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  • So I was cleaning my room the other day, and I found this book behind one of my drawers.

  • Like, all the way in the back.

  • It's probably been there for years.

  • I had completely forgotten all about it.

  • But as soon as I saw it, I had all these repressed memories come rushing back.

  • Ahhhh... This would make a good video...

  • This is one of those books you make in grade school and you get it made into a real book so your family can buy copies.

  • I've already made a video about a book I made in fourth grade, but this is a book I made in second grade.

  • And it's not one where we got to write a whole story with action, suspense, and kidney failures, no.

  • We only had to write one page and draw a picture.

  • Yeah, you'd think I wouldn't mess this up, wouldn't you.

  • But here we go.

  • The book was called, "Our Gift to the World", and it had a picture of everyone in the class on the cover.

  • And, interestingly enough, here's itty-bitty TJ right here.

  • My twin sister, Faith, from the Preparatory School video is here,

  • and even Wesley from the first video is here.

  • So, can you guess who I am?

  • Let's remove some of the obvious ones.

  • I'm this one!

  • Okay... I know I'm not the only one with an embarrassing photo, but come on. I'm not even smiling.

  • Ughhh... and it only gets worse.

  • Everyone had to write their gift to the world.

  • What they would do to make the world a better place.

  • Here's what most pages looked like.

  • And here's what TJ wrote:

  • "My gift to the world would be peace. I would babysit everyone's baby.

  • For the lord has said, 'let there be peace'.

  • I would also do their chores."

  • *Laughter*

  • Also, what is going on in your picture?

  • I think that's a person?

  • And is that the sun?

  • And who would let a second grader babysit their baby?

  • Okay, so everyone's talking about peace and homeless people and stuff, and here's how second grade James would do good in the world.

  • What will you give to the world? I would be a troop of a war.

  • Yeah, I'd kill people. That's how I'd help.

  • I can also bring food for a war. I can even risk my life for another troop.

  • I can be a nurse to help others.

  • But the best part of all of this... is the picture.

  • Here is what I drew, and here is what Faith drew.

  • Obviously, you can see who's the more artistic one in the family.

  • Now let me try to explain what's going on in this picture.

  • Because... if the teacher knew what I actually drew, she would have definitely called my parents.

  • So, I drew my people in a very weird way back then.

  • I had a circle, face, then I added arms, and legs, and hair.

  • Boom!

  • Ssssso...

  • The good guys are colored in red.

  • And the bad guys are the orange, purple, and yellow ones.

  • The red guys are standing back to back.

  • ...Killing everyone.

  • This guy is holding a sword!

  • ...For some reason.

  • And this guy is holding a gun. And it shoots three bullets.

  • And if we look at where the bullets are going, we see one shooting a purple guy, an orange guy hiding in a tree, and a yellow guy, who is very dead. I think.

  • And at the bottom of the tree, there's a crocodile, and the purple, yellow, and orange guys are trying to climb up the tree to get away.

  • But the branch is falling.

  • So he's sad.

  • 'Cause he's going to die.

  • Up here, we have some birds. These black lines are birds. Because we all know, birds are just really long M's.

  • So these birds we see are dropping the bad guys.

  • And I guess these three birds are carrying the bad guys away?

  • And you know how everyone draws a sun in the corner of the page?

  • Well, I did.

  • ...But the sun is actually eating the bad guys.

  • Which is a very sad way to die, if you ask me, getting eaten by the sun.

  • And I remember, even as a second grader, being super embarrassed when the teacher read it out to the class.

  • So I guess when I brought it home, I hid it behind my drawer so I'd never have to see it again.

  • Except my grandparents got copies.

So I was cleaning my room the other day, and I found this book behind one of my drawers.

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