Post by Shan Shan Liu on May 5, 2016 7:14:19 GMT
Amelia Bedelia
-------Peggy Parish
Dear diary:
I was really happy that I got a job at a rich couple’s house. Their house was so big. I wish one day I could also have the house like that! Working here was not hard at all. It was just that since the house was really big, I spent most of my time there just wondering around. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers were a very nice couple. Before they left the house, Mr. Rogers gave me a list of tasks that needed to be done. The tasks that they gave me were really easy to complete. For instance, they asked me to change towels, so I just sat down on the chair and used scissors trim the towels in different shapes. Just before I started working, I decided to surprise them. I bake a really good pie, so I decided to make them a lemon-meringue pie. And then I started my work. I made sure that I followed the instructions on the list down to the letter. I was quite proud of myself after finishing all the tasks on the list. Just before the pie was ready, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers came home. They seemed surprised to see how I got my work done. Maybe they just didn’t think that I would finish all the tasks in such a short period of time. Or maybe I did something completely wrong? I pulled my pie from the oven and tried to ask them to taste it. They really loved my pie. After they tasted it, they completely forgot about blaming me for doing something wrong. Ever since then, Mrs. Rogers made sure that she was very deliberate when explaining the tasks to me so there was no confusion over what I had to do. And as long as I kept making them pies, they were always happy!
Truly,
Amelia Bedelia
-------Peggy Parish
Dear diary:
I was really happy that I got a job at a rich couple’s house. Their house was so big. I wish one day I could also have the house like that! Working here was not hard at all. It was just that since the house was really big, I spent most of my time there just wondering around. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers were a very nice couple. Before they left the house, Mr. Rogers gave me a list of tasks that needed to be done. The tasks that they gave me were really easy to complete. For instance, they asked me to change towels, so I just sat down on the chair and used scissors trim the towels in different shapes. Just before I started working, I decided to surprise them. I bake a really good pie, so I decided to make them a lemon-meringue pie. And then I started my work. I made sure that I followed the instructions on the list down to the letter. I was quite proud of myself after finishing all the tasks on the list. Just before the pie was ready, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers came home. They seemed surprised to see how I got my work done. Maybe they just didn’t think that I would finish all the tasks in such a short period of time. Or maybe I did something completely wrong? I pulled my pie from the oven and tried to ask them to taste it. They really loved my pie. After they tasted it, they completely forgot about blaming me for doing something wrong. Ever since then, Mrs. Rogers made sure that she was very deliberate when explaining the tasks to me so there was no confusion over what I had to do. And as long as I kept making them pies, they were always happy!
Truly,
Amelia Bedelia