A true story.....

Once upon a time there was a teenage girl who was very tired and trying to fall asleep (a.k.a. me).  But the family dog kept barking, presumably at some wild animal, right outside the window.  And it kept barking, and barking, and barking even though I had told her several times to be quiet!  And I kept getting more and more upset.  Finally, I muttered to myself, "If that dog keeps this up one more time, I will yell at her in Shakespearean English....."  So I carefully raised the window blind.  (Now you need to understand something - my brother measured the window wrong so the blinds are too small, and are prone to falling down at random times.)  The dog started barking again, so I screamed through the open window "SHUT UP YOUR BISCUIT-TRAP OR I'LL BEAT YOUR BONY BUTT!!!!"  Crash!  Bang!  The window blinds fell down at that exact moment.  And my sister who was supposed to be asleep rolled with laughter from the top bunk.  I couldn't help myself, we both laughed so hard that we snorted, then laughed even harder until our sides ached and our voices got hoarse.  Let's just say that it took a very long time for either of us to go to sleep.  Oh, and the dog started barking again.........