I have to say the worst thing about Lidia is not that she’s an annoying know-it-all who loves to see other people mess up and especially me The very worst thing of all is that we’re neighbors And not only do we live in the same apartment building we even live on the same floor It’s terrible because every time Lidia sees my mom she tells her EVERYTHING Everything I should have done and didn’t and everything I shouldn’t have done but did Yesterday Alex left his gym gear at home Oh really Lidia don’t you have things to do
What a day First my mom screeching her song about tidying my room now Lidia and the written assignments But that’s not the end of it Two minutes later Emma the school librarian walks into our classroom Before she even opens her mouth I know it’s me she wants to talk to The day before I played hide and seek during recess And I hid in the library When my friends came in looking for me I ran out before they could see me And without meaning to I knocked some books off the shelves I figured I would go back and put them away later but I forgot
As I fear I have to go with Emma to the library I’m surprised to see the books have been tidied away though I’m relieved she’s not making me do it myself but her twisted mind has surely dreamed up some much more severe punishment for me The books are already back on the shelves Can I go now I put them away myself And while I was doing that I wasn’t able to do what I needed to Do dO you see where I’m going with this Er no Yesterday I was supposed to clear out and clean up the library storeroom but I had to do something else instead And do you know who’s going to help me now Go on guess No Yes Me
Would you rather I pull your ears off and fry them for supper Alex Because that’s what I’ll do if you ever leave books lying on the floor again Well if you put it that way I’d rather put these books into boxes My job involves putting a whole bunch of books into cardboard boxes Then I have to stack those boxes up by the door It’s so unfair
