Hello,
I’m Nikki and this is my Cool School wiki!
Today’s report is all about flies...
Mmmmm
I love flies...
Especially eatin' them!
April Foools!
That's Simon, and I'm Nikki!
And my wiki is all about pranks and the history of April Fools Day!
No flies?
No, sorry Simon...
but thanks for playing along!
Okay... I'm going to go find a fly.
There's one!
Bye!
Okay, first a definition:
April Fools Day is April 1st,
a day characteristically marked by the playing of practical jokes,
aka PRANKS!
No one’s 100% sure where and when April Fools Day started,
but there are lots of traditions and legends from all over the world
about people getting super silly this time of year.
Some people think that April Fools Day has been celebrated for hundreds of years,
maybe even as far back as the middle ages!
She’s a witch! Get her!
April fools! That’s just my sister!
He he he he!
One of my favorite old-timey pranks
is the “fool’s errand”!
That’s when tricksters would send unsuspecting people out looking for something that wasn’t real...
like in 1698 when people got tricked into going to the Tower of London to see “the washing of the lions.”
We’re here to see the lions get a bath!
Sooo...where are the lions?
April Fools.
Not again!
Today, April Fools Day is celebrated in lots of different countries.
In France they call it “April Fish”,
or “poisson d’Avril”.
Kids tape a picture of a fish on the back of their classmates,
and when they finally find it everyone yells “Poisson d’Avril!”
I wonder if anyone’s ever used a real fish?
Now that would be a nasty prank!
Sometimes April Fools Day jokes seem VERY real because of who’s doing the pranking.
When news shows and newspapers make April Fools jokes,
a lot of people get tricked.
Some of my favorite April Fools Day news stories are:
In 1957, the news showed people picking spaghetti noodles from their spaghetti trees...
Sorry pasta lovers,
spaghetti trees are not real.
In 1965, the “smellovision” was introduced.
That’s a TV that releases smells while you watch.
That would actually be kinda cool.
Too bad it’s just a prank!
Blegh, maybe not!
In 2008, flying penguins were discovered!
Buuut it was a prank.
Sorry, penguins!
Not funny.
And in 2010, for the first time you could order canned unicorn meat,
guaranteed to be an “excellent source of sparkles!”
If you want to get in on the fun,
but don’t feel like planning an elaborate prank
you can always opt for practical joke basics,
like a whoopee cushion,
trick gum,
and the classic fake poo.
AUDIENCE: Ew!!
I wonder what pranks should I pull this year at Cool School,
or should I say
Fool School?
For Drew I could replace the magic ink in his Pen Ultimate with ketchup!
This looks like a job for the Stupendous Drew Pendous!
Hey!!
Ha ha ha ha!
You want fries with that? APRIL FOOLS!
And if I pranked Ms. Booksy,
I would replace her story book with the most boooring wikis of all time!
Today’s story is the history of...
beans?!
That can’t be right…
Then I would fill all of Crafty Carol’s glue bottles with glitter!
Okay, next you apply your glue—
Ahhh! Glitter explosion!
Good thing for all of them,
I’m way too nice to play any mischievous pranks!
I’ll probably just get Drew to help me switch Crafty Carol and Ms. Booksy’s glasses!
So how do you celebrate April Fools Day?
Tell me in the comments below!
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Bye!