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I w a l k e d i n t o my g a r d e n a nd s u d d e n l y h e a rd a t i n y v o i c e . 1 was s c a r e d . I ran t o my m o t h e r s She g o t him t o g o bu t I was s c a r e d , i t wa s a g h o s t and my mo t he r was s c a r e d , t o o . I saw th e g h o s t . Now t h e g h o s t i s g o n e . S u z a n n a Cox

I wa nted t o t a k e a t r i p t o th e moon. S o I b u i l t a r o c k e t and blasted o ff. And on t h e way I saw 5 o t h e r r o c k e t s t h a t wer e much b i g g e r th a n mi n e. And when I landed I s a i d , is t h i s r e a l l y t he moon? B e c a u s e t h e r e were thousands of c r e a t u r e s ! Yes, s a i d one o f the c r e a t u r e s and i t t o o k my hand t o show me a r o u n d . And w h i l e he was s h o w i n g me a r o u n d I f e l l t h r o u g h a h o l e . And they n e v e r saw me a g a i n . A u g u s t a M e i 11

I wa nted t o t a k e a t r i p t o t he moon. A c y c l o n e one m o r n i n g erupted. So we went t o th e moon. And when we g o t t h e r e , t h e r e wer e no p e o p l e . We made o u r own city. I t wa s v e r y b i g ! So we played. And we saw a f r o g . S o i f you l o v e c y c l o n e s i t c o u l d happen t o t o u , t o o . Andrew B l a c k

One day a m a g i c c a r p e t swooped i n t o my h o u s e . I t l a n d e d on th e rug and , I g o t on i t . And I p i n c h e d i t and we t r a v e l e d a l l o v e r the w o rld . When we g o t t o my h o u s e I k e p t i t f o r the r e s t o f i t s l i f e . We had l o t s of fun. When I w ant ed t o g o t o my f r i e n d s 1' h o u s e s 1 g o t t h e r e i n a s e c o n d and t h e y s a i d , how d i d you g e t h e r e s o f a s t ? Sarnie Goodman

One day th e f u n n i e s t t h i n g happened t o me. 1 was g o i n g t o s c h o o l w i t h a bow on my dress. I t moved. I d i d not know what was on i t . So I looked v e ry , ve ry c a r e f u l l y . Then I saw s o m e t h i n g on i t . I t was a c a t e r p i l l a r . So I p i c k e d i t up and b r o u g h t i t to s c h o o l. My f r i e n d s w e r e happy . When i t was ti me t o go home, I w atche d i t grow. C a r o l y n Tom

I wanted t o t a k e a t r i p t o t h e moon. I did. I saw a m a rtia n w ith a b i g nose. He looked funny. He made me laugh. What a s i g h t . And I met a n o t h e r man on the moon. T h a t man and I made f r i e n d s . And we made f r i e n d s w i t h hi m. We made a h o u s e . I t was a n ic e house. And we had a l i t t l e k i t t e n and a l i t t l e dog in the h o u s e . S o we l i v e d t h e r e f o r e v e r more. Zachary S i l v e r

I wanted t o t a k e a t r i p t o t h e moon. T h e r e was a r o c k e t t h a t had t o go t o V e n u s bu t by m i s t a k e i t l a n d e d on P l u t o . The men i n th e r o c k e t had t o go b a c k t o Venus and th e r o c k e t la nded on V e n u s . The men g o t o f f o f the r o c k e t and w a l k e d a r o u n d . And th e moon c r a c k e d in h a l f - boom, bam,crack! The r o c k e t t o o k off. The r o c k e t l a n d e d on e a r t h and a l l t he men g o t o f f t he r o c k e t and s a i d , phew! We1 re s a f e a t l a s t ! Daniel

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One d a y t h e f u n n i e s t t h i n g happe ned. When woke up I was g r e e n a n d t h e w h o l e h o u s e wa s g r e e n . And when i l o o k e d i n t h e k i t c h e n t h e r e wa s my s i s t e r . And my s i s t e r was m a k i n g g r e e n j e l l o . S h e p u t t o o much m i l k i n . So t h a t i s why t h a t happened. J ann i e D i l l o n

I wa s s i t t i n g , r e a d i n g when 1 h e a r d a l o u d k n o c k on t h e d o o r . He g o t up f r o m h i s s e a t and opened t h e d o o r and saw a s t r a n g e r and he s a i d h i s name was Jim and he came f r o m a s e c r e t i s l a n d and he wa s s p e a k i n g I r i s h . And he l o o k s l i k e a m a r t i a n . He h a s a g r e e n f a c e and he h a s a c l o v e r in h i s j a c k e t and he w o re green pants. And he s a i d , h e ' s a 1epr feebaun. And he became friends and we l i v e d h a p p i l y e v e r a f t e r . Bobby B e a v e r

One day t he f u n n i e s t t h i n g happened t o me. I f o u n d a map. I f o l l o w e d i t h e map. I ended a t a r a i n b o w . T h e r e was a po t of gold. I t r i e d t o l i f t i t b u t th e po t was to o he a vy f o r me. 1 kept t r y in g . I f i n a l l y p i c k e d i t up and b r o u g h t i t home. We a r e r i c h now. We b o u g h t a s t o r e w i t h the g o l d . John S i m p s o n

One day a m a g i c c a r p e t swooped i n t o my h o u s e . The c a r p e t t o o k me up, up, up, up, up, up to t he s t a r s . I was g l a d i t was fun. I d i d n ' t h a v e t o g o to s c h o o l but 1 l i k e d s c h o o l . So 1 g o t my b i g u m b r e l l a and went down, down, down. And l a n d e d w i t h a bump, c r a s h . Who i s t h a t ? Mom a s k e d . I t ' s j u s t me, Mom. Dana DeGooyer

I w a l k e d i n t o my g a r d e n and s u d d e n l y h e a r d a t i n y v o i c e . It was a l a d y b u g . I ran i n t o t h e g a r a g e t o g e t some wood and f a b r i c a nd a hammer and n a i l s . And I b u i l t a h o u s e f o r them. The l a d y b u g 1 i k e d i t . I kept i t a s a pet. We p l a y e d a l o t . And I made i t a g a r d e n . Then I d e c i d e d t h a t we w o u l d f l y a kite. The w i n d was s o s t r o n g t h a t day t h a t i t t o o k us a b ov e the c l o u d s . I t took us to k i t e land. They t o ok us a l l o v e r t h e p l a c e w i t h s k i n n y k i t e s and f a t k i t e s , s m a l l k i t e s , b i g k i t e s , a l l s h a p e s and s i z e s . I lik e it there. But i t was t i me t o g o home s o we s a i d g o o d by and we wer e o f f ba ck home. S a r a h Oehm

I wanted t o t a k e a t r i p t o t he moon. My f r i e n d B r i a n and I made a r o c k e t and t u r n e d i t o n. And away we f l e w , up, o u t o f t h e a t m o s p h e r e and up i n t o s p a c e . And we came t o t h e moon. We l a n de d w i t h a bump. And then we saw a c i t y o f m a r t i a n s . They a l l g r e e t e d u s , and g a v e us s o m e t h i n g t o e a t . And th en i t g o t hot and we wer e u n c o m f o r t a b l e and we wanted t o go b a c k . B ut o u r e n g i n e s had no gas. We had t o make a n o t h e r r o c k e t . We had t o g e t a l o t o f metal and make more e n g i n e s and d i f f e r e n t k i n d s o f g a s , a c c o r d i n g t o what k i n d o f e n g i n e s t h e y w e r e . A n d then e v e r y t h i n g was r ea d y and away t h e y f l e w . But th en t h e y came i n t o t r o u b l e . They w er e in a me t eo r f i e l d . T h e i r s h i p was a l l d e n te d up and a l m o s t g o t w ip ed out. And th en we came i n t o t h e a t m o s p h e r e and came down f a s t . And l a n d e d w i t h a bump and we a l l went home. J am ie P a l m e r

I w a l k e d i n t o my g a r d e n and s u d d e n l y I h e a r d a t i n y v o i c e . It g o t b i g g e r and b i g g e r . Then I he ar d a b e a t i n g s o u n d . And then a b i g g o r i l l a came o u t . Then I n o t i c e d t h a t t h e b e a t i n g n o i s e was t he g o r i l l a b e a t i n g h i s c h e s t . I s t a r t e d to run. But he s a i d , I ‘m a n i c e g o r i l l a . And th en I s a i d , when why a r e you b e a t i n g your chest? And t h e g o r i l l a s a i d t h a t he wanted t o be s o m e o n e ' s f r i e n d . ! So I a s k e d i f l I c o u l d be h i s f r i e n d and he s a i d y e s ! So I a s k e d him what h i s name w a s . And he s a i d h i s name was J a c k . S o I g a v e him some b a n a n a s and 7 up. He t h a n ke d me. At dinner t h a t n i g h t I n o t i c e d t h a t he had v e r y good m a n n e r s . And then he s a i d t h a t he hear d h i s m o t h e r c a l l i n g him s o he w o u l d s e e me tomor r ow. Anne R o b i n s o n

Then i t s t o p p e d One day a m a g i c c a r p e t swooped i n t o my h o u s e . 1 hopped on i t . Then t h e c a r p e t and me swooped o u t t he moving. Then we d i d a t r i p l e w i n d o w . We d i d e v e r y t r i c k a p l a n e c o u l d do. I t was s o f a s t t h a t I was d i z z y f o r f o u r h o u r s . Then tw ist, we went home. Kathertine Loarie

I w a l k e d i n t o my g a r d e n and s u d d e n l y he ar d a t i n y v o i c e . I listened. I t g o t l o u d e r and l o u d e r . And s o o n i t g o t s o l o u d t h e g a r d e n shook! The g r o u n d o p e n e d. It S p l i t ! Bang! It was? It lookedwas i t ? I t was some k i n d o f g a r d e n m o n s t e r - ROAR! I t was g r e e n and then I h e a r d t h e m o n s t e r s a y , 1 , 2 , 3 , BANG!! BOOM!! C RASH! ! The m o n s t e r d i s a p p e a r s . The m i d d l e o f t he g a r d e n had a b i g h o l e in i t . B r i t t Myers One d a y t h e f u n n i e s t t h i n g ha pp e ne d; and i t was a z e b r a . What i s a zebra in here f o r . And t h e z e b r a s a i d , I do n o t know. I am g o i n g t o t a k e y o u b a c k t o t h e z o o . You a r e ? he s a i d t o me. G o o d - b y e ! G o o d - b y e , he s a i d . I w i l l see you a g a i n . G i n n e f e r Gray

I w a l k e d i n t o my g a r d e n and and su d d e n ly heard a t i n y voice. I looked every where but 1 c o u l d n ' t see a n y t h i n g . B u t f i n a l l y I saw a l i t t l e mouse p e e k i n g up. 1 said, who a r e y o u ? t o t h e mouse and a l l i t s a i d was s q u e a k , s q u e a k , squeak! And in mouse l a n g u a g e i t means, want t o come o u t to lunch? I s a i d s u r e I would. T he mouse s a i d , we h a v e a l l k in d s of t h in g s . We h a v e red w or m s, g r e e n s n a i l s and we ha ve a l i t t l e b it of purple g r a s s hopper. I had t o s a y t h e red worm b e c a u s e i t was t h e o p p o s i t e o f the p u r p le g r a s s h o p p e r a n d s he g a v e me a l i t t l e t i n y , t i n y worm. I s a i d , t h a t ' s O.K. and I a te . I s a d g o o d b y and I w e n t home. Anne Wood

I was s i t t i n g , r e a d i n g when I h e a r d a l o u d k n o c k on t h e d o or I s t o p p e d r e a d i n g and s a i d , who c o u l d i t be a t t h e d o o r ? And I t h o u g h t f o r a m i n u t e . Then I g o t up and a n s w e r e d t h e d o o r and 1 saw a m o n s t e r . And he s a i d , s u r p r i s e . And 1 was s u r p r i s e d . He t h r e w a l l t h e s e f l o w e r s a t me and he l e f t and r a n away. And I s a i d , boy, th a t was funny. And I p i c k e d up t h e f l o w e r s and s a i d b y e . Matt Jaunich One day t h e f u n n i e s t t h i n g happened. My h o u s e was s t a r t i n g to f l y . F i r s t t h e h o u s e came o f f i t s h i n g e s and t h en I l o o k e d o u t o f t h e wi ndow and t h e r was a to rn a d o , a b i g one, And t h e n I wa s i n t h e a i r . And t h en I went t o s l e e p and one y e a r went b y . Then I f o u n d t h a t I wa s on t h e g r o u n d . And t h en I f o u n d t h a t I w as in a muddy p u d d l e . Then I f o u n d t h a t I wa s s i n k i n g in t he mud. I t was q u i c k s an d and in one h o u r I was k i l l e d . Matt O ' R e i l l y

I was s i t t i n g , r e a d i n g when I h e a r d a l o u d k n o c k on t h e d o o r . I opened the door. I t was a g h o s t . Boo! ! was t a k e n t o a h a u n t e d h o u s e . T h e r e wer e m o n s t e r s , g o b l i n s , g h o s t s , b a t s and t h r e e - h e a d e d m o n s t e r s . 1 f o u n d a s word and k i l l e d a l l o f them and then I saw a s k e l e t o n . I s t a b b e d hi m and th en he w a s ' d e a d . I had t o k i l l some g u a r d s . Then 1 went home. Daniel

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I w ant ed t o t a k e a t r i p t o th e moon s o 1 went on a b i g k i t e . I t was b r i g h t p i n k (my f a v o r i t e c o l o r ) . So I g o t on and some o f my o t h e r f r i e n d s g o t on t o o . E v e r y b o d y was a s k i n g each o t h e r when w i l l we be on t he moon? I s a i d , p r e t t y soon. I t was q e t t i n g t o be n i g h t ti me s o we a l l went t o sleep, except I d i d n ' t because i f we l a nd ed on t he moon we would no t f l o a t away. But we d i d n o t l a n d on t h e moon. I f o u n d o u t t h a t we wer e in t h e b l a c k h o l e , s o I woke e v e r y o n e up and t o l d them i t was n o t n i g h t t i m e y e t , we were j u s t in t h e b l a c k hole. So I found a p la c e to land. And we were s u r p r i s e d b e c a u s e we were on t h e moon! We had t u r n e d a r o u n d in t h e b l a c k h o i e . E v e r y b o d y was s o e x c i t e d s o we a l l g o t o f f and f o u n d o u t t h e r was g r a v i t y on t h e moon. We w e r e v e r y s u r p r i s e d . But then s o m e b o d y ' s momny came and s h e s t a r t e d t o t e l l us s o m e t h i n g bu t s he f l o a t e d away t o e a r t h ' c a u s e a d u l t s f l o a t and c h i l d r e n d o n ' t . T h e fe 's ju s t e n o ug h f o r k i d s t o s t a y down.One day we w er e t a k i n g a w a l k , and we bumped i n t o a m o o n l e t , ( t h a t ' s a man f rom t h e moon.) And s o we went b a c k t o e a r t h v e r y f a s t and t o l d o u r mommies a b o u t w ha t ha pp e ne d, and g o t o u r p i c t u r e in t h e n e w s p a p e r . The s t o r y s a i d , g r o u p o f k i d s went t o t h e moon and met a m o o n l e t w i t h i t s b a b y . A baby i s c a l l e d a Roogafodge. Ki r s t e n T obey

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THE T R I P TO THE FARM When I was a t H i d d en V i l l a Ranch I had t h e b e s t t i m e i n my l i f e . 1 saw a s n a k e and g o a t s and m o s t l y e v e r y t h i n g _y o u c o u l d s e e on a f a r m . The f u n n i e s t t h i n g t h a t ha ppened t o me was when t h e g o a t t r i e d to e a t my h a i r . I l i k e the s n a k e th e b e s t b e c a u s e i t s l i d e s t h r o u g h y o u r h a n d s and a l s o y o u c o u l d f e e l i t s m u s c l e s when i t went up and down in y o u r h a n d s .

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HIDDEN V I L L A I l i k e d t he b u n n i e s b e c a u s e th e y were c u d d l y . I lik e d the h o r s e s b e c a u s e t h e y w er e s o f t and k i n d to our group. I 1 i ked t h e g o a t s b e c a u s e t h e y wer e c u t e and s o f t t o o .

AT HIDDEN V I L L A I l i k e d t he c r e e k b e c a u s e t h e c a v e was d a r k and a b i t f u n n y b e c a u s e o f the l i m e s t o n e . 1 l i k e d th e l i t t l e w aterfalls. When we wer e a t th e c a v e , N e il, David, D a n ie lle , M is s G ilb e r t , M i k e , and I p l a y e d t h e f r e e z e o u t contest. M i k e p i c k e d up a banana s l u g and p u t a s t o n e on i t .

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THE BEST PART OF SPRI NG A g o o d p a r t o f s p r i n g i s t h e sun w h i c h warms t he e a r t h and makes t h e f l o w e r s bloom. A sweet p a r t o f s p r i n g i s t he f l o w e r s w h i c h makes r a i n b o w s i n e v e r y room. A t a s t y p a r t o f s p r i n g comes f ro m b ee s who make honey t o s p r e a d on my t o a s t . A m u s i c a l p a r t o f s p r i n g a r e the s o n g b i r d s s i n g i n g on my f e n c e p o s t . A l o v i n g p a r t o f s p r i n g comes in m i r a c l e s l i k e b a b i e s b e i n g b o r n in the p a s tu re . A b l o w i n g p a r t o f s p r i n g i s t h e wi nd t h a t l i f t s my k i t e i n t h e s k y f a s t e r . I ' l l t e l l you th e b e s t p a r t o f s p r i n g even t h o u g h you d i d n ' t a s k i t . The b e s t p a r t o f s p r i n g i s E a s t e r when t h e bunny h i d e s my e g g s and b r i n g s me t r e a t s in my b a s k e t .

MY NAME, LORENA CERVANTES I g o t my f i r s t name f r o m my dad b e c a u s e he 1 i ked i t a l o t . I don t h a v e a m i d d l e name. I l i k e my f i r s t name a l o t . I 1 i k e t h e name K i m b e r l y . My b r o t h e r s c a l l me D o l l b e c a u s e when 1 was s m a l l I l o o k e d l i k e a d o l l .

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P I G AND TURTLE Once in a l a n d c a l l e d P i g T u r t l e L and, t h e r e l i v e d a p i g and a t u r t l e . The t u r t l e ' s name wa s Eu ge n e. The p i g ' s name was E m i l y . They wer e g r e a t friends. One day t he two f r i e n d s were i n the z oo l o o k i n g a t th e monk ey s, when one o f t he monkey s g o t o u t . The zookeepers rushed a f t e r i t . Eugene and E m i l y b l o c k e d th e monkey and g a v e i t t o th e z o o k e e p e r s . The monkeys a r e now a l l in t h e i r c a g e s and e v e r y t h i n g i s well.

HI CCUPPI NG Once a h i c c u p p i n g t i m e, t h e r e was a germ. He w a s n ' t a germ r e a l l y . He was a hiccup. One d a y , he met th e w o r l d . " F i n a l l y , " he s a i d , " I ' m in the w o r l d . "

By LONELY R a l p h was a t e d d y b e a r . He s a t on t h e s h e l f a t Teddy B e a r F a n t a s y . Ralph w o n de r ed , "Why d o e s n ' t someone p i c k m e ? " Then someone came in and s a i d t o th e p e r s o n a t t he d e s k , " Y o u a r e f i r e d . " "W hy?" T hey a r e g o i n g t o t e a r down th e building. A l l th e s t u f f e d a n i m a l s w i l l be t hr own in th e dump t o m o r r o w . " The owner had n o t h i n g t o s a y b u t , " O . K . " P o o r R a l p h , he wept a l l n i g h t . He j u s t c o u ld n 't sleep. In t he m o r n i n g th e p e o p l e came and t o o k a l l o f the s t u f f e d anim als. They s h o v e d R a l p h a r o u n d . He was s o t i r e d t h a t he went t o s l e e p . He woke up in a muddy, s o g g y , p i t . "Look a t my c o a t , I w i l l n e v e r be the s a m e . " " H e l l o , " s a i d a s t r a n g e r to Ralp h. "Who are you? Where a r e y o u ? " " My name i s J a n e , a nd I ' m r i g h t b e h i n d y o u . " J ane was a b u t t e r f l y . R a l p h made good f r i e n d s w ith Jane. And now he was n e v e r l o n e l y aga i n .

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Once t h e r e was a woman who was m a r r i e d t o a man. The m a n ' s name was A l b e r t and t h e w o m a n ' s name was Alberta. One day t h e y had a b aby . They named t h e baby A r n i e . Arnie was a g i r l in c a s e y o u d i d n ' t know. B u t , bo y , was A r n i e u g l y ! She had warts a l l over! B u t A l b e r t and A l b e r t a t h o u g h t s h e was b e a u t i f u l . ( A l b e r t and A l b e r t a a r e c r a z y ! ) They p l a n n e d a g r a n d p a r t y f o r Arnie. B u t , t h e y had a p r o bl e m . T h e r e were two f a i r i e s a n d , o n l y one g o l d e n p l a t e . S o , o u t o f the two f a i r i e s they p i c k e d one f a i r y t o come t o th e p a r t y . They had p i c k e d th e good f a i r y named Hot Pepper. The p a r t y went w e l l u n t i l i t was ti me t o p r e s e n t th e baby and g i v e g i f t s t o th e b aby . When th e g u e s t s saw A r n i e th e y thr ew up t h e i r h and s and s c r e a me d , " U g h , " and l e f t . Two d a y s a f t e r t he p a r t y th e f i r s t f a i r y s a i d t o A l b e r t , A l b e r t a a n d , A r n i e , "When A r n i e i s 10 s he w i l l f a l l i n t o a deep s l e e p . To awake A r n i e someone must k i s s h e r on a w a r t . " And w i t h t h a t she disappeared. A r n i e ' s p a r e n t s were v e r y , v e r y s a d , b u t t h e y c o u l d no t do a n y t h i n g . S o , when A r n i e was 10 s he f e l l i n t o a deep s l e e p . She s t i l l s l e e p s t o d a y . oi4 C / t n *

I l e a r n e d t h a t when a n i m a l s ' homes h a v e a smo ot h do or wa y i t means t h a t they l i v e th e r e . I learned that p e l i c a n s f l y in f l o c k s . I learned t h a t t h e ma rs h h a s t o c i r c l e i t s p r e y .

A L L ABOUT THE BAYLANDS I l e a r n e d t h a t t h e p l a n t s a t the b a y la n d s l i k e s a l t water. I learned that t h e c l a p p e r r a i l i s an e n d a n g e r e d s p e c i e s . I l e a r n e d t h a t a s a l t ma rs h mouse l i k e s s a l t water.

FRIZZY T h e r e o n c e was a p l a n e t named F r i z z y . The M a r t i a n s b u i l t i t w i t h c o l o r e d r o c k s and t h e r e w e r e f o u r b i g b l a c k s t a r s a l l around it. K e v i n and C a r t e r were the f i r s t p e o p l e on F r i z z y and t h e M a r t i a n s were v e r y n i c e . C a r t e r a nd K e v i n h e l p e d the M a r t i a n s b u i l d F r i z z y . The c o l o r s on F r i z z y a r e y e l l o w , br o wn, r e d , g r e e n , o r a n g e and p u r p l e . C a r t e r and K e v i n went on F r i z z y 2000 y e a r s a g o . When they went up t o the p l a n e t F r i z z y , t h e y saw green M a r t ia n s . F r i z z y is a peaceful planet. K e v i n and C a r t e r c a p t u r e d a m a r t i a n t o do an e x p e r i m n e t w i t h hi m, b u t th en th e y d e c i d e d t o l e t him go . Then a l l t h e m a r t i a n s f ro m a l l o f F r i z z y came o u t o f t h e i r homes and t h e y were f r e a k e d o u t , s o th e y went b a c k t o the planet earth.

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H i , I ' m an e l e p h a n t s e a l pup. I ' l l t e l l y o u o f one o f my v e r y e x c it in g adventures. Ten mont hs a f t e r I was b o r n , I a s k e d i f I c o u l d l e a r n t o swim. My mom and dad s a i d a t t he same t i m e , " N o ! " And when I was one y e a r o l d my mo t he r and f a t h e r l e f t me and my brother B lin t. B l i n t a l r e a d y knew how t o swim, s o he t a u g h t me. It t o o k me t h r e e weeks and two d a y s . I l e a r n e d how t o h o l d my b r e a t h f o r ten m i n u t e s . One d a y when I was t h r e e , I f o u n d my m o t h e r . My mother t o l d me how my f a t h e r d i e d . I t was a w h a l e , b u t my m o t h e r p u l l e d t h r o u g h . I was v e r y s a d , b u t I g o t o v e r i t . B l i n t had a w i f e and was on an i s l a n d . He d i d n ' t know a b o u t f a t h e r , bu t we s e n t a l e t t e r t e l l i n g him e v e r y t h i n g . I showed mom t h a t I c o u l d h o l d my b r e a t h and swim. My mom and I s p e n t t h e r e s t o f o u r l i v e s on th e s a n d y , s u n n y b e a c h . Cathy Coddin gton

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A S L I M Y GHOST I was in my bed s l e e p i n g when a f r i g h t e n i n g n o i s e woke me up. I h i d u n d e r my c o v e r s . The n o i s e g o t c l o s e r a nd c l o s e r . I y e lle d and y e l l e d as loud as I c o u ld . Then my dad came i n . He s a i d i t was o n l y a dream. So I went ba ck t o s l e e p . Then I h e a r d th e n o i s e a g a i n . So I went i n t o th e h a l l and I saw a g h o s t . I t came a t me and s l i m e d me. I ran i n t o my mom and d a d ' s room and t h e y t o o k one l o o k a t me and s e n t me t o t h e b a t h ro om t o t a k e a s h o we r . When I g o t o ut, I s t a y e d in my mom and d a d ' s room. Then th e g h o s t came in t h e r e and my dad c a l l e d the G h o s t B u s t e r s . They came and g o t r i d o f t h e g h o s t , a nd we t h a n k e d them.

T u c k e r Beim SOME EARLY MONTHS OF MY L I F E

I j u s t came o u t o f my m o t h e r ' s s to ma ch and i t i s v e r y l i g h t ! I can h a r d l y s e e . I d o n ' t know w h er e I am, b u t I do know I am n e a r my mother. A week has p a s s e d and I know how t o swim. I ha ve a few f r i e n d s . T h e r e i s a l o t o f a c t i v i t y g o i n g o n , b u t I d o n ' t know what i t ' s a b o u t . My m o t h er i s r e s t i n g . M o s t o f t he ti me I am p l a y i n g w i t h f r i e n d s in th e water. Now I am t h r e e months o l d . Some c r e a t u r e s a r e co mi ng and th ey ha ve two l e g s , two arms and one h e ad . They d o n ' t l o o k l i k e e l e p h a n t seals. They wer e n i c e t o u s and t h e y a r e c a l l e d p e o p l e . D a v i d C h a r n ey

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One day some very small M< toward their planet. It was a shell that crashed on Mars; the shell was the size of a fist. The Martians put a motor in it and used it as a car. One day they drove to Earth on a space bridge they had built and bought boxes of food. They brought the food back to their planet, and after they got the boxes there, they found out that the boxes were empty. The Martians went on a search, and when they found the food floating in space, they put the food back in the boxes and returned it to their planet. They were happy to know they wouldn't go hungry for 9 , 999,999 years. John Howell m h ffl

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It's 7: l A.M. and the farmers are just getting up. Some funny things are coming to hold us and clean our cages. Mother Bunny says they're people. One person picks me up and touches my fur. Then he passes someone called David, who has brown hair. Now it is some time like 8:10 A.M. Another group of people are coming to hold us. There are six people in this group. Three people want to take me to pet. On is named Chris. At 9:00 A.M. another group of people came to pick us up. Some of the people fed us carrots and cabbage. Afew of them had green patches on their shoulders. There is one very tall one who has a backpack. It's 1:00P.M. and Mommy thinks this is the last group to come see us. One boy picks me up and pets me. Another one picks my sister up and pets her. Now it's 1:20 P.M. and the people are starting to get into their cars. I start feeling a little bit sad about the nice peiple that came to visit us today. I hope they^will come again. Han-Yang Lo<

I am just a new pup. I have to 1 earn a l o t o f things before I will be a good bull. Everybody is making a fuss over me, because I'm so little. I can't help it that I'm so little, because I was just born! I mean who could help it? A lot of people come to see elephant seals like me. I can't swim yet, because I'm too little. I will learn later when I am bigger. Did you know my daddy can hold his breath for about forty-five minutes? "No." You didn't? You had better read more books about the elephant seals. If you want to know, I am about four feet ^°n®*

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That’s my name, and that is my mom calling me for dinner. We are having squid, the worst thing in the world. Well, b y e ! Ryan Braniff

INDIAN LACE If you w ^ who first made ] and why, this story will tell you all about lace. Long, long ago in the Cherokee Indian tribe Chief Certally and his friend Mistress Certally decided to make something fancier than plain cloth. Soon they had all of the Indians in the tribe trying to maie something different from plain cloth, but nobody could make anything different. Then one day, a day which at first everyone thought was horrible, Baby Creetoes had cut holes in his new clothes. Everyone was mad at little Cretoes, except Mistress Certally. She said, " Don't be mad at the baby. See, he's made beauti ful patterns in the cloth." Then they decided to cut patterns in more and more cloth and to this very day, we still use lace to decorate our clothes. Sarah Gilliland THAT DAY When I woke up this morning, the farmer said to me that the third grade from Phillips Brooks School was coming early this morning. I was really frightened. I went to wake up my mommy and daddy, who's a jackrabbit, but they wouldn't wake up. I squeaked, but they would not get up. I hopped on them, but they still would not get up. The farmer opened my cage and gave me a carrot. I went over to the wall to get some water, but I fell into the dish and got all wet. Soon the third graders came and they looked at me and laughed, because I was all wet. They took some carrots and lettuce and fed them to me. At first I was scared. Then I wasn't afraid anymore and they petted me. After a while the children left, and my parents slept through the whole thing! I also got tired and fell asleep. Chris Dolinar

TWO BEAUTIFUL DAYS I am watching these things which we call people, I think I am three months old. " Chocolate," said my mother, " it's time for your swimming lesson." I went to the water with my mother. I am continued, next page)

(TWO BEAUTIFUL DAYS, continued) pretty good. I got on my mother's back and I had to move my fins to make us go. Then I had to try it alone. I did, and I could swim ! I played in the water a long time. Then I had my dinner. The next day I saw two bulls fighting, so I watched with my mother. And before the day ended, I had a new dad! dlaire Tnsel

MY BASKET When I was walking down the forest path, I found a little basket in the bushes. At first I just stared at it. Then I picked it up and examined it. It was quite pretty. It had a little handle with a plastic flower on it. It was dark brown and it had lots of little dots all over it. I quickly ran home and showed it to my mother. I guess she liked it. Later, right before dinner, my mother asked me to go out into the garden and pick some green peas for dinner. I took my little basket with me. When I was finished, I came in and gave them to my mom, then went back out to pick some flowers for the dinner table. The next day I took my little basket to school for show and tell. When I brought it up to the front of the class, everyone started to laugh and they were saying," Oh, look at that funny little basket. Ha, ha, ha!" I broke into tears right there on the spot. My teacher stopped the laughing and I went to go sit down. After school, when I got into the car, my mom asked me, "How did it go today?" I did not answer and I just stared at her. I think she got the picture. She started the car and we went to run some errands. When we got home, v/e went straight to dinner and did not wait for dad, because it was too late and he was eating out with some customers of his company. It stormed that night and I left my basket out m the^ sandbox in the backyard. When I got in bed, I remembered it. I ran outside when the storm was over and found it in the sandbox. It was dripping wet and the wood had turned white. You could not see the little white dots on it and the flower had disappeared. I started to cry. My little basket had been ruined by the storm. When Mom picked me up at school the next day, she handed me a green box with a red ribbon. I said," But it's not my birthday."' She said," I know, but I think this will make you feel better." I opened it and there was a dark brown basket with dots and a flower! I said, " Thank you, Mom! " But I will never forget the basket that was wrecked by the storm. Sarah Sewell

CINQUAINS DESCRIPTIVE, BRIEF FULL OF ACTION EXPRESS ALL KINDS OF FEELINGS POETRY !

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FOOTBALL

GYMNASTICS

BRAVE, STRONG

CARTWHEELS,

RUNNING AND HITTING

MOVING A LOT

FEELING A BAD HEADACHE

FEELING FREE , CLEAR, HIGH

GAME

FUN (Chris Dolinar)

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SNOW

HAPPY

COLD, MOOSHY

SMILE, LAUGHING

FALLING AND JUMPING

SHOWING YOUR TONGUE

HAVING A GREAT TIME

WRITE, READ AND PLAY

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LANCING WITH ME

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COBRA

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CAT

WORLD

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RUNNING AND ROLLING

TURNING NIGHT-DAY

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FREEDOM, WAR, HOT, COLD

FUN

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BIG POINTY

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SHOOTING IN AIR

GOODY, HOT AND TASTY

PEELING TOUGH AND STRONG

COOKIE (Ryan Braniff)

(Rachel Friedlander)

ANIMALS SOFT, FUN

CANDY STICKY, GOOEY

SITTING ON BEDS

LICKING AND CHEWING

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CUTE AND SNUG

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BUNNIES

YUMMY CANDY

CUDDLY, FURRY

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RUNNING IN FIELDS

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MALUNCH!

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anybody. Then something tugged on my pants. I looked down. It was a little man about one inch tall. He was wearing ripped pants and a red shirt and was riding on a silver starfish. He said, » My name is Peter. I was lost in a storm on the other side of the cape." I took him home and gave him a bed. The next day Peter said he had to go to see his mom. Erin Dirks A HORRIBLE LAY Hi, I'm a baby lamb, and when I got up this morning, I found my toes stuck in the wire of my cage. 7:15 A.M. I was still very sleepy when some big Martians11 came into my house. One of them ran over to me and picked me up in a weird way. They all smelled like icky violet perfume that stunk to me. Then they screamed, " Look! A baby lamb!" and ran off with me to a bigger "Martian," who finally told her to put me down. Meanwhile, my mom was outside. I ran out there to find a new baby lamb! He was black and very fuzzy and cute. I went over to greet him with a baa, but he would not talk to me. Finally after six "baas," he gave out one weak baa. Boy, I'm hungry! I have got to have something to eat! Yum! Alfalfa hay! Uh, oh, my mom's calling me. Bye! Mitch Matheu A LITTLE ELEPHANT SEAL'S LIFE Hello, I'm a little pup. Seems to me there's been a lot of fighting going on. My dad is the big alpha bull. He has the biggest harem on this beach! He has challenged at least ten bullsknd he has beaten every one of them. They all go to bachelors' beach. I know it's something like that. Now I'm in a big clump. I'm so squished I could die. I just woke up from a long nap. I think I'm going to lie down here and enjoy the sun. It sure feels good to have sand on your tummy. I guess I dozed off again. Oooh! What are those things over there? They're about as big as I am. They have hair on their heads and they walk on their back flippers, although they don't look much like flippers. Then the big one said, " People, please! " I wonder what that means.Soon I heard a noise. It was my mom. "Glug, where are you? " "Here, Mom!" "Oh, there you are! I've been looking for you for hours. It's late and it is time for you to go to bed!"

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ELEPHANT SEALS AT ANO NUEVO It’s 10:30A.M. and there’s another group of "things" coining to look at us. My pup is asking the bull what’s going to happen. The bull answers, "Well, it’s nothing like a herring gull and then it's nothing like a fish. It's some weird thing that walks on two legs just like the ones that came at 8:30. But you wouldn't know, you were just born an hour ago." Then I said, " I wonder what they're going to do. Oh, well, I'm going to take a swim." "Oh, can't I?" asked the pup. "Well, you could, but you're way too young. You can stay here and play in the sand. You can learn how to swim in a few months." Then the bull said, " Well, it's getting dark. Do you want dinner?" "Yes," said the pup. "O.K. do you want shrimp or squid?" "I feel like squid tonight." "That's fine. I"ll have to go swimmimg for it. You stay here by this bush. Bye! Oh, do you want a half squid or a whole one?" "I guess a half squid. I'm not too hungry." Lauren Berkeley THE WEIRD ROCK I went outside and I found a very weird rock. It had white spots and black spots on it and looked like salt and pepper. I tasted it; it was hot like pepper and bitter like salt. Then it changed colors. It turned green. I tasted it again, and it tasted like lime soda pop. I went back into my house and jumped inside my time ma chine back to three trillion years B.C. To my surprise, I saw cavemen sprinkling salt and pepper and lime soda on a rock. They sprinkled two or three rocks just like that, but with different ingredients. When I got back home, I found the three other rocks. I licked them. One tasted like cherry soda, another tasted like peppermint ice cream, another tasted like cinnamon and spice. They never ran out of flavor. So I can taste sweet things and hot and bitter things at no cost for the rest of my life! Korin Crawford LITTLE PUP I am a little elephant seal pup- only five years old. When I first came to Ano Nuevo, I was really scared. A clump of seals came to me. I thought they were going to hurt me, but they were trying to be friendly. The next day the seals told me why they were in a clump. It was because there was danger. They were trying to protect me. I did not know that. An alpha bull said, " Hurry, there are some kind of weird people or creatures coming!"

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HAUNTED MOUNTAIN Once in f a r o f f A s i a t h e r e was a m o u n t a i n . I t was a h a u n t e d m o u n t a i n . I t was a d a r k and d r e a r y p l a c e and i t had d a r k c a v e s w i t h many c a v e r n s . It was a l w a y s c o l d and d a r k even on a summer d a y . A t r i c k l e of p itc h black w a t e r mi x ed w i t h th e mo a ni n g and h o w l i n g o f the w i n d w er e t h e o n l y s o u n d s . I f p e o p l e d a r e d t o go up t h e r e , t h e y w ou ld t u r n i n t o g h o s t s l i k e a l l the o t h e r s who had g o ne b e f o r e them. W e l l , i t s o ha ppe ned t h a t I was one o f t h o s e u n l u c k y p e o p l e who f o u n d t h e m s e l v e s g o i n g up t h e r e . I t was a d a r k n i g h t and my f r i e n d s w er e t e a s i n g me f o r b e i n g a f r a i d y c a t . I was s o mad I s a i d , " I f I c l i m b H au nt ed M o u n t a i n am I a f r a i d y c a t ? " " T h e n c l i m b i t ! " c h o r u s e d my f r i e n d s . " O . K . , " I s a i d my a n g e r r i s i n g , " I w i l l . " I l o o k e d up f r o m t h e town s q u a r e . H au nt ed M o u n t a i n loomed a b o v e u s , c a s t i n g e e r i e s ha do ws i n th e s k y . I was s c a r e d , bu t d e t e r m i n e d . I walked o v e r t o th e m o u n t a i n , c r o s s e d my f i n g e r s and s t a r t e d up. I stopped a q u a r t e r o f th e way up. I l o o k e d down. I was s c a r e d b u t I k e p t o n . I t was c o l d and d a r k , and t h e moa ni ng o f th e w in d s o u n d e d l i k e g h o s t s in t h e n i g h t . Now I was h a l f way up. I d i d n ' t l o o k down and l o o k i n g up d i d n ' t h e l p any e i t h e r . I t was c o l d and d a r k up t h e r e a nd now I c o u l d s e e a t r i c k l e o f b l a c k w a t e r g o i n g down t h e r o c k s . I t made a s h i v e r down my spine. A s I c l i m b e d e a ch s t e p , I was more f r i g h t e n e d and s o m e t i m e s I f e l t l m o s t s u r e someone was g o i n g t o g r a b me. I was now a t t h e t o p , l o o k i n g down i n t o c o m p l e t e b l a c k n e s s . I w a s n ' t s u r e I was g o i n g to make i t . No one had e v e r made i t b e f o r e . W ell, at le a st I could t r y . I p u t one f o o t down. Something screeched. I t u r n e d , b u t i t was o n l y t h e w i n d . Suddenly I was r e a l l y s c a r e d . I ran. I was s l i p p i n g and s l i d i n g , and p r o b a b l y g o t a h u n d r e d c u t s , bu t I ran a l l t h e way down. My p a r e n t s and a s e a r c h p a r t y w er e w a i t i n g a t th e b o t t om . They had s ee n me co mi n g and h a d n ' t g o n e up. I r a n i n t o my m o t h e r ' s a r m s . I had made i t and was s a f e .

THE WI LD CHRI STMAS The y e a r was 2 0 1 0 and i t was C h r i s t m a s Eve. Our f a m i l y was d e c o r a t i n g the b i g C h r is t m a s tre e . The C h r i s t m a s t r e e was g l i t t e r i n g w i t h o r n a m e n t s , and s h i n i n g w i t h l i g h t s . My dad was h a n g i n g t he o r n a m e n t s when t he dog came i n c h a s i n g t h e c a t . The dog h i t t h e l a d d e r and my dad f e l l and b r o k e a l l t h e o r n a m e n t s a nd h i s leg. Now we had a p r o b l e m . My dad had a b r o k e n l e g and one h a l f o f t h e t r e e was n o t c o v e r e d w i t h o r n a m e n t s . We c a l l e d th e p a r a m e d i c s a nd t h e y rushed over. They t o o k Dad t o the h o s p i t a l and he came b a c k a t 1 : 3 0 i n t h e m o r n i n g w i t h a c a s t on h i s l e g . My mom r u s h e d o v e r t o my dad. " A r e y o u a l l r i g h t , honey b u n ? " We a l l went t o bed . B ut I c o u l d n ' t s l e e p . I had t h i s u r g e t o g e t up and g o t o s e e a l l th e p r e s e n t s . On t he way d o w n s t a i r s , t h r o u g h a w indow, I saw S t . N i c k y d r i v i n g o n l y one r e i n d e e r , h o l d i n g champagne in h i s hand! I was s o s h o c k e d t h a t I f a i n t e d . I tu mb l ed d o w n s t a i r s a nd b r o k e my l e f t leg. My m o t h e r h e a r d t h e n o i s e and ran t o th e s t a i r s . T r y i n g t o f i n d th e l i g h t s w i t c h , s he t o o k th e w ron g t u r n and f e l l down t h e s t a i r s and s h e b r o k e her le g , too! Then we a l l went t o the h o s p i t a l and had th e w i l d e s t C h r i s t m a s e v e r !

Menlo Park - Y e s t e r d a y , Humpty Dumpty f e l l o f f a red b r i c k wall and b r o ke h i s no se. A m a z i n g l y , he is all right. When i n t e r v i e w e d , he s a i d , " I am amazed I d i d not break more o f my body. I t h ou g ht t h a t Ker mi t , the f r o g and M i s s P i g g y pushed me o f f the red wall and t h a t ' s how I if el 1 . " When Humpty Dumpty f e l 1 , he l anded on a g reen hose and br oke h i s nose r i g h t down to h i s t o e s . A l l the k i n g ' s h o r s e s and a l l of h i s men came to H umpty 's r e s cu e . Humpty s a i d , " I g i v e a l l my th an ks to a l l the K i n g ' s h o r s e s and a l l o f h i s men! I f they h a d n ' t come, I mi ght be s cr ambled egg righ\t n o w! "

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Y e s t e r d a y , a ten y e a r o l d g i r l b r o k e he r leg when she t r i p p e d o v e r a t r e e t r u n k r u n n i n g away from t h r e e b e a r s in a f o r e s t . The s t o r y a l l began when the t h r e e b e a r s went out f o r a s t r o l l in the woods, p o l i c e s a i d . The g i r l G o l d i l o c k s sneaked i n t o the b e a r s ' house and a t e the baby b e a r ' s porridge. Then she b r o ke the baby b e a r's chair. She went up to the bears:' bedroom next and f e l l a s l e e p . T h a t ' s when the t h r ee b e a r s came home and d i s c o v e r e d e v e r y t h i n g : t h a t had happened. " I woke up and was t o t a l l y f r e a k e d out to see t h r e e enormous b e a r s l o o k i n g a t me s t r a i g h t in the e y e , " G o l d i l o c k s s a i d when we t a l k e d to her in the S e q u o i a C h i l d r e n ' s Hospital. " I jumped up and out the window and t r i p p e d o v e r a t re ee trunk." She s u f f e r e d no s e v e r e i n j u r i e s e x ce p t a broken l e g .

I t was one sunny a f t e r n o o n in June when my A f r i c a n f r i e n d and I were s k a t e b o a r d i n g down the El Camino R e a l . My pop had d r i v e n us up to H i l l s b o r o u g h to h e l p s t a r t o ur d e s c e n t down to A t h e r t o n . We had made a f i v e d o l l a r bet on who c o u l d get to A t h e r t o n f i r s t . You may t h i n k we g o t t h i r s t yv © o r t i r e d , but 1 had ten b u c k a r o o n e s in my back po ck et in c a s e we g o t th i r s t y o r t i r e d . My f r i e n d J a b a r i was w ea r in g a b r i g h t red amulet a round h i s neck, and when we had f i n i s h e d o u r t h r e e h our r i d e , (he won)I a sk ed him what i t s a i d on the back. J a b a r i s a i d , "When he who r e a d s who s h a l l l i s t e n , the n i g h t w i l l g l i s t e n . At the hour o f twel ve he who l i s t e n s , s h a l l become what he s e es l a s t . " "Not a pretty e n d in g , " I said. "Do you b e l i e v e t h a t ? " " W e l l , sometimes, y e s but most o f the time, n o , " he muttered. "Well I ' l l see you t o mo r r ow ? " "Sure!" That n i g h t the l a s t t h i n g I saw was a c o o k i e j a r ! I am one r i g h t now and no one knows where I am! I t o l d you t h i s becaus e you f i l l e d me w i t h c o o k i e s !

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A VERY STRANGE DAY I t was F r i d a y , two days b e f o r e my b i r t h d a y . I was j u s t g e t t i n g ready f o r bed. I had a Huey Lewi s tape in myr a d i o . I was p l a y i n g it pretty loud. I was j u s t about to g e t i n t o bed and tu r n the r a d i o o f f when a s t r a n g e v o i c e br oke i n t o the tape and s a i d , "Tomorrow you w i l l t u r n i n t o a t i n y green m o u s e . " Then the song s t a r t e d j u s t where i t had l e f t o f f . I i g n o r e d the v o i c e and t u r n e d o f f the r a d i o and went to bed. The n e x t m o r ni n g I woke up and g o t o ut o f bed. T h a t ' s when I n o t i c e d I was a mouse. I t happened j u s t a s the v o i c e s a i d i t would. I had to t h i n k how would I get by my mom when she woke up. I t h ou g ht f o r about a m i nut e. Then I dec i de d to w r i t e her a note s a y i n g I went t o D a v i d ' s ho u se . I had a l i t t l e t r o u b l e w r i t i n g i t but I managed. Then I went i n t o the k i t c h e n to get s om et h in g to e a t . I s t o o d in f r o n t of what lo ok e d l i k e the World Trade C e n t e r. How would I open the r e f r i g e r a t o r ' s door? I was r e a l l y h u ng ry f o r some c he e se . I found a p i n on the g ro u n d and p r i e d open the door. Then I c li mb ed up to where we kept the c he e s e . I openend the package of chees e and s t a r t e d eating. The mi nut e I a t e s omething I tu rn ed back i n t o a p e r s o n . My w ei ght b r o ke the t r a y I was s t a n d i n g on. I f e l l down and broke a l l the t r a y s under me. My whole f a m i l y woke up to see what was the ma t t e r . They a s ke d a l l s o r t s o f q u e s t i o n s , but I n e v e r t o l d them a bou t how I got there. And t h a t was the end o f my dream.

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THE DAY I ALMOST DIED I ' m g o i n g to t e l l you a s t o r y . Once upon a time I , ( T r a c y T u rk e y ) on a n i c e , c o zy farm. My Lezman owned me. He was a b i g , f a t , j o l l y o l d man and loved to e a t . I l i v e d in a g r e a t b i g pen w i t h a lo t of n o is y c h ick e n s. They a l w a y s squawked and s queaked, and I d i d n ' t l i k e them v e r y much. W e l l , I f ound o ut from one o f the c h i c k e n s t h a t T h a n k s g i v i n g was coming and t h a t I was g o i n g to be the main c o u r s e . I l e t out a b i g l a u g h and s a i d , " A r e you c r a z y ? I ' d n e v e r be a main c o u r s e f o r a T h a n k s giving d inner!" L a t e r on in the day, I t h o u g h t a bou t what the c h i c k e n had s a i d . I was w o n d e r i n g what i f I was r e a l l y the main c o u r s e o f a dumb T h a n k s g iv in g dinner!! I s t a r t e d to run in a c i r c l e , s c r e a m i n g , " H e l p ! Help! How am I g o i n g to g e t out o f t h i s m e s s ! " A l l the c h i c k e n s s a i d , "What is t h a t t u r k e y d o i n g ? Shut up, be quiet! Fo r h e a v e n ' s s a ke , what a r e you d o i n g ? " s a i d a l a dy c h i c k e n . I s t a r t e d t h i n k i n g of a plan. " I know! Oh no, t h a t w o n ' t work either. Oh, what w i l l I d o ? " I t to ok me two day s to t h i n k o f a p l a n . I f i n a l l y had i t . I wo ul d p l a y dead and Mr. Lezman would t h i n k I had r o t t e d and he would go o ut and buy a n o t h e r t u r k e y . W e l l , I t r i e d t h a t and i t worked. But I s t i l l had next y e a r . Oh w e l l , I ' l l have to d i e some day anyway.

THE WEIRDEST GAME EVER The day was F e b r u a r y 6, 1985, at 4 : 0 0 . My c l a s s was s uppos ed to p l a y N a t i v i t y f o r the b a s k e t b a l l c h a m p i o n s h i p s . In o ur f i r s t game a g a i n s t them we l o s t 4 1 - 1 1 . Today was g o i n g t o be ha rd. We s t a r t e d the game. I to ok the t i p and slammed i t , and a l m o s t b r o ke the rim. That was o u r o n l y s c o r e in the h a l f . At h a l f t i m e we Then S t a n t a l k e d to us and s u d d e n l y were l o s i n g 3 2 - 2 . We had no chance. J or d an was v e r y s u r p r i s e d . Then D a v i d tu rn ed i n t o M ich ael J or d an . John tur ned i n t o I s i a h he t u r n e d i n t o J u l i u s I r v ng. I was s u r p r i s e d ! t h ou g ht I must be d rea mi ng, but I w a s n ' t . Thomas and t h a t was i t . T h i s was v e r y w e i r d . N i c k tur ned D a n i e l e t u r n e d i n t o Moses Malone. Scott turned into Kareen-Abdulinto Larry Bird. I almost fain te d . J a b b a r , a b i g change in h e i g h t . I did f a i n t . J e l a n i turned i n t o Mag ic Johnson and C h r i s tur ned i n t o George G e r v i n and r i g h t when I saw t h i s , Th i s was 1 i ke an al 1 s t a r game! I fainted again. Then al 1 the p l a y e r s s a i d , "Get up! W e ' r e g o i n g to beat N a t i v i t y fo r your s c h o o l . " Then I go t up from the f l o o r . Malone t i p p e d t o J or d a n , and he slammed i t down ha rd. T h i s happened a l l h a l f be c au se e v e r y N a t i v i t y player fainted. P h i l l i p s B r o o k s took home the g o l d e n t r o p h y w i t h a 3 5 “34 w i n , and e v e r y boy in o u r c l a s s g o t a t r o p h y .

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it was sundown. I had j u s t ta E? Tr * th ree p e o p l e home from the rodeo a t San Juan B a u t i s t a . A t t h a t rodeo, one per s on had been k i l l e d . People had g o t t e n s c a r e d and had been w a n ti n g t o get home. The rodeo had ended late. The c a r r i a g e I d r o v e a s a job bumped and r a t t l e d a l o n g the road home to San Juan B a u t i s t a . The sky tu rn ed l i g h t y e l l o w and red. I looked a t the mo u n t a i n s and I j u s t s t a r t e d to t h i n k a bou t s l e e p i n g and how hard i t would b e . I saw the M i s s i o n and town and was g l a d and s ad. E v e ry p l a c e was q u i e t e x ce p t the b a r . A l m o s t eve ry b od y was a t the b a r . I ' m t her e a l m o s t e v e r y n i g h t but not t o n i g h t . As I g o t to the b a r n , I saw a f r i e n d o f mine. I t h i n k he had too much to d r i n k . We had a t a l k and s a i d g o o d - by e . The h o r s e s q u i e t e d down a s soon a s I put them in t h e i r s t a l l s . I put back the c a r r i a g e and went to bed in my room in the s t a b l e . In the m i d d l e o f the n i g h t around 12 o ' c l o c k , I heard someone. Half a s l e e p I g o t o ut o f bed to see who i t was. W e l l , whoever i t was ran when I came o u t . The p e r s o n had brown h a i r , a f l a t f a c e , and a f u l l bear d. In the mo rni ng I went to the ho tel and s a i d t hat l a s t n i g h t someone had t r i e d t o t a k e a c a r r i a g e . He had brown h a i r , a f l a t f a c e and a f u l l beard. They t o l d me t h a t a guy f i t t i n g t h a t d e s c r i p t i o n took $ 8 , 00 0 l a s t night. He must be l e a v i n g t o n i g h t w i t h the money. I then wal ke d to the c hu r ch and watched them bu ry the per s on who was k i l l e d a t the rodeo. I t was s ad . Then I took two peo ple to a small town and came back. By the time I had g o t t e n back i t was l a t e . My c a r r i a g e was the o n l y way the k i l l e r c o u l d get away. F i g h t i n g s l e e p , I w a i t e d f o r him. I woke up and t h o u g h t I had f a i l e d but he was r i g h t in f r o n t o f me. I p i c k e d up a gun and s a i d , " H o l d it right th ere." I c a l l e d out to the hotel and peo pl e came r u n n i n g . I t tu rned out t h a t the k i l l e r was r e l a t e d to the head o f the ho tel and wanted to take o v e r . He had t h ou ght t h a t he c o u l d g e t some money and s c a r e p e o p l e away. A f t e r i t went out o f b u s i n e s s , he expected to take o v e r . I stopped h i s p l a n s . 9.C £ C )Q .C LC .<4

THE DAY THE WORLD BURNED One day I was s l o w l y w a l k i n g down the s t r e e t w i t h my s i s t e r Anne. She a s k e d me i f I wo ul d l i k e to r ace her. I said, "O . K . . " So we were r u n n i n g and I s u d d e n l y s t o ppe d. As I s n i f f e d the a i r , I t h o u g h t i t was l i k e f i r e smoke. " T h i s s m e l l s t e r r i b l e ! " I t h o u gh t out loud. "What d o e s ? " a s k e d my s i s t e r , but I had s t a r t e d t o run to my house. L a t e r , when we a r r i v e d home e x h a u s t e d , I went up to my room to go t o bed. I was in bed and I t h ou ght about the f i r e . S uppose i t c a u g h t on to a l l the t r e e s and h o us e s and peo pl e too! If it started e v e r y t h i n g on f i r e , what would become o f me? W e l l , now I saw m y s e l f a s a c l o u d up w i t h God l o o k i n g down a t the w o r 1d a b l a z e . " B u t a r e n ' t you g o i n g t o s ave t h i s wo nder f ul w o r l d , L o r d ? " I a s ke d . He s a i d , " N o , too many peo pl e have been mean, s o t h i s s e r v e s them r i g h t !" " S o , what am I ? Wonderful and g o o d ? " " No , j u s t l u c k y . " With t hat he stormed o f f . The n ext m o rn i ng I woke up and a sk ed m y s e l f t h i s v e r y q u e s t i o n : "What i f the w o r l d b u r n e d ? "

Kafhcr»ne RoWiosoiN NIMBLE AND ME One day I was w a l k i n g t o s c h o o l . I t h ou ght t h a t someone was f o l l o w i n g me, but no one was. I kept on l o o k i n g back, but the same t h i n g , no one was. F i n a l l y I d e c i d e d to i n v e s t i g a t e . 1 s t a r t e d to f e e l the a i r . 1 f e l t something s o f t , f u r r y , and rough l i k e a d o g ' s fur. I t was c a l l i n g , " A l e x i s , A l e x i s , come he re , come h e r e . " I s te p pe d c l o s e r to i t . S u dd e nl y I was f l y i n g on the back of something. I c o u l d n ' t see what i t was because the f og was too t h i c k . So I dec i de d to take a nap. The nap went i n t o a d r e a m l e s s s l e e p . When 1 woke up, I was in a n o t h e r w o r l d . (I was in a cave) It was v e r y d a rk o u t s i d e . ' B u t i t was v e r y b r i g h t i n s i d e the c a v e. I saw the t h i n g t h a t had flown me to t h i s new w o r l d . He i n t r o d u c e d h i m s e l f . He s a i d h i s name was Ni mbl e. I looked a t him c a r e f u l l y . He was indeed s o f t and f u r r y , and h i s f u r was the c o l o r o f a g o l de n r e t r i e v e r puppy dog f u r . Oh, and h i s b e a u t i f u l w i n g s - they were a f o r e s t g reen and were v e r y s o f t . "Now, s i n c e you have seen me, I would l i k e to t e l l y ou , A l e x i s , why I p i c k e d you f o r t h i s m i s s i o n . I p i c k e d y o u , A l e x i s , bec aus e you a r e v e r y l o v i n g and u n d e r s t a n d i n g " ( I was q u i t e e m b a r r a s s e d ) " a n d I knew you would want t o do t h i s . Now, A l e x i s , the m i s s i o n i s t h a t you, w i t h my h e l p , need t o s av e my son, Imble. T h i s i s n ' t a hard m i s s i o n at a l l , but I need y o u r h e l p . Now you need to go to the c i t y o f Nash Nash and b re a k open the door to the g e n e r a l ' s o f f i c e , and g r a b my son I mble and run! 1 w i l l be w a i t i n g f o r y o u . " That n i g h t was the n i g h t I had to do the m i s s i o n . I had to go p a s t the two g u a r d s ( t h a t was the e a s y p a r t ) . Then I had to break open the d oor to the g e n e r a l ' s o f f i c e , g r a b Imble, and run p a s t the guards. I did it. N imble and Imble thanked me g r a c i o u s l y . And f l e w me back to s cho o l where I s t a r t e d from. I t was j u s t in time f o r A r t .

IS HOT STUFF I t was November 1. The f armer came w i t h the b i g g e s t b r e a k f a s t o f my life. I was v e r y s u s p i c i o u s . By the way I ' m Harpo, a t u r k e y . ( N o , Mom, I ' m PiOt a c o wa rd ! ) I saw a s t e e l y g l i n t in t h a t o l d m a n ' s eye. I was w o r r i e d . The b i g meals and my s u s p i c i o n s c o n t i n u e d f o r 20 d a y s . Then on Novem ber 21, I saw s ometh ing beh i nd the o l d m a n ' s back. I took emergency procedure. No! I ran! L o o k i n g back, I saw an ax in h i s hand. Holding i t h i g h , the o l d guy c h a se d me. " T h i s i s not w o r k i n g ! " I s a i d . Emergency p r o c e d u r e - w a s , peck h i s b a l d o l d head. He jumped a t me, and I pecked h i s head raw! " O w ! " He kept on coming! " W e l l , here g oes e v e r y t h i n g ! " I said. I p i c k e d up a h o r s e s h o e and threw i t a t him. A lump two f e e t t a l l poked up o ut o f h i s head. The n ext day, he took me to the b l a c k s m i t h ' s shop to watch me w h i l e h i s h o r s e was shod. I s l o w l y took o f f the f a r m e r ' s h a t . Then I knocked the b l a c k s m i t h out c o l d w i t h a h o r s e s hoe. Then p u t t i n g on a g l o v e , I g ra bbed a h o r s e s h o e . I t was red hot! I then pr oceeded to p l a y h o r s e s h o e s w i t h the lump on h i s head. I got a r inger! A c o u p l e o f day s l a t e r , on T h a n k s g i v i n g , I en joy ed r o a s t o l d man f o r d i n n e r . I t was d e l i c i o u s !

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PASSAGE FROM A DAIRY

I t i s a hous e, c la i me d to be haunted by g h o s t s . A l ong time a go, a w i t c h c a s t a s p e l l on i t s e a l i n g i t in a v a l e of darkness. A g r a v e y a r d i s on the o t h e r s i d e , a w a i t i n g a l l who d a r e to enter. G h o s t s can be seen t h r ou g h the windows and s t i c k y s p i d e r webs await d a ring faces. It is claimed t h a t i f you s t a r e l o n g enough, you can see the g h o s t o f the owner o f the ho us e. E v e r y window has a g a b l e o f s p i d e r webs. Trees are a l l around, b l o w i n g in the c h i l l i n g wind.

THE MAGIC PENCIL . . 1'Mom, mom I have s o much homework. And i t ' s not x e r o x e d o r anything. I have to w r i t e i t a l l down. And we have two pages o f H i s t o r y , f o u r pages o f Math, t h r e e pages o f S p e l l i n g , and two pages of Spanish. I hate w r i t i n g t h i n g s down. " " W e l l , Bobby, I g u e s s you w i l l have to w r i t e i t a l l down. Go up s t a i r s and do i t in a h u r r y . Maybe you can f i n i s h b e f o r e n i g h t f a l l . " " O . K . Mom." I went u p s t a i r s and l a y down on my bed. A f t e r t h i r t y m i n ut e s I go t up, found a p e n c i l , and I s t a r t e d my homework. I di d a l l o f i t in t h i r t y minutes. I c o u ld n 't believe it! I t was the p e n c i l , I t h i n k . The p e n c i l was magi c. Now I c o u l d f i n i s h my homework so f a s t , and neat handwr i t i n g , too. I went o u t s i d e to p l a y . When I went o u t s i d e , I t h ou ght a l o t about the p e n c i l . I c o u l d b r i n g i t to s ch o ol and do my work f a s t e r than any o t h e r s t u d e n t . The n ext day I went to school w i t h the p e n c i l and d i d my work. A t the end o f the day the t e a c h e r s a i d "B obby , can I see you a m i n u t e ? " " O . K . , " I s a i d and went o v e r . " Y o u r p a p e r s a r e a l l wr on g. And y o u r homework i s a l l wrong t o o . " I s a i d , " I ' l l t r y to do b e t t e r , " and t h o u g h t to m y s e l f , " I t was the magic p e n c i l . " So I n e v e r e v e r used i t aga in.

ANOTHER WORLD I was w a t c h i n g a T . V. show w i t h my f a m i l y and s u d d e n l y I was s uck ed i n t o the T . V. s e t . I was v e r y s c a r e d u n t i l a c r e a t u r e t h a t was h a l f b i r d and h a l f r a b b i t came f l y i n g o v e r to me. It said, " I can ta ke you to my ho us e, and you can p l a y w i t h me. " " O k a y , 11 I s t u t t e r e d . " G et on my b a c k , " i t s a i d . W h i l e we were f l y i n g o v e r an ocean, I saw a s t r a n g e c r e a t u r e . I t lo ok e d l i k e a t u r t l e w i t h a mechanical eye s t i c k i n g out o f i t s s h e l l but i t d i d n ' t have any f e e t , head or t a i l . I a s k e d the c r e a t u r e I was w i t h what 11 w a s . I t s a i d , " I t ' s a J a 1a f h i n He i s my f r i e n d . We a r e a l m o s t to my hous e. See t h a t t r e e o v e r t h e r e ? I liv e inside i tl" I t was the wei r d e s t t r e e I had e v e r seen. I t was f l o a t i n g in the a i r . I t was p i n k and b l u e , and i t was a l i v e ! I t r eached o ut w i t h one o f i t s arms and gr abbed us! I t put us i n s i d e i t s t r u n k . Then the t h i n g I was w i t h (which was c a l l e d a Gork) s a i d , "He l e t s me l i v e i n s i d e o f him. Do you l i k e i t ? " I s a i d , " I d o n ' t l i k e i t t h a t much becaus e i t s da rk But the Gork tu rned on a l i g h t , and we pl a ye d a few games. Then he s a i d , "Would you l i k e to r i d e home w i t h the J a l a f h i n ? The t r e e w i l l put you on h i s b a c k . " "O kay," I said. The t r e e put me on the J a l a f h i n ' s back, and he swam a c r o s s the o cean, back to the f r o n t o f the T .V . s e t (my f e e t di pped in the wa ter but they d i d n ' t ge t w e t ) . Then I was s i t t i n g on my c h a i r and the T .V . show was j u s t e n d i n g .

T h i s mor ni ng I woke up. My mother was c a l l i n g me. "Alexandra, A l e x a n d r a , time f o r b r e a k f a s t . " I c a l l e d down the s t a i r s , " I ' m c o m i n g . " I went d o w n s t a i r s . The mo rni ng shone b r i g h t and e a r l y . I said t o my mother, " I want some I n s t a n t B r e a k f a s t , p l e a s e . " My mother s a i d , " F i n e o " A f t e r b r e a k f a s t I went to r o l l e r s k a t e . I met my f r i e n d Jenny o u t s ide my h o us e . I said, "H io" Then we went r o l l e r s k a t i n g . Jenny f e l l , then I f e l l . I cried, "Ouch!" I went i n t o a daze. Jenny d i s a p p e a r e d . I saw a w hole bunch of b righ t beautiful c o lo rs. I opened my e y e s . I was in my f a n t a s y l a n d . I lo ok e d a r o u n d . T h e r e was a huge c a s t l e . A s e r v a n t came up to me and s a i d , " Y o u r p r i n c e i s w a i t i n g f o r you in the c a s t l e . C o m e w i t h me . " I f o l l o w e d him. We went i n t o the c a s t l e . My p r i n c e was s i t t i n g on the t h r o n e . The s e r v a n t s a i d , " H e r e she i s : y o u r p r i n c e s s . " I walked o v e r to him. He took my hand. He s a i d to m e , " L e t me show you a roun d the c a s t l e . " We went a r o u n d . F i r s t we saw a room of c h o c o l a t e . I c r i e d , "Wow." The s econd room was the k i t c h e n . Cooks were r u s h i n g a r o un d . The n e x t room was c u r bedroom. By then i t was n i g h t . We g o t i n t o bed and went to s l e e p . The n ext mo rni ng I was in my room, my mother a t my s i d e .

DEATH ISLAND

Once, a long time ago, t h e r e was an i s l a n d . I t s name was Death Island. The p l a c e was d a rk and m i s t y . I t had t r e e s , but w i t h dead brown l e a v e s and b r a n c h e s s t i c k i n g o ut l i k e b o n y hands. Then, deepe down in the t r e e s , t h e r e was a d e s e r t e d g r a y beach. I t had worn out u m b r e l l a s and broken c h a i r s , w i t h v e r y l i t t l e sand and a l o t o f mud. In the mud were o l d bones o f p e o p l e . By the beach was a t a l l , j a gg ed c l i f f w i t h w a t e r under i t . The w at er was g r a y and clammy w i t h dead f i s h and c la ms . ^ ^ But b e f o r e a l l t h i s had happened, i t was a b e a u t i f u l p l a c e . The w a t e r was s p a r k l i n g . F i s h were swimming and j umping from the wa ter and d i v i n g back in. Pe opl e were l a u g h i n g on the beach. Children were s i t t i n g on the s and and making s and c a s t l e s . The mother s and f a t h e r s were swimming and s u n n i n g . The t r e e s were green w i t h f l o w e r and f r u i t s . The sun was b e a u t i f u l . I t s name WAS DreamlandThe r ea s on the p l a c e tu rned so u g l y was becaus e i t was taken o v e r by the demon o f a l l demons. H i s name was L a r k e s . The o n l y way to br ea k the e v i l s p e l l was to g e t the magi c m e d a l l i o n and br ea k i t a t m i d n i g h t on D e v i l ' s N i g h t . Only Mr. David Doom knew where the magic m e d a l l i o n was. But some how M i s s L i l l y found o ut. Soo ner than she t h o u g h t , the work s pr e a d , and a per s on named Mr. F i z l e wanted to change Death I s l a n d back to Dreamland, so Mr F i z l e went on h i s s e a r c h . He went t h r ou g h c a v e s and t u n n e l s and t h o r n y b u s h e s . Then, a t the d e l t a , he saw the m e d a l l i o n . He was g o i n g to get i t when he c a u gh t a g l i m p s e o f a dead man in some b u sh e s . That man had a l s o t r i e d t o g e t the m e d a l l i o n and d i e d from b l o w f i s h p o i s o n . Mr. F i z l e d i d no t know what to do. Then he came up w i t h an i d e a . Mr. F i z l e p i c k e d up two s t i c k s . He t r i e d to p i c k up the m e d a l l i o n . Then he put i t on a r o c k. He c o u l d not br ea k i t ! Then he l ooked f o r a b i g g o l d one. He t r i e d to smash the m e d a l l i o n w i t h the g o l d r o c k, but the m e d a l l i o n o n l y c h i p p e d . So he t r i e d a g a i n . t F i n a l l y he br oke i t , but a g a i n i t was not D e v i l ' s N i g h t , s o from fjpm then on, no one e v e r saw Dreamland a g a i n .

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My name i s A l i s o n T u f f l i . I l i v e d in B o s t o n in a two s t o r i e d hous e. My p a r e n t s had both d i e d , and I was g o i n g to San Juan B a u t i s t a by s t a g e c o a c h . I had a y o u n ge r s i s t e r named E l i z a b e t h . On the way she g o t the c h i c k e n pox, but she r e c o v e r e d from i t . We were g o i n g because Z en nets had o f f e r e d some work on t h e i r r anch to o ur two o l d e r brothers. They would g i v e them some l and i f they worked ha r d. Our Aunt d i d n ' t have a l o t o f money and c o u l d n ' t ta ke c a r e o f us . So we were to be s ent to o u r two o l d e r b r o t h e r s . When we g o t t h e r e we were happy. F i r s t we went to the s t a b l e . Ther e we met a s t a b l e boy named C h a r l e s L e s l i e . He took the h o r s e and the s t a g e c o a c h . Then we went to the bea r and b u l l f i g h t . That was e x c i t i n g . F i r s t they go up in the mo u n t a i n s and l a s s o a be a r. Then th ey get a b u l l . Next they c h a i n them both up, and l e t them f i g h t . I enjoyed the bear and b u l l f i g h t . Then my b r o t h e r s came and s a i d , " H i ! " We moved to t h e i r rancho. T hat week was f u n . I did everything. I dec i de d I r e a l l y l i k e d i t here.

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I t was F r i d a y , my f a v o r i t e da y. My f r i e n d and I w er e w a l k i n g t o s c h o o l when I met my b e s t f r i e n d . He was f r o m B l o c k Head P l a n e t w h i c h i s in t h e D a rk G a l a x y . He was p u r p l e . He had a l o n g n o s e , g o l d e y e s and hu ge f e e t . H i s name was I n v i s i b l e b e c a u s e no body c o u l d s e e h i m e x c e p t me, D a v i d . I s a i d " H i " t o him. He s a i d " H i " back. My f r i e n d , who c o u l d n ' t see I n v i s i b l e , s a i d , " Y o u t a l k t o y o u r s e l f too much!" We k e p t on w a l k i n g t o s c h o o l and I n v i s i b l e left. A t s c h o o l we had a l o t o f homework and I d i d n o t know two problems. They were 2+2 and 4 - 2 and th e t e a c h e r s a i d t h a t i f we d i d n o t f i n i s h i t s h e w o u l d make us go t o s t u d y h a l l . I called I n v i s i b l e b u t he was n o t in h i s U . F . O . and my mom was n o t home. I was s o s c a r e d I s t a r t e d b i t i n g my n a i l s , and s h a k i n g . If I d i d n 't g e t t h o s e p r o b l e m s r i g h t , I w ou ld be in b i g t r o u b l e . The n e x t d a y I went on the s c h o o l b u s , but I d i d n o t g e t o f f at s c h o o l . I g o t o f f a t the n e x t b l o c k . The t e a c h e r t h o u g h t I was a b s e n t . I went home. My mom was n o t t h e r e . I called In v isib le . He was a t h i s U . F . O . He came down r i g h t away. He t r i e d t o h e l p me, b u t r i g h t when he was g i v i n g me h e l p , he g o t c a l l e d b a c k t o h i s U.F.O. The n e x t day I c a l l e d I n v i s i b l e a g a i n . He came r i g h t o v e r . He h e l p e d . He s a i d t he a n s w e r s were 4 and 2. He was r i g h t . I d i d n ' t h a v e t o go t o s t u d y h a l l a f t e r a l l !

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One day my f r i e n d W i l l i s and I were p l a y i n g a game. Suddenly W i l l i s changed i n t o a b i g , f a t , t e n - f o o t , u g ly w ide-eyed shaggy dog w i t h w i n g s . I t u r n e d b l a c k and b l u e and e v e r y c o l o r you can t h i n k o f , I was s o s c a r e d . B oy , was i t u g l y ! Then i t s p o k e t o me. He s a i d , " W h a t ' s w r o n g ? " in a w e i r d voice. I s a i d , " I d o n ' t k n o w , " in the same l a n g u a g e . Then I ran o u t o f th e d o o r , bu t i t was s t r a n g e . I was on another planet. So I went b a ck and a s k e d i t , "Wher e a r e w e ? " "We a r e on th e p l a n e t F a n t a s y . I t o nc e was a b e a u t i f u l p l a n e t , b u t i s now c o n q u e r e d by S h o r t S t u f f . H e ' s s m a l l . Can you d e s t r o y h i m?'' "D o n 't worry, I ' l l destroy him ." " B u t y o u h a v e t o s a v e the k i n g . " "O .K . W h a t 's y o u r name?" " My name i s M a r a c o n i i s B o l o g n a . W h at's y o u r s ? " "Mine is S c o t t . " " G e t on me a nd I w i l l f l y home to th e commander and w i l l l e a r n more." The n e x t n i g h t M a c a r o n i and I s n e a k e d i n t o t he p a l a c e . We l o c k e d S h o r t S t u f f up bu t s o m e t h i n g h i t me. Then I woke up and W i l l i s was s l e e p i n g .

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THE FAI R Wednesday, Oct ober 3 1 s t , l a t e a t n i g h t at the W o r l d ' s F a i r , my f r i e n d L i s a and I were t h e r e a l o n e . I t was f o g g y and b l a c k . S u d de n l y, I heard some r u s t l i n g in the b u s h e s . My f r i e n d screamed. I t u r n e d a r ou n d. She was gone. I saw Amanda. She was c a l l i n g me. I ran o v e r to her and t o l d he r what had happened. I hear d a c l a n k . The g a t e s c l o s e d . Ev er yo ne was gone. Amanda and I wanted to f i n d L i s a . We went by the F e r r i s Wheel and the boat ride. As i t g o t l a t e r and we g o t f a r t h e r i n t o the f a i r g r o u n d s , we heard voices. I t was r e a l l y d a rk and q u i e t e x ce p t f o r the v o i c e s and the r u s t l i n g in the bushes'. I t was c o l d and wet. P u d d l e s were eve ry wh er e. The o n l y l i g h t came from a window in the haunted house. In the l i g h t , I saw a shadow moving. I was a f r a i d t h a t Amanda would d i s a p p e a r , to o. We t i e d o u r s e lv e s together. Then I lo ok ed where the shadow had been. I t was s t i l l t h e r e , but then i t d i s a p p e a r e d . I f e l t Amanda p u l l i n g on the rope t h a t was h o l d i n g us t o g e t h e r . I t u r n e d a roun d j u s t in time. A man was about to c u t the rope. I s t a r t e d t o run. So d i d Amanda. Amanda ran to the l e f t and 1 ran to the r i g h t . We both f e l l ! The man s t a r t e d d r a g g i n g us to the haunted house. Amanda s t a r t e d s t r u g g l i n g but I s a i d , " D o n ' t s t r u g g l e . H e ' l l l ead us to Lisa. When we g o t to the haunted ho us e, we gr abbed L i s a and ran home.

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5-1 SHOULD I DO IT? Once, -on a warm summer Say, my family and I v/ent swimming. Back then I was only four years■ old and would not go to the deep-end of the swimming pool, for I was afraid the drain would suck me up. My family was playing, swimming, and jumping off the diving board while I was in the shallow-end feeling sorry for myself. I started to dog-paddle around when my dad emerged from the water and said, "Do you v/ant to jump off, too?" I thought about it and finally got out of the water. I slowly, walked to the diving hoard. I looked down into the vast blue water and said to myself, "There's no turning back, I think. My family was coxing me to do it but I stalled, trying to think of an excuse not to jump off. My whole body was tense and shaky when I said to myself, "If I jump, my dad will save me from the killer drain." I gathered up all my strength and courage and jumped. SPLASH!!!! 1 had done it and' the drain didn-'t get me! I quickly ran up and did it again and again. Now I am never afraid of "The killer drain".

THB STUCK-UP DCS One afternoon 1 was eating lunch when I saw our neighbor's dog running around on the street. I swiftly stuffed the rest of my sandwich in my mouth and streaked into the street. I grasped hold of the dog's collar and ran to our neighbor's house. I rang the beli. No answer. I rang again. Again no answer. I took the dog into my back yard and closed the gate. The dog got scared and tried to get through two bars on the gate. "He got halfway through and got stuck. I phoned the Humane Society to try to get the dog out. Ten minutes later, a truck arrived and a man leaped out and raced toward the gate. The dog got scared and backed right out of the gate! I went to our neighbor's house and rang the_ bell frantically. This time they were home. I gave them their dog. our ' neighbor's dog running around on The next day da I saw' o led, '"’Not again!" head ana yelled my h the street. I shook s By VlMCBMT CMA*)

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A TEACHER ON ROLLER SKATES This morning I was going up to the office to get Mrs. Westmoreland, so she would open the cla.ssroom door a.s I always do. All of a sudden I saw' someone on roller skates that looked like Mrs. Westmoreland. "It can't be she!" I muttered to myself. "She is much too old to be roller skating! I went up to get a closer look at her and, just then, she tumbled over. I asked, "Why are you wearing roller skates to school?" She explained, "I thought it would be fun to roller skate around the classroom instead of stomping from one desk to the other. It gets boring after a. while, going around classrooms for years a.nd years." Finally the bell rang and I was hoping I was just imagin ing things. If it was really true, she'd be falling on top of everyone!! But when everyone was sitting down, Mrs. Westmore land came into the classroom and started to do a figure-eight. Right in the middle she fell down, and there was so much chaos and bedlam in the class I couldn't even hear my own thoughts! This was all I could take! This person just couldn't be Mrs. Westmoreland. There had to be some mistake. I walked up and she said, "Paige, isn't this neat? I've never had so much fun in my life!!" "You know my name?" I asked. "Of course! 'Why wouldn't I? I've been your teacher almost a year!" exclaimed Mrs. Westmoreland. "But you can't bo Mrs. Westmoreland. Che is too old and has too much dignity!" I shouted so I would be able to hear myself. "Can't I have a break? Do you think it's fun being strict all the time?" As she asked this, I gulped. I had never thought of that. I went back to my seat and still thought about that. I will never forget this day!!

HO CARES? Jerry was a boy who did . — -- „■ -- , cares He never made his bed. All he said w a s , "Who cares?" At school he was asked to play on the baseball team. All he sa.id was, "Who cares?" h When he was told to do .the laundry, all he said was, Who bare s ?" One day his mom told him to go outside. All he said was, "Who cares?" From that day on he has stayed inside. And now he says, "I care." By

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5-4 HOW WILL I I just drank this horrible tasting potion! It guaranteed an inch tall! What am 1 going I'm what? muscles, but guess to eat candy or pizza! I would never abl e to do? I won't be a . marshmallow in my mouth! I'd get stuck in goo!^ If p fit d to eat pizza., I'd drown in the tomato sauce! Just think, trii when I want to listen to music, I'll have to mountain climb up the stereo! Not to mention, hov.' hard it would be turning it on' On volume one it would blast my eardrums! How will I get dressed? Shrink the rest of my clothes, too? Hah! It would ■probably take me a week to find my way out of a. sweatshirt! This is too much! I can't stand it! I'm gonna die m tragedy! Being an inch tall, somebody will probably stop on me! _ p can imagine it, me taking a. bath. I would be swim ming back and forth, thinking about venturing into the seven inch deep-end, when suddenly, out of nowhere comes s hand and pulls the switch labled 'drain'! Down, down, down, I would go! Swept down the drain! _ — Boy, I bet it'll happen! If I live that long! .laybe I could go live with the mice. No, I'd probably be too small for them! They'd eat me! If I could just get up the nerve to venture up the potion bottle. Maybe this time it'll backfire! Boy, wouldn't that be nice! Now, all I have to do is get some thread and venture + When u d that horrible bottle! — I'm big again I'm going , . o ,. I mutilate it. Boy, it'll be sorry it did this wo me. Aaaaah. Slat's that monster? Oh, my gosh! Row'd Spot (our cat) get c;o big9 0 yeah, I got small! I better get that thread and I hope he 6‘ - • •’Ah! • n Got- ■* -' Ruuuuunn! whew! life! it! run for my didn't see me or I'm dead! Now! I'll tie the thread a ound my waist and lasso the other end around the bottle! Uh! Ah! Uh! Oh! Ah! Good! Did it! Now to pull me up! Eeeek! Oh! Ugh! Err! M a d e _i t ! Cww! Whew! H e y , w a.i t Jump in! Yes! Diiiiiiiiddid it. tall! I I'm not big! Hey, I'm only a centimeter a minute! Noww I'll die here Yio'f'p l i f e 1 in _i_ _j — - in tragedy! —- -

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□Mpv/oop THE KENNEL One early morning vheS I w o k e ^ P j t c h e ^ w h e n ^ f d a ^ s t S p D 6 to make. I was staggering p 1 . tomorrow, and I was. wonderI I I " you « a i ? k W?:rc o S r S f t h km f f o take Amy< our dog) to the kennel?” take U e(o f e n n e l

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5-5 ' it d i d ! ! ! All the dogs were barking, and it was cold, Even though.the cage was big, Amy was looted up in a cage. it still seemed mean to put a. dog into one. Maybe it isn't so-o-o bad to a dog, but it sure appears awful to a. human being! I decided to go even though I knew I'd regret it! And I did! On the way there, Amy had a. huge smile on her face. It was the kind of smile little kids have when they get a new balloon. When she was put into the cage, it was As we were as if the big colorful balloon had just popped. walking out, Amy's ears drooped and she sat down on the cold floor. I felt so guilty that I wanted to take her place I knew I shouldn't have gone! I'm never going' there again!i i i i By i & r i r e

THE GENIE WHO CHANGED MY S1Z’ One day when I got home from school, I was thirsty, I looked into the cupboard to sec what kinds of drinks there They were all sorts were and saw ome bottles on the shelf. red one (thinking it w as fruit punch); a picked of colors. I poured it into a. glass, and drank it thirstily, not caring Suddenly, I started to shrink until. I was only how it tasted, How could I get back to normal size before one inch tall! my parents got home? Then, climbing on the cupboard looking size, for something that would help me grow I saw an old dirty bottle with a label that said,"From Barbara to Elizabeth". Elizabeth was my mother. I^opened the bottle. It must have been a very old bottle. suddenly, out of the bottle. lie was chubby and full of a genie c a m e Then the genie said, "1 shall grant you three laughter wishes." I thought about it and said, "I want to bo larger. So he made me six feet tail and reminded me, "That is one wish." Angrily I demanded, "1 want to be smaller!" I was furious, so I shouted, He made me three feet tall. "I want to be my regular size!" He mentioned, "That is your last wish," and disappeared into the bottle. That was the end of my adventure with the shrinking potion and the genie who changed my size. By ■U Lr■ULP

"Oh, no!" I yelled. "I just drank a magic potion. What will happen to me?" I whispered. ii Toe time to go to bed, Mom ^creamed. fell asleep right "O.k ! , I'm going!" I hopped into bea an.away. ’Then I started to snore. omn]ler. The next second I woke % S S W i - f S a v e feeen sleeping two whole days. But then, as I started to open my eyes, 1 saw a hu0e g. y

5-6 monster. I looked around and established that I was drowning in cloth. I also found out I was one inch tall. 1 tried to ’ climb out of my bunk bed by using the monster's tail, but it only got me half-way down. I jumped and landed on the bottom bed. The monster jumped and 1 grabbed onto it. It ran into the kitchen and up on the counter. I fell off and landed in the drain. I looked up and saw eggs coming down. EPLAT!! I started swimming to escape, but 1 couldn*t. I couldn't believe it. I v/as stuck down in the drain. Finally a. string of spaghetti fell down. I climbed up it. It was hard with all the grease. It took about a day. I started walking, not knowing where I was going. I started walking on bars. I thought to myself, "It is getting hot on the ground." I looked down, and I was standing on a grill. I yelled "Fire!" but nobody could hear me. My mom ran over and yelled, "A MOUSE'. " Then my dad came over and threw me out the window. The monster saw me and ate me. That's how I got inside this gray monster. By

ROOM FOR ONE MOR One cold night, on on old eerie road in the middle of the country, Fred1 stooa trying to hitch a ride. A car stop ped. It was a hearse with a lot of people in it. The creepy driver shouted to him in a. spooky way, "There's room for one m o r e ." Fred said, "No, thank you i ii A few minutes later he heard a screech and then a loud Everybody in the hearse v/as crash. It was the ..hearse. killed. The next day when Fred was leaving his office, he pres: ed the button for the elevator, but when it came, it v/as very crowded. The driver of the hearse was standing in the room back! Again he shouted in a creepy voice, "There for one more." Fred said, "No, thank y o u !"_ Fred He decided that he would wait for the next one. shaft! The elevator heard screams coming from the elevator cable ha,d broken, and the elevator had crashed on the bottom floor. Everybody in the elevator was killed.

MAGIC GENIE It was time to clean out my house. I was cleaning out every room and the last was the garage. The last thing left in the garage was a bottle that said something mysterious on it* "Rub me three times and I will grant you three wishes. "poof" the ~ the p i l e M f 3garbage I'S just,,cleaned the three wishes for ground. The Genie said, "1 will grant you today."

5-7 I sta.ted, "Oh shucks, if I hadn't been cleaning this up, I could hav8 been skiing in the Swiss alps with my friends, skiing my heart out." Suddenly 1 was-boom- right in the Swiss Alps on the chairlift with my friends! By afternoon I was tired, and it was time for my second wish, which I didn't know. I was really sore and mentioned, "I wish I could be back in the house," meaning the one in the Swiss Alps, but here I was back home. We got back home in about six hours because Genie 280 was very busy. It was night by then. It was time for the third wish and I said, "Gimme a break, Genie. I've only been in the sV;iss Alps one hour!" The Genie answered, "Here's a. Summit Bar!"

A HALLOWHEN NIGHT THAT WILL BREAK YOU OUT Today I decided to go to my house the back way with my friend Bill. To get to my house, you have to enter and cross a dark, gloomy, and spooky forest. Bill was a little scared. He asked me, 'Aw. Adam, can't we go the regular way?" I stated, "aren't you bored with the regular ’way? "Bill, s Halloween night and we will get to my house And besides f3 st or •** "Okay," Bill said, "I guess we can go the forest way. "Gee, Bill, you're swell." As we entered the gloomy forest, a. howling wind whistled through the trees. I was trembling and so was Bill. Suddenly Bill stopped. He pointed to two men walking right into the .earth. I was startled. "Bill," I whispered, "let's follow them." Bill responded in a whisper, "Okay, as long as you know we will be safe." Step by step, we got closer and we could see a trap-door. Just as we were about to open it, the door wriggled and then it opened. We stood there frozen. A man appeared in the door and shouted, 'Hey, you kids get out of here." , , , We tried to run, but it was as though we were paralyzed. In an instant the man came out. I tugged at Bill and we started to run. We were almost at our house when Bill ana 1 fell m 'a hole. The man stopped, thinking something terrible had happened to us. It wasn't' all that dark so we could see. It appeared that we were in a cave with a tunnel to the north, We started to run through the tunnel as fast as we couln. It seemed to go on forever. We v/asted no time getting out of it Suddenly the tunnel stopped and Bill ran light into the wall.

I stopped, too. "Bill " I asked, "what happened? "I think this is the end of the line," remarked Bi^l. V/e s t a r t e d pounding on the wall until our fists were cut Then, like, a miracle, the wall opened into my bedroom and my mom was standing right there! the tunnel9" "So ""she stated, "you found the tunnel.

"I guess we did," I remarked. "How did-you find it?" my mom asked. So Bill and I told her the story. That night we didn't go near the gloomy forest when we trick-or-treated. And we never took that shortcut from school again! By TODAY 18 DIFFERENT Today was Friday the 13th. Our class was sitting at our desks, as usual. All of a sudden the teacher came in 'wearing light green roller skates. I knew today was going to be different! She was wearing a hot pink ribbon in her hair, which looked rather silly. Her sweatshirt was pink and yellow, and her socks were lavender. I almost fell over in my chair laughing - but I didn't. She didn't look like a teacher at all. She exclaimed, "Class, I was thinking, and I decided that roller skates were a good way of transportation. So I decided to come to school wearing them." Then she started skating out of the room. We all sighed. But she came right back carrying a big stereo. We were all wondering wha.t she was going to do with it. She set it down on her desk. She turned it on full blast. Then she screamed, "Isn't this fun?" We didn't say anything, but she stood up and started dancing with her roller skates on. "Get up and dance, class," she yelled. Of course we had to do what she said. So we got up and sta.rted dancing. Right then the principal walked into our classroom. He said in a. deep voice, "I could hear this rotten music from the office!" "Uhh, well , we were just having a. little fun," she said, "And what are you doing with those silly skates on?" "They're a good way of transportation. Better than ca.r£ They make the sir polluted, and skates don't." for instance. "I order you to take off those skates, and i f you don't, I'll have no choice but to fire you. If "O.K. , I will take off the skates, but I im going to wear them ho m e ." "And turn the music down, and I mean off." Then the principa.l left the room, "Now, class, I have for tl}e girls, nailpoli -h. One bottle each _ and you may do anything you wish with it. For the boys, I have a nerf football for each of you. Nov/ you may stay in the classroom and play ii While we were playing, one of the boys threw a football through the window and broke it We heard footsteps, and we knew the principal v/as here. He stepped in and screamed, "You're fired!" W e are going Then the teacher said, "Excuse us, class to have a talk.*1 They went out.

5-9 The principal walked hack in and said, "Tomorrow a substitute’will he here." The day was finally over, and the last hell rang. I couldn't■wait to see our substitute. It was the next day when I rode my hike to school. The class v/as sitting at their desks like perfect people, when a. lady came roller skating into the room. Now this was hard to believe - a substitute exactly like our other teacher. She was wearing light green roller skates, a. hot pink ribbon in her hair, a sweatshirt of pink and yellow, and s of lavender. Nov/ I know why Friday the 15th is had luck.

THE SHRINKING POTION THAT RUINED MY LIEl One day I was walking through the park, and I saw a bottle with oink liquid inside it. I v/as surer-thirsty because I had :just played a long tennis match in the hot sun. The liquid inside the bottle looked really tasty. I picked up the bottle and unscrewed the cap. I tipped the bottle and let the liquid flow into my dry mouth. It tasted nauseating. After a week I noticed that 1 was getting smaller and smaller. The next day I v/as only one inch tall. Whenever I tried to skate board with my friends, I would fall under the wheel and get scraped badly. Whenever I tried to kick a soccer ball, it was like trying to kick the Empire State Building. Just think, when I tried to go to the bathroom, I would probably drown. I could eavesdrop and spy on people when they were saying things about me. At school I would have to sit on top of my desk and use a two centimeter long pencil. Whenever I tried to eat something, I would probably choke to death. After I thought about all the things I could and couldn't do. I decided that it wasn1 worth it stay small. I thought of a million different ways of trying to get back to my normal size. All the ways, though, were impossible and I couldn't think of any realistic ways. Then I suddenly thought, "How did the bottle get there? Somebody must have bought it or something like that." I decided to go to the nearby grocery store and look for a bottle that said, "This potion will make me bigger". When I got in the store, I*searched everywhere for a long time. After a while I decided to go home. Just as I was leaving the store, I glanced a.t a shelf and saw some bottles. I went over there to look, and one of the bottles said, "This potion will make you bigger." I was very happy, so I went over to the cashier's desk and bought it. As soon as I finally got out of the store, I opened the bottle a.nd drank all the potion inside in one gulp! When I finally got home, I looked in the mirror and nothing had changed. I kept looking in the mirror. Finally I noticed that I had grown some. It got late, so I went to bed after a. while. In the morning when I v/oke up, I noticed I wa.s as big as the biggest giant. - I w a ^ h u m o n g o u s ! I couldn't fit through

5-10 Then I the doorway . and my hand was as bif as the window. decided tha.+ I -would never get ba d to regular size and my life was ruined, so I put a gun to my head and blew my head off! By SCARY DAY For my birthday I got a crystal ball. As I looked into it, I saw a gloomy castle with soldiers and monsters. It was shocking to see my own family all in the dungeons. Looking all around me, I saw that nobody else was there! I freaked. Quickly, I glanced into the crystal ball and all my friends were in the dungeons, too. I had to save them. Just then I vanished into the crystal ball world. Standing right next to me was the castle. Then I saw the drawbridge closing, so I quickly jumped on it and slid down it. Somebody was coming, so I quickly hid out in a room. Slowly, I turned around and saw a beautiful lady. It was Korn! She was all dressed in beautiful clothes! She was being worshipped by the king and the queen of the castle. She turned around and saw me. She screamed with joy l Just then an alarm went off and I knew they had seen rne. Thinking quickly, I ran upstairs to the dungeons. Right after freeing my family and friends, all the soldiers cornered us. V/e were doomed. v/e saw an open window, and I yelled,"Jump! " Everybody jumped down into the water. v/e were free! Just then I remembered Mom. She was stuck inside. They were going to kill her. Quickly, I told everyone to wait there until I came back. I climbed back up the wall, went through the window, ‘and went to the door where Horn was. Cautiously, I opened it and saw her about to get her head chopped off in a guillotine. I jumped in, freed Mom, and ran out . V/e ran upstairs and jumped through the window. Just before we hit the ground, we were back home. I didn't dare look into that ball again.

By A DIFFICULT CHOICE It was Thursday, April 25, 1985, and I had a tough decision to make. . In March, our family had planned to get a gray Persian kitten. We had seen it before, and it was the cutest thing you could imagine. Its eyes dr.ooped and its face was so fluffy you could barely see its mouth and nose. It was a boy and we. were going to name him Chauncey. Anyway, we decided to get him around the end of March or beginning of April. But something happened. All the kittens became sick and couldn't be taken away from their mother to get their shots. The woman who owned the kittens told us we would have to wait about two more weeks. There was a problem with that. My parents were going on a. trip and that meant my mother wouldn't be there to take oa.re of the kitten when my sister, my brother, and I were at school. My mom decided that it would be best not to get Chauncey until my parents came back home. That wasn't until May 2nd.

5-11 A week before ray parents came home, Thursday, April 25, I went to school in the was the day I made the decision. morning. I came home from school and ray babysitter told me something. She said, "A woman called about a kitten. She told me that v/e can pick up the kitten on Saturday, April 27th, your brother's birthday." Quickly I said, "Hooray!" I wanted that kitten so badly that I was going to burst with happiness. Suddenly I remembered the problem v/e had had before, No one would be at home to take care of the kitten. All night and the next day thought about it. Every minute I changed ray mind. It was a horrible night. Reasons kept passing through my mind. It was only a. week until ray parents got .home. The kitten might not get enough food. He'll sleep most of the time. He won't have anyone to play with, On Friday night I knew I just had to decide. I thought about it once more, and I figured that it was much better for Chauncey to be happy. I ran to the kitchen and explained that to my sister, brother, and babysitter. They all agreed. When my pa.rents got home, we decided on a date .. It was to be May 4, 1985. By ^ r a f i v T

CRYSTAL BALL For my birthday I received a cryst il ball which was very I went shiny. As I looked down through it, 1 saw the floor: I to show it to my mom. She was doing th laundry. walked into the laundry room she said, 'ill. Clint." I said, "Hi, Mora. Look what Uncle .Jerry gave me." Mom said, "What a nice crystal ball." Thereupon I slipped on some dirty clothes and fell. The crystal bail flew up into the air and into the open washing machine. The washing machine started. I tried to I got my baseball bat, mitt, open the lid, but it was stuck. and glove. First I hit open the washing machine with the bat. Then I caught the ball with the glove. The crystal ball was very clean. When I looked inside, 1 saw dirty laundry, and I took the ball and hit it with the bat. Only one outside layer broke. Then rugs and dirty laundry fell out. This crystal ball was like a jaw breaker. I gave it to my sister. She hung it from her ceiling. In the night it fell and hit her on the head. She got a. very big egghead. When the ball' fell, another layer broke off and eggs rolled out. Then 1 left the ball on ray family room bar. When I came back, the ball was huge. It had a door. I_ y-Qgpdg the door. I could see out, but no one could see in. got The ball shrank again, really small. I stepped out the door Then the ball exploded and slid down the bar stool and ran away. and disa.ppea.red. For the rest of my life I was. an inch tall and very miserable. By

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5-12 THE BLACK He walks upon the roofs Searching for some loot. His hands (paws) scrounge under shingles. As he searches, He does not know of the precious gem That has been set aside for him. On the lawn it sits Waiting for him. But wait..... He catches a. whiff of what the precious gem contains He scrambles down the wall And scurries across the yard, And feasts upon it all. All the little children of the house Press their little noses against the window In sleepers and in furry feet, As their beady little eyes Stare at the robber in surprise.^ The gem is now empty and he is lull. He gives a yawn, And stretches on the lawn. This is a description of a raccoon searching for foo By

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Nursery School- Betsy, Kobie, Cass, Suzanne, Geoffrey, and _ Scott enjoyed riding tricycles in Nursery School. We m also remember having to sit in the "growing up" chair.

Kindergarten- Ramona, Babette, Bill, Jeff, and Alex joined our clas s in Kindergarten. The boys liked working \^ljth Mrs. Polhemus wood and playing on the merry go round. ^ @ was our teacher. Bill First Grade- In First Grade Ben, Dan, and Shannon came. and Eric ran into Miss Root and she fell down and broke Dan threw up on Ramona's hand. her arm.

Second Grade- In Second Grade we acted out the play "Mary Poppins" Suzanne was Mary Poppins, Jeff was Bert, Cass ^“0 was Jane and Ben was Michael. Dan was Mr. Banks. Third Grade- In Third Grade Ashley and Roth came to join our jl class. Scott returned in mid-year with a thick British Julj accent. We gave a play "What's New". Two birds flew d f f l into our classroom and we had fun trying to get them out. Purple cows and roller skates were "in"..We went to see the elephant seals at Ano Nuevo, Fourth Grade- We made missions and studied Indians'?' We took an overnight to Inverness. The girls snuck outside. Ashley hid in the boys sleeping ba g s ! Some of us decided to go steady that year! W O W ! VX Fifth Grade- Patrick left in tnemiddle of Fifth Grade. Steve and Lance left at the end of the year. Spin the bottle was a recess activity! We went to Yosemite for five days with the sixth grade. Scott got car sick. We wrote reports on C o ^ ^ D a y ^ Sixth Grade- Heather, Jabari, and Helen joined us. We visited Marine World before it was supposed to close. We went on an overnight to Pigeon Point Lighthouse. We designed plates and had bake sales to raise money for the school. We helped run Carnes Day at Random Harvest. Secret friends were fun. We held a m o c k ‘Presidential Election. Ashley was Dorothy in the"Wizard of Oz". We visited the Cali fornia State Capital in Sacramento. We took the Kindergarteners to chapel and the Nursery Schoolers on an Easter Egg hunt. We learned about the Depression of the 1930's and World War II from the senior citizens at Little House. Brian cracked a stink bomb in the library. We had many laughs in sixth grade!

Sixth Grade Prophecies Ashley - Ice cream server at A.M./P.M. Suzanne - First woman in the NFL Cass- Clerk at Woolworths Kobie - Newspaper editor Betsy - First person to kick her sister to the Ben - Guy on Aussi Holiday commercial Sam - Mailman Shannon - Owner of Shannon's Dog Biscuits Danny - Owner of Herman and Ethel's Dance Stud Roth - Janitor Helen - Eye Doctor Babette - German Gourmet Food Specialist Brian - Worldwide Plumber Dan - Photographer for Playboy Jeff - Bus Driver Jabari - Best lawyer in the world Ramona - Weight WAtchers President Scott - Orville Redenbacher II Bill - Car Designer Alex - Ronald McDonald Heather - Professional Weirdo Geoffrey - Super Frogman Andrea - Nato-potato-tomato-banjo player The Best and Worst Bigge st flirt - Suzanne Worst Laugh- Jabari Best Face - Cass Most Freckles - Cass,Jeff, Danny, Heather Best Smile - Andrea, Brian Quiet est - Helen Babette Loude st - Scott, Sam, Alex Best Artist - Andrea Talle st - Dan Skinn iest - Ramona Best Gossip - Andrea Smart est - Betsy, Kobie, Heather Messi est Desk - Danny Neate st Desk - Heather, Helen Prepp iest - Roth Longe st Hair - Betsy Best Laugh - Sam Best Voise •- Ashley, Kobie Tries to be Cool - Ben, Alex Worst Excuses - Shannon Best Imagination - Dan Longe st Stories - Bill Most Logical - Geoffrey

A Reporter: the Year 2000 February 23, 2000 - It feels so good to be able to come e from my office at the Daily News to my cozy San Francisco apartment and Whiskers, my cat, and Gold, Brown, and White, the three goldfish. I fix myself some hors d'oeuvres and feed the cat before sitting down to read the mail; two birthday cards, a letter from my pen-pal, and a copy of Time magazine. I've got to finish a story and then I will go to bed. I'm really tired. February 29, 2000 - Today the editor sent me out to cover a gigantic Leap Year celebration on a yacht in the bay. I think the hostess s name was Susan Henderson. I remember her from somewhere, though I'm not sure where. March 9, 2000 - Amazing! The Daily News printed my story on Alcatraz (they're rebuilding the jail for prisoners) as one of the main headlines in this evening's paper. This is the a rtic le :

ALCATRAZ TO BE REOPENED Alcatraz Prison - The Board of Directors here announced today that the government plans to reopen the jail for prisoners. Bob Ryan, the head of the project, brought the plan to the San Francisco City Council in January. After numerous problems concerning the safety of Bay Area cities, a team of scientists and engineers dis covered a method of keeping the lawbreakers on the island, though at the moment they will not reveal what it is. If their plan goes through, the island prison should reopen by June, 2001. March 10,2000 - I'm really proud of myself, especially becaus.e now I've been promoted to reporting more important things than parties and other entertainment. The editor told me that^tomorrow I will be going to cover President Arthur Lansing s arrival. I certainly am coming up in this world. Betsy Gilliland

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One Week to Live I found out that day in the doctor's office that I only had one week to live. The doctor said I had a new disease called Anobe that they could not cure, but the disease would not affect my strength. If I did get sick, my chauffeur would take me to the hospital. On the way home I was thinking about when my mom and dad died. Their last words were,"Spend our wealth wisely." I remembered those words and thought how I could give my money and treasures away. I called the doctor that night and told him I wanted to build a research center named after me to help find antidotes to cure all diseases. Then I called the Library of Congress and asked if someone could help me set up a medical library. I got off the phone and started to change my will. My chauffeur would inherit all seven of my cars. My maids would receive all my antiques. Then the day came when I was suppose to die. My chauffeur took me to the hospital. When I went into the room, the doctor followed me, laughing. I thought he was beserk, laughing on the day of my death. Then he said, "The computer made a mistake, you're going to live. You don't have a disease. Joyfully I rushed home, eager to get back to my wealth and to live a wonderful life. Brian Moran

The d a u g h t e r o f a m o t h e r ' s dreams i s Yetunde Z o l a R e e v e s , my s i s t e r . She i s s m a r t , a g i l e , a nd t a l e n t e d . Yetunde has a u n i q u e p e r s o n a l i t y . The t h r i l l o f l e a r n i n g f l a r e s in her. S he h a s a k i n d o f f o r w a r d momentum t h a t k e e p s h er g o i n g . In one i n c i d e n t thi s h e l p e d h e r . One n i g h t , Y e t u n d e b r o u g h t home a l o t o f homework t h a t s h e had t o f i n i s h . My m o t h e r s a i d , " Y e t u n d e , y o u m u st g o t o b e d . " S h e w a l k e d t o h e r room r e l u c t a n t l y . In the m o r n i n g when g o t o u t o f bed, I f o u n d h e r w o r k i n g on h e r homework. Many o t h e r t i m e s s he h as done t h i s . Y e t u n d e w i l l do s o m e t h i n g f o r y o u w i t h o u t y o u even a s k i n g . One day w h i l e I w a s a t s c h o o l , my s i s t e r came i n t o my room. S he saw i t was i n s h a m b l e s . When "I g o t home, i t was s p a r k l i n g c l e a n . Yetunde i s a ve ry s i n c e r e p e r so n . S o m e t i m e s she w i l l j u s t t e l l y o u t h a t s he l o v e s y o u w i t h o u t an y r e a s o n to. S he d o e s v e r y wel l in school. A l l the t e a c h e r s l i k e h e r . Y e t u n d e h a s some u n e x p l a i n e d power t h a t d r a w s p e o p l e t o h e r . I t h i n k t h i s i s how s h e g e t s f r i e n d s , b e c a u s e s he h as s o many o f them. Sometimes Yetunde can a c t a t r o c i o u s , but I love her. Jabari

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Z.Z. Top Z. Z. Top, my l a t e h a ms t er , w a s more o f a n u i s a n c e than a pet. M o s t l y , he chewed on the s i d e of h : s cage w h i c h made the w h o l e t h i n g v i b r a t e and was r e a l l y v e r y a n n o y i n g . In a d d i t i o n he consumed l a r g e amounts o f food and w a t e r . I a l s o had the o n e r o u s j o b o f c l e a n i n g hi s cage. E v e r y time I rea ched i n s i d e to take him o u t , he w ou ld clamp h i s n a s t y o ve rg rc wn jaws on my f i n g e r and not l e t go u n t i l 1 had yan ke d him a c r o s s the ca g e, l e a v i n g my f i n g e r s o p p i n g wi th b lo od. Then one da y, a s I g l a n c e d o v e r a t h i s c a g e , I n o t i c e d he wa s t i l l a s l e e p when he s h o u l d have been up. I went o v e r and s ho ok h i s cage. He d i d n ' t move. I s ho ok i t a g a i n and then c a l l e d my mom. He was dead. We t o ok him o u t s i d e and put him i n the g a r ba g e (a f i t t i n g b u r i a l ) . I r e a l l y f e l t b a d l y be c au se I h a d n ' t l i k e d him when he was a l i v e . Now I w i s h i had been k i n d e r to him. Danny Li ebgol d

Hi' My name is Z.Z.Top. I'm in Hamster Heaven. Life is so wonderful up here. My previous life was not nearly as enjoy able. Let me tell you about it. Danny Liebgold, my owner, was the worst offender of animal unhappiness. First of all, my teeth never stop growing so I have to constantly gnaw to keep them trim and worn down. Danny never gave me anything to chew on, so I had to chew on the bars of my cage or my teeth wouid grow too long. I never had interesting nest materials or fun toys, so some of my few joys in life were eating and drinking. He hardly ever cleaned my cage, and when he did, he always had an angry expression on his face. Really, if he wanted me to go to the bathroom in my cage and not make a mess, he should have given me a little toilet. In Hamster Heaven we are provided with ail the proper facilities. . , , ,, , Whenever he reached in my cage (which was hardly ever), he would charge his giant hand toward me amd try to grasp my middle. The only way I could defend myself was with my teeth. Then Danny would fling me across the cage. Life wasn't going well at all. Things weren't getting any better. I had to do some thing, so one night I ate my last -meal and prayed my last prayer. I crawled into my nest and fell into a deep slumber. Well, I guess God liked my prayer because when I awoke 1 ™a s at the gates of Hamster Heaven. An old lady called, Z.Z.iop. "I'm here," I answered. Then she led me to a beautiful chamber where gorgeous hamsters with haloes, wings, and mandolins sang sweet songs to me. Here I am and here I'll stay.

Ramona

Rico

High Suspense At one of my music institutes, my friend Jeff and I did something extremely crazy. During one of our free periods, we decided to go exploring around the building. First we were just wandering around until my friend asked me if I would like to go and investigate the lighting system back stage, I agreed, so we took off for the theater. The lighting system consisted of about forty lights strung across the stage. There were two ladders on different sides of the stage. One went up to a lighting computer with all these wires everywhere, and another went up to a box office. We climbed up it quietly because there was a class in session on stage. We climbed to the fifth floor, but then climbed back down to the second floor. We hurried through the box office, walked down a staircase, and came out through a corridor. Then we decided to climb up the other one. We met two girls Jeff and I knew. They followed us to the other ladder, but only the older girl would climb it. Our climbing point was a walkway about five stories high and stretched thiry feet across. The younger girl said she would stay down at the bottom and watch us. We made it to the top and started to walk on the walkway. The metal in the walkway crisscrossed in neat patterns so you could see through it. In a little while, two ladies walked in and saw the younger girl looking up the ladder. She said, "There are some people up there, but I don't know who they are." She was trying to cover up for us, but she goofed it. The ladies saw us up there and got pretty mad. They said things like "I don't know who they are, but if I see their faces again, I'll recognize them." Soon they left, only to hide and try to see who we were. I climbed down as fast as I could and darted out the door. For the rest of the day, I stayed pretty close to my mom. Bill Sewell BRI AN HORAN T h e r e h a p p e n s to be a boy i n my c l a s s c a l l e d B r i a n Moran and h e ' s a r e a l l y n e a t g u y . He h a s l o n g b l o n d h a i r c u t i n a d i f f e r e n t s t y l e from a l l the o t h e r b o y s e x c e p t f o r Sam. The e y e , o f t h i s boy a r e a brown c o l o r . B ria n d re sse s very f a s h io n a b l y . He i s u s u a l l y v e r y d a r i n g and g o o f y a t the same ti me. Every time the t e a c h e r c h e c k s o u r d e s k s , he g e t s put i n to s t u d y h a l l t o c 1ean hi s d e s k . He i s a l w a y s g e t t i n g i n t r o u b l e . F o r i n s t a n c e when we wer e r e a d i n g , he s t a r t e d c h e w i n g on h i s s t i n k bomb and by a c c i d e n t he b i t o f f the top. Immediately B r ia n spat i t out. Then he r a i s e d his hand and a s k e d i f he c o u l d g e t a d r i n k o f w a t e r b e c a u s e i t wa s an e m e rg en c y. The t e a c h e r s a i d no, o f c o u r s e . So he s t a r t e d s p i t t i n g on the f l o o r . But a s soon a s the t e a c h e r s m el t th e o d o r she t o l d him to g e t o u t o f the c l a s s r o o m . When he l e f t , he Look the s t i n k bomb w i t h him. L a t e r he g o t s e n t to the o f f i c e . T is time he c o u l d n ' t g e t o u t o f i t . He i s g r e a t a t s p o r t s . He p l a y s CYSA s o c c e r , th e m a j o r s i n b a s e b a l l , and he swims and p l a y s t e n n i s in the summer. I a l w a y s c a t c h him u s i n g my p e n c i l s . But I l e t h i m ^u s ua y. He i s a c o ol

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Scott

Saywell

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CRUISER The heavy m i s t was j u s t b e g i n n i n g to r i s e from the s o i l o f J u p i t e r when a deep rumbl ing n o i s e r es ounded. S t r a n g e and e e r i e 1 i g h t s f l a s h e d a c r o s s the sky w h i l e t hund er boomed and echoed f a r away. A colossal bolt o f l i g h t n i n g f l a s h e d down and l e f t a s t ea m in g p i t in the g ro u n d . B a r e l y a u d i b l e n o i s e s came from the p i t . Soon a small c r e a t u r e p a i n f u l l y and awkwardly emerged from the huge d i t c h . I t was v e r y small T i n y l e g s came from a s mall abdomen p r o t r u d i n g from i t s back. Wi th d i f f i c u l t y i t s l o w l y t r i e d to c l i m b out o f the p i t . But a s the g r a v i t a t i o n a l p u l l was too g r e a t f o r i t , i t f e l l back i n t o the p i t , n e v e r to emerge a g a i n . Mean whi l e, the v a s t u n d e r s i d e o f an immense s t a r c r u i s e r appea red out o f the m i s t , whi ch was now m o s t l y gone. The deep r u m b l i n g sound had grown to a d e a f e n i n g p i t c h . I t o b v i o u s l y was coming from the c r u i s e r . A f t e r the tremendous s h i p had l a nded, a small a i r l o c k opened, and o ut Th re e more came a man in a b u l k y MNV u n i t , f o l l o w e d by an a l i e n in s h o r t s . men in MNV u n i t s came from the l o c k . They immediately s t a r t e d s c r u t i n i z i n g the p i t l e f t by the l i g h t n i n g bolt. The a l i e n in s h o r t s seemed to be e s p e c i a l l y i n t e r e s t e d in the body o f the s mall c r e a t u r e w hi c h was now dead from some unknown c a u s e . After a l m o s t d i s s e c t i n g i t , i t popped the c r e a t u r e i n t o i t s mouth and s t a r t e d c h e w i n g . The a l i e n g u l p e d i t down and l i c k e d h i s l i p s . The o t h e r f o u r men were t a k i n g s amples of the d i r t in the h o l e and had a l r e a d y s t a r t e d w a l k i n g back to the a i r l o c k . The a l i e n ran back and j u s t s queezed t h r o u gh in time. The r um b l i n g n o i s e sounded a g a i n and the v a s t c r u i s e r r o s e from the gr ound and g a t h e r e d speed. I t then d i s a p p e a r e d i n t o the m i s t . J u p i t e r was q u i e t once more. By Danny L i e b g o l d fv

TWO LEFT FEET

John walked i n t o the crowdecf room and i n t r o d u c e d h i m s e l f to e v e r y g i r l in s i g h t . A l l w al ke d away but one, June B o j o u r , a prima b a l l e r i n a a t the P a r i s S chool o f Dance. John, out to i mpr es s , announced t h a t in the S t a t e s he was v e r y famous and p la y e d the l e a d i n g r o l e in Swan Lake. The n e x t day, John wanted 'to g e t some dance c l o t h e s , s o he v i s i t e d Le Avon de F a s h i o n , a f a n c y b a l l e t s t o r e . He s mugly i n t r o d u c e h i m s e l f and began to t e l l the v e r y bored c l e r k a bou t what a g r e a t da n ce r he was and how l i t h e h i s body was. The c l e r k knew t h a t he c o u l d n ' t dance, l e t a l o n e be a " p r e m i e r d a n s e u r " , s o he a s ke d what b a l l e t s he had been in„ John i g n o r a n t l y r e p l i e d , " M a n y ! " F i n a l l y the c l e r k go t a round to a s k i n g what he wanted. John t o l d the man t h a t he wanted the f a n c i e s t b a l l e t o u t f i t t h a t they had. The: man d i s a p p e a r e d f o r a w h i l e and, when he came b ack , he was h o l d i n g a p i n k t u t u and d i r e c t e d John to the d r e s s i n g rooms. When John came o u t , June was t h er e. " H e l l o , June, what b r i n g s you h e r e ? " John a s ke d . "Why a r e you in a t u t u ? A re you n u t s ? " June demanded. John j u s t s t o od t h e r e dumbfounded and ne ver knew why June had l e f t . Andrea Woodman

THE ADVENTURE I w oke ,up f e e l i n g good. 1 checked my c a l e n d a r and saw a d o c t o r ' s a p p o i nt m en t on i t . When I a r r i v e d a t the d o c t o r ' s , the n u r s e took me i n t o the d o c t o r ' s o f f i c e . The d o c t o r s a i d he was g o i n g to take some x - r a y s to see i f e v e r y t h i n g was f i n e . When he came o ut o f the d e v e l o p i n g room, a w o r r i e d f r o w n ^ c r e a s e d h i s face. /oo KusX. ©»« Vk*. " W h a t ' s wr ong, D o c ? " I s a i d j o k i n g l y . " T h i s i s not a j o k e , D a n , " he t o l d me. Your r i b s a r e c l o s i n g in on you. You o n l y have one week to l i v e . " " W h a t ! " I y e l l e d . " O n l y one week to l i v e ! What w i l l do?' " A n y t h i n g you w a n t , " he e x c l a i m e d . When 1 g o t home I th ou ght o f what I s h o u l d do. " I need some mo n e y , " 1 t h o u g h t to m y s e l f . I d e c i de d to rob the F i r s t N a t i o n a l Bank. I had a gun and went to the bank. I put the gun to the t e l l e r ' s back and t o l d him to g i v e me the money. 1 got the money. When I go t o u t , I t h o u gh t to m y s e l f , " T h a t was too e a s y . " J u s t then I heard s i r e n s . I ran as: f a s t a s I c o u l d u n t i l I got to the bay and jumped in. As I swam, I heard some funny n o i s e s . 1 l ooked up and g l i m p s e d a h e l i c o p t e r o v e r my head. I t had guns on boar d and they s t a r t e d s h o o t i n g . S u d d e n l y from the dep ths emerged a huge s ubmar i ne. A man w i t h a p a t c h o v e r one eye and a s c r u f f y beard popped out o f the h a t ch and s h o u t e d , "Come a b oa r d , you go t real' g u t s . " I s t r u g g l e d aboa rd and saw hu ndr ed s o f men j u s t l i k e him. One o f them y e l l e d , " W e ' r e g o i n g to take o v e r FORT KNOX." " F o r t K n o x ! " I screamed, o u t r a g e d . " I ' m o n l y in t h i s becaus e I have one week to l i v e . " They put me in a t o r ped o s l o t and s h o t me t h rou gh the water, blew up a s h i p .

Dan Mosher

A Spoiled Dog

Hi, I am Max, Mrs. Altrocchi's dog. She calls me her "little boy", her "baby". In reality, I'm Julie's dog, but, almost all the time I stay with Mom, except to give me food and a bath; then I'm Julie's (only) dog! I'm very small, I have brown and black hair, and my eyes are black, but you can't really see them because of the blond hair which hides them. Mrs. Altrocchi and Julie say I am cute and everything. When Mom, Julie, and Helen come back from school, I go near the door', and when •they open it, they shout a lot for me. Me, I jump to tell them I'm happy. I live the whole day in the kitchen, because nobody is here. When they go on vacation, Mom and Julie are almost crying when they leave me with Sally or somebody else. Sometimes, I do something bad (ex: I run out of the house). When I come back, Mom and Julie call me "bad boy" and two seconds after, they are kissing me. Well, everything is good for me in this house, everybody loves me, and I am almost spoiled! ! (

Helen Mason

My Most Embarrassing Moment My most embarrassing moment was probably at camp with my best friend Lindsay in the summer of 1984. It was our last night at camp and it turned out to be a disaster for me. It all started when we went back to our rooms after d m e Lindsay went into our room to change, but instead of changing, I went into a friend's room with a Mexican girl named Nicole. The only problem was that my friend wasn't there. Everybody had gotten 7ups after dinner, so Nicole and I sat down and waited for Natasha, the friend whose room we were in. After ten minutes, Natasha still wasn't back. That's when Nicole dared me to pour 7up on Natasha's only pillow. I didn t want to, but then she triple-dared me. I didn't want her to think I was a chicken, so I went ahead and did it. Later Natasha came in and lay down on her bed. "Anna," she yelled. "Anna." Stomping down the hall came Anna, a big Mexican counselor. "Somebody poured 7up on my pillow," Natasha whined. "Nicole did you do this?" Anna questioned. "No, Ashley did," replied Nicole. "Ashley, why did you do that?" she asked. "Nicole dared me," I" said. "Nicole, come here," Anna said, practically yelling. All of a sudden Nicole and Anna started talking in Spanish and I didn't know what they were saying. Anna said something in Spanish and pointed to my room. I walked into my room in sort of a daze. "What happened?" Lindsay asked. "I don't believe it! I just got punished in Mexican." Ashley Brooks

COLD AS

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"a town v e r y f a r from here, a far mer had a d a u g h t e r whom he l oved more than a n y t h i n g in the w o r l d . Mar y, the d a u g h t e r , f e l l in l o v e w i t h a man named Jim, but the f a t h e r d i d n ' t t h i n k he was good enough f o r h e r. T h e r e f o r e the f a t h e r s e n t her a c r o s s the c o u n t r y , so Jim c o u l d n ' t marry Mar y. Soon a f t e r she l e f t , Jim di ed from an unknown c a u s e . The f a t h e r d i d n ' t want to t r o u b l e Mar y, so he n e v e r t o l d her a bou t J i m ' s death. Many m i l e s away a t M a r y ' s new h o us e , a k nock sounded a t her door. I t was Jim! He s a i d t h a t he r f a t h e r had t o l d him to b r i n g her back to the farm. So Mary and Jim s t a r t e d back to her f a t h e r ' s house. W h i l e they were r i d i n g back, Mary f e l t J i m ' s head. " Y o u r head i s a s c o l d as i c e ! " she e x c l a i m e d . So she wrapped her h a n d k e r c h i e f a round h i s head. When she g o t home, she tu rn ed a r ou n d to say goodbye but he was not t h e r e ! She c a l l e d to her f a t h e r and e x p l a i n e d what had happened. T e r r i f i e d , the f a t h e r t o l d he r a bou t J i m ' s dea th . They t o l d J i m ' s p a r e n t s and they a l l d e c i d e d to open the g r a v e . The c o r p s e was in i t s c o f f i n , but a round the head was M a r y ' s h a n d k e r c h i e f !

Ben J oh n st o n

GO-CARTING Screech! Skid! T h e r e we go a g a i n , a roun d the t u r n in o u r g o - c a r t s , d r i v i n g on a d i r t t r a c k b u i l t f o u r y e a r s a go. W e ' r e the G o - c a r t C l u b , th e f o u r member c l u b w h i c h r a c e s t wi c e a week and whose members a r e a l w a y s t o g e t h e r ( e x c e p t a t home d u r i n g m o r n i n g s and e v e n i n g s ) . We c a l l o u r s e l v e s "the gang." The f o u r members a r e the f o l l w o i n g : Jim B r a d f o r d , i n v e n t o r , L a r r y S u r r e y , me c ha n ic , Tammy B e n n e t t , t r e a s u r e r , and me, Jeremy W i l l i a m s . My a s s i g n e d job i s track s u p e r v i s o r . A l l o f us a r e between t w e l v e and fourteen years old. One day, a s I was s u r v e y i n g the t r a c k , on the h i g h bank o f a t u r n I f o u n d a d i r t road c o n c e a l e d by f a k e b u s h es p l a n t e d among the r e s t o f the b u s h e s , j u s t b e h i n d the bank. I c l e a r e d i t away and r e t u r n e d to the c l u b b h o us e t o g e t the o t h e r s . As I walked in h u r r i e d l y , 1 s a i d , " J i m , ge t the headphone w a l k i e - t a l k i e s . L a r r y , h u r r y up w i t h T a m ' s c a r . She's getting i m p a t i e n t and t h e r e ' s s om et hi ng queer we need to c he ck o u t . I found a road h i d d e n by f a k e b u s h es on tu r n s e v e n . " " J u s t a bou t f i n i s h e d , J e r , " L a r r y c a l l e d back from a s econd room in the c l u b h o u s e d e s i g n a t e d f o r m a i n t en a nc e . " I worked on t h e s e b a b i e s a l l l a s t w e e k en d ," s a i d Jim, " a n d now they have a r ange o f 500 y a r d s . " As we ran o ut o f the c l u b h o u s e , Jim and I snapped on a s e t o f w a l k i e t a l k i e s each and hopped i n t o o u r c a r s . L a r r y pushed o ut Tammy's c a r and di d the same. Tammy r e pe a t ed the a c t i o n s , s t a r t e d h e r s up, and we l e t her t e s t d r i v e a r o u n d the t r a c k once. I a s ke d her o v e r the headphones how the c a r t was d o i n g and she repl ied " F i n e , " and thanked L a r r y . We then c r a n k e d up and I t o l d e ve ry o ne to f o l l o w me b e c u as e I was the o n l y one who knew where in t u r n s e v e n , w h i ch i s a b i g t u r n , the gap was. When we tu rn ed o f f o n t o the new r oad, we d i s c o v e r e d t h a t i t was wide enough to f i t two c a r t s i n t o the r o a d s w i d t h . We went i n t o two p a i r s s i d e by s i d e j u s t in c a s e t he road f o r k e d . I t d i d , j u s t a s we e xp ec ted i t t o , but the f o r k s u r p r i s e d us . We br ok e p a i r s and the p e r s o n on each s i d e to ok the road on h i s / h e r s i d e . After a b o u t t h i r t y s e c o n d s o f s e p a r a t i o n , we r e j o i n e d each o t h e r in o u r r e s p e c t i v e p a i r s on a wi de road. "W eird ," I thought. We then d r o v e a r o u n d a l a r g e bend and were soon a b l e t o see a huge mans i o n . " T h a t ' s Old Man W i l s o n ' s h o u s e ! " e x c l a im e d Tammy. As f a r a s we c o u l d s e e , t h a t ' s a l s o where the road l ed. Old Man W i l s o n was an i n t e r e s t i n g man. He had d i e d t w e n t y - f i v e y e a r s a g o , but no one e v e r f ound h i s r em ai ns . P eopl e say he had t o l d h i s b u t l e r t o bur n h i s body a f t e r he d i e d , then n e v e r t o mention a n y t h i n g a b ou t i t again. The b u t l e r d i s a p p e a r e d weeks l a t e r . We d e c i d e d to l o o k i n s i d e the mans ion a f t e r a l o n g d i s c u s s i o n o v e r what we s h o u l d do. The r oad f o r k e d a g a i n ; one f o r k s to p pe d a b r u p t l y a t the h o us e , w h i l e the o t h e r one went p a s t i t . We d r o v e r i g h t up to the back d o o r . As we w a l ke d i n , L a r r y n o t i c e d s om e t h i n g s t r a n g e . Th er e was no d u s t c o v e r i n g the i n t e r i o r o f the hous e! Now we knew someone had been he re r e c e n t l y and h e / s h e / t h e y m i g h t s t i l l be here! We were v e r y q u i e t then. Tammy went to th e a t t i c ; Jim to ok the t h i r d f l o o r , L a r r y , the s ec o nd , and me the g ro un d.

As I s e a r c h e d the a r e a , I t r i p p e d w h i l e in a h a l l and h i t a s t a t u e on the w a l l on the head. The w a l l opened. I c a l l e d the o t h e r s in a l o u d w h i s p e r w i t h the w a l k i e - t a l k i e and, s e c o n d s l a t e r , e v e r y o n e was a t the o p e n i n g . "We heard a " D i d you he a r t h a t ? " Another vo ice : " T h e r e you go a g a i n , g e t t i n g w o r r i e d a b o u t n o t h i n ' , " Tammy peeped in a t r a p d o o r in the f l o o r t o see what was g o i n g on and saw a c o u p l e o f men n e x t to a p r i n t i n g p r e s s making c o u n t e r f e i t money. We r us hed o u t . The two c o u n t e r f e i t e r s he ar d us and s t a r t e d c l i m b i n g up the s t a i r s from under t h e r e . We f l e w o ut the d o or , hopped i n t o o ur go c a r t s , and raced o f f on the other fork. The men jumped out the door a s the t a i l end o f the l a s t c a r zoomed p a s t the edge o f the ho us e. We d r o v e down the road and i t came o u t o n t o my s t r e e t ! When we g o t to my house a b l o c k away, we c a l l e d th e poli c e . We s a i d , " L o o k in the h a l l w i t h a s t a t u e on the w a l l . I t has a l o o s e head. Push i t and l ook down o r you m i g h t f a l l d e a d . " I n e v e r f ound out whet her o r no t they c a u g h t the two men. I d i d see them r a i d the ho us e, though. By

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Oh my g o o d n e s s , why a r e they b r i n g i n g me i n t o t h i s b i g moving crate? I t ' s s t a r t i n g to l e a v e the d r i v e w a y . Let me out o f h e r e . I want to be w i t h my b r o t h e r s and s i s t e r s ! I t ' s s o hot in h e r e and I f e e l l i k e I m g o i n g to throw up. The l a dy i s r e a c h i n g down f o r me. I g u e s s I b e t t e r drawl i n t o h e r arms. Oh no, she i s b o o s t i n g me up t o the window. She m i g h t t o s s me o u t , s o I b e t t e r h o l d on very t i g h t Hey, I l i k e f e e l i n g the b r e e z e . I t ' s n e a t up he re . There are more b i g moving c r a t e s , and I t h o u g h t t h i s , one had an odd shape I n e v e r knew how many s ha pes and s i z e s c r a t e s come in. A l l o f t h i s e x c i t e m e n t is t i r i n g me. I think 111 ta ke a nap "Come h e r e , l i t t l e puppy. I ' l l ta ke c a r e o f y ou . A v y, I ' v e m i s s e d you v e r y much! F o l l o w me, s w e e t h e a r t , I ' l l show you y o u r new home." Th er e a r e s o many d i f f e r e n t k i n d s o f dogs a f u nn y b a r k . He s a y s , "fleow, meow." " A v y , come t h i s way, p r e c i o u s g i r l . This be s h a r i n g . A v y , y o u ' l l be v e r y happy h e r e ! " S h e ' s r i g h t , you know. I l o v e i t here! Shannon La nt is

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TAX I ! S p e e d i n g down a New Y o rk s t r e e t , Max Smith g l a n c e s o ut o f the c o r n e r o f h i s eye and s e e s a bum, a f r i e n d o f h i s . He'shouts, " H i " to him in a r o u g h , r u g g e d v o i c e . Then he jumps out o f h i s cab, p u l l s up the j e a n s w i t h h o l e s in them, and w a i t s f o r a c us t om er . A man w i t h a s u i t c a s e comes d o d g i n g th rou gh the crowd on the s i d e w a l k , y e l l i n g f o r a cab. " R i g h t h e r e , " y e l l s Max, p o i n t i n g to h i m s e l f a n d h i s t a x i . " C ' m o n , Mac, h u r r y it u p ! " s a y s the i m p a t i e n t man a s he jumps i n t o the t a x i . Then two men in s u i t s come r u n n i n g down the s i d e w a l k w i t h gu ns in t h e i r hands. "Where would you l i k e to go, s i r ? " q u e s t i o n s Max p o l i t e l y . " 3 ^ t h S t r e e t ....... and f a s t ! " The cab p u l l s o ut o f f the cur b and s p ee d s to an abandoned wa re h o u se . " R i g h t h e r e , " s a y s the man. When he g e t s out o f the cab, he s p r i n t s t o a d o or and s t u m b l e s in. S u d d e n l y a b l a c k C a d i l l a c p u l l s up, and the same two men from the s i d e w a l k , s t i l l w i t h g u n s , l eap o ut o f the c a r . They run up to the t a x i , p u l l out t h e i r ba dge s^an d s a y , " Y o u ' r e under a r r e s t for transporting a crim inal. You have the r i g h t to keep s i l e n t . E v e r y t h i n g you s ay c o u l d and may be used a g a i n s t you . . . " W h i l e a po li ce ma n l e c t u r e s Max a bou t h i s r i g h t s , the o t h e r r u n s i n t o the w a re ho us e l o o k i n g f o r the c r i m i n a l . Max i s taken to the p o l i c e s t a t i o n to be q u e s t i o n e d , w h i l e the second team o f p o l i c e l e a v e s to c a p t u r e the c r i m i n a l . Max is l e t go and w a l k s o u t o f the s t a t i o n to h i s cab when the whole mob o f p o l i c e p u l l s up to the c u r b w i t h the c r i m i n a l in h a n d c u f f s . He has been c h a r ge d wi th d r u g d e a l i n g . Max is s o fed up w i t h b e i n g a t a x i d r i v e r t h a t he d e c i d e s

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M a t h e u S 1 ho us e when I was o n l y a pup, but I s t i l l remember a l i t t l e . Two enormous a i r d a l e s a l r e a d y l i v e d w i t h the f a m i l y when I came. I r e a l l y f e l t scared. At f i r s t when I met Brandy I d i d no t know i f I r e a 11y wan ted to l i v e w i t h h i m a t a l l ! He gr o wl ed and even t r i e d t o b i t e me. They had to put a muzzle on him so he w o u l d n ' t h u r t me. T h a t was when they f i r s t i n t r o d u c e d me to him. On the o t h e r hand, T a f f y l i k e d me r i g h t away. B ra n dy and T a f f y roamed a r ou n d a l a r g e f e n c e d - i n p l a c e b e s i d e the g a r a g e . They k ept me in the k i t c h e n u n t i l the o t h e r dogs a c cept ed me. A couple of y e a rs l a t e r , T affy died. Brandy wanted to p l a y w i t h me, but he l ooked and acted o l d and c o u l d n ' t p l a y t h a t much. One o f the w o r s t t h i n g s I remember was when they c e l e b r a t e d my t h i r d b i r t h d a y . They l i t f i r e c r a c k e r s and made me watch. If they had g r a n t e d me my own w i s h , I would have been w i t h B r an dy , as f a r away a s p o s s i b l e ! I g u e s s I ha ve a good l i f e , l o t s o f t o y s and k i d s to p l a y w i t h . B ab et t e Matheu

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Timing and Luck About a week ago, I almost got stuck washing police cars on my vacation. My friend, Malachi, was over and we had decided we were going to go teepeeing with my sister that night. At around 12:30 we couldn't wait any longer* our anxiety was building up. So I went to the bathroom and got six rolls of toilet paper. We decided to adorn the next-door neighbors' yard because we were angry at their little boy, because it was convenient, and because we were mad at things they had done in the past; but that is another story. Also, their house was fun to do*, we had done it previously. We went out our back door, because it did not squeak, and advanced our way to the street. We started our task and then a car came by. There was a path behind the front fence which was covered with Lvy, thus making it an excellent hiding place. We hid behind it. The car drove on so we continued our business. After we each had used up our two rolls I said, "Let's each get another roll. This is getting pretty fun!" So we tiptoed back to the bathroom amd we each got one more roll. Back outside, the house was beginning to look good. Long strands were draped from the trees, the bushes were covered with t.p., and the driveway, back behind their house, was beautifully decorated. Katie went to the back of the house while Malachi and I finished up the front. A car drove by and we hid. The car drove on so we continued to do our job. Then another car drove by, and Malachi and I hid. Katie was still in the back. The car pulled over and Mai and I realized there were red and blue lights flashing on the top of the car. Mai and I took off. We sprinted through the back of the yard and trampled the garden. Before we hopped the fence, I took a quick look around for Katie, hue I couldn't see her. I couldn't take time to look for her because the police dog was after me. After we had hopped the fence, we went inside. I couldn't stand it any longer! Where was my lttle sister? Had she been caught? Did the dog give up on my trail and was he now trying to find Kate? Should we go get Kate? If we did we would probably get caught! After ten minutes of painful suspense, we decided to go back and look for her. We walked out to the street and to the front of the driveway. "Kate!" I called in a whisper. "Yah," the voice was faint. "Come out! I commanded softly. "No!" was the reply. "Kate, the police are coming!" She was past me in two seconds, running as hard as she could to our house. Malachi and I were.with her. Later, in bed, we all told our versions of the story. Katie said when she saw the car, she hid in the bushes. Then she smeared her face in the mud so as not to have the oil on her face glow. The police had looked straight at her but didn't notice her. Kate told us the police had still been in the back of the house looking for us. Our timing helped us escape! Suzanne Bryan

GENETIC WONDER The b a l d man g l a n c e d n e r v o u s l y a r ou n d the r e s t a u r a n t a s he s hoved a s p o o n f u l o f chow mein i n t o h i s a l r e a d y o v e r s t u f f e d mouth. He s h i f t e d h i s w e i g h t u n e a s i l y on the c h a i r he s a t on. The man a v e r t e d h i s e y e s as two s ma ll b o y s s n i c k e r e d in h i s d i r e c t i o n . S u d d e n l y the l i g h t s t u r n ed o ut and g u n s h o t s were h e a r d. A stu nted f i g u r e p i c k e d up the two s t r u g g l i n g b o y s . " T h e s e a r e the o n es we w a n t , " a n o t h e r v o i c e s a i d b l u n t l y . The man on the c h a i r , " F a t s o " to h i s a s s o c i a t e s , r o s e c a l m l y a s he s l i p p e d a s u b - m a c h i n e gun from u n d e r ne a t h h i s b u l k y o v e r c o a t . " O k a y , o k a y, l e t ' s g e t o ut of h e re . By the way, d i d you k i l l a n y b o d y ? " F a t s o g r u n t e d w i t h a touch o f i r o n y in h i s f l a t v o i c e . " O n l y two f u z z , they a g r e ed to ' p a r t y ' w i t h me!" "With you? I seem t o remember t h a t you g e n e r a l l y f o r g e t t h a t I , and o n l y I have the money, " F a t s o s a i d w i t h p r i d e , b e a t i n g h i s c h e s t . The o t h e r man g r u n t e d , " L i k e a l w a y s , where i s the mo n e y ? " F a t s o p u l l e d a b u l g i n g w a l l e t o u t o f h i s po c ke t. " H e r e 's $3,000 for the p l a n s , " he s a i d , a s he tugged a few b i l l s from h i s w a l l e t , " a n d $ 7 ,0 0 0 f o r the b o t h e r o f k i d n a p p i n g the b o y s , a n d . . . , " he pa us ed, " a n d $ 5 , 0 0 0 f o r the a s s a s s i n a t i o n , " he s a i d f i n a l l y , t u c k i n g h i s w a l l e t back i n t o h i s pocket. Two d a y s l a t e r an i n t e r n a t i o n a l bank was robbed o f $ 3 8 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 in cold cash. The armed r o b b e r s f l e d a f t e r watch dogs were s e t on them. " B o s s , d o n ' t you have enough y e t ? " one o f the men,Grunty s a i d a f t e r a c c e p t i n g the $ 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f o r p a y i n g o f f h i s enormous d e b t s . "No, I d o n 't . And I pla n to g e t , and keep the g r e a t e s t t r e a s u r e o f a l l , " Fatso smiled m i s c h ie v o u s ly . "W h a t?" B u r l i e asked. " I w i s h to have a room of g o l d , a t h r o n e room o f g o l d , and t u n n e l s o f gold. I want t o become the ma st er o f the w o r l d ! " The two a s s i s t a n t s looked a t each o t h e r , s h a k i n g t h e i r heads in p ant omi ne to the o b v i o u s r e s p o n s e . Over the n e x t t h r e e y e a r s , the g o l d o f F o r t Knox began to d w i n d l e , and k i d n a p p i n g i n c r e a s e d by 400%. P e ol e began to wonder. The z o o ' s o f the w o r l d and many s c i e n t i s t s were a l s o p u z z l e d , a s top s e c r e t g e n e t i c t r a n s f o r m e r s and s n a k e s o f a l l k i n d s were s t o l e n . One day, in the y e a r 1990, the w o r l d ' s i d l e c u r i o s i t y was s a t i s f i e d . An army o f humanoids s p r a n g m y s t e r i o u s l y from the g r o u n d , r a v a g i n g , k i d n a p p i n g and k i l l i n g many p e o p l e . The g r e a t e s t wo nder , however, was t h a t t h e s e humanoids had o n l y a human t o r s o , and a head and t a i l o f the l a r g e s t s n a k e s e v e r . Even though t h o u s a n d s o f t h e s e c r e a t u r e s were k i l l e d in two weeks m i l l i o n s more a ppea red t o r epe at the d e s t r u c t i o n o f the e a r t h ' s m a s s i v e p o p u l a t i o n . Twenty y e a r s l a t e r . . . a n a v e r a g e o f o n l y 3 , 0 0 0 human s u r v i v e , and t h o s e in remote a r e a s , in the m o u n t a i n s and f a r u n de rg r o u n d . T hes e u n de rg r o u n d s t a t i o n s a r e f a r t h e r down than the r e p t i l i a n v i c t o r s ' d w e l l i n g s . The r e p t i l e s r u l e the w o r l d once a g a i n . By

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I Ashley Brooks, will my messy desk to Megan Young. My beloved science folder I reluctantly leave to Sarah Mohr. Mv chair with the shoelace attached goes to Gaelyn so she can put more charms on it. To Denice Cheung I give my loud, outspoken, voice. Last, but not least, I bequeath my outrageous hairstyles to Miss Root. t ^

^>r I Suzanne Bryan, will my ability to flirt to Kevin Moran. He desperately needs it. To my sister, Kate, I bequeath my pale skin since she is so tan. The talent o being able to control little sisters goes to Alden Mitchell . She now has double trouble. Steph Miller will r e c e i v e my desk and Kristin Braniff my chair. Good luck goes to Mrs. Docter

I,Cass Cornish, the jolliest girl in the sixth grade, will my old, beat up lunch box to Gabriela Hess. I will my weepies to Mitch Matheu, and my pads for writing notes to Kate Bryan (she loves to write notes). To Mrs. Docter I leave my good sense of humor, and to Margi Hinman, I leave my personality for caring for friends (use it well Margi !). My^chair goes to Kristin Braniff, and my desk to Sara Mohr ucsv/t, ( J t f b Corftl5 h % I the one ancTTmly Betsy Gilliland, do hereby will my beautiful, flowing handwriting to my sister, Sarah G., because she certainly needs It! All my pencil stubs (when T find them) will go to Maggie m second grade. My tnencis in kindergarten, Katie and Courtney, may have my desk books. Rachel Tobey, in third, receives my chair, and las but not least, to Sarnie, I leave my great brains, so that of student council. next year s h e m a yy run „for president .ivi. r r . I Ben Johnston of perfectly good soul, ^ d , and body hereby issue my last will and testament. In the first Srade 1 will my deskyarid weepies to Bobby, and my chair to Daniel S. To the fourth grade boys I give my books ' to^he so they can copy them. And last, but not least, to th fifth grade boys I give my broken pencils and pens.

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I, Sam KitamuraTa™ generous enough to give to Clint my Hawaiian postcards that DAn and Brian sent me. y Red Line bike to Travis because he always wants to rid I give my girl finder to Cary Kinkead. I give my skate board to^fniele Floriani. Lastly I give my smelly socks to Daniel Steinhart because they fit his personality.

I, Shannon Lantis , lend my good grades to the fifth grade girls My ability to con my mom to study over the summer vacation. If his lunches are anything into good lunches goes to Mitch. Last, but like his sister's he will value this gift greatly. not least, I give my cute knicknacks, that I keep in my desk. Good luck to next year s to my younger friends in the school. classes.

sS h /i/M & rL . I, Danny the ruler, will all my janitor, who may rid my desk of my ability to accumulate towers Ziegler. I give my broken tape

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I Roth Martin, leave my ability to write notes to Daniele Floriani. To Mark Reynolds I leave my ability to ski even though he doesn't need it.

I, Helen Mason-Altrocchi, give my extra neat desk to Stephanie Miller. My good grades m French go to the Fifth Grade French class. And my other grades can be divided among-all the fifth grade girls. 1 leave my Good.luck to Phillips Brooks Li -L U V - tV V- W -------------chair to Gaby.

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I, Babette Matheu, will my desk will keep it neater. My soccer shoes I leave to Kristin Braniff, and my ability to play the piano to Cathy Coddington. Last, but not least, my weaples I give to my brother, Mitch.

& M . I, Brian Moran, will my messy desk to my brother Kevin. To Jake I will my gotcha stickers. To Alden and Amanda I will my desk. To Martin, in the fifth grade, I will my looks which he desperately needs. To Todd I will all my pencils and books. T Dan Mosher being of sound mind, declare that this is my h s ? w i U a n T testament. I will my very clean and neat desk to Matt. My ability to erase my name from study hall list I g i v e to my brother, Jake. To the rest of the fifth grade boys I will my smelly shoes. My strength I leave to bU ^ ty Daniel Steinhart. Last, but not least, I will my ability in karate to Chris in the fourth grade T i^eff number one" sixth g ™ e r , uunate my ability to talk oit in class to Matt. My speed I give to Cary so he can chase all the girls. To Mark I will my ability to ge myself out of bad situations by using made up excuses.

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I, Jabari Reeves, of sound mind and body, bequeath my sense of humor, good looks, and brilliance to Ja-lani Williams^a fine outstanding student. I, Ramona Rico, will my noisy conduct to Jenny in the Nursery School. My a bility to carry a tune goes to my little Kelly sister Gina. To Sara h Myers I will my quieter side. Miller gets my habit of talking on the phone for hours and still For Nick, I bequeath some decent getting my homework d one. socks 'cause he alway s wears those hideous Nike socks that [IV cheery dishardly ever match. I will my slender figurec aand position to Sarah G. I, the greatest Scott in the world, bequeath my weepies to Daniel Steinhart and my honorable grades to Jelani. I leave my talkative mouth to Claire Insel, my u comedian abilities to ~ ^ 1 1 3 u m u u i . c Jake Mosher, and last, but not least, I leave my sports abilities to Daniel Crosby. s

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I, the fabulous and second weirdest kid in the world, Geoffrey Tuffli, will my desk to my sister. I will my trusty, rusty backpack to Mathew O'Reilly. My history and English books go to Zachary Silver, and my French book to Kelly Miller. My note passing ability goes to Davis Glenn, and my worn out binders to William Hoover. My A+ papers in vocabulary go to "Seana" Loarie in the Kindergarten. Korin Crawford gets my math and science fiction books which a read under my desk in the middle of class.

I,Andrea Woodman, of unsound body and totally insane mind, leave my great sense of humor to Setfora Steinhart so she can cope with "Mr. Nonsense Nick." I also will my magic desk, that has the power to lose pencils and erasers but keep itself neat, to Sarah Gilliland. Lastly, I leave pleasan > I U W e i i U U C O O U.W u a. - -----I hope, memories of humor and weirdness to all the teachers n Phillips Brooks.