**Draw a picture for what you just read.
Pages Read: 1-32 (Short Stories: : "Go Carolina" and "Giant Dreams, Midget Abilities")
I had been reading a book called "M or F?" recently, but I lost the book so Me Talk Pretty One Day was a last minute pick. Since I didn't have a lot of time to read this book, I haven't read too much of it yet. This book is another short story book, or rather, an essay book. The author, David Sedaris, has many other essay books like this one. All his essays are meant to be comedic, and he succeeds at making them funny! I've read two of his other books (Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls and Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk), so when I was faced with picking a book rather quickly (in like five minutes), I picked this book because I was already familiar with his stories and books. So far, I'm not regretting my quick decision!
The first short story, or essay, was called "Go Carolina". This was about Sedaris' life in elementary school when he had to go to the school's speech therapist for his lisp.Since that essay didn't have a lot of description, I decided to draw a picture for the second essay, "Giant Dreams, Midget Abilities". This essay just so happened to have a midget in the story and also a man and boy with great dreams. The boy, who is supposed to be the author, has dreams of being a singer like his father's favorite singer. His father, on the other hand, has dreams of his kids all learning how to play instruments so they can make on big family jazz/blues band. So, the father signs his kids up for music lessons: flute, piano, and guitar. David happens to get the guitar lessons, and this is where we meet the midget of the story. David's guitar teacher is a midget and David wants no guitar lessons from him. Instead, he wants his teacher to play guitar while David sings like his father's favorite singer and they would make a wonderful duo. He sings for his teacher to show he has some skill in singing, but his teacher says 'No' to being a duo. And with that, David's dreams are pretty crushed, and so are his father's, since none of his kids can play their instruments very well. It may seem like a very simple story, but the descriptions of how David's siblings could play their instruments, David's father, and the conversations between characters make it a really funny story! So far, I'm really looking forward to reading this book!
I had been reading a book called "M or F?" recently, but I lost the book so Me Talk Pretty One Day was a last minute pick. Since I didn't have a lot of time to read this book, I haven't read too much of it yet. This book is another short story book, or rather, an essay book. The author, David Sedaris, has many other essay books like this one. All his essays are meant to be comedic, and he succeeds at making them funny! I've read two of his other books (Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls and Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk), so when I was faced with picking a book rather quickly (in like five minutes), I picked this book because I was already familiar with his stories and books. So far, I'm not regretting my quick decision!
The first short story, or essay, was called "Go Carolina". This was about Sedaris' life in elementary school when he had to go to the school's speech therapist for his lisp.Since that essay didn't have a lot of description, I decided to draw a picture for the second essay, "Giant Dreams, Midget Abilities". This essay just so happened to have a midget in the story and also a man and boy with great dreams. The boy, who is supposed to be the author, has dreams of being a singer like his father's favorite singer. His father, on the other hand, has dreams of his kids all learning how to play instruments so they can make on big family jazz/blues band. So, the father signs his kids up for music lessons: flute, piano, and guitar. David happens to get the guitar lessons, and this is where we meet the midget of the story. David's guitar teacher is a midget and David wants no guitar lessons from him. Instead, he wants his teacher to play guitar while David sings like his father's favorite singer and they would make a wonderful duo. He sings for his teacher to show he has some skill in singing, but his teacher says 'No' to being a duo. And with that, David's dreams are pretty crushed, and so are his father's, since none of his kids can play their instruments very well. It may seem like a very simple story, but the descriptions of how David's siblings could play their instruments, David's father, and the conversations between characters make it a really funny story! So far, I'm really looking forward to reading this book!
Didn't you lose this book too?
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