WE ALL NEED FORGIVENESS
By MERCER MAYERThomas Nelson
Copyright © 2014 Mercer Mayer
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4003-2250-3
CHAPTER 1Today Mom made a pineapple upside-down cake.
I was only going to take a teensy taste when I knocked the cake onto the floor. Oops!
"Sorry, Mom," I said.
"That is the most upside-down pineapple upside-down cake I've ever made!" said Mom. "It's okay, Little Critter. Accidents happen sometimes."
Dad asked me to get a wrench from the garage.
I found one, but the oil can was in the way, and the oil spilled onto the floor. I hoped Dad would forgive me for spilling his oil.
I went out to the sandbox to play, but my beautiful castle was almost all washed away.
"I'm sorry, Little Critter!" said Little Sister. "I was just watering the garden. It was an accident."
"Yeah right," I said.
After that I wanted to color, so I lined up all my crayons in a row. Gray Kitty pounced on them and made a mess.
"Bad cat!" I said. "I'm going outside."
I stormed out the front door.
I went for a ride on my bike, but Timothy rode into me. My bike tipped over and the handlebars got bent.
"Sorry, Little Critter," said Timothy.
But I was too mad to say it was okay.
I put on my mask to go scuba diving. All I needed was my snorkel, but I couldn't find it anywhere.
Then Dog jumped into the tub. He had the snorkel in his mouth and it was all chewed up.
"Bad dog," I said.
At the bus stop, Gabby was trying out my new yo-yo and she got the string all tangled.
"I didn't mean to, Little Critter," she said.
"I'm never letting you play with my toys again, Gabby," I said.
At lunch I was about to eat my yummy chocolate chip cookie when Henrietta bumped into the table and it fell onto the floor. It broke into a million pieces.
"Sorry, Little Critter," said Henrietta.
But "sorry" didn't help one bit because my cookie wasn't good anymore.
Then at the dress rehearsal for our play, I waved my arms a little too hard and knocked over the candy house. Gabby and Gator tripped over it, and so did Henrietta.
The candy decorations went all over the place, and the whole set came crashing down. It was a mess.
Miss Kitty said we had to stop the play and clean up. Now everyone was mad at me because it took us a long time to clean up and we didn't have time for the fun surprise Miss Kitty had planned. I said I was sorry, but everyone was still mad.
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