A Bad Case of the Hiccups

The sun was shining and it was Jerrica's birthday. She decided that on her birthday she wanted to do something outrageously fun. She decided that going swimming would be the perfect thing. So, she gathered some neighbor friends, packed up a picnic basket, and left for the pool.

Once they got there they played around in the water for a while. Eventually, Jerrica and her friends became quite hungry. They decided to pull out the picnic basket and have some lunch. They ate the delectable PB&Js and long crunchy carrot sticks. They were having a great time and decided to get back into the pool.

Jerrica's friend Blake decided to dive off the diving board and Jerrica decided to follow him. As Jerrica jumped off the board all of sudden "HICCUP". A little stunned, she fell into the water. She emerged from the water and "HICCUP". There it was again.

All of Jerrica's friends swam over to see what the matter was. "HICCUP."

"Oh dear," said Dallin, "this is serious."

Grant said, "I know what to do! You need to drink lots of water."

They got out of the pool and--"HICCUP"--Spencer got Jerrica a huge glass of water. Jerrica downed the whole glass. "HICCUP."

Sebastian said, "You should try standing on your head." Jerrica stood on her head for 3.86 minutes. Just when they thought that had done the trick--"HICCUP"--they were back to square one.

Jerrica reluctantly said, "I don't think these hiccups are going anywhere. "HICCUP." Let's just go home."

So, they all left.

They were walking home when all of a sudden Lauren held out her hand and exclaimed, "I just remembered that I have glitter in my pocket!"

Jerrica squealed, "Ooooh! I love glitter! HICCUP."

She took it out of her hand, closed her eyes tight, and threw the glitter high into the air. And then, to everyone's dismay there was silence. That was it. Jerrica's hiccups were gone.

And that is the story of how Jerrica got rid of a bad case of the hiccups.