Daddy got another phone call from Ralphie, the kid down the road.
“Mr. Bill?”
“Hey, Ralphie. What’s going on?”
“I wrote a poem at school and won a contest.” (On his last phone call, Ralphie had reported making all D’s and F’s and having the papers to prove it)
“Well, that’s great, Ralphie! I’m glad you’re doing better at school.”
“I won first at my school, then at district. But when they took it to state, the judge said it came out of World Book and they threw it out.”
“Well, why did they do that?
“Because it came out of World Book. Bye”
This story made me laugh and grin
I like that Ralphie tried to win
But really, though, what made me snort
Is that, soon after, he got caught 😂
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Ah ha ha!,
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Great poem! He!
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If he looks and sounds a lot like Sam Elliott that’s not all bad. I had a cousin who looked a “lot” like the actor Chuck Conners. 🙂 — Suzanne
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No, it’s not bad. He grew into his features.
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Thanks for the update on Ralphie.
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There’s more.
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Ralphie’s words and the frenetic telephone set me up for a good laugh.
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Ralphie is still interesting. I see him every few years. I still look forward to hearing what he has to say.
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Really? You still see him occasionally? A lot of your stories verge on the fictional to me. It stretches my imagination that they are real.
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Oh yeah. He still lives about a mile from the farm where I grew up. My brother lives there now. We see Ralphie almost every time we go out there. His mom is my brother’s neighbor. He was a homely kid but grew up to look and sound a lot like Sam Elliott. Isn’t that something?
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Amazing! Thanks for the extra story.
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I have fond memories of World Book and Encyclopedia Britannia. I think I wore the set in our school library out. I don’t think anyone ever checked my writing either….but then I never went to state.
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I loved World Book. I read it at school after I finished my work. N fact, I often got n trouble because I tore through my original so I could get to World Book. My teacher’sstayed on me about my sloppy work. I was a scatterbrain before kids had the option of ADD. wish I’d had that ADD option. Life wa hard on us scatter brains. I’d get my butt kicked when the teacher called home.
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A pleasure to read. LOL
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Thanks so much.
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Oh Ralphie!!!
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He was a delight!
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Haha !!!
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