Bulletin Board description/ explanation
Jeff Gets Left Behind
by Marcio Spinola
Read by Zoe Tseng
There once was a boy named Jeff. He liked to eat chocolate.
One day he went to the park with his friend Liam. After the park, they walked to the movies, until his friend’s red hat got stuck on the other side of a fence.
Liam tried to push Jeff’s head through the fence. Jeff thought his head would slip right through, but he got stuck!
“Well that’s your problem, I’m out, ” Liam said. Then he left.
“No! You can’t leave me here!” Jeff said.
“Fine! I’ll try to call my dad,” Liam said and he walked away.
“Ok,” said Jeff.
Liam’s dad was a construction worker. He didn’t answer the phone. Liam left and went to the movies. It was his first time going, he had only ever watched movies at home.
Liam didn’t come back.
“NOOOOOO!” said Jeff. He was mad because Liam left him. He was there for a while.
Jeff tried to call for help, but nobody heard him.
“Helpppp!” Jeff screamed. No one came to help.
A bird flew over from another tree and sat on the fence.
“No, shoo, shoo!” said Jeff.
The bird pooped on his head.
“Oh my gosh,” said Jeff. He was not feeling good about this day. He got a little mad again because he had bird poop on his head. He also thought Liam was a crazy dumb person.
Jeff was starving. He didn’t have anybody to talk to.
Liam watched the whole movie by himself. The next day, when Liam remembered about Jeff, he started to worry because it was raining and he couldn’t go see him.
Jeff’s mom was calling his phone and was also getting worried because Jeff wasn’t picking up.
Liam was worried about Jeff because they were best friends. So the next day, Liam went with his dad to see if Jeff was still there. And he was!
Liam was happy to see Jeff, but Jeff was not happy to see Liam.
“Dude! What’s the matter with you?” said Jeff.
“Sorry,” said Liam.
Liam’s dad brought a chainsaw to cut the fence so Jeff could get his head out. He sawed the fence and unstuck Jeff’s head.
Liam noticed a way around the fence. There was an opening on the other side. He walked around and grabbed his hat.
Jeff playfully hit Liam in the back of the head.
“That’s what you get for taking two days just to come to help me.”
Liam and Jeff went home. They sat in Liam’s living room, watching a movie and eating vanilla ice cream.
Marcio is 12 years old.