niko and the small villages secret treasure

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"Hey kids, I'm Nikolo, but you can call me Niko. I'm going to tell you a story about the legend many people tell." "Hey Niko why can't you tell us about how your father disappeared or can you not tell that story either?" (Ok. That was a bit harsh, but that's what I have to deal with for babysitting.) You may ask why I babysit. Well I'm poor but it is fine; 'cause me and my mom are getting by. All I have to do now is wait until 9:00 pm and then I can go explore with my friend Synthia (sin-th-ea). She really likes going on adventures with me. I have known her since kindergarten and we have been friends since. My mom says "If you like Synthia. just go on and tell her" I have no idea why she says that. I don't even like Synthia like that. My mom can be soo embarrassing; like, a lot. "Hey Nikalass! I need to talk to you." J'haron yelled. "I told you to stop calling me that!" "Ok, whatever" J'haron (ja-har-on), the manager, is so mean. "So what is it this time, J'haron? What did I do?" J'haron, with his loud scratchy voice, said, "You can't tell stories. You make them so boring... zzzzzzzzzzz." J'haron's fake snoring sounds like a pig "Well J'haaaaaaron... You can't get no one else to babysit these kids; so don't criticize my storytelling!" I say. "Well, ok. You are the only person who will help me," he said. "Well, I was wondering if I could go a little earlier today, please..? I will tell better stories. I promise!" We sat in silence for so long that my ears almost fell off for how loud the silence was. Then he said "Only... Only if you tell better stories." he said with a bit of a tone. "Thanks!" I say running away.

I ran to Synthia's house to see if she was there. Her mom answered the door, I was confused. Usually, Synthia answers the door. Unphased by it, I asked her mom "Where is Synthia?" "With her dad for the next week," she said with that deep but weirdly high scratchy voice of hers. "Ms. Worly..." I pause. "Yes, Niko." "Nevermind," I say, sadly. I start to go home and Ms. Worly starts to say, "Hey Niko... If you get bored, me and you can hang out.'', and this time she sounded serious; and usually, she is a goofy type of person. Like, one time she said she was going to find a rabbit and feed it to us raw, but she would make the raw meat into a ball and put chocolate all over it and then freeze it. Synthia and I were a bit scared when she said that. I nodded my head and went home.

When I got home, my mom said "You're home early." I go "Yeah." "You seem sad." "Yeah... Synthia is at her dad's for a week." I say. In my mom's goofy voice, she says "Well... I mean if you get bored you can always just go and hang out with Ms. Worly." I chuckle and say "That's what she said." We both start laughing. "Mom what's for dinner" "Spootgoody my son" "Wow thanks Mom I love the gooboodles," I say forgetting that I'm sad.

The next morning I woke up and got ready for school in 8th grade. I put on my jeans and my black shirt, my normal wear. My mom packs my food for me so I don't have school lunch. (P.S. School lunch SUUUUCKS!)

I walk to school every day because I'm so close to the school that I could leave five minutes before school starts, and still go all the way to the cafeteria to get breakfast, and go all the way to my first class and still have like one minute before I had to actually be there. But I leave ten minutes before I have to be there, so I can see Synthia, Mike, and Qin (chin).

Mike and Qin are my friends but they live on the other side of the neighborhood, so I can't see them. And they are usually busy, so... There is no time to hang out unless they have a birthday party or something like that.