Wake Up Dad!

• Jessie Heta, Grade 2
• Short Story
• 2008

Once there was a family. They had three children. They were going to have a picnic at Lake Richmont. Suddenly their Dad fell asleep and they drove into the ditch. The food fell into the water and slowly drifted away.
They tried to wake Dad up but it was no use, so they tried to push the car out of the ditch. Suddenly Dad woke up. He helped get the car out of the ditch. "Hooray!" they shouted.
"Can we still go to Lake Richmont Dad?" one of the three children asked. "Of course we can!" "Really?" asked one of the children. "Absolutely," said Dad. "Thank you, thank you, thank you," said the three children. So they drove to Lake Richmont and had a wonderful day out together.