Sunflower and Friends by Ms. Aherne’s Second Grade Class

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Our Beginning ..................

His New Friend .................

Sunflower and the Nerv

Friendly Fire .....................

Roaming the Planet 3.0

tents

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vous Princess ............... 6

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Our Beg

ginning

Once upon a time,

there was a flying dragon named

Sunflower, who lived in a castle that was in a sunflower field surrounded by trees in

the forest. Sunflower enjoyed telling jokes and had a big brain.

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His New

w Friend

A dog likes

Sunflower’s jokes, and

introduces himself as Jeremy Littlefoot.

Jeremy Littlefoot is Johnny Hotbody’s dog. One day while Sunflower is sleeping,

Jeremy Littlefoot wants to go to Sunflower, and run away from his human. Jeremy and Johnny turn it into a running game.

The End

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Sunflower Nervous

r and the Princess

There is a princess in the castle who hates dragons because of their scales (because they were so slimy).

Sunflower flies into the castle. He is greenish, red, and yellow. The princess

screams, like, “Oh! A dragon!” The dragon roars, and she’s like, “Oh my goodness!” Then she faints. She wakes up in a nest, and then the dragon thought that it was one of the baby dragons.

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He goes back three hours later and gets

raw fish. He chews it up and swallows it like birds feed their babies.

She hasn’t eaten in years, and she thinks, Aw, this is going to be so gross, but she opens her mouth up wide. She eats the food, but it’s so gross that she faints

again. A hairy paw pulls her into a deep, deep hole.

The End

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Friendl

ly Fire

One day, he walks into

a forest that has wood, wood chips, trees, and grass. There are also birds and bugs in the

forest, as well as a giant fire-breathing dragon named AmongUs. In the forest, Sunflower gets lost and runs

into the other dragon.

AmongUs breathes fire onto Sunflower and the two fight.

Dogman then appears and calls the police. When the police arrive, the dragons then become friends.

The End

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Roaming the

e Planet 3.0

Sunflower looks around and sees

endless mazes in the forest and is very scared that he can’t find his way out. He tries to pick sunflowers, but there are too many. He takes some flowers and runs toward a house.

However, the house is empty. He goes back outside to see the Voyager II spacecraft land outside of the house. The spaceship is scary to Sunflower, so he goes back inside the house to hide.

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An astronaut finds him inside the house and tells him not to be scared because Sunflower is an astronaut too. It turns out, Sunflower accidentally bumps his head and forgets he is in the forest to explore a new planet.

The astronaut can also

give him directions to get out of the forest and keep exploring!

The End

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Through our inclusion statement, our internal diversity and inclusion group, cultural competency resources provided to staff and volunteers, and partnerships with other organizations, we are always working towards being a more inclusive and supportive organization.

We at 826 have the privilege of working with the next generation of scholars, teachers, doctors, artists, lawyers, and writers. It's our job to make sure they are able to take their own stands.

As an organization committed to encouraging youth in their creative expression, personal growth, and academic success, 826 National and its chapters recognize the importance of diversity at all levels and in all aspects of our work. In order to build and maintain the safe, supportive 826 environment in which great leaps in learning happen, we commit ourselves to inclusion: we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, nationality, marital status, English fluency, parental status, military service, or disability.

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And 826 strives to do this in an environment free from discrimination and exclusion.

by Gerald Richards, CEO

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