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The Library Book

December 3, 2009
By The_Number_Five GOLD, Manassas, Virginia
The_Number_Five GOLD, Manassas, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
-- Dr. Seuss


Jane received a letter in the mail
She wondered what it could be
She opened it up and gasped
“Why me, Why me?”

The letter held
A $5000 fine
For a late library book
She had back in ‘69

She searched her house,
All the attic boxes,
Fido’s toy bin
Looking for
“Minnie and Mickey Mouse.”

She could not find it,
Nor could she pay
So that day
So she robbed a bank
And grabbed all the money she could take

She got caught
And thrown in jail
Handcuffs on her arms
She forgot
They had alarms

And her son came in
He looked like he would choke
He said “mom,”
The letter was an April Fools joke!


The author's comments:
I am learning about irony in language arts, and it gave me the idea to do this!

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on Jan. 28 2010 at 8:58 pm
lily1411 BRONZE, Fargo, North Dakota
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Favorite Quote:
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

--Benjamin Franklin

haha! i loved it! so funny by the end:)

Kay4theRoses said...
on Jan. 19 2010 at 9:56 am
Kay4theRoses, O&#39brien, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
"all's fair in love and war." And "Beware of a fat man whose belly doesn't jiggle when he laughs."-A Chinese philosopher. =)

irony and sarcasm is the best kind funny. it was good

DRB* said...
on Jan. 4 2010 at 11:57 am
LOVE IT! The ending is so funny and ironic!

Haylie SILVER said...
on Jan. 2 2010 at 11:30 am
Haylie SILVER, Minneola, Florida
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LOL That was wonderfully whitty! I love it!

gardengirl said...
on Dec. 28 2009 at 8:37 pm
I love the poem; not sure how I feel about irony, tho'.

on Dec. 25 2009 at 11:16 am
This has a great sense of irony! I love it!