TheThreeChristmasPigs

By Nathanael Baber

Once upon a time in piggy land, There were three pigs living in the sand, One day they decided to build Christmas houses to live in.

One built his out of ornaments, One out of lights and pine tree branches, One, full of smart adornment, Built his (to decorate later) out of bricks.

One day a big wolf, Decided to see them inside and out, But when he saw the first house, He sat down to cry because He had none himself, But when the first little pig saw the wolf, He ran fast away to his braver bro.

The wolf tried out the house, But it came crashing down, So he followed the little pig right to the next house, But when and sat down to admire, The pigs ran to their other bro On a hill much higher,

But when the wolf got there, The first pigs at him glare, But their brother who was wise, Looked into the wolf’s eyes, And marched right out, Built the wolf a house that was not stout, And the wolf to thank him made a feast to share with him,

The other pigs were sad, But started getting mad At the wolf who did not give them A share of food so they stormed right out, Got the wolf in the snout, The wolf in fear, Started to tear, But the other pig made them full of fear, Said to them in the ear You did not help him, So why is it fair, That you should you get a share? Then he sat down in his seat, A Christmas meal to eat.

You decide that there is nothing to worry about and you should go back to sleep. You rest your head on your pillow and fall right back into peaceful sleep.

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by Lilly Brenon

As I pressed the button to enter the game my palms began to sweat, knowing there was no chance of me getting elected, but I still pressed on. As the sound of clapping for the opponent's echoed through the loudspeakers, I felt my spirits sink deeper, and deeper.

I decided to take a break, and walk out to the basement’s big room where my dad had been playing video games. As soon as I sat down, he said, in an annoyed voice “Can you turn the volume down?,”

I rolled my eyes and added,“Could you help me become president?”

Surprisingly, he obliged. Soon we were having some father-daughter time taking over the virtual U.S. After about an hour—all while sitting comfortably on a couch–we had already taken over Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, and Georgia (now those are the only ones off the top of my head, at the moment)!

After about 30 more minutes, we were making ads and writing speeches. We were in the lead, but we only had 1 more week until the election.I wasn't sure we’d make it or not, but like I guessed, my Father worked hard, and we made it!

We had won by a lot of points!

A tab came up on the screen congratulating us on winning the election. I couldn't believe my eyes. I hadn't ever seen this before! Me a 12 year old had become president... that's not even LEGAL!! Then again, it is a video game. Why be a law-abiding citizen when you can do things like THIS?!

As soon as we were done celebrating, we went upstairs and the first thing I did was thank my dad. I said I couldn't have done it without him.

“You’re right! Your civics teacher should give you an A!” he replied.

I couldn't wait until the next time me and my dad could destroy opponents together!