1 Penguins Don’t Recite Poems

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1 Penguins Don't Recite Poems My name is A.J., and I hate poetry. There, I said it. This whole mess started on the first day of April. You know what that day is, right? April Fools' Day. On April 1, you can't believe anything anybody says or does because they're probably pranking you.

Our teacher, Miss Banks, pulls pranks every day of the year.* We knew she was going to try something on April Fools' Day, so I was on my guard. You can never tell what Miss Banks is going to do. "Good morning, everyone!" she said as we walked into the classroom that morning. We put our backpacks into our cubbies. No prank. We pledged the allegiance. No prank. We did Word of the Day. No prank. Everything seemed completely normal! But we all knew it was just a matter of time until Miss Banks would try to trick us. She's a master of pranking. I was on to her, though. She was just keeping us in suspense, waiting until we least expected it. Then, at the perfect moment, she was going to surprise us with the prank of the century. "Let's open our math books to page twentythree," Miss Banks said. I looked at Ryan, who will eat anything, even stuff that isn't food.

Ryan looked at Michael, who never ties his shoes. Michael looked at Andrea Young, this annoying girl with curly brown hair. Andrea looked at Emily, her crybaby friend. Emily looked at Neil, who we call the nude kid even though he wears clothes. Neil looked at Alexia, who rides a skateboard all the time. We were all looking at each other. I finally asked Miss Banks, "Aren't you going to prank us?" "Don't be silly," she replied. "Why would I do that?" And you'll never believe who walked through the door at that moment. Nobody! You can't walk through a door! Doors are made out of wood. But you'll never believe who walked through the doorway. It was Ms. Coco, the gifted and talented teacher! That doesn't mean she's gifted and talented. It just means she teaches kids who are gifted and talented.

Andrea and I are the only ones in the class who are in the G and T program. Don't ask me how I got in. The only talent I have is making farting noises with my armpits. But the whole class had to take a test, and Ms. Coco decided I was gifted and talented.