The Wilde Life

July 4th, 2008

Dear Diary,

We are reading Anne Frank’s diary in class and that is how she starts all her messages, so that is what I will do.

It’s almost midnight and I am supposed to be asleep. I think I will be in big trouble if my parents find me with the flashlight writing to you. So I will try to be quick.

Today there were lots of fireworks because today is the day America became independent. That is what my teacher told me, so that is what I am writing to you.

Let me tell you something about me. I don’t like loud noises. I do not like thunderstorms and I do not like fireworks. So, it made me pretty angry that they kept on setting off the darn things. It made me so angry that I threw my alarm clock on my mirror. But that broke the darn thing.

Let me tell you another thing. My dad does not like it when I break things. Actually, he does not like much of what I do. I feel sorry for him because he hates so many things. I do not think that is any way to live. I am very thankful that today he did not hit me because I did not scream. Instead, he yelled at me for a very long time and said that what I did was bad.

I guess it wasn’t very nice of me to break something that cost my parents money. I hear them talking about saving more and spending less sometimes when I listen to them. I do not think they know that I can hear through the walls. I don’t think I want them to, either.

Good night,
Samuel A. Wilde.