STREETSIDE STORY OF THE MONTH

I Don't Want to Eat Yams
Seilosa Tuifao


Usually I like my mom's food, but not my mom's yams. I've never, ever eaten yams since I was little.

In my kitchen, my mom is cooking smelly yams. She is also cooking peas and chicken. In a rush, she goes to the table and grabs a plate. She calls my name to ask me to check on the yams. When I had to look, it was like they had been there for years. I touched them with a fork, and they felt like my sister's diaper when it's full of poop.

I changed my mind, and I tried them. I had said I was going to eat the yams, but then I never did. I put them in my mouth, and every time my mom turned around I would spit them out in the trashcan and cover them with a napkin. After dinner, I went upstairs. I saw that my sister Isis was playing SpongeBob Squarepants, so I joined her.

Isis is a little annoying. She is three foot seven, and is the color of my favorite jacket, which is vanilla. She has light-brown hair as short as the length from my wrist to my elbow. She is skinny like my mom. She walks like she just got off the Drop Zone at Great America. She sounds like a mouse that can talk. She likes to play with her stuffed animals or her Barbie dolls. She is in the third grade, and goes to Hillcrest with my brother. When you look at her, she looks like she going to burst out in a smile.

While I was playing SpongeBob, my mom took out the trash. The napkin fell off, and my mom yelled my name.

"SEILOSA!" she yelled. She didn't give me a chance to talk. "Why didn't you eat those yams?"

I knew if I told a lie, I would never get my sweet vanilla ice cream. So I told her the truth.

"I didn't like them," I said.

"Well, you should have told me," Mom said in a calm voice.

"Well, I thought you would yell at me and say eat them."

I was off the hook, but I had a consequence. I had to change my sister's diaper, but I still got to eat my vanilla ice cream.

I learned my lesson. Never, ever eat yams, and don't lie.

About the Author
Seilosa Tuifao is a sixth-grader who goes to Francisco Middle School. She grew up with her mom in San Francisco, where she was born. She likes to draw things she sees in her imagination. Her favorite class is P.E. Her favorite teachers are Jeremy and Viet-ly. Her birthday is May 28, 1994. Her goal is to get better at keeping her manners.