Stuck in Jail (Braces)

By Makenna Benson

Pretzel's Point of View
        I think she got her jail bars about 4 months ago.  Now I’m stuck here until Makenna brushes her teeth.  I can’t remember how I got here or why, but somehow I got here at lunchtime.  I haven’t eaten since!  That’s a major problem because I’m starving.  Maybe I’ll have to eat myself, a chewed up pretzel. 
        You know, I would rather be where I started out, as a pretzel.  I guess I shouldn’t wish too hard because that isn’t likely to happen.  So I won’t get my hopes up too high.  On the other hand, I don’t want to get out because then I would get washed down the sink.  I know that because when I was sitting on the counter waiting patiently for Makenna to pick me up and eat me, I looked around and saw the sink.  It was making grumbling noises.  I was totally freaked out!  It’s scary to think about.  I decided to name it The Sink Monster.  Maybe it won’t be as bad as I’m making it sound.  At least I’ll be with more food.  I’m not feeling so bad now.  In fact, I made friends with the sandwich.
It’s time to get brushed out of Makenna’s mouth.  I’m super, ultra nervous!  Uh, oh!  Here comes goo on a hairbrush like thingy.  Yikes!  It just touched me!  Hey, that actually feels pretty good.  Awesome!!!  This feels sooo good - at least better than being chewed.  It really paid off.  Time for her to spit.  This is the part I’ve been dreading!  Here I go.  Wee! That was fun! It kind of hurt, but . . . whatever.
          Now for the worst part of my trip… the shower.  It’s going to wipe me down the sink right to The Sink Monster.  Here it goes, and there I went. . . It’s not so bad down here after all.  Cool!

Makenna’s point of view

          “Makenna, time for lunch,” hollered Mommy.
          “Ok,” I replied.
          I walked over to the counter and picked up my plate of food.  Oh yah!  It’s my favorite, an egg salad sandwich with pretzels.  After lunch, I went into the family room and played Wii for a while.  Later, I wrote in my journal.  My teeth were really bothering me all afternoon.  So annoying!!  There were pretzels stuck in my braces.
          “I know,” I thought, “I’ll go brush my toofums.”  I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth.
          “That’s better!” I said.