The Contest
(from the 2001 Arizona State Standards)
\-\It
all started [RAVFwhen I saw the contest rules
pasted*GiveR07 all {over
the school bulletin board.}]
\-\[LINJYou
see,] I'm that kind {of
kid} [RAJFthat's always {on
the lookout} {for contests and prizes and stuff.}]
\-\{By the way,} the names is Nicki.
\-\Well,#Inj01
I was checking out the bulletin {for new contests,}
\C\and I came across this paper [RAJFthat
looked interesting.]
\-\The
prize--#App01 where's the prize-- \C\ah--#Inj01
here it is... \F\what?#Inj01
\-\The
prize was a trip {to Iowa's pig farms.} \F\Great
prize, right?#Inj01
\-\Well,#Inj01 {at
least} it was something.
\-\Anyway,
I read the paper over carefully. \-\[LINJYou
know,] sometimes they put things {in
the small print} [RAJFthat you don't
know about [RAVFuntil you get your entry back
{in the mail} done*GiveR03
completely wrong#NuA02.]]
\-\Well,#Inj01
I have had experience {with that} before \C\and
it wasn't going to mess me up this time.#NuA02
\-\So,
I was getting myself all hiped#ADO06 up {for
this} Thinking*GiveR12
[RNDO"Pigs
aren't that bad [RINJare they?"]]
and other things=CC {like
that.}
\-\Then
I saw [RNDOwhat I had to do.]
\-\This wasn't the kind {of
thing} [RAJFwhere you write your name
{on a piece} {of paper} and hope=CV
[RNDOit gets picked=PV
{in a drawing,}]]
\,\no, I had to write a story! \-\Can
you believe it? \F\Me-- the World's greatest
writer? \-\And it said [RNDOI
had to write {about education.}]
\F\Education! \-\I
knew even fess {about school} [RAVFthan
I did {about writing*GerOP01.}]
\-\What [MINJdo they think]
I am anyway?!!!
\-\Well,#Inj01
I wrote this weird story {about not getting*GerOP11
a good job} [RAVFif you didn't go {to
school.}]
\-\I
sent it in a few weeks#NuA03 ago, \C\and
just the other day#NuA04 I got a reply {in
the mail.} \-\I had won first place!
\-\I was so surprised!!=PV
\-\Then
there was this major change {in my life.}
\-\Somehow, everybody found out {about
it} \C\and I was {on
T.V.,} {on the radio,} \C\and my principal
gave a special recognition {for me} {at school.}
\-\One day,#NuA02
a lady called me to get*INFAV15 reservations
and stuff=CC {for that
trip} {to Iowa} [RAVFI was telling
you about.] \-\We were almost done chatting*GerDO01
[RAVFwhen she added, [RNDO"Oh,#Inj01
{by the way,} you were the only contestant."]]
\-\Nobody ever found out! |