Once upon a time there was a young man named Josh. I call Josh a young man, because that is exactly what he is. He is not a little boy anymore because he is almost 10 years old. Josh has one big brother and one little brother and two little sisters. His big brother, Mike is in junior high school and walks around every day with his iPod glued to his ear. He also talks on his cell phone a lot which is pretty annoying. His little brother, Cameron is seven and in the 2nd grade. He gets into Josh's stuff a lot but for the most part, they get along well together. His sisters are identical twins and their names are Ruby Claire and Amber Clarisse. They have red hair and they are five years old. The twins are nice enough but Josh is glad they have more boys than girls in his family. He really gets so frustrated when the twins want to watch Strawberry Shortcake DVDs! Yucky..he doesn't like those at all. Girls seems to like such silly things!
Whenever that happens he goes into his room, lies down on his bed and starts to think about the things boys like to think about. His favorite thing to think about is how famous he will be when he grows up. You see, Josh is certain that someday he will be a famous inventor! At almost 10 years old he has already designed and built a robot that can walk. He has plans for a "Clean Machine" (a robot that cleans your room for you); a "Dog-bot" (an automatic dog poop picker-upper); and a "Hair-cutter Hat" (a computerized hat that cuts your hair perfectly, conveniently, and quickly every time). Josh loves to think about his inventions however is mind power far out weighs his access to the tools and supplies he needs to make his inventions real. And this alone is the source of great frustration for Josh.
All that change one day when Josh got a new neighbor. Josh was at school when the moving truck arrive but by the time he got home in the afternoon. the movers where hard at work unloading things from their truck. Josh normally would not have paid much attention to contents of a new neighbors house but the things the movers were unloading for his this neighbor were very exciting to Josh. So interesting in fact, that he sat itself down on the front porch with a large after school snack (1 ham sandwich, 3 carrots, 2 chocolate chip cookies, and a glass of milk) to watch. The first thing that caught Josh's eye was a ...
England ~Life With The Kids on Sabbatical
7 years ago
2 comments:
Wait a minute...do I have to "stay tuned". Where is the rest of the story? What? What? What caught Josh's eye? You're killing me here!!!
Hi Spence...love the addition you have made. For some reason I cannot add to the post so may have to continue it on as post #2. Love you, you are a great writer!
Love, Gramma
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