Johnerella
“Please let me go please!” said John.
“No I will not pay period!!” said his stepmother.
“But I took the exams and got into Hunter College,” said Johnerella
“No, I’m not going to pay for college and that’s final,” said his stepmother.
Poor John. His mother died when he was only 6. Then his father got remarried to a woman named Ingrid who had a son that was 3. Soon after that his father died and John had to do all the work. His stepbrother got older and started calling him Johnerella because his parents died. Even when he turned 18 he was still working! Poor Johnerella — if he didn’t go to college he might be stuck working for them the rest of his life!
But one day while ironing his stepmother’s underwear Johnerella saw an announcement on television for a special game show. The prize would be a college scholarship! Now Johnerella had a plan — he would go on the game show and try to win the scholarship.
The day of the game show Johnerella went to the game show set. When Johnerella came on the TV that his mother was watching, her jaw dropped to the ground.
“Hi, I’m your host, Bob, and tonight we have a special contestant trying to win a scholarship!!” said the host Bob.
“ Thank you very much Bob,” replied Johnerella.
“Tonight you will have to eat 15 pies in two minutes to win your prize. So how do you feel?” asked Bob.
“Like I’m going to be sick,” moaned Johnerella.
“Good that’s how you’re supposed to feel. Now let’s get started.”
So Johnerella began eating as the crowd cheered, “1, 2, 3, 4! ” and he ate all the pies. Now all he had to do was tell his mother he was now going to college. She said maybe.
Finally it was the week he was supposed to go to college, but two days before he went his stepmother would not let him go. Even if he went she would not get him supplies. Secretly Johnerella had worked for others and had the amount of money he needed to buy supplies. So who cared what she said? The next morning his stepmother found a note in the kitchen - HE WAS GONE!!!!
Down at Hunter Johnerella had already found a dorm room and roommate named Will. John got through all his classes. He was training to be a banker. He also got his driver’s license because his stepmother would not let him have one. Finally he was just a college kid doing his thing: being pushed around by mean kids, getting zits, stuff like that.
He got through all his college years and now was a great banker. He had a great family (his wife Isabel and his kid Max) and a nice home. What ever happened to his stepfamily? Well, they did not pay their bills and now live in a cardboard box.
Years later John got a letter from Hunter. He read it to his kid and wife
“Hunters having a reunion, and we are all invited,” said John. So his family went and ran into WILL!!
“Hello Will how is it going?” asked John.
“Fine, just fine and you?” replied Will.
“Fine. So how do you like the party?” asked John.
“It’s good, ” said Will as he looked around.
So John partied all night long and was dancing and eating. Then he went home with his family and just fell on the sofa and went to sleep.
Years later he was walking down the street and found his stepfamily lying on the ground. They begged him to take them with him and being the kind person he was, he took them to his house for a while.
“Thank you so much John, ” they said.
“Any time stepmother.”
So John went on with his life taking care of his family, going to work, and all that other stuff. He lived happily ever after.