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Pranks
Many people like to prank people for the fun of it, just to laugh and have fun. But before we learn about the fun and laugh of pranks and jokes, I want to talk about the history of April Fools. April Fools' Day can be traced back as far as the 1500 century. It started in France on New Year's Day, and people would play pranks on each other. The new year date was later changed from April 1 to January 1. Some people, however, decided that they would continue to celebrate the New Year on April 1. These people were labeled fools, so that is how April 1 became April Fools' Day. No matter where you are in the world on April 1, the day will be full of jokes and pranks.

In the past, I have pulled many pranks on my family and friends. When I was younger, I wanted to try a rubber band trick, when you put a rubber band on the sprayer on the side of the sink; when someone turns on the water, it automatically sprays the person. Unfortunately, it did not work out the same way it did on T.V. I was not punished; in fact, it was funny to my family that the real joke was on me. At the end of the day, all that matters is having fun with your family.

During Dahl's life, he pulled may pranks, mostly on the older adults, because he wanted revenge. One of his first pranks was the sweet shop pranks. Dahl and his friend disliked Ms. Pratchett, the owner of the sweet shop, very much, so Dahl came up with a plan to put a dead mouse in the candy jar. The pranks ended with a punishment, and this is how most of his pranks ended. One other prank that Dahl was a part of was pulled on the matron. One of Dahl’s friends put sugar in front of the matron's door, making her shoe have a crunching sound as she walked. Dahl was a part of this part because he did not tell on the friend Wragg, even though the headmaster asked for the prankster who put sugar on the floor. But since no one answered, their punishment was no more tuck boxes (a box for personal belongings). Most of Dahl’s pranks are to get revenge on the older adult that he knew, but at the time it did not work out, which caused the punishments for his bad behavior.

On Halloween Eve in 1938, there was a radio broadcast by Orson Welles of an adaptation of H.G. Wells’s War of the Worlds. Many believe the announcement that Earth had been invaded by Martians. This is an example of a prank/joke that is like Dahl’s pranks/jokes that were taken too seriously. In Dahl’s case, his pranks were more joking around and to get revenge back on his teachers. In this case, it was more of a scared and frightening situation and not a prank to some, but this prank was supposed to be funny as well.

I enjoy playing pranks on my friends and family. Sometime it just nice to hear a room filled with laugher.

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