A Year With the BSC #5: Good Job, Mallory

In which a kid named Sean hates his tuba.

Originally Published July 24, 2018

Oh, boy, this has been a weird week for our second-favorite eleven-year-old babysitter. It started with a letter from Mallory Pike.

July 20, 2018 - Dear Amy, I agree with you - Parable of the Sower is a great book. I’m going to recommend it to Jessi. I don’t think she’s read it yet. -Mallory

I didn’t realize that when I entered Parable of the Sower as my favorite book, it would be read by an eleven-year-old who uses horse stationery. Sorry, Mal. But maybe it was fine, because she’s going to recommend it to Jessi…who is also eleven. This is a problem with a gross ass woman playing a game from the ‘90s intended for her ten-year-old self.

Dawn writes in the journal to remind us of the current babysitting dilemma the BSC is dealing with.

July 17, 2018: Did anybody ever solve the problem with Sean and his tuba? We forgot to talk about it at the meeting. -Dawn

And Mallory thinks she has the perfect solution.

July 19, 2018: I tried to convince Sean that tubas are cool. I found a “Tubby the Tuba” video at the library and brought it over. Some of his friends watched the video with Sean. They thought it was cute; but for little kids. Now they’re calling Sean “Tubby,” which is embarrassing him even more. It’s awful to be embarrassed. Don’t you think so? -Mallory

Really, Mallory? Forcing children to watch something called “Tubby the Tuba” may have manifested a new set of problems? Look at my shocked face. And then she tries to play it off on me. “Don’t you think so?” Excuse me, don’t drag me into your problems.*

*I understand that this is just a prompt to get kids writing, but we’re all pretending that these events are actually happening in this world and that Stoneybrook actually exists. Play into the fiction and stop taking things too seriously, would you? Until next time!