kid essay about a weird upside down day.
Title: The Day When Everything Turned Upside Down
One morning, I woke up to find that everything in my world had been flipped upside down! At first, I thought I was still dreaming, but when I fell out of bed onto what used to be the ceiling, I realized this wasn't a dream at all; it was real life!
I walked on the ceiling, trying to get to the kitchen for breakfast. The tables and chairs were stuck to the roof, which was now the floor. To pour the milk into my cereal, I had to jump and hope it would land right. My cat, Mr. Whiskers, was clinging to the chandelier, meowing in utter confusion.
My parents called us into the living room – we all had to pull ourselves along the floor-ceilings to avoid falling into the sky, which is where the floors of our home now were. They told us to stay inside because they saw on the news that everything outside was upside down as well. Cars flew past our window-walls, and the trees' roots were wiggling in the air like tentacles from a bizarre ocean.
Getting dressed was a challenge, too. All my clothes fell out of the closet when I opened the door, or should I say up, and onto the ceiling. I managed to grab a falling – or rising – pair of socks and put them on.
Then it was time for school. Our school bus was driving on the underside of the road, and all the buildings looked like they were dipping their toes into the sky. We all had to be strapped into our seats so we wouldn't fall out of the windows! Our teacher, Mr. Bumble, started the lesson by writing on the bottom of the blackboard, and we all tried to read it by doing handstands.
During recess, playing football was the weirdest. Every kick sent the ball zooming upwards, and we had to invent new rules on the spot. The swings were the best, though, as we swung into the open air and then suddenly plummeted back toward the playground, which was now like a floating island in the sky.
Lunchtime meant trying to catch your food as it floated out of your lunchbox. Sandwiches and fruit turned into astronauts, and we had to snack like we were in space, chasing our food around the cafeteria.
By afternoon, rumors started floating around (just like everything else) that a mischievous wizard had cast a spell and caused the whole upside-down mess. The adults were trying to find him so he could reverse the spell. I thought it was kind of fun, except for when I dropped my pencil and it got lost in the sky-floor.
Then, just as suddenly as it started, everything flipped back to normal in the middle of math class. We all fell back onto our chairs, and our books crashed down from the ceiling with a thud.
It was certainly the weirdest day I had ever experienced. When I got home, I told my mom I was so glad everything was right-side-up again. She smiled and said that sometimes a little upside-down can make us appreciate our regular, right-side-up world even more.
As I sat down for dinner, I thought about the day and realized that even if it was strange and mixed up, it was a day I would never forget. Who knows what fun and crazy things could happen next in a world that can turn upside down in the blink of an eye?