Anthony H - The Day I Fell off the ATV

During Christmas vacation in Mexico, where the dirt is dry like a desert my cousin Julio and I went to ask my older cousin Sammy if he would let us use his ATV.

He said, “Yes, but the battery is dead.”

I said, “My dad has a battery charger for the dead battery.”

So we got the battery charger and brought it to Sammy’s house.

“OK, start her up,” said Sammy.

It worked! 

I was now driving the ATV. I dropped off Julio at my grandma’s house. After that on my way on the bumpy road I went to ask my cousin Poncho if he wanted to come.

He said, “Sure.” He was just sitting there on his front porch looking bored anyway.

When Poncho got on the ATV with me he asked me where we were going.

I said, “We are going to go around Julio’s house and go into the corral.”

When we got there a bull was there. I was hecka scared because he was chasing us while we were on the ATV.

Then my cousin Poncho said, ”Go faster. “ 

So I went almost 50 mph. Then I went driving in circles with my cousin Poncho hanging on. The bull ended up staying in a certain spot where there was grass.  So he wasn’t a problem any more.

But then the bad luck struck. I turned the ATV too hard.  My cousin jumped, but I didn’t.  It flipped and suddenly all I could see was white.   Then I opened my eyes and saw that the ATV was on my leg. It felt like a car parked on my leg. It really hurt. I was trying not to cry and then I saw that Poncho was bleeding from his leg.

  My cousin Poncho said, “Try to move ‘cause gas is pouring on your leg. 

I said, “I can’t. The ATV is too heavy and all the gas is already on my leg. 

“Well, keep trying to move,” Poncho said.

“I’ll try,” I said.

Then the good luck struck. My Uncle Jose saw us.  He ran to us, but helped me first. He got the ATV off my leg. All I remember was saying, ‘Please, bring me water.  I want water.’  A couple of minutes later I felt better.

My uncle then helped my cousin Poncho.  He asked us if we could walk. We said no.  So he picked us up and put us on the back of his truck with the ATV and drove us to my grandma’s house. 

When we got there everybody was laughing at us. We were laughing, too.  But my grandma wasn’t laughing.  She asked if we were ok.  We said we were ok.  My mom asked if I had gas on my leg. I said yes and my mom made me take a shower.

Meanwhile the ATV was broken.  The side mirror had snapped off and the glass had shattered. It was still driveable so I did end up riding it again that vacation.

Anthony H. - The Day I Ate Sushi
One day we went to eat at the Super Buffet. I ate 3 plates of chow main, Mongolian beef and beef broccoli. Then I went to the desert bar. I got chocolate fudge, some cookies, and some strawberries and ate them all.

Then all of a sudden my dad said, “Try sushi.”

I said “No,” and shook my head.

But my dad convinced me to eat it.  I put some sushi on my plate. I took a big awful bite. My heart was beating.  I could hear it and it was beating really fast like you’re bouncing a ball really close to the ground, like when it bounces a lot. I swallowed some.

I said to myself, “Oh no! What was I thinking?” 

I ran to the bathroom. I spit it out.

When I saw my dad he said, “What happened?”

I said, “I am going to throw up on you if you make me eat sushi again.” I told my dad that sushi tastes like seaweed with raw fish and I never tried sushi again.

On the way out my dad put his finger in the water and the big fish bit his finger. I was glad that he got bit by the fish I said, “See what happened when you made me eat sushi? So Ha! Ha!”