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I would 1ike to be a kite. They are pretty. If I were, one of my clothes would be pinks, whites. I would love to talk to the clouds. And it would be fun being a kite. Dan iel 1e

I was working in my garden when all of a sudden I saw a snail eating all the vegetables that I was planting. I said to get out of here, but he would not go. He bit into a tomato and he said he was going to live there. So I sold my house. Even now I had a mansion. But it was the only way to get rid of a snail. And I lived happily ever after. But he didn't. Kri sten

Look! Here comes a magic carpet. It's coming this way, duck! Swoosh. I got on it. Zoom. It took me to Hawaii and I had fun there, very much fun. But then I had to go home. But before I did I saw a real rabbit. So I bought her. She was only $10 and 15 < and she liked the ride home, too. And her name is Carrots. She is all white. She is very, very, very cute. She made friends with my puppy, Annie. And I sometimes let her out, not always. And I kept the magic carpet and I ride on it where ever we go. Magg ie

On the way to school I saw the funniest thing. I saw a purple rabbit eating a blue carrot. He came up to me and sniffed my feet. I said "Hi!" But he just kept munching his carrot. Then he hopped away but I still wonder about it. Ri chard

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. Peace means it's quiet. When Jesus came down to earth he became the father of peace and that is how it all started. And maybe you should think about peace. Dav id

I would 1ike to be a raindrop. Because I 1ike to keep flowers and plants healthy and I 1ike to make rainbows with the sun. Kevi n

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. Peace means happiness and friendship. Peace does not mean trashing the earth. Peace does not mean a war or fighting or guns. Peace means love. E 1ena

I would like to be a kite because I could see everything, like houses, cars, trucks, and trees. And fly place to place up in the air. Becuase I like to fly high' in the air. Wiley

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Look here comes a magic carpet. I want to go on one so badly. But it might take me to a place I've never been, like Mars or Jupiter. But I got on it anyway. And it took me to Mars. When the magic carpet disappeared I was sad because I missed my mommy and daddy. Then one day it came back and took me home.

If I could be something red, I think I would like to be a red doll because someone could buy me and keep me. That is all, folks. Lorena

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Look! Here comes a magic carpet. I wish it w i 11 come down here because I want to ride on it. Ha! Here it comes down here. One little ant is on it. I can not get on it because I do not like ants.

I was working in my garden when all of a sudden I heard a noise. It was two dogs having fun. So I went outside and took them inside of my house. And then they had a good time and had fun and they were my pets.

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T racy I would like to be a raindrop because I may fall and the flowers would drink me. I would see all because I would be going so fast. It would feel like I was happy because I would be helping things.

If I could be something red, I would 1ike to be a strawberry. I could be a very pretty red strawberry and mother nature would take care of me. Then nothing would eat me. Then I could live a happy life.

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On Friday we went to the Exploratoriurn. I saw a square full of pins. And I put my hand under it. I also saw a big long pipe. My partner called through it and I heard and echo. Then we went to a pot of water. I put my hand in the water. Then I took it out and it was dry. Then I looked at the clock. It was time for lunch. After lunch we went back to school. Abi gai 1

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Look! Here comes a magic carpet. It is coming to me. I got caught and it pulled me up. I came to a planet. I saw some people that were green. I got off the carpet. I was nervous for a moment. I never returned to my land,

I would like to be a kite because I 1ike to fly high and rest on the clouds and look down at the world. I am ti red up here. I'll go down and rest in a tree, Travi s

William I would like to be a raindrop because I would have lots of friends and I could come down from the sky any time I wanted to. I would feel HAPPY! because I would not have to worry about any thing. On the way to school I saw the funniest thing. It was a horse. His legs were rattling. The man on the horse was so angry that he turned red. Oh, I mean very very red. Wei 1 , the man got so mad that he turned red and the same time that his hair was sticking out of his head. Oh boy did I see a mad man in my whole life. He got mad, he got fat and he blew up. Wei 1 that was the end of him. And the horse was sold. So that's why not to get so mad. Ne i1

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Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. And this is how I brought peace to earth, by having friends and having respect for other people. Be nice to other people and let them play games that you play. And help them if they are hurt. And follow instructions and don't talk when the teacher is talking like I do. You might get your name on the board. Carter

On the way to school I saw the funniest thing. There was a man that was blue. I said, do you want to go to school with me? He said yes. And I showed him around the school. And then we went to the classroom and we worked. We played and then I asked my mom if he could live with me and my mom said yes. And then we became good friendSo Jamey

Look! Here comes a magic carpet, I said. I jumped on it. It took me to the desert. It was hot there. Some people came and they took the magic carpet to a pyramid. The pyramid had jewels and coffins and they took me out of the pyramid and they got me the magic carpet and I flew away. Brent

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May Day May day is a very special day May day is a time to be gay On May first you burst out wi th happyn-i sh You pick out different colors of f 1owers 1ike Greenish, redish, blue-ish, Purple-ish, and pink-ish And you put all those pretty Colors of flowers on someone's door.

May is a time to play with clay, When the sun ray hits the bay. And I say, "Isn't it a nice day?" I 1ie by the stray bay. Someone said, "Hey, do you want to play?" "Yes, I do want to play!" "Let's go, O.K." "O.K." 3t May is a Time to Play May is a time to play on a nice sunny day. Spring is a time to sing with the birds. July is a time to fly high in the sky. Soon the moon was maroon. December is a time to remember November. November is a time to remember September.

Wedding Day "Be mine," said my valentine. I said, "Sure, but when's the Weddi ng Day?" He said, "I d o n 11 know, but We'll go away, after the wedding day." I said, "Is it the honeymoom you're talking about?" He said, "Yes, but before we go out Of the country we have to decide where We a re going to." "Yes," I said, "But when's the wedding day?" "Oh, here we go again," he said. Q y ,

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Think Before You Stink You really should "think before you stink." If you go out on a date And the date is late And he smells that stuff that is very rough And the date says it's bad And you say I'm sad And the date asks why And you say you don't like my perfume. Once there was a baby And he always cri es Because of his enormous size And his mother says don't cry My sweety pie The raccoon is inside his cocoon. En'o

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The racoon gets up at noon and Goes to bed with his balloon. He eats a maroon prune. His friend is a blue raccoon. Bj,

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In spring, I got some string And tied it to a slingshot that worked! In summer, the helpful plumber Came to fix the pipe. In fall, I piayed ba11 With a tall man. In winter, I got a splinter In my finger.

The Moon The Moon is shiny and bright I look at it all through the night. I 1ike it a 1ot as It flies lightly in the lot That's why I like the moon.

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Flying things like UFOs, Where they go nobody knows. Aliens, Ba1ie n s , Their spaceships are round. In fact one just landed On the ground!

FIyi ng Candy I saw a little flying thing, It was very dandy Then when it landed It was a piece of candy.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Spider Twinkle Twinkle little Spider, How I wonder How you drink cider. Up above the world So high, Cider is Fa 11ing in your eye. JBy&M-gr Manta Ray One day I saw a manta ray, He seemed to be at play, He said, "Can you come and stay? We can make art out of clay." Q y

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A rabbit saw a garden and stole a carrot. A fox saw a rabbit run. The fox got the carrot from the rabbit. The rabbit was mad. Moral: One who steals has no r ight to compla in if he's robbed.

By6 The Thi rsty Dog Once upon a time there was a dog. He was thirsty and he found a pitcher of water, but the water was too low for him to reach. So he put all of his bones in the pitcher. It raised the water up so he could drink the water. Moral: Little by little does the job.

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The Pig and the Peli can Once there was a pelican with a fish and a pig with an orange. But the pig wanted the fish, and the pelican wanted to keep the fish. The pelican was willing to get a fish for the pig. So the pig got a fish and was satisfied for ever on. Moral: A friend in need is a friend in deed. By

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The Ant and the Termite Once upon a time there was a termite and an ant. The termite said he was going to eat a table in two hours. The ant said he would like to see him do it. The termite tried to do it, but he couldn't finish in two hours. Moral: Some things are easier said than done.

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The Rabbit and Carrots Once upon a time there was a rabbit and he had two carrots. He said, "Soon I will have a hundred carrots from the farmer's garden." But the next day, when he went to the farmer's garden, he saw that there were no carrots. So he went home empty handed. Moral: Don't count your carrots before they comeL

A Fox, A Bear, and A Lamb A fox stole a lamb, and a bear said to him, "I am going to steal the lamb from you because i saw you stea1 it." Moral: One who steals has no right to complain if he's robbed.

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How the Whale Got His Spout Once there was a whale who breathed by opening his mouth. He wanted a better way to breathe. One day he was swimming around and a stick came down from the sky and hit him and made a hole in his back. Now he breathes through the hole and now we call it a spout.

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A long time ago, all the jungle animals were nothing but a dull yellow. Hyena was always playing tricks on the other animals. One day Hyena tripped Turtle. Turtle was very upset. He was yelling at Hyena when Zebra walked by and grabbed Turtle. Turtle and Zebra walked away together. The next day Turtle mixed together some beautiful colors! He painted himself two shades of green. When Zebra saw him she said, "Oh Turtle, you look beautiful! May I have some colors, just like yours?" Turtle said, "Of course, but you would look better with black and white stripes." Turtle then painted Zebra, and he painted Giraffe bright yellow with brown spots. When Hyena saw everybodys' beautiful colors he definitely wanted some too. He yelled, "I want all the colors you have, Turtle!" The turtle threw all the colors at him, and he turned brown, just plain brown. That's the way he has been ever since.

How the Porcupine Got His Quills One day, a porcupine heard a loud BANG! He was so scared that his skin hardened and he was petrified. Just then a hunter jumped out of some bushes and said, "C'mon, boys! A porcupine!" Then; about ten men came out of the bushes. They said things like, "He's a beauty!" and'WOWEE!" All at once they shot at it. But since his skin was hard, all the bullets stuck to him. They said, "Oh my gosh," and "Incredible!" and things like that. That's how the porcupine got his quills.

How The Giraffe Got Her Long Neck One day there was a gi raffe named Madena. She had a very short neck. Madena went out for a walk and she saw some nice green leaves. But they stuck together. Madena didn't know they were stuck together and she ate the long strip of leaves and this made Madena's neck grow long.

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Once there was a rabbit. It went to school everyday. One day he was hanging upside down. Along came a fox. The fox was very mean. The rabbit had mouse-like ears. The fox tried to pull the rabbit's ears. His ears got longer and longer. And that my friends is how the rabbit got his 1ong ears.

How the Tiger Got His Stripes One day a tiger was looking at his reflection in a pool of water. "I am very dirty. I think I will go to the carwash to get clean.' So the tiger went to the carwash. There was a big sign that said, "Closed! Wet paint on the rubber strips." The tiger simply could not read, so he just walked in. By the time he got through the rubber strips the paint was on him. So he walked out and he said, "Now I am clean, but what are these things on my back? Oh well, at least I am clean!"

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Hidden Villa On Wednesday, November 9, 1984, our class took a trip to Hidden Villa. While we were there we saw a wild mustang. We also got to feed the pigs. One pig was really big. The baby bunnies were so small they could fit in the palm of your hand. When we got to the hens we crawled under the henhouse and found eggs. We gave the eggs to Frank Dunveneck, the owner of the ranch. Before we did all this, we went hiking. Our guide's name was Emily. We had to do something called the Alone Walk. You had to go ahead of the whole group and go to a certain place. You also had to find three sounds and three smells. We ate lunch in the forest. It was very fun. 8 u /

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MR. PARROT B Y A M A N D A M A C D ONALD One spring day Mr. Parrot came w a d d l i n g do w n Eighth Street carrying his favorite pipe.

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THE HABIT. B Y SHANE KOO iF5Tt had a habit, But he'd never quit his habit So the habit became a had-it And he changed his name to Had-it.

THE TURTLE B Y A L I S O N TUFFLI There once was a turtle whose name was Murtle; Murtle the turtle was a cute little turtle. A cute little turtle whose name is Murtle Needs a d a r ling sweet little girl. Who w o u l d take care of Murtle the turtle? * * * * * HORSES B Y B R O O K E LYONS Y e s t e r d a y I was riding on a horse But I was r e a l l y hiding from the horse. Because it would n ' t do the course. It stopped at every fence, And sat on every bench. It spooked at every hat And shook at every pole. Then started digging a hole And r a n into a mole. And that's the end of that horse That couldn't do the course. *

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THE H A U N T E D HOUSE “ B Y SHELLY KEMP One day I was trick-or-treating, w h e n I came to an old house.

I r a n g the doorbell.

So I went in. he flew away. Cobtt/e bs.

A strange voice said,

" Come in

A bat was sitting on the floor, and then

I looked around the house.

It had lots of

3.3 (Haunted House, continued) Pretty soon I woke up,

Then I was knocked on the head, " It was only a dream,

" I said.

A NEW F R IEND B Y LIZA CROWELL One day w h e n I came home from a friend's house, I went into the kitchen.

I asked my mom what was for dinner- the

usual question.

She said,

" Steak and mashed potatoes."

" Yuck," I said,

" I hate mashed potatoes!

After that I went into my room. to do my homework.

» Ouch!

there was a p o r c u p i n e ! towel.

I l ay d o w n in my bed

I looked under myself and

I went into the b a t h r o o m and got a

Then I went b a c k to my room, picked up the porcupine,

and ran to tell my mom. you give him a name."

She said,

" You may keep him only if

So I went to my room.

I started to think.

I asked the porcupine,

" What is

your name? "

I looked around his bo d y for a name tag.

was nothing.

I decided to name hi m Charlie.

The next day there was school. Charlie,

so I didLn't.

There

I didn't want to take

I started to w a l k to school.

When I was about half w a y there,

I heard a squeeeeak...

I looked behind me, and I saw Charlie.

So I decided to take

him w i t h me for the rest of the school year. *

BASEBALL NS TA D 'BY S C OTTY JENSTA The day was regular. to the game.

They had a game as usual.

But the game was not regular.

I went

Their star player;

had the chicken pox, so a chicken was going to play for him. But the chicken got the chicken pox, too.!

Then they got a

frog, and, you can guess, he got the chicken pox, too. Then they said,1' Let's play without a left fielder." Then they hit it to left field! *

Baseball is not so regular. *

THE LE?K b y t o l l y JONES The desk is a simple thing; it opens and closes. You can keep things in it, l i k e _ p e n c i l s , erasers, Rulers and books, papers, crayons. It usually comes w i t h a chair, so someone may sit there.

3 .4 THE FIELD MOUSE B Y A L I S O N TUFFLI One day a girl named Elizabeth was picking daisies, w h e n she saw a white field mouse scurrying across the field. He was w e a r i n g a b a s eball hat, a pair of slacks, a football shirt,^and a basketball.

She asked hi m where he was going.

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He said> none of your business ! rude."

He said,

and he drowned. pushed him in.

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E l i z abeth said. That is very

" I do not care."

She pused h im into a lake

Then Eliz a b e t h was ve r y sad that she *

A CAT N AMED MOUSE BY JESSICA BLACK One day Mouse was playing wi t h his cat friend Blacky. They were p l a y i n g " Tease the Log." Fang liked to sleep;

The dog's name was Fang.

in fact, that was his favorite thing

of the day. Anyway, Fang was asleep w h e n they were teasing himwell, at least for a little while, until he woke up and got all mad at the cats.

You see, Fang hates to be bothered

w h e n he is sleeping. So Fang got u p and started chasing the poor little cats around the block.

He chased them all around the b l o c k for

five hours.

F i n a l l y Fang got tired and r an off to play with

his friends.

So Mouse and B l a c k y ended up fine. *

WIZARDS A ND DEMONS B Y SCOTT YEN

Once u p o n a time I went to Malibu, and I went so fast, that I was in a n other world.

When I stopped,

w h o gave me a laser sword and shield. destroy the Wizards and Demons. Shadow Demon;

I met somebody

He told me I had to

So I went to fight wi t h the

I almost got killed, but I destroyed all of them

Then I fought w i t h the Wizards and won. *

Then I went ba c k home

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THE BEAR THAT HATED HIMSELF BY B R O O K E LYONS One day a bear named Timothy said to his mirror, hate myself."

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Then he went downstairs to have breakfast.

It was his favorite- pancakes and eggs.

When he got his

pancakes, he put syrup on them, but he missed. all over his clothes, and he had to change. the bus and had to walk,

He got syrup

Then he missed

so he was late for school

Finally it was recess.

The bear wanted to play b a s e

ball, but noone asked him to. _ Then in P.E. he was the team captain and that made him feel better. *

Teddy Bears, Teddy Bears I love you above all other cares and w h e n it's time a-bed to go, you're on the top of my cargo. But Teddy Bear, I like you best, w h e n I nestle down to rest and think about w hy I like you as I doI love you 'cause you're just you! (BY E L I ZABETH GILL)

One d a y I saw Becky. She was going to the store. I said, " Can I come? " She said, " Sure." We went to the store and b o t h got candy bars and milk. When we got in line, we had six dollars. We gave the clerk two dollars and then w a l k e d to Becky's house. We rode her horse, and then she said, " C a n you spend the night? " " I'll call my mom and ask her. 5 - 4 - 1 - - 6 - 4 - 2 - 1 . " Hi, Mom, can I spend the night at B e c k y ' s ? " "Yes, you can." We ate p o p c o r n and stayed up until ten o'clock. We told ghost stories all night. *

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CAMP R E D W O O D B Y MARGI HINMAN

Dear Lisa, fTTV f m

It's my last day of camp. I've been gone for a month. My best friend A s hley is missing. She was in my cabin a s leep and now she's gone. She was so pretty; I think she was kidnapped. I'm so scared. The night b e f o r e last, Pam my counselor was missing. My new c o u n selor is so mean. I know it's my turn next. I think I'm going to get k i d n a p p e d next. W h e n I woke u p today, I went to the b a t h r o o m to b r u s h my teeth, and I saw a r e f l e c t i o n of an old man in the mirror. I turned around, but he was gone. ^

Love,

Margi

“ P.S. Help!

THE L I TTLE BEAR BY SHANE K00 Once there lived a little bear. It was not as big as his friends. One d a y w h e n he was picking some berries, one of his friends came and said, " Weakling, weakling! " The little bear felt very sad. Later this little bear called his friend and said, " Go to the store at Seventh Street." He did not say his name, but the friend went to the store as he was told. W h e n the friend went into the store he was told, "Don't make fun of the little bear." (The little bear h was dressed in a costume and his friend did not know it). His friend said "O-O-K-K," so from that day on, n o o n % . m a d e fun of him any more. ^0^.

SUSAN B. A N T H O N Y BY HILARY HOOVER She cared a lot about voting And not about b o a t in y (next p ^ S e

She said it's not fair For w o m e n not to vote. She coughed and choked And hurt her throat To get that right. *

E A R T H Q U A K E DREAM B Y KA T H E R I N E ROBINSON In our own class we all felt the earthquake. All the lights were swinging and our desks were shaking. Suddenly David s h o u t e d , " E a r t h q u a k e ! " Then everyone dropped under their desks. While I was under my desk, I thought (at least think I did), " I wonder how earthquakes happen," and I found out. A hahy u n i c o r n had just b e e n born. The u n i c o r n had a short, gold horn. I also was thinking about a few other things. Then Shane tapped me. " Come on," she said, " we should be outside." I felt like saying, " Did you have to .interrupt my dream? " *

THE EARTH Q U A K E B Y JOHN SCHNEIDER Once at Phillips Brooks School there was an earthquake. I think it started this way. Once there was a spaceship from Pluto that was going a light year a second, so it took two seconds to get to Earth. As it was coming through the atmosphere, the land i n g gear broke, so the Aliens had to crash-land. As they were about to land, they turned on the invisibility shield. They crash-landed near Phillips Brooks School. When they crashed, the whole world shook. The Aliens took off shortly after they landed. That's how the earthquake happened. HOW E A R THQUAKES A RE MADE 'BY K I M HOEKENG, 200,389,028 years ago deep in the w o o d s ....... Mrs. Mouse was scurrying around the ground looking for dinner for herself and her children. The ground started to shake. She thought, "Why is the ground shaking? Is it th^ end of the world?" Then a b r a n c h fell down and almost hi' her. She thought, " I have to get home to my children!" When she got home, her children were hcuddled togethe] in their bed. They asked their mother, " What is h a p p e n i n g ? ’ She said, " I don't know." They all huddled together until the shaking stopped. Then they decided to go find what had caused it. They packed up to b e g i n their journey. They started on a path leading out of the forest. As they were going along, Maraya, the youngest daughter, asked, " Wh e n will we find M L what caused the ground shake, Mother ?" " I don't know, Maraya," Mrs. Mouse answered. " Look over there at that hut! Maybe the mice inside could help us," said Timothy, the oldest

son. " I d o n ’t think we should try! " said Ariata, the second youngest. She was very shy. " Maybe they are mean," agreed Maraya. They finally went up to the door and knocked. It wasn't a mouse that opened the door; it was a strange creature. They were all frightened. Timothy said, " Maybe he was the one who started the ground shake." The creature said, " Ground shake? I didn't cause it, but I know who did. If you will follow me, I will show you what caused it. It is called an earthquake." "Okay," said Mrs. Mouse, " we will follow you." The strange creature led them up a mountain that was ho£ and dusty. W h e n they got to the top of the mountain, they saw it was h ollow inside. Lava poured down the sides! Suddenly a hand reached out and grabbed Maraya. She screamed, " Help, help!!" but the hand pulled her down. The others scrambled down after her. Maraya was put in a cage w i t h many giants m d e r her. They started arguing about what they should do \rith her. Then they got up and threw b i g boulders at each jther. The ground started to shake, and so did the rest of the woods. Timothy, Ariata, Mrs. Mouse, and the strange creature who was a frog) climbed up to Maraya's cage and released her. The five of them made it out of the mountain. One of the giants noticed Maraya was gone and the earthquake stopped, e mice thanked the frog and went home. So that's how earthquakes are made.

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THE RAINBOW B Y H I LARY HOOVER

I a m going to tell you a story about a rainbow. I was going to a park and saw a rainbow. Then I saw something on it, but I kept w a l k i n g on. Then I turned. Guess what happened next? It called to me. It said, " Come and play w i t h me, please." I said, " OIK., but where are you?" "Over here." So I played w i t h it. Then my mother called me. I said, "I have to go now." "O.K., but will you come ba c k tomorrow?" "Sure," I said. So I went home. At home we had dinner, of course. Then I had to go to bed. In the m o r ning I got up and got dressed. I had my b r e a k fast and went out to the park. Sure enough , there it was right where it had b e e n last night. We played until 12:00. Then we said good-by for lunch. We met again at 12:30. I said, " Today is one of the v e r y most fun days in my life." It said, " Me, too." " Oh, no, I have to go." " Bye,"it said. "Bye," I said. "Hilary, come here right now!" "O.K." I said. *

THE SUBMARINE S A NDWICH BY D A V I D LAMO N D was a peacock. It wanted a submarine sand wich. . So he went to the Walla Walla Restaurant and ordered one. But they gave him a real submarine, and inside there was a submarine sandwich. He ate it all up and turned into a pig. *

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THE MYSTERY OF THE SECRET C L A S S R O O M BY TOLLY JONES When I was w r i t i n g a math paper in school, I saw the computer turn on b y itself. It was strange and then the teacher asked, "Who turned on the computer?" Nobody answered, so I decided to stay after school. While I was looking around after school, the table moved. I was scared and there was n o b o d y in the room. At least I thought there wasn't. Then I saw something strange about the b u l l e t i n board. It was curled like it could be moved, so I pulled on it and it moved. Then I noticed a crack shaped as a door. I almost pushed on it, but then somebody walked into the classroom, so I quickly put e v e r y thing back and ran out the back door and went home. The next day at school the lights went on and off and the computer was gone. Our teacher got so scared that she had the class go to another room. But in order to solve the mystery I hid under my desk. The teacher did not notice. Then I opened the bu l l e t i n board and pushed on the wall and there was a passageway. I heard some voices, so I shut everything v e r y quietly and then r a n to the office and called the police. They came and I took t h e m to the passageway. Together we went down into it. There was another classroom, our computer, and some of the school's money, and two thieves who had done everything. *

PEG-A-LEG JAKE BY NI C K WOODMAN One stormy night over the Santa Cruz Mountains in a twin beachcraft airplane were four people- Boi>, John, i| James, and Jake. They were headed for Hawaii. | James was the pilot of the twin beachcraft. They were talking about what they were going to do in Hawaii,1 w h e n out of the black clouds shot a stream of lightning, heading right for the wing. Just then the plane shot toward the ground. Jake was the only survivor. Now Jake has only one leg. His other one is a peg you go up there, be r e a d y or rt'll kill you too! *

THE GRUMLINS "BY DANI E L E FLORIANI Way, w a y back in the deep, dark forest where nobody lives, there is a place called Grumland. The people in Grumland are very small, but they have b ig feet and are ve r y smart. These Grumland people are ve r y strange. They go into a city at midnight, take somebody and run ba c k to the forest, and nobody knows what happens to the person. Some people say they eat them. Some people say they make houses out of them. Nobody really knows what happens to them except me. I know what happens to them. This is what happens: the Grumlins get t h e m ^ blow through their ears nine times w i t h a jar at the other end.. After they blow nine times, they close the jar; in the jar is a dream. After they do that, they put the p e rson ba c k where he or she came from. They

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say the people f r o m Greece have very greasy dreams, so they d o n ’t get Greek people, hut they do this and blow nice dreams into other p e o p l e ’s ears. This is real l y what they do for a l i v i n g except in the day time. In the daytime they go to Grum-market and buy more jars for their dreams. But sometimes they c a n ’t find anyb o d y or are tired of going to a city. Then they go to G r u m - d r e a m and b u y a dream. They always buy a dream in the daytime and put it in G r u m -bank and they keep it. But wh e n it's evening, they go to G r u m - h o l i d a y Inn and rest there until .midnight, or others have a p a r t y and rest in a hot-tub. I want to ask you one thing: do you know w h y I know so m u c h about this? It's because I am a Grumlin myself and I a m going to blow a d r e a m into your ears tonight. *

SEVEN L I TTLE GOBLINS BY E L I Z A B E T H GILL Once there were seven little goblins; all of them were boys, of course. Most of them were quite sensible, but one named Bugs was quite silly and rather stupid. He got them all into a lot of trouble. One time w h e n they played follow the leader, Bugs went on top of their cave and jumped off and broke his leg. The others hesitated, but it was follow the leader, so they all jumped off. And the next day none of the goblins went out to 'play. Mother G o blin had a cave full of little sick g o b lins, for they all had brok e n their legs. But today was different. They were playing follow the leader again, but this time they met an old w o m a n who asked for a . d r i n k of water. She also said whoever said no would turn into a frog. B u g said no, so all the others said no, too. So instead of seven goblins that came home, seven frogs did. The moral of this tale is: never do w h a t others do unless you y o u r s e l f think i t ’s right. *

THE S EARC H FOR SOLID TIME BY MEGAN YOUNG S ^ c e u p o n a time a meteor crashed into the Earth before a n y l i v i n g thing was alive. It crashed into a bu b b l i n g pool and dissolved. This meteor was very special, for it was something called solid time. W h e n it dissolved, only five pieces r e mained solid. Then the pool b l e w up, scattering them all over the world. As long as the dissolved time was in the air, l i v i n g things could survive. Soon people started popping up, and animals. tSk Now we will travel forward in time. w The year is 2000. The streets of California go just as usual, except for two girls who knew the story of time and how it came to be. (I was one of those girls.) We also knew that the d i s s olved time was r u n n i n g out, and pret t y soon time w o u l d go wild. People wouldn't know if they were going to be in the middle of a laser war 1000 years from now or in the Civil War. These girls' names were Shane Koo and Megan

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Young. This is the b e g i nning of their adventures searching for solid time. The door of an old man's house s W . He had just given Shane and Megan important clues for finding the first of the five pieces of solid time, w h i c h they needed to save many lives that were lost in the wars of other centuries. The clue was that the piece of solid time was buried under Sir Edmund Hillary's first foot-print on top of Mount Everest. They had gone by plane to the base of Mount Everest. X CCUJIICU. Now they started up the mountain. In a few hours they reached the top. Then they were faced wi t h the problem of where they would find the footprint. Just then an avalanche started. Shane yelled,"Look out!" But it was too late They slid halfway down the mountain. Then they started up again. Pretty soon they reached the top, but there was still the problem of finding the footprint. Suddenly Shane saw something; it looked like a foot-shaped hole. It was the footprint! They started to dig. Pretty soon they came to the top of a lid. They pulled it up. Just under it were two pieces of solid t i m e ! Just then the plane came down, but they had forgotten that loud noises start avalanches. They got into the plane just in t i m e ! As they were flying, Megan saw something glowing yellow; it was another bit of solid t i m e ! She reached out the window and grabbed it. Then Shane grabbed another piece. Now they had four pieces of solid time, but the last was still to be found. They went back to the old man, who said to go back to the hill where Megan lived. Wh e n they were both driving up the hill, they saw a cave. Inside the cave was a skull, and inside the skull was the fifth piece of solid time! We rushed into the cave and got it out. Then we went to Megan's house and mixed up some acid and water and put the pieces in the pot. They dissolved and put time back into the air. The world was safe at last!

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One day, a lonely lion exclaimed, "I am the king of the jungle. I am not scared of anything!" All of the animals didn't believe him, so they tried to scare him. The stinky, slimy, scary skunk tried to run him over with a motorcycle and he didn't scare him. The angry a l l i gator tried to shoot him, but the lion was not scared. Even the banana baboon couldn't scare him by t h rowing a bananapeel. So the animals gave up. The lonely lion moved on until he saw a sparkling, shiny river. He went down to get a drink. He looked down into the sparkling, shiny river and saw something ugly. It looked like a yellow, big, fluffy, furry thing! Immediately his hair went shooting up - and it stayed that way. He was SCARED TO DEATH. He ran home. And that is how lions got their manes. By F l a i + h e . u r

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M e r c a t r o i d is my pet seal. We Keep hi m in our swimming pool. T h a t ' s w here I found him in the first place. It all started out in June. On June 11th, my mo m and dad went to a party and left me to take care of myself. About one hour later, I heard a strange sound outside. I slowly went towards the wind o w to see what it was. All it looked like was a big black blob. Of course I couldn't see through the window very well because my mom hadn't w a s h e d the windows. I slowly opened the door and peered out. You w o u ldn't believe what I saw! Sitting on our diving board w a s a seal! There was a trail showing w h e r e the seal had come from. Qu ietly, s n e a k i n g past the seal, I followed the trail. In the end t he trail led me to a zookeeper. I asked the z o o k eeper if the zoo was m i s s i n g a seal. "Why yes! can talk."

We are!" he said.

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"Who's Frank?" I asked. "Frank's the owner of the zoo. Once we were inside the zoo owner's office, the zoo owner said, "Well, what do we have here, Charlie?" "Well, sir, this little girl seems to have our runaway seal," C h a r l i e answered. "She does?

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looks like you got lucky, little girl."

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sir?" I asked.

"Well," said Frank, "I think it's time that seal goes. a lot of trouble around here, you know. I tell you what — the seal is yours."

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"I would apprec i a t e it for such a low price, but I don't know t he slightest thing about seals!" I exclaimed. "I can teach you what the seal likes and how to treat him, Frank. "Good," I said.

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A f t e r I learned all I could about the seal, I thanked the man, paid him, and raced home. Right w h e n I got through the door I heard t he bell ring. I asked, "Who's there?" It was my mom and dad.

"Come and look what I found,

I said.

My mom and dad thought he was cute. So after that I got to keep m y seal. W h e n I come home from school I go swimming with Mercatroid and we always have a lot of fun.

HOPE YOU WIN THE GAME There is gold, so h u r r y here Q Try to come before next year. yrjg If you don't there'll be no gold ^ 3 'Cause people take all they can hold. The Isthmus of Panama is a good route If you're lucky you'll come back wi t h loot. Around Cape Horn is very rough Some people say it's r e a l l y tough. Folks say w a g o n is the best way. "I prefer foot," some w o u l d say. Bring your shovels and your picks Or, if nothing better, bring yo u r sticks. W h e n you get here, stake a claim. Tell your friends to do the same. Good luck, and hope you w i n the game And you'll acquire w o r l d - w i d e fame!

BAUTISTA DEATH One day in San Juan Bautista someone poisoned Fath e r Goto and killed him. The missionaries blamed it on the Americans. The Americans denied everything. The next day, instead of a bull and bear fight, they buried Father Goto. E v e rybody was sad and was busy d e c iding who was going to be the new priest. Some said,

"Father Lasuen should be our new priest."

"No, F ather Taza should be our new priest," shouted others. They picked F a ther Taza. Little did they know that F a t h e r Taza had poisoned Goto becaused he wanted F a t h e r Goto's place in the church But one night, a stable hand heard what Taza had done to Goto. That night the church was havi n g a great feast, so the stablehand ran in and told the people at the feast. They just laughed at him. "Come with me and I will prove it to you," he said. The stablehand convinced some of the people to go with him to see if he was telling the truth, but most of them stayed on and ate like pigs. The people who went with the stablehand to find out the truth found Taza, arrested him, and brought h im to the jail, where he had to stay for fifty years. The stablehand was a hero!

H O W THE SPITTING COBRA GOT HER FLAT FACE . . . A ND POISON Once u p o n a time, there was a normal snake. She, 01 course, ;d to go lived in a garden. She was a curious animal. She decided exploring. First she came to a n old, old tree. She asked, "How do you live?" / / But I only on] The tree said, "Well, you see, I should get w a t e T T Bi get it when it rains." "What is rain?" questioned the snake. "Well, rain is w a t e r that falls from the sky. But if I were I'd get out of here because here comes a s n u f f l e l u f f i g i s !" you "What is a snuffeluffigis?" "JUST GO ! ! I" yelled the tree. So the snake went. Then she heard this noise. But she kejt on ]h3 noise was getting louder. She saw this big yellow £01Pg, thing and wondered what it was. She kept on going. Suddenly, the earth began to move. ohe started to move backwards. The earth was calming down. She started to go toward the big y ell o w thing. The earth was m o v i n g more and more. She tried to run, but the big yellow I \ thing was fast e r than she was. The snaxe got A 1 ^ to the tree. Then the big yellow thing ran over her. The snake's head was flattened and the big yellow t h i n g kept on going. The snake felt this big BUMF. It was the big y e l l o w thing bumping into the tree. The tree's blood squirted on the snake. The snake s blood t u r n e d into p o ison and every 15 minutes some poison would come out of the s n a k e ’s mouth. . ^ ^ _. .... 138 minutes later the snake had babies, but right after that, the snake died. But the babies were just like their mom!

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WILLY THE WORM “ln*a' aefepSiole lived Willy the Worm. He could eat and drink but could not squirm. A bird came along and wanted to eat He thought Willy and his girlfriend looked very sweet! The bird flew and flew and started to dive. Willy and his girlfriend d i d n ’t think h e ’d stay alive. Willy's girl friend pulled him inside. '"r^ Willy was so grateful he gave her a slide. Then W i l l y learned how to squirm. Now no bird can catch squirming Willy! By % 1 o b e . r f ~

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One morning at 7:30 my mom came in and said, get up! "

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I usually said, "UGH," but that morning all I said was "Oh dear, oh dear. I have to correct these papers," w h i c h were sitting on my desk. I couldn't stop saying that. I didn't know what was the matter! I wasn't the teacher, was I? Or was I? I ran as fast as I could to the b athroom and looked in the mirror. I had glasses and short hair. I was really tall, too. I didn't know what to do! Well, while I was w o n d e r i n g if this was a d ream or if it was r e a l l y happening, Mrs. Landreth was also looking in the mirror at h e r brown hair and her Snoopy pajamas. ing.

Mrs. Landreth was probably thinking the same thing I was t h i n k What was she going to do?

It was 8:30, I had to get to school. I got dressed and went outside. There was a moto r - s c o o t e r in the driveway. I looked at it and jumped. I said to myself, "I don't know h ow to drive!" Well, I had to get to school somehow! So I put on the helmet that was on the seat and then I remembered the keys. I ran in the house and got the keys. I kept on w o n d e r i n g about how everything happened to be w a iting there for me. I sat down and started the mo-tor. I was driving pretty well until I came to a stop sign. I didn't know how to work the brakes so I just rode right through it. I was so glad there weren't any cars coming. I had a little trouble getting to school, I made it just in time.

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I walked into the classroom and almost sat down at my schooldesk, but then I remembered that I was the teacher, so I walked to the teacher's desk and sat down. Just then, I saw me walk in, which was really Mrs. Landreth. She had my jumper on, my barettes, my shoes, and everything else that I wear to school, and she looked very nervous. The math class was finally over and recess was next. out that being a teacher was really hard work!

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During recess, Mrs. Landreth was playing handball with the other girls and wasn't very good at it because she didn't know how to play. So she just said that her hand was hurt i n g and walked around the school yards until the bell rang. Luckily, reading and w r i t i n g we r e next and those subjects were with different teachers. While those two subjects were going on, I went into the teachers' room to have a cup of coffee. I've always wondered what coffee tasted like. So I had a sip of it and almost spit it out in front of all the teachers.

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F i n ally the bell rang and it was time for lunch. Mrs. Landreth l o oked in h e r lunch and there was a peanut butter sandwich, so she d e c i d e d to pass on lunch and say to everybody that she forgot hers. But that was O.K. b e cause I usually do forget my lunchJ A f t e r lunch it was P.E. meet Stan.

The whole class ran out to where they

A couple of minutes after they had left, I went out to see what the kids were playing. Mrs. L a n dreth was up, and she hit the ball into left field w h e r e I was standing. I reached out and caught the ball. When I caught the ball I insta n t l y changed into my uniform and had my mitt on. The real Mrs. L a n d r e t h was running to first base. I started to l a ugh q u i e t l y to myself, but all the other kids looked really confus When P.E. was over, we went back into the classroom and Mrs. L a n d r e t h tried to explain, but the kids n e v e r really understood. Well, at least I understood. _

What a r e ally STRA N G E day!

I would r a ther be a student than a teacher!

One cold day in November, a tiger went out to hunt for food. He saw a deer. The deer came to a stream and gracefully jumped over. The tiger jumped, too, but he didn't make it. He got out of the stream, but then he froze. He was paralyzed. The next day, Tom Cracrofft, a m an who was a hunter and a n a t u r alist, came to shoot tigers and stuff them. He saw the tiger. He thought it looked plain, so he painted black stripes on it. The paint was permanent. He wanted to carry it h o m e because^then he w o uld have a rare tiger, but it was too heavy. (It wasn t stufied.) T om Cracrofft left it there. F o r some reason, the next day was warm. The tiger w a rmed up and w asn't paralyzed anymore. He went swimming, but the paint w o u l d n ' t come off. It just stayed there. A f t e r that, he went to his friend and said, "Look! I have stripes!" "They look nice," his friend said. "They do?" the tiger asked. "Sure! I w i s h I had them," his friend answered. So the tiger walked very proudly. Everyone liked his stripes. One tiger found two colors of paint, brown and black. The tigers liked both colors. So that's why, now, you see black striped tigers ana brown striped tigers! By

BASEBALL A C C O R D I N G TO CHARLIE BROWN Baseball is a very fun sport You don't have to play on a tennis court You can hit homeruns And you can fly out But it doesn't much m att e r if you strike out. You shouldn't get mad at your team mate and the Because they're trying their ve r y best. Some of your team may be good or be bad. But if they're bad, just say they're "rad." I bet it feels good to get a base hit But I wouldn't know because I can't hit. B y C w j

WHY THE ROOSTER GOES "C O C K A -D O O D L E - D O 0" Once upon a time, long ago when roosters had horns, a buffalo was sadly w a lk i n g through the wood when suddenly a rooster popped out from behind a tree. "Why are you so sad?" asked the rooster.

"What is wrong?

"I am sad because all the other buffalo have horns and I don't," replied the buffalo. "Well, I don't really need mine now, so I guess you can borrow mine for a while," said the rooster. "Can I REALLY?" asked the buffalo. "It's fine with me," said the rooster. "Thank y o u J " said the buffalo. in a week. Bye!"

"I will bring them back

So a week went by and the buffalo d i d n t come back. The rooster waited and waited but the buffalo d i d n ’t come back. Finally, the r o oste r started yelling "Cocka-doodle-doo?" w hich in animal language means: "BUFFALO, W H E R E A R E MY H O R N S ? ” By K k r / f

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SHADOW I know a little person His name is Jack He d o e s n ' t do anythin g for me Except stay behind my back I take h i m to school with me He d o esn't stay with me at night I take h i m all over the world And he only comes out wh e n it's light I don't know w h y But that's w h e n he's in sight He's n e v e r mean; he's never nice He doesn't drink water; he doesn't eat rice I don't think it's right He should at least take a bite He n e v e r says a word, I know Of course not! He's my shadow. By

MATH Math is yucky. All math books are mucky. I hate math tests They're real pests.

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Throw all the math books in the ocean All it takes is one single motion. Math is a bore All you get is more and more. Five times ten is fifty. Some people think math is nifty. Two minus one is one I hope I'm all done. Two times two is four I'm not taking math any more. It is nearing graduation In almost every nation. I got a C in math F or that I'm filled with wrath!

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Glue can look like blue goo It tastes very icky It'll stick to a table, it'll stick to a chair It can even stick to someone's hair. Glue is usually a dull white But it can stick with all its might. Glue is very neat But it doesn't taste good with meat. What would we do without glue? -------- . (I thought of this poem because of the glue on my shoej) By

THE H O U S E THAT DIDN'T WANT A N Y O N E TO LIVE IN IT One day, John and Peggie Golash were moving. They couldn't wait to get to their new house. They were up bright and early to get ready They hadn't seen the house yet and were anxious to see it. The family ate breakfast really fast. John and Peggie could tell w h e n the movers arrived because their dog, Spot, was barking. _ It took several hours to get to the house and it was late a f t e r noon when they arrived. . ,. Their m o ther suggested they hurry and get unpacked so they could explore. A f t e r dinner they had to put the beds in place so they could sleep well. Suddenly, all the lights went outl Their dad Bad to go down and fix the lights. Then Mother, John, and Peggie heard a PLANK, PLANK, PLANK, PLANK! "What's that?" Peggie said. . "It's probably just the old pipes," John said m a freaky voice. And then the lights came on and Dad came back. He said,"Okay, who started wal k i n g around on the stairs? You scared me half to death!" . , ,, .. , . ,, No one answered him and no one told him about the planking they heard on the pipes. .. That night Peggie had a dream that she was roped down to the ground and she heard a slithery noise. She wanted to scream, but she couldn't. Then, suddenly she woke up and heard the same s l i t h e r ing noise that she had heard in h er dream. She looked around the corner and she saw a shadow. It was m o ving closer and closer. Then suddenly a knife went through Peggie's heart. She was dead. The next morning the family saw Peggie and they moved away forever.

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I have a little pencil His name is Fencil Every time I start to erase You're hur t i n g my face." He says, "Don't! Every time I start to write He says, "Stop it or I'll bite." When I put him in a book says, "You're squishing me!" and gives He Yesterday we made a deal I wouldn't touch h im and he wouldn't squeal!

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THE E S CAPE This story is about three Indians who want to go away from the m i s s i o n while Mukat, the god, tries to get them to stay. "i want you to wash the clothes, milk the cows, round up the cattle, catch some chickens and kill them for dinner, clip the wool off the sheep, make adobe bricks, and gather logs to build our housesl exclaimed Rocky, the mayordomo in charge of the mission Indians. "Jedediah," asked Zia, " should we get out of here? Ro c y is m a k i ng us work too hard without any money." "Well, let me ask Kerena," replied J e d e d i a h . _ "Kerena, do you want to escape from the mission?" questi o n e d J edediah. "Yes, I do," answered Kerena. . "Let me go tell Zia," responded Jedediah. "You meet me and Zia at the third bell in my room." DING I

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"Now, how are we going to escape?" questioned J e d e d i a h . _"Are we g o i n g to escape in the morning, afternoon, or night? What time?" "We will leave at 10:50 am and we will tell Rocky that we are g o i n g to the beach to dig clams," Zia and Kerena suggested. " T h a t ’s a good idea! Let's do it!" exclaimed Jedediah. 10:50 am, the next day, Je dediah said: "Rocky, we are going o u t side to collect some clams." "I don't think you should go!" exclaimed Mukat, the god, whose v o i c e came out of the sky. "You^are too young to leave by yoursely** You have no permission to l e a v e ! " "O.K., can we leave?" Zia asked. "No, you may not!" Mukat protested. "Who says?" Kerena asked. "Me, M U K A T THE GOD!" "Well, w e can leave!" protested Zia. "NO, YOU CAN'T!" exclaimed Mukat. "Yes, we can!" yelled Jedediah furiously. "NO, YOU CAN'T" ordered Mukat. "Yes, we can. But we will give you all our money to help m i s sion," Jedediah remarked, " but we keep our belongings." "O.K. That's a deal," mumbled Mukat. When t h e y left, they had no spears or any weapons. One d ay they r a n into a big, brown, wild bear and they got eaten u p by the bear. And that was the end of t hose three nice Indians. COorK

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That stupid math is turning me into a psychopath. 9 + 9 takes all my time. It's too much.

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J. C. was m y dog He ran away on a little jog He had droopy eyes and long ears He was tough and big and had no fears He was all black with a little white spot HP was so cute and I loved him a lot Now that he is gone There is no bark in the dawn. _____________________________________________________k

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HOW THE PENGUIN GOT HIS SUIT I am going to tell all about the penguins of Antarctica. The world had just been created and the penguins were all white. Once upon a + ime, there was a baby penguin named Jacksavo, which in English is Jack. Jacksavo loved to play with mud and glue. All of his life he wanted to know what glue and mud made mixed together, but he never found out. One day Jacksavo went to visit his uncle the Polar Bear. The P olar Bear was pretty smart so Jacksavo decided to ask hi m what glue and mud made mixed together. The Polar Bear said, "Why don't you find out for yourself?" "How can I find out f o r myself?" inquired Jacksavo. "Well, you can get mud and glue and mix them together. Then you will find out," explained the Polar Bear. ■So Jacksavo went onto the beach and dug u p some of the blackish mud that was under the ice. Then Jacksavo found some Elmer's Glue. Jacksavo sat down or the beach and sex xne glue and the mud on the ice Since Jacksavo was pretty young, he decided to do the experiment on his back. He put the glue on his back and then he rolled in the mud and then he sat in the sun. Soon the mud hardened and Jacksavo couldn't get the hardened mud and glue off his back. Since then, penguins have always had white stomachs and black backs. f * By

Science is fun because we learned about the sun Art is 0. K. and I wish it would go on all day French is not the best because everyday we have a test In Music we sing we sing almost anything Recess is the best because we can rest Most people think lunch is great but I don'think so because we're always late Math is great especially eight plus eight Everybody hates H i s t o r y except me Now I 'm done .-«*• so l can run. Byj££S

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HOW BULLS GOT THEIR HORNS Long ago, bulls did not have horns on their heads. One day a bull named Sam was w a l k i n g along w h e n he met a c r o codile sunning h i m s e l f by the river. His large eyes rolled around and rested on Sam who was now eating some grass that was g r o w i n g by the river. . . The crocodile continued staring until Sam greeted him. "Good evening," said Sam. . . The crocodile s u d denly snapped to attention. Almost taken by surprise, he replied, "Very good evening, indeed," and the eyed S a m a f h en*an u n f o r t u n a t e thing happened. A large fish flopped out of the river and landed by Sam. The crocodile jumped for the fish, but the .ish moved quickly. The crocodile missed and by accident bit a rock, and two of his teeth flew into the air. Sam was r u n n i n g about and ran into a tree with sap d r ipping out of it. Some of the sap stayed on his head and the two teeth landed point up on his head. And that's how bulls got their horns. a w &

vfNCetir cH*N THE GOLD FIELDS GoldJ Gold! From the A m e r i c a n River! Bring some food to the mines Maybe even liver . ^ Bring lots of clothes 'cause it might get cold Hurry! Hurry! O r the land will be sold Once you get there, you can stake your claim If you find enough gold, you could find fame If you are very, very poor just start up a store You'll probably make money And you can send it to your sonny If you make enough cash Go h e m e in a flash!

TENNIS Tennis is a very neat sport You play it on a tennis court You can play two people against two or one person against one Either way it is really fun It doesn't matter if you're short or tall As long as you can hit the ball If you want to you can play at night As long as you have a ve r y bright light It doesn't matter if your racket is made out of metal or wood If you practice, you'll be good.

By KeiVk WilwjT HOW THE KANGAROO GOT ITS POUCH In 1877, m o t h e r kangaroos got the biggest headaches because t h e i r babies sat on their heads while their mothers hopped along. The babies couldn't hold on very tightly so they would be bouncing on their m o t h e r s ’ heads and that gave the moms headaches. _ One mother got the biggest headache. She threw he r baby into the stream. Another mom tied her baby onto her tail and dragge him along. A n o t h e r mom put her kid up for adoption. One mother sat on her kid's head to show him how it feltl One day a m other was hopping along w h e n h e r baby fell off her head. The baby's toenails caught onto the fur, ripped the fur open, and made a pouch. From then^ on,' mothers never got bad headaches. That s i*>wi * because every mom did the same thing. By

GREEN IS . . . green is grass so is yellow green are the leaves that fall from trees green are bushes that say ii Hello" green are beans that look like peas

YELLOW IS . . . Yellow is a bright, on a dark night

Yellow is the sun on a warm summer day Yellow is the petals and pollen in/on a flower Yellow is the light that says "You bett e r start slowing down! Yellow is a butterfly's wings Yellow is a color of spring.

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You are located at 5th and Mission And you gave us free admission

The moon is light, i t 's n e v e r dark

You have iron shutters and iron doors A nd marble, granite, and concrete floors

The moon shines down in lots of ways

Yo ur chimneys are not as tall And you have a 130 yard hall

The moon helps me see at night

W h en you were young you were an active mint The coins, the safes, the coin press gives us the hint

I look at the moon through a telescope and I see craters, hills, and creatures

You withs t o o d the '06 quake You must have g otten an awful ache

I imagine the creatures living on the moon, and how they live

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A SCARY E XPERIENCE When I was ten years old, a horrifying thing happened at Lake Tahoe. My brother Augie and I were riding rental Jet Skis on a gorgeous day. My father had put our boat in neutral while he took pictures. We were wearing w e t s u i t s a n d life iackets as we rode over the calm water. I was riding along when all of a sudden I looked over and there was a boat zooming straight at me. The next thing I kn e w was that I had been run over by this reckless driver. My father yelled into the dock^ and told them to nail the paramedics. Bleeding, I was q u i vering as I clung to the boy's boat. Then my father drove over and picked me up. I was driver, to Truckee Hospital. They rushed me to the operating room. I felt so scared. The surgery lasted two and a half hours. They stitched forty g r uesome^stitches on my side. Now I have complete movement, but I still have a scar. By

SILLY CATS I have three silly cats. Two of them, both kittens, live at my mom's house. Their names are Bella and Fritz. Today, May 2,198*J-, I went out to feed them. Usually Fritz comes running to get his b r e a k f a s t b u t this morning I didn't see him anywhere. I heard a meow i n g and I looked outside. i followed the sound and walked toward a tree. I looked up ^ and there was Fritz running back and forth on a branch. He was trying to get down. He finally ended up jumping or rather falling down. , , Bella is pretty n o r m a l , but somehow she always goes under the deck, through the wine cellar, and into the garage. Once, while we were on vacation, she spent five days in there with nothing to eat but Decon rat poison and no water. Fritz got in, too .J They decided to go to the b a t h r o o m _i n _the trunk of our car. Bella had bitten Fritz and he was_limping. He is all better now as you have gathered, what with gallomp^.ng around in trees. TT ^ n My third cat is a full-grown cat. He is a male, long haired, lazy, tiger cat. His name is Joshua and he_lives at my dad's house. Our neighbor, Carole, has two finches. He came in once and ate one. He n e v e r cares if the quail or gophers are eating young little plants in our garden. I guess finches are delicacies'.

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The sun is very far away, It also looks so very gay. Quite bright And Very light. <Y e l l o w is the sun And M e l l o w is the moon. Very far lies a star; Extremely far another star. At night you see the m o o n and stars. In the light you see the sun! By ih J x t b -

T H E SMOKE Tom and Debbie were thrilled with the chemistry set their parents had given them. They spent the entire rainy after n o o n m i x i n g the different colored liquids together. " L e t ’s take a break," said Tom. " O . K . a g r e e d Debbie. " I ’ll leave our experiment on the w i n d o w s i l l . ” . ,, . Suddenly a bolt of lightning flared across the sky.^ Tom and Debbie turned just in time to see the smoke pouring from the bottle. Something began to take shape in the smoke. S o m e thi ng in a dark green color formed. It was a gargoyle. It started chasing Tom. Suddenly it pulled out a giant axe, which it threw at Tom, but Tom ducked and it hit the oven. A spiked club formed in its hand. It could fabricate any object right hand # Debbie took a kitchen knife ^and threw i inaccurately. The gargoyle blocked the knife with its club. It started chasing Tom and Debbie outside. _ . "Qg't g weapon," yelled Tom, "to try to cut its right hand off! " "1 * 1 1 get the small axe in the garage; you get the pitchfork," advised Debbie. , J . .. Debbie got the axe and again got blocked when she threw it. But before the gargoyle turned around, Tom stuck the p i t c h f o r k in its right hand. Afterwards, Tom thrust it m its back and then it died. The company that made that chemistry set went out ol business.

5-3 THE WORST DAY OF M Y LIFE February 16, 1981, was the worst day of my life. Kate, my sister, and I were crossing the street and Amy, our gold e n retriever, followed a couple of yards behind. It was a sunny, warm day and we were going to our friend's house to play. Then we heard a loud, screaching ye l p and a car skidding down the street. I turned around and saw Amy run faster than I'd ever seen her run, heading toward the tennis court. As we were trying to catch up to Amy, we saw the truck turn around the corner. We found Amy at the tennis court where my m o m was playing with three other women. She was bleeding really badly, and I could see she was in pain. I p r a ctically fainted. My sister just stood there with her mouth hanging open, and my mom said she had a headache. My mom and some of her friends got Amy in the car and drove her to the vet. When my dad got home, he called the vet and asked him to take x-rays of her hips. When they developed the x-rays, they found Amy had arthritis. We had her leg amputated and found she got around pretty well. If she couldn't have managed, we would have had to put her to sleep. Now Amy is the only three-legged dog on our block!

MY MOTHER My m o t h e r seems to be mean, She's just trying to help me I've seen. T hough I sometimes think she's unfair, I do know she does care. She buys me things I need, Even though I'm full of greed. My m other is just fine, And best of all she's mine!

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A WONDERFUL CL A S S R O O M This fifth grade classroom is extremely beautiful. The Yosemite posters shine with a g lory that blasts right at you. The dog posters are so cute; they make me tremble with delight because of the way they sit. The books with all the different large titles are intriguing. Our binder p a p e r smells deliciously tasty. The clock with its red, black, and white color-helps us see it from a far distance. The green alphabet shows .us clearly how to make our letters beautifully. The silver sink reflects everything around it. The chalkboard with its "cheerful white chalk makes me very happy. The backpacks hanging next to the walls are colorful, yelllow, green, red, blue, and purple.

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T H E HIDEOUS, REPULSIVE, UNSIGHTLY C L A S SROOM It was in the middle of a language test when, all of a sudden, I looked up at the classroom. It was a disgrace to human life! The blackboard was an abnormal color, and the roof was full of repulsive brown spots. Then there was the teacher's desk. How atrocious! I couldn't bear to look at all those papers scattered all over it. Those spiritless posters were all ripped up, and the c u p boards were terribly scratched up. The windows were so _ dirty you could hardly see through them. The ugly bulletin board paper was gross. The brown garbage can with an old ragged hole in it looked a bsolutely terrible. Then all of a sudden a cold breeze woke me from my daydream, and I went back to my test.

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A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE When I was eight, I had to go to the hospital and get twenty stitches, ten inside and ten outside. It all happen ed when m y mom and dad were not home. My brother, Jon, our babysitter, Jeff, and I were watching T.V. A commercial came on, so I ran to get a tennis ball. I was not looking where I was going. I tripped over a box full of legos ano fell on some bricks by the fireplace. I cut my forehead. The gash^a-J about one inch long. Our babysitter saw it He happen. He got a towel and put it on my forehead. called our next door neighbors. They hurried over and decided I might need stitches. I was bleeding a lot, so they rushed me to Stanford Hospital. vie waited for about fifteen minutes before they started to look at me. They decided that I needed stitches They covered my eyes and started to sew me up. I could not feel anything. I had to wear a bandage around my head for two weeks. I still have a scar from this terrible experience. s Oy i By \ lU

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Andrea is one of my best friends. She laughs a lot about stupid things. Once she made a drink for Ramona's wine tasting party. It was made of salt, tabasco, and water. She said it was Apricot Nectar! Once when she came over, she ran upstairs and hid herself, and it was very hard to find her. She is always thinking up strange songs that have weird words or inventing weird things to eat. She causes me to laugh all the time! She is +Vl~ t H n w ' • 5 ^ *

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No one will believe me, but I will tell you anyway. This happened last year, when my m om and dad went on a tour of Europe and we had a sitter stay with us. That was my mom's biggest mistake yet, because our sitter was Jewish and she didn't know any of our holidays. A few days before Christmas my sister reminded her by saying, "Are we going to have a tree this year? How many presents do I get?" Our sitter looked puzzled, but. then she cried, "Never fear, y o u ’ll have a tree this year!" £ Q & "Good! A big one or a small one?" "Hmm. I'm not sure." Our sitter, called Janice by us, was not sure because she didn't know what we meant by tree. She went shopping the next day and came back with her arms loaded. After she put her bags down on the kitchen counter, Janice closed the door and y e lled at us, " D o n ’t come in here. I'm fixing up Christmas." On Christmas m o r n i n g my sister shook me until I opened my eyes, "'.'hat's the matter?" I asked, thinking it was a fire or something. "Come downstairs and look!" she commanded. "Christmas is ruined!" Uh, oh, I thought. Janice m u s t have forgotten. But she hadn't. It was worse. There, in the living room, we saw Easter baskets, colored eggs, and two stuffed rabbits. In the corner of the room there was a small Christmas tree. At least she got that right, I thought. Janice came down the stairs at that moment. She was smiling, but when she saw our faces, she stopped. "What's the matter?" she asked. "I did it right, d i d n ’t i?" "Oh, Janice. This - this is Easter!" I blurted out. "Don't worry, though, it's wonderful." Later that week, when Mom and Dad came home, my sister told them, "Give us a Christmas this spring. We've already haEaster." They looked puzzled and tried to ask what she meant, but we didn't hear. '.Je were down on the floor, laughing.

5 -6 THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS It was the n i g h t before Christmas and all through the room, Nothing was moving, not even a broom. I walked to the living room and what a surprise, Our presents were gone and I could have just died. I ran to my p a r e n t s ’ room (I stepped on some lead) My m o t h e r just said, "Go back to bed." I couldn't do that. It w o u l d n ’t be right. Maybe I'd vanish that very same night. I looked around the living room. I found a rat alive. Santa Claus came in and started to jive. He gave us our presents and let out a groan. A f t e r that he returned to his wintery home.

SVfE U L T I M A T E HEADACHE One day, in the boiling hot summer, I went swimming with my friend Marc when something horrible happened. I walked , into the pool and slipped. I fell back and hit my head. (/(/ ^ Marc called his m o m and asked her to take us to the hospital While we were waiting for his mom to come, Marc was teasing me by saying things like I would probably get a butterfly bandage or stitches which really hurt. That made me feel ‘great! Finally his mom came and picked us up. We hastened to the hospital where we waited for long, frustrating hours to go into an examination room. My m o m came just after I went in. I was really happy to see her. After a long wait, the doctor came. He sewed the stitches in; I couldn't really feel them. I went home and I was happy it was over.

£ ZIPPER One day when my m o m got home from taking me to school, she went out to feed the dog, but when she got there the dog was gone. The dog had been tied up to the pole with her leash. The leash had been snipped. My mom had told me the bad news, so we decided to put up a sign saying "lost dog", and "reward" was written right by it. My dad had described the dog as a female black lab named Zipper. Right away, we went and checked all the pounds and the neighborhood. VJe waited a long time and n e v e r did get her back. I never had a dog n i c e r than Zipper. ^

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5 -7 THE CHEMI'-THING Tom and Debbie were thrilled with the chemistry set their parents had given them. They spent the entire rainy afternoon m i x i n g different colored liquids together. "I'm tired," said Tom. Debbie agreed. That instant their m o ther called them for dinner. At dinner, Mother and Father were talking about the gale that was supposed to hit the city sometime that week. Just then the lights started to sway to and fro. Tom remembered that he hadn't closed the w i n d o w where he and Debbie kept their chemicals. All of a sudden, Tom and Debbie heard a crash and then a fizzle in the lab. Tom went into the l a b to see what had happened. On the floor lay a bubbling puddle of acids, chlorides, stains, and a shattered bottle of sulphuric acid. The puddle started to move as if it were alive. As it m oved along, it left a blue stained trench from the acids and the stains. It started to slither up the stairs. When it was all the way up the stairs, it turned left to the balcony. At the balcony, it stopped long enough to burn a hole through the floor and then fall to the street below. It slithered to the d r u g s t o r e at the corner of the street and burned down the door. Tom and Debbie rushed to follow the thing. Inside the store, the puddle was consuming all the chemicals. As it did • so, it got bigger. Debbie noti c e d that the puddle didn't touch the soap area. Next they followed it to a chemical store where the object ate everything except the soap. Soon the puddle turned into a blob so large it couldn't move through the door. Tom and Debbie wondered why the blob didn't go n e a r t soap. Tom was determined to find out. He told Debbie to gather up a bit of soap, walk around to the other side of the building, and wait for it to come. After it would come around the building, she was told to throw some of the soap on it. She did what he told her and after it was a c c o m p l i s h ed, the blob shrank down in size a little. Debbie was excited and went to tell Tom what had happened. Tom had another brainstorm. He took all of the soap he could find and followed the blob. He followed the blob to Atal's D r u g store and hurried in. Tom and Debbie worked quickly to change the chemicals with the soaps. Then they hid. The blob came into the store in no time at all and started to m unch on the switched chemicals. It started to grow smaller and smaller and smaller until it was finally gone. Tom and Debbie gave a big sigh of relief. They ran home

5-8 HAUNTED HOUSE "I think we've been on almost every ride," Donna said, m u n c h i n g on popcorn. "We haven't gone into the Haunted House yet," said Dan. "we have just enough tickets left." "Dan, look at those people coming out of the Haunted House. T h e y ’re shaking and they look as white as ghosts I" "Boy, that must be some ride! Come on, Donna, let's go!" They paid for their tickets and went in. "Boy, it's very dark in here. Right, Donna? Donna!" "Here I am. Look at this! There is a passage over here. Let's g o ! " They slid down a slide and landed in a maze of mirrors. Suddenly there was a clap of thunder. The maze of^mirrors turned into a round room wi t h one exit. Blood stains and deep scratches (perhaps made by an axe) marr e d the walls. A n a s t y - l o o k i n g troll br a ndishing its bloody axe blocked the only way out of the room. A sword left from a previous battle lay in the corner of the room."Get the^sword," said Dan. "I got it!" said D o n n a . "Throw it at the troll!" yelled Dan. The sword stuck deep into the troll. As soon aS he breathed his last, a cloud of sinister black smoke enveloped his carcass. As soon as the black smoke cleared, his carcass had disappeared. Suddenly they could hear the carnival sounds outside. Then they found themselves outside the Haunted House. After that Dan and Donna n ever went into a Haunted House again. By

LIFE IN A TREE In a high tree live three squirrels, Papa and a baby with curls. Also up in that tree, Lives a crow whose name is J u d y . Five mice are dancing d o w n s t a i r s , The ladybugs fuine, but who c a r e s ! They come upstairs three by three And knock on the door of apartment 53* The mice and ladybugs start to fight, They kick, scratch, hit and want to bite! Papa squirrel starts to roar, ouch a roar that rocks the floor. And that was the end of that fight, From daytime to dark of night!

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HALLOWEEN It was Halloween and Mike and I were at a party in an abandoned warehouse at the edge of town near the old graveyard. The party was really wild. People were slam dancing, smoking joints and weed, and drinking beer. It was around two in the m o r n i n g when cops broke through the front door. It was a raid, but I was by the back door so I slipped out into the graveyard and ran. I heard, coming from behind me, "Freeze or I'll shoot," but I kept on running into the darkness until I was out of sight. I saw lights coming from behind me. I started to sprint. The lights were gaining on me. I was really freaked. It was dark and foggy and cops were on my tail. I leaped behind a tombstone and waited. I heard -the men's feet cracking little twigs and they went by, not noticing me. I peeked over the top of the tombstone and there was a gun, right in my face. I guess they had noticed me. They handcuffed me and took me to the station. They charged me for resisting arrest and for drinking alcohol under age and for using drugs. They sent me to Juvenile Hall for t h r e e ^ y e p r s . tl_That was the worst Halloween ever. By THE CENTAUR REPLACEMENT _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The centaur advancement was an adventure tnat occurred two years ago on Halloween. The situation was that all the centaurs except one, Holmancond, were destroyed. The reason that the centaurs were destroyed was because humanity thought that all centaurs were demons- they didn't realize that Holmancond was a s h a p e c h a n g e r . Yeah! I know, about two-thirds of this world

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A day in the sixth grade Is like being all day in a raid. Most of the sixth grade is kind Some need a quick remind. Papers and books are torn Who's going to mourn? The books lie all over the room If only we had a big vacuum. Boy, if you were here for more than a year, You'd be full of tears.

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The Magic Shell The young princess, Marguerite, was the prince of Bengal. She lived in a wealthy castle belonging to her father. Since she hated her dad and younger brother, she went to her loving mother to ask her if she could take ballet classes to get away from them. Her mother thought that it was a splendid idea. A week later she was taking ballet classes from Mrs. Whitson and thought that she would be an excellent teacher. Soon after Marguerite started the lessons, she was in a carriage accident. It was very tragic. She was riding with her mother, going south. All of a sudden another carriage came racing towards them. It was heading north. BOOM! ! Everything in Marguerite's mind went blank. Her mother managed to get out of the carriage all right, but Marguerite didn't. Her mother picked her up and ran home. The doctor at the castle said that she would never be able to dance again. Marguerite was in tears. Her mother tried to comfort her. Marguerite tried to focus on everything but her injury. The shell on the chest in front of her bed meant a lot to her.Ad soon as she picked it up, her leg felt normal. She tried walking and found that there was nothing wrong with her leg. She was so overjoyed that she ran to her mother. W h e n she got to her mother, she put the shell down. Her leg felt terrible. The shell must be magic, they thought. In fact,it was. Marguerite's family was very, very happy. Now that Marguerite was well she could dance, as long as she held the shell. Everything turned out just like the beginning. Karen Bruflat

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On a hot and boring summer day about three years ago, my mom said, "Greg, you've got to do something! I think I'll sign you up for tennis lessons." ,. . , I didn't like the idea but I didn't have anything else to do, so the next day I went to a lesson. I was put in a group tennis lesson with other beginners. The teacher, Chris Bradley, was a nice and a very good teacher. First Chris tossed balls to me to hit back. It was weird; well, I mean it was fun, but it was hard to get the ball in the court. I liked it a lot so I played tennis against the backboard all day long. After a week of playing right-handed, Chris said to throw a tennis right-handed and then throw a ball left-handed. The ball in the left hand went further, so from then on I played left-handed. Every day I took the lessons for two hours. I either played against the backboard or my mom would toss balls to me. After about a month, I tried out for the club team and made it. Tennis has changed my life. It has given me something fun to do. It also lets me meet other people. That early practice has paid off because now I am working for state ranking. Greg Alden

Christina's World Christina was lying in the paddock, her paralyzed legs crumpled under her. Her bony hand, jointed to a skeleton-like arm, stretched out towards a deserted farmhouse. One thing wentthrough her mind: "Move legs!" she cried out desperately, in a silent world. Her brain was pounding with these words and consequently her whole head ached. Her hair fluttered into her face,^ but somehow she just couldn't shake it away. Christina opened her mouth to yell, but no sound came. "Help! Help me! she cried soundlessly. Christina reflected back to a few hours ago when Rick had taken her out for a walk. They had stopped at a field to rest. Happily, she talked to Rick by sign language for she was mute. Sitting in her wheel chair, she was lulled to sleep by the wind. Wak ing up was frightening since Rick had disappeared. He was nowhere in sight. Tears streamed from her eyes as she remembered this. Rick had been her best f r i e n d ...until now. It started to rain, first lightly then harder and harder. Trembling, she lay in the mud. Christina felt very weak and she couldn't hold on. Very soon she breathed her last and went limp. Soon after her death, lights shone on the corpse. Someone cried, "Here she is!" Kathryn Johnston Baby Pictures

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October 13 As I looked at Half Dome, It made me think of this poem. 11 1ooked 1ike homes For a million gnomes. The sun's ray Made me feel gay. The trees were tall And the animals small. The air was cold, The trees had mold. The birds were singing, As the bees were stinging.

Half Dome Half Dome is a spectacular mountain carved by a glacier. It has a perfect shape of a dome, but split in half. Half Dome is all gray granite. It is so enormous on top there's room for five football fields. In the winter Half Dome is covered with snow and ice. At this time of year Half Dome isn't covered with snow, but it's just as amazing. John Guzy

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Spider Caves of Yosemite When we went into the Spider Caves that morning nobody was expecting an easy hike and a good laugh. When we started through everyone made it to the first dark room without a scratch. Then we headed to the passage that we would have to go to inorder to get into the second dark room. When we were going through the beginning of the passage we found ourselves crawling on our stomachs. The passage could have been compared to midnight, it was so dark. When most of us went through we heard a shriek from Tina and a cry from our leader, Mary. Earlier she had told us there was a six foot drop, but there really was a three foot drop into sand. They were all faking and we got a good laugh. Now I remember that excursion as the funniest part of the week. Randy Jack

Verna 1 Falls As I watched flushing, The white water gushing, On to the rocks below. As the turbulant waters flow, Between the rocks beneath. Up, the steeply sloping trail, Holding onto the rusting rail. Finally at the top, I hop about in joy! Tina Koo

Tuesday, October 18, 1983 Yosemite is away in the wilderness. Oh, there are so many wild animals. Sierra Nevada is where it is located. Every bird was chirping loudly by 8:00 a.m. Many people love Yosemite. I love Yosemite myself. The rocks were almost all granite.

Even the teachers had a good time! Amanda Kojola

Chip "It's time for you to go to swimming school, Chip," called Mrs. Squirrel. "Oh boy!" cried Chip, a two year old bushy, red squirrel. "My first day of swimming school! I'll actually know how to swim!" "Don't forget your towel, dear," reminded Mrs. Squirrel. "Can I bring my new orange one?" asked Chip. "Certainly," replied Chip's mother. "Oh goody,oh goody, oh goody!" yelled Chip. "You'd better go noV. It's getting late!" said Mrs. Squirrel. "Here I am swimming teacher!" exclaimed Chip, e x c i t edly. "Look at all those ducks, birds, seals, and otters," he said to himself."Not a squirrel in sight!" "You're a...a...well you're a... u h ... a ... s q u i r r e l ?" questioned the swimming teacher, a beautiful mother swan, named Mary. "Of course," replied Chip, irritated. "Well, yes, how silly of me, of course you're a squirrel, of course, of course, of course," stated Mary, m u t t ering the last words down to a whisper. "My name is Chip," he m e n t i o n e d ."What are your names?' All the other animals responded in turn* "My name is Feather. My name is Cherub. My name is Poppy. My name is Muffy. My name is Kathie. My name is K a i . My name is F l i p p e r ." "Nice to meet you," said Chip. "All right, time to start swimming!" screamed Mary." Everyone in the water!" "I'm sinking!" shrieked Chip. "Paddle your arms!" screeched Mary. "I can't!" yelled Chip frantically. "It doesn't h e l p !" "Oh dear. Get out of the water," advised Mary. "I won't ever be able to swim," stated Chip, crying. "Where's Chip?" inquired the other animals. "He went home," replied Mary. Moral:

Never try to teach squirrels to swim. Stephanie Rowen

The Old Man Praying The old man is seated in a pew leaning on his Bible. His tired eyes are half closed and the wrinkles around them are cut so d eeply they seem like slashes of endurance, toil, and hardship over the years he has faced. His grey hair is whipped back like a wild man's. He wears a sizable amber coat, which makes his hands and head look diminutive. Clasped together, his callused hands pointed to the heavens where God Himself might listen to the puzzles of an aged, fatigued man. Kathryn Johnston

THE BICYCLE RIDE Last summer, my sister rode her bicycle to the library. She was carrying a drawstring bag with long strings to hold the books. After she had been gone for about half an hour, the telephone's loud ring filled the Quiet house, and my mother jumped nearly ten feet in the air. When my mother answered the phone after five rings, a lady told her that my sister had fallen off her bicycle and was bleeding badly, so could we please come and get her. My nerve-wracked mother and I went to pick her up, crying, from the roadside. I rode her bent bicycle home and nearly fell off myself. When I got home, my sister was still crying, and her lip was bleeding. She had also chipped her front tooth and the tooth is now crooked. My sister told my mother that she had fallen because the bag strings had gotten caught between the spokes of her bicycle. She has now learned never to carry a bag with long handles or strings, and to always wear her helmet. She is also cautious about crossing streets because....................... Well, that's another story. Verena Hess

THE HIKE Last ^summer I was hiking in Sequoia National Park with the Boy Scouts. On the third day of hiking, we had to climb up a 6,000 foot chute, almost straight up. The land where we were was very barren, and in the bottom of this great rock canyon was a shimmering lake. While we were scaling the chute, we had thirty-five pounds in our backpacks and very painful blisters on our feet. As we were climbing up, I was very scared because I thought I wou d fall and die. When I was almost to the top, somebody loosened a boulder and it came crashing down directly towards me. I quickly jumped out of the way, but the boulder bounced over to me and missed my head by a foot. The second I reached the top, I experienced a terrific feeling. It was a feeling of achievement that I had overcome the hardest and most terrifyinq moment of my 1ife. y a John Guzy

The Classroom The classroom is dark and silent in the morning, but when the teacher opens the door the class gets noisy and messy. The shelves become trashed by k i d s s t u f f i n g Y lunches, shoes, and all kinds of junk on them. After a while the room sm.ells like tar. The roof has holes there are missing tiles. The windows are covered with dirt. The floor is splattered with mud. Paper notes are thrown everywhere. An old beat-up Christmas tree and scenery are jammed in the corner of the room near e front door. The dusty old books on the shelves are thrown m there like waste in a garbage can. Miguel

Del Rio

Fights, Fights, Fights '‘Mom, take me to my drum lesson now!" I demanded. "Sorry, dear, I'm on the phone." "No, Mom, take me this instant!I want to go to my drum lesson now!" "Justin, hush, or I'll ground you for the weekend!" "But Mom!" "No buts, you're grounded for the weekend. If you want to take it up with your father, go right ahead!" she exclaimed furiously. "I hate you, Mom!" I screamed as I ran upstairs. "Good bye,Martha," said my mom as 'she hung up the phone. "Justin, come down here right now, or you're grounded for a month." "What do you want?" "I want you to apoligize!" "Why should I? 1 demanded rudely. "Because you owe me an apology." "Do not!" I exclaimed. "Do too!"

"Do not!" I screamed again. "Justin, you're going to be grounded for a month, and if you don't like it you can be grounded for two." Two Weeks Later "Mom, I'm late for my drum lesson," I whined. "Oh stop whining and I'll take you." "I am not whining!" "Yes you are!" "No, I am not!" Justin MacNaughton

Close Call

As I tied my mangled leg with my scarf so the blood wouldn't pour out of my wound, I was unabble to walk, so I laid myself down against an enormous tree with my old partly rusted six shooter, which only had four bullets left. As I rested there on this hot humid day, I heard a loud screeching roar. Alertly I peered around and on a tree, staring with red beady eyes, a... I'd say about a 250 lb,black panther crouched, ready to leap and then charge. I was scared out of my wits. Frozen solid, I stayed there, not knowing what to do next when the panther soared down from the bent tree to approach me. Suddenly I picked up my gun and shot. The bullet hit him in the paw and blood spurted out in all directions. I shot again, this time in the neck. Blood was pouring out. I could tell he was in pain when he s c r e a m e d ,blood came rumbling out of his mouth. I thought it was no use. I shot again, this time in the heart. He crawled up to me and just collapsed, spurting warm thick blood all over me. Greg Alden

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An Unlucky Sail Looking out the window of his old toolshed, Mark saw the bay from which the wind was blowing the mutilated curtains. He was thinking it would be a good day for sailing. "Hey, Jerry," he called on the phone, "how would you like sailing with me this morning?" "I think I could. I don't have anything else to do today." "Great! Come over now. Bye!" Then they were off in their sailboat, but they noticed something. "Boy, surely is getting windy out here," sighed Jerry worriedly. "I noticed that too," muttered Mark. Suddenly, the wind became too strong. The tiny vessel was blown off course. "We'll have to lower the sail. Otherwise we'll be blown too far away!" shouted Mark nervously."I only have oars, so we'll have to wait till the wind dies down." The howling wind never died down that.day, so the two men slept in the cabin that night. The only food they had was two cokes and two ham sandwiches. The next day the terrible wind stopped. "Did you have a nice rest?" Mark asked curiously. "Not really. The boat was knocking around too m u c h ." "Hopefully someone will pick us up, sooner or later, "Mark stated. "Preferably sooner," Jerry replied. "Let's eat a little bit of our sandwiches to start the day off." "Okay, but we'll have to sail back some. We've drifted a long time." So they started sailing. "I'm going to check the weather the next time I go sailing," Mark said. "Can we stop and rest a little bit?" Jerry questioned. "I guess we can," Mark answered. After a while they heard something. "Do you hear something? It sounds like a helicopter," Mark called. "Hey! it's the Coast Guard!" Jerry shouted. "Hey! Over here!" they yelled in unison. The helicopter hovered over them and picked them up. Mark would think again the next time he went sailing. Chris Martinez Bakery As the lights dimly came on in the bakery at about 6:00, the old, stone bricks of the building glowed like gold. Wonderful smells drifted out of the door and dragged people into the store to buy the soft, plump bread. As we bought some of the scrumptious bread, our m o u t h s ’w a t e r e d . When the manager handed us our bread, we nibbled at it slowly. After we ambled out of the store, the lights dimmed until they were out. Michael Charney

H a r d s h i p s For A Te ach er

It was noon and the sixth grade buzzed with the low murmur of twenty three kids whispering and passing notes. Mrs. Altrocchi was giving an elongated lecture on the parts of speech. Every person in the room, besides the teachers, were propped up on their desks in abored way. "...The adjectives describe a noun or a pronoun..." Mrs. A. rambled on. While she turned around to write on the blackboard, Gem threw a note across the room to Michele. Michele whispered, in a half screech, "No, she's not. 1 am." At that moment Mrs. A. turned around. "Gem, what is an adverb?" Gem stammered, " U h ,...A...an adverb is...uh...a word that describes a verb or an adjective." "Good," answered Mrs. Altrocchi. "Now, Michele, give me a sentence with a good adverb in it." Startled Michele turned around with the note in his hand. "Give me that note!" Mrs. A. ordered. The class shouted, "Read it! Read it! Read it!" Mrs. Altrocchi paid no attention to them. "No more note-passing or Study Hall!" Mrs. Docter commanded. Quietly everyone went back to Mrs. A's lecture. Suddenly, there came a peep from the back of the room. "Peep!" Again it was heard, this time on the far side. Mrs. Altrocchi paid no attention to the noise. "Bump, Bump, Bump!" An orange rolled across the floor to the grayish curtain. Justin made motions for Tara to throw it back. Just as Tara reached down to get it, Mrs. Altrocchi exclaimed, in a shocked voice,"Tara, what are you doing on the floor? Give me that orange!" Sheepishly, Tara walked up and gave her the orange. "Tara, can you name all the parts of speech?" "Uh...urn...no." "Of course not. I haven't told you them yet. You weren't listening." Finally, with the ring of the bell, came twenty-three ''hoorays". Mrs. A. said as a final statement, " y o u r h o mework will be ori t h e board. It was of no use,everyone had gone outside. Wearily, the teachers walked out.

Tina Koo A Good Friend A person who has really been a great friend is John He has helped me through a lot of problems. I have gone over to his house a lot. We did things together. He would show me forts, hiding places, and tell me all his secrets. Now after I go to the ortho dontist, I go to his house. After I learned h ow to swim, he encouraged me to keep trying different things. He would show me new strokes and ways to swim. We have known each other since Kindergarten. He does things for me and I do things for him. He is really a good kid. I have always relied on John to be nice to me. He can make me feel really good inside.

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The M o v i e s

"Mom, can we go to the movie?" asked Jessica pleadingly. "No, it's rated "R" ! replied her mother. "Everyone's going!" interrupted Mary. "That doesn't matter," commented Dad. "Also it's too far away." "My mom can drive," suggested Mary. "The answer is NO!" "Ppppl111eeeeaaaasssseeee!" begged Jessica and Mary. "We'll wash the dishes for three days, keep our rooms neat for a week, study very, very.hard, and not watch any T.V." "Well," sighed Mother, "if the parents let their kids go, it must not be all that bad." Lindsay Bogue

Puddles "Joey! Joey Louis! Joey Louis Peterson!" called Mrs. Peterson. "Where are you? It's time to come in!" "Here I am, Mommy!" "Joey Louis! What on earth were you doing? How did you get so muddy? "I was playing with Mr. Mud Puddle," said Joey enthusiastically. "You bad, bad, bad boy! Go straight to the bathtub!" yelled Mrs. Peterson. "Oh, Mother, it's not fair! You never make Kris, Diana, or Daina take baths when they're dirty!" yelled Joey back to his mother. Without stopping, Joey ran upstairs to the bathroom to see how dirty he really was. When he got there, Diana and Kris popped out of two cupboards and said,"Poor Joey has to take a bath because he was playing in a mud puddle." Joey felt ashamed so he ran to his bedroom and was quite surprised when Daina popped out from under the bed and yelled at him,"Poor Joey was playing in a mud puddle and has to take a bath! Oh dear! He's going to cry." Joey was going to cry, but suddenly stopped when he thought of an idea. He looked at the back of Daina'a neck and then the twins. He cheerfully took a bath in no time at all. He washed the back of his neck very, very well. He dressed quickli and ran downstairs. Luckily the twins an Daina were still upstairs. He ran to the laundry room where his mother was doing the laundry. He started to enter carefully so as not to scare her and ruin his idea. "Mother, I have something to tell you. Something very i m p o r t a n t . "Well, what is it? " Mother asked, still sounding quite mad. "Well, Mother, Diana, Kris , and Daina, it's about them." "What is it? she shouted. "On the back of all their necks is a big brown dirt spot. Aren't you going to get mad at them for that?" "Oh,my goodness! Diana, Kris, Daina, come here this second...Let me see your necks. Heavens! Go wash up right now." Moral: Always check that it's not true with you before you accuse others!

Amanda K o jo la

Haunted House

I remember that night well, the night j was coaxed into going into a house. After dinner one Halloween night, i called up my friends and we were off. After trick-or-treating a few housejand putting shaving cream on somebody's car, we turned a dark corner and there in the fog was a huge, gloomy mansion. I told my friends that 1 wasn't going in there,but they coax me into doing it with them. Then Mrs. Docter came up and she ended up coming with us. I looked up and the moon was an eery glow in the night sky. When we opened the door it creaked, but we went in anyway. Right in front of us was a coffin with a body that had a bullet in it and moving eyes in the picture on the wall. With that Mrs. Docter became freaked to the max. We told her to be quiet and we walked on. While we were walking in the hall, a scream like thunder shook the walls. We all said, "Who gives about some scream" and walked on, There was a door to the right that had a real skull on it. We dec ided to walk in. We were all quiet for awhile. Then Tom Excitedly he stuck his hand in. In it was a thick, spotted a loose board. mass of green jel lo and Tom fell in it. He looked sick when he came out covered with jello. While we were groaning our "Oooos and Aahs" to Tom, Marc slipped on a wet sponge and fell through a trap door. After a moment of silence, Marc told us to come down and we did slowly. While ! was jumping off the bottom of the chute, I saw what 1 thought were Miss Root and Mrs. A., dead. Mrs. Docter went berserk and Tom started to rejoice. While 1 was telling them we didn't have much time, we walked out the door into a connecting room. Suddenly a poisoned dart came through the window and just missed Michelle. Then Justin, Marc, and I saw another trap door and crawled into it without the others noticing us. There in front of us was a creepy skeleton. Justin then slipped and fell into the skeleton and was freaked. Soon he was up and we came into a room full of coffins. Marc opened one and was instantly scared. He backed up into me and a light turned on. It was Mrs. Docter, Michelle, and Tom. We decided to close the coffin so they wouldn't be freaked. Then Mrs. Docter came down and opened a nearby door. Down she fell, into a room filled with Black Mambas. Her scream was as loud as a baby's yell. Not wanting to see the gruesome scene, we staggered away. The next room led into a graveyard and there were many graves. Tom looked at one and it said "Michel1e W i 1bur, 1972-1983". When Tom told her that she said it was on 1y a joke and we left. While we were walking across the endless cemetery, Tom fell into a pit with tons of scorpions in it. We saw him get bi tten and 1eft. Soon after that, we saw a door and went in, there was a 1ady. S he said, Then Marc asked, "Was that a joke?" 'c ' 'n"r candy" and we were stunned "Here's your -'r'A we left. She said, "II cannot answer that question,"" and After trick-or-treating a few more houses and putt ing shavi ng cream on more cars, we went to Michelle's house. There we divided the little candy In the morning we had all forgotten our adventure, we had and went to s 1eep. and we went home! I don't think I'll ever go into a dark, spooky house again in my life Randy Jack

THE GHOST WHO HAUNTS THE SHORES

"Uncle Gerard, tell us about Catherine Ha 11erwoods!" little Tommy demanded. Uncle Gerard had been an old sailor. He had sailed all the seas and lived to tell about it. At that moment he was sitting by a window with billowing, white curtains, gazing out over the sea. The Camermons lived on the seashore, a little way from the village. "But I've told you about her a thousand times!" "We want to hear it again," whined Annie, Tommy's younger sister. "Oh, all right. But just this last time, you hear?" The children let out a big cheer. "Hush down or your ma will hear." "Well, Catherine Hallerwoods was a very pretty young lady who lived in this very house. Life, would've been nice for her, too, if she hadn't had a twin sister. Her name was Katherine. Katherine and Catherine were really close. Katherine had a guick mind and a sharp tongue. Catherine wasn't as smart but was very good at sports. Katherine respected Catherine. Catherine worshipped Katherine. Then one night, a fire broke out in the old Victorian house. The flames leaped out the windows. The fire must have started upstairs because, in no time, the terrified girls were trapped. Unfortunately, Katherine's face got burned and Catherine's leg was smashed by a falling beam. But Katherine dragged Catherine out before she got killed and they both survived. From then on, Katherine was jealous of Catherine's good looks and Catherine was jealous because Katherine could run. Every other day they would argue. They always picked on each other. One day their mother talked to them. Together they voiced their thoughts. Catherine grew angry and wheeled out of the house. An hour later, she burst into the house declaring she would never see another human being in her entire life. Katherine, on the other hand, saw that unless she took a more positive outlook on life, she would not get anywhere. Years later, Katherine's charming manner had everyone admiring her. Nobody even noticed her face now. On the contrary, in this cottage, Catherine lived her lonely, miserable life. Many timesCat herine would sit and look out this very window, thinking of the times she could run with the wind on the beach. Lots of times she considered going back to civilization, but then she would remember her vow to keep away from mankind. Their lives were very different, even though they still thought of each other a lot." "Then what happened?" inguired Tommy. "Catherine killed herself, seated at this very window. In a letter to Katherine, she wrote she hoped to have a better life after she was reincarnated. Poor Catherine's soul must've been so troubled when she killed herself, because her ghost still haunts this house!" The children sat on the floor silently. Annie shivered,"Have you ever seen Catherine's ghost?" "No, Annie," chuckled Uncle Gerard. "So far, only a few pepple

Janet Late one night, sitting in her bed, Janet thought things over. Life wasn't fair. It just wasn't fair. The divorce, she thought. And Pa's new w i f e . And where was Mother? Why did it have to happen to me? Slowly, she slipped away to her world o f 'd a y d r e a m s , the world that was so much better than the real world. A world where everything was perfect. As she thought, her eyes misted over. She stared, stared and thought. Her dreams carried her to far off places. She turned into a ravishing princess. Her bed was her boat. And the wind was blowing in through the open window. Why, she could almost taste the salty sea air. Pirates, she thought. No! Mermaids! And she dreamt. Then the dreams focused on her real world. She was the mermaid. But not like those she had imagined. A homely girl with stringy hair, freckles, and big, chunky glasses. Carolyn, Pa's new wife, was the raving beauty this time, not Janet. There she was, ordering her stepdaughter around for changing the sheets, dusting the doorknobs, and doing other unnecessary tasks such as those. "Janet! Janet!" Carolyn's raspy voice brought her out of her fantasies. Out of the window she gazed, through the lacy curtains that her mother had made for her. All of a sudden,a twinge of homesickness crept through her. She was in the same house, but Carolyn was much different from her real mom. Treating her like a servant indeed! Suddenly Janet started sobbing. "Mommy! Oh, my little Mommy. Come back! Come back to me!! " She hadn't noticed that Carolyn had come into the room. "Dearie, I heard what you were crying. I know it's not easy for you. Dear, I love you. " Sarah

Sussman

CORNICE JUMPING Last year I was on the Squaw Valley Ski Team. One day, after a big snow storm we went cornice jumping. I never had jumped big cornices before. At first I jumped little cornices. Then everyone went up the "National Chutes." Although Squaw Valley has many steep and hard runs, these chutes were the steepest. To add to the fear, these chutes had twenty-foot cornices. While we went up to Headwa11 chairlift, I was so nervous. We got off the chair and took off our skis. Putting them on our shoulders, we started hiking up to the chutes. The hike was hard and took a while, but we finally got to the top. It was really windy up on top of the chutes. I was so freaked-out0 Everyone was ready to go, but I was still thinking about it. They all were saying, "Go Gem, it's easy!" I didn't want to, because the only way down was a twenty or more foot cornice. Everyone was starting to leave, and all of a sudden I found myself twenty feet in the air. I landed and skied the rest of the way down the chute. I was shaking, but I wanted to do it again. All my friends were down there waiting for me. From that day on, I have not been scared of heights. Gem Arthur (

The M o v ie s

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A t tack of the Unknown Creature In the lab of Dr. Von Z o r c h o v e , he was perfecting his new invention. "Ralff," called Dr. Z o r c h o v e ."Where is that numb-skull when you need him?" "Here I am, Master, over here!" shouted Ralff. "Come over and let's get under way. We have some important work to do," said Dr. Zorchove. "Hurry up, Han. We have to go to the professor's lab and see his thing, beast, or whatever you want to call it," exclaimed Ruth. "I'm goin' as fast as I can, Ruth," said Han. The doctor had finished the thing five minutes after the two reporters got there. It was a seven foot burly beast. It looked like a human. Ralff showed them to their room. The dark and gloomy hallway was scary for Ruth, but Han was brave. Ruth's room was first, but she insisted on going to Han's room with him. His was as dark as the hallway. But she found out that his room was right next to hers. They found a candle and lit it. The room was full of animal heads, swords, and guns. Her room was just as fascinating. Just then she heard a holler. She waited a while and heard footsteps. They went by her room. They stopped. The door slowly opened. Then came in the creature. It was more horrifying now than it had looked asleep. She ditched it by outsmarting it and locking the door. Han was strangled to death. She broke the glass case that held the guns. She took out a loaded musket and shot the creature. She then shot him four more times in the chest with a Colt 44. He kept coming towards her. She got all the guns in a pillow case and shot out of the room like crazy. The creature didn't know what had happened. Ruth found some string so she tied the string to the triggers of the guns. She hid in a room and slammed another room's door where the guns were rigged. The beast went to that room. Then he was blown to dust. Vern Hubbard

How Embarrassing! (t was a lesson [ learned in Yosemite that always reminds me to hold my sweat pants up when I wear them around When the fifth and sixth grade classes were in Yosemite, we had three people to each tiny cabin. Kathryn, Stephanie, and I were just getting back from the showers and it was freezing! We fumbled for our keys, opened the door, and pulled down the shades so we could get dressed. It was almost time for dinner, so I was just jumping into my sweat suit when there was a knock at the door. At this time the shades were up again and the windows slightly ajar. I opened up the door and _____________was there; then I heard someoneat the window and turned around. The next thing I heard was laughing and Kathryn 's shriek,"Pull up your pants!" Boys were at the window and boys were at the door! We finally got ___________ and his friends out of the cabin. My face was burning red. Later that night, we were talking about it in the bathrooms, and then all of a sudden I heard Mrs. Docter's voice, "A little embarrassing,mmm?" and she laughed.

Michelle Wilbur

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On July 6,1483, Richard III was crowned king of England. In London there was a great parade to the church. Richard, who had lived at M i d d leham Castle, was to be crowned king. When I went to Middleham this summer, I saw the parade and festivities reenacted. All week there were festivities, plays (one of them was called G a r g a n t u a ) , games, and children dressed in medieval costumes. Men dressed as knights fought with maces and/or swords. Minstrels ' ' A played on lutes and longhorns, jesters acted. One jester twirled a baton with fire at each end, and instead of twirling it with his hands, he controlled it with two sticks. On the sixth the parade came from the castle to the church. I took many pictures then. After they entered the church, I waited a long time for them to come out. These festivities took place in Middleham because the castle was Richard's favorite. I hope that five-hundred years from now, people will celebrate his one thousandth anniversary. Richard HI. was the last Yorkist king who had done a great deal for the people of the North. Five hundred years later the descendents of those people made a gesture of loyalty and gratitude to the "Lord of the N o r t h ." Tom Isenberg Kit Kat I shall never forget the day I met my death and the ghosts of Halloween. I had been lying in a hospital bed for almost a year after eating a Kit Kat that had been injected with poison. I couldn't wait to die, for the pain that filled my body like hundreds of bee stings was so intense that I was left moaning and sobbing 1ike a heartbroken ghost, which was just what I was going to be. My dear mother flew dramatically into my room on Halloween crying, "Sheila, honey, I want to say goodbye now. We all love you." My tears flowed down,great floods on my face. I held my hand out to her. Just before our hands touched, I felt everything give way, my tears, my pain, and most important, my life. I felt an arm, as cold as as icicle, slip around my body. Heaviness was taken away and I found myself enveloped in a light, cool substance. 1 felt myself floating, a feather in the breeze. I floated up to a fluffy black cloud and stopped. All around, translucent figures, their bodies surrounded by chalky mists, laughed gloomily. As l watched their bloodless faces, I realized that I was now a ghost of Halloween. After-life is misery. Nothing is appealing to me. I drag myself through the days while thinking of my life as a human. I miss and cherish my old life, but because of that Kit Kat, I'll never really live in contentment again. Tara Roth

Beyond the Two Doors Christine Cortina didn't know what lay beyond the two doors, for her father had forbidden her to open them. Her father, Gregory Cortina, was a strange man; he idolized power, wealth, and greed. He was a possessor of each one. They lived alone, except for three servants and occasionally some guests, on the Isla de Vinta. Christine had tutors instead of going to boarding school, because her father didn't want her to go to the evil mainland. Christine had decided that tonoght would be the night to find out what lay beyond the d o o r s . That very morning she was looking in her mother's old room and she found two keys. She was positive they opened the doors. That night t dinner, Christine could not believe how slowly time passed. There were no visitors at this time of the year, so they ate in complete silence. Finally dinner ended and Christine went up to her room. She lay in bed for what seemed like hours,but in reality, was only thirty minutes. Silence. Quietly she got up and crept into the hall. She lit a lantern she had stashed outside her door. Bursting with anticipation, she reached the doors. One was slightly ajar. Christine hesitated with her hand upon the knob and then quickly she pushed it open. She lifted the lantern to see betterand the room was empty! She crept out, advancing toward the other door. She took out the keys, took one, and lightly pushed it in. Christine pushed with all her weight on to the door; she stumbled in. Gasping, she saw pictures of her mother, pictures of her riding, pictures of her with father, pictures of her laughing, of her father smiling, of her mother pregnant. Christine had never met her mother; she had died when her daughter was born, Christine began to cry; she sobbed with huge tears. The door opened silently and her father put his arms around her. He had never hugged her before. They hugged each other and cried. Blythe Barger

The Horse At five o'clock 1 took a quiet stroll in the woods, at least, 1 thought it would be quiet. After I sauntered past Boodle Lake, I glanced at a large chestnut horse thrashing wildly. Suddenly, he raced toward me, and I quickly scampered up the nearest tree. For a moment, the horse was silent and 1 crawled out onto a branch to see why. Abruptly, the branch snapped, and 1 dropped right in front of the horse. Then the horse backed up, and charged straight at me. 1 didn't do anything. I just sat there, paralyzed with fear. The horse kept galloping toward me. Then he tripped over a rock and landed on his side saving me. I awoke from my fear, and darted h Verena Hess

LAST W ILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE SIX T H GRADE

I, Amanda Kojola, will my old, ugly, messed up desk and binders to Kelly Miller in the first grade and my old, rotten disintegrated uniform to Libby in the first grade, too. To Abby, my toothless, first grade, sister, I leave my holy shoes (full of holes).

Q / w tX M c L& j I, Tina Koo, the greatest person on recorded history, grant Shane Koo, in third grade, my wonderful skill in reading. To Mrs. de Gooyer, who always complained of my poor writing ability, my numerous collection of "A" essays. To Mrs. Little, I bequeath my little cuttings and drawings done in class. Having disposed of my few special possessions, I go in pea“ ‘ One of the most awesome sixth graders, I;, Michelle Wilbur, will my beloved desk to Kristin Braniff, my elegant chair to Stephanie Miller, and my paper to my brother who always asks for it. I will my big mouth to Elena Schneider. My best wishes are to all the people at PBS.

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I, the one and only, great Mickey, donate my habit of annoying Mrs. Docter by wearing my hat in the class to Roth. To Anna I donate my height, so she can beat up boys in third grade next year. To Travis, I give my Black Sabbath record because he loves the group so much. To my brother Daniele, I leave my ability to pick up notes and, if the teacher catches me, blame it on the pencil falling.

I, the wonderful Sarah Sussman, will to Abby Kojola all my inkless pens and stubby pencils to go with her perfect sets of pens and long pencils. To Ben Johnston, I bequeath my mostly-neat desk, my bad lunches go to Gabby Hess to replace her great lunches and yummy desserts. To all the future fifth graders goes my ability to cope with Southern talkers. I thank all those great teachers who have taught me so much.

I, Randy Jack, will give all my "A" papers to my brother, Chris, and any other fourth or fifth graders who will need them next year. To Anne Robinson, I give my ability to not be shy, because she uses her adorable voice rarely. My desk goes to Nick Woodman, and my pens and pencils go to Zachary Silver and Sarah Oehm. M

I, Kathryn Johnston, of semi-sound mind and body, hereby issue my last will and testament. To my brother, Ben, I give my "good" grades, for he will need them to get through Mrs. A's English tests. I bequeath to Erin and Emily Ford my desk, if it lasts until they make it into sixth grade. My calmness should go to the fourth grade girls, and all my happy memories to P.B.S,

As I, the one and only Stephanie Rowen of sound mind and body, leave this wonderful school, I grant my citizenship medals to my "rough and tough" little brother Jamie Rowen in the kindergarten. I leave all my A+ tests to Vincent Chan for a free pass through sixth grade. I will my desk to Betsy Gilliland for next year, in hopes that she will keep it cleaner. To Abigail Kojola, I bequeath my long hair. i bestow my ability to get along with Mrs. Little to Jessica Black for next year. I will my good luck in sixth grade to the fifth grade.

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I, Tom Isenberg, being of perfectly sound mind, at least I had better be, bequeath my loud mouth to Jannie Dillon so that Miss Root has a slight chance of hearing her from the second row. David Charney shall receive my ability to "throw" a ball through the basketball hoop. Bill Sewell shall be awarded my desk and chair, and I hope he can keep it neater than I did. And to the rest of the school, I award my luck and...

Most magnificent, wonderful, charming and suave Vern R. Hubbard (alias Hershey Big Block or Mocha Chip) bequeath my sports skills to Kevin Moran and Travis Goodrich for them to keep carefully so they won't float back to I leave my height to John Ziegler. That ends my will and testament. me

I, Greg Alden, lend my old, smelly, tennis shoes to Anna Roth. I will a nerf paddle to Miss Root. To Kobie and Lance I give my tennis ability. wi I will my height to Scott in third grade. And last,but not least, my ability to not get busted to S teve We ibe 1

I, John Guzy, will all of my books to the sanitation department. To Travis in the first grade I will my bike because he asked me for one. To Sam I bequeath my ability to ski. To Chris Jack, I will my great speed. Last, but not least, to Roth I wijl my ability to talk on the phone for hours.

I, the awesome Jon Bell, will my rotten sandwiches to Geoffrey Tuffli instead of my potato chips. I will my desk to Korin Crawford, it needs his cleanliness. 1 will my good looks to Brian Moran, who desperately needs them. I will my F's to Keith Wilbur who is an A student and needs one F. I finally will my books to William Hoover, a good friend.

I, Miguel Del Rio, the greatest person of all time, will my quickness to Chris Jack, who needs it. To my sister Lorena, I give my ability to get into Study Hall. To Jack,. the custodian, I give my F papers. My memori es I 1eave to P .B.S. I

1, the one and only Justin MacNaughton, will my great ways of getting into Study Hall to Steve. Twenty-five punches are left for Lance, Kobie, Adam, and Cary. My old, but great, shoes are given to Marvin. My stupid desk is left to Lorena. My average grade is presented to Danny.

I, Blythe Barger^ being of slightly sound mind1will my faithful (and filthy) K-Swiss to Cass, whose K-Swiss are aIways spotless. To David Lamond I leave a picture of my beautiful face which he will cherish forever and ever, To Suzanne in the 5th grade I give my zits since her complexion is practically flawlesss. My straight hair goes to Alden Mitchell and Stephanie Miller. To Cathy Coddington I leave my sweet disposition who will only need it sometimes. And to the entire 5th grade I wish a happy year in the 6th grade.

Being quite generous, I, Tara Roth, present my tradition of passing notes in class to Elena S. in the first grade. To her brother John, I give my sloppy handwriting which I'm sure he doesn't need. Anna gets my messy desk and my hope of its organization someday. Katie receives my old healthy lunches and her sister Suzanne my handy Esprit bag. Being quite obnoxious, my young brothe ^rsonality.

The most awesome and craziest person at P.B.S. I, Gem Arthur, bequeath my G. T. BMX bike to Sam. My Study Hall credit card I will tr Steve, because he might need it next year. Kevin in the First Grade gets my diamonds and gems. Cary in the Fourth Grade gets all my sports ability, especially in skiing. I thank Miss Root for not giving me the paddle, and all the teachers at the okav P.B.S. for Ivinq to Menlo about my grades.

I, Verena Hess, the executrix of a very small amount of things, bequeath my great reading ability to Anne Robinson, my pencils to Carolyn Tom, and my neatness to the highest bidder. Lastly, I leave my sister, Gaby, Good luck for her next year in Mrs. Westmoreland's class. •

To Gaby Hess, I, Karen Bruflat, bequeath my sweater that has a giant hole in it. To Regina in kindergarten, I will my papers so she can get all A's. My wonderful desk that has gone through another year of messes goes to Andrea in the fifth grade. For Cathy Coddington, 1 leave all of my pencils, pencil sharpener, and erasers. I also give Lauren Berkeley in the second grade my writing folder riter.

Being of sound mind, I Chris Martinez, bequeath my desk to Dan Mosher. Also to Chris Jack, I will my chair. I give my grades to Brian in the fifth grade for he will need them in the sixth grade. All my papers go to Sam so he can copy them.

I, Lindsay Bogue, never being one of the favorites of teachers, will my desk to Suzanne Bryan and my chair to Cass Cornish. To Kristin in the fourth grade, I leave my normal voice, and to Katie and Stephanie my books and pencils. To Margi I will my old uniforms because she gets them anyway, 2nd to Sarah Oehm, I will happiness in the next six years.

I, Michael Charney, the great, leave my old, dirty, desk, that rocks back and forth, to my brother, David Charney. I also will my old, trashy books to Chris Jack in the fourth grade. And last, but not least, I will my neatness to Brian in the fifth grade.

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