My Homework Ate My Homework (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
The ferret’s back in the cage,” Mother says, coming back into the room. “Fur!” Abalina says. “Yes,” Father says, “the fur is back in the cage, but, sadly, not before he chewed up our scholarly eldest daughter’s mathematics homework.” My mother looks at me. I do my best to look devastated. “Well, you’ll have to redo it,” she says. I gasp. “Redo it? I can’t redo it! School starts on—” “We’ve been down this road, Mother,” Father says. “Apparently, Zaritza is overwhelmed with other work.” I let him take care of this. “No, no, no,” Mother says. “Zaritza volunteered to watch the ferret, and she let him escape. It’s her own fault he ruined her homework.” “Can we talk about this without blaming?” I ask. I’ve overheard her say that to father when they argue. “This is not about blame. This is about natural consequences.” “Duh!” Abby says, looking like she’s about to cry. She doesn’t like the arguing. “Now look what you did,”
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