VOLUME 0: AUDITIONS

Entry #37: Stressy The Stres Bug

STRESSY THE STRESS BUG

"I'm the stress-

I'm the stress-

I'm the stress-E-E bug~

I give stress-

I give stress-

I'm Stressy Bug!"

Stress the stress bug was happily singing as he hop along the rows of tables and chairs, looking as he did so for someone to play with. He was in Ms. Aria Nola's grade 3 class, watching the students answer their maths.

"Eenie, meany, miney brats-

Who will be bitten by Stressy Bug?~"

He sang happily but "meanyly" as he chose who among the children would be his next "playmate".

"Aha! There you are!" he said as he hopped along three chairs-

One!

Two!

Three!

And landed on Tommy's table.

He bared his fangs and,

Bite!

Bite!

Bite!

Oh, poor Tommy, bitten by Stressy Bug! Now he couldn't answer what was two and four, five and twelve, ten and twenty! Oh! Oh!

Now Tommy was beginning to sweat, and he was on the brink of fret. Oh no! Oh no! What would he do?

Ms. Aria Nola said, "Okay, pass your papers, class!"

Two and four, five and twelve, ten and twenty- would that be a-plenty?

Tommy was scared, he didn't know what to do, but Stressy Bug was having lots of fun. He laughed, he frolicked, and danced with glee!

"Oh, what fun! What fun!" said Stressy.

He was laughing some more when he noticed Tommy. The poor kid's face was red and his nose a-swelly.

Then,

Drip!

Drip!

Drip!

Stressy was shocked when he saw Tommy.

"Now, there, there sweety, don't cry Tommy," said his teacher, wiping his face with a hanky.

Stressy got guilty and ashamed. He shouldn't have done that to Tommy. So he said,

"Now hear me Tommy, I am sorry. It was not so much fun when I made you worry. Two and four if you count them all, would result to six, that's what I recall. Now let us try the five and twelve, I have 5 yummy cookies, and you have 12 yummy cookies, now count them all you'll get seventeen cookies. Now, ten and twenty would be tricky, but if you count by ten's you'll get it in a jiffy! Now, ten, twenty, what's next? Yes, it's thirty!"

From then on, Stressy the Stress Bug decided he would change his ways. It's not good when you make others sweat with worry. He and Tommy became best of buddies, and oh yeah! He changed his name, and boy it was funny!

"I'm DeStress-

I'm DeStress-

DeStressy Bug!~"