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A Mean Girl Named Kate
By Malik L., Dewey School
Once upon a time there was a little girl named Kate. She said, helow Malik and I said hi Kate. She said I don’t want to be your friend anymore. So I said “Why” so she said because you’re a “Chicken.” So I went to get my chicken mask. And said Cluck, cluck and Bak, Bak chicky chicky.
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Continued…
Kate laughed and then she asked if I wanted to go to the park. She gave me a raspberry. I took it and ate it. “Why did you eat my raspberry punk?” and I said I’m not a punk I’m a chicken.
The end.
A Scary Fun Pet
By Brittany K., 4th Grade, Wright Elementary
On one sunny day a girl named Susie. She was jumping on the trampoline. (Bounce! Bounce!) Then she heard the phone ring. (ring. ring! ring. ring!) I heard my mom sooooooo excited. Then I heard, “She will be so excited and I bet she will like it.” Hmmmmm. Who was she talking? I went inside the house to ask who she was talking to. “Mom” I said, “who were you talking to?” “Oh! It was your uncle Jimmy on the phone. He has a surprise for you.” said my mom. Then I went back outside. I wonder what the surprise is. What could it be? I can’t wait any longer! Is he coming out there or are we going there? Let me go ask. “Mom,” I said, “is he coming here?” “I can’t tell you that” said mom, “It’s a surprise.” “WHAT!!!” I said. “I’ll be outside.” Why can’t she just tell me!? Why, why, why!? Later on, I was on the swing and then I heard (Ding Dong!) Who could that be? I hurried inside the house. “Hey, hey, hey!” Uncle Jimmy is in the house!” I couldn’t believe it! It was my uncle Jimmy! “Sooooooooo,” I started to say, “Mom said you have a surprise for me.” “Your mom can’t keep secrets that much.” said uncle Jimmy. “Hey, wait a minute,” said mom, “I kept a secret for you when you wet your bed when you were 9!!” “Now lets don’t start in front of the kid.” Said uncle Jimmy. I started to giggle a little bit. Then uncle Jimmy looked at me. So did my mom. “Sorry,” I said. Then I heard a weird sound. “Uncle Jimmy, what is that noise?” I said. “Oh, I almost forgot!” my uncle said. He ran to the car and got something in a box. He open the box and he said, “It’s called a snakeadile.” “A snakeadile! Wow! I never heard that before.” I said. It had a color like a Iguana! My uncle asked me, “Do you want to hold it?” “Sure.” I said. It felt rubbery. So me and my pet went outside. We raced and we went on the trampoline. I love my pet!
A Toothless Beaver and a Broom
By Abigail H., Cleveland School
Setting: In a castle
A toothless beaver: aahhh you look all ugly with your blue hair.
A broom: You look like a dog.
A toothless beaver: oh yea wate be careful of that stick oh my god your hair is stuck
A broom: someone need to help me because I’m dead.
A Way That We Can Have a Paper Slider
By Ariel B., Henderson School
I believe that when kids or grown ups are tired of carrying papers up and down the stairs that we need a paper slider to take the papers up and down the stairs. My first reason is that we need a paper slider is because like if the teacher has to carry a box and a pack of paper down the stairs just to say five things, that’s wasting all that teacher’s time. My second reason is that if a teacher has to tell kids to stop yelling, and pass out lunch passes, and hold paper, one teacher cannot do all this stuff at the same time! My final reason that we should have a paper slider is that she’s trying to talk to the principal about something and her paper keeps dropping. And that’s everything about how to have a paper slider.
Adventures in the Jungle with Alex, Michael, and Hunter
By Gus, Elena, Charlie, Regina, Samuel, Marcelino, Anthony, Little Village
There’s a kid, Alex, riding his bike down the street. Suddenly a dog named Michael comes up to him and starts talking. He says, “There are hunters trying to hurt me!” Michael is scared. Alex says, “Dogs can’t talk!” Then a hunter shows up with a sniper rifle. Alex thinks that he’s in a dream, but he’s not. The dog, Michael, runs away. Alex follows him on his bicycle. The hunter goes after the dog and Alex. The hunter wants to keep the dog all for himself. All three travel millions of miles to the jungle. Then the Super Paper Plate arrives to save Michael from the hunter. Super Paper Plate flies down and grabs Michael, but he forgets Alex, and a puma attacks him. The hunter shoots the puma, and Alex is okay. Alex says thank you to the hunter. The puma wasn’t dead. He was just asleep. Alex says, “Why did you save me?” The hunter says, “You were in danger. That dog was dangerous!”
