Darrel's Woes

By Robert Ray Moon

View the woeful struggles of a shy young teen as he tries to fit in with the crowd. Dance lessons by his aunt bring him into a new area of acceptance, to the delight of the girls at his school.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Ray Moon
• Release date: May 24, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301620715

Robert Ray Moon

I am married to Hazel for 66 years. We have 4 grown children. We are retired ministers and are each writing a blog. I am currently writing fictional continued stories on my blog and publishing e-books.

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Darrels Woes

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Robert R. Moon

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Darrels Woes

Copyright 2013 by Robert R. Moon.

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All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any fashion without the express, written consent of the copyright holder. Darrel’s Woes is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed herein are fictitious and are not based on any real persons living or dead

Dedicated to all young teens who might view themselves in these pages

Chapter One

My name is Darrell, and I admit that it is a name which I hate.

My parents tried to tell me that when I get older I will appreciate it, and my name will serve me well in business. In my secret thoughts I wish I had been named something more gritty, like Zeke or Gus or even Mike,

The guys make fun of me, and worse I hate it when the girls mockingly trill, Darrr-relll and repeat it over and over causing me to turn red and embarrassed and run away.

My life would need to be much improved on, to even be considered dull. I won't relate anything else about my life up to this point except this, Let me tell you about when I was in the eighth grade some of the kids who were my age began to develop black mustaches and chin whiskers and I was left waiting for some peach fuzz to show up.

Of course I could embellish my early life but it would be so far from the truth even I couldn't recognize it. That would make it seem to be a positive experience but this is the story about a teenager’s trials; trying to survive until graduation from mandatory schooling.

I'll begin at the age of fifteen for the early teen years were too terrible to think on much less relate.

Let me first say I live in a world of my own. Though I live in the same house as my parents, their world is totally different from mine. Theirs is a world where they can plan and do things.

In my world I simply react to the lesser of the evils set before me. My life consists of food, clothing and a few (very few) amenities. My expected minimum requirements are, passing grades and stay out of trouble. I pretty much meet these expectations although in order to get a B grade, I must torture myself unmercifully.

I'm not smart enough to be called a nerd, but I am