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 Alexis M., Garfield Park After School Program
That's Weird, Grandma Other Venues TOTL 2005
One day a girl named Halena was walking down the street, while she was walking she saw a man riding a motorcycle and she said
Halena: I wish I could ride a motorcycle at this age.
A few days later it was Halena’s birthday. When it was time to blow out the candles, Halena made a wish. One day Halena counted allowance, she had 33,509$ dollars, she said
Halena: I have enough money to buy a motorcycle.
So Halena went to the motorcycle store bought a motorcycle. She rode it, and rode it, and rode it. At 8:00 pm the police caught up with Halena and stopped her.
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By Tyler W., 3rd Grade, Cleveland School
That's Weird, Grandma Other Venues TOTL 2005
I had never noticed the tiny door in the back of my closet before. I opened and saw a friendly monster that was scared of me. Then in a few more weeks and he knew me well and we started to play in my room. Then my mom came in and the monster had to hide. Then my mom said that I had to clean my room then my mom closed the door. After that the monster came out and help me clean my room and we finished the room quickly then we played some more and then the monster fainted. Then he got up in an hour. Then he died.
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By Zoi R., Lincoln Park Words@Play Program
Poems Songs That's Weird, Grandma Other Venues TOTL 2005
If chocolate was free
I would jump around and say
Whoopee!!!
I would grow the chocolate
for you and me so we can eat.
If you come and marry me,
free chocolate you will see!
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By Nne C., South Loop School
That's Weird, Grandma Other Venues TOTL 2005 Wilmette 2007
One day it was a great day, but until it was a war that start. But a lot of things happen to these people. Some people died some people stayed alive. It was a lot of booming sounds from the way I hear. I was in the boat it was warring. And I was scared and I woke up. I woke up and the war was done. I went upstairs in the outside of the boat. It was a lot dead people around. Some was alive and I was the doctor so I had to take off all those people. I didn’t know what to do but take all the bullets out of them. They came back alive but they was hurt really bad. They was in a lot of pain. It was not good for me and the guys. We won the match and now I was happy that we didn’t have to war anymore. But it was another war. It kept on going. Then we fight and fight until we won. But lost we almost lost, we did win. I went on the boat and I saw the doctor. But the doctor was scared. He was a doctor and he gave up.
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