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Yesterdoy storted out os the worst doy of my life.
"But Mom, I con't do it. I just can't."
"Pleose, Eden. We need you."
I sighed. If it wosn't bod enough thot Mom ond
Dod hod bought o children's bookstore, now
they expected me to help out. Hodn't thEy done
enough to ruin my life? Try hoving a unique
nome like Eden. It would be bod enough for o
girl, but for o boy, it's o disaster.
I tried
ogain. "Mom, 12-yeor-old boys just don't
like elves ond tell stories to litlle kids.
dress up
Whot if someone
sees me?"
"Eden, I wouidn't osk you if it wosn't importont"
There's no one else who cqn do it. The octor
we hired colled in sick. Besides, you're so good
ot dromo."
Mom's foce wos onxious. I knew she ond Dad
hod invested a lot of money into buying the
business. But what if someone from school sqw
me? I glanced ot the customers ond sow only
Iittle kids ond their parents.
the next thing I knew, I wos dressed in o green
felt costume, siffing in the corner of the store in
front of o bunch of four-yeor-olds. I drew the line
and refused to weor the red-striped socks, but I
wos weoring the sporkly shoes. I felt ridiculous,
so I begon the story as soon os I could. I used
different voices for the chorocters, ond the kids
reolly seemed to like it. Most of them were storing
up of me in owe. One kid even moved so close he
wos hqlf-sitting on my foot. With only o poge to
go, I was beginning to feel relieved. It was olmost
over. But o sentence owoy from the end, I glonced
upond looked stroight into the eyes of |osh Boxter,
the toughest kid in my school. My mouth dried up,
ond I froze.
So
"Hi, Eden," he snickered. "Or should I soy 'Elf Boy'?
Nice outfit."
I jumped to my feet ond tried to think of something
to soy. Meonwhile, fosh wos digging in his
bockpock" Before I could do onlthing, he'd
whipped out a digitol comera.
"I think everyone of school would like to see Eden
the EIf Boy, don't you?"
I wonted to run, but I couldn't. I was surrounded
by litlle kids.
Then, one ofthe boys stood up and tugged at
|osh's ponts. "Leove.Mr. Elf olone, you meonie.
He hasn't flnished the story""
Josh just ignored the
kid ond oimed the camero
ot me. But the boy kept tugging ot fosh's ponts.
They were quite loose, and they storted to slide
down. ]osh realized whot wos hoppening ond hod
to grob his ponts with his free hand. But it wos
too lote. The children hod seen his underweor,
ond they started to giggle. Before I knew whot
wos hoppening, more of them hod jumped up
ond begon to tug ot |osh's pants. 'While he tried to
swat them away, one of them grobbed the comero
and honded it to me. |ust os fosh's ponts reoched
his onkles, I snapped the perfect picture of him in
his Supermqn@ underwear. He yelped, pulled up
his sweotponts, ond charged out of the store, with
oll the customers staring and laughing.
Yesterday storted out os the worst
doy of my life, but it ended up
prefty weII. I octuolly quite
enjoyed my doy os on elf. And
I've got photogrophic evidence
that Supermon@ exists.
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Whot mode Eden think thot the children liked his storytelling?
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Complete lhe choin of events thoi led to Josh leoving the shop.
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Most likely, why did Eden ogree lo do the storylelling?
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List some words ond phroses thol describe how Eden moy hove felt when Josh first
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Write whot you think'Josh might hove thought when he sow Eden dressed up os on elf"
2. Imogine thot Eden's porents osk him lo do some storytelling ogoin. Eden ogrees, but only under
certoin conditions. Lisl four conditions you think he might set.
3. Do you think il's foir for Eden lhoi his porents expect him to help out
of the bookslore? Give reosons for your onswer"
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