Student+Twenty

Three Day Old Ham
 * Ring, Ring, Ring. Wam!!! Steve hit his alarm clock. “Oh man I’m late!” Steve ran into his closet grabbed a shirt and pants and threw them on. Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump Steve ran down the stairs, opened the fridge and grabbed a piece of three day old ham. He grabbed a jar and ran out the door. Balancing the jar Steve got on his bike and started riding towards the woods. Ring, ring. The bell of his bike rung. **
 * “Finally you’re here. I was waiting for you. Where were you?” said Tom. “Do you have it?” **
 * “Ya, I got it.” exclaimed Steve. **
 * “ Wrap the string around the jar,” said Tom. Steve quickly wrapped and tied the string around the jar, and threw it as far as he could into the pond. He reeled it back in, and did the same thing a couple more times. **
 * “ I think I got something” said Steve. He reeled in the jar and pulled it out of the water. MAN!!!!! Same thing. Just those darn weeds again. Putt, putt, putt, putt, putt. Steve’s dad’s truck came around the trees. **
 * “ I thought you two would be here. Did you catch anything?” **
 * “No not yet but I think we will meet here again after supper.” **
 * “hey why don’t you come to our place for supper and I’ll drive you back here later,” said Steve’s dad. **
 * “ Ok said Tom.” **
 * “ SWEET!!!” said Steve, happily. They all jumped into the truck. They drove back to Steve’s place. Putt, putt, putt, errrrrch. The truck came to a quick stop. They piled out of the truck and they walked into the house. “Hey, what’s for supper mom?” **
 * “ You’re favorite. Asparagus and beans.” she said. **
 * “Oh yes, my favorite,” said Steve in a sarcastic voice. They all sat down and started to eat. **
 * “Do you not like asparagus and beans?” said Steve’s mom to Tom. **
 * “No not really,” said Tom. **
 * “ Well we have some three day old ham in the fridge would you like some?” **
 * “ I’m not really hungry,” said Tom. After they finished eating Steve’s dad drove them back to the pond. Tom grabbed the jar and threw it into the pond. But this time was different. Something was yanking and pulling. Tom was holding on with all his might. “SOME HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!” Tom yelled. Steve ran and grabbed Tom by the hood of his hoodie and yanked. “OUCH!!!” Tom yelled. “You’re choking me.” Then with one last mighty pull. Whoosh the jar flew out of the water. **
 * “Yippee!!!!” They both yelled at the same time. **
 * “ We caught something. Oh man it’s a big one. Dad, Dad wake up, lazy!” **
 * “ Who What?” His dad said in a tired voice. **
 * “ We caught one. It’s huge!!!” **
 * “ Cool let’s see it.” **
 * “ its right here in the jar.” **
 * “ Let me grab my glasses quick. Um well that’s not exactly my version of huge. That’s a tadpole.” **
 * “Isn’t it huge!” **
 * “Not really. Are you guys going to come home with me, or are you going to walk.” Dad yawned. **
 * “Um, um well I think we will come home with you.” They both jumped into the back of the truck and sat down in the box. Vroooom!!! The truck came to a fast start and drove away. Later in the ride they came to a sharp turn. **
 * “ Hold on,” yelled Steve’s dad. They both hung on but they forgot to hold on to their new pal. The jar swung out of the back of the truck and broke on the ground. **
 * “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!” Yelled Steve and Tom. **
 * “He’s dead!!” they shrieked. **
 * “Well suck it up you cry babies. He’s just a fish.” Said Steve’s dad. **
 * “You’re right,” they said we will come back out tomorrow and try to catch another one. But it will be hard to catch one as big as him,” Steve said. **
 * “ He’s not that big. I had to put on my glasses to see him.” Chuckled Steve’s dad. **
 * When the boys arrived at the house Steve ran and grabbed a handful of paper and went up stairs with Tom they went and designed a new net that could catch more than one tadpole at a time and also could easily sit in the back of the truck. **
 * “Hey Tom, lets wake up early and we can go catch more tadpoles. One time I was watching this T.V. show and it said that fish come to the surface in the morning to eat. Maybe is stead of catching one tadpole we could catch a whole family of tadpoles.” Steve said confidently. **