This is the story of Anna and what happened when she was left too long alone with the computer!
Anna's parents were always at work.
"Won't be home till six, Anna," said her Dad on the mobile. "Got a meeting."
"Won't be home till seven, Anna," said her Mum on the other mobile. "Got a committee."
"O.K." said Anna on her pink mobile.
"Mrs. Twig will keep an eye on you," said her Dad as an afterthought.
"Put the fusilli in the microwave at a quarter to seven,Anna," said her Mum.
"O.K." said Anna on her pink mobile.
Anna put some pink gloss on her lips and looked at herself in the mirror, at her tiny sparkling earrings and her pink fluffy jumper. With her pink fluffy pen and her pink fluffy notebook, she wished she could go to the office too. Maybe she would have a boyfriend.....
She hated the big empty house. It was SO BIG and SO EMPTY with its smell of old breakfast dishes, and the biting scratching cat that never got to go out either.
Anna sat on the floor and picked a scab on her knee. Then she went and looked out of all the windows in turn. First the upstairs windows and then the downstairs windows.
Mrs. Twig was watching her from the house opposite. She waved to Mrs. Twig and Mrs. Twig waved back. Mrs. Twig was scooting her windows with a scootie bottle. She had a mean look.
Anna got herself a Pepsi from the big purple Smeg in the kitchen.
"Fusilli AGAIN..." said Anna aloud in the empty kitchen. Then gulping her Pepsi very noisily Anna sat down in front of the silent computer.
Now the truth is that Anna was really a bit scared of the computer. Once the screen had gone black and her Mum had been very angry indeed.
