Billy’s birthday
Billy Little was an only child living in a small town but today, April 1st, was his birthday. Billy was turning eleven and was very excited this year. Turning eleven has always been a very special birthday in his family. But to his dismay, there was no surprise on his birthday. No one even mentioned it to him. The next day, he went to school very sad and talked to his best friend Patrick about his enormous letdown. Strangely, out of the fifty people that went to his little schoolhouse, ten were absent. He didn’t think much of it, but shockingly, ten more were absent the second day. ...