The Universe Is Expanding All the Time

volume 8 issue 2 spring 2019

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out-of-this-world tales by the kids of the writers’ room

Copyright © 2019 The Writers’ Exchange This book is a collection of writing and art created by the kids of the Writers’ Room during our 2019 winter and spring after-school programs.

The Writers’ Exchange gets innercity kids excited about reading, writing and their own potential through mentoring and creative 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 amazing donors, including Social Venture Partners Vancouver, BOCCI, Marily Mearns, the Waterbury Foundation, Megan Abbott, Linda Louis, Bernard MacLeod, the City of Vancouver, the Grayross Foundation held at the Vancouver Foundation, Sasamat Foundation, TELUS, Judy Gale, Richard and Suzanne Cole, Nancy and Ted Maitland, John and Nina Cassils, Jim Fletcher, Lindsay Mearns, Scott Shaw, Premium Brand Foods, the Edith Lando Charitable Foundation, the Wolrige Foundation, the Van Tel/Safeway Credit Union Legacy Fund, Steve Munford and CLICK (Contributing to Lives of Inner City Kids Society).

Thank you.

We are honoured to be able to provide safe, fun and welcoming programs for kids and their families on the unceded and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and sel̓íl̓witulh (TsleilWaututh) Nations.

As uninvited guests on this land we are grateful to be able to enjoy this beautiful place and we are committed to building relationships and learning about ongoing traditional ways of life from our Indigenous friends.

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The Writers’ Room after-school program runs in partnership with Queen Alexandra FAMILY School and the Vancouver School Board’s Van Tech Community School Team.

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Contents BIG AND MYSTERIOUS 4 Magic, by Brooklyn 4 The Magic Key, by Meghan 4 Me at Hogwarts, by Alianna 5 The Easter Bunny, by Chloe 5 The Crystal Place, by Hannah 6 A Portrait, by Ruby 7 The Day They Found the Mansion, by Keira W. FRIENDS FOR INFINITY 8 The Easter Bunny’s Birthday, by Serenity 8 Things to Do for Mother’s Day, by Kayla 9 Scary School, by Bella 10 Lauren, by Kiera T. 10 Portrait, by Lorinda 11 The Easter Egg, by Daisy 12 Welcome to Carrotopia, by Fiona 13 A Day Out with Boba, by Cami 14 My Writers’ Room Adventures, by Tessa 15 Word Art, by Tatiana 15 Wildcats!, by Celest 16 Cupcake World, by Karis and Aiyana A. DEEP AND DARK 17 The Meg, by Michael 18 Fun and Scary 2, by Aiyana A. 19 Yu-Gi-Oh! Battle, by Elijah 19 The Hungry Owl, by Wren 19 How to Survive the Alien from Nowhere, by Joey 20 Part 1: OOOF, by Napaysni 21 Part 2: Easter Egg Hunt, by Mako LOST IN SPACE AND TIME 22 The Time Machine, by Ethan 23 The Dinosaur Zoo, by Cosmo 24 The Boy Who Hated Fortnite, by Lucas 24 Space Cow, by Eleazar 25 The Time Machine, by Kodaya 26 The Race, by Andrei

GALACTIC BATTLES 27 Apple, Banana, Grape, by Kulus 27 The Fight, by Armando and Ethan 28 The Battle for the Aqua Badge, by K.C. 29 T-Series vs Pewdiepie & Fans, by Patrick 30 Animal Chin and Bob the Builder, by Tyler R.W. HERE ON EARTH 31 S.G.’s Slime, by S.G. 31 The Black Puppy, by C.C. 32 I Like Everything in This World, by Aiyana P. 32 The Hockey Player, by Woody 33 I Will Be a Teacher, by Jasmine 33 At the Beach, by Shen Zhai 34 Did You Know?, by Daniella 35 French Lesson, by Lily L. 35 Bad/Good Advice , by Danielle 35 Disneyland, by Ceyannah 36 Patsy, by Cruz OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD FUNNY 37 Ice Cream Prank, by Don 38 Burger King Danger, by Aydin N. and Jasper 38 My Spectacular Jokes, by Makena 38 The Boring Day, by Shirley 39 Quality Drop, by Andrew 40 I Saw Something Scary, by Kyanna 40 The Rich Boi, by Edwin and Anthony 41 A Roblox Noob, by Jordan 42 Super Penguin, by David 43 Wrong Super Hero, by Corbin 44 Pizza Man, by Kasen INTO THE BEYOND! 45 The Live Foods, by Lily T. 45 The Cat in the Hat Prank, by Katelee 46 LOL, by Tima 46 The Gift, by Wilson 47 Bella’s Booty Shorts, By Eden 47 Pizza Plants, by Aiden K. 48 WWE & Fat Cat, by Tyler E. 49 The Legend of Chicken, Part 1, by Quinlan 49 The Wolf, by Edward 50 Jaws, by Kasper 51 The Writers’ Room, by Clara

Big And Mysterious Magic

By Brooklyn, age 10 Everyone says magic isn’t real. But the truth is that magic is very real, without a doubt it is. If anyone knows, it’s me!

I’ve seen magic everywhere! It’s been helpful, it’s been kind, it’s been full-on smart. It’s helped a lot of people and souls. So if you’ve seen some, you know your stuff. Keep a look out for some purple sparkles, or sparks and flashes. It’s also a sign of... Shhhh, be very, very, VERY quiet. It’s a sign of fairies.

The Magic Key

By Meghan, age 6 Two kids are in Biff’s room. They find a glowing box. The kids open the box and find a magic key that turns them small. The kids get smaller and smaller, and then they go into a tiny house. The tiny house has a tiny door. The kids go in and enter a magical pirate world.

Me at Hogwarts

By Alianna, age 8 First, I got a note in the mail. It was from Hogwarts. They invited me to come to Hogwarts. So I went, and they told me I was a Hufflepuff. We got to use magic wands, and after that we ate some food. And then we went to bed.

4 | Big & Mysterious

The Easter Bunny

By Chloe, age 8 One sunny day, the Easter Bunny came to visit the children.

She hid a lot of Easter eggs. The next day, the children had an Easter egg hunt. They found a lot of Easter eggs and they ate them.

The Crystal Place

By Hannah, age 8 Once upon a time there was a puppy named Nicole. She loved food! But she was sad about her owner leaving her every day for work. Nicole cried with her food. Her food cheered her up. Her owner came back and hugged her as hard as she could bite people. She saw a donut but... it was alive. The donut came from... the Crystal Place.

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A Portrait

By Ruby, age 12

6 | Big & Mysterious

The Day They Found the Mansion

By Keira W., age 11 So... at the sailboat at noon...

The captain

Cool Kristen

Esther

Yay! Michelle (babysitter)

Stacey (a kid)

“I found a mansion”

Kristen

Michelle

Ok, they found a mansion

Captain

Bla

Cool

Jachin Keira

The babysitter

Don’t barge in To be continued...

Big & Mysterious | 7

Friends For infinity The Easter Bunny’s Birthday

By Serenity, age 8 Blue bunnies come to the birthday party. They go on a chocolate egg hunt. Then they find all the eggs. They make chocolate cake out of the eggs that they find. Then they eat the cake. They have a nice party and they live happily ever after.

Things to Do for Mother’s Day

By Kayla, age 10 1. Make her breakfast in bed.

2. Take her to Victoria, B.C. 3. Get her a Venti chai tea latte at Starbucks.

4. Make her a steak (medium rare).

5. Go to the beach and relax.

6. Get her a massage.

7. Get her some acrylic nails.

8 | Friends for Infinity

Scary School

By Bella, age 7 Once upon a time, the meanest stick dog, the cutest cat and a vampire were scaring teachers, kids and big buddies.

Daisy called animal control. Animal control came and took the meanest stick dog and the vampire, but not the cutest cat. Daisy took the cutest cat to the animal shelter. They had a party with ice cream and cat food for all the pets.

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Hello!

Lauren

By Kiera T., age 10 Name: Lauren Power: Kindness Friend: Kiera T. Favourite colour: Purple Favourite food: Cupcakes Favourite song: “So Am I”

Portrait

By Lorinda, age 9 This is me. I’m wearing a dress. It has stars on it. And hearts. And dots.

There is also a bolt, and my hair, and a cat. And that’s all.

10 | Friends for Infinity

The Easter Egg

By Daisy, age 6

oh no!

What’s your name?

he he...

Where is the golden egg?

turn to read

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Welcome to Carrotopia

By Fiona, age 11

Bubble

Featuring: Tea, aka Cami

Welcome to Carrotopia

This is Bubble’s house

This is Boba’s house

Population: 1,000 Name: Bubble Job: Bubble tea maker Age: 20-ish Best friend: Boba Friend’s job: Weather bunny Bunny and Boba Bun’s Baked Goods Time to go!

Welcome

Reminder: Picnic with Boba

Welcome to Bunny and Boba

One mango and one green-tea-Oreo, please

Hi, what would you like?

12 | Friends for Infinity

A Day Out with Boba

By Cami, age 11 Currency 1 dollar = 1 bunton 1 cent = 1 hopsies

Boba!

Town Name: Carrotopia Population: 1,000 Bunny Name: Boba Age: 20-ish Job: Weather bunny Friend Name: Bubble Age: 20-ish Job: Bubble tea maker

7 a.m.

Reminder: Picnic with Bubble

Time to get the stuff for the picnic with Bubble Bun’s Baked Goods

Self Checkout 20 buntons + 40 hopsies

The End

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My Writers’ Room Adventures

By Tessa, age 13

I made and read many books in the Writers’ Room.

I played a lot of Old Maid!

And saw many of Christina’s nails!

I went on fun field trips.

I did a lot of recycling trips.

And a lot of K-pop!

14 | Friends for Infinity

Word Art

By Tatiana, age 12

Wildcats!

By Celest, age 13

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16 | Friends for Infinity

Ya!

Let’s have a sleepover!

Let’s go to the park.

Aiyana

Hi Karis

Okay.

Karis

How ya doing?

Good night.

boing boing

I see you!

Serenity

Sorry.

Wheee!

Yay!

You scared me!

My cherry!

Cupcake World

By Karis, age 8, and Aiyana A., age 9 turn to read

Deep And Dark The Meg

By Michael, age 8 Chapter 1: The Meg Toshi was leading some divers to defeat the smaller megalodon, but he got eaten. A little girl saw the megalodon and a whale, and then the whale got eaten by the megalodon.

Chapter 2: The Underwater Submarine The megalodon destroyed the whale. The little girl called Jonas. Jonas had to get close to the megalodon before it ate D’angelo. But D’angelo was too light, and he almost didn’t make it. Jonas saved him so he was okay. D’angelo gave Jonas a carrot cake.

Chapter 3: The Bigger Megalodon The smaller megalodon died and then got eaten by the bigger megalodon in one bite. The diver used his speederwalker to shoot at the megalodon, and he hit him in the butt.

Chapter 4: The People on the Beach The megalodon attacked a cat, so the people poisoned the megalodon. They took a picture of the megalodon and put it on Facebook.

Deep & Dark | 17

18 | Deep & Dark

I did it

Yes

Teddy!

Dad?

Why is my hair black?

I loved you

My teddy bear attacked my friends

But I am evil now

Hi, April

Hello...

Wh... wh...

It’s me, Teddy!

But I love you, too

I will get April!

Who’s there?

Fun and Scary 2

By Aiyana A., age 9 turn to read

Yu-Gi-Oh! Battle

By Elijah, age 10 One day, Subterror Behemoth, Arcana Extra Joker and Zap Mustang walked into a school. They protected the school from the bad monsters.

The Hungry Owl

By Wren, age 7 Once upon a time there were some children playing in the park. All of a sudden there was a cat chasing a bird. He got the bird, but then a great horned owl saw them and gobbled them both up. But then the hungry owl spat the bird out!

How to Survive the Alien from Nowhere, Part 2

By Joey, age 11 In our last story, we ended with the alien abducting a few people. Now it’s time to say what happened to the people. The alien kidnapped the people and sent them to be executed. They were going to be executed because he wanted that to happen.

Do the people get away? Find out in our next book...

Deep & Dark | 19

Part 1: OOOF

By Napaysni, age 8

OOOF

oof oof oof

oof

oof

Translation:

OOOF The End

Look for Part 2 by Mako

20 | Deep & Dark

Part 2: Easter Egg Hunt

By Mako, age 9

Got one Yay

Lots of eggs

aayy

2 Hours Later...

Ha ha

BOOM

Cheater

Fight for egg

The End OOOOOO OOOOOO OOOOOO OOOOOO OOOOOO OOOOOO OOOOOF

Look for Part 1 by Napa

Deep & Dark | 21

Lost in Space And Time The Time Machine

By Ethan, age 8 I made a time machine in my backyard. It is made of:

• Nails • Plasma gun • Keyboard • Metal • Plasma hammer • Plasma door • Plasma lights

I blinked my eyes and the time machine vanished with me!

Then I was in the Dino World! I saw a baby T-rex. I saw a crocodile. I saw a big wasp.

22 | Lost in Space & Time

The Dinosaur Zoo

By Cosmo, age 8 A long, long way away from Vancouver, on the Hawaiian Islands, there once was dinosaur zoo. A made-up dinosaur called Sharkosaurus was there. There were also all your typical dinosaurs, and other creatures, like a woolly mammoth and also a sabre-toothed tiger and a stegosaurus. Also, there was a clawed T-rex, and his baby.

And a baby triceratops. And a giant turtle and his baby.

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The Boy Who Hated Fortnite

By Lucas, age 13 Once there was a boy named Boy. He really did not like Fortnite, but the bad part of all of this was... he lived in Fortnite, so every day he had to die because the person playing him was really bad at it. One day he was beating everyone and he won. He still hated Fortnite but he won every single game, so he was the best player in the world— and the person who was playing him was his mom.

Space Cow

By Eleazar, age 10

This cow is going to explode

The cow has exploded Earth

Moo Or is this Earth?

BOOM!

24 | Lost in Space & Time

Now people live on Mars.

It is very boring on Mars.

The Time Machine

By Kodaya, age 6

Hey

What?

The Time Machine

Time machine

Look, there is a time machine

Help

Let’s fight

Let’s go in

No!

Bleh

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The Race

By Andrei, age 8

Por Andrei

Ethan

Illuminati

FINISH

26 | Lost in Space & Time

Galactic Battles Apple, Banana, Grape

By Kulus, age 9 An apple, a banana and a grape have a battle. The banana has a fork, and he slingshots the grape into the apple. The grape splatters into the apple, and they are all knocked down. The pumpkin and the oranges are left.

The Fight

By Armando, age 7 (words), and Ethan, age 8 (drawing) He got mad

Bite from snake

Came back alive!

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The Battle for the Aqua Badge

By K.C., age 7 Chapter 1: Battle for the Aqua Badge K.C. is travelling to the Aqua City for the Aqua Badge. K.C. goes on a roller coaster before the fight as part of his gym training. K.C. must overcome his fear. K.C. is ready to fight with Terrence.

On the first fight, K.C. chooses Axew. Terrence takes out Arcanine. Arcanine gets a win and goes back into the Poké Ball.

K.C. has had enough and takes out Mega Alakazam.

Alakazam holds five spoons and has a big fat beard. And he has a gem on his forehead. He weighs 105.8 pounds.

Terrence uses Audino for the fight. The fight begins.

Alakazam used telekinesis to hold up Audino and slam him on the floor. Audino mega-evolves. Audino growls, then uses Double Slap and Last Resort. She bests Mega Alakazam.

K.C. uses Poké God Arceus and wipes out Mega Audino.

Terrence takes out Mega Aerodactyl but K.C. beats it.

Terrence takes out his last Pokémon, Armaldo.

K.C. changes his Pokémon to Mega Aggron, the ironarmour Pokémon. Mega Aggron has horns, a lot of white spots and beautiful blue eyes. Mega Aggron weighs 870.8 pounds.

Mega Aggron wins with Double Edge, Metal Burst, Iron Tail and then Metal, and then Takedown and Iron Head.

Mega Aggron beats Armaldo.

Chapter 2: The Steel Badge In the final battle, Wesley Week uses Aipom. But K.C. uses Mega Aggron and wins in one hit. K.C. gets the Steel Badge.

28 | Galactic Battles

T-Series vs Pewdiepie & Fans

By Patrick, age 11

Pewdiepie once ruled the world

Then someone arose

T-Series!

T-Series went everywhere They finally found to hunt Pewds each other

Attack Translation: Attack

To be continued...

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Animal Chin and Bob the Builder

By Tyler R.W., age 9 Animal chieeeeeeeeeeaaaaa...

There was a pro skateboarder

But one daaaayy...

nooooooooooo

oof

oh booooooy

Bahaha—attack Then the kid insulted him We are the ones! We are the ones!

Then Animal Chin summoned me

oooooooof!

Bob the Builder

Then the fight was over

30 | Galactic Battles

Then I came out of nowhere

Here on Earth S.G.’s Slime

By S.G., age 8 Instructions 1. Open glue lid and pour into bowl, then mix it up.

2. Add pink glitter, then food colouring and beads—all pink.

3. Put the activator in your mixture for a little bit.

4. Mix it again.

5. Take it out of the bowl.

6. Add model magic, then mix it in!

Now you have an awesome slime!

Slime

The Black Puppy

By C.C., age 8 The black puppy loves to smash stuff and to relax. The family watches TV and the puppy tries to bite her tail until she gets sleepy. She sleeps until it’s dinnertime. She eats meat.

Here on Earth | 31

I Like Everything in This World

By Aiyana P., age 6 I like to draw all things in the world.

I like to play Marco-Polo.

I like to eat pizza and my mom likes to eat pizza.

I like cupcakes.

I like to eat chocolate.

The Hockey Player

By Woody, age 6 The Maple Leafs are good at hockey. I like them the most.

They are the best players I know. They have big pads to protect themselves. When they have big pads they are protected from the puck being shot at them.

32 | Here on Earth

I Will Be a Teacher

By Jasmine, age 6 When I grow up, I will be a teacher. I will like it when the kids write more and more.

I like it

At the Beach

By Shen Zhai, age 8 This summer I am going to the beach with my mom, my dad or my brother. I am going swimming at the beach, but my mom and my brother don’t know how to swim. I will teach my brother how to swim when we’re on the beach. I will eat ice cream sundaes or fish and chips.

Here on Earth | 33

Did You Know?

By Daniella, age 12

Did you know?

That a flock of birds...

Can cause a rainstorm somewhere else?

And that this rainstorm can cause this...

But it can also cause this.

34 | Here on Earth

French Lesson

By Lily L., age 10 Salut! Comment t’appelles tu?

Hi! What’s your name?

Je m’appelle Taylor. Comment t’appelles tu?

My name is Taylor. What’s your name?

Je m’appelle Lily. Au revoir.

My name is Lily. Goodbye.

Bad/Good Advice

By Danielle, age 12 WARNING

!

Taking this advice is your choice

Q: I’ve been at my job a long time! Should I leave to try something new?

A: How long have you been there?! Like, how do you expect to spend 24/7 there and not go outside? You should leave and get some air.

Disneyland

By Ceyannah, age 6

Once I went to Disney.

And it was fun.

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Patsy

By Cruz, age 8

Patsy eats popcorn!

This is Patsy’s house.

He has parents waiting for him inside.

He loves going to the pool. He jumps in! He loves the movie theatre too.

36 | Here on Earth

out-of-ThisWorld Funny Ice Cream Prank

By Don, age 8 1. Get an ice cream cone (make sure it’s not very cold and it’s not melting).

2. Call your spectator.

3. Show them your ice cream.

4. Say that you can turn the ice cream into a unicorn.

5. Put the ice cream on the spectator’s forehead.

6. Run away before the spectator gets mad.

7. You are done your prank.

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Burger King Danger

By Aydin N., age 10, and Jasper, age 9 The last thing you want in your Burger King burger is someone’s foot fungus. As it turns out, that might be what you get. Here we have a photo of a cat raging because of eating foot lettuce. Sorry, but it’s copyright, I think, so I can’t show you.

My Spectacular Jokes

By Makena, age 10 Q: Why is 6 afraid of 7?

A: 789.

Q: How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh?

A: Ten tickles.

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Who. Who who?

I didn’t know there was an owl in the room!

Q: What did Super Girl use to fix the Brooklyn Bridge?

A: Super glue Q: What do you call two birds in love?

A: Tweet hearts.

The Boring Day

By Shirley, age 9 I’m bored. It’s just you and me. Why are you still listening? ...Surprise! Happy birthday! ...Wait! It’s not your birthday.

Welp.

38 | Out-of-This-World Funny

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I Saw Something Scary

By Kyanna, age 10 One day I was walking down the street and I saw Coachella in her car. When she got out, she had booty shorts on. I said, “I love those booty shorts.” But when I said that I was being sarcastic. Then I left and bought booty shorts. They were kind of comfy so I bought more. Then more people started to wear them, too! Then booty shorts started to get old. Then people started to wear bikinis. It was weird.

The Rich Boi

By Edwin, age 12, and Anthony, age 12 Once there was a boy named Boi. He really liked money, but he was homeless. On a regular day he made about $1 and he was homeless for 30 years, so he had $30. He wanted to buy a house, but the houses were a lot more than $30. So he was sad, and he just bought a banana with the $30. He still too hungry and starving, so he went to a building and saw a bank. He went in with a spoon and said, “Give me all your money.” Everyone wanted to help so they gave him the money. So now he was rich and he bought a house and died from a meme disease.

40 | Out-of-This-World Funny

A Roblox Noob

By Jordan, age 11

How to get Robucks?

I’m a noob.

I start last week.

How to get Robucks?

Hi

I’m a pro

Press here

No, noob

OK

Nooooo, I’m poor!

Out-of-This-World Funny | 41

Super Penguin

By David, age 9

Super penguin was on a mission to defeat Dr. Beluga cuz he is evil

The door was open

Dr. Beluga Base

That ruins the action

Since he is dumb...

Ha ha ha... ow, my back again

Brains

Blains

Oh no Cut!

...it was the end Sadly, he went to the hosbital

Woah, I’d rather be Super Penguin

I’m okay

A different Super Penguin is coming...

42 | Out-of-This-World Funny

Wrong Super Hero

By Corbin, age 10

Snap!

Holy!

Faster than light!

One day...

CRASH!

Wut

Wrong super ...a marshmallow...

Out-of-This-World Funny | 43

Pizza Man

By Kasen, age 6

Wow!

POP!

They are gone. Poof!

44 | Out-of-This-World Funny

The End

into The Beyond!

The Live Foods

By Lily T., age 12 One night, when the store was closed and the night guard was walking the halls, he noticed something move. He shuddered and he shook... then he ran away screaming with his arms waving in the air. As he ran, a piece of cheese poked its head out of the shelf and said, “What’s he running for?” Then a soda popped out from underneath him and said, “You.” Then the whole aisle laughed at him, except a strawberry, who came up to the cheese and said, “They’re only laughing at you because you scared a human off.” The cheese said, “Oh... OK!” The security guard walked back up to the cheese and the strawberry hid. The cheese said, “Boo,” and the security guard ran away again.

Suddenly, a hungry robber came in with a shopping cart. He tied up the security guard and went around with a shopping cart, holding his tummy. He filled the cart with food, then sat at a shelf, took his mask off, and ate it all.

He wanted to steal the money but he couldn’t get up.

The Cat and the Park

By Katelee, age 6 Once there was a rainbow cat. She lived in an ice cream shop. She was hungry so she bought vanilla ice cream.

Then she went to the park. She went down a big slide. It was soooo! long. It was soooo! fun.

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LOL

By Tima, age 7 LOL... they are a type of doll. A really small doll. They love the colour blue. They have blue dresses. They want to go to Thailand because that’s where they were born. They take an airplane there and they land in Thailand. They stay there for their whole life. The weather is hot, and that’s why they love swimming there. They decide to go back to Canada because they want to go camping with 10,000 people.

The Gift

By Wilson, age 8

Piplup

For Christmas, Santa gifted Wilson 1,000,000,000 Pokémon.

46 | Into the Beyond!

Bella’s Booty Shorts

By Eden, age 10 One day I saw something scary! I was on my porch and Bella was walking down the street in her new booty shorts.

She got them from Sport Chek! They were too short. I said, “Hay, Bella, what are you doing in those booty shorts?”

Bella said, “They’re my style and my boyfriend got them for me.” “Oh,” I said. “Can I meet your boyfriend?” She said, “Sure.” I said, “Great. Where is he?” She said, “He is at my house.”

Pizza Plants

By Aiden K., age 9 Pizza plants are super cool!

There are three ways to make a pizza plant survive. The first way is to water it with tomato sauce. The second way is to use the sun. The third way is to put it in the oven. You can get pizza seeds at the grocery store.

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WWE & Fat Cat

By Tyler E., age 11

John Cena

48 | Into the Beyond!

Fat Cat Randy Owen

The Legend of Chicken, Part 1

By Quinlan, age 8

zzzzz

What the...

Boom

Ow To be continued...

The Wolf

By Edward, age 9

If I could be an animal, I would be a wolf because they are fast.

They also travel in packs.

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50 | Into the Beyond!

Hi!

Shark in disguise

Shark!

Swordfish

Aw.

You are not in this story.

Jaws

What?

Shark

Scope

Yum

Back to the story...

Look!

Yum

A shark!

Hip hip hooray!

AHHHHHHHH

Jaws

By Kasper, age 8 turn to read

The Writers’ Room

By Clara, age 13 I had so much fun here in the Writers’ Room. I met a lot of people. For the kids who are still in Writers’ Room: have FUN.

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Autographs

These 37 volunteer mentors gave their time during our winter and spring 2019 after-school programs at the Writers’ Room to help the kids with their writing and art. We offer a heartfelt thanks to every one of them.

Aaron, Adam, Ajania, Alysa, Carla, Carly, Catherine, Cynthia, Ella, Esther, Friba, Harsimran, Jessie, Jezabel, Josephine, Joyce D., Joyce T., Justine, Katherine, Keyo, Lauren, Marissa, Mel, Michelle, Nadia, Namar, Natalie, Noor, Pari, Richard, Robyn, Simran, Stacey, Terrence, Tyler, Vincent and Yan