Casey L. Jones It's Unfair

By: Kristina

"Hello, little Ollie!" Casey's Grandpa smiled as he picked Ollie up into the air. Ollie squealed because he loved it when Grandpa did that! But Casey wasn't smiling. She was wondering why he didn't say hello to her when he arrived to baby-sit her and her little brother.

At lunch time, Casey L. Jones was crying because Grandpa Don was giving more attention to her baby brother Ollie than to her. Grandpa was feeding her baby brother mashed sweet potatoes. "I wish Grandpa would play with me like he plays with Ollie," she thought.

On Sunday afternoon when the whole family was home, Casey L. asked her parents something but they were too busy playing with her baby brother to answer her.

"Mom, can I call Aunt Christy to see if she would come over?"

Her mom didn't answer Casey. She was too busy laughing and playing with her baby brother Ollie.

"Why is everyone ignoring me?" sighed Casey.

On her way to school on Monday, her friend, That Emily, didn't want her to sit with her on the bus.

That Emily said, "Dylan told me that when everyone's not looking, you hit people in the back of the head. A friend of mine wouldn't do that. Dylan also said that you spit in people's hair."

Casey couldn't believe what she heard! "I would never do such a thing! How could you believe it? Dylan is making up stories about me. I'm really upset."

Casey is honest but That Emily didn't believe her.

Casey put her hand to her eye to wipe away a tear. That Emily said, "I want to believe you, Casey, but Dylan has no reason to lie,"

When Casey got to school she saw Dylan and decided to find out why he was telling lies about her. Casey L. Jones said, "You're not telling the truth and now Emily doesn't want to be my friend."

Dylan looked away and said, "I never said those things about you, Casey." Casey was really confused. She didn't know who to believe. She was very upset and told the teacher. After recess Dylan, Casey L. Jones, and That Emily were arguing in the classroom. Casey began to yell. Mrs. came over and took Casey L. Jones to the principal's office. Casey L. Jones told her story and the principal came back to the classroom. He took the group, Dylan, Casey L. Jones, and That Emily, and told them, "If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all." The principal told everyone to apologize to each other which they did. They went back to the classroom and they were nice to each other and were best friends again.

Casey went home and she asked her parents, "Can you pay as much attention to me as much as cry baby Ollie?"

Her mom said, "On one condition, don't call your brother cry baby Ollie, call him Ollie."

Casey L. Jones said, "OK."

"We are very sorry that you think we pay more attention to Ollie than to you," said her dad.

Then her grandpa, Don Wilson, and her grandma, Barb Wilson, and Casey L. Jones asked her Grandpa Don Wilson and Grandma Barb Wilson the same question. They also said they were sorry.

Casey L. Jones was very happy at the end of the story!

Patti Weeg
pweeg@comcast.net

May 13, 2006