8A/Nickel ~ Independent Reading #1 "Diary of a wimpy kid: The Deep End" by Jeff Kinney

By Nickel Hilda

  • Page 1

    I love my family and all, but I don't need to twenty-four hours a day with them, seven days a week. And that's EXACTLY the way its been around here lately. It's not just ME who's getting tired of this, either. We're ALL going a little nuts, and if things don't change soon, I think we're gonna go off the deep end. Mom says we've been cooped up for too long, and we just need a vacation. But what we really need is a vacation from each OTHER.

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    That's not gonna happen anytime soon, though, because we don't have any MONEY. And the reason we don't is kind of long of a long story. We've been living in Gramma's basement for two months, and I don't know how much longer we can keep going like this. Mom says that one day we'll look back on this time and smile, but she's not the one who has to share a futon with RODRICK every night.

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    The crazy thing is, Gramma's got plenty of room in her house, so I don't understand why our whole family has to stay in her basement. When we first got here, I called dibs on the guest room, but Gramma said it was already taken. I don't think Gramma's too thrilled we're living with her, because whenever her friends come over she asks us to stay out of sight.