My Dog Ate My Homework
It was eight o’clock in the morning, and Jimmy was still sleeping. His aunt ran in yelling, “JIMMY! Wake Up! You need to get to school!” Jimmy got up fast, and ran to class. He just reached his desk when the bell rang.
“Good morning students,” said Mr. Wang, his English teacher. “Did everyone do their homework yesterday?”
“Yes, Mr. Wang,” said everyone…except Jimmy.
“Please bring your homework to me.” Everyone was getting up and giving him their papers…except Jimmy.
“Very good,” said Mr. Wang. “But Jimmy, please tell me why you don’t have it.”
“My dog ate my homework.”
“Wrong answer. You’ll write a paper due tomorrow,” said Mr. Wang.
The next day, Jimmy got a B for his late paper.