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A Day at the Beach
By Evelyn A., 4th Grade, Richard Henry Lee School
One day a dad and her daughter were at the beach because it was a very hot day. Then the girl was walking on the sand and something poked her foot. When she looked down it was a sword. Then she showed it to her dad her dad was amazed that she had found a sword. Then he told his daughter that he could put the sword in his mouth all the way in. His daughter was so amazed. Then they went home to see the girls mom and showed the sword to her she liked it too. The family kept the sword in a special place. Where no one could get it.
A Girl Who Loves to Dream
By Chrissy M., Garfield Park After School Program
Once upon a time there was a girl name Monique Lee who live on a farm with lots of animals like cows, sheep, and horses. And one day she decided to take a nap and she dream about lots of good things like trees and butterflies and while she was taking her nap all kind of things happen like the plants begin to die and stuff. So when she finally woke up she was on a deserted Island with all kinds of creatures and bad things and bad stuff was happening like she begin to get smaller and stuff like that and she finally woke up and found out it was all a dream.
The End
A Horrible Couple
By Arif L., Washington Irving School
Once there were two bad couples. One day they went to the beach together. Then a men started to take pictures. Then the monster hitted the camera men far away. They lived horriblie ever after.
Then after they got married even though nobody came to there wedding. Everybody hated them. They was the worst neighbors ever. One day the whole town was so angry that they runned them out of town. So they moved to Montana and everyone hated them too.
A House
By Lucy N., Loyola Park After School Program
One day there was a house on ridge elfs lived there and the elfs just bought the house. The next day the elfs lived there one of the elfs went to the bathroom and all of the elf went after him but they all wanted to go to the bathroom in the house. There are 100 elfs waiting for the bathroom. There is one bathroom in the house. All the elf have name their names are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and on and on to 100 and elf number 1 says “We should have 100 bathrooms in this house.” So number 99 went to the neighbor and used their bathroom. Number 10 went to the school and all the elf went to the school except number 99 and 5 but the school was full so all the elf that are not 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 99 had to go home and hope that 5 is done…with the house bathroom so some one came and built 100 more bathrooms so all the elf can go to the bathroom the problem is solved. The end
A Man and a Shell
By Robert J., 3rd Grade, Gale School
Once upon a time there was a man with a shell on his back. It crawled right on him and said nothing. Every day they went to read at the Aquarium. One day they were reading, they fell into a book. Because of that they were trapped until someone else read the book. The End.
