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'''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 Heffley|Susan]] found out and immediately punished the two of them for cheating the system.
'''"A Hundred Years Ago"''' is a poem written by [[Rodrick Heffley]] for an essay that [[Mr. Huff]] assigned. In ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (online)|''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' (online)]]'' and ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules]]'', when the power goes out at the Heffley residence, Rodrick sells this poem to [[Greg Heffley|Greg]] for 20,000 in [[Mom Bucks]]. Greg reviews the assignment on the bus ride to school, noticing that it is a poem and not an essay; he decides to not turn it in.


== Poem ==
==Poem==
[[File:A Hundred Years Ago.jpg|thumb|In the book]]
[[File:See me.png|thumb|In the online version]]
===Book and online version===
Sometimes I sit and wonder<br>
About stuff I don't know<br>
Like what the heck the earth was like<br>
A hundred years ago.


<i>Sometimes I sit and wonder<br />
Did cavemen ride on dinosaurs?<br>
About stuff I don't know<br />
Did flowers even grow?<br>
Like what the earth was like<br />
Well we could guess but that was back<br>
A hundred years ago. </i>
A hundred years ago.


<i>Did cavemen ride on dinosaurs?<br />
I wish they built a time machine<br>
Did flowers even grow?<br />
And they picked me up to go<br>
Well we could guess but that was back<br />
To check out what the scene was like<br>
A hundred years ago. </i>
A hundred years ago.<br>


<i>I wish they built a time machine<br />
Did giant spiders rule the earth?<br>
And picked me up to go<br />
Were deserts filled with snow?<br>
To check out what the scene was like<br />
I wonder what the story was<br>
A hundred years ago. </i>
A hundred years ago.


<i>Did giant spiders rule the earth?<br />
===Movie version===<br>
Were deserts filled with snow?<br />
Sometimes I sit and wonder<br>
I wonder what the story was<br />
About stuff, I do not know<br>
A hundred years ago.</i>
Like, what the earth was like<br>
A hundred years ago.


== Trivia ==
Did cavemen ride on dinosaurs?<br>
Did flowers even grow?<br>
Did spiders rule the earth?<br>
Were deserts filled with snow?


*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."
There were no books or humans<br>
[[Category:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series]]
So how are we to know<br>
What the earth was like<br>
A hundred years ago.
 
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Latest revision as of 06:20, 27 March 2023

"A Hundred Years Ago" is a poem written by Rodrick Heffley for an essay that Mr. Huff assigned. In Diary of a Wimpy Kid (online) and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, when the power goes out at the Heffley residence, Rodrick sells this poem to Greg for 20,000 in Mom Bucks. Greg reviews the assignment on the bus ride to school, noticing that it is a poem and not an essay; he decides to not turn it in.

Poem

In the book
In the online version

Book and online version

Sometimes I sit and wonder
About stuff I don't know
Like what the heck 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 they 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.

===Movie version===
Sometimes I sit and wonder
About stuff, I do not know
Like, what the earth was like
A hundred years ago.

Did cavemen ride on dinosaurs?
Did flowers even grow?
Did spiders rule the earth?
Were deserts filled with snow?

There were no books or humans
So how are we to know
What the earth was like
A hundred years ago.