Wake Up Granny

• Raeyah Kapeen, Grade 8
• Short Story
• 2015

Quick Nate we need to go, run and wake Granny up.
Nate poked and probed but Granny wouldn’t wake up.
Quick Gregory we need to go, run and wake Granny up.
Gregory clicked his fingers and Nate poked and probed but Granny wouldn’t wake up.
Quick Chenoa we need to go, run and wake Granny up.
Chenoa stomped her feet, Gregory clicked his fingers and Nate poked and probed but Granny wouldn’t wake up.
Quick Alana we need to go, run and wake Granny up.
Alana clapped her hands, Chenoa stomped her feet, Gregory clicked his fingers and Nate poked and probed but Granny wouldn’t wake up.
Quick Tamia we need to go, run and wake Granny up.
Tamia whistled loudly, Alana clapped her hands, Chenoa stomped her feet, Gregory clicked his fingers and Nate poked and probed but Granny wouldn’t wake up.
Quick Elijah we need to go, run and wake Granny up.
Elijah farted, Tamia whistled loudly, Alana clapped her hands, Chenoa stomped her feet, Gregory clicked his fingers and Nate poked and probed but Granny wouldn’t wake up.
Quick Tyreece we need to go, run and wake Granny up.
Tyreece squeaked, Elijah farted, Tamia whistled loudly, Alana clapped her hands, Chenoa stomped her feet, Gregory clicked his fingers and Nate poked and probed but Granny wouldn’t wake up.
Quick Raeyah we need to go, run and wake Granny up.
Raeyah rapped, Tyreece squeaked, Elijah farted, Tamia whistled loudly, Alana clapped her hands, Chenoa stomped her feet, Gregory clicked his fingers and Nate poked and probed but Granny wouldn’t wake up.
“Quick Mum” the kids said “help us wake Granny up.”
Let’s all yell out ‘wake up Granny’ on three.
1… 2… 3
WAKE UP GRANNY!
And still Granny didn’t wake up.
Just then Dad silently went around and turned off the television and Granny jumped up, “Who turned my show off?”
Everyone laughed