January 27th, 2026
Thanks Indy for the kind words on the last blog. I hope you likes worms.
In Ms. Deadry’s fifth grade classroom, on her desk, sat a bright red delicious apple, probably from a farmers market, and likely delivered to her from one of her nicer students. The fruit was absolutely beaming and just looked immaculate.
But, unfortunately for Ms. Deadry, she places it at the front of her desk, specifically in front of a photo of her precious pet dog who had the same name (precious). This specific place, unfortunately, was practically impossible to see from where she taught throughout the day, that along with her awful eyesight which she refused to get checked out out of pride and due to her mischievous students never telling her about the Apple, allowed it to (over the course of a few weeks) go from delicious to stale to completely rotten.
Let’s take a closer look at this Apple.
Inside lived a small worm named Nelson Wriggley, with his worm wife Patricia and obviously his two worm children Mike and Stephanie. A lovely worm family, inside a rotten apple which to them was the absolute most perfect home in the whole world.
Every single day Nelson would wake up, kiss his worm wife and his worm children goodbye, and go off to work at his worm factory, which was really just the school's garden composter, but he would sit in there composting stuff and gathering food for his wonderful family every single day.
When he returned, his family was not only hungry but always so happy to see him. He’d give his worm wife another worm kiss, and obviously one for Mike and Stephanie. For weeks the whole Wriggley family lived in perfect harmony inside of Ms. Deadry’s rotten apple. Nothing to wormy about.
Until one day, class was in session, and Ms. Deadry had announced “snack time” to the entire class, each and every student took out their snack and began to enjoy. Even Mike and Stephanie, who had been paying attention every day in order to learn more themselves, began taking bites of the apple in order to feel included.
Ms. Deadry had woken up late and hadn’t had breakfast yet, so she decided to take out her lunch in order to have a snack to hold her over. She opened her bag, and realized it was empty. She shook her head, disappointed in herself, “no food” she whispered.
Right as she said that, her least well behaved student heard, his name was Arthur. He said “Ms. Deadry, why don’t you have that apple?”
She smiled, thinking that Arthur was being nice for once, but the whole class knew it was rotten, but due to her inferior vision, Ms. Deadry did not. She picked up the apple and took a huge bite. Chomping not only it in half but also Nelson’s entire family.
The class erupted in laughter, as Nelson’s wife and kids met their untimely end. Ms. Deadry immediately spit the apple out, screaming in disgust.
Right as all of this was happening, Nelson returned back from worm work, only to see his entire family and home absolutely destroyed. He broke down into worm tears.
He laid there crying for a minute, but Ms. Deadry was in a rush to go wash her mouth out in the classroom sink, and unfortunately for Nelson he was right in her path. With one step and a squish, the entire Wriggley family line was eradicated.
Nobody was even there to worm him.
(Worm but it’s like warn, that’s the joke)