"Basketball Advantage" by Darius from Miss Parish's Class

You can bet that the next time I grow two extra arms, I’ll think twice before over working them. One dull morning, I awoke, hopped up out of my bed, and realized that something was wrong with my body. When I drug myself into the kitchen, I spotted my mom watching TV in the living room. As soon as I told my mom that my body felt weird, two extra arms popped out of my sides and stretched the same length as my other arms. I looked at my arms and then back at my mom and saw that my mom had passed out. I stood there for a while and kept on looking at my arms and then back at my mom. I felt like a four arm Cyclopes! Then I realized that if I have four arms and everybody else has two that must mean I am the luckiest kid in the world! As soon as I realized that was very special, I told my unconscious mom that I was going to have a little fun.

Instantly, I dashed out the door like a cheetah, grabbed my bike, and pedaled to the basketball court. When I arrived at the b-ball court, I dashed over and asked who’s team I could be on.
“Well it is two on three and my team only has two. I guess you can be on my team,” Tray announced.
“Great!” I replied.
I was like Michel Jordan out there; shooting three’s on everybody, and getting wide open shots. It was like I was the only one on the court. Every team we played would always lose to us by thirty or more points. When I got done playing, I snatched up my two-wheeler and headed home.
All of a sudden, while I was riding my bicycle back to my house my extra arms turned into ashes. I looked at my body and realized that that my extra arms had fallen off. As soon as I saw my normal two arms, I rushed to the house, dashed into my room, and started crying. When my mom and dad came into my room, I told to them what had transpired. They explained to me that if you get something special you should use it wisely. I dried my tears up and played outside a while.

In the end, my boring day had transformed into an exciting evening. For the rest of my life, I will always remember that if you get something special, use it wisely so it won’t go away.