The New Nation - Internet Edition

Ali Inan

There once was a very lazy cricket who lived in Bugsonville.

The teachers at his school were never pleased with his work.

The cricket rushed with his homework and didn't put any effort into

his work like all his assiduous classmates. All that mattered to the

cricket was playing with all his lazy and lax friends that were just like him.

One day after playing with his friends, the cricket came home at about 10:00.

It was way past his bedtime, so the cricket decided he should not do his homework.

The next day at school the teacher, an ox asked where the cricket had put his homework. "I uh, was very sick", the cricket answered lamely. "That's okay," said the ox. While at

school the ox overheard the conversation between the cricket and one of his snake friends.

"That game of ball was awesome" said the snake .. "It really was," the cricket said.

The ox came up to the cricket. "I thought you were sick cricket," the ox said.

"Playing ball with somebody doesn't seem like you were sick," the ox said belligerently. "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," the, cricket said trying to think of a lie. It didn't work.

The cricket had 5 months of detention and had to do I year of chores.