Survivor Of the drought

The City's Farm

I'm laying in my bed not ready to get up and ready for the day. Mainly because school is starting today. This year I will be going into 7th grade. Ugh, do I hate middle school.

Something wet rubs my face and I open my eyes to see Russel, my puppy, licking my face.

"Ack! Ru-Russel get off me!" I laugh. Russel is one of the puppies our dog Princess had. Princess had 3 pups, Russel, Betty, and Tommy. I know this sounds weird but Russel is actually a girl. My brother, Tony, claimed the only boy Tommy. So I decided to name my puppy Russel (a boy name).

I go to my closet and put on a blue tank top and black shorts. I pack a sweatshirt in my backpack in case I get cold. I tiptoe out of my room and find Tommy. I open my brother's closed door and set Tommy in his room.

"ATTACK!" I yell at Tommy. He sits there giving me the puppy eyes. I sigh. Tony wakes from my yelling.

"Ha, he only obeys to my command," He smirks. I roll my eyes, but just as I do so Betty and Russel hustle in on the commotion and start attacking Tony.

"AHHH! Ru-Russel! Be-Betty! Stop it!" I fall to the ground in laughter. Then Tommy attacks me! After I calm down I push Tommy off me, then I stand up and put my index finger and thumb to my chin like I'm thinking.

"Tommy needs some training, but Russel and Betty will do," I say. Just then I hear my mom calling.

"Breakfast!" she yells upstairs. Tony and I look at each other, then at the door, then race for it and run down the hallway and down the stairs. Although I'm 13 and Tony is 11, we still do things as if we were 6-year-olds.

"I beat you!" Tony yells as we're at the table out of breath from running.

"Did not!" I yell back. Oh, did I mention we fight like we're 6 too? Mom gives us a look.

"What did I say about running in the house!" She scolds us. We sit down at the table with plates of eggs upon it. I rush to eat my eggs looking at the time. If I don't hurry I could be late for school. "Honey slow it down! It's not like your going anywhere," she says watching me.

"Um, school mom? Remember?" Tony and my mom laugh making my look like a fool with eggs half-eaten on my plate.

"Haha, Liz school's tomarrow! Remember?" Tony laughs and mocks me. I blush. How could I forget when school would start? I set my fork down on the table.

"Well it's either that or your in a national egg eating contest," my mom adds. I can't help but laugh. Russel, Betty, and Tommy come runing in and almost run into there mom Princess, whos eating her dog food.

"So you yell at us for running in the house, but don't yell at these three trouble makers?" I say to my mom. We all laugh. Then my father comes in from outside.

"Christy!" He say when he rushes into the room. "The crops! There dying!" I gasps out of breath.

"Andrew," My mom says calmly "It might just be a very dry year. I'm sure the other farms are..." My dad cuts her off.

"No they all have splended crops! I don't know how ours can possibly be so bad!" He says "Here let me show you..." They walk out the door and I hear my mom gasp. There is some muffled descussion for about 10 minutes while me and Tony stare at the door outside. When they finally come back in my mom is pale and dad is saying something about extra watering and a water bill.

"Mom can I be exused" I ask, testing my luck on her answering.

"Uh... yeah, yeah sure..." she trails off. My dad puts a hand on her shoulder.

"Your mom is going to get a job," my dad says. My mom has been a stay at home mom because she could help with dads farming. She never needed a job because being only a mile away from Chicago, my dad make plenty of money at the food markets in the city. "In the city" He continues "She will apply for the job as..." he trails off and looks at me "...Principle at the middle school..." He finishes

PRINCIPLE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL! Middle school is bad enuff, but now I have my mom to be there and embarrass me 24,7! This will be a long  year.