Junior Lifeguard Duty by Matt Zurbo   I’m on junior lifeguard duty. (Kid in red swimming shorts and red and yellow lifeguard cap, no visor – an Australian tradition, whistle and zinc across nose – another Australian tradition.) Oh, look. A Pteranodon. (Huge Pteranodon about to land. Kid looking up, others fleeing from water.) Hey, … Continue reading Day 342: Junior Lifeguard Duty

Grant’s Gone by Matt Zurbo   This is Grant. (Kid, Grant, left of frame, casually, smiling at reader. White background.) He was my best friend. (Two kids, Grant and Narrator, one with arm around other’s shoulder, casual. Looking at reader.) And now Grant’s gone. (Narrator left looking at space where first kid was.) We did … Continue reading Day 341: Grant’s Gone

Zombie Me Be by Matt Zurbo   Zombie me be. Like eat brain. No eat brain, give Zombie pain! No eat walrus, make me sad. When eat monkey, me fart bad! Little kid do, nice for lunch. Eat his brain, Munch, munch, munch! Start to think, like kid do. Find fart funny. Same with spew! … Continue reading Day 340: Zombie Me Be

How Billy Bottlebum Sees the World by Matt Zurbo   Here’s the way Billy Bottlebum sees the world… (Small kid in a billy cart, white background.) Most of us are Vikings. (Kid in billy cart, passing other kids, at school crossing, and shouting crossing attendant, all doing their usual things, with backpacks, but dressed as … Continue reading Day 339: How Billy Bottlebum Sees the World