Lexi’s Adventure Martine Reese

Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Lexi, she was short, but lived in a tall house. Her family was very wealthy. Her house was twenty stories high. Lexi was twelve years old and in 6th grade. She had just gotten home from school to her mom, while her dad was still at work.

After her afternoon savory and sweet snack of cinnamon and sugar toast, Lexi yelled, “Mom, where are my shoes? I want to go play outside with Kylee.”

Kylee is eleven, soon to be twelve next month. She is Lexi’s best friend. They like the same colors, which are orange and green, and they have been friends since third grade.

Her Mom replied, “I don’t know. Check in your room or on your feet!” Lexi looked down at her feet with confusion. Lexi says, “They aren’t on my feet and I have checked my room.” Where could they be? She wondered as she gazed out the open bedroom window. Her mom reminded her she recently took a nap on the couch and asked if she was wearing them then?

Lexi said, “I was wearing them until I heard a fluttering, but they weren’t sitting on the floor or on a bench. They were flying! She thought she was dreaming. She rubbed her eyes in disbelief and said, “Yep, they are flying alright.” As she went to try to capture them out of the air, they flew out of the room. She quickly followed them down the stairs onto the first floor, puzzled with confusion and curiosity.

Next thing you know the shoes flew out the front door and down the street barely missing a policeman. Lucky, he joined in chasing the shoes. Together they ran past Lexi’s teacher’s house where she was raking the leaves. She joined in chasing while still holding her rake.

The shoes sped down 29th Avenue to Main Street where there are many businesses. The first place they flew through was the art shop where they got splattered with yellow and red paint. They flew out of the art shop and down the street past the fire department. Two firemen decided to join in chasing the shoes. Now five people were chasing them. They were covered in yellow and red paint.

They continued down Main Street and crashed through the front window of the floral shop where they got covered with daisies and petunia petals. At this point the wind was picking up and Lexi saw a tornado up ahead. She began running faster, getting closer to the shoes while they were all getting closer to the tornado. Just as they were ready to grab the shoes, Lexi was swept up by the tornado. Lucky for the others they hid in a ditch for safety!

Up, up and away she went high above the city while getting tossed and turned in a storm of dirt and leaves. She realized she was soaring back towards her house. With her shoes in her arms, she was thrown out of the tornado and tossed through the open window of her house and onto the couch. She woke up and thought it was a dream, but as she looked down, she was covered in yellow and red paint, leaves, dirt, and flower petals.

At least I have my shoes back! she thought. “From now on, my shoes sit in a locked kennel and I keep the windows and front door shut!” she said. “And now I’m going to shower...” The end!

Martine Reese, Grade 5 Roseau Elementary School, Roseau Teaching Artist, Stephen Peters