Katharine the Almost Great: The Biggest Star by Far
I shook my head I want to be in the play After all I’m going to be an actor one day Dad scratched his head Well here’s the thing Katharine If you want to be an actor you have to act Mom chuckled I gave her my grumpy face It was not a chuckle moment Then Dad brought up kindergarten You almost acted in the kindergarten play And you almost acted in your penguin play added Mom But you didn’t feel well that day either My parents call me Katharine the Almost Great They say I’m a work-in progress I bet if I could cure my stage fright they’d proclaim me a star and call me Katharine the Great 8
So I proved to myself that I really was a fab-u-lo-so actor by moaning and groaning so much that they let me stay home That night while Crockett became the King of Hearts and saved the play I saved myself from more barf-a rama drama But looking at the Kids Rock in Space poster my stomach did a flip-flop belly drop Crockett snapped his Earth to Katharine Come in fingers I sighed Space can rock without me By the time Mrs Bingsley opened the door the whole class was buzzin about the play Who wants to rock in space Mrs Bingsley asked 9
Everyone’s hand shot into the air Everyone’s but mine Mrs Bingsley looked disappointed Katharine I was about to make up some excuse like I was training for the Olympic swim team or I was too busy learning Japanese when Vanessa aka Miss Priss-A-Poo interrupted a fraidy Katharine’s cat Remember how she threw up on Johnny Remember how she stayed in the box in kindergarten Remem Mrs Bingsley cut her off That was a long time ago Vanessa Katharine has a lot to offer our play Then she added All of you do Will everyone have a speaking part asked Crockett 10
Mrs Bingsley glanced at me This is what I thought she’d say Of course How will anyone ever get over stage fright if they don’t get a part But this is what she said Only if they want one I won’t force anyone to do something that makes them uncomfortable I felt better until Miss Priss-A-Poo smirked and pretended to throw up on my shoes when Mrs Bingsley wasn’t looking It’s a good thing you don’t want a part You might throw up all over the solar system Before I knew what I was doing I blurted out I want a part Mrs Bingsley 11
