8. Make a Wish!

8 Make a Wish! Everybody was having a great time bouncing on the bouncy castle, sword fighting, painting pottery, doing gymnastics, learning how to speak French, and stuffing their faces with M&M's. That's when I heard somebody start to sing "Happy Birthday." I looked

over and saw my parents coming out of the kitchen with a birthday cake. It was huge, and there were nine candles stuck in it. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear A.J. Happy birthday to you. "Make a wish, sweetie!" shouted my mom. Hmmmm, a wish. Choosing a wish is hard. There were so many things I could wish for. I tried to think. If I could have anything in the world, what would I want? I could wish that school would be declared illegal. That would be a good wish. I could wish for a new football. I could wish for a million hundred dollars

so I could buy anything in the world. I could wish for more wishes, of course.

I was faced with the hardest decision of my life. I was concentrating so hard that my brain hurt. "Just one wish, A.J!" shouted my dad. Everybody laughed. "Yeah, save a few wishes for next year," shouted my grandma. Hmmmm. I could wish for a new skateboard. I could wish for a new video game. I could wish for Andrea to have a truck full of elephants fall on her head. Nah, I decided to wish for school to be declared illegal. That would make me the happiest. I took a deep breath and blew out all nine candles on the cake. That's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened.*