"Mother has promised me a big candy bar if I clean my room..."

      "You know, I think I'm getting too old for this juvenile fixation on sweets..."

                       "On the other hand, maybe I could choke it down..."

 

"I'm gonna perform an amazing stunt to impress the cute-little-girl-from-next-door.  I'm gonna bounce real high and somersault right over this parked car!"

                                "That is, if Father doesn't drive off in it first..." 

 

"Here I am again, this time because I won't eat my oatmeal.  Heh, maybe Mother will forget I'm here...  Maybe I'll miss the school bus...  Maybe I'll MISS SCHOOL."

                                                      "I should dream."

 

     "The mail's here!  And so is my Presto-Change-O Supersize-It Wand!!!"

                                  "This thing will be so much fun!" 

                                             "Oh look, a spider..."

                              "Maybe this wasn't such a great idea after all..."

 

            "I really should remember not to turn Mother's purse upside down."

 

                     "My parents think I don't get enough exercise."

 "Do they have any idea how much energy it takes just to get in and out of this room?"

 

        "That's interesting.  I've been sent to my room.  This is punishment?"

                            "I guess her brain cells finally kicked in..."