If We Were in the Future

Awesome Adventures by the Robot Kids of Division 5

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Introduction This book is all about what the kids thought the future looked like. We made little time machines on the first day and thought about what the kids thought the future would be like in 100 years!

Contents 2 | The Time Machine in the Desert, by Devin 3 | To the Future, by Diane 4 | Back from the Future, by Raphael 5 | Dogs, by Iseya 6 | Time Machine Crash, by Brooklyn 7 | The National Game, by Isaiah 8 | My Guinea Pig Got Lost, by Nicholas 9 | Robot Doctor, by Hamza 10 | Scruffy and Cupcake, by Daniel D. 11 | Ant-Man and Yellowjacket, by Quenemar 12 | The Future, by Sophie 13 | Locked Game: A Fiction Story, by Nolan 14 | 1000 Years in the Future, by Samantha 15 | The PokĂŠmon Catcher, by Nikko 16 | 100 Years in My House, by Dyllin 18 | The Goblin, by Classik 19 | Star Wars Minecraft, by Randy 20 | The Canucks vs. The New Jersey Devils, by Daniel J.

If We Were in the Future

The Time Machine in the Desert

By Devin

Cheetah saw a time machine. He did not know what it was.

Cheetah called Rhino over. He said, “What is that?” Cheetah said, “I don’t know.” Cheetah jumped in, then Rhino jumped in. The time machine started. They ended up in the forest. They jumped out and said, “Where are we?” They tried to get back in the time machine, but it disappeared. Then they found robots and they jumped on them.

To be continued!

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To the Future

By Diane

Once upon a time on Uranus, 100 years in the future, there was a bunny overlord. The bunny overlord had a lot of soldiers. And the bunny overlord had a friend. His friend was a doggy overlord!

One day they saw an alien ship. Out of the ship came evil cats with red eyes! The war began. It was a big fight! The cats tried to take over, but the bunnies and dogs baked their way to victory.

They made a bunch of sleeping pies, and they launched the pies at the cats’ faces. The cats started to eat the pies and fell asleep. Yaaay! One by one, the dogs and bunnies took the sleeping cats to prison. Two days later, they turned the cats into bunnies and dogs.

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If We Were in the Future

Back from the Future

By Raphael

One day in 2017 a boy made a time machine. The boy stepped into the time machine. The boy went to 2055. He saw robots and he saw himself, but older. He didn’t want himself to get caught, but then a boy came.

He said, “What is your name?”

“Raphael.”

“My name is Cody. Holly Cody.”

“What brings you here?”

“I came from a time machine. Ooo… I need a shark.”

“For what?”

“For the engine.”

“Here.”

Then: “Aaaah, now it’s 1866! I need to get a tarantula. Caught one!”

Then: “Now it’s 910! I need a velociraptor. Caught one, too. I need to bring it home to 2017.”

And he did.

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Awesome Adventures by the Robot Kids of Division 5

Dogs

By Iseya

Lily Pie

Chewie

Lily Potatoes

Hi, let me introduce you to my characters: Lily Pie, my dog; me, as a dog; Chewie; and Lily Potatoes (not Lily Pie, but my cousin’s dog) and that’s it. It was a normal day. Lily Pie was barking, so I went upstairs into my room. I closed my eyes for a second.

I opened my eyes, and there was a time machine. Lily jumped inside. “No!” I said. I jumped inside, too. And this is where it all began.

I went 100 years into the future and I was a dog. “Um, Lily,” I said. “Yea,” said Lily. “Am I a dog? Wait… don’t answer that.

Since I am here, I want to introduce you to Lily Potatoes.” I went to the teleporter and I teleported Lily Potatoes over. But I went to Vancouver Island. “Oh, no,” they both said. Then Chewie teleported over. “I have an idea,” she said. “Paint.” Chewie started to paint us like each other. “So how do we get Iseya back?” said Lily Pie. “You are going to get Iseya back, but we need a plan,” said Lily Potatoes. “You need to go to Iseya’s house and act like Lily Pie so they don’t think she’s gone. And Lily Pie, you go save her. I don’t care how you do it.” Lily jumped in the portal and saved me.

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If We Were in the Future

Time Machine Crash

By Brooklyn I’m about to go one minute into the future to watch a funny commercial. So, now I’m in the time machine and I’m flipping the switch. Wow! It’s going too far into the future. It’s now 1000 years in the future.

Is this my friend’s planet? This is an imaginary planet, and it is my friend’s. But where is she? There, in the pile of gummy bears.

“Hi,” I say. She’s not answering. Oh well, I’ll go to her house to get time juice. But why are there robots coming? Aaaaggghhhh!

Robots are attacking me! I throw a toilet at them.

“Wait, was that my good toilet?”

“It was! Heelllppp meee!”

My friend comes and saves me from the robot. Then she gets eaten by a gummy bear.

“Oh, no! Oh, well,” I say. Then I go to her house get the time juice and go back to my planet.

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Awesome Adventures by the Robot Kids of Division 5

The National Game

By Isaiah Date: Tuesday, February 14, 3027 Setting: Planet White Sneff Curry, who is famous for many reasons, is going to the national championship spaceball game. Spaceball is like basketball, like the game that was 1010 years ago, but it is more high tech. The field is tech lines (in fact, the lines are turquoise).

Sneff Curry is getting worse, so he is going to go to the shop.

Shadow, the store worker, meets Sneff Curry.

“Da do do da, do, do.” Shadow is a big fan. Sneff Curry tells him about the failure that is happening to him. Shadow gives Sneff Curry Rocket Jordans. Now Sneff Curry is going to the championship. He wins the game! I can’t believe it!

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If We Were in the Future

My Guinea Pig Got Lost

By Nicholas

I have a pet guinea pig. His name is Jared. We took my time machine in the desert. We travelled 300,000,000 years. Jared got lost in the desert. When I found him he was pooping pizza pops.

I was confused. Jared told me that he found a special plant that makes you poop food. We used my time machine to find the plant.

We survived for a long time.

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Awesome Adventures by the Robot Kids of Division 5

Robot Doctor

By Hamza

Once upon a time a boy ran. And once upon a time there was a robot doctor. Once upon a time I ate candy. My teeth broke and the robot doctor fixed my teeth.

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If We Were in the Future

Scruffy and Cupcake

By Daniel D. “How did we meet up?” says Daniel D. (Daniel D. is me.) The cat meows and the dog barks. The cat is named Scruffy and the dog is named Cupcake. The dog opens a door in Vancouver. There is a murderer on the loose. The dog hides behind the door with the cat. The dog has shoes that make the dog jump higher. I defeat the murderer.

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Ant-Man and Yellowjacket

By Quenemar In the year 2027 in Colorado Springs, Aiden Pearce and Marcus Holloway are working with Yellowjacket, Ant-Man’s worst enemy.

Yellowjacket is hacking into DedSec. Ant-Man finds out that Yellowjacket is hacking in to DedSec. Ant-Man blasts Yellowjacket with a freeze ray.

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If We Were in the Future

The Future

By Sophie

Once upon a time, 200 years in the future, there was me, my robot and my two kittens. We were watching clouds. I said, “These clouds are fascinating.” Then my robot said, “Why are these clouds shaped like us?” I said, “I don’t really know.” We were in China. We were near the Great Wall.

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Locked Game: a Fiction Story

By Nolan

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Once upon a time there were two best friends who really liked Pokémon. They (their names were LeBron James and Wolly Kazaam) pressed a button by accident. They saw a white light all over, but then it was gone and they opened their eyes. They saw wild Pokémon and they ran away, but the Pokémon shot and spat fire and water. The water didn’t really do anything but trip them. But they kept running and found some coins, and they went to the Charizard master. They asked for Pokémon and they thought that they would not get any, but, surprisingly, they got Pokémon. They went outside and all the Pokémon were outside waiting for them. They were like, “Let’s battle.”

They said, “Pokémon go,” and somehow fought their way to Dino world. (Note: You can only go into a game by accident.) The year was 190078.

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If We Were in the Future

1000 Years in the Future

By Samantha

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G. and B. and D. came to my house on Planet S. I had a robot dragon inside the house. A dragon burned my house because the dragon needed to use the bathroom. And G. said “NO!” B. said that that an army of unicorns would help me build a new house.

And I went to Imaginary Land with B. I helped them there, and they said, “YAY!” Then G. got eaten by a llama and B. got eaten by zombies. D. and I survived. We went into my time machine.

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Awesome Adventures by the Robot Kids of Division 5

The Pokémon Catcher

By Nikko

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On planet Earth, ten quattillion years in the future, so old that Pokémon exist, ten-year-old Nikko is ready to start his journey to Pokémon training. He wants to be the best Pokémon trainer, so he chooses his Pokémon, Pikachu. Nikko starts his first battle, against Brock. Nikko wins the battle. He gets halfway toward his goal of catching every Pokémon in the world. Nikko beats his rival, Gary Oak, in the best battle ever. He finally catches every Pokémon in the world, even the GX ones.

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If We Were in the Future

100 Years in My House

By Dyllin

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Once there were three girls. There names were S., G. and B. They loved to eat, but then seven more girls stopped them from eating all the candy on planet Candy Land. But wild cats started running toward the ten girls. They screamed so loud and G. cried so loud that all their ears got damaged. But then a wild cat ate B. and G. They were so scared that they yelled inside the wild cat’s body.

Ms. Laport, five other girls and I were all on Earth. There were zombies from The Walking Dead all over planet Earth. We were so, so scared. We wanted to go back to planet Candy Land. We all cried. I ran back to my house. I locked all the doors, but there were still zombies in my house. I went to my secret lair to travel back in time and I went to save the other girls. I found a world, but it wasn’t planet Earth, it was glasses. I never saw glasses as a planet

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before. It was so silly. Then I went to planet Earth, but robots had taken over the world. And zombies were still there. So I went to the toy store and got a hover board. But I kept the money. And I saved the world. I still had to save Ms. Laport and the other girls, but they were in a different world. I had to save them before they died in that world. But we didn’t have a rocket ship to get there, so I had to go and make one to save them. So I did.

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If We Were in the Future

The Goblin

By Classik Steff Jeff Ruff

One day, 100 years in the future, Jeff, Steff and Ruff were playing hockey in an underground base. But then a goblin came. Jeff, Steff and Ruff ran and ran but the goblin ate them. Jeff, Steff and Ruff tried to get out. The goblin got scared and the goblin went away. Jeff, Steff, and Ruff went home.

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Awesome Adventures by the Robot Kids of Division 5

Star Wars Minecraft

By Randy

One day in Star Wars Minecraft, Tatooine got blown up. Up in space, I was shot down by the Sith. The clone army was fighting the battle droids. It was clones versus the droid bots. The clones shot one ship. Fifteen ships were clone ships, and the droids pulled back with one ship. The military clones were fighting the Earth military. Then the Earth military joined the Dark Side. The rebels could not break through. The Jedi pulled back and the Sith took over.

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If We Were in the Future

The Canucks vs.

The New Jersey Devils

By Daniel J.

Ryan Miller

Once upon a time there was a team of Canucks who played vs. the New Jersey Devils. The Canucks scored, then the Devils scored two more goals, then the Devils scored again in overtime.

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