Riding home from
school on the bus, I looked at my friend Sohpia and said, "Isn't the school supposed to blow up today?"
"Yeah," she said and blinked, and looked back at me.
I asked, "What?"
"I forgot my
library book in my
locker."
"I don't think you'll be
fined if it blows up."
"Yeah, I know, but...if I don't have a book to read, what am I going to do with no
school?"
"Well, I dunno...what is there to do? Other than nothing...um...well, we could always sell
tickets to watch it explode from the really high
hill behind the
school..."
"Mmm...I love the smell of
profit in the afternoon."