A Hundred Years Ago was a poem written by Rodrick Heffley for his history class while he was in middle school which appears in Rodrick Rules and online book. The content of the poem itself is unchanged from the online book.
When Greg Heffley received the same assignment to write about the 1900s years later, he thought there would be snowing and the assignment would be delayed; however, it did not as it didn't snow, meaning he had to write it in less than a day. When Rodrick overhears Greg's desperation, he offers him his old paper for 500 Mom Bucks. Greg considers his offer given that he knew Rodrick has gotten Frank Heffley to type all his history papers meaning that it was well-researched and it was in those plastic binders. But Greg declines and attempts to do his own research. But after the power went out, He decides to buy Rodrick's paper but not without an increased fee to 20,000 Mom Bucks. The next day, Greg quickly realizes it was unusable as it was in Rodrick's own work.
In the online book, the assignment was writing about any period in history. Rodrick sells his paper for 10,000 Mom Bucks (originally 1,000) which Greg later throws away because the paper was assigned when Rodrick got in a fight with Frank meaning that the paper was entirely Rodrick's work.[1]
Poem[]
Sometimes I sit and wonder
About stuff I don't know
Like what the heck the earth was like
A hundred years ago.
Did cavemen ride on dinosaurs?
Did flowers even grow?
Well, we could guess but that was back
A hundred years ago.
I wish they built a time machine
And they picked me to go
To check out what the scene was like
A hundred years ago.
Did giant spiders rule the earth?
Were deserts filled with snow?
I wonder what the story was
A hundred years ago.
Trivia[]
- This poem is an inaccurate representation of the past century as the poem makes assumptions about possible events during the Mesozoic Era which takes place (at least) millions of years ago instead of the past 100 years and nonsensical things such as giant spiders ruling the Earth. It would have made more sense if Rodrick had called this poem "A Hundred Million Years Ago."
- The poem from the movie is written slightly differently than the book version, although it still retains the basic structure and misinformation of the poem.
- This poem is a parody of “A Hundred Years Ago” by The Wiggles from their 2006 album Racing to the Rainbow.
- The online version has Susan's handwriting.
Appearances[]
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid (online)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011 film)
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ Diary of a Wimpy Kid (online), pages 715-720