I know you won’t believe me,
it must sound strange to you,
but, teacher, what I’m saying
is absolutely true.
I worked on my assignment,
it took me half the night.
I answered every question,
and think I got some right.

As soon as I was finished,
I left it on my chair,
but when I woke this morning,
my homework wasn’t there.
My sister hadn’t taken it,
she told me I was weird.
My mother simply shrugged to hear
that it had disappeared.

I rummaged through the closets,
the kitchen, and the den,
expecting that my homework
would soon be seen again.
But when I saw the ashes,
you should have heard me shriek—
my dragon burned my homework,
just like he did last week.