Smelly shame
Mymomsignedmeupforthe
KeeperforaDayprogramatmylocal
zoo.Ihadthebestfirstday...until
Isteppedinabigpileofelephant
poop.Ithappenedaseveryoneelse
wasleavingtheexhibit.IthoughtI
wasluckybecausenoonesawme
doit,buttheysuredidsmellitlater!
triedrunning I
tothebathroomtoclean
offmysneaker,butthesmellwould
notgoaway.Therestofthegroup
keptgivingmefunnylooks.
I’msuretheythoughtIwas
fartingallday!—Gia,VA
Recklessrescue
Recently,Isawawhitepuppy
atrecess.
Itoldmyteacheraboutitbecause
I
thoughtshe’dhelp,andIwas
right.We
searchedforthedogafterschool
along
withafewotherclassmates.
Whenwe
finallyspottedthepup,my
teacherlooked
alarmedandtoldustostand
back.It
turnsoutitwasn’tapuppy
atall—it
wasawolfcub!Shecalled
alocalrescue
tocomegetthelittleguy,but
myface
turnedsoredwhenIrealized
my
mistake.Myclassmateshowl
at
meinthehallsnow!—Rian,
CO
ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARK COLLINS
Puppy potty time
I’ll never forget bringing in my puppy for show-and-tell in
the first grade. My teacher said we were allowed to bring
in our pets, so I had to introduce everyone to my dog,
Buster. Buster was a puppy back then, and he liked to
bark a lot. He wasn’t very loud, but I didn’t want him to
bark during other people’s presentations so I gave him
some water to get him to stop. That always did the trick
whenever he got loud at home. I forgot that at home I
usually took him out for a walk after he swallowed a few
gulps! He was so used to his potty break that he
peed right in the middle of my presentation. It
even got onto my jeans!
— Franklin, NJ
Sometimes our
furry friends cause
crazy catastrophes!
Totally
embarrassing!
Don’t show
your face for
a while!
Yikes!
You’ll never live
that down!
Oh,
Noooo!
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