Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Story: The Birth of Pedro

"Push!"
"I am pushing!"
"Well push harder!"
"I am pushing harder!"
And out popped the seed of life, quite literally: Pedro
In celebration of Pedro's life, I shall inject Spanish tendencies into this turkey of a story... the only hispanic flair being in mentioning Pedro's name (imagine a rolled "r" that goes on for centuries).

To fully understand Pedro's importance, we must first venture back to the past and land on Mrs. Ebersbach's Portable's porch. And no, Higgi is not sitting on the porch in this memory. In a few words stitched with kindness, Mrs. Ebersbach was having a particularly emotionally draining day.

At the crack of dawn, student eye witnesses reported seeing Mrs. Ebersbach and Mrs. Miller flailing their arms and sprawled across the unsanitary cement floor of C-Wing. With flapping wings, a sickly bird captured their attention and they quickly saw to it that the bird (possibly stricken with bird flu. No pun intended) would rest in a silk scarf laying on top of a plastic white bin for safe keeping. Then after all the excitement, Mrs. Ebersbach decided to use the faculty bathroom, but that's another story in and of itself.

So here is where Pedro comes into play. After relentless minutes of trying to convince Mrs. Ebersbach to adopt Bird Flu (my name for our feathered friend), our persuasiveness worked to no avail. After relating the sorrowful news to my dear friend Gabby on our stroll to drama class, she had a sudden brain spark, as you will. Well, Gabby had created a ficticious pet named Pedro to be used if this situation ever materialized. Who knows how many "To Be Used If _____ Happens" senarios she has... let's not question her ingenuity. Just be grateful her creativity birthed Pedro.

"And who is Pedro?", one may ask.
Why, he is a blade of grass.
With needs!
Perhaps tomorrow I shall post Pedro's List of Needs.
A leotard, being one of them.

1 comment:

  1. So that's why that list was on her desk...I have yet to meet this blade of grass

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