I wrote this yesterday, but my Internet was out until just now.
Today’s prompt is about sharing a confession. Boy, do I have
a story for you!
It was a sunny day and our science class was going outside
to do an experiment. We needed to find leaves around the playground. I think
the lesson was something about how reflection works.
Ms. Merritt handed each of us a magnifying glass. “Class, if
you hold the mangnifying glass over the leaf, with the sun directly piercing
through the middle of the glass, it will burn a hole in the leaf.”
We were so excited to do this! I crouched down on the
pavement, careful to follow Ms. Merritt’s instructions. Soon, I saw smoke
coming from the leaf. It was no longer a vibrant green leaf. Now, it had a hole
in the center with black char around it.
I did it! Ms. Merritt let us take the magnifying glasses
home. When Granny picked Eli and I up from school, my mind was still on the
science experiment. Just before I got out of the old Caprice, affectionately
known as “The Granny car,” I got an idea.
“I wonder if I could burn a hole in something else,” I
thought to myself. For a few minutes, I held the magnifying glass up to the
roof of the car. The sunlight hit the glass just right. Boom! A little puff of
smoke started forming. Then a flame that scorched the gray material. I blew on it, still in disbelief at what I
saw. This wasn’t how I pictured it…at all. The once grey car roof now had a
nice black spot where I burnt the roof of Granny’s car. Yes, you read that
right!
I’m sure the conversation between Granny and me went
something like this:
“Um…Granny?
Granny: What is it?
Me: I burnt a hole in the roof of your car.
Granny: You WHAT?
Me: I burnt a hole in the roof of your car. We did a science
experiment at school and I just wanted to try it at home.
Granny: (rushing outside to look at the damage) "Oh, my Lord!
You really did burn a hole in my car!”
I don’t remember what my punishment was, but I know I didn’t
get to see or touch a magnifying glass for a very long time! Papa gave me a
lecture about it, saying, “Now, Madison, what did you do that for? You know we
don’t burn holes in things.”
It’s been years since that happened, and I still remember
it. Granny did get the roof of her car fixed, thankfully.
The moral of the story is this: It is okay to get excited
about learning something new, just don’t take it too far.
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