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<i>Sometimes I sit and wonder<br> | <i>Sometimes I sit and wonder<br /> | ||
About stuff I don't know<br> | About stuff I don't know<br /> | ||
Like what | Like what the earth was like<br /> | ||
A hundred years ago. | A hundred years ago. </i> | ||
Did cavemen ride on dinosaurs?<br> | <i>Did cavemen ride on dinosaurs?<br /> | ||
Did flowers even grow?<br> | Did flowers even grow?<br /> | ||
Well we could guess but that was back<br> | Well we could guess but that was back<br /> | ||
A hundred years ago. | A hundred years ago. </i> | ||
I wish they built a time machine<br> | <i>I wish they built a time machine<br /> | ||
And picked me up to go<br> | And picked me up to go<br /> | ||
To check out what the scene was like<br> | To check out what the scene was like<br /> | ||
A hundred years ago. | A hundred years ago. </i> | ||
Did giant spiders rule the earth?<br> | <i>Did giant spiders rule the earth?<br /> | ||
Were deserts filled with snow?<br> | Were deserts filled with snow?<br /> | ||
I wonder what the story was<br> | I wonder what the story was<br /> | ||
A hundred years ago.</i> | A hundred years ago.</i> | ||
Revision as of 07:37, 4 November 2011
A Hundred Years Ago was a poem written by Rodrick Heffley for an essay that Mr. Huff, the history teacher at Westmore Middle School, assigned. When the power went out at the Heffley residence, Rodrick sold this poem, which he wrote in middle school, for $20,000 in "Mom Bucks," or $200 in real money. Unfortunately, this trade had two consequences; the first was that Rodrick failed the essay due to it being a poem, not an essay, and the second was that Greg paid Rodrick in "fake" Mom Bucks- money he stole from a board game at Rowley's house rather than money he earned. Susan found out and immediately punished the two of them for cheating the system.
Poem
Sometimes I sit and wonder
About stuff I don't know
Like what the earth was like
A hundred years ago.
Did cavemen ride on dinosaurs?
Did flowers even grow?
Well we could guess but that was back
A hundred years ago.
I wish they built a time machine
And picked me up to go
To check out what the scene was like
A hundred years ago.
Did giant spiders rule the earth?
Were deserts filled with snow?
I wonder what the story was
A hundred years ago.
Trivia
- This poem is logically impossible. Rodrick described scenery that might have happened at the beginning of the Earth, rather than events that happened in the 1900s. It would have made more logical sense if Rodrick had titled this poem "A Million Years Ago."