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- Story Listed as: True Life For Kids
- Theme: Family & Friends
- Subject: Childhood / Youth
- Published: 01/29/2017
The Tiny Brother Problem
By Neha Aynikkal
One Lousy Night
One cold night, I was sleeping peacefully on my bed, but just then I felt something choking me! When I opened my eyes gasping for breath, I found out that it was my three year old brother sleeping with me, with his stinky feet on my neck. Suddenly I wasn’t sleepy anymore, it was morning and I had to work on my drawings. But if it was morning, then why was it so quiet?
Usually my mom laughs a lot in the morning while she’s texting to her friends, and my dad growls whenever he loses his football (FiFA) video game. And my brother should be awake by now. Something really strange is going on because my family is never quiet. In fact, they’re the whole opposite of quiet.
Curios and worried, I headed toward the living room. It was cold, quiet, and the lights were still off. I couldn’t find my parents in the living room, so they must be still sleeping. Now, usually I wouldn’t wake up my parents if they were sleeping, but right now it was morning. But still I just felt like something strange is going on, because no one was awake and I still feel a little sleepy. So I went in there, I looked at the clock next to their bed, It was 1.37. At first when I saw the time, I thought that last night when my brother was playing with the clock he had changed the time. But When I looked out the window, it was still dark, and that's when I realized it was really 1.37! So, I rushed toward my bedroom to go back to sleep, because the next morning I didn’t want to be sleepy as a sloth. But unfortunately for me, I couldn’t go back to sleep. I kept on tossing and rolling from side to side, waiting for myself to go back to sleep.
The Next Morning
The next day, when I woke up, I was still really, really tired and sleepy. So I’m guessing I’ve only slept about 2 hours since I woke up. After I brushed my teeth, I said good morning to my parents and my brother. Then I took my favorite cereal which is Honey Nuts cereal and a bowl of milk, and headed toward the dining table, to my favorite seat.
As unusually I slurped down my cereal quietly, because I was so sleepy. 'My brothers kicking and choking people while sleeping problem was getting worse these days,' I thought.
After my cereal I decided to cozy up in my bedroom, but my mom asked “Where are you going?” So I said “To sleep, I’am tired”.
“You can’t sleep right now”, she said. “We are going to Costco”, my dad added. I sighed. “Humph ! I wanted to play!” said my brother.
After we all got dressed, we headed toward the car. My brother took a short nap on his car seat. The drive from our home to Costco is about 11 miles. After about 5 miles, my brother woke up.
“Can you play with me?”, he asked, right after he was done stretching. 'Is playing really all this kid could think about?' I thought. I was so furious that I wanted to punch his little face into a pancake and feed it to tigers for breakfast! Then I thought, 'It’s only for a few miles, then we will reach Costco.' So I said “Yes”. “Yay!” yelled my brother.
After a long ten minutes, we were right next to Costco, until I saw the long line of cars in front of us waiting to turn left!. “Oh no” I thought.
Why does luck aways give up on me? After about 30 minutes, I could tell that my eyes were red of being bored.
The Best Plan Ever
When we finally reached Costco, we all got out of the car, my mom took a cart, and we headed towards the entrance. But guess who I saw coming out of the exit!? My best friend and her family! Her name is Sitara.
And I guess my mom noticed them too, because she pointed at them and said “Let’s go and talk to them”. We all walked over to them and said hi. The fun thing about Sitara’s family and my family is that we both have equal members. So, what I mean is that, in my family I have a dad, mom and a baby brother. And in Sitara’s family, she has a dad, mom and baby brother. The other fun thing is me and Sitara are almost same age and our baby brothers too.
When we went near them we said hi to each other and talked. My dad and Sitara’s dad were busy talking about their jobs. my mom and her mom were talking about almost everything, and our baby brothers were busy staring down at roly-polies going into a small hole in the concrete. I told about my brother’s crazy kicking people while sleeping thingy and she told me the best plan ever! After we said bye to each other, we went inside Costco to buy some groceries.
When we came back, we packed the groceries in our car, went to IHOP (one of our favorite restaurants) to have lunch and then headed home. This time my brother was busy playing a game on my mom’s phone phone called “My talking Tom”. While I was busy thinking about the plan that Sitara had told me, we had already reached home. By the time we went inside our house, I grabbed a book, got on my bed and kept on reading the book for about 3 hours.
After a while, it was dinner time. My mom made baked potato, green peas, and rice. After dinner, when it was 9:00, my mom said that it was sleep time. I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth, and called my brother to tell him that it was time to sleep. But when I called him, he didn’t answer.
So, when I went into me and my brother’s bedroom, I saw him sleeping in a pile of Legos. And I had to admit, he looked kind of cute. I told my mom to carry and put him on the bed, because he’s kind of heavy for me. After my parents gave me a goodnight kiss, I went to my bed to sleep.
Just then I remembered the plan, I told my parents about it and they said yes! So, both of my parents turned the couch backwards, so the front of the couch faced and touched the wall. After they were done, I said ”Thank you very much” and took my blanket and laid on the couch. My dad turned off the lights in the living room (Where I was laying) and my parents both went to their bedroom to sleep. I felt bad the way I thought about my baby brother, he’s just a baby. Then I promised myself to be nice to him no matter what. Then I fell asleep.
The Tiny Brother Problem(Neha)
The Tiny Brother Problem
By Neha Aynikkal
One Lousy Night
One cold night, I was sleeping peacefully on my bed, but just then I felt something choking me! When I opened my eyes gasping for breath, I found out that it was my three year old brother sleeping with me, with his stinky feet on my neck. Suddenly I wasn’t sleepy anymore, it was morning and I had to work on my drawings. But if it was morning, then why was it so quiet?
Usually my mom laughs a lot in the morning while she’s texting to her friends, and my dad growls whenever he loses his football (FiFA) video game. And my brother should be awake by now. Something really strange is going on because my family is never quiet. In fact, they’re the whole opposite of quiet.
Curios and worried, I headed toward the living room. It was cold, quiet, and the lights were still off. I couldn’t find my parents in the living room, so they must be still sleeping. Now, usually I wouldn’t wake up my parents if they were sleeping, but right now it was morning. But still I just felt like something strange is going on, because no one was awake and I still feel a little sleepy. So I went in there, I looked at the clock next to their bed, It was 1.37. At first when I saw the time, I thought that last night when my brother was playing with the clock he had changed the time. But When I looked out the window, it was still dark, and that's when I realized it was really 1.37! So, I rushed toward my bedroom to go back to sleep, because the next morning I didn’t want to be sleepy as a sloth. But unfortunately for me, I couldn’t go back to sleep. I kept on tossing and rolling from side to side, waiting for myself to go back to sleep.
The Next Morning
The next day, when I woke up, I was still really, really tired and sleepy. So I’m guessing I’ve only slept about 2 hours since I woke up. After I brushed my teeth, I said good morning to my parents and my brother. Then I took my favorite cereal which is Honey Nuts cereal and a bowl of milk, and headed toward the dining table, to my favorite seat.
As unusually I slurped down my cereal quietly, because I was so sleepy. 'My brothers kicking and choking people while sleeping problem was getting worse these days,' I thought.
After my cereal I decided to cozy up in my bedroom, but my mom asked “Where are you going?” So I said “To sleep, I’am tired”.
“You can’t sleep right now”, she said. “We are going to Costco”, my dad added. I sighed. “Humph ! I wanted to play!” said my brother.
After we all got dressed, we headed toward the car. My brother took a short nap on his car seat. The drive from our home to Costco is about 11 miles. After about 5 miles, my brother woke up.
“Can you play with me?”, he asked, right after he was done stretching. 'Is playing really all this kid could think about?' I thought. I was so furious that I wanted to punch his little face into a pancake and feed it to tigers for breakfast! Then I thought, 'It’s only for a few miles, then we will reach Costco.' So I said “Yes”. “Yay!” yelled my brother.
After a long ten minutes, we were right next to Costco, until I saw the long line of cars in front of us waiting to turn left!. “Oh no” I thought.
Why does luck aways give up on me? After about 30 minutes, I could tell that my eyes were red of being bored.
The Best Plan Ever
When we finally reached Costco, we all got out of the car, my mom took a cart, and we headed towards the entrance. But guess who I saw coming out of the exit!? My best friend and her family! Her name is Sitara.
And I guess my mom noticed them too, because she pointed at them and said “Let’s go and talk to them”. We all walked over to them and said hi. The fun thing about Sitara’s family and my family is that we both have equal members. So, what I mean is that, in my family I have a dad, mom and a baby brother. And in Sitara’s family, she has a dad, mom and baby brother. The other fun thing is me and Sitara are almost same age and our baby brothers too.
When we went near them we said hi to each other and talked. My dad and Sitara’s dad were busy talking about their jobs. my mom and her mom were talking about almost everything, and our baby brothers were busy staring down at roly-polies going into a small hole in the concrete. I told about my brother’s crazy kicking people while sleeping thingy and she told me the best plan ever! After we said bye to each other, we went inside Costco to buy some groceries.
When we came back, we packed the groceries in our car, went to IHOP (one of our favorite restaurants) to have lunch and then headed home. This time my brother was busy playing a game on my mom’s phone phone called “My talking Tom”. While I was busy thinking about the plan that Sitara had told me, we had already reached home. By the time we went inside our house, I grabbed a book, got on my bed and kept on reading the book for about 3 hours.
After a while, it was dinner time. My mom made baked potato, green peas, and rice. After dinner, when it was 9:00, my mom said that it was sleep time. I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth, and called my brother to tell him that it was time to sleep. But when I called him, he didn’t answer.
So, when I went into me and my brother’s bedroom, I saw him sleeping in a pile of Legos. And I had to admit, he looked kind of cute. I told my mom to carry and put him on the bed, because he’s kind of heavy for me. After my parents gave me a goodnight kiss, I went to my bed to sleep.
Just then I remembered the plan, I told my parents about it and they said yes! So, both of my parents turned the couch backwards, so the front of the couch faced and touched the wall. After they were done, I said ”Thank you very much” and took my blanket and laid on the couch. My dad turned off the lights in the living room (Where I was laying) and my parents both went to their bedroom to sleep. I felt bad the way I thought about my baby brother, he’s just a baby. Then I promised myself to be nice to him no matter what. Then I fell asleep.
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