Some More of God’s Greatest Mistakes

things could be worse!  i could be forced to leave my dream ship and go to a regular kindergarten class.

after i did so well with the bonanza my mom told my dad “i want to talk to you in the cabin, please.” and him and my mom went below decks and me and minna were left alone with each other.

“you were sooo scared when that dream ended, tenorah.”  said minna

“i was not scared.  i’m not scared of anything.”  i said.  cause i’m not, and i wasn’t scared at all, either.

“yes you were scared.  i heard you crying the whole time they were spooling you back up on the ship.”  she said.  what a pain.  don’t believe anything i tell you she says, ok?

so obviously i had to try and make her take it back.  but she is super fast and plus she was right near the rigging for the big dream scoop, which is what we have instead of a sail for a normal ship.  she climbed right up on the dream scoop and i was just climbing after her when mom came up behind me and picked me off the rigging and brought me down belowdecks where dad was waiting.

“tenorah, your father and i were talking and we’ve decided that you need to be around other children your own age and learn to read and write and do multiplication tables.  we’ve decided to send you to a normal school, outside the dream world, with some of the real world children.”  said my mom.

“no way!”  i said, “i know how to read already and i promise i’ll practice my multiplication more, really!  even minna knows how to read.  reading is dead easy, mom, really!”

but dad stopped me from saying anything more about it.  he sounded a little sad when he told us, “now, tenorah, your mother thinks that a dream ship is a little bit dangerous for a child.  she thinks you need to grow a little older before you learn how to toss the hooks and throw a spear and what have you.  and, to keep you safe, she – er – i mean we both think it would be best to have you go to a real world school for a while.”

so that was that.  it’s awful, isn’t it?  if only i hadn’t cried so much when i thought i was going to fall forever (i forgot about my safety line for a second)they never would have thought of it.  but now it’s decided, i’ve been sentenced to kindergarten.

(once again, to be continued)