ANNIE PITTS ARTICHOKE summer I hadn't had a chance to do any serious acting so I suddenly paid very close attention to what Miss G was saying We can start working on the play at the end of our new science unit she said But first I'd like to tell you about the class trip that's coming up I wanted to hear more about the play but everyone else wanted to hear about the trip Last year her third graders went to a baseball game I heard that Miss G ate ten hot dogs I believed it because Miss G is well you know Thomas raised his hand Are we going to a baseball game Miss G said No we're not going to a baseball game but we are going some place interesting And you've probably been there before I went on a trip to Disney World this summer Thomas said
Miss G AND ME Disney World I'd love to go to Disney World Maybe I could try out for a part in a Disney movie if we went there I was daydreaming again thinking about which stage name I preferred Tiffany or Brooke while Miss G was writing some thing on the board SUPERMARKET Supermarket What has that got to do with Disney World I wondered And then I realized we weren't going to Disney World No Fantasyland No chance to be a movie star We were going food shopping shopping That was not my idea of a class trip I guess I wasn't the only one who didn't think so Thomas asked Why are we taking a trip to the supermarket I've been there plenty of times I found that hard to believe because Thomas's family had a housekeeper who did all the shopping for them I couldn't imagine Thomas or even Thomas's mother in the supermarket trying to
Annie Pitts ARTICHOKE decide between the floral or the pine scented room spray The supermarket can be very interesting interesting Miss G said Our new science unit is about nutrition We're going to do a play about it but first we'll learn about making healthy choices in our diet And all the different foods we'll be discussing can be found right in our local supermarket Miss G wrote NUTRITION on the board I didn't copy it on the paper in front of me when she asked us to Instead I wrote M I C K E Y M O U S E Now who can name some good foods Miss G asked chalk in hand Marsha said Ooh ooh and waved her arm Obviously Marsha Miss Pick Me Pick Me wasn't very upset about not going to Disney World Chocolate she said Chocolate is good Chocolate is very good Miss G said
Miss G AND ME And so are doughnuts and cookies But they're not good for us We need to eat foods that have things like protein She wrote the word on the board Meat fish chicken and eggs are all sources of protein Beans and nuts have it too I looked over at Matthew looking over at me making nutty faces If nuts had protein then Matthew must have more protein than anyone else in the class Miss G drew a huge circle on the board She drew a fork on one side and a knife and spoon on the other Then for some reason she drew a guitar right in the middle of the circle Now we need some vegetables a dairy product and maybe a cereal or pasta That will give us a balanced meal She looked at me and said Annie what vegetable shall we put on our plate I was still staring at the guitar Plate I asked
