Hard Luck

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
"Oh man, school today!"
I raise my arm and fling it onto the alarm clock but the alarm clock feels squishy and cold.  I open my eyes, blink a few times and sit up.
"Aaaarrhhh."  I've just dumped my arm in last nights custard!
I spring out of bed and start running to the bathroom.  I'm at top speed until I hit my brothers baseball bat and go flying through the air.  Suddenly, gravity kicks in and I land in the worst spot... my brothers lego and to make matters worse, he saw the whole thing and his face is turning red.
I jump up and start sprinting back to my room when... I slip on the custard and bang into the door.
"Ouch!" I stumble around.  Suddenly my brother tackles me from behind.  Next thing I know is I'm on the floor looking up at the ceiling.  I still have the gooey custard on my arm so I grab a book and I'm about to scrape it off when I remember school.
I look at the clock, 5 minutes until 9am!  I jump up forgetting that i'm wearing my pi's and race out the door skipping breakfast and grabbing my bag.
I start running to school until I find out I'm wearing my pi's.  But luckily I always have a change of clothes for this exact reason!  I run and hide behind a thick wooden pole, I zip open my bag and... they're not in there.  I start panicking!  I look at my watch; 9:07.  I decide to run home so I pick up my bad and start running until I trip and land face first in a muddy puddle.
"Yuck!"
I stand up and keep running, then to make things worse, a big dump truck comes round the corner chucking rubbish everywhere.  I feel like a magnet because about 20 bits of rubbish come flying at me like bullets.  I start running again and by the time I get home to put clothes on and get myself back to school, it's morning tea!
I run to my classroom and say that I made it.  I'm starting to wonder what I am having for lunch.  Maybe a donut, or cake, or mum's sandwich.  I zip open my bag, grab my lunchbox, click open the sides and and and... it's last nights custard arrhhh!!!

By Ruairi Meredith