Andy Griffith’s Just Tricking! is an extremely humorous book, but there is one story in particular that just made me laugh. It was Playing Dead, which is a short story in this hilarious book. It is simply about a young boy who thinks it would be funny to pretend that he is dead. Will Andy pull off what he thinks will become one of his greatest “practical jokes”?
It’s a normal school morning, and Andy is still in bed. He truly believes that he can convince his parents that he is dead so that he doesn’t have to go to school. Andy thinks that if he can pull it off, it will become one of his greatest practical jokes ever. His father enters the room and Andy is holding his breath and making his body tight and still as can be. But what is going to happen when Andy’s father feels his pulse to see if he is still alive? This is one thing that Andy cannot fake, but luckily he doesn’t feel his pulse. Andy then has the opportunity to wake up and stop “playing” dead, but he doesn’t. Surprisingly, both his parents fall for the joke and they are both extremely sad, but this sadness feeling soon wares off, which is a bit weird. Perhaps Andy’s parents know that it’s a practical joke. Straight away they bury him in the backyard and it begins to get hard for Andy to breathe when he has piles of mud getting thrown on to him. He gives up immediately. He lies upright and screams out, “Just Tricking!”. What will Andy’s parents will say now, or did they know about the joke and were just trying to teach him a lesson?
This story is a great and hilarious short story that is very entertaining and easy to read. Playing Dead would have to be one of the funniest stories that I have ever read. Just Tricking! and many other books from the Just! Series are books that will just leave you wanting more and you’ll always want to read it again laughing to your self over and over.
It’s a normal school morning, and Andy is still in bed. He truly believes that he can convince his parents that he is dead so that he doesn’t have to go to school. Andy thinks that if he can pull it off, it will become one of his greatest practical jokes ever. His father enters the room and Andy is holding his breath and making his body tight and still as can be. But what is going to happen when Andy’s father feels his pulse to see if he is still alive? This is one thing that Andy cannot fake, but luckily he doesn’t feel his pulse. Andy then has the opportunity to wake up and stop “playing” dead, but he doesn’t. Surprisingly, both his parents fall for the joke and they are both extremely sad, but this sadness feeling soon wares off, which is a bit weird. Perhaps Andy’s parents know that it’s a practical joke. Straight away they bury him in the backyard and it begins to get hard for Andy to breathe when he has piles of mud getting thrown on to him. He gives up immediately. He lies upright and screams out, “Just Tricking!”. What will Andy’s parents will say now, or did they know about the joke and were just trying to teach him a lesson?
This story is a great and hilarious short story that is very entertaining and easy to read. Playing Dead would have to be one of the funniest stories that I have ever read. Just Tricking! and many other books from the Just! Series are books that will just leave you wanting more and you’ll always want to read it again laughing to your self over and over.
2 comments:
nice review daniel "just tricking" ahhhh but its a good book i enjoyed reading it aswell
Great review daniel, i really enjoyed your review and i think the book is hilarious as well.
Gary Y
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