TOM GATES-Exellent Excuses ( and other good stuff)

II

Mum thinks I should go to my room to ... "Sit quietly and concentrate on getting it done". (It's not working.)
B L A N K. So I do some drawing instead. It's a lot more fun inventing my own characters... Ha! Ha!
THE BODGE BROTHERS, Rubbish at EVERYTHING. The ONLY thing I can think of that I could review is the DUDE3 that Dad took me to. It's actually BRILLIANT idea because DUDE3 are (Even Mr Fullerman is a fan.)
Suddenly my review will be no problem at all. Derek's house ... Here I come. 

REVIEW HOMEWORK
By Tom Gates
I went to see the DUDE3 concert.
They are the
BEST
BAND IN
THE WHOLE
WIDE WORLD
and anyone who doesn't think so is
a total IDIOT.
The end

I run downstairs and show it quickly to Mum. There ... all done.
I am busy packing a few essentials for Derek's house when this time Dad comes up to me. Apparently Mum doesn't think I am taking my review homework "seriously". Dad says I have to do it again "PROPERLY". Which is a bit HARSH. (OK, I admit my review was short, but true.)
Dad suddenly holds up a packet of wafers. "For the sleepover, when you've done your homework again, OK?"
SUDDENLY I am VERY INSPIRED. In fact I have a TOTAL
BRAIN WAVE to get my homework done in double-quick time (I am a genius). I run d
o
w
n
Stairs and grab the first book from the shelf that looks thick (but not TOO thick). Mum sees that I am holding a BOOK and assumes that:
TOM+THICK BOOK=SERIOUS ATTEMPT AT HOMEWORK. (She looks please with me.)
The book I've got is about ... let me see ... TREES! Never mind, that will have to do. I can see there's a lot of good stuff written on the back of this book (and inside!) tag