Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Baby Opera

 There was once a baby named Mira, and Mira wasn’t ordinary, she could sing! Everyday, when her parents left her to sleep, she would secretly go and sing her heart out! Mira sold out concerts with her opera singing, and nobody at home knew about her secrets.

 

Mira

I was peacefully resting in my bed, cooing and deciding what next to cry on, when I heard the door open. My parents were home, so I didn’t know who this could have been, and then I heard lots of chatting. Jeez! Do these people mind? Kinda interrupting my train of thought.

 Obviously, I started crying. How do you expect me to handle this many tragedies?  On my command, my mom comes in to start soothing me, but something is wrong. I look behind me and I see a completely new person! My tears come to a halt as a try to figurue out who this p6rson is. Mom laughs and says that this is my “cuz-in”. First, this isn’t a laughing matter, and second, never in my 5 months have I encountered such an exotic word. “Cuz-in”. “She’s so cute” the rando says. So boring, I’ve heard this a million times. This girl can’t even say something as rare as her name. 


Once I’ve calmed down, my mom exits the room which leaves me and “Cuz-in” remaining. I coo at her, saying “Boring!” to her. It’s not like she’d understand anyway. 

She gasps, “Don’t call me that!”. 

“Wait a minute, did you just understand me?” I babbled. 

“Yeah I did!” she declares.

“Whattttttt?!” I yammered.

I look at her. She looks at me. We have a glaring contest for while. Soon enough, I break the silence by asking her how her day was.


Sophie

Me and Mira have been talking for a while now, and she seems pretty interesting. I’m telling her the story of how I went on a plane to come her, you know, expanding her world by a tiny bit.

“So yeah, I basically came on a flying metal tube, 70,000 rattles up in the sky, no place to stretch or extend my legs for hours to see you”

“Woah, you have such cool stories!” Mira chirped.

“Thanks! Well, do you have any stories for me?”

Mira looked at her newfound feet for a second “Oh yes!! Do you know I sing opera for an audience?”

I laughed. “You? Opera? Where did you even learn that word? No way you’ve sung Opera”

Mira furrowed her barely grown brows “Yes way!”

“Then tell me,” I snorted. “how do you even get to the place to sing?”

“I have a cab that waits for me outside whenever I call it” Mira said

“And how do you even call it?” I said, still laughing.

Mira glared.

I glared back.

“Thats highly confidential” she said, changing the tone drastically.

“Woah ok,” I winced “no need to get defensive.”

“I suppose I can share it with you, it’s not like you have any friends you could blab to anyway,” Mira scoffed.

Do babies come out the womb this mean?? 

“Well, when you’re born there are these secret agents that do anything babies want-” 

“Oh,” I interrupted “so like a rip off boss baby?”

“Do you really want to hear this or not”

“Ok, okay.”

“So, anybody older than 2 years old can’t see them, because uptill 2 you pretty much can’t do anything therefore I guess people decided we needed a little help. We have a little notifyer in our rattle, and we press a button when we need them.”

This is the craziest thing I’ve ever heard. I really think that she’s just playing with me. 



Mira

I can tell Sophie thinks I’ve totally lost my mind. She’s giving me a wide-eyed, concerned look like the ones I see on adults when I cry. Puh-lease! Like my amazing operatic talent is just some fad I’d pull for a giggle. 

“You don’t believe me, do you?” I babble, kicking my legs so violently it could be counted as a workout.

“Dude,” Sophie replied “You’re 5 months old and just discovered your feet. You expect me to believe that you are an opera singer, with an audience?

“FINE!” I scream. ‘I’ll show you, then will you believe me?”

I press a button on my rattle, and my agents come and carry me. Sophie’s eyes widen.

“What?? YOU’RE LITERALLY FLYING!!!! Sophia whisper–yelled, trying not to alert the adults.

I smirk winningly. Finally she believes me. I press the button on my rattle to make the agents go away.

“Yup, those were the secret agents picking me up” I say.

Suddenly, Sophie’s eyes went droopy, she got all floppy, and then she fell!

I know, lots of people do this when they see how amazing I am.


Friday, February 6, 2026

My plan's ruined!

 My plan’s ruined!

Humans are stupid. We can all agree on that. I even admit that I’m stupid! The point is that we need another species that has our same motor skills and abilities. If I’m being honest, I didn’t know where to start! 

I thought I could start by mixing some things to create a bacteria or amoeba of some sort. Good idea, right? I know. But I still didn’t know where to start! I decided to grow some mould, so some leftover pasta from when I forgot to take out my lunchbox would be perfect! It’s a win-win scenario, I don’t get to be yelled at by my mom, and I get to create my species. Of course, when food rots, it starts to smell. It wasn’t unbearable, you just had to put on a hazard mask when you entered my room! 


Then disaster struck. My mom started asking why my room smelled like a public bathroom. I had to tell her I was "aging a blue cheese for a project," which surprisingly worked until the mould started trying to migrate out of the container. I noticed a translucent slime trail heading toward my desk lamp. It wasn't exactly a thumb or a hand, but it was movement! My creation was literally reaching for the light! 


I immediately fed it more pasta, but it spat it back out at me! Attitude much! I’m literally your birthgiver! So I fed it some mushrooms, and it spat it right back at me! I decided it must feel cold, so I gave it some really posh clothes! It suited it really well, but the mould started tugging at it and ripped it to shreds. I’m fed up with it! 


I left it alone for a few days to see if its attitude cooled off, but when I opened the drawer I kept it in, it threw a pencil at me!. That’s it, I’m fed up with it! I’m telling my mom to throw you out. If I can put you in this world, I can take you out of it!


Sunday, November 30, 2025

Piano Rant

 I'm tired of being battered and slammed!

I don't want my keys to get jammed!

Sophie bashed my keys so hard, half an hour later, it still rang!

That dreadful, evil clang.

I felt as if I were in an earthquake!

How much can a baby piano take?

I don't care if Amelia was being annoying.

After all, my keys still made a chaotic "Toing!"!

Even if Amelia played off time...

who am I to pay for that crime?

Dear Sophie, I'll sue!

I'll sue and you'll have to pay to make my strings brand new!

If you hurt me again with that slam,

I'll quit, and you know I can!

Apologies to my Piano

 My deepest sorries, piano.

Just rage I was seein', bro.

You see,

My sister was ragebaiting me!

I was just playing Laufey,

but Amelia started playing off beat from me, thinking it was okay!

I know you have expensive taste,

and my bashing had an uncalled-for case,

but please accept my apology!

I'll even give you my dad's car keys!

I'm really sorry piano, I truly am!

Next time I'll take my rage out on Amelia, that damn scam!

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Women Who Changed The World For Women

          

                                   Women Who Changed The World For Women

                    By Sophia



Dear Diary,


Some people were making fun of me in class because I’m a girl, so I researched if this had happened to anyone else before, or if I was alone, and I saw so many people had experienced the same thing! But, I still don’t know if anyone has taken action against it, I hope I can figure this out in the future!


-Sophia

Malala Yousafzai 

Malala Yousafzai is a women’s educational activist, she got shot for protesting about what was right. According to the article “Malala Yousafzai: A Normal Yet Powerful Girl, On October 9th, 2012, Malala got shot by a Talib (Member of the Taliban) on a bus when she was just 14, and was in critical condition very long, even getting into a coma for 10 days, but made a full recovery and still fights for women’s educational right. This makes me think how brave Malala must’ve been to stand up to people she KNEW were dangerous, and even after getting fatally injured, she still went on. 



Malala in the hospital after getting shot 















You might be wondering, how did Malala get so inspired? According to the article “Malala Yousafzai: A Normal Yet Powerful Girl, " Malala was inspired by many people, such as Martin Luther King Jr.Gandhi, but she was mostly inspired by her father. Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai. Ziauddin, unlike the Taliban, believes that daughters are good and that they too, have the right to education. He said, “Trust your daughters, they are faithful. Honor your daughters, they are honourable. And educate your daughters, they are amazing”.This makes me think what a great father Ziauddin was to Malala, and how much bravery he had to go against the very severe rules of a very dangerous group.


Malala’s father:  



One very surprising thing is that even after Malala got shot, she still fought for women's rights, but what made her keep fighting? According to the article “Malala’s Address to the United Nations”, Malala believes that the Taliban are not bad, in fact, she doesn’t even have a grudge against the Taliban who shot her. She believes that the Taliban are just scared of women with education. She says: The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women. The power of the voice of women frightens them. That is why they killed 14 innocent medical students in the recent attack in Quetta And that is why they killed many female teachers and polio workers in Khyber Pukhtoon, Khwa and FATA. This makes me think how forgiving Malala is because most people would never forgive anyone who shot them, but Malala does, she just thinks they’re misunderstood, Malala is very understanding and righteous, like Susan B Anthony.


Malala’s address to the UN





Susan B Anthony



Who is Susan B. Anthony? Susan B. Anthony worked for women’s rights, and though many more people have done this, she was the most famous one. According to the book “women’s rights movement” Susan B. Anthony, born in Massachusetts and born in 1820, spent most of her life fighting for women’s voting rights, and even got the amendment saying all women can vote named after her, “The Susan B. Anthony Amendment”. This shows Susan. B Anthony was very righteous, and worked very hard, so much in fact that she got an amendment named after her.


Susan B Anthony got her face on a coin from 1979 to 1981 As well as 1999. 













Susan B. Anthony protested against the voting laws and said some very inspiring things. In the book “Women’s Rights Movement”, Susan B. Anthony and 15 other women voted for the election of 1872 illegally and got arrested. In court, the judge reminded Susan of the current laws, and in reply, Susan said Yes, but laws made by men, under a government of men, interpreted by men and for the benefit of men. The only chance women have for justice in this country is to violate the laws, as I have done, and as I shall continue to do.” This shows that even though Susan was risking being a “criminal” she still stood up for herself, even though she was in front of people with power, I think she is very brave for that.


Susan’s trial 













Susan B Anthony stood up for what was right in very outgoing ways. As the book “Women’s rights movement says, Susan opened a newspaper called “The Revolution”, this was a newspaper supporting the women’s suffrage movement. On Susan’s 50th birthday, a writer for the newspaper wrote a poem that says this verse: “She, caring not for the loss of men. Nor for the world’s confusion, has carried on a civil war. And made a “Revolution”. This shows that Susan had a big effect on people, she showed them respect, so in return, they showed her respect as well, like what happened to Emma Watson.


In the newspaper, Susan Wrote: 






Emma Watson


Emma Watson is mostly known for her Harry Potter movies, but she is also a women’s activist According to the article “Emma Watson’s United Nations: “HeForShe: Gender Equality is Your Issue, Too” Speech”, “Emma Watson is a British actress, model, and activist, most widely known for her portrayal of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. In 2014 Watson became a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and helped launch the campaign HeForShe.” This shows that even though Emma Watson is mostly known for other things, she still is an important part of women’s history.


Emma Watson as Hermione Granger















Emma Watson launched a campaign called “HeForShe”, but what is this campaign? According to the article “Emma Watson’s United Nations: “HeForShe: Gender Equality is Your Issue, Too” Speech”, the HeForShe campaign is a campaign launched by Emma Watson that gets people to become advocates of gender equality, including men/boys. This shows that Emma Watson doesn't just want certain people for her campaign, but all the people she can get, she does not care who.


Emma Watson Saying her HeForShe speech








Why did Emma become a women’s activist? Well, According to the article “Emma Watson’s United Nations: “HeForShe: Gender Equality is Your Issue, Too” Speech”, Emma had gotten inappropriately taunted, and many of her (girl) friends did not want to become very muscley in fear of looking to “manly”. Her (boy) friends also often felt they couldn't express their real feelings while talking to a girl. This makes me think that Emma Watson is not like others who would just do nothing about it, she stood up for what she thought was right, like all the other women I’ve talked about.



Dear Diary, 


Just like I said I would, I researched if anyone had taken action on this, and I saw so many amazing people, from Malala who's just 27 years old now, to Susan B. Anthony who’s 204 years old! So just like these amazing women, I too stood up to the people bullying me, and I feel very proud of myself!


-Sophia 







Monday, March 11, 2024

The world revolves around me!

 People may say I'm self-obsessed


But I believe I'm just simply the best


The world revolves around me, Anita Bathe Lee.


My cousin says it's not true at all


“The world doesn't revolve around anyone, it's not so small!”


But why should I listen to him, it's clear to see


He can't even shave his poor dog, he should also give that to me!


If I want green tea, it should be served


Instantly, without delay


that's what I deserve!


Basically, I’m better than the rest.


 in this universe, I’m the best.


I’m just too blessed.


Everyone must kneel before me,


Anita Bathe Lee!


Saturday, February 24, 2024

My future husband

  My future husband


He must be cunning!


He must be funny!


He must be willing to give me anything, including a bunny!


He must be the politest gentleman I've ever seen!


But there's one thing that's non-negotiable  


He must never eat beans 


no matter how much he yearns 


For the aftermath will leave us both in concern.


He must be the first one to apologize when we get into a fight!


( In case he’s reading this, I must warn you, I do bite.)


He must be exactly 6 foot 2 and 7 centimeters!


And god forbid he’s friends with anyone named Peter.


If his name is Mike


Him I shall fight


If his name Jack


Him I lack.


I want a future husband who will only look at me


And maybe his mom and dad  


But only if his dad is named Chad.


My future husband must not EVER bring up my pickiness


Or I another guy I will kiss.


He must have 3-inch long hair


And me, he will most care.


He must have a cute British accent


Or I will shove him in a funeral casket


He must shower me with jewelry made of real pearls.


Never mind, instead, I want a girl.


Thursday, February 22, 2024

Im too shy!

 I’m too shy!


Whenever I see a person


I scream!


I just can’t understand how other people see a person and beam.


While I feel like I’m in a bad dream!


If someone spots me, I'll jump out of my skin with fright!


And after that, you’ll see me out of there on a flight!


One time I had to give a presentation


I was supposed to read it out loud with dedication


But I just ended up reading it like a still-loading robot!


The teacher even asked me if my lines, I forgot!


When I see a person, my heart skips a beat.


Not the kind of skipping you get when you see your crush,


But the type of skipping you get when your afraid so much!


When they say hello


I mutter under my breath “Oh no!”!


I have no social skills.


I don’t think I ever will.


If I ever speak in public,


I’ll faint!


Or maybe I’ll make it look like I’m bleeding with paint.


So I can go to the ER


And get away from the stage.


My parents say take a public speaking class so in my life there will be a new page


But I think I’d rather get locked in a cage!


I’m so shy.


Maybe some day I’ll be the life of a party, all day saying “ee!”


Heh, maybe in dream.


Wednesday, February 21, 2024

She sells sea shells by the sea shore

 My friend Sheila sells sea shells by the seashore


She won’t leave even one penny behind


One time I asked her for a bracelet that she designed


And then she ran around with a handful of sand screaming “I’m going to get it in your eye!”


Sheila’s shells look the finest, she finds them by a secret seashore she says.


But the price she sells them for, you’d think she stays looking for these shells for days!


Makes so many deals with money does Sheila,


I think people ought to start calling her “Deal-a”!


But I just think she’s a steala’!


One day I saw her at the dollar store


And in her basket lay the shells that were on sale for sixty cents


And she sells the same for seventy dollars!


“Steala’’” Now they should call her!


Seventy dollars!


I could’ve bought a Nintendo game!


I will expose her on TikTok, and make her lose all that fame!


And she should at least return all the money that came.


She’s rotten to the core!


Sheila sells sham seashells by the seashore!

She's my friend, but is she?

 Her name is Jessica, she tells me she’s my friend, but is she?


She tells me she’ll be with me until the end, but she calls me a curse word starting with “B”.


Sometimes she’ll tell me to shut up or go away


But when I say that she’ll punch me without delay


She says it’s all fun and games


But am I nothing more than a minion that she tames?


“Get me water!” “Pay for my lunch!” she screams


For some reason, the rest of her minions beam. 


I always told myself I’d never beam if someone screams


But Jessica makes it otherwise


Whenever she screams “Get me water!”


I don’t seem to bother 


Will I just become a minion of hers?


A minion like in “Despicable Me”?


She tells me that I get too full of myself


That I think I’m “Despicable”


When I’m actually predictable. 


I don’t want to fall into her trap


But then again, she promised to give me her Taylor Swift cap.


So maybe, just until I get that cap


I’ll continue being her friend.


Even though she just uses me for laughs.


Baby Opera

  There was once a baby named Mira, and Mira wasn’t ordinary, she could sing! Everyday, when her parents left her to sleep, she would secret...