3/5/24  – 7:20 AM

 It was a warm spring Monday morning at Knoch High School. Birds were chirping, the sun shining, and kids laughing and joking as they walked into school. For the most part, it was a normal school day, but there was something new and exciting happening in Mrs. Hulings science class: An animal research paper, which required kids to bring in an animal of their choice. 

“I decided to bring in a baby crocodile in class,” said sophomore Brady Linamen. “I wanted to experiment with how it moved and its cool scales.”

Mrs. Hulings wanted to keep the animals in room 501 so they wouldn’t be harmful or scare any students. 

3/11/24 – 7:30  – 8:30AM

“There are so many animals I’ve seen: a crocodile, a baby lion, a coyote, and multiple monkeys,”  said sophomore Anthony Buzzelli. “They had to bring in dozens of veterinarians and animal trainers”.

I walked up the stairs to my first period just to see all the animals had escaped the room 501 and were roaming around upstairs. Not knowing what to do, I ran downstairs and told all my friends.

“I could beat all those animals in a wrestling match,” said junior Wyatt Foster. “They don’t got nothing on me.”

But we started to realize monkeys had been swinging from the “windowwwsss to the wallssss.” It was kind of funny to watch all the animal trainers run by and end up tripping and falling over a bunch of turtles. All this mess created such a horrible smell and there were kids throwing up left and right.

Period 2-5 – 8:30 AM – 12:40 PM

“I’m not much of an animal person,” said Buzzelli. 

He proceeded to throw up all over me. I visited the bathroom about two minutes later but I couldn’t do anything in peace because all the frogs and birds took over. A bald eagle was perched right on the top of the first stall and it was staring me down.  Somehow, a moose got in there too. Its antlers were stuck between the doors, but it’s better than it just roaming the halls.

“The sloth was so cute and fluffy,” said senior Sarah Fleishner.

That kinda made me mad though because a sloth that showed up yesterday has gotten more attention in one day than I ever got from Sarah.

Lunch 

Someone in the corner of the cafeteria had shaved a sheep and used its wool for a blanket. I couldn’t tell who it was but I couldn’t eat after that.

“We are trying to handle this problem as best as we can,” Mr. Trofimuk said over the loudspeaker. “This will be fixed by tomorrow. 

Period 6-8 – 12:40 – 2:30 PM

The gymnasium was turned into an animal fighting ring and many students were betting. Personally, I had the lion winning over two hyenas. I lost 15 bucks.

A rogue pig found the bathroom and had smeared itself in “MUD”. Yes,it’s what you think it is. He walked past me Three times in the hall and it smelled so bad. The last bell finally rang, and we all got to go home.

The Next day (3/12/24) 7:30 AM

As I walked into school the next day I was pleasantly surprised to see the school all clean. Our singular janitor pulled an all nighter, drank a Fortnite Splash Juice, and cleaned the entire school top to bottom. It smelled like someone took one of those Christmas tree scent helpers things and threw a million of them into school. 

“Sorry for the inconvenience yesterday,” Ms. Hulings announced. “Luckily no one was hurt. That will not be happening again anytime soon.”

I wish school was like that every day though. Maybe I would be excited for the next day. The only monkeys I have to deal with now are my crazy classmates. 

One question still stood in my mind: “How did all those animals get out?”

I decided to ask around and see if anybody had an idea. 

Finally, one teacher stood up.

“It was just a prank,” said Mrs. Hulings.