9. Shipwrecked

9 Shipwrecked Thursday Dear first-grade journal, TONIGHT IS PARENTS NIGHT! TONIGHT IS PARENTS NIGHT! And good news! Roger came back to school today! Only now he has a little bit of a cold. Only who even cares? 'Cause YAY! He's going to be Land!

We practiced our play three more times today. It went very good. Except for Sheldon doesn't want to sail to germy Roger. Plus May kept on hogging the whole entire ocean blue. From, Junie B., First Grader As soon as I finished writing, the bell rang to go home. I quick put away my journal. And I skipped out of Room One very gleeful. Only ha! That night, after I ate dinner, Mother and Daddy drove me right back there. And I skipped back in again! And guess what? There were parents snooping everywhere!

They were snooping at our bulletin boards. And snooping in our desks. And they were even snooping in our test papers! All of the children had tension in us. 'Cause every test can't be a gem, you know. Then finally, Mr. Scary saved the day. He clapped his loud hands together. And he said it was time for the play! Then whew! All of us got relief on our faces. And we hurried to the auditorium as fast as we could go. And we quick put on our costumes. I tapped on Sheldon very giggly. "My stomach has flutterflies in it," I said. "Does yours, Sheldon? Does your stomach have flutterflies in it?" Just then, Roger sneezed real loud near Sheldon's ear.

Sheldon made a sick face. Then he quick held his nose nostrils again. And he whispered the word germy boy. Pretty soon, Mr. Scary made the shush sign. Then he smiled at us in our costumes. "Okay, people. It's showtime!" he whispered very excited. He did a happy thumbs-up. We did a happy thumbs-up back. Then, very slow Mr. Scary opened the curtains And our Columbus play began! Lucille and José walked to the middle of the stage. "Hello, sailor. My name is richie Queen Isabella," said Lucille. José did a bow. "Hola, Queen Isabella. My name is

Cristóbal Colón. I would like to look for a new trade route to China. Can I please have some money to sail the ocean blue?" Lucille reached into her purse. "Okay. Here's some money," she said. "But please bring back the change." After that, José bowed to Lucille again. And Lucille curtsied to José. And they walked off the stage. The sailors hurried to their places. My heart pounded and pounded inside me. On account of after the sailors came the ships! Mr. Scary lined us up to go onstage. "Good luck, you three!" he whispered.

THEN WOWIE WOW WOW! IT WAS TIME! I swallowed very hard. Then me and May and Sheldon sailed right onto the stage. And we started to say our