Article posted May 10, 2012 at 02:27 PM GMT-5 •
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Mabel Moore
Diary entry
Early Nov. 1887
Well, these might be the last words I write. It has been a tough trip from Independence, Missouri. Everything has been alright since I have left home.
My daughter, Jenny, has made many friends. We have experienced some tough situations, but it has been alright. Anna’s son and Irene’s child getting married, Caleb’s wife and daughter getting lost, Abigail’s son’s dieing, Sarah’s son’s death and so many more. (Nothing really happened to me). Those were some good and bad times.
Well, our decision was to go back to Paradise. I am happy about the decision our wagon made. In Paradise, it is, well, Paradise! Everything is peaceful there. My daughter wanted to stay there! Even though the guide said some of the land might be taken already, I still want to go to Paradise. It even made my wagon earn a little more energy!
What I expect to happen next is to not DIE! I want to live and prove to myself that I can live. I want everyone to be safe, and I don’t want anything bad happening to our wagon. All that stuff that happened before is too much!
Well, my advice for the future pioneers is good luck!
Sincerely,
Mabel Moore
P.S. Watch out for that Wagon Master of all Wagon Masters!
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Article posted April 5, 2012 at 09:15 AM GMT-5 •
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HALF-PIPE!
I went to a field trip last summer. I went to this camp called CO-OP camp. Well, it was the last day of camp so we went to Splash Down. It’s a water park. I went on all of the rides accept the HALF-PIPE. I was scared of it. I decided to face my fears so I went on it last. The line was so long! When I was moving up, I heard some people screaming, and this one girl came crying all the way down because she was so scared. That got me more scared. Finally, I was at the top. The person before me came screaming all the way down! My turn. I got on the tube, and when I went on it, the man that was there told me to push me chin into my neck. I was thinking, ”What!?” But then I thought it was for some safety reason so I just did it. Then the man pushed me down. I closed my eyes on the way down. When I went up I felt like a bullet was going through my head. Finally, it was over. It wasn’t that scary, I thought.
THE END!
Article posted April 5, 2012 at 09:15 AM GMT-5 •
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Article posted March 6, 2012 at 10:09 AM GMT-5 •
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COMETS!
Have you ever thought about comets? First, I’m going to tell you the parts of a comet. It first starts off with ice and then it turns to gas. That forms the coma(the head of the comet) and it has sort of a haze. The dust-ions make the tail. We can see comets because the gas from the tail releases energy absorbed from the sun, and that causes it to glow. So, when it glows from earth it looks like a star with a haze around it. Sometimes you can see it move, other times you can’t. One last thing, some astronomers think that comets brought earth water and stuff to help living things. Well, now you know about comets!
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Article posted February 16, 2012 at 02:32 PM GMT-5 •
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CHALLENGER MISSION
Beuhler Challenger Center is really fun because we had to pretend that we were actually sending a space shuttle to the moon. It was really fun. We were feeling like the actual things the astronauts would feel when they go into space.
I was on the REM Team also known as the Remote Team. What we had to do was determine a good landing spot for the shuttle to land, test soil samples and rock samples, and work with the glove box.
I had responsibilities for my team. I think that my responsibilities were to really work as a team and testing soil and rock samples to see if they were magnetic.
There were also hard parts of my job. One of them was to determine a good landing spot for the shuttle. I had two choices to make and that part was really hard because I didn’t know which choice was the right one. Also, picking up the stuff in the glove box was hard. I couldn’t really move around because there was a certain place where we had to put our hands in.
If I were to “fly” again I would really watch out for alarms and follow directions more carefully. One last thing, my job wasn’t really that hard for me but you need to work as a team so you get things right.
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Article posted January 12, 2012 at 10:20 AM GMT-5 •
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Don’t Be A Downer!
The story, called “the dot,” is all about a girl named Vashti who thinks that she can’t draw. Vashti is in the art room, and the art teacher comes to her. Nothing is on her paper. Vashti thinks she can’t draw. The art teacher just tells her to make a mark and sign it. Vashti does that and makes a dot. Also, she helps a little boy who said that he can’t draw. But Vashti helps him.
When I reread “the dot” I realized it was all about determination. I think it was about determination because Vashti was determined to make a mark when her teacher told her to. Also, the next time Vashti went to art class she was determined to make a better picture than the other one she made. Also, in the end Vashti was determined to teach a little boy how to draw. So “the dot” is really all about never giving up, and you should keep on trying.
I’m connected to this story because once I never gave up, and I kept on trying. It was my turn to go on a rock climbing wall. It was so tall! I wanted to go to the hard side of the rock wall so I did. I tried getting all the way up but I couldn't. I kept on trying and trying and finally I got to the top. This memory connects me to “the dot” because I was determined, I never gave up, and I kept on trying.
So never be a downer! Always believe in yourself, and you can accomplish anything! Like Vashti in “the dot,” she said she couldn’t draw and now she can.
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Article posted January 11, 2012 at 09:58 AM GMT-5 •
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ELEVATOR
Sandy was going to visit her grandma at the hospital. She had a stroke, and she wanted to see her.
“What if she is dead?” Sandy asked her mom.
“Don’t say that. Think positive thoughts, OK?” Sandy’s mom said.
Sandy pushed the elevator button to go to the 10th floor. While they were waiting, Sandy saw a fat man was behind her, fighting about something really dumb with his wife.
“You should have told the lady not to put that chunky milk in our cart!” the wife said.
“I needed the chunky milk to get rid of that possum in our attic!” the husband yelled.
“Now it left a dirty stench in our house, and we had to move to a hotel!”
While they kept fighting, we kept waiting. Finally, the elevator door opened. Sandy, her mom, the fat man, and his wife stepped into the elevator. There was a teenager in there that sometimes scared Sandy’s mom. The elevator door closed and slowly they went up to the 10th floor.
“Hey, you,” a teenager said to Sandy.
“What,” Sandy replied.
“You got some bacon?” the teenager asked.
“Why would I have any bacon?” Sandy said.
“Well, I am just so hungry I am in the mood for bacon.”
“Well, I am sorry. I don’t have any bacon.”
Then the teenager started screaming at Sandy’s mom for not buying any bacon. Also the fat couple was still fighting. Then the worst thing happened. The elevator was stuck!
“Oh, no mom. You know that I am claustrophobic! I cant stand being in such a small space.” Sandy started panicking. The fat lady started screaming and saying, “Why did we have to go to the hospital TODAY?! Why?!”
“What do we do?!I can't get stuck in here! I need to go on a date today, and I cant miss it?! Who knows how to work an elevator!” the teenager yelled.
“All of you are really dumb people.” Sandy’s mom said.
She went to the side of the elevator and pressed the call button.
“Hello? We are stuck in the elevator in the hospital.”
“OK, we are on our way.”
“Mom, I can’t stand being in here. I need to get out!” Sandy screamed.
Everyone started screaming and Sandy’s mom couldn’t stand it!
15 minutes later they were rescued.
(This story had help from sinisterbunny.)
THE END
Article posted January 11, 2012 at 09:58 AM GMT-5 •
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Article posted January 5, 2012 at 10:28 AM GMT-5 •
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McDonalds?
Well, this story kind of goes back to a Disney story. I was five in this story and this time the setting takes place in Animal Kingdom.
“Mommy, wake up!!!” I said.
“Monkeyfreak#1 I know I need to wake up. Just leave me alone, and I will wake up soon.”
“Well, wake up now!! I want to go to Animal Kingdom!”
It was my last day there and I wanted to go to Animal Kingdom since we already went to all the other kingdoms.
We ate breakfast, got dressed, and then we headed off to Animal Kingdom. It was so awesome there I could not believe my eyes. I went walking and then I saw the M from the McDonalds sign.
“Mommy, can we go to McDonalds?” I asked her.
“There are no McDonalds here,” my mom replied.
“Yeah there is,” I said. “It's right over there.”
She saw where I was pointing my finger and saw the M.
“OK, we’ll go.” My mom said.
I pulled my mom and we went in.
“Monkeyfreak#1, there is no McDonalds here,” my mom said.
“Yeah, there is. It might be all the way at the end.” I said.
There were no McDonalds though. We ended up being on a ride of dinosaurs. We couldn’t get out so my mom and I just went into a car and stayed calm. The ride started, the lights were out, and me and my mom went in a car.
“Mommy, I’m scared. “ I said to her.
“Don’t worry Monkeyfreak#1 it’s all right.”
Suddenly, I saw DINOSAURS!!! I was so scared.
“Mom, get me out of here,” yelled.
“OK, you took me here so we have to go on the ride and wait until this ride is over.”
Suddenly, I saw a humongous "dinosaur"! I was so scared I hid under my mom’s arm. I didn’t know that it was a fake dinosaur so I was still hiding under my mom's arm.
“Is it over?” I asked my mom.
“Yeah, it is, and you know that that wasn’t a real dinosaur.”
“Oh, so now you tell me that!”
We got out and when I got out I was so angry. There was pictures of me hiding under my mom's arm! That is so weird! I didn’t know they were going to take pictures of us!
“Well, Monkeyfreak#1 now you know that you can’t drag me anywhere, OK,” my mom said.
“Yeah, NOW I know.”
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Article posted November 22, 2011 at 10:10 AM GMT-5 •
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Lost Little Girl
“Get up! Get dressed! We have to eat breakfast!” my mom yelled.
I was really exhausted. I felt like it was five o'clock in the morning. I just realized I was in Disney World! I wanted to go on all of the rides and meet all of the Disney characters.
Next I jumped out of bed, got dressed, brushed my teeth, and went to eat breakfast. I was eating my Froot Loops quickly because I wanted to go see the parade.
“Why are you eating so fast?” my brother asked as he came into the kitchen.
“Listen, the Disney Parade is today and I want to go see it,” I replied, ”Now stop talking I need to eat!”
“I want to go,” my brother said.
“OK, so then we have to beg mom to let us go.”
My mom walked into the kitchen. My brother and I looked at each other and said, “Can we go to the parade today?”
“Ummmmmm let me think about it….NO!” my mom yelled.
“Why not?” I asked.
“Because I said so.”
“Please, mommy! It will be the first time I've ever been to a Disney Parade,” I whined.
“I said no!”
“PLEASE!” I yelled.
“Fine,” she said.
Next we went to the Disney Parade at Magic Kingdom. We were a little late, but I didn’t mind. I just wanted to see the parade.
“I can’t see,” I said. No one heard me. I wanted to see better so I just scooted up. My mom didn’t notice I left. I pushed my way through the people. I could feel their leather jackets on my face. I didn’t like it. I felt squished.
Finally I was close up. I could see all of my favorite characters. About two minutes later I heard someone yell my name. I looked back to see who was calling me. It was my mom and my brother.
“What are you doing here,” I asked them.
“We came to find you,” my brother said.
“I’ve been worried sick,” my mom said as she hugged me.
Now I was safe with my mom.
I learned that I should never get lost or even try to, and I should listen to my mom more often.
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Article posted November 9, 2011 at 10:16 AM GMT-5 •
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When I was six years old my dad got me something special for my birthday.
I was coming back from school when my dad told me, “I have something important and special for you.”
I was wondering if it was my own room because at that age I had to share a room with my brother.
When we got home I saw a cage in the backyard. “Why do we have a cage here?” I asked my dad.
“Come over here,” my dad said as he pulled me.
“It’s just an old man rabbit,” I said.
“Look behind it.”
I lifted the rabbit up and I saw three baby bunnies! “They are so cute can we keep one?” I asked my dad.
“Well, that is what I meant by a special present. So go ahead and pick one that you want.”
There was a white one, a black spotted one, and a gray one. “I’ll choose the. . . .” I said in a low whisper.
“Go on choose one,” my dad said.
“They all look so cute, but I guess I can pick the gray one.”
My dad opened the cage where the rabbit was and picked up the bunny. While he picked it up I asked, "Where are the other bunnies going to go?”
My dad paused and said, "We are going to take them to the pet store.”
“OK, at least if they have some place to stay and then someone will come and take them.”
Then my dad took the bunny and laid it in my hand. It was so soft. “I should name this,” I said.
“Then name it,” my dad said.
“Then I’ll name it Floppy!” I said.
As the years went by the bunny (or should I say a rabbit?) grew. We had no room inside so we kept it in the corner of the backyard. And every night we put it in this sort of box and put a blanket with it.
One day I went out to go feed the rabbit. I took off the blanket and lifted up the cage but then I didn’t see Floppy in the cage. I went inside and called my dad. He came out and noticed too that there wasn’t anything in the cage.
“What happened to Floppy?” I asked my dad.
“I don’t know,” he replied.
Then I was quiet. Did someone take him? Did he run away? Did a coyote eat him? No, that could not have happened. There was no blood in the cage so that couldn’t have happened.
Well, that has been an entire mystery my entire life, but whereever Floppy went that day I hope he is OK.
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Article posted October 31, 2011 at 10:08 AM GMT-5 •
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BUS BROKEN DOWN!
It was a warm September day. I was coming back from a field trip called BOCES. Everything was going peacefully half the way back and then the bus started getting slower. I didn’t know why but I thought it was just normal. Then we pulled over.
“Why did we pull over?” I asked my friend.
“I don’t know,” she replied.
Then everyone started asking the same thing.
“Every one just stay calm down. The bus broke down. Another bus is going to come and pick us up,” my teacher said.
When my teacher said that mostly everyone started freaking out, including me. The grown-ups in the bus including the bus driver put up signs in the road to show where the bus was.
“What if we never make it back!” I heard someone say.
I saw all of the cars pass by. They were so close to us! As the time passed by mostly everyone started saying we will never get back. I was staring out of the window, and I saw the bus! Then a lot of people saw the bus. We all cheered. The bus turned around and pulled over in front of us. My teacher said the other class had to get off first. The class got off, and went on the other bus. Then my teacher said our class had to get off. We got off of the bus. We walked all the way over to the other bus, and a man had to carry us into the other bus. We went back to our school safely.
I am happy we didn’t get stuck in the road the entire day!
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Article posted October 26, 2011 at 10:21 AM GMT-5 •
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“Get up! Get dressed! We have to eat breakfast!” my mom yelled. I was really tired. I felt like it was five in the morning. But I just remembered I was in Disney World! I wanted to go on all of the rides!
I got out of bed, got dressed, brushed my teeth, and went to eat breakfast. I was eating my Fruit Loops really fast because I wanted to go see the parade.
“Stephanie, why are you eating so fast?” my brother asked.
“Listen, the Disney Parade is today, and I want to go see it,” I replied.
“I want to go,” my brother said.
“OK, so then we have to convince mom to let us go.”
My mom came into the kitchen.
“Can we go to the parade today?” my brother and I said at the same time.
“Ummmmmm. . .NO!” my mom yelled.
“Why not?” I asked.
“Because I said so.”
“Please, mommy. It will be the first time I've ever been to a Disney Parade,” I whined.
“I said, no!”
“PLEASE!!!” I yelled.
“Fine,” she said.
Next we got to the Disney parade at Magic Kingdom. We were a little late but I didn’t mind. There were a lot of people there already.
“I can’t see,” I said. No one heard me. I wanted to see better so I just moved up. My mom didn’t notice I left. I pushed my way through the people. I could feel their leather jackets on my face.
Finally I was close up. I could see all of my favorite characters. About two minutes later I heard my name. I looked back to see who was calling me. It was my aunt and my brother.
“What are you doing here?” I asked them.
“We came to find you! Now come on! Mommy’s been worried sick,” my brother said as he was pulling me. Soon I was safe with my mom.
I learned I should never get lost or try to and I should listen to my mom more often.
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Article posted October 21, 2011 at 10:03 AM GMT-5 •
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It was the summer of kindergarten. My mom told me to go in the car with her so I did. I didn’t know where my mom was taking me so I just went with her. Then we went on the road to the doctor. I did not like the doctor!
“Mom, why are we at the doctor?” I asked her.
“Listen , Stephanie, I did not want to tell you because I knew you would freak out. We are at the doctor because it is your regular check up,” my mom said as she was parking. She got out of the car, opened the door and pulled me out. “Come on nothing bad is going to happen,” my mom said to me kindly.
For some apparent reason I trusted her. I went in for about 15 minutes, and then they called my name. They just opened my mouth and checked my ears. Then they called me to a separate room. There was a sign or a poster I don’t know what it is called and they told me to read the letters there. I did that. Then they called my mom and they started talking.
My mom came out and told me,”You have a lazy eye.”
“What is that?” I asked her.
“It means that you have to start wearing glasses.”
At first I thought she was kidding. But then I saw a serious look on her face, and I knew she meant it. I was starting to get worried. I did not want to wear glasses.
About two months later my mom took me to the eye doctors, and they put me in this big room and started checking my eye.
“OK, she is going to start wearing glasses in about one month so you should buy her some soon,” my eye doctor said.
So as you can see, I almost wore glasses I think for six years. Oh, I forgot one important detail. My left eye is lazy.
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Article posted October 17, 2011 at 10:21 AM GMT-5 •
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Birthday Party
It was Megan’s birthday party. She was going to turn ten so she wanted it to be very special.
She was going to have it at her house, but she was going to have a pool party. That might not be, you know, special, but at least she thought it was. Anyway she invited three of her best friends, Julia, Abby, and Nicole, her cousins, uncles, and aunts.
“Remember to bring your bathing suits,” Megan reminded them. (Not the uncles and aunts. They didn't have to bring their bathing suits.)
Finally it was the day of her birthday party. She had trouble looking for an outfit. She had already looked at 25 outfits. But she already had her bathing suit.
“Oh, I know I can wear my turquoise shirt and my new black shirt,” she said. So she put on her clothes and went outside. She saw all of her friends holding presents.
She rushed inside to get the pizza. On her way down she bumped into a giant sunflower and all the pizza fell out. Luckily there was four pieces left. They ate their pizza and then went into the pool.
Suddenly, a UFO appeared in the sky. (Kind of weird, but let me get on with the story.) Everyone looked above them and couldn’t believe what they saw. The UFO started getting closer and closer. Then it landed on Megan’s back yard. A door opened…….wait for it……..and a puppy came out! With Megan’s grandma. (I know that sounds weird but wait for this.)
A dude, who apparently is selling jelly beans, is in there, too. This might sound weird but the UFO and the people inside it were the present from her parents. And the dog was hers. Of course she named it Jelly Bean. Also, Megan got 17 packs of jelly beans.
Article posted October 17, 2011 at 10:21 AM GMT-5 •
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Article posted October 14, 2011 at 10:24 AM GMT-5 •
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Sparklers
On spring vacation I went to my cousins house in Georgia. I was really exited to go there because, well, they live in Georgia and I barely get to see them. My dad, my brother, and my mom and I went to Georgia.
“Hi, Steph,” my cousin Joshua said to me.
“Hey,” I said back. ”Where is Lynn?” Lynn was my little cousin. She was about five or six years old.
“She is upstairs watching T.V.” I went upstairs.
“Hi.” She noticed my face right away and hugged me.
“Hi, Stephanie. I missed you,” Lynn said.
“I missed you too,” I replied back.
“Oh, my dad and Joshua and I are going to go to a store do you want to come? Yes or no?”
I didn’t know what to say so I just said, ”OK.”
We went in the car and droved all the way to the store. Then I saw the largest store ever.
“This is the store?” I asked my cousin.
“Yup, this is the store. Come on, take off your seat belts and lets go inside,” my cousin Joshua said.
At first I didn’t know what the store was, but then I saw TVs showing a picture of sparklers!
“We are going to buy sparklers?” I said.
“Yeah, we are going to buy sparklers.”
We looked through the store, and we bought two packets of sparklers.
“So when are we going to set off these things?” I asked.
“We are gonna' set them off tonight,” Joshua said.
We drove back to their house. It was already dark so it was time to set them off.
“Ready in three, two, one!” Joshua, Lynn, and I said. We set off the sparklers after.
“That was so much fun,” I said.
Whenever I go to Georgia I always want to set off sparklers.
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Article posted October 12, 2011 at 10:23 AM GMT-5 •
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I went to a sleep away camp called The Main Idea at Camp Walden in Denmark, Maine. My favorite part of the camp was rock climbing.
The rock climbing wall was like 60 feet tall. I didn’t go up the rock wall without anything to hold on to, obviously. When I got to the climbing wall they attached a harness to me so I wouldn't fall. Then I said the commands. I said, "Climb," and the person at the bottom who is holding me says, "Climb On."I climbed on the easy one first. It only took me five minutes to get to the top of the wall. At the top, there was a sharpie so I could sign my name. I did that. Then I came down. The hard one had like a little dent in it so it was kind of hard. I wanted to climb it so I did. I was stuck, but I just needed to reach for a couple of more pieces. I didn’t know which pieces to step on and reach. Then I heard a person down there saying, “Put your right foot on the white piece and reach for the orange piece.” That lead me to the top.
I will always want to go on a rock climbing wall because it is fun.
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Article posted October 3, 2011 at 01:40 PM GMT-5 •
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Emily was a normal girl but this normality thing changed TODAY!
Emily was eating breakfast. School had been canceled because there was a gas leak in the school. Emily got to stay home with her big brother named Joshua and her neighbor Julia.
Emily wanted to play outside, so she went to play outside. She was on her slide when this small creature came and landed on her lap. It was a squirrel. Her first thought was, why is this thing on me? Her second thought was, AGHHHHH!
She got off from the slide, started screaming her butt off, and went inside where her brother and her neighbor were watching T.V.
“There was a squirrel on my lap!” Emily screamed as she entered the house.
“What are you talking about sissy?”
“Excuse me, my name is NOT SISSY and I said there was a squirrel on my lap!”
“There was a squirrel on your lap?” Julia asked.
“Yes, there was and now I am too scared to go outside now.” Emily replied.
“Well, I am bored watching T.V. so let’s go outside and I will help you.” Joshua said.
“Help me with what?” Emily said.
“Uh, I will help you kill the squirrel.”
“OK.”
They went outside. Julia was in charge. Emily had a big twig in her hand so if the squirrel got near her she would poke the squirrel. Joshua got his water gun so when the squirrel got near Emily or him he would spray the squirrel.
“So we are going to kill the squirrel with water and a twig?” Julia said. ”Lets kill the squirrel with GRAPES!”
“Grapes?” Joshua and I said at the same time.
“Yes, grapes. We can get three of Joshua’s sling shots and then we can shoot the grapes out of it,” Julia said.
“OK,I am fine with that,” Emily said.
“Me, too, as long as we kill that squirrel,” Joshua said.
Emily went upstairs to get Joshua’s sling shots. When Emily came down, she heard a giant shriek. The scream came from Joshua!
“What was that sound??” Emily asked.
“Guess what? That sound came from Joshua. We saw the squirrel and Joshua made a little mistake. He peed in his pant’s!” Julia said.
Emily looked over at Joshua. Yes, his pant’s were wet and there was a little puddle around him.
“Really Joshua? You're not a big boy after all are you? Oh, where did you see the squirrel?” Emily asked.
“Well, I saw him over there by that bush at the bottom of the slide,” Joshua replied.
Emily was about to go over there when Julia screamed, “Wait, before you go, take the sling shot and these seven grapes.”
Emily went back and got the supplies she needed. “Thanks,” Emily said.
She went to the slide. At first there was nothing, but then she heard something. There was a rustle. She put her hand in the bush and then. . .“OWWWWW. The squirrel just bit me!,” Emily cried out.
“What?” Julia said.
“I said the squirrel just bit me!”
Julia and Joshua ran over to see what had happened. Emily was right, the squirrel bit her. There was a streak of blood coming down from her finger.
“We better get her inside,” Joshua said.
They went inside and got a band-aid to put on Emily’s finger.
“OK, we really need to kill that squirrel. First it went on my lap and now it bit my finger! Oh, we really need to kill that squirrel,” Emily said.
“Wasn’t that the whole point?” Joshua said.
They went outside again. Now Julia had a great awesome idea. It wasn’t really a awesome idea but it was just an idea. ”OK, I got a great idea. Let's get your bike and attach a horn to it. Then when the squirrel comes someone will squeeze the horn and we will come over there and kill the squirrel.”
“Ok. I will go over there and toot the horn when the squirrel comes,” Emily said.
Emily rushed over to the front yard and got herself ready. While Joshua and Julia went to the back of the house.
Emily didn’t see anything. Julia and Joshua didn’t see anything either. For the first five minutes they didn’t see anything. But then Julia said she saw something. Emily went over to find out what happened.
“Shhhhhhhhh. The squirrel is over there. On the count to three, shoot the grapes. 1, 2, THREE!”
We shot the grapes. And you know, the squirrel just fell. Here is the kind of disgusting part: Joshua went over and stepped on the squirrel.
THE END
Article posted October 3, 2011 at 01:40 PM GMT-5 •
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Article posted September 22, 2011 at 02:39 PM GMT-5 •
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I was going to visit my aunt. I was so exited to see her because I hadn’t seen her in a long time. She lives in Georgia.
“OK, you guys. Go and I’ll meet up with you guys in the house,” my mom said to us.
“OK,” my brother and I replied.
We went out of the car. My mom reminded us again to be careful when we cross the street.
“We know,” we answered back.
My brother and I watched closely at the street until we could cross.
“Let’s go,” I said.
“No, there are still cars passing by,” my brother replied.
“OK, when the next car passes I am going to cross,” I said back to him.
I did that. The good thing about it was that when I crossed there were no cars in sight. My brother followed me.
All of a sudden a car appeared! I ran, but it seemed like the car was going to hit me. I almost got hit by a car! The bad thing was that my brother was right behind me and he almost got hit by a car and DIED!
My mom screamed as she watched us. I could hear her scream. The car stopped. The good thing was that we made it to the other side.
In my head I was like, thank God no one died!
Article posted September 22, 2011 at 02:39 PM GMT-5 •
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