It was Christmas and Ms. Dale's class all had
ants in
their pants because they couldn't wait for the holidays.

All the class
thought that Ms. Dale was a
party pooper
because she didn't want to have a class Christmas party. What they didn't
know was that Ms. Dale had a party planned and was keeping it a secret.
The weather outside was really bad and it was
raining cats and dogs,
which it hadn't done for
a blue moon.
This wasn't the usual weather for their part of the world especially in
December. They thought that it might be
easy peasy (lemon squeezy)

to get Ms. Dale to agree to the party. They told Ms. Dale that they were
feeling so sad since the weather was so miserable. She had told them that
she agreed that the weather was miserable. While they had her
on a roll
agreeing with them, they thought that now was the time to ask her about the
party. They told her that they would stop acting like they had
ants in
their pants and that they would
turn over a new leaf
if they could have a little bit of cake and some pop and some chips and some
candy and a few games and, well their list was quite long. Ms. Dale
knew what they were asking for, but she pretended that she was like a
fish out of water
and didn't even understand why her class would be talking about eating food that
was not very nutritious. At the end of the day she dismissed the class and
told them to go home and when they
hit the hay
they should try to dream about a party because that's as close as they were
going to get. The children all were certain that Ms. Dale was a real
party pooper.
When they got to their homes they found that their parents were busy making cake
and cookies and had bought lots of goodies. They didn't understand what
was going on but they told her that they were going to have a party tomorrow and
that Ms. Dale had sent e-mails and phoned them a week ago, to ask them for
goodies for a party. They were supposed to keep it a secret, but parents
are not very good at keeping secrets. When the children
hit the hay
that night they thought that Ms. Dale was a cool teacher who was trying to trick
them into thinking that she was a
party pooper.
Idioms in this story:
turn over a new leaf
ants in your pants
party pooper
on a roll
easy peasy (lemon squeezy)
in a blue moon
hit the hay
raining cats and dogs
fish out of water