In third grade, my friend Zachary invented a little origami creature called a dwarf. The most interesting part about the origami dwarf was that it could open and close its mouth when you pulled on its ears. Almost as soon as Zachary brought a dwarf into school, people started asking if they could have one, and in only two days, dwarves were in high demand.
The first dwarf ever made was called Smiley, and he was about as big as a small- sise water bottle. My first dwarf was the second dwarf ever made, a normall size dwarf (about two inches tall and having a earspan of about two and one half inches, made from a regular post- it note), and colored bright red, so I named him Pepperoni. After Smiley and Pepperoni, I forgot all the other dwarves, because so many people were ordering them. Soon, people even started making shops where you could buy special items like dwarf beds, food, houses, and even pizza! Everything was going along perfectly, until the most traumatizing and scary expirience in third grade happened: someone stole Mrs. Ulrichs best pens.
That frightfull day, there was a great silence in the classroom. Mrs. Ulrich told us all that tomorrow, she would let us all go into the classroom, one by one, so that the perpetrator could put the pens back and not be seen by their classmates. However, the pens were not returned, and Mrs. Ulrich had to call the police. We know now that Mrs.Ulrich knows who was responsible, but nobody in the class ever knew.
This long period of solemn gloom and worry was just like The Great Depression for all dwarf related buisness: Mrs. Ulrich started being extra disciplinned, and the long period of sadness was enough to stop the fun loving dwarf club from going on until summer break.
Next Time: What was The Bonner Massacre? What Happened To The Dwarf Population Next?
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