Amelia Bedelia (First Book)

This was the first Amelia Bedelia book Peggy Parish ever made! Can you believe it?

Plot of the story

Mr. and Mrs. Rogers were going on vacation. It was the first day of Amelia Bedelia's work! The Rogers' drove down the road. I don't think Amelia Bedelia knew their names, so she called them "folks". But before she did anything on the list, she went into the kitchen and started to make some lemon-meriangue pie. Anyway, Amelia Bedelia saw Mr. Rogers' list. She read it. It was in cursive. the first thing said, change the towels in the green bathroom. She went to the green bathroom. She thought that the towels looked pretty. "Why change them?" she thought. But she did exactly what Mrs. Rogers told her to. "Well, all right." said Amelia Bedelia. So she got some scissors, and started to cut those towels. Then, the list said, Dust the furniture. "Hmmmmmm,at my old house we undust the furniture. But, she went to the green bathroom and saw a box of "Dusting Powder". She picked it up, went to the living room, and started to shack the dusting rag. Soon, a bunch or dust was scattered all over the sofa, and the TV. Then she looked at the 3rd thing on the list. "Draw the drapes (Blinds) when the sun comes in."When the sun came in, she got a piece of paper, a easel, and a pencil. And she drew those drapes alright. Then she went back to the list: Put the lights out when you finish in the living room. She went to the lamps, and carefully unscrewed each light-bulb. She walked downstairs with the bulbs. She went outside and put them on the clothes line. "I guess bulbs need to be aired too, just like pillows and baby's. I learn something every day!" said Amelia Bedelia. "My pie!" yelled Amelia Bedelia as she saw the black smoke. She got her pie out of the oven. "Just right." she thought. "Measure two cups of rice." the list said. Amelia Bedelia got a measuring tape, two cups, and a box of rice. She filled the cups with rice, and stacked them on top of each other. Then, she got the measuring tape, and measured how tall it was. Then, she poured the rice back into the box. "The meat market will deliver a steak and a chicken. Please trim the fat before you put the steak in the icebox. And please dress the chicken." said the list. Amelia Bedelia got some lace and string, and when the steak got there, she trimmed the fat. Then, she went and got some fabric, and started to cut some clothes for the chicken. After she did that, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers came back. "The folks are back!" said Amelia Bedelia. She showed the Rogers' everything she did! They were not impressed. Hopefully, her lemon-meringue pie could make that change. What do you think? It is... Yes. And in the end, she always stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, and hasn't yet got fired.