It seems to me there are demons abroad, through out the entire world. I weep for the children.

SO, WHAT HAPPENED?


One day life was okay, nothing to rave about, but normal enough: eat, sleep, work, play. Now everything is doom and gloom.

Mom and Dad have these long screaming arguments about losing the house. I don’t understand. How can they lose anything as big as our house, besides it’s nailed into the ground some how.

Last summer I lost one of my Hot Wheels cars but what really happened was that our dog Jed buried it in the back yard. And anyway, I found it a few months later when I was digging a fort out there. I don’t think Jed could bury the house in the back yard, even though he’s a really strong dog.

Mr. Zedemeir is the only teacher left at school, but I guess that’s okay; I’ve always liked him the best. There’s not as many kids in my second grade class either. Someone said the buses aren’t running anymore. Dad says I’m lucky our house is only two blocks from the school so I can walk there.

We’ve been having beans for dinner almost every night and I feel like a big old fart machine. I used to love mac and cheese but now when we don’t have beans we have that and I’m getting pretty sick of it. Why can’t we have pepperoni pizza once a week like we used to?

Dad yells at me to turn the water off when I’m brushing my teeth like he thinks we’re gonna run out. And Mom isn’t using the dishwasher anymore. She’s got this big old bucket next to the sink and she washes every plate and fork by hand.

I was supposed to get a new pair of Nikes for school but I’m still wearing my old Keds. Things have changed and I don’t know why.

Can you tell me what happened?

Can anybody tell me?