By Aaron H., Stuti S., and Gavreel S., Loyola Park After School Program
Podcasts Celebration of Authors COA 2008
Once upon a time there was a homemade villain, and he wanted to be a villain really bad. He climbed a tree and fell off. Then he remembered his plot to be evil, and he went to a store to try and rob it. His name was Syndrone. When he went to the store an old lady whacked him with her purse, and he fell to the floor. All of the evil thoughts came out of his head, and he became good. His brother WalkaKnocka became an evil boy because of the evil thoughts walked into his head. They meet in a subway. WalkaKnocka takes the train and throws it. Syndrome says “Syndrome will save the day!” and he hits the train down. That same old lady, Old Lady Greenwood, came into the subway and whacked them both with her purse. The evil brother turned into a tree. The good brother became the boogieman. The old lady found a fountain of youth and became a young lady. She looked up at the tree and said “why does this tree look so familiar?” The end.
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By Danielle W., 5th Grade, Loyola Park After School Program
Holidays Halloween Podcasts That's Weird, Grandma Celebration of Authors COA 2007
Once upon a time there was a woman named Melisa. She loved playing the piano. She was creepy and scary, but also very talented. One day her boyfriend gave her a haunted piano. She was going to play the piano at a talent show. When she got there the performance was horrible and her boyfriend broke up with her. She ran away in misery and was never seen again. Some people say she killed herself.
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By Takeyha B., 4th Grade, Chalmers School
Podcasts That's Weird, Grandma Other Venues TOTL 2005 Wilmette 2007
Once upon a time was a man named Jack, Jack right. He was the King’s server. The king was so mean to the server the King forgot his name. So one day jack was cooking the king dinner and he was thinking about what the king did to him all his life. Then he got an idea. The idea was he was going to put poison in his food. So he went in the back of the living room where the back door was and got some Swan that you clean the sink out with for unclogging. So he poured a lot in his food and mixed it around so he could not see the Swan. Then when the food was ready he went upstairs. The king started eating and said, “it was good.” Then a few hours later he was dead. The server take the dead body and bury it. But the server wasn’t done yet. He had to clean up the finger prints that he left. So the next day the expert came they were investigators. They know that there was a problem because the neighbors saw a person with a shirt with blood all over it. So the men went into the house and started looking around but they could not find anything so they went to the yard in the back of the house. The man came back and saw that the two men was in the yard and he hurried back there and ask them to come have some tea. They talked and talked until the server fell asleep.
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By Jujuan D., Burnham Anthony
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When Mariah Carey woke up on her birthday, she was very excited because I was there and she said Jujuan Jujuan come here did you give me a present then I said yah I gave you a ring and a new shoes. She was like Jujuan I like you then I gave her a ring and the new shoes. And Mariah Carey woke up and it was a dream.
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By Najeeva F., 4th Grade, Dewey Elementary
Arguments Podcasts That's Weird, Grandma Other Venues Wilmette 2008
I am a teddy Bear. I believe that you shouldn’t give a child a teddy bear. My first reason is because they squeeze too hard. My second reason is they take out your eyes my third reason is they take out your cotton in conclusion that’s why I believe a child shouldn’t have a teddy bear.
I am a child and I believe a child should have a teddy bear my first reason because is because they help you sleep. my second reason is they make you happy my third reason is you put there eyeballs in your mouth. In conclusion that’s why I believe a child should have a teddy bear.
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