poem wasn't typed out. It was in Rodrick's won handwriting.
That's when it hit me: Dad only started doing Rodrick's papers for him once he got
to HIGH school. So that meant this paper was Rodrick's OWN work.
I started reading Rodrick's paper to see if I could still use it. But apparently,
Rodrick was even worse about doing his research than ME.
149
A Hundred Years Ago by Rodrick Heffley
Sometimes I sit and wonder
About stuff I don't know
Like what the heck the earth was like
A hundred years ago.
Did cavemen ride on dinosaurs?
Did flowers even grow?
Well we could guess but that was back
A hundred years ago.
I wish they built a time machine
And they picked me to go
To check out what the scene was like
A hundred years ago.
Did giant spiders rule the earth?
Were deserts filled with snow?
I wonder what the story was
A hundred years ago.
F See me!
150
I guess I learned my lesson about buying a paper off someone. Or at least off of
RODRICK.
When third period rolled around, I didn't have anything to turn in to Mr. Huff. I
guess that means I'll be taking summer school for History.
And my day got a whole lot worse after that. When I got home from school, Mom
was waiting for me at the front door.
[Image: A cartoon of a boy with his school bag entering his house and his mother
and brother standing inside.]
You know that stack of bills I paid Rodrick with? Well, he tried to cash them ALL
in at once to get money for a used motorcycle. I'm sure Mom knew something was
fishy, since Rodrick has never earned a single Mom Buck on his own.
151
Rodrick told Mom where he got the money, and she dug around my room until she
found my stash under the mattress. Mom knew she never put $100,000 into
circulation, so she confiscated ALL my cash, even the ones I earned for real. I
guess that's the end of the Mom Bucks program.
To be honest with you, I'm kind of relieved. Sleeping on that pile of cash every
night was really stressing me out.
Mom was mad that I tried to put one over on her like that, so she gave me a
punishment. But I got that out of the way before dinner.
[Image: A cartoon of two boys talking to each other standing at the door.] "Mom
says we have to clean the whole garage.
Shoot."
152
Thursday
Today was Thanksgiving, and it started off like it always does: with Aunt Loretta
showing up two hours early.
[Image: A cartoon of two ladies at the thanksgiving.]
Mom always makes me and Rodrick "entertain" Aunt Loretta, and that means talk
to her until the rest of the family shows up.
The biggest fights me and Rodrick have ever had were over who has to greet her
first.
[Image: A cartoon of two boys fighting in the room.]
153
The rest of the family started trickling in around 11:00. Dad's brother, Uncle Joe,
and his kids were the last ones to show up around 12:30.
Uncle Joe's kids all call Dad the same thing.
[Image: A cartoon of two children entering a room occupied by a boy and two
men.] "Hi aunt Fwank!"
Mom thinks it's really cute, but Dad swears that Uncle Joe tells his kids to do it on
purpose.
Things are pretty tense between Dad and Uncle Joe, because Dad is still mad at
Uncle Joe for something he did LAST Thanksgiving. Back then, Manny had just
started potty training, and he was doing pretty good. In fact, he was probably about
two weeks from being out of diapers.
154
But Uncle Joe said something to Manny that changed everything.
[Image: A cartoon of a boy in the bathroom and a man standing at the door.]
"Better look for the "Potty monster," little fella!"
It was six months before Manny would even step foot in the bathroom again.
Every time Dad changed a dirty diaper after that, I heard him cursing Uncle Joe
under his breath.
We had dinner around 2:00, and then people went into the living room to talk. I
didn't feel like talking, so I went in the family room to play video games.
155
Eventually, I guess Dad had enough of the family, too, so he went downstairs
That's when it hit me: Dad only started doing Rodrick's papers for him once he got
to HIGH school. So that meant this paper was Rodrick's OWN work.
I started reading Rodrick's paper to see if I could still use it. But apparently,
Rodrick was even worse about doing his research than ME.
149
A Hundred Years Ago by Rodrick Heffley
Sometimes I sit and wonder
About stuff I don't know
Like what the heck the earth was like
A hundred years ago.
Did cavemen ride on dinosaurs?
Did flowers even grow?
Well we could guess but that was back
A hundred years ago.
I wish they built a time machine
And they picked me to go
To check out what the scene was like
A hundred years ago.
Did giant spiders rule the earth?
Were deserts filled with snow?
I wonder what the story was
A hundred years ago.
F See me!
150
I guess I learned my lesson about buying a paper off someone. Or at least off of
RODRICK.
When third period rolled around, I didn't have anything to turn in to Mr. Huff. I
guess that means I'll be taking summer school for History.
And my day got a whole lot worse after that. When I got home from school, Mom
was waiting for me at the front door.
[Image: A cartoon of a boy with his school bag entering his house and his mother
and brother standing inside.]
You know that stack of bills I paid Rodrick with? Well, he tried to cash them ALL
in at once to get money for a used motorcycle. I'm sure Mom knew something was
fishy, since Rodrick has never earned a single Mom Buck on his own.
151
Rodrick told Mom where he got the money, and she dug around my room until she
found my stash under the mattress. Mom knew she never put $100,000 into
circulation, so she confiscated ALL my cash, even the ones I earned for real. I
guess that's the end of the Mom Bucks program.
To be honest with you, I'm kind of relieved. Sleeping on that pile of cash every
night was really stressing me out.
Mom was mad that I tried to put one over on her like that, so she gave me a
punishment. But I got that out of the way before dinner.
[Image: A cartoon of two boys talking to each other standing at the door.] "Mom
says we have to clean the whole garage.
Shoot."
152
Thursday
Today was Thanksgiving, and it started off like it always does: with Aunt Loretta
showing up two hours early.
[Image: A cartoon of two ladies at the thanksgiving.]
Mom always makes me and Rodrick "entertain" Aunt Loretta, and that means talk
to her until the rest of the family shows up.
The biggest fights me and Rodrick have ever had were over who has to greet her
first.
[Image: A cartoon of two boys fighting in the room.]
153
The rest of the family started trickling in around 11:00. Dad's brother, Uncle Joe,
and his kids were the last ones to show up around 12:30.
Uncle Joe's kids all call Dad the same thing.
[Image: A cartoon of two children entering a room occupied by a boy and two
men.] "Hi aunt Fwank!"
Mom thinks it's really cute, but Dad swears that Uncle Joe tells his kids to do it on
purpose.
Things are pretty tense between Dad and Uncle Joe, because Dad is still mad at
Uncle Joe for something he did LAST Thanksgiving. Back then, Manny had just
started potty training, and he was doing pretty good. In fact, he was probably about
two weeks from being out of diapers.
154
But Uncle Joe said something to Manny that changed everything.
[Image: A cartoon of a boy in the bathroom and a man standing at the door.]
"Better look for the "Potty monster," little fella!"
It was six months before Manny would even step foot in the bathroom again.
Every time Dad changed a dirty diaper after that, I heard him cursing Uncle Joe
under his breath.
We had dinner around 2:00, and then people went into the living room to talk. I
didn't feel like talking, so I went in the family room to play video games.
155
Eventually, I guess Dad had enough of the family, too, so he went downstairs
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