I started on my homework
but my pen ran out of ink.
My hamster ate my homework.
My computer's on the blink.
I accidentally dropped it
in the soup my mom was cooking.
My brother flushed it down the toilet
when I wasn't looking.
My mother ran my homework
through the washer and the dryer1.
An airplane crashed into our house.
My homework caught on fire.
Tornadoes2 blew my notes away.
Volcanoes struck our town.
My notes were taken hostage
by an evil killer3 clown.
Some aliens abducted4 me.
I had a shark attack.
A pirate swiped my homework
and refused to give it back.
I worked on these excuses
so darned long my teacher said,
"I think you'll find it's easier
to do the work instead."