"Ugh, I hate being so bored! It's like we've done nothing this summer!"
"Alvin, you're nuts!" Simon exclaimed. "We've done a number of things!"
"Like what?" Alvin asked lazily.
"We stayed at Miami Beach, not to mention other trips to luxurious places!"
"Plus, we got back from camp two days ago," Theodore added.
"I feel I need to do more!" the oldest brother cried.
"I thought of something you should actually start." Simon walked to a desk and gathered a folder and a novel, and then gave the items to Alvin.
"Remember this work that was assigned on the last day of school? You've been slacking on it all summer, so perhaps you could work on some of the math problems and read through that book before the new semester begins."
Alvin pushed the object aside and joyfully commanded to his brothers, "Guess what, I'm not bored anymore! We should go outside and enjoy ourselves, maybe we could play catch or something…"