The Prompt: http://www.writersdigest.com/prompts/dog-ate-homework
Sometimes the universe needs a good laugh. I tend to feel like that laugh is always at me. Like when Eric Marsden threw up on me in the middle of my big scene on opening night of the first play in which I had ever taken part. Or when I helped Jamaal, my best friend, plan an elaborate Promposal, thinking the whole time it was for me, only to realize that he was going to ask out Lane Parker instead. Or, when it's time to turn in the most important assignment of the semester, and I have to convince the teacher that my dog really did eat my homework. As if seeing parts of my term paper in confetti form hadn't been traumatic enough, Seafood also did me the honor of vomiting the rest of it on top of my math project. Thanks universe.
I'd never made excuses before, so I thought I had some credibility, but instead this saggy eyed harpy had the audacity to embarrass me in front of the whole class.
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Hmm. No. Too much exposition. Try again.
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Look, Ms. Hammon, the reason I don't have my homework is because it's in on an oil rig in the South China Sea. I'd printed it last night, and even made it look extra professional by putting it in a paper protector with a nifty yellow spine. It's your favorite color, I know. The problem was that my Mom was also preparing a few reports of her own. So when it came time to leave home, she just dumped all the papers into her briefcase and rushed my brother and I out the door.
I thought I was going to die when I saw it wasn't in my backpack last period! I figured out what must have happened and called my mom to see if she still had it. Of course, she didn't. All those other reports had been submitted to the general portfolio for their international project. Of course, this project just happened to be in conjunction with the government, so all documents are digitized and then destroyed. My mom says they put in on some special flash drive that their agent delivers by hand when he meets with the Chinese government.
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No. Too complicated.
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I lost my paper in a freak sleep walking accident. I know, it's crazy. I wouldn't have believed it either if I hadn't woken up in a tree in the park with my coverpage shoved into the waist of my pants! It's a long story. Honestly, I'm don't even know everything that happened
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These are all dumb. Try again tomorrow.
