Jenny Offill - 17 Things Im Not Allowed to Do Anymore

Text copyright 2007 by Jenny Offill
Illustrations copyright 2007 by Nancy Carpenter This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved.
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17 Things Im not allowed to do anymore / Jenny Offill; illustrated by Nancy Carpenter.
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Summary: A young girl lists the seventeen things she is not allowed to do anymore, including not being able to make ice after freezing a fly in one of the cubes. eISBN: 978-0-307-55397-3
[1. BehaviorFiction.] I. Title: Seventeen things Im not allowed to do anymore. II. III. Title. v3.1 I had an idea to staple my brothers hair to his pillow. I am not allowed to use the stapler anymore. I had an idea to glue my brothers bunny slippers to the floor. I am not allowed to use the glue anymore. I had an idea to tell my brother hed soon be eaten by hyenas. I am not allowed to tell my brothers fortune anymore. I had an idea to walk backward all the way to school. I am not allowed to walk backward to school anymore. I am not allowed to walk backward to school anymore.

I had an idea to do my George Washington report on beavers instead. I am not allowed to do reports on beavers anymore. I had an idea to dedicate my report to all the beavers that ever lived. I am not allowed to dedicate my report to beavers anymore. I had an idea to tell the class I personally owned a hundred beavers. I had an idea to show Joey Whipple my underpants. I am not allowed to show Joey Whipple my underpants anymore. I had an idea to set Joey Whipples shoe on fire using the sun and a magnifying glass. I am not allowed to set Joey Whipple on fire anymore. I had an idea to walk backward all the way home from school. I am not allowed to walk backward home from school anymore. I had an idea to freeze a dead fly in the ice cube tray. I am not allowed to make ice anymore. I had an idea to wash my hands in the dogs bowl before dinner. I am not allowed to wash my hands in the dogs bowl anymore. I had an idea to give my brother the gift of cauliflower.