Do you know how hard it is?

by Universal Universe

Try to be responsible

The way to and back from school was a disaster yesterday, Diary!

Ditzy treats me like I'm four! She wouldn't let me go to school alone because "anything could happen in those thirty seconds to school." Today's a Saturday, so imagine what could happen! Spending the whole day with Ditzy Doo? Kill me! Enough from the "Dinky Doo's School News" column, let me tell you about my sleep last night. Ditzy's snoring is almost as bad as her embarrassing-ness. It kept me awake for half the night! I'm not happy about being left with Ditzy. Not happy at all. ~Dinky Doo

"Dinky! I lost my toothpaste!" said Ditzy

"Well, you've been losing a lot of things lately, haven't you?" I murmured

"Sorry, what did you say?"

"I said 'You've been losing a lot of things lately, haven't you?'" I said, louder

"I'm not sure what you mean..."

"It's like yesterday when you lost your pillow. Or Wednesday when you lost your kitchen. Or last month when you lost your pet goldfish!"

"I really miss him..."

"I promised to help you find him and I'm gonna keep my word, but the point is that you have to be more responsible."

"What does that mean?"

"It means you have to be careful not to lose things, break things, or blow things up. You have to be able to clean a mess when you make one, or when someone else does. Look at me, for example: I was the one who called for and payed for the new kitchen. I was the one who woke you up in time for work yesterday. I was the one who got the surgeon when you tried to eat your dishwasher. All those things I did was being responsible. And you are responsible for me being responsible. You blew up the kitchen. You overslept. You tried to eat your dishwasher! None of that is responsible!"

"But if that isn't responsible, how come I'm responsible for you being responsible?"

"Being responsible also means that something is your fault."

"Oh"

"You owe me four hundred and thirty bits for the kitchen"

"I'll take a nightshift"

"Now that is a responsible thing to do."