How To Respond To Miss Unbroken, The Liberian

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Beep beep beep beep! Goes Susan the alarm clock and you know what that means it is 5am and I’m awake under the bed with my temporary owner jerry fast asleep. It isn’t very pleasant here under the bed filled with dust mites, dirty socks and mounds of clothes. I take notice to Mr. Pencil bag looking for his zipper that had broken off a couple days ago. Penny the pencil is also awake, but she is feeling a little dull, so she begins her search for her best friend Larry the pencil sharpener. BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP! There goes Susan again reminding jerry that it’s time to get up, but he is still asleep with me still under the bed. BEEP BEEP BEEP! Goes Susan one last time, this time jerry awakens and leaves for school. I am still under the bed, no surprise there, if you did not know jerry always forgets me. …show more content…
Lillybop, the Liberian is not very fond of jerry for always taking my friends and losing them. It has been two weeks since I could go back to my friends at the library. I miss Unbroken, the Uglies, and The Blind Side the most. Oh yeah I almost forgot about my best friend her name is Green eggs and ham, although she may be a little immature, she is the funniest book I know. While I am waiting under the bed for jerry to return home I see one of the expo brothers fighting with the other about who’s cap is taller, which does not make any sense because he are both exactly the same considering that they are twins. I cannot stand one more minute under this horrible bed that desperately needs cleaning, so I quickly think up an escape plan. I use the dirty socks and tie them together so I can pull myself out of under this huge mound of clothes and who knows what else. I pull as hard as I can and after a long two hours I get out of the mound and place myself on the bed so Jerry can return me. When Jerry comes home he looks so surprised and happy to see me that he starts to jump up and down with

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