good thing though, Dairy Queen is giving out free ice cream so go on down and fill yourselves up!” The announcer stopped talking and a commercial about Wander sox came on, Steven turned off the radio.
“Oh Great! Those workers left us without power on the HOTTEST days!” A man yelled.
“Oh well, might as well get some ice cream!” someone muttered. Everyone left to get ice cream. When they got to Dairy Queen, Lea’s eyes widened. “OMG! I just forgot! My report on the pioneers is due when school starts! School starts in 2 days!!” Lea shrieked. She ran from dairy Queen. When she got home, it was hotter then ever! She felt like she couldn’t breeze! Lea sat down next to the kitchen Table and started writing her report.
Pioneer Report by: Lea
She didn’t know what to write next. “Stupid! How could I forget?” She asked herself.
That night, Cameren’s family came over and they played cards and cooked some food over the fireplace. The food had no taste though. Later that night, it felt like the whole world was a black hole! No lights, no T.V, no nothing.
“Mom! How am I supposed to write my report if I can’t even see anything??” Lea complained. “Just do it in the morning!” Her mom replied. Oh great! The report is due in 2 days and I don’t even know anything about pioneers. Lea thought. That night, it was sooo hot Lea couldn’t get to sleep.
“I feel bad for the pioneers, they live like this everyday!” Lea said to herself. “OMG that’s it! I’m practically living the pioneer life! My report will be totally awesome!”
3 Days Later
Lea handed in her report at school. Everyone was talking about the blackout. It was over but it was one of the weirdest experiences she had ever had.
The next day, Lea got her report back. She got an A. The teacher had commented that she liked how she made herself a character in her report. It was like she was really there.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net