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The Little Cowboy
By Devonte V., Reavis Math and Science Academy
little cowboy: Dad can I go out an feed my horse.
Dad: NO boy because it is danger out there.
little cowboy: But my horse is out there, he can keep me from the danger.
Dad: That horse is the danger.
Little cowboy: Dad please, I love that horse, how can I show him that if I do not feed him, he will die.
Dad: I said NO okay boy.
Mom: Way did you do that to that boy he is become a little cowboy he can not be one if his horse is dead so let him feet that horse.
Dad: I sad NO and no means NO I said.
Little cowboy: I wish I can live by my self.
Dad: boy you can go feed your horse and you can ride your horse boy because I love you and I am your dad and I will all ways love.
The Lobster Factory
By Joseph W., Cleveland School
One day their was a boy named Robin he worked at a lobster factory named Alberts one time while he was working a lobster jumped on his face and he was bleeding to death he call his mother and when she saw the lobster on his face she passed out then finally the lobster let go of his face and Robin ran away from the lobsters and then his mother got back up and did not see her son there so she look for him she found him and he said he would never work there again so he got a better job and he liked it and they all lived happily ever after.
The Man and The Pig
By Jamal S., Jordan Community School
[Sadly, portions of this story have been lost. Brackets indicate where we have reconstructed the story from memory.]
There is a man that killed a pig. And slicing the pig and taking the meat and his guts out. He is going to serve it to the people. [He puts it] with fish and bread and beans [and the people will eat it].
Part Two
The pig has returned to earth. And he is getting his guts and his meat back. And he kill the man that kill him and kill the people that eat his guts. And he takes his guts and his meat back.
The Man that Turns Into a Monster
By Yahir M., Claudia, Julia, Joselyn, Fernando, Alexis, Pedro, Little Village
The doctors are putting babies on a man’s (Jason’s) face. They don’t know they are putting the babies on is face, and the man is making a face and thinking, “What are they doing?” The doctors are trying to figure out how two babies work on a man’s face. Later the man discovered that babies are growing on his face! Jason sees himself, and he think that he is ugly-a monster! Jason is mad at the doctor for rubbing the babies on his face. He wraps his face so that people don’t see that he is a monster. All of a sudden he grew babies on his body, so he wraps his body up, too! An eagle sees him and wonders why he is so wrapped up. Jason tells the eagle and helps him become a normal guy. The eagle takes the babies off, so Jason bleeds badly, out of circles. So Jason takes care of the babies and died when he was very old!
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The Man Who Didn’t Know How to Eat
By Darrius, Shareef P, Kobe M, Xaria N, and Isiah S, Henderson School
Noodles was a policeman. He liked to wear girl’s clothes. Every day he ate dead dogs for breakfast. He drank cows’ blood. His neighbors were not happy. They were scared. Sally worked at the bank. She wanted to put a stop to Noodles. She told him to stop eating nasty food. Instead, she gave him sandwiches, mac-n-cheese, and chicken noodle soup. The sandwiches were okay. The mac-n-cheese was a little burnt. That chicken soup was delicious. He felt very good and happy and changed his name to Charlie Jackson.
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