Journal #34 Ground Hog's Day

Every year on an early February morning, a groundhog named Nutters pops out from his hole in the ground. If he sees his shadow he becomes scared and crawls back into the comfort of Earth.

Likewise, a young boy by the name of Matthew Tomaw wakes up everyday to run and play outside. This particular Ground Hog's Day had a slight chance of rain so Matthew's mom refused to let him go outside without a scarf, hat, winter coat, sweatshirt, winter glove, snow boots, and wool socks, needless to say, she also made sure that he had his most important item, the water wings. He also had a thermos of warm milk and a metric ton of warm freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.

In case all of his primary safety features failed, he was also equipped with a helmet, knee pads, flashlight, and elbow pads. He also had a flashing safety light for when he walks across the street, he won't get hit by a car. Finally, the next most important item, is the tracking device embedded in is collar so that Joyce (his mother) always knows where he is.

This is where our adventure begins. matthew was finally allowed to go outside after being outfitted with the proper clothes, and when he recied the safety song to hi mother. he decided that he would walk to his best friend Jace's house. When he tried to cross the street unsupervised, he was shocked because he is not allowed to do this. You might think that matthew and i are around five years of age, but the truth of it is that we are seventeen... So I drove over to his house. His dog Lucy was running around the yard when a little ground hog popped his head out and saw his shadow. Lucy ran inside and Joyce saw that the animal had come within fifteen feet of our hous so she made us take a nap. She gave us some warm milk And cookies, but she slipped some anti-groundhog rabie pills into them. THE END