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The Story of Bluu, The Last Flying Dragon By Jon Age 13 Lititz, Pa Bluu, the last flying dragon, was flying away quickly. He had heard from his friends in the forest that three hunters with long bows and sharp arrows were hunting him. Dragon scales are very valuable, especially his, because he was the last of his race. The hunters could make a fortune for only one of his scales. Bluu's wings were very tired and he needed some rest. He stopped to catch his breath on a mossy rock in the middle of a forest. Suddenly, a net fell on him and pinned him to the ground! The three hunters sprang out from behind bushes! Bluu struggled to get out of the net; and the more he struggled, the more he got tangled. In anger, he blew fire at the net and it burned to ashes. He escaped, flying high up on a freezing mountain. The hunters had discovered that Bluu flew to the mountain and tracked him. The three began to climb up. However, hunters became very cold on the mountain and one of them sneezed. They heard a low rumble and snow began to quickly fall down. They had caused an avalanche! Suddenly, Bluu appeared and blew flames at the avalanche, causing all the snow and ice to be melted before it reached the terrified hunters. They asked him why he had saved their lives, and Bluu said it was because he did not want to be their foe. So the three hunters and Bluu became friends, and Bluu gave them each one of his valuable dragon scales as a token of their new friendship. In fact, the hunters gave Bluu a promise to never try to harm him again. Best Friends By Micah Age 10 Albuquerque, New Mexico One day a girl named Chi-Chi went into a jungle and met a tiger named Chocomilto. They became best friends. One day they were rock climbing when Chocomilto hurt his paw. "It stings!" cried Chocomilto. "I'll help you!" Chi-Chi responded. In no time at all Chocomilto had a bandage around his paw. Because Chocomilto was still a cub he did not remember the whereabouts of his family. Chi-Chi suggested, "How about I help you find your family?" Chocomilto smiled, "I would like that." Chi-Chi lead him though the jungle. On the way Chi-Chi almost stepped in quicksand until Chocomilto shouted, "Watch out Chi-Chi! There's quicksand in front of you!" Chi-Chi turned away. There were deep holes that other animals dug up. Chocomilto almost fell into one of them if Chi-Chi hadn't have said, "Chocomilto there's a black hole in front of you!" Chocomilto stopped and went around it. When they got half way though the jungle, they hadn't found Chocomilto's family, so Chi-Chi just kept him. The very next day Chi-Chi walked on into the jungle thinking that Chocomilto was there. Chocomilto woke up; Chi-Chi was gone! He Called and called, but she still didn't answer. Chocomilto got scared and started to cry, when Chi-Chi just remembered Chocomilto. Chi-Chi ran back but got lost! Both were sobbing. Chocomilto ran into the jungle. Chi-Chi wasn't there. So he ran back. But he was mad! He couldn't find her. Chi-Chi ran back the way she came, she had found Chocomilto. Once again they were united. Chi-Chi said, "Oh, Chocomilto I'm so sorry! I can't believe I forgot you! I'll never do it again!" Chi-Chi hugged Chocomilto a very long time. The Shiny Fish By Shani Age 12 Bronx, New York Once upon a time there was beautiful fish named Sarah. Sarah had so many lovely scales that she shined the whole sea! One day Sarah was swimming, when she saw Alex, a very plain fish. Alex had no colorful scales, his were only gray. "May I please have a shiny beautiful scale from you?" asked Alex. "Well,"... Sarah hesitated "I guess so!" Sarah replied. Sarah carefully took a shiny scale off and gave it to Alex. The next day, Sarah was swimming when she saw Elizabeth, her friend. "Hello Sarah! I heard you gave Alex a scale! May I also have one?" Elizabeth asked nicely. "Sure!" Sarah said this time without hesitating. At the end of the day Sarah gave away almost twenty of her scales to all her friends! Now, Sarah was hardly shiny, but she felt so proud about giving her scales away! "I think I am the shiniest fish anyway" Sarah thought "Just by giving all my scales away!" And Sarah was the happiest fish in the sea! Douglas's Loose Tooth By Bernice Age 11 Forest Hills, NY "Hi guys!" Douglas greeted his stuffed animals with enthusiasm. "How's school?" Bob the Bear asked. "Pretty good!" Douglas did his 4-paged homework as fast as he could. Then he would play with his stuffed animals. "DDDDDIIIIINNNNNNNNNNEEEEERRR!!!!!" yelled his mom. "Okay, coming!!" After dinner Douglas said, "Mommy! Look at this!" he wiggled his two front teeth that were loose. "What?" asked his mom. "Look!" Douglas wiggled his two front teeth again. "Let's pull that out right now," mom suggested. "YYIIPPPPEEE!" shouted Douglas. Douglas ran upstairs as fast as he could to tell his stuffed animals. The stuffed animals knew what was going on; they all marched downstairs in a straight line. "OOUUCCHH!!!!!" Douglas yelled. He tripped over the stuffed animals one by one. His mom hurried over with a worried face. "What happened?" asked his mom. "I-I-tr-tripped over them" Douglas's mom looked over to where Douglas was pointing. There in a big heap was all the stuffed animals lying on their stomach. Douglas's mom, brought him upstairs to rest. The next day, he came home feeling just right until he tripped on the steps when he tried to tell his stuffed animals about his loose tooth. "OOUUCCHH!!!!!" Douglas yelled again. Once again his mom came over with a worried face. Douglas's mom brought him to his bed. The next day he was feeling o.k. again. After dinner he told his mom about the loose tooth again. This time he didn't run upstairs. He stalked up the stairs determined not to fall down on the steps again. "My mom is going to pull my tooth out!!" Douglas said in an excited voice. "Hooray for Douglas!!!" Soon they were all having a party in Douglas's room. The stuffed animals had planned this for Douglas." "Hip-hip hooray for Douglas!!!!" they all cheered. The Helpful Deer By Eric Age 7 There once was a deer named Jack. He was a helpful deer. He helped everyone, even bad guys. Jack would go through the forest, and if he saw a baby bird out of it's nest, he would put it back in. One day, Jack saw a starving dog, so Jack made the dog macaroni and cheese. The dog LOVED it and asked for the recipe. He opened a restaurant. Another day, Jack saw a sick squirrel. Jack put the squirrel in his antlers and took him to Dr. Skunk. Dr. Skunk fixed the squirrel right up. The squirrel brought Jack chocolate chip cookies to thank him. Squirrel has a fresh batch of cookies for Jack every Wednesday, and opened a bakery. There was also a homeless badger that Jack found. He needed a friend and a place to stay, so Jack took him home with him. The badger and Jack became very good friends, and enjoyed making hot chocolate after they played in the snow. Now on Fridays, Jack and his new friends all get together for supper. Can you guess what they have? Macaroni and Cheese, chocolate chip cookies, and hot chocolate… At least until Jack finds someone else to help! Bocas! By Clara Age 10 Bocas del Toro, Panama (Non fiction) We are currently living on Bocas Del Toro panama. It's a small island that has recently discovered the modern world. We are living here for 4 months, and although at first 4 months seemed like forever time has raced. Bocas was and still is a very sleepy town! When someone says they'll be somewhere at 4:00 they'll probably come some time between 4:30-5:00. I'm not saying this is a bad thing in fact that's one of the things I like about this town. There are no obligations and it is way more relaxing! Picture this:(it's our first day in panama) you're taking a taxi to the house that we will be living in for 4 months. As you pass poor neighborhoods on potholed roads you wonder what your house will look like compared to these 50 year old shabby houses. Then you stop outside a house that totally blends in and get out. Inside the house is terrible with florescent lights and only 4 rooms; completely unfurnished. The floors are filthy and the paint in your room is puke orange. (The rest of the walls are too faded to see the color.) Amazingly I have grown fond of the house and will miss it when we leave. I've made good friends with both Panamanians and other Americans and that seemed to make the house brighter somehow. The new sofa and beds are now familiar and I find comfort within them. I type this with light that is better for the environment and feel the warmth of sun on my shoulders. Maybe it's not the sun that's warming me? Smile, we've all got gifts in this world. Willy, a Spoiled Pup by Nicole Age 12 Tampa, Florida There was a small puppy named Willy. He was so spoiled that his owners made their backyard into a Dog Heaven. They had forty acres of dog toys for Willy. One day, Willy got lost in the backyard. He accidentally walked through the woods, until trees completely surrounded him. Willy stumbled upon a flower with a fairy above it. He asked the fairy, "How do I get home?" The fairy replied, "Come across two more fairies and you get two more riddles. If you answer correctly, you will get a clue. What gets wetter the more it dries?" "Um.....a towel?" answered Willy. "Follow the path and it'll guide you to your next fairy." "Thank you!" Willy replied. He followed the path and found another fairy that was on a leaf. "A fairy sent me." He blurted. The fairy said " What's at the beginning of eternity and the end of life and is the beginning and end of envelope." Willy guessed, "The letter "e"?" "If you follow the trail of leaves it will lead you to the final fairy." She replied. "Thanks." stated Willy. He trotted along the trail of leaves until he found the last fairy, floating in a pond. "Excuse me. Two fairies sent me." he said. "A puppy named Willy was trying to get out of the forest. He found a few fairies who gave him riddles. If he doesn't go forward or left or right, what way can he go?" she asked. "He can retrace his steps." whispered Willy, now realizing how to get out. "That was your final clue." the fairy said. "Thank you so much!" Willy exclaimed. He retraced his steps and finally saw his backyard. He galloped back to his house. Willy learned he was never too far from home. Bored… By Andrea Age 12 Tampa, Florida Nothing to do, Nothing to say, No one's on AIM, You can tell I'm bored today What do you do when there's nothing to do? On boring days like today. I'll sit in my room and write a poem, If I only knew what to say. That's why I'm writing this, A poem based on me being bored, They say time is money, But I think I have more then I can afford. I'll just start daydreaming, For there's nothing else to do, Maybe someone will get online, Someone who I can talk to A Child By Nicole Age 12 Tampa, Florida A child will grow A child will learn They get older and wiser And soon they are fully grown A child is an adult And continues to grow old Soon they have a child of their own That they cherish and love The cycle repeats again and again Forever and ever even after another life ends Fridge Foods By Halle Age 10 Beachwood, Ohio One day, Mary opened the fridge to get a snack. She grabbed an orange and closed the door. After she closed the door, Mrs. Apple started to cry. She sobbed, "Why, why was it Mr. Orange. We had great times together! I can't believe he is gone, all gone!" Mrs. Lettuce tried all she could to cheer Mrs. Apple up, but it was no use. Mrs. Apple could not stop crying. Mrs. Chocolate Pudding tried to sing Baby Orange a lullaby because Baby Orange was very sad that his daddy was gone. After what seemed like hours, they heard footsteps approaching. Mary's little brother opened the fridge door. He wanted to see what would happen if he put his toy in the refrigerator. He dropped the toy in the fridge and left. "What is your name?" Mr. Blueberry asked the toy. "My name is Mr. Potato Head!" answered the toy. "Are you a real food?" asked Mrs. Apple wiping her tears. "Of course not, I am a toy!" said the toy loudly. "Shhh, keep your voice down, the people can hear us." Whispered everybody. Baby Orange knocked on Mr. Potato Head's head. "You're plastic!" said Baby Orange. "I know! Isn't it cool!" said Mr. Potato Head. "Are you my new daddy?" asked Baby Orange. "I guess now I am!" said Mr. Potato Head "Well now, why don't you join us?" asked Mrs. Apple suddenly happy. "Of course I will, but first I want to teach my new son the A,B,C's!" said Mr. Potato Head. |
The Pig and the Twig By Jordan Age 10 Rock Island, IL There once was a pig and his best friend was a twig! People never played with him, they never really cared. One day he found a twig, and he and the twig would play hide and seek, tag, and fetch. One day the farmer bought a fox. "What's your name?" asked the fox. "I have no name, but my twig's name is Arnold, and he came from the tree above us!" "Really, that's interesting," said the fox sarcastically. The pig yelled, "Hey stop! Arnold's important to me. He is always here for me when I need him." The fox started laughing. "You have no friend except this goofy stick thing." The fox made the pig so mad he went over and threw the twig in the muddy corner of the barn. The pig was so angry that he went and sat in the corner for 3 days. Then he went over to the fox and said, "You know what? You can't get to me anymore. I love Arnold and nothing can stop our friendship. Okay, I said it. If you want to laugh, I don't care." As the pig was walking away the fox said, "Okay. Yeah, if that's your friend then fine." "Well thank you Mr. Fox," said the pig. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Just don't tell anybody I am being nice, because I know they would laugh." The pig said, "Okay. I will respect that." "Thank you," said the fox. And then the fox said, "Your new name is Courageous." "What?" "I will call you Courageous." "Thank you. I have never had a real name." "You are welcome. Just remember don't tell anybody," said the fox "I know," said the pig. "I trust you. I really do." And you know, they became friends for ever and ever. THE NUTSO MONKEY By Emily Age 8 O'Neill, Nebraska Once there was a monkey who thought he was a dog. He tried to shake, pant, and roll over. One thing he did not understand is why he looked different. He didn't even like bananas. Have you ever heard of monkeys not liking bananas? One day, monkey went for a walk. He saw tiger. "Hi monkey," said tiger. "I am NOT a monkey! I am a dog," said monkey. "You must be crazy," said tiger. Then monkey saw a lion grazing in the grass. "Hi monkey," said lion. "What! I am NOT a monkey! I am a dog," said monkey. "You must be crazy," said lion. Monkey walked on and saw an elephant giving himself a bath. "Hi monkey," said elephant. "I am NOT a monkey! I am a dog," said monkey. "You must be crazy," said elephant. Monkey walked on and saw a pond. Hey...thought monkey...I can take a bath in that pond. So he jumped in and started swimming when he saw a face in the water. "Hi, what's your name?" said monkey. PLOP! "Oh no! Where did it go?" asked monkey. " I don't even know his name yet." Up bobbed its head. There it is again. Look...when I move it does the same thing. Hmmm...that's not a dog...that's me! I don't look like a dog...I look like a monkey! He left the pond to ask his friends to play. When he saw his animal friends, he asked if he could play with them. "No way! You are too crazy!" they said. "No wait," said monkey. " I was swimming and saw my reflection. Now I know I am a monkey...not a dog." "Okay," said the other animals. "Guess you are not nutso after all! You can play with us." And he did. Trees By Shani Age 12 Riverdale, N.Y. Trees, Trees, Trees with leaves, All different color leaves, Brown, Yellow, Green and Red too! Swish, Swish , Swish, Swish, Swish Go the leaves! Trees, Tree, Trees with bee's Black and yellow colored bee's! Yum! Yum! Yum! Yum! Bee's delicious honey! Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Go the yellow and black bees Trees, Trees, Trees with birds, Birds who live in their nests, Sparrow, Pigeon, And Robins Breast! Chirp , Chirp, Chirp, Chirp, Go the lovely birds. Trees, Trees, Trees, Trees, OH HOW I LOVE TREES! Gary McNellon's Glasses By Emily Scarsdale, New York Gary McNellon was six years old. One day, he went to the eye doctor and found out that he had to get glasses. "Oh no!" cried Gary McNellon. "Everybody at school will laugh at me!" "No they won't," said his mother. "You will look so adorable in glasses." "No they won't," said his father. "You will look like a man in glasses." When Gary got home he cried. The next day, Gary went to pick out his glasses. When he got to the store, he immediately saw the pair that he wanted. They were light blue with yellow stripes running up and down the frames. When he tried them on, they fit perfectly. "These are the pair I'm getting," Gary told his mother. Gary wore his new glasses home. He couldn't have been more excited. When Gary wore his new glasses to school, all of his friends were jealous. "Wow, Gary. Those are so awesome! I wish I had a pair," his friend Neal told him at lunch. During the day, Gary got lots of compliments. Even his teacher complimented him. "You look very grown up in your new glasses," she noted. Gary wore his new glasses for a year. When he went back to the eye doctor for a checkup, the doctor told him that he didn't need glasses anymore. Gary cried big wet tears. Gary gave his glasses away. He cried and stamped his feet but eventually he put his glasses in the crate to give away. When Gary started wearing glasses, everybody else did too. When he stopped wearing glasses, so did everybody else. Even his teacher. Snowy Recess Heart-Stopper (A non-fiction story) By Kristiana Age 10 Naperville, IL It's been snowing a lot here in Naperville. One of these snowy days, my friends and I were building a tunnel through a hard wall of snow the snowplow had created. The tunnel we created was quite small, and we were hacking away at the ceiling and entrances. Eleni, one of my friends, wanted to crawl in first. I was doubtful of the tunnel, and being the smallest, though we are all thin, I didn't want to risk Eleni getting stuck, or Megan either. So I ducked under and went through. It started out shakily. My hand slid off a jagged piece of ice, and I kept on constantly digging snow from the ground so I could squeeze through. The others hadn't noticed yet. I was scared and short of breath. I kicked. All you could see were my feet sticking out and a nose on the other side. Then, I was stuck. Megan nearly screamed when she saw me. "Guys," I sort of mumbled, "Help, please?" Megan immediately saw my dire situation. She began pushing my feet desperately, Eleni my arms. Yet it wasn't enough. They gathered a bunch of other girls to help push and pull. Finally, I felt my stomach, now feeling lopsided from the scare, slide out. Kicking with my feet, I left the tunnel. I was sweating profusely, even in the cold. "There we are, guys," I said. No one ever went into the tunnel again. There was a Tiger Staring Right At Me By Lexi Age 10 Beachwood, Ohio It was a normal day. I was doing my homework and then out of the corner of my eye I saw some movement in the trees. Then, I saw some stripes, then more stripes, and then a million stripes. The body was orange like a pumpkin. I went to the window to get a closer look. I looked up and looking right at me was a… TIGER! It wasn't any old tiger. It was a tiger with white teeth as sharp as a needle. I was so scared my face was crinkling like a prune. Why would there be such a tiger right in my backyard? I didn't know, but I had to get the tiger out of my backyard fast. I went to get my soccer ball to throw at the window to make him run, but all he did was growl like a wolf howling at the moon. What would I do? Go outside? Go outside and risk my life to get eaten by an enormous tiger? Are you crazy? Now what could I do to get him to go away? I know. I could get an even bigger tiger to chase the enormous tiger away! What a brilliant idea! So I did that. Oh no. What am I going to do with this tiger now? I better think of a different idea! Diabetes Is Tough! By Danielle Age 8 Minnesota (Non-fiction) Sometimes when you start the pump you feel like you're a lot different than everyone on the planet. But you're not. You're like everyone else! You may think you can't do or eat everything you could before… Well, sure you can! You just have to face the fear of shots or a pump. It's the only choice! I know it hurts but its three minutes of pain. It does hurt but you grow out of it. What I do is if it hurts just cry! It's ok because your parents know that it hurts and for the pump you can get a numbing cream called Emla cream. You put it where you're doing your site. Put some on and put plastic on over it and wait for an hour. If some gets out that's ok. Anyway, after an hour you take the plastic off, wipe the cream off and do what you normally do. Summer Breeze By Nicole Age 12 Tampa, Florida Summer breeze, Makes all the kids Hyper and happy Now that school Has finally ended Kids wild and crazy As days go by School is approaching As time flies by New supplies For the beginning of the year Has stores busy When the school year starts Then keeps on going Soon the Summer Breeze Blows again Amazon River Episode 1 by Charissa Age 12 Carson City, Nevada Our tale begins… we are only two boys ages ten and eleven, but a lot of things happen to us. Somehow me and Nick get involved in mysteries and adventure after adventure. I'm Tom and Nick's eleven, and we're orphans. Enough of the intros, let's get on with the story! We started out in a row-boat, but we hit some rapids near Manaus and tipped over. We lost the boat, but it was FUN! We screamed until the boat flipped over, then we closed our mouths! We had to hike all the way back to Manaus from where we had launched, and that made my feet hurt! Then we got new supplies and a canoe, which bore the rest of the trip pretty well. I HATE FISH! That's all we ate for days! We got to the next village and traded fish for fruit, and boy, were we glad of fruit! It was hard, but we got to our destination on my birthday. And guess what? We found a long lost Aunt and Uncle! Birthday cake has never tasted better! The end… for now! The Measles By Samantha Age 10 Beachwood, Ohio I had the measles. It was not pretty! Green spots, yellow spots and red spots all the spots you could think of! My mom said wow, you look beautiful. My dad said I look like a rat; but in my opinion I looked like I jumped in to paint. The measles were not painful. But the truth was I did jump in to paint and the funny part is I don't not want to go to school. But since my measles were gone now I had to go to school. I jumped on the bus. I walked into school. My teacher announced I have… Oh great, now just because I jumped in paint I have summer school. My school is not pretty. Dirt and scraps of Middle School Lunches is what I had to clean up! I am thinking about being a janitor when I grow up! SPLAT! Gunk fell on my head! I might not want to be a janitor anymore! As nature falls… By Samantha Age 10 Beachwood, Ohio As nature falls the wind starts to cry and it makes a beautiful sound Just as nature falls |
