The Pencil and Eraser That Never Gave Up

ThePencil and

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Volume 2 Issue 1 Fall 2014

Copyright © 2014 The Writers’ Exchange This chapbook is a collection of some of the writing and art created by the kids in the Writers’ Exchange after-school programs during the fall of 2014. The Writers’ Exchange gets inner-city kids excited about reading and writing through free mentoring and creative writing projects like this chapbook. All Writers’ Exchange programs are free for the children and families we serve, so we could not exist without the support of generous donors, including Bernard MacLeod, Marily Mearns, Linda Louis, Nancy and Ted Maitland, Megan Abbott, Lindsay Mearns, anonymous donor, the Waterbury Foundation, TELUS, Coast Capital Savings Credit Union, the Vancouver Foundation and the CKNW Orphans’ Fund. Thank you.

And thank you to the amazing volunteer mentors who work with the kids in all Writers’ Exchange programs so that each child can succeed to the best of his or her ability.

881 East Hastings Vancouver, BC V6A 1R8 To read more great student writing, visit vancouverWE.com and our student blog, wewritersland.wordpress.com.

Design and layout by Mauve Pagé, pageanddesign.com

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by Hemlock.

Coast Capital Savings Credit Union supports after-school programs at the Writers’ Exchange

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Contents 4 Cool Creatures 4 5 6 7 7 8

The Chicken vs. Zombie War, by Dragon Crazy Story, by Leah Chieln and Platterpousshead, by Sam Pokémon!, by Hannah Super Chicken, by Johnny I Can Eat You, by Philip

9 Puppies and Pigs!

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Lost and Found, by Josephine My Puppy, by Sara The Purple Pig, by Noah Pomeranian Dog, by Valentina Fatty, by Mateo

12 Crazy Characters 12 An Interview with Trevor, by James 13 The Guy Who Said Hi, by Jerry 14 The Apple Who Came Back Alive as a Human, by Samarah 14 Max and Cylillyia, by Pip 14 The Big Fat Eddie, by Wilson

15 Food Worlds 15 15 16 16

A Planet of Apples, by C.M. Ice Cream Land, by Stephanie M. Fruit Land, by Jenny Candy, by Jeff

17 Spooky Tales 17 The End, by V.S. 18 Stairs to Nowhere That Go to Somewhere, by Aija 18 Chicken, by Severin 19 Frankenstein and the Ghost of Halloween, by Emma B. 19 The Bunny House, by Karrie and Sylvia 20 The Bloody Moon, by Erik and Dylan 20 The Blue Chicken, by Joe

21 Amazing Adventures 21 The Day of Sins, by Phillip 22 Life in Pluto, by Clara 23 Coffee Shop, by Tye 24 Machine, by Logan 24 The Story About How the World Ended!, by Robert

26 Things to Know 26 How to Drop an Egg, by Fritz 27 Things You Will Need to Keep an Egg Safe, by Hendrix 27 How the Tiny Letters Turned Big and Tiny Again, by Tony 28 How to Use a Typewriter, by Benny

29 Heroes and Happy Endings 29 The Day Pencil and Eraser Never Gave Up, by Stephanie S. 30 Jeremy’s Life, by Lucia 30 Me, by Emma V. 31 The Tiny Little Words, by Sylvia 31 The Two Brothers Named Pooh, by Isela 32 She Rescues Everything, by Holly

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Creatures The Chicken vs. Zombie War

By Dragon, age 10

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This is a story about a boy. He went to an extra-scary fright night. It was extra scary because the zombies were real. They walked from one side to the other. Even Iron Man came in and got piled on and chomped.

Chapter II All of a sudden, flocks of chickens came down in UFOs. They had lasers and mad ninja-chicken skills. They had been trained in the ways of the assassins. The zombie vs. chicken war began!

Chapter III The fighting was furious but the chickens won easily because the chickens aimed their lasers at the zombies’ heads. The chickens were sick and tired of laying eggs so they took over the world. They planted their chicken flag and shouted, “Bock, bock!!!”

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By Leah, age 9

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Leah ate pasta salad. The gold kitten had made it for Halloween with pumpkins and cold stuff. The kitten played with marbles. The fire alarm went off, and the monkey went straight to the purple door. On the other side of the door appeared a silver puppy playing guitar.

Then it started to snow, and the paper set on fire. The polar bear said, “Puppy, call the fireman,” and then he got into his sailboat and went to see the red owl. The red owl said, “Hoo?” The polar bear answered, “The silver puppy!

One minute he’s chopping carrots, the next minute he’s eating a blue bowl full of popcorn. The gold kitten’s favourite colour is lime green.” Jennifer chopped the owl into carrots. And then a kitten looked out the window.

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Chieln and Platterpousshead

By Sam, age 9

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Once upon a time there was a creature that was half chicken and half alien, so people called it a “chieln.” It had a friend named Platterpousshead. He was a platterpouss.

They went to Mercury and Mars to get candy bars.

They did not need air or a spaceship because they could teleport and breathe anything, and could hold their breath forever. They went back to Earth and people started declaring war. The chieln said, “No, no, I want peace and happiness!” Then his friend said, “Yeah, people.”

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Pokémon!

By Hannah, age 9

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“Hi! I’m the Pokémon trainer, Ash.” “Brock!”

“Onix, Onix.”

“DAWN, come back here!”

“Pip pip piplup!”

“IRIS, COME BACK HERE!” “Axew, Axew.”

“Cilan, let’s have a battle!”

“Okay, come out, Pansage. Go Emolga!”

Emolga uses Attract.

To be continued. . . You get to pick the winner.

Super Chicken

By Johnny, age 10

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Mr. Chicken is a real chicken who does nothing all day.

He only eats and stays in his favourite corner. But Mr. Chicken does something else, too. Mr. Chicken lives on a farm. He only eats a bit so that he does not get fat and can’t fly. Mr. Chicken can fly, and the farmers call him “super chicken” because he can push all of the farmers’ trucks. Mr. Chicken is something no one knows . . . he is a super chicken for real.

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I Can Eat You

By Philip, age 6

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Puppies …

and Pigs!

Lost and Found

By Josephine, age 8

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There was a girl named Lucy Belle. She had no friends.

One day she went for a walk and found a puppy. She was so happy she brought the puppy home. She played fetch with the puppy. She did not know what to call the puppy, so she said a bunch of names. Lucy said Rapunzel, Bob, Bobby, Henry and Echo.

Her mother smiled and said, “You found a friend.”

“Yes I did, Mom,” said Lucy excitedly.

“I see. You can bring him out for a walk.”

So Lucy did. Before Lucy went out with the puppy, she asked, “Is your name Trouble?” The puppy nodded his head.

While they were walking, a girl said, “Hey, who are you?”

“My name is Lucy, Lucy Belle. What is your name?”

“My name is Nana. I like your dog. What is his name?”

“His name is Trouble. Go back home,” said Lucy.

“Okay, but you have to go back home, too.”

“Right, right,” said Lucy.

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My Puppy

By Sara, age 8

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My puppy’s name is Chica. She is a chihuahua. Her full name is Chiquita Rosita. Chihuahuas are the smallest breed of dog in the world. I love it when she licks me.

Every time she sees me she licks me on my face. She loves socks so much that she steals them from my parents’ bedroom. She really loves chewing on socks. She loves them so much that she pounces on everyone’s feet and tries to pull their socks off. She jumps up on my bed and chases her tail. She is also very naughty. One time I let her off her leash and she ran down the street in front of a parking lot exit. She ran all the way across the street to 7-Eleven. I caught her and we went home and I put her into her furry nest. After that I never let her off her leash!

The Purple Pig

By Noah, age 9

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Once upon a time there was a pig. His name was Jeffry.

His nickname was Coffee, because whenever Jo the farmer put down his coffee, Jeffry would come and take it and drink it. The other pig made fun of him because he was purple. But he didn’t care!

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Pomeranian Dog

By Valentina, age 8

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The pomeranian doesn’t bark. It’s soft and furry and it makes me allergic. But I still want to have one. They’re so cute. One time I went to my cousin’s garden with his cute and cuddly pomeranian. He was less cute when he took a pee in the garden. The second time I went to the garden, he didn’t poo or pee and he was cute again. The third time I went, he wouldn’t come out of the door. So I asked my cousin to pick him up and bring him to the garden, and when he did, the pomeranian pooped. I asked my cousin to pick the poo up but he said that I had to pick it up.

Another time I went to my cousin’s house I saw the dog had a hot-pink cast. The dog looked funny with the cast on. I love pomeranians.

Fatty

By Mateo, age 8

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There was a fatty pig that farted and flew into space.

He danced on the moon but he didn’t have anything to breathe! And he found a spaceship and then he could breathe.

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Characters An Interview with Trevor

By James, age 12

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Me: Hi, how are you?

Trevor: Fine. I guess.

Me: Are you sure?

Trevor: Yeah, if you count being hit by a car twice and dropping your wallet down the drain.

Me: Oh. Trevor: Yeah, it’s been a pretty good day so far.

Me: Where are you?

Trevor: In my cramped-up condo.

Me: Do you have any pets to keep you company?

Trevor: Well, I had a turtle that kind of looked like me.

Me: Really?

Trevor: Why did you interrupt me?

Me: Oh, sorry.

Trevor: I don’t blame you. It was pretty boring, right?

Anyway, he died yesterday.

Me: Oh, I am really sorry about that.

Trevor: It’s okay. He was kind of a pain anyway. He ate my lottery tickets, which took me three months to save up for.

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The Guy Who Said Hi

By Jerry, age 12

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Crazy Characters

The Apple Who Came Back Alive as a Human

By Samarah, age 6

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There once was an apple. He decided to build a house. But he got eaten by a squirrel. And then he came back alive as a human, and he started to garden all day.

Max and Cylillyia

By Pip, age 9

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Max was a living book with all the answers. You could ask him anything and he would have an answer. One day, a girl called Cylillyia with a matching brain said, “Ey, Max if yu’r so smart, figure out th’ box break,” in a rude tone. Max made a big mistake when his robotey yet filled with character voice said, “yes,” and for all I know he’s still in the box from 19 to 52. He passed. It’s very sad but his intelligence and blood made a new life form called Maxes Puff. They are kept as pets that are dumb as muggins and as cute as hell and live 70 years max.

The Big Fat Eddie

By Wilson, age 8

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Once upon a time there was a boy named Eddie. People call him “the big fat Eddie.” Eddie did not like the name “the big fat Eddie” so he yelled very loud. “I don’t want to be called that,” he yelled. He was sent to the principal’s office.

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Food

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A Planet of Apples

By C.M., age 8

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There once was a lonely planet where there was only a few aliens. One day an odd alien came by. It looked like a half circle. Then a couple of years later it became an apple. After that, there was an apple kingdom and then the planet never became lonely.

Ice Cream Land Stephanie M., age 8

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One day in Ice Cream Land the little scoops of ice cream were having a party in a park. There were balloons, food, a piĂąata, party games, fireworks and a bouncy castle.

There were 50 people there. At night they would light the fireworks and watch them. All the dogs would bark until the fireworks would go back down. Everyone looked forward to the celebration every year.

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Fruit Land

By Jenny, age 7

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One day a dolphin clicked in Fruit Land. The dolphin clicked and clicked and clicked all day and night. She clicked because there was no food. Then some fruit fell in the water and the dolphin was never hungry again.

Candy

By Jeff, age 6

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Candy took a trip to the candy world. Other candies liked to play with him. Then an evil monster tried to eat the candy, but the monster fell in the toilet. Then the candy had a party. Lots of people went to the party, and there was cotton candy! They saw another evil monster named Bára! And then they had a party with Bára and Bára got to eat cotton candy!

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Spooky

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The End

By V.S., age 9

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There were armies battling. Everyone fainted.

To be continued. . .

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The second army got hit by dinosaurs. Everyone again fainted.

To be continued. . .

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There was a dinosaur army flying with flying, crazy with crazy, fierce with fierce.

The END forever.

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Stairs to Nowhere That Go to Somewhere

By Aija, age 8

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One day Ella came home from school and saw the same old hallway, the same old dresser, the same old mirror.

But something was not the same, and for some reason she could not figure out what it was. Then she looked up and saw that the staircase was looking quite odd! It looked like it never ended. But it did, and at the end was the most beautiful thing Ella had ever seen! It was like she was dreaming, but unfortunately she was.

Chicken

By Severin, age 12

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Once upon a time there was a dead chicken. Because he was dead he didn’t do much but stare up at the eight feet of dirt that covered him. One day, dead chicken thought of a song, but because he was dead and there was eight feet of dirt on top of him, he couldn’t tell it to anybody. He lived feelinglessly ever after. Never mind! He came back from the dead and dug his way to the surface, where he was taken to a lab and made into cyborg chicken!

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Frankenstein and the Ghost of Halloween

By Emma B., age 8

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Read this if you dare!!!!!!

Once there was a big, big, big, scary monster. He called himself the ghost of Halloween! He went to all the houses and stole all of their candy. But Frankenstein saw the ghost of Halloween and jumped out his window and caught the ghost of Halloween! Everyone was happy.

The Bunny House

By Karrie, age 8, and Sylvia, age 8

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Bunnies live in a big house. The bunnies have red eyes and vampire teeth.

All bunnies have sharp claws.

The bunnies bite people on the shoulder. Then the people turn into bunnies.

The bunnies fly in the sky and say, “oooooooow.”

The bunnies turn themselves into a giant monster.

The giant bunny eats all of the people.

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The Bloody Moon

By Erik, age 7, and Dylan, age 7

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One night it was stormy black. Clouds were over the moon, and there was a haunted house. A little boy went to the haunted house. He knocked on the door, and when the door opened a person said, “Begibegibegi.” The little boy ran away frightened. The monster chased after him and he was never seen since. And when the black clouds got off the moon, it was red.

The Blue Chicken

By Joe, age 9

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Once there was a blue chicken named Blue Chicken.

He liked to eat people. He lived in a hotel with his teddy bear. One day he left and got the mayor, and now he’s the mayor. Then he went home.

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Amazing

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Adventures The Day of Sins

By Phillip, age 12

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There was once a man named Joseph. He liked to jack books from the library and jack hobos’ food. But at the same time, he was a really nice person. He helped little old ladies cross the street, if there was a power outage in the city he would direct traffic and, most of all, he left a few Cheetos at the end of the bag for his grandma. But eventually the cops caught up to him.

The hobos and the librarians who reported him to the cops saw him but they finally realized that he was a good person, too. So everyone decided to give him one more chance. Joseph realized at that moment that it was his time to escape. He got in his car and ran a red light. He hit his grandmother and drove through an orphanage and out of town. By this time, even police from different countries were onto him, because he had done the same thing in every country he’d been to. He did the same thing over and over. Not the good stuff during the day, just the bad stuff he did at night.

Finally, after he drove through the sixth orphanage, there was a roadblock. The roadblock had FBI trucks

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filled with police units ready to jump out. Even the German police were there. Heck, even the fire trucks and ambulances came out. Finally Joseph’s reign of terror had ended.

First, he was taken to a fire station and was forced to put out a forest fire with only a bucket and a water gun.

After that, he had to rebuild all six orphanages. Then he was taken to the hospital, where he had to do surgery with only a syringe. (That must have been a fun morning for the patient.) Then he was forced to stick both his hands in human ash. Then, when it was the police’s turn, they just straight-up locked him up in solitary with only Cheetos for a snack.

When Joseph was finally released from all that punishment, his grandma got the last laugh. She locked him in his room for a week with only a half-eaten sandwich for dinner.

Life in Pluto

By Clara, age 12

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Once there was a human being who lived in Pluto. He came to visit Earth on a space ship, but once he got to Earth he fainted. There were a lot of people surrounding him, and when he woke up he said, “OMG, what is this place?” A lady said, “You’re on the ground,” and he said, “Whaa. . . ? What’s that?” The lady said, “You’re in my backyard.” He said “Whaa. . . ? What’s that?” The lady answered with anger: “You’re on Earth!”

He gasped. The lady said, “Wait, you’re not from here,

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are you?” The guy said, “No, I’m from Pluto.” Everyone gasped and they all sat in a circle to hear his story. He said, “Pluto is a colourful world. People are different colours, and animals too.”

The lady said, “Why don’t you take off your space helmet so we can hear you better?”

He said, “Because I can’t breathe air.”

The lady said, “What? No way. Here on Earth, we breathe air. How come you can’t?”

“Well, because I come from Pluto, and in Pluto we don’t breath air,” said the guy.

The lady said, “So take it off, if you can’t breathe anyway.”

“No,” said the guy, “the air will kill me.”

Suddenly, a bike rider came and knocked him over.

Then he fell and his helmet cracked into little pieces.

Coffee Shop

By Tye, age 10

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I walked into a coffee shop for one coffee. It was $20. I said, “Heck no. Why would I buy a coffee for $20?”

“Because everyone would buy one coffee,” said the guy.

“But yours is from McDonalds.”

So no, no, no!

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Machine

By Logan, age 6

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My airplane’s name is Machine. It has awesome powers. It has lightning bolts and a jet-pack seat. It gets power from lightning. I have to get the fuel from storms.

The Story About How the World Ended!

By Robert, age 10

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You know the future is all going to be different, but you don’t know how it’s going to end unexpectedly.

There was a man named Ryan, and Ryan was a tenyear-old boy who was not very smart. One time he went on a trip to Germany. And he declared war on Germany.

(It was an accident. He thought he was acting in a movie, but he said his movie lines to the German president!)

A week later, Ryan went back to his home in Miami, Florida, but when he got there, Miami had been destroyed. So he tried to take a plane to Canada, but he forgot to bring his passport. So he busted into the airport and took one of their planes, but obviously didn’t know how to drive it—because he is only ten, and not very smart—so he crashed in Seattle.

Ryan landed in the American Air Force storage place, where they keep all their nuclear warheads. He found one of the biggest nuclear warheads in the world and accidentally activated it and launched it. The rocket went

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into Mt. St. Helens and somehow got to the core of the Earth. (I don’t know how, since it should have melted in the magma.) The warhead blew up the core of the Earth, and the rest of the Earth.

Book #2 Ryan didn’t actually die. He landed in the International Space Station. (It was abandoned and indestructible.)

And then he saw the most amazing thing—he saw the rocks of the exploded Earth form back together.

Ryan tried to drive the space station back to the new Earth. But he accidentally landed on the moon. The space station actually wasn’t totally indestructible, and when he landed too hard, it exploded.

Ryan survived, and remembered he can jump really far. So he was able to jump to Earth, but he landed in the Pacific Ocean. Somehow he was able to swim all the way to Canada. (He was swimming with sharks and almost died.) He walked back to Seattle and then to Mt. St. Helens. Then he accidentally fell into the volcano. He made it through the magma (again, I don’t know how people could make it through magma) and then found all these old weapons in the core of the Earth. Ryan saw this huge egg thingy—it was actually the core of the Earth, but he thought it was a huge dragon’s egg—and he picked up a weapon and hit it so hard that it exploded and the Earth and the rest of the galaxy (for some reason) ended.

But not his wife.

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Things

to Know ‌ How to Drop an Egg

By Fritz, age 9

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You will need: Tape, and potato chips of any kind.

Step 1: Take a nap.

Step 2: Get some popcorn.

Step 3: Buy a computer. Throw it off the balcony as an experiment.

Step 4: Jump off the balcony with the egg in your pocket. Land on the broken computer.

Step 5: Open bag of chips.

Step 6: Get a fresh egg.

Step 7: Smash egg on head.

Step 8: Eat chips!

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Things You Will Need to Keep an Egg Safe

By Hendrix, age 10

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Things you need to keep an egg safe when you drop it off a building: >> Plastic bag (x 2) >> Three balloons >> Tape roll >> Cotton paper >> Yogurt carton >> Pencil

How the Tiny Letters Turned Big and Tiny Again

By Tony, age 8, and Bern, his volunteer mentor

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I went to the post office.

There was an envelope with tiny words.

They started to move and talk.

They tried to run away.

They sneaked under the door.

And turned all the letters in the books alive.

There was noise coming from the note. It said, “Find the mayor man in the underworld.” They found him and couldn’t spell his name.

So the boy found a book that magically appeared in his hands.

The book sucked the tiny letters and the boy in.

He battled lots of monsters, but something happened

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in every battle. The little letters turned as big as the monsters. When they found the mayor man he looked very weird. He caught all the letters. But then all the letters combined and the boy became bigger than anything. They had a very bad battle. When the boy won, he was transported back to his home, and lived happily ever after.

How to Use a Typewriter

By Benny, age 7

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Once you buy a typewriter, look at the instructions.

If you look at the typewriter and the colour is set on “white,” switch it to any colour but white or else it will just print white.

If you put paper into the typewriter and type any word in the alphabet, it will type it onto the paper. (Unless it’s set on white.)

Keep writing what you want on the typewriter! But if you are bored, you should not use the typewriter.

Once you are done, you will know how to use a typewriter!

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Heroes and Happy

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The Day Pencil and Eraser Never Gave Up

By Stephanie S., age 9

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Once upon a time there was an Eraser and a Pencil that were friends. They were usually busy writing and erasing at the Writers’ Exchange. When they made a mistake, Eraser helped erase the mistake, so Pencil did not need to worry. Pencil would be happy again, and then they could go back to work.

But at some point, they began to get tired. People were shocked because they were not working together. Then Pencil and Eraser went home. They were sad and they knew they were not friends anymore. So one day they decided to be friends again because they work better together. They are friends now and they never gave up again. And never should you!

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Jeremy’s Life

By Lucia, age 10

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Jeremy had a dad called Chris, a mom called Katelyn, a little sister called Laura, and a brother called Josh. Jeremy is fifteen years old, Josh is thirteen, and Laura is eight.

This morning, when Jeremy woke up, he went downstairs and saw Laura, who was holding a teddy and crying.

Jeremy said, “What’s wrong?”

Laura said, “I want a puppy.”

Jeremy went upstairs to Josh’s room. Jeremy woke Josh up. Josh said, “What the heck, bro?” and Jeremy said, “Lets get Laura a dog.”

Jeremy and Josh went to the store and got Laura a puppy. They named the puppy Duck. It was Laura’s birthday, so Josh and Jeremy gave Laura Duck as a present. Laura was soooo happy.

Me

By Emma V., age 10

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Hello, my name is Emma, and I like playing soccer! I also like biking, scootering, skateboarding, drawing, a lot of sports, wrestling, cardboard crafting, video games and pranking people. My favourite holidays and celebrations are Christmas and Halloween, and I also like art and P.E. When I am older, I want to be an architect, and if I don’t get that job I will sell cardboard stuff in front of my house. (And make a lot of money!)

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The Tiny Little Words

By Sylvia, age 8, and Veronika, her volunteer mentor

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Once upon a time a little girl was so little that she said stuff in tiny little sounds. She was so tiny that nobody could hear her. Once, she was sleeping, and in the morning she went outside. Suddenly, a wizard came and put a spell on the little girl. She grew bigger and bigger, and then her words turned louder and her voice was not tiny anymore. And now the big girl and the wizard live happy ever after.

The Two Brothers Named Pooh

By Isela, age 8

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Once upon a time there was a boy named Pooh who got bullied. But he didn’t get sad, because he was so tough. He played with his brother, whose name was Pooh too. And they were so funny that the other people laughed so hard you could hear them at your home. The two brothers got so mad that they went home, though they didn’t even care about their name being Pooh.

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She Rescues Everything

By Holly, age 6

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Once there was a girl. She had a name, and it was Brianna. She had a family. She made soup and took good care of them.

One day, her family almost got eaten by a wolf. Brianna saw the wolf and helped her family get away fast. The wolf went home and looked for a different dinner. She was happy they were safe.

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Thanks to the 35 fantastic volunteer mentors who helped the kids during the Writers’ Exchange 2014 fall after-school program.

Alyson, Bára, Bern, Bryan, Caitlin, Candace, Cheri, Courtney, Eddie, Emily, Gemma, Geoffrey, Jenelle, Joe, Jorge, Laura, Liz, Maggie, Mecca, Megan, Melissa, Michaela, Michelle, Moira, Nikki, Patty, Rachel, Sam, Stacey, Tam, Travis, Trever, Trevor, Veronika and Yvonne

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