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1 " I Will Not Tease Rebecca GrimesI have to write one hundred times:" I will not tease Rebecca Grimes." Okay, that's one. I'm far from done.(This isn't gonna be much fun.) " I will not tease Rebecca Grimes." That's two. I'm paying for my crimes.It's all because I pulled her hairAnd put spaghetti on her chair.Because I gave her goofy looksAnd squirted mustard on her books,I have to write one hundred times:" I will not tease Rebecca Grimes." That's three. Whoopee. It's going slow.Just ninety-seven more to go." I will not tease" (I'm keeping score.)" Rebecca Grimes." (Now that makes four.)I'm soaked with sweat. My shirt is damp.I think I'm getting writer's cramp." I will not, will not, will not teaseRebecca Grimes!" Can I stop, please?The teacher frowns, and that means no.I still have sixty-six to go." I will-will-will not-not-not-notTease-tease-tease-tease..." It's getting hot." I will not tease Rebecca Grimes." That's ninety-nine. The school bell chimes.Just one more line and I'll be through.Rebecca Grimes, this one's for you!My final line will rhyme with " Grimes" :" I will not tease Rebecca...Slimes!" Rebecca Slimes! Ha ha! That's great!I'd better hide it. Oops! Too late!The teacher sees what I wrote down.She takes my paper with a frown.I now must write one thousand times:" I will not tease Rebecca Grimes. "
2 " At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day. I also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest. When I didn't collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week. "
