Save The Trees!!!!!
By: Isabelle
Published February 2020
Trees are a very important thing in life. They help you live, animals, and many more things! People are cutting down trees for paper and houses. You can help to save trees by just planting one.
There are also websites where you can search for something and a tree is planted. Here are some websites. Ecosia, #teamtrees,Trees for the Future, Tree Nation, and Plant for the Planet.
Here are some really interesting fun facts about trees.
The rings in the tree show how old it is!
The Sequoiadendron Giganteum is the largest tree in the world!
The Arbol del Tule is the widest tree in the world!
Plants also purify the air which means it makes the air cleaner. So it's got to have a plant in your room. You don't want to breath in any bad things.
Thanks For Reading!!!!!
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By: Isabelle
Published February 2020
Trees are a very important thing in life. They help you live, animals, and many more things! People are cutting down trees for paper and houses. You can help to save trees by just planting one.
There are also websites where you can search for something and a tree is planted. Here are some websites. Ecosia, #teamtrees,Trees for the Future, Tree Nation, and Plant for the Planet.
Here are some really interesting fun facts about trees.
The rings in the tree show how old it is!
The Sequoiadendron Giganteum is the largest tree in the world!
The Arbol del Tule is the widest tree in the world!
Plants also purify the air which means it makes the air cleaner. So it's got to have a plant in your room. You don't want to breath in any bad things.
Thanks For Reading!!!!!
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Global Warming
By: Kira F.
Published February 2020
People live on earth just fine. But what about the animals? They live here too. Their innocent creatures living on this planet. But their lives are at risk because of global warming. Those animals' lives are at risk because we are causing global warming by putting bad chemicals into the air, by driving instead of walking, and keeping the lights on. But we can stop doing these things and save the animals. But we need to do it together. At home you can walk to where you want to go, plant a tree, and turn the lights off when we walk out of the room. We can save the animals, and we can stop global warming.
By: Kira F.
Published February 2020
People live on earth just fine. But what about the animals? They live here too. Their innocent creatures living on this planet. But their lives are at risk because of global warming. Those animals' lives are at risk because we are causing global warming by putting bad chemicals into the air, by driving instead of walking, and keeping the lights on. But we can stop doing these things and save the animals. But we need to do it together. At home you can walk to where you want to go, plant a tree, and turn the lights off when we walk out of the room. We can save the animals, and we can stop global warming.
A Time I Had Fun
By Alex D.
Published February 2020
A time when I had a ton of fun was when I was going to Eagle River for 3rd grade summer vacation. It was a very long drive but we managed to get there. When we finally got there, my cousin’s were waiting for us. Then we all started to unpack from our car and after we finished, we started to play around the cabin. We went downstairs to the basement and my cousin showed me my room to sleep in. The next day we went to swim in the lake and there was a trampoline. So, we swam over to the trampoline and at first I was scared, but the next time I really wanted to jump off. Then, I slid off the trampoline for the first time! Once I was really used to sliding off the raft, I soon was able to jump off! That is a time when I had a ton of fun.
By Alex D.
Published February 2020
A time when I had a ton of fun was when I was going to Eagle River for 3rd grade summer vacation. It was a very long drive but we managed to get there. When we finally got there, my cousin’s were waiting for us. Then we all started to unpack from our car and after we finished, we started to play around the cabin. We went downstairs to the basement and my cousin showed me my room to sleep in. The next day we went to swim in the lake and there was a trampoline. So, we swam over to the trampoline and at first I was scared, but the next time I really wanted to jump off. Then, I slid off the trampoline for the first time! Once I was really used to sliding off the raft, I soon was able to jump off! That is a time when I had a ton of fun.
Christmas Cats
By Isabelle
Cats love to sleep in warm fuzzy stockings at Christmas. They like that they can watch over everyone and feel safe at the same time. It's like a ball of cuteness of an elf on the shelf!
By Isabelle
Cats love to sleep in warm fuzzy stockings at Christmas. They like that they can watch over everyone and feel safe at the same time. It's like a ball of cuteness of an elf on the shelf!
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Cats can get sneaky when they get by the Christmas tree.
Cats can get sneaky when they get by the Christmas tree.
- They can knock it down.
- They can break an ornament.
- You can get a really cute photo.
- Your cat is a present!
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You can buy your cat a cute little Santa hat. Also people buy sweaters or tiny socks. It's really cute and you can have a mini Santa Claus.
You can buy your cat a cute little Santa hat. Also people buy sweaters or tiny socks. It's really cute and you can have a mini Santa Claus.
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Have A Meowy Christmas!!!!
Have A Meowy Christmas!!!!
Clubs at Windsor
By: Cecilia, Isabelle, Kira, and Stella
Published: December 2019
Chess Club
By: Stella
In Chess Club which is in the library the kindergarteners, first, and second graders sit and play chess in the table area. The third graders sit in the cushion area. The fourth and fifth graders sit in the room next to the cushion area. They play chess until it is lesson time where the coach explains some ways of winning and new moves that could help them.
At the end of Chess Club some kids line up at one door to go to CAP and the other kids line up to go outside. Each kid no matter what door gets handed a lollipop. Then they go home with their parents. At the beginning of the year the people who were in Chess Club last semester come to Chess Club and eat pizza. They are allowed to bring a friend to see if their friend wants to join Chess Club. Lots of kids are in Chess Club because they want to learn how to play chess. White always makes their move first. A pawn can move one space except when it is a pawn’s first move, then the pawn can move two squares pawns can only move forward.The knight can move in an L. The rook can move in straight lines as far as it wants. The bishop moves on a diagonal as far as it wants. The queen can move in every direction. The king can also move in every direction, but it can only one square at a time. Chess Club is in the library after school on friday and I hope to see you there!
Green Team!
By: Kira
Everybody at Green Team has fun helping nature grow. The Earth is beautiful. So are animals, like rabbits, squirrels, dogs, cats, and many more. Green Team helps the Earth stay beautiful, and helps the animals stay alive. Not only people in green team can help the Earth. You can help the Earth at your house just by picking up trash, walking to where you need to go, planting a tree and helping it grow. Did you know trees give you oxygen and what you breathe out, trees breathe in? Green Team helps to save the Earth in so many ways to count. At the end of each year, everyone in Green Team gets to plant a sunflower in a pot and they can bring it home.
Wildcat Council
By: Cecilia
Wildcat Council is a place where you help with events at Windsor. Here’s an example: Last year we designed posters to help collect glasses for the people who could not afford them. We meet in Miss Hartfield’s room. Miss Hartfield and Miss Higgins run it. We meet at lunch recess every other Wednesday. They are very nice teachers.
It is only for third grade and up, so it’s okay if you’re not going to be a third grader next year. You can always sign up another year. There are three different trimesters. You sign a form at the beginning of the year, and a little while after, you get a form saying what trimester you are going to be in, and what dates you will be meeting.
I recommend that you sign up next year, if you like making decisions.
Community Builders
By: Cecilia
Community Builders is a place where you play, or do crafts with friends in different and the same grades. I remember something about giant jenga, and we made owl bags once. There are so many fun activities to do in Community Builders. It’s really a club to make friends. Who doesn’t want a new friend? Lots of people sign up, so turn in your form quickly!!!
Like I said, this club is about making friends. I really like it because I can experience new things. Even though we play the same games each year, everyone who signs up gets a new experience with friends. There are so many possibilities for new friends. If you have trouble making friends, or finding someone to play with at recess, I suggest you sign up for Community Builders. The reason I suggest that is because you can find friends at this place. There are kids from your class, kids from other classes, and some kids that you have never met.
You have a lot of kids to choose from. Don’t be afraid to go up to someone new and say hello. So make sure to sign your form! Hope to see you soon!
Art Club
By Isabelle
Art Club is where you can do art and get messy! We do all sorts of things at Art Club.
You can sit with friends, and chat. Just try to listen to directions. If you do, you are going to have a lot of fun!
To join Art Club you just need to let your parents know and you walk in the meeting. When you are at the meeting they give you the real form!
In Art Club we are making animal faces. I am doing a cat and my best friend Oliwia is making a horse! We both love Art Club.
KidzNews
By Isabelle
We are writing these articles right now in KidzNews. You should totally join! We get to write Windsor Happenings, Sports, Games, and anything else you want to write about. You can also be in groups! It is a really fun club. Miss Loch and Miss Pustai are hosting KidzNews. They are very nice teachers. It really is a writing club. It lasts all year, and we meet every other Tuesday. Next year if you want to join just tell your parents to sign the sheet and you are now a news reporter!!!
Drama Club
By: Cecilia
Drama Club is a place where you can show off and act, act, ACT!!! It is a place to show your skills and talent.
Ms. Lewis and 2 other people run it. They are very nice. There are a couple practices before the auditions. Those 2 or 3 practices are all games played involving acting. We once did a reader’s theater, we play charades, and a couple other fun games.
Auditions are simply a practice to find out what part you are going to get in the play. They cut out a part of the play, and let you perform it in front of them. Based on your audition, Ms. Lewis chooses people for the best part that fits them. Then there are many more practices to practice your play.
A tip on auditioning: stand up straight, hands to your sides. You don’t want the teachers to think you have bad posture.
Well, we hope to see you next year!!
Thanks For Reading!
By: Cecilia, Isabelle, Kira, and Stella
Published: December 2019
Chess Club
By: Stella
In Chess Club which is in the library the kindergarteners, first, and second graders sit and play chess in the table area. The third graders sit in the cushion area. The fourth and fifth graders sit in the room next to the cushion area. They play chess until it is lesson time where the coach explains some ways of winning and new moves that could help them.
At the end of Chess Club some kids line up at one door to go to CAP and the other kids line up to go outside. Each kid no matter what door gets handed a lollipop. Then they go home with their parents. At the beginning of the year the people who were in Chess Club last semester come to Chess Club and eat pizza. They are allowed to bring a friend to see if their friend wants to join Chess Club. Lots of kids are in Chess Club because they want to learn how to play chess. White always makes their move first. A pawn can move one space except when it is a pawn’s first move, then the pawn can move two squares pawns can only move forward.The knight can move in an L. The rook can move in straight lines as far as it wants. The bishop moves on a diagonal as far as it wants. The queen can move in every direction. The king can also move in every direction, but it can only one square at a time. Chess Club is in the library after school on friday and I hope to see you there!
Green Team!
By: Kira
Everybody at Green Team has fun helping nature grow. The Earth is beautiful. So are animals, like rabbits, squirrels, dogs, cats, and many more. Green Team helps the Earth stay beautiful, and helps the animals stay alive. Not only people in green team can help the Earth. You can help the Earth at your house just by picking up trash, walking to where you need to go, planting a tree and helping it grow. Did you know trees give you oxygen and what you breathe out, trees breathe in? Green Team helps to save the Earth in so many ways to count. At the end of each year, everyone in Green Team gets to plant a sunflower in a pot and they can bring it home.
Wildcat Council
By: Cecilia
Wildcat Council is a place where you help with events at Windsor. Here’s an example: Last year we designed posters to help collect glasses for the people who could not afford them. We meet in Miss Hartfield’s room. Miss Hartfield and Miss Higgins run it. We meet at lunch recess every other Wednesday. They are very nice teachers.
It is only for third grade and up, so it’s okay if you’re not going to be a third grader next year. You can always sign up another year. There are three different trimesters. You sign a form at the beginning of the year, and a little while after, you get a form saying what trimester you are going to be in, and what dates you will be meeting.
I recommend that you sign up next year, if you like making decisions.
Community Builders
By: Cecilia
Community Builders is a place where you play, or do crafts with friends in different and the same grades. I remember something about giant jenga, and we made owl bags once. There are so many fun activities to do in Community Builders. It’s really a club to make friends. Who doesn’t want a new friend? Lots of people sign up, so turn in your form quickly!!!
Like I said, this club is about making friends. I really like it because I can experience new things. Even though we play the same games each year, everyone who signs up gets a new experience with friends. There are so many possibilities for new friends. If you have trouble making friends, or finding someone to play with at recess, I suggest you sign up for Community Builders. The reason I suggest that is because you can find friends at this place. There are kids from your class, kids from other classes, and some kids that you have never met.
You have a lot of kids to choose from. Don’t be afraid to go up to someone new and say hello. So make sure to sign your form! Hope to see you soon!
Art Club
By Isabelle
Art Club is where you can do art and get messy! We do all sorts of things at Art Club.
You can sit with friends, and chat. Just try to listen to directions. If you do, you are going to have a lot of fun!
To join Art Club you just need to let your parents know and you walk in the meeting. When you are at the meeting they give you the real form!
In Art Club we are making animal faces. I am doing a cat and my best friend Oliwia is making a horse! We both love Art Club.
KidzNews
By Isabelle
We are writing these articles right now in KidzNews. You should totally join! We get to write Windsor Happenings, Sports, Games, and anything else you want to write about. You can also be in groups! It is a really fun club. Miss Loch and Miss Pustai are hosting KidzNews. They are very nice teachers. It really is a writing club. It lasts all year, and we meet every other Tuesday. Next year if you want to join just tell your parents to sign the sheet and you are now a news reporter!!!
Drama Club
By: Cecilia
Drama Club is a place where you can show off and act, act, ACT!!! It is a place to show your skills and talent.
Ms. Lewis and 2 other people run it. They are very nice. There are a couple practices before the auditions. Those 2 or 3 practices are all games played involving acting. We once did a reader’s theater, we play charades, and a couple other fun games.
Auditions are simply a practice to find out what part you are going to get in the play. They cut out a part of the play, and let you perform it in front of them. Based on your audition, Ms. Lewis chooses people for the best part that fits them. Then there are many more practices to practice your play.
A tip on auditioning: stand up straight, hands to your sides. You don’t want the teachers to think you have bad posture.
Well, we hope to see you next year!!
Thanks For Reading!
What Should We Do?
By: Zach and Alex
Published: May 2019
What should we do?
What should We Do?
What Should We Do when the sky is so blue?
Who knows, who knows?
Maybe they’ll grow a rose on their nose?
Winter
(Haiku)
Winter is so fun
But not in the steaming sun
Take a good hot bath
Summer (acrostic)
So fun in the sun
Under armour clothes
Marvelous lemonade
Magnificent weather
Extra time outside
Rocks to skip on the water
Spring (Rhyme)
Spring, Spring, Spring, I love to sing in the Spring!
In the Spring, my birthday cards will sing!
When you hit the ball, it makes a Ding!
Spring, Spring, Spring, Oh How I love The Spring!
Fall (Rhyme)
Fall, Fall, Fall, the leaves fall a lot in the Fall.
The birthday cards will fall in my house in the Fall.
Amazing catches and throws in Fall.
Seasons (Haiku)
Hot and cold today
Seasons change 4 times a year
Oh, we love seasons
By: Zach and Alex
Published: May 2019
What should we do?
What should We Do?
What Should We Do when the sky is so blue?
Who knows, who knows?
Maybe they’ll grow a rose on their nose?
Winter
(Haiku)
Winter is so fun
But not in the steaming sun
Take a good hot bath
Summer (acrostic)
So fun in the sun
Under armour clothes
Marvelous lemonade
Magnificent weather
Extra time outside
Rocks to skip on the water
Spring (Rhyme)
Spring, Spring, Spring, I love to sing in the Spring!
In the Spring, my birthday cards will sing!
When you hit the ball, it makes a Ding!
Spring, Spring, Spring, Oh How I love The Spring!
Fall (Rhyme)
Fall, Fall, Fall, the leaves fall a lot in the Fall.
The birthday cards will fall in my house in the Fall.
Amazing catches and throws in Fall.
Seasons (Haiku)
Hot and cold today
Seasons change 4 times a year
Oh, we love seasons
Surviving In The Desert (A Dog's Perspective)
By: Piper, Abby , and Milly
Published: May 2019
My name is Lily I am a golden retriever, also I am a puppy. I live in the desert with no one, it is very lonely with no one to be with. I have been surviving by myself out here for 3 months since my mother abandoned me here. I had 2 other siblings, Jacob and Layla, but they went with my poppa. You see my family of dogs is divorced I chose my momma but after a week she decided she couldn’t take care of me anymore and left. I have been looking for my family for these whole 3 months, but I have not found them yet. So, I am stuck out here like I said but I managed to find some food and water but only a little. I love to go on adventures and hunt even though I don’t know how to do it very well yet but I’m learning. Oh yeah have I mentioned my friend, Tiana, she’s a lion cub, also the only person I could find out here. I’ve been living with her mamma, pappa, and older brother, James. Whenever I am bored I either hunt for food, even though I am really bad, I look for my family, or look for adventure. Now that I’ve caught you back up to the present I have not done that much but today is going to be exiting…
First I will go look for some breakfast because I am starving. So Tiana and I went out to go look for some food, we usually hunt for birds, since there’s not a lot around here. After that we went to find some water because I always am thirsty after I eat. Then, we played in the big sand pile, until we both had a lot of sand in their mouths. Suddenly there is a we heard a loud scream and apparently Tiana’s Mamma, Pappa, and brother heard it to. So we decided to see what had caused it. When we got there there was a huge dust cloud and what looked like to be another lion pack running around their prey. There were more screams! They sounded like dogs!!!!! So I told Tiana’s pappa and he roared super duper loud and scared the other pack of lions. They then came face to face and I realized that behind them the dogs, they were my family!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But before I could get to my family she had to get the other lions to move away. The lions all roared and hollered then broke out in battle. I think I am running the fastest I have ever had in my life. When I got to my family I licked them and was glad to see them again. They seemed pretty happy to see me to, but we didn’t forget the lions fighting. I woofed and barked for them to stop. Then after a final bark they stopped and the other pack gave up and limped away, it seemed like they were hurt. Tiana and her family were hurt too, but soon forgot about their pain and were happy for me and my family. We walked back to Tiana’s little den and they got to know each other. We eventually decided to stay together and survive till the very end.
We Lived Happily Ever After!!!
The End!!
By: Piper, Abby , and Milly
Published: May 2019
My name is Lily I am a golden retriever, also I am a puppy. I live in the desert with no one, it is very lonely with no one to be with. I have been surviving by myself out here for 3 months since my mother abandoned me here. I had 2 other siblings, Jacob and Layla, but they went with my poppa. You see my family of dogs is divorced I chose my momma but after a week she decided she couldn’t take care of me anymore and left. I have been looking for my family for these whole 3 months, but I have not found them yet. So, I am stuck out here like I said but I managed to find some food and water but only a little. I love to go on adventures and hunt even though I don’t know how to do it very well yet but I’m learning. Oh yeah have I mentioned my friend, Tiana, she’s a lion cub, also the only person I could find out here. I’ve been living with her mamma, pappa, and older brother, James. Whenever I am bored I either hunt for food, even though I am really bad, I look for my family, or look for adventure. Now that I’ve caught you back up to the present I have not done that much but today is going to be exiting…
First I will go look for some breakfast because I am starving. So Tiana and I went out to go look for some food, we usually hunt for birds, since there’s not a lot around here. After that we went to find some water because I always am thirsty after I eat. Then, we played in the big sand pile, until we both had a lot of sand in their mouths. Suddenly there is a we heard a loud scream and apparently Tiana’s Mamma, Pappa, and brother heard it to. So we decided to see what had caused it. When we got there there was a huge dust cloud and what looked like to be another lion pack running around their prey. There were more screams! They sounded like dogs!!!!! So I told Tiana’s pappa and he roared super duper loud and scared the other pack of lions. They then came face to face and I realized that behind them the dogs, they were my family!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But before I could get to my family she had to get the other lions to move away. The lions all roared and hollered then broke out in battle. I think I am running the fastest I have ever had in my life. When I got to my family I licked them and was glad to see them again. They seemed pretty happy to see me to, but we didn’t forget the lions fighting. I woofed and barked for them to stop. Then after a final bark they stopped and the other pack gave up and limped away, it seemed like they were hurt. Tiana and her family were hurt too, but soon forgot about their pain and were happy for me and my family. We walked back to Tiana’s little den and they got to know each other. We eventually decided to stay together and survive till the very end.
We Lived Happily Ever After!!!
The End!!
The Pigs in Paris
Published May 2019
By: Alex and Zack
One day there were two pigs who lived in Boston. They snuck into the pigport without their pig passports and they got on a plane to Paris. On the plane to Paris they got into first class and got many massages. When they landed in Paris, they met up with their travel agent. He rented an apartment for them and it had massage chairs and a milk bar. They also had a TV that they would watch pigtube on. On the first day they visited the Pifel tower. They climbed up to the top of it (1710 stairs) and they put the pig flag on top of it. After they climbed to the top, they went to see The Piga Lisa. When they were there a pig came charging into The Piga Lisa and it broke in half. On the second day, they went to the Pig de Triomphe and they looked at the top of it. After that, they went to see the burnt down Notre Pig Cathédral. When they were at the Notre Pig they cried together. After many more days of going to famous landmarks, they finally had to go home. Although they also snuck into everything so after that they went to jail back in Boston. They then snuck out and got caught again and brought to Alcatraz. They escaped that also and lived happily ever after (except that they were wanted for $1,000,000)
The End!
Published May 2019
By: Alex and Zack
One day there were two pigs who lived in Boston. They snuck into the pigport without their pig passports and they got on a plane to Paris. On the plane to Paris they got into first class and got many massages. When they landed in Paris, they met up with their travel agent. He rented an apartment for them and it had massage chairs and a milk bar. They also had a TV that they would watch pigtube on. On the first day they visited the Pifel tower. They climbed up to the top of it (1710 stairs) and they put the pig flag on top of it. After they climbed to the top, they went to see The Piga Lisa. When they were there a pig came charging into The Piga Lisa and it broke in half. On the second day, they went to the Pig de Triomphe and they looked at the top of it. After that, they went to see the burnt down Notre Pig Cathédral. When they were at the Notre Pig they cried together. After many more days of going to famous landmarks, they finally had to go home. Although they also snuck into everything so after that they went to jail back in Boston. They then snuck out and got caught again and brought to Alcatraz. They escaped that also and lived happily ever after (except that they were wanted for $1,000,000)
The End!
The Dinosaur In Paris
By, Milly S, Piper S, and Abby A
Published: 5/7/19
Once upon a time there was a dinosaur named Jimmy, in Paris, nobody knew how he got there or why he was there, but let's get back to the story. The people that lived in Paris were totally afraid of him and stayed in their homes all the time. But not many people saw the dinosaur. Some believed he was real while others believed that all dinosaurs were dead. One day there was a huge fire because Jimmy sneezed and for some reason when he sneezed he shoots fire out of his nose. The town’s firefighters tried to put out the fire but they couldn’t. Some people picked up stones and threw them at Jimmy until he ran away. So he ran through France and when he was running he accidently knocked down the Eiffel Tower in Paris!!! The whole town was at a shook and they were so surprised that a dinosaur knocked down the Eiffel Tower. The people in the town were SO SHOCKED and so surprised that no one moved. Jimmy of course didn’t care but he ran and kept going until he reached a cave and decided to sleep. When he woke up his back was itchy for some reason and when he scratched it he realized that there was a bump or something and then he figured out there are tiny wings growing on his back! Which made him wonder is he really a dinosaur? He felt left out and different from everyone else which which made him feel more left out being the only dinosaur in Paris maybe even in the whole entire universe that is alive. He sat there thinking about it. Suddenly it dawned on him that he was not a dinosaur but maybe even a dragon!!! Luckily there was a little lake nearby the cave, so he looked into it and the tiny wings on his back somehow grew very large so fast. He wanted to test out his new wings so he went to a high cliff, ran and jumped off into the air. At first he closed his eyes because he thought he was falling, but he opened his eyes and saw that he was flying!?! He flew to the knocked down Eiffel Tower and saw that they did not put the tower up. He tried to put the tower up, but it was too heavy for him. Jimmy thought for a minute and then realized that he needed another dragon. So Jimmy flew to a very far cave, on the other side of the universe, and he found a group of dinosaurs. The dinosaurs were not friendly and kicked him out. So, he flew to a different cave and found a lonely dragon. that he thought he was kicked out of his other group. He asked he what was wrong and he said that he didn’t have anywhere to stay and everywhere he went the dinosaurs that lived there kicked him out. Jimmy asked the dragon’s name and he said that his name was Kevin. Then, Jimmy asked Kevin if he could help put the Eiffel Tower up. After Jimmy asked that Kevin asked if they could become friends. And Jimmy said yes, so they became very good friends. They flew back to Paris and now the people were surprised that Jimmy had wings but he also brought a dragon friend with him!!! They worked together to put the Eiffel Tower back up again. The people cheered and the started to trust the dragons. Soon enough they became very good friend. For a year the towns people hung a very big picture of Jimmy and Kevin up on the Eiffel Tower.
And they all lived happily ever after…
The end!!!
By, Milly S, Piper S, and Abby A
Published: 5/7/19
Once upon a time there was a dinosaur named Jimmy, in Paris, nobody knew how he got there or why he was there, but let's get back to the story. The people that lived in Paris were totally afraid of him and stayed in their homes all the time. But not many people saw the dinosaur. Some believed he was real while others believed that all dinosaurs were dead. One day there was a huge fire because Jimmy sneezed and for some reason when he sneezed he shoots fire out of his nose. The town’s firefighters tried to put out the fire but they couldn’t. Some people picked up stones and threw them at Jimmy until he ran away. So he ran through France and when he was running he accidently knocked down the Eiffel Tower in Paris!!! The whole town was at a shook and they were so surprised that a dinosaur knocked down the Eiffel Tower. The people in the town were SO SHOCKED and so surprised that no one moved. Jimmy of course didn’t care but he ran and kept going until he reached a cave and decided to sleep. When he woke up his back was itchy for some reason and when he scratched it he realized that there was a bump or something and then he figured out there are tiny wings growing on his back! Which made him wonder is he really a dinosaur? He felt left out and different from everyone else which which made him feel more left out being the only dinosaur in Paris maybe even in the whole entire universe that is alive. He sat there thinking about it. Suddenly it dawned on him that he was not a dinosaur but maybe even a dragon!!! Luckily there was a little lake nearby the cave, so he looked into it and the tiny wings on his back somehow grew very large so fast. He wanted to test out his new wings so he went to a high cliff, ran and jumped off into the air. At first he closed his eyes because he thought he was falling, but he opened his eyes and saw that he was flying!?! He flew to the knocked down Eiffel Tower and saw that they did not put the tower up. He tried to put the tower up, but it was too heavy for him. Jimmy thought for a minute and then realized that he needed another dragon. So Jimmy flew to a very far cave, on the other side of the universe, and he found a group of dinosaurs. The dinosaurs were not friendly and kicked him out. So, he flew to a different cave and found a lonely dragon. that he thought he was kicked out of his other group. He asked he what was wrong and he said that he didn’t have anywhere to stay and everywhere he went the dinosaurs that lived there kicked him out. Jimmy asked the dragon’s name and he said that his name was Kevin. Then, Jimmy asked Kevin if he could help put the Eiffel Tower up. After Jimmy asked that Kevin asked if they could become friends. And Jimmy said yes, so they became very good friends. They flew back to Paris and now the people were surprised that Jimmy had wings but he also brought a dragon friend with him!!! They worked together to put the Eiffel Tower back up again. The people cheered and the started to trust the dragons. Soon enough they became very good friend. For a year the towns people hung a very big picture of Jimmy and Kevin up on the Eiffel Tower.
And they all lived happily ever after…
The end!!!
Dr Seuss
Bruce and Lennon Published: 3/5/19 Dr Seuss was born March 2, 1904. He was a author and wrote books like The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham,The Grinch Who Stole Christmas and more. There are movies Dr. Seuss books. Many are cartoons. He was 87 years old when he died. Dr. Seuss is amazing. He wrote very funny books. Picture from: https://www.google.com/search?q=dr+seuss&safe=active&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS837US837&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiOhdKVjI_hAhWOpFkKHWKcAUAQ_AUIDigB&biw=1366&bih=657&scrlybrkr#imgrc=kfs6ZBSekEEuQM: |
Two Boys Who Were Never Supposed to Meet
By: Adeline and Cindy (Published March 2019)
Chapter One:
I had sneaked out again. This time it was bad, real bad. Some kid had moved in, I think he was Japanese. This person has ruined my evenings. Not that I’m against him, I mean he could be a nice kid. But now, almost every night, my parents are fighting about this kid’s parents. My dad works with his/her parent, and they have had disagreements. Wait, no. My parents have had disagreements. My dad doesn’t like these new people, and my mom says there totally fine. I think my dad not liking them had something to do with how smart the Japanese mom is. She has had two promotions since she started. I think that’s great. My dad however, is a bit jealous. Every night my parents have an argument, I sneak out of my room and take a walk. It’s not necessarily a long walk, but it helps take my mind off everything. Tonight my dad is thinking about resigning. Just because there is someone smarter than him at his company. If he resigned, my mom would be the only one working, and we would have a real problem. My mom works as a nurse. She drives around to other people’s houses and takes care of them all day. It pays real low. Tonight I walked around the block and then crossed over to Phillip street. There is a courtyard, and I like to relax there. But tonight when I stepped through the gate, I met a big surprise.
Chapter Two:
I had came back from school. This time it was embarrassing, real embarrassing. I was laughed at by everyone. Home isn’t any better either. Everyday my mom comes home complaining that everyone she worked with was being rude to her. Oh ya, and by the way, my mom is a very hard-worker and probably works twice as hard as them, no, three times. Once my mom started rambling about this person named Dr. Franklin. He was rude and mean. He was so rude that my mom couldn’t speak. He was the meanest. He once spread bad rumors about her all over work. Most people didn’t believe him, but the ones who did really beat down on mom. She almost didn’t get her second promotion. The company she works for specializes in chemical engineering of membranes. ( I heard the American man is not very good at it.) Tonight I have had enough. There is a tree outside my window, and tonight after my parents were asleep, I climbed down it. At first I am clueless as to where to go. But then I remember there is a courtyard on uh, Phil Street or something. I don’t exactly remember how to get there. Eventually I make it, and there, sitting there, is that him?
Chapter Three
For him to be sitting here, it’s weird, real weird. I mean, he doesn’t even know his way around the neighborhood yet. It doesn't make sense. It’s probably him, I only know one boy who’s Korean , and if this boy was him, I would probably have figured it out by now. But now, to tackle a different problem. How to communicate? My phone glitches whenever I use Google, so translate is out of the option. He probably doesn’t know English, so that’s out too, oh man. What am I going to do? Suddenly, he whips out his phone and google translate is already up and running. He writes something in weird lines and squiggles, so he is Asian, and it says in English:
Yes, I am the new kid.
Boy, this kid is a mind reader! I type in the phone:
Sorry about my parents
He types back:
It’s okay
You know what? I actually think this guy is alright. Maybe my dad is wrong about his mom. She’s probably alright too.
Chapter 4
This guy thinks I am strange, really strange. All I did was type something into the phone! He’s looking at me like I’m psycho or something. Oh well. We need to find another way of communicating soon, because my phone is almost out of battery. But wait… When I told him my idea, he lit up. Spoiler, I told him that I could teach him Chinese. Suddenly he reaches for the phone and types something in. “Can we meet tomorrow? I’ll teach you English.” I smiled. You know what? I actually think this guy is alright.
By: Adeline and Cindy (Published March 2019)
Chapter One:
I had sneaked out again. This time it was bad, real bad. Some kid had moved in, I think he was Japanese. This person has ruined my evenings. Not that I’m against him, I mean he could be a nice kid. But now, almost every night, my parents are fighting about this kid’s parents. My dad works with his/her parent, and they have had disagreements. Wait, no. My parents have had disagreements. My dad doesn’t like these new people, and my mom says there totally fine. I think my dad not liking them had something to do with how smart the Japanese mom is. She has had two promotions since she started. I think that’s great. My dad however, is a bit jealous. Every night my parents have an argument, I sneak out of my room and take a walk. It’s not necessarily a long walk, but it helps take my mind off everything. Tonight my dad is thinking about resigning. Just because there is someone smarter than him at his company. If he resigned, my mom would be the only one working, and we would have a real problem. My mom works as a nurse. She drives around to other people’s houses and takes care of them all day. It pays real low. Tonight I walked around the block and then crossed over to Phillip street. There is a courtyard, and I like to relax there. But tonight when I stepped through the gate, I met a big surprise.
Chapter Two:
I had came back from school. This time it was embarrassing, real embarrassing. I was laughed at by everyone. Home isn’t any better either. Everyday my mom comes home complaining that everyone she worked with was being rude to her. Oh ya, and by the way, my mom is a very hard-worker and probably works twice as hard as them, no, three times. Once my mom started rambling about this person named Dr. Franklin. He was rude and mean. He was so rude that my mom couldn’t speak. He was the meanest. He once spread bad rumors about her all over work. Most people didn’t believe him, but the ones who did really beat down on mom. She almost didn’t get her second promotion. The company she works for specializes in chemical engineering of membranes. ( I heard the American man is not very good at it.) Tonight I have had enough. There is a tree outside my window, and tonight after my parents were asleep, I climbed down it. At first I am clueless as to where to go. But then I remember there is a courtyard on uh, Phil Street or something. I don’t exactly remember how to get there. Eventually I make it, and there, sitting there, is that him?
Chapter Three
For him to be sitting here, it’s weird, real weird. I mean, he doesn’t even know his way around the neighborhood yet. It doesn't make sense. It’s probably him, I only know one boy who’s Korean , and if this boy was him, I would probably have figured it out by now. But now, to tackle a different problem. How to communicate? My phone glitches whenever I use Google, so translate is out of the option. He probably doesn’t know English, so that’s out too, oh man. What am I going to do? Suddenly, he whips out his phone and google translate is already up and running. He writes something in weird lines and squiggles, so he is Asian, and it says in English:
Yes, I am the new kid.
Boy, this kid is a mind reader! I type in the phone:
Sorry about my parents
He types back:
It’s okay
You know what? I actually think this guy is alright. Maybe my dad is wrong about his mom. She’s probably alright too.
Chapter 4
This guy thinks I am strange, really strange. All I did was type something into the phone! He’s looking at me like I’m psycho or something. Oh well. We need to find another way of communicating soon, because my phone is almost out of battery. But wait… When I told him my idea, he lit up. Spoiler, I told him that I could teach him Chinese. Suddenly he reaches for the phone and types something in. “Can we meet tomorrow? I’ll teach you English.” I smiled. You know what? I actually think this guy is alright.
A Strange Time
By: Ryan (Published March 2018)
Chapter 1 Asking
It was a fine August morning, I wanted to have an awesome picnic. I asked my mother and she said it was okay. The next day at school I went around asking my friends if they wanted to come. “Hey” I quickly said. “What” responded Brent.
“Do you want to come to my picnic tomorrow?”
“Okay”
“You can bring the drinks for us Brent.”
“Bye Brent” I shouted as I walked away. I walked over to Ethan and asked him, “Do you want to come to my picnic?”
“Sure”
Chapter 2 The Eye
I was excited that I was having a picnic today. On the way to the park to have the picnic, I got my friends. Brent and Ethan were both very excited too. Also on the way to the park we went by Fred’s house( A bully). Then Brent asked if they could ding-dong ditch him. All of us after a while all decided to ding-dong ditch him. I was the one to ring the doorbell because I was the fastest. I was creeping up to the house when I saw a eye poke out of the window. Ethan and Brent were already running because they were scared. I was stuck though because the eye would see me if I started to run. It was around five minutes before I did not see the eye but I still thought it was there. After awhile I realized that I had to run or trespass into their backyard. I decided to run because I did not want to go to get into big trouble. I got ready to run. Five, Four, Three, Two, One, I started to run as fast I could. I thought that I was going as fast as a cheetah sprinting down the street. I made it back to Brent’s house. I found them inside drinking hot cocoa and eating rice krispies. What a thing of traitors.
Chapter 3 Sleeping Over
I was really mad at them because I was in a tough situation and they did not help at all. I went upstairs to us the bathroom when I thought that we were having a picnic and I still wanted it. I just realized that we could have a sleepover. I went down stairs and asked if we could have a sleepover at my house. Brent’s mother said that we had to call my mom to see if it was okay. I call my mom and she said she was fine with it. I guess that we are going to have a sleepover at my house tonight. I went back home and so did Ethan to get ready for the sleepover. At eleven, Brent and Ethan both said that we were going to have to go to be ready for the picnic the next day. Right before I went to bed I started to wonder what the picnic would be like tomorrow, would it be crazy or calm. The next morning we ate donuts and drank milk. Then we hopped on our bikes and rode to the park.
Chapter 4 Crack
When we rode our bikes to the park, we forgot to grab the snacks. We had to go back and pick up our food. We went back and on the way in the corner of my eye, I thought I saw Fred running at us. I blinked and turned my head around all of the way and Fred was actually running at us with a friend named Zac. I told everybody to go as quick as they could. Fred and Zac took our neighbor’s bikes. They went so much quicker on a bike then running. They went on our tail when a bump came, I was still looking backward and I did not know that one was coming so I went flying but Brent and Ethan were looking forward so they missed the bump. I went flying up in the air at least five feet. When I went down I heard a crack. Then I started to feel something wet and something started to hurt in the leg. I passed out five seconds later.
Chapter 5 Doctor Octor
When I woke up I was inside a medic room with a doctor when I woke up. I asked his name and he said that it was Doctor Octor. I started the crack up but then I covered it. “I know it’s a weird name but, blame my mother and father for having Octor as their last name sighed Doc. Octor. He fixed my foot even know it hurt alot. He had to put a boot on too. What's funny is that the boot did not fit. When he tried to put on the boot, he hurt my leg. After that I was all better and I got to bring home a wheelchair. I thanked Doctor Octor and then left. Right before we left Doctor Octor winked at me. I wondered if he actually was a real doctor.
Chapter 6 Glue and Wheelchairs
I had a pretty fun time with the wheelchair at the beginning but then it started to get hard. After a while my arms were sore and my hands were bleeding. I asked my mom to push my wheelchair. She said “no”. I could not move any more so it felt like I had glue on my wheelchair wheels. My leg healed quickly and I finally could stand again. Then I got into a pretty messy mess. I was doing a project and I had to us glue. I had to us the most stickiest glue in the world. It was as sticky as gravity. I put it on my project but it slipped off. I tried putting back on my project. It got stuck to my fingers. I could not pull them out. I tried and I tried but it didn't work to pull them out of the glue. I tried the last thing I could do. I tried to grab a cup of water to wash the glue away. I got the cup of water and poured it on my hands and they were free!!!
Chapter 7 The New Kid
After my leg got better, I went on a walk with my friends. I told them that I wanted a new bike because the other one was broken because of the crash. Then I just saw a moving van appear turning onto a rode by my house. I told them to run after it. They didn't because that meant that they had to leave me. I could not run still because of my injure. We walked over to were the moving van stopped. We went up to the house and rang the doorbell. A boy my age answered it, followed by a mom. The mom spoke saying “ Hi, my name is Emma, this is Keith,” as she pointed at the boy. “What are your names,” she asked? “My name is Reed,” I say, “This is Brent and Ethan” I confidently asked, if the new kid wanted to walk with us. He said “Okay.” We walked and asked him questions like what your favorite color and food is. We walked him home after I said that I had to be home by five. He was a pretty interesting boy.
Chapter 8 A Normal Day
I went to ask my friends if they could play and when I got down stairs, there was a bike. I raced towards it. It said that it was from Brent, Ethan, my mom and Keith. I took it out of its casing and took it outside. I went to Brent’s, Ethan’s and Keith’s house and asked if they could ride bikes with me. We rode our bikes and talked about what happened and what day was their favorite day. Brent said his favorite was when I got stuck with the eye. Ethan’s was when they slept over. Keith’s was when we first saw him and he thought that he would have no friends here. Mine was probably when I met Keith too.
The End
By: Ryan (Published March 2018)
Chapter 1 Asking
It was a fine August morning, I wanted to have an awesome picnic. I asked my mother and she said it was okay. The next day at school I went around asking my friends if they wanted to come. “Hey” I quickly said. “What” responded Brent.
“Do you want to come to my picnic tomorrow?”
“Okay”
“You can bring the drinks for us Brent.”
“Bye Brent” I shouted as I walked away. I walked over to Ethan and asked him, “Do you want to come to my picnic?”
“Sure”
Chapter 2 The Eye
I was excited that I was having a picnic today. On the way to the park to have the picnic, I got my friends. Brent and Ethan were both very excited too. Also on the way to the park we went by Fred’s house( A bully). Then Brent asked if they could ding-dong ditch him. All of us after a while all decided to ding-dong ditch him. I was the one to ring the doorbell because I was the fastest. I was creeping up to the house when I saw a eye poke out of the window. Ethan and Brent were already running because they were scared. I was stuck though because the eye would see me if I started to run. It was around five minutes before I did not see the eye but I still thought it was there. After awhile I realized that I had to run or trespass into their backyard. I decided to run because I did not want to go to get into big trouble. I got ready to run. Five, Four, Three, Two, One, I started to run as fast I could. I thought that I was going as fast as a cheetah sprinting down the street. I made it back to Brent’s house. I found them inside drinking hot cocoa and eating rice krispies. What a thing of traitors.
Chapter 3 Sleeping Over
I was really mad at them because I was in a tough situation and they did not help at all. I went upstairs to us the bathroom when I thought that we were having a picnic and I still wanted it. I just realized that we could have a sleepover. I went down stairs and asked if we could have a sleepover at my house. Brent’s mother said that we had to call my mom to see if it was okay. I call my mom and she said she was fine with it. I guess that we are going to have a sleepover at my house tonight. I went back home and so did Ethan to get ready for the sleepover. At eleven, Brent and Ethan both said that we were going to have to go to be ready for the picnic the next day. Right before I went to bed I started to wonder what the picnic would be like tomorrow, would it be crazy or calm. The next morning we ate donuts and drank milk. Then we hopped on our bikes and rode to the park.
Chapter 4 Crack
When we rode our bikes to the park, we forgot to grab the snacks. We had to go back and pick up our food. We went back and on the way in the corner of my eye, I thought I saw Fred running at us. I blinked and turned my head around all of the way and Fred was actually running at us with a friend named Zac. I told everybody to go as quick as they could. Fred and Zac took our neighbor’s bikes. They went so much quicker on a bike then running. They went on our tail when a bump came, I was still looking backward and I did not know that one was coming so I went flying but Brent and Ethan were looking forward so they missed the bump. I went flying up in the air at least five feet. When I went down I heard a crack. Then I started to feel something wet and something started to hurt in the leg. I passed out five seconds later.
Chapter 5 Doctor Octor
When I woke up I was inside a medic room with a doctor when I woke up. I asked his name and he said that it was Doctor Octor. I started the crack up but then I covered it. “I know it’s a weird name but, blame my mother and father for having Octor as their last name sighed Doc. Octor. He fixed my foot even know it hurt alot. He had to put a boot on too. What's funny is that the boot did not fit. When he tried to put on the boot, he hurt my leg. After that I was all better and I got to bring home a wheelchair. I thanked Doctor Octor and then left. Right before we left Doctor Octor winked at me. I wondered if he actually was a real doctor.
Chapter 6 Glue and Wheelchairs
I had a pretty fun time with the wheelchair at the beginning but then it started to get hard. After a while my arms were sore and my hands were bleeding. I asked my mom to push my wheelchair. She said “no”. I could not move any more so it felt like I had glue on my wheelchair wheels. My leg healed quickly and I finally could stand again. Then I got into a pretty messy mess. I was doing a project and I had to us glue. I had to us the most stickiest glue in the world. It was as sticky as gravity. I put it on my project but it slipped off. I tried putting back on my project. It got stuck to my fingers. I could not pull them out. I tried and I tried but it didn't work to pull them out of the glue. I tried the last thing I could do. I tried to grab a cup of water to wash the glue away. I got the cup of water and poured it on my hands and they were free!!!
Chapter 7 The New Kid
After my leg got better, I went on a walk with my friends. I told them that I wanted a new bike because the other one was broken because of the crash. Then I just saw a moving van appear turning onto a rode by my house. I told them to run after it. They didn't because that meant that they had to leave me. I could not run still because of my injure. We walked over to were the moving van stopped. We went up to the house and rang the doorbell. A boy my age answered it, followed by a mom. The mom spoke saying “ Hi, my name is Emma, this is Keith,” as she pointed at the boy. “What are your names,” she asked? “My name is Reed,” I say, “This is Brent and Ethan” I confidently asked, if the new kid wanted to walk with us. He said “Okay.” We walked and asked him questions like what your favorite color and food is. We walked him home after I said that I had to be home by five. He was a pretty interesting boy.
Chapter 8 A Normal Day
I went to ask my friends if they could play and when I got down stairs, there was a bike. I raced towards it. It said that it was from Brent, Ethan, my mom and Keith. I took it out of its casing and took it outside. I went to Brent’s, Ethan’s and Keith’s house and asked if they could ride bikes with me. We rode our bikes and talked about what happened and what day was their favorite day. Brent said his favorite was when I got stuck with the eye. Ethan’s was when they slept over. Keith’s was when we first saw him and he thought that he would have no friends here. Mine was probably when I met Keith too.
The End
Wallet
By Connor Published: 1/15/19 You can use a wallet to store money in your wallet. Wallets can be different colors. You can store gift cards, credit cards and a driver’s license and membership cards in it. Some brands of wallets include Buffway, Kidzd, Travelambo and Himl. A wallet can be big or small. Wallets can be made of leather and wool. You can store coins in your wallet too. |
J.K ROWLING
By: Allison
J.K Rowling is one of the most famous authors in the world and so is her number one Harry Potter books series. The Prisoner of Azkaban is the most liked out of all the books but everyone has their favorites. J.K Rowling has three favorite colors they are pink, red, and orange. J.K Rowling has a Greyhound, Jack Russell Terrier, and a Highland Terrier. Her net worth is 1 billion in American dollars. J.K Rowling was inspired to write Harry Potter on a delayed train to London.
FUN FACTS
Sources:
https://celebritypets.net/pet-worth/j-k-rowling-pets/
https://www.kidsreads.com/blog/2014/07/15/fun-facts-about-jk-rowling
https://www.factinate.com/people/36-facts-j-k-rowling/
By: Allison
J.K Rowling is one of the most famous authors in the world and so is her number one Harry Potter books series. The Prisoner of Azkaban is the most liked out of all the books but everyone has their favorites. J.K Rowling has three favorite colors they are pink, red, and orange. J.K Rowling has a Greyhound, Jack Russell Terrier, and a Highland Terrier. Her net worth is 1 billion in American dollars. J.K Rowling was inspired to write Harry Potter on a delayed train to London.
FUN FACTS
- She has the same birthday as Harry, July 31st.
- She filled up five pages of q words before she came up with the word quidditch.
- Her Harry Potter manuscript was rejected 12 times before Bloomsbury allowed it.
- Rowling finished her first draft of the first book on a typewriter.
- J.K Rowling based Hermione Granger on herself as a child.
- Quidditch was based on basketball her favorite sport.
- Quidditch has became a real sport.
Sources:
https://celebritypets.net/pet-worth/j-k-rowling-pets/
https://www.kidsreads.com/blog/2014/07/15/fun-facts-about-jk-rowling
https://www.factinate.com/people/36-facts-j-k-rowling/
The Funny Thanksgiving Story
By, Milly S, Abby A, Amy G, Victoria k, and Piper S.
Once there was a turkey named Jeff the turkey ( Jeff for short). He was very handsome and loved to brag about it, he also liked to play tricks on the other turkeys. One time the other turkeys tried to trap him and give him to a Mad scientist named Doctor Turkeystein, to be a test subject for evil, crazy, weird Blabergast( Blabergast is a word in turkey that means so crazy that he might as well get kicked out of turkey land)experiments. He always tried to run away and always succeed.“ahh”, said the great turkey king “ What Shall we do? We have to solve this matter or somebody might get hurt from Jeff’s ( short for Jeff the Turkey) craziness. He ordered some turkey’s to evacuate the town because jeff was to dangerous. (because of his pranks)When everyone was evacuating Jeff was starting a huge prank on the evacuating turkeys. When Jeff was in the middle of his prank the humans wandered into the empty town and found jeff. Soon Jeff spotted some hunters and they were very close, Jeff gobbled at the top of his lungs and speed out of there as fast as he could. The hunters followed close behind him, Jeff started to slow down and the hunters caught him in a big sack. The hunters started to their car where they would go home but Suddenly out of nowhere came some girls named Milly, abby, amy, victoria, and piper. The girls ran up to the turkey and tried to snatch jeff who was in the big truck of the hunters, but they failed and stumbled into a huge mud pile. They got mud all over their nice clothes, “oh come on,” cried Victoria “on my new clothes again.” (If you remember in the haunted library Victoria gets a ton of new stuff a lot.) “Victoria stop worrying about your clothes,” said piper.Shortly after the everyone except Victoria was whining about their dirty clothes, the girls tried to track the stinkin hunters truck. “Well we should try to get jeff back from The stinkin hunters ”said Abby. Then out of nowhere the truck runs and Piper grabs the bumper and is flying behind the truck and her clothes fly off and she yells “ GOOD THING I WAS PREPARED!!! IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU CAME AFTER MEEE! ANYWAYS BYEEEEEE!!” while the girls where still cracking up about Pipers extra clothes under her own, Piper managed to pull herself up, grab Jeff, then do a backflip off the dirty car. When the girls caught up she said “hi guys,” Then they grabbed the turkey and ran to the jail, and threw Jeff in the jail. all the girls were thinking about Christmas. Soon it was Christmas and the girls were very excited. On Christmas eve and then they decided to let Jeff out of jail and he thanked them over and over.
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When the girls were older Abby became a person that ran a swim shop, Victoria became a gold medalist swimmer in the Olympics, Amy ran a book company, Milly ran a nail salon and dance studio, and piper ran an art studio.
THE END!!
By, Milly S, Abby A, Amy G, Victoria k, and Piper S.
Once there was a turkey named Jeff the turkey ( Jeff for short). He was very handsome and loved to brag about it, he also liked to play tricks on the other turkeys. One time the other turkeys tried to trap him and give him to a Mad scientist named Doctor Turkeystein, to be a test subject for evil, crazy, weird Blabergast( Blabergast is a word in turkey that means so crazy that he might as well get kicked out of turkey land)experiments. He always tried to run away and always succeed.“ahh”, said the great turkey king “ What Shall we do? We have to solve this matter or somebody might get hurt from Jeff’s ( short for Jeff the Turkey) craziness. He ordered some turkey’s to evacuate the town because jeff was to dangerous. (because of his pranks)When everyone was evacuating Jeff was starting a huge prank on the evacuating turkeys. When Jeff was in the middle of his prank the humans wandered into the empty town and found jeff. Soon Jeff spotted some hunters and they were very close, Jeff gobbled at the top of his lungs and speed out of there as fast as he could. The hunters followed close behind him, Jeff started to slow down and the hunters caught him in a big sack. The hunters started to their car where they would go home but Suddenly out of nowhere came some girls named Milly, abby, amy, victoria, and piper. The girls ran up to the turkey and tried to snatch jeff who was in the big truck of the hunters, but they failed and stumbled into a huge mud pile. They got mud all over their nice clothes, “oh come on,” cried Victoria “on my new clothes again.” (If you remember in the haunted library Victoria gets a ton of new stuff a lot.) “Victoria stop worrying about your clothes,” said piper.Shortly after the everyone except Victoria was whining about their dirty clothes, the girls tried to track the stinkin hunters truck. “Well we should try to get jeff back from The stinkin hunters ”said Abby. Then out of nowhere the truck runs and Piper grabs the bumper and is flying behind the truck and her clothes fly off and she yells “ GOOD THING I WAS PREPARED!!! IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU CAME AFTER MEEE! ANYWAYS BYEEEEEE!!” while the girls where still cracking up about Pipers extra clothes under her own, Piper managed to pull herself up, grab Jeff, then do a backflip off the dirty car. When the girls caught up she said “hi guys,” Then they grabbed the turkey and ran to the jail, and threw Jeff in the jail. all the girls were thinking about Christmas. Soon it was Christmas and the girls were very excited. On Christmas eve and then they decided to let Jeff out of jail and he thanked them over and over.
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When the girls were older Abby became a person that ran a swim shop, Victoria became a gold medalist swimmer in the Olympics, Amy ran a book company, Milly ran a nail salon and dance studio, and piper ran an art studio.
THE END!!
Dragon Troubles (November 2018)
By Allison
Meeting The Dragon CHAPTER 1
“Not again!” Ryan shouted in frustration. His sister had once again ruined his homework, or tried to at least. He had already copied his homework yesterday. Ryan was prepared always prepared, and when the trouble started he was ready to go.
2 weeks later…
“Hi Jonathan where’s Mathew”? “He got detention again”Jonathan smirked with some pleasure but a hint annoyance. Ryan and Jonathan ran to the side of the window of the science classroom. They peeked into the room. “ What’s the time Jonathan” “ 4:27.” The bell rang and they watched Mathew bolt upright through the window. “ Let’s go meet him by the doors” they said together . “ No wonder we became friends” Jonathan was smiling as he said this.
“Let’s go to my house” Ryan said. They raced to his house but on the way there, a small golden light appeared just as quickly as it disappeared. “ What was that?” Ryan commented. “ What was what.” “uh that light, didn’t you see it.” “what light?” Mathew said in an unusual tone of voice. “ I must be crazy let’s go eat some of my moms homemade pie.” Ryan intoned delightfully!” “We only get it twice a month.”
They walked into the brightly lit kitchen with long streamers left from his Mom’s birthday party. Jonathan took the pie out of the fridge “ Hooray Apple today.” he exclaimed. With large smiles on their face they each took spoons from the overflowing drawer. At that moment something big but quick made a large shadow over the house “ I’ll go check what it was.” Ryan ran out of the house, down the balcony steps, and looked up at the sky. A large swooshing sound from behind made him look all he saw was a green pinpoint and it was gone. “ But how?” suddenly a paper floated down into his surprised arms. “ You coming we won’t start without you.” Mathew yelled down the steps. “ Yeah” Ryan called back. He tucked the paper nicely into his pockets and hurried up the stairs into the house.
They ate the pie with little conversation. “ You better get home it’s late” “bye.” see you tomorrow. Ryan started making the chicken his mom had given him last night. He sprinkled pepper and some lime juice on it, then threw it in the oven. Ryan started writing one of his essays for Mr. Snickets animal report. He got assigned a penguin. He didn’t mind penguins he actually thought they were cool animals and he wanted to make a good impression for them. He also wanted to make a good impression on the teacher because it was his last week of school.
The dinner timer went off and he went downstairs to unwrap it from the foil. He called to his sister that it was dinner time he then took the dinner plates out of the wooden cabinet and set the 3 large chunks of chicken onto the clear glass plates. Then, added large strawberries onto the plates and a third of avocado also. A loud knock on the door made him snap out of daydreaming. He ran to the door to pull it open vibrating the glass frames as he was doing so. His mother stepped in with his father right behind her. They went to sit down to the newly set table. His father had neat streaks of sweat running down his forehead and his mother kept sighing Ryan decided not to say anything. “ So how was work ?” They didn’t answer “ okay really what is up?” They looked at each other and gulped. “ We’ll tell you later son”.His father wiped his mouth and stood up from the table.
2 weeks later dinnertime…
Ryan ate quietly his father had still not told him what it was, he noticed over the past weeks his father had been trying to avoid him. His father was eating so quickly he got up and almost sprinted away. “ STOP” Ryan shouted he was surprised by what he said next. “ IF YOU’RE NOT GONNA TELL ME WHAT IT IS I MIGHT AS WELL LEAVE”. “ Alright son You Know how I’m an Astronaut I have to go away for six months because I’m going into space.” “ That’s cool but I’m gonna miss you so much. When do you leave?” “ In a week so I’m gonna miss your Graduation.” Ryan ran to the kitchen and pulled out 1 large sandwich, and last night’s dinner pasta . He then sprinted up the stairs and in to his room and shut the door. He pushed his desk up to the door, a large assortment of books, some long heavy woodboards, 8 bricks from his storage closet, and his old fish tank. He heaved at it but it didn’t come loose. Good he thought. His father was starting to push the door loose he searched his storage closet and found a large tool perfect for keeping the door closed, he wedged it between the desk and the wall and piled up the remaining bricks,an old rusty lock lay on the closets floor he picked it up and locked the door closed with it. His father was shouting at him all kinds of things and he didn’t listen one bit.
He stood up looking at the paper on his desk that he had caught from the sky a few weeks ago, it started glowing a small green animal emerged from the paper it emitted a small shriek and then showed it’s flaring nostrils and bulging eyes to Ryan. “WOW!” Ryan stood up and looked at the animal in the eye. Hello my name is Surge if you would go to the window please. Oh and bring the paper would you. Are you a dragon? No well not entirely i’m a breed of dragon/ serpent a Seltigon in fact It is half serpent and half dragon. Now if you’d go to the window please. Am i speaking through my mind? Yes. Ryan walked over to the window and saw a large flying figure coming close to his window it looked like a larger version of Surge. Do I get on it? Don’t call it a it she is my mother please call her Carrigoto It stands for Blueflame in another dragon language. My father is called Strolgoto it is Redflame in the same dragon language.Now get on hurry, she will get impatient. But I have so many more things to ask you what i-.Go on. Ryan grabbed the paper and quickly climbed onto the dragons spiny back. He waved goodbye to Surge, then, the dragon gave a sudden jolt it flew silently through the windy day it slowed after a few minutes and stopped at his friend Jonathan’s house. The dragon shook her head violently and Ryan got the impression that she wanted him to slide off. He slid off the dragons rough skin and into Jonathan’s house “ Jonathan! Jonathan!” he called. Loud footsteps rang up Jonathan’s stairs. Jonathan came up to where Ryan was standing, he shook his head in surprise and then stared at the dragon. “ What” Jonathan stood there in absolute shock, until Ryan butted in and said. “ Well let’s go”. Jonathan was surprisingly quick at taking all of this in he immediately got on the dragon and said, “ hop on.”
They soared into the sky. When the dragon soared down again it stopped at Matthew’s house. This time Jonathan slid down to the window. Matthew was sitting on his bed “ Mathew we’re going” “going where” “ I’m not sure just follow me. They climbed through the window and Matthew scrambled up the dragons back and sat there in awe. “ Wow” Mathew said “ LET’S GO” the three of them said together they fist bumped sat back and relaxed.
They were all there Ryan, Matthew and Jonathan off on a journey they could never imagine.
THE ABILITIES CHAPTER 2
They flew for a very long time the night skies wind was blunted by the dragon’s wings flapping furiously every few seconds . The time seemed like a whirlwind it felt right though as if he was meant to do this. His back sat against the white pointy spines in complete relaxation. He look at the quiet stars blowing past him. The planet felt so quiet like in a dream. The water under him turned into a dark shadow with quiet ripples splashing against the sharp rocks sticking out of the stubby coral plants. Carrigoto swooped down so low her wings were almost touching the cool water. I’m gonna slow down throw the paper in front of me when I say so. Okay.Ryan replied. Carrigoto flew for a few more minutes until she started slowly climbing towards the clouds, after a few more minutes Ryan heard a reply.Okay now. Ryan threw the paper into the gentle breeze and saw a large white light in front of them, Carrigoto tucked her wings in and flew straight towards the light. They started rolling around and around. Ryan clutched Carrigotos spine fiercely. The bright light had become spinning like one of those hypnosis things. The light became brighter and brighter until they rolled off the dragon into a large grassy area. There was a giant sun it was half red half blue and tumbling straight towards him he ran to take cover by Carrigoto. She took them under her wing and he watched more and more of those balls appear. They were definitely not suns. He watched dragons and all other kinds of creatures roll out of the balls and then it stopped so suddenly.Carrigoto started moving forward ushering Ryan, Matthew, and Jonathan under her wing.
They entered a structure with no roof only walls that seemed to stretch forever they walked until they came to the other side of the structure there lay a small hut . It looked as if it had been meant to be there for a human the hut had a small roof with large piles of sticks at the bottom, a wooden sign saying Totelmer 3, and a small wooden door with brass hinges. Now any questions? Ryans hand shot up like a rocket. I have a lot of questions. “ Can you speak out loud? Yes. The dragon answered in a small voice.Why am I here? Because you are going to save dragon population from the demons, dragons, and serpents of Retrometer the planet. The thing that they want is to destroy every universe in the entire galaxy to earn power and ours is next. You will save every planet in the galaxy.” “Is that paper a portal?” It is a portal and a time stopper. “ Why did you choose us to save the dragon population?” “Because you three have special abilities.” “ Why can’t another dragon do our job?” “Because you are smaller and not as easily seen and we don’t have the same abilities as you three do.” “Do the demons, dragons, and serpents have powers and if they do what are they?” They do have powers but I can not tell you what they are yet.” “How did you learn English?” “ It is vital that all of us dragons and other creatures learn English you’ll never know when we’ll need it.” “ What will this mission be?” “ You’ll find out soon.” “ What about my mother and father?” “Remember how I said this is a time stopper.” “ What i-.” “ Okay that’s enough, now get your sleep.”
Surge was standing by their bedside table when they woke up.” How did you get here”? Matthew said. “Same way you did. Follow me”They hopped out of bed and followed Surge down the hallway. The dimmed lights barely lit the way and surge kept shooting small purple flares out of his nostrils. The corridor ended and they pushed the door to see a wonderful sight small fairies thousands of them were flying right above their noses the fairies were all different colors and it made an absolutely magnificent sight. Surge guided them to a very large table with only three legs. There were many fairies still fluttering before them. A much larger dragon than Surge’s mother walked in. That must be Strolgoto he thought. He looked much meaner than he was. His voice hit the air like a high c musical instrument note. “I’m up looks like you three made it here safely, glad to hear that. Alright who wants shackets for breakfast.” He looked at Jonathan and said “You’ll pick the language up quicker than you think”. Jonathan looked at him puzzled. “ I’ll be teaching you how to use your abilities. That’s what i’ll be helping you with” He looked at everyone with serious eyes. “ Surge why don’t you tell everyone what shackets are”. “ Okay dad. Well shackets are a very popular breakfast meal in our world, it’s pretty much just caxton eggs with cheese and ham on top. Also a caxton is a type of mammal and it is a very expensive treat so please eat them.” “ Thanks and your English is really good.” Surge blushed.
Ryan took a small bite of the shackets. It tasted like a super strong lamb but with a pinch of sweetness, he didn’t mind it he thought it was more of a dinner food. He watched Surge gobble his up and ask for more. Surge’s dad gave him another big handful and then gestured for Ryan to come. Ryan quickly finished eating and hurried out the large door into the grassy fields. Strolgoto started flying into the air, letting his wings get comfortable in air. He made a sharp movement with his claw and within seconds around a hundred fairies fluttered up to Ryan. He was getting pulled up in to the air. “ Now when you fall make sure to lay flat on your stomach. I’ll catch if you’re too close to the ground”. “What!” Strolgoto made another sharp movement with his claw and the fairies dropped him. Ryan felt sharp stomach pains and long wind howls. He lay on his stomach flat but quivering with slight vibrations here and there. He was almost to the ground and didn’t want to look but the winds constant movement made his eyes seem to tear apart. He was seconds away from hitting the ground when a black claw appeared in front in front of him. It’s soft skin made it totally different than what it looked like. He did this many more times and by the fifteenth time he was totally used to it. On the twenty third time everything was the same except that when he was about to reach the ground he hovered there for longer than before not much longer but long enough to make a difference, he then landed on the ground much softer than possible. “ How did that happen?” “ You have an ability that allows you to manipulate the wind, so when you were about to hit the ground the wind pushed up on you so that you didn’t get as hurt as you would’ve if you didn’t have that ability. We will work on it much longer though it isn’t even close to good. Well you’re turn is up let’s go get Matthew”. They walked inside and signaled Matthew to come. Ryan sat down next to Jonathan and asked what time it was. Jonathan looked but time had stopped.” Oh yeah time stopped.” Ryan reminded Jonathan.
They watched Matthew out the window for awhile until they got bored. Ryan found Surge flying around dodging tiny cones. “Do you want to do something?” Jonathan asked in a grumpy tone. “ Sure.” Surge replied. They turned and walked out the front door. Surge walked up to the fairies and whispered something to them, the fairies started flying towards them immediately, they picked them up and started inclining upwards until they were laying horizontally on their stomachs. The fairies suddenly dropped them 10 feet off the ground and Ryan’s wind manipulation kicked in. He hovered a few feet above the ground until falling into the damp grass which tickled his cheeks like a whipping branch gently stroking you.But Jonathan on the other hand didn’t land very pretty. His arms which stuck out at full extent reached the ground with a hard bang and his knees struck the ground hard too. “ What did you do that for?” He asked in a very upset tone. “ Just playing around.” Surge said confidently. “ That hurt.” he said whining. “ Sorry.” Surge turned away. “ No it’s okay I’m sorry.”
“Jonathan your turn.” Strolgoto winked to Matthew.Ryan looked at Matthew “ How did it go?” “I don’t think I’m supposed to tell you.” “ Oh, that’s alright.” “ So do you think this is cool being here and all.” “ I guess so.” Ryan replied. They sat in silence for a few more minutes until Surge came barging in. “ Hey Surge.” “ Hi you wanta play dodge the flame?” “ How do you play that?” “ How do you think”?
They sat in the grassy fields with Surge. “ You ready” he asked in delightment. “ Why are you so happy”? “ Because It’s fun”. Surge stood up and they followed. They came to some rocks with crevices everywhere. The large pointy ones sticked out of the ground to a large extent and the more rounded ones seemed perfect for hiking. They climbed a few of the rounded ones until they reached a large ditch big enough for ten people to sleep in. They dropped down and reached the ground which had grains of perfectly grinded sand everywhere. The ground was nice and soft and the rocks around were almost perfectly smooth with small sharp points sticking out every now and then. “ I figured this was good enough” Surge said still sounding delighted. He blew a purple flame to get ready. “ Now dodge it quickly”. He let out a puff of smoke and then blew a long stream of purple flame, Ryan dodged it but barely. They got back into position and again Surge blew a puff of smoke and then a long purple flame quickly got blown out of Surge’s mouth. Matthew and Ryan’s t-shirt caught on fire this time and Surge quickly blew it out. This continued for a few hours until a dark shadow appeared above them. Strolgoto landed on the rocks with swift gliding from his weathered wings.
They climbed onto Strolgoto’s back and grabbed hold of the spines sticking out of his arched back. He took off within seconds of grabbing a handhold. “ Meet me for training tomorrow.” He said in a gruff voice. Ryan looked down Strolgoto’s back what he saw was incredible. A large green tail almost twice the size of Carigotto’s was outstretched into the open air, he could hear the wind blowing into the formation of the tail and swirling all around it. He couldn’t believe he hadn’t seen it before.
They woke up with a surprising startle. The rising sun which was orange peaked in through the window. Ryan got out of bed and looked up to the top bunk “Matthew you up?” He heard a loud grumbling noise and the bed creaking. “ Coming.” He looked over to Jonathan’s bed but there was no one there. “ I think Jonathan’s already up.” He had always been an early riser. they walked out of the hut into the large kitchen. Carrigoto Surge’s mother was in the room. “ I’m off to work.” She said in a dazed tone. “Where do you work?” Matthew asked. “ I’ll show you tomorrow.” She started jogging and then let her wings spread out to full extent, which was probably the size of an airplane’s wings maybe even bigger. “ Bye.” they called out after her.
Matthew and Ryan sat down next to Jonathan. “ When did you get up?” Ryan asked Jonathan. “ Just a few minutes ago.” Surge flew in and landed next Matthew. “ Wanta help me make breakfast?” “ Sure!” The three of them replied. Surge flew over to the fridge and took out a large chunk of meat with some vegetables. He added water into the pan and let out a sharp purple flame. The water started boiling almost instantly. Surge dropped the meat into the boiling water and asked them to cut up the vegetables quickly. They ran over to the vegetables. “ How are we supposed to cut these”? Jonathan asked. “ Oh yeah I forgot”. Surge flew over to the vegetables and let his wing unfold. He sliced through the vegetables with super speed and commanded them to drop them over the sizzling meat when he told them. Surge flew over to the meat and blew another purple flame over the meat. This time much longer. “ Now.” He instructed them. Ryan, Matthew, and Jonathan. Took a handful each and dropped the odd vegetables over the meat. The Vegetables started dissolving quickly. “ How do they do that?” Jonathan asked. “ It’s something about the acids in it that helps it dissolve quicker. “ It’s very good though.” Ryan looked at Matthew and Jonathan and then shrugged.
Surge was right it was delicious. “Where does your mom work Surge?” “ Well she works for the government my dad does to but my mom’s job is more important.” She’s kind of like right below your president.” “ Oh thanks for explaining.” Jonathan said, clearly interested. Strolgoto came in sniffing the air. “ You’ve always been a good cook Surge.” He said. Surge looked at his father clearly delighted. “ Here’s some for you dad.” “ Thanks Surge.” They all sat down and started a conversation.
1 week later dinnertime…
Carrigoto flew into the grassy fields of the house. “Hey mom” Surge ran out the door and up to her. “ How was work?” “ Well the usual I guess.” “We have dinner ready for you.” Surge said. They all walked into the house. On the table there was three large silver plates. One with some sort of meat, another with rice and an odd colored sauce, and finally a very large cake. Well I suppose we will need this much since they are big animals, Ryan thought. They all sat down at the dark wooden table. “ So is everyone ready to share their abilities.” Strolgoto said in an excited voice. “ Me first.” Matthew practically yelled. “ Okay calm down.” Carrigoto said. “ Matthew you may go first.” “ Then Jonathan and then Ryan.” “ Well I have the ability to shapeshift!” Matthew said in a very proud tone. “ Jonathan how about you?” “Carrigoto asked. “ “I can speak part of a dragon language called Ladonlesp and can communicate well with other creatures.” “ Now Ryan your turn.” Carrigoto looked at Ryan. “ I can manipulate main sources like rock, water, and wind. I can also read dragons and serpent’s minds thoughts through my head.” “ Very cool all of you now let’s eat and get a good night’s sleep, because tomorrow you three are going on an adventure.”
The cake was being served. It had a large dollop of whip creme in the center and on the outside there was three large layers, one was vanilla, the other was chocolate, and the last one looked like a mix between strawberry and orange. A large slice of cake was put onto each of their plates. Ryan looked at it. “Amazing, how did you make this.” “ It was my Grandmother’s recipe , I’ll give you a copy if you’d like.” “ Definitely!” Ryan said with a mouth full of food. He ate greedily and when he finished he felt like he was going to throw up. “ Thank you that was amazing!”
He climbed under the ladder into the twin bed. He thought about Arlington Heights ,IL U.S.A . He wished his father didn’t have to go into space but it is what it is. He sighed and then he was out.
He again woke up with the rise of sun. He looked into Jonathan’s bed and saw him stirring. “Matthew are you awake?” “ Coming.” Matthew said in a half asleep voice. “ Jonathan are you awake?” “ Yep.” They walked out of the hut and into the breezy morning air. Strolgoto was at the table preparing a meal for them. “ Smells delicious.” Jonathan said as they walked towards the table. “ Well thank you.” Strolgoto said in a welcoming tone. “ Are you ready?” “ You know we are!” Ryan answered. They sat down onto the wooden benches and looked at the shackets with great delight. “ The shackets are a great source of, what do you call it? Ah yes protein. You’ll for sure be ready. Now we need to talk about what you need to do.” Strolgoto showed them a map of the demons, dragons, and serpents lair. A large serpent indicated the serpent’s lair. Same with the dragon and demons lair. Strolgoto pointed with his sharp claw to the Serpent’s lair. “You must find out what their plan is to destroy our world it doesn’t matter how you do it but you must find out what it is. After that you must go into the dragon’s lair. In the Dragon’s lair there is a vault containing their most valuable secrets get a poem about the demon’s weaknesses . Once you do that you must get into the demon’s lair. Outside of the demon’s lair there is high security so you must be careful. There in the demon’s lair they hold their most valuable possession. It is an ancient death trap. It must be handled right or else you could lose control of it. Now after you’ve done all of those things you carefully open the death trap and whisper each creatures greatest weaknesses, which you will find in the dragon’s lair vault. You got all of that?” “ Yes.” The three of them replied. Strolgoto handed them the map and flew away.
Retrometer Chapter 3
They hopped onto Carrigoto’s back and flew off through dawn, the wind whipping into Ryan’s face. He would’ve thought he’d been annoyed by this but no oddly it calmed him soothingly like his mother trying to rock him to sleep. Do you like flying ? He asked. Yes I do indeed all of us dragons do or at least I think all of us dragons do. How is Surge half dragon and half serpent? He told you did he. Well if you look at his dad- Strolgoto he has a long serpent tail. Ryan looked back at the memory. Yes I saw that. His mother was a serpent but his dad was a dragon. Oh I see thank you for explaining it to me.
Carrigoto landed with swift movements from her wings. She hit the ground with a thud. A large I mean gigantic building with tan paint stood in front of them. It had to be big enough to fit two hundred dragons right? “ This is where I work “ Carrigoto looked at the building with great pride. “ How did you get a job here?” Matthew looked in amazement at the building. “ Well my mom worked here and they trusted her so they let me in.” “ Cool!” Matthew exclaimed. They climbed onto Carrigoto’s back and were off once again.
Ryan thrust the paper in front of Carrigoto and they entered the portal. They came out of the whirlwind into a dark misty planet. The horizon looked like bleach had been poured on it and the ground looked like an asteroid had hit it. There was no life, as far as it stretched blackness kept meeting his eyes. The trees that were left were dissolving into grains of black sand and the same for any other possible form of life. “ Bye, can’t stay.” As they were now left alone the friends looked at each other. “ You ready?” Jonathan asked quivering with fear and excitement at the same time.” You bet we are.” Matthew and Ryan said at the same time.
Ryan looked at the map, “ not much farther.” he said. “ Matthew don’t you have that shapeshifting ability. “ Yeah.” Matthew answered in a questionable tone. “ Can you turn into a dragon or something?” “ Yes but the guards would easily see us from up there.” “ You’re right I just need to be patient.” They walked another mile and came to a large sculpture with a Serpent on the front of it. They looked at each other and made their way in. Three giant Serpent’s with large green armor slithered in front of them. Ryan used his manipulating abilities to send three giant rocks on top of the Serpent’s heads. Ryan motioned for them to follow him. The three boys then set off into the completing darkness.
CHAPTER 4 THREE LAIRS
There was a long hallway with room labels on each side. Selpter 1, Selpter 2, Loxen. Jonathan translated “ Bedroom 1 bedroom 2, kitchen. Here it is!” Retrometer Rucklist. “ Retrometer blueprints.” The three of them quietly crept to the window. There were two large serpent’s in the room. One with a large tail. The other with a skinny red one. “ Knock em out what are you waiting for.” “ I can’t use my powers through solid objects.” Ryan said in an annoyed tone. “ I’ll do it” Matthew said. He quickly turned into a ladybug and flew through the small gap in the door, then when he was right above the serpent’s he turned into a giant whale. Practically crushing the serpent’s. He dragged the serpent’s out of the room. Ryan and Jonathan rushed into the room. “ I’ve found something” he called to Jonathan and Ryan. Matthew rushed into the room before they could rush out. Matthew smiled at them holding a large golden key in his hand was definitely worth smiling about. They found the key hole quickly and shoved the key in not being able to turn it the friends looked at each other worried. “ Wait a second I’ve seen this before.” Jonathan looked at it with a detective’s eye. He started whispering words and before long the drawer opened with a surprising creak. They found a very small blueprint but they had no time to look at it they had to get moving.
They were outside now for the dragon’s lair. The friends started moving northeast through the black sand.
They finally reached the dragon’s lair the sculpture was the same just with a dragon’s head laying in the center of the rock. They crept into the building with no guards standing there they now steadied their pace. They walked around the next corner and saw a large dragon. Ryan blew air to the back of her head and she walked away. They climbed onto her chair and looked at the gigantic letters. It said Risp, Lock, Risp to Stil 101. “ Right, left right to vault 101.” Jonathan said. They jumped down off of the chair just as the dragon came back. “ Alright let’s go.” Matthew said. They turned right, then left, and then right again. They reached a large doorway with two large dragon heads next to each other. It said recite the riddle. Come and find what you want use it for your needs it is here what you seek just tell us what it is. “ Weee arre heere too recieeve aa poemm aboutt creeaturres greeatestt weeakknessess.” Jonathan whispered in a high shrilly voice. The dragon’s vault doors shot open like a cannon in the center of the room was a poem they took it and rushed out of the room. “ We did it.” Ryan said. “ Uh not yet.” Matthew said pointing upwards. Three giant dragons rose up in front of them. Jonathan went for the one on the far right Matthew the one on the left and Ryan went for the middle one. Ryan smashed his one with a boulder and Matthew went for a one v one. Matthew won and his dragon was smashed to the ground. Jonathan on the other hand was having trouble with his so Ryan smashed Jonathan’s dragon with a boulder.
“ Thanks man.” Jonathan said scratching his neck. “ No problem.” Ryan said smiling. Now the demon’s poem says. It’s what you breathe it’s all around you it whistles loudly in the night and sometimes it seems to talk to you. They walked the remaining length to the demon’s sculpture. “ I bet this place will be the most heavily guarded.” Jonathan said. The wind started howling and it grew louder the closer they got. Ryan realized that the wind wasn’t howling it was the demon’s. They crept closer and closer until they could see the structure ahead of them. There were at least five demons. They crept back through the fog to make a plan.
The eerie night made it hard to see each other. Jonathan whistled a long strong whistle. All the demon’s crept toward the spot where they had heard the whistle. Ryan tried to push a rock onto the demon’s body but it went right through. Matthew tried to become a dragon but when he tried to go through a demon’s body he was pushed right through. Their ghosts of course thought Ryan. He blew a strong gust of air against the demon’s and they were swept away through the night. “ I think we’ve found one of a creatures weaknesses.” Ryan called out.
They went inside the sculpture and into a damp hallway. Jonathan leaned against a wall and a small coded message appeared. Silicone Risp. “ That means secret entryway to the right.” Jonathan replied eagerly. They walked to the right and felt along the wall everywhere possible. “ Wait I think I found something.” Ryan said. He had found a small crack in the wall he pulled it open and he saw a descending staircase. The three of them hurried down the dark staircase. When they could no longer see anymore Matthew turned into a mini replica dragon and shot flames out of his nostrils.
They finally reached a room with a large golden box in the middle. Jonathan went up to the box and tried everything possibly imaginable. A demon had entered the room. Jonathan had to go quickly. “ It’s what you breathe it’s all around you.” The demon had now seen him. “ It whistles loudly in the night and sometimes it seems to talk to you. WERP.” He shouted loudly. “That must mean wind in english.” Matthew whispered. The box slowly opened and the demon’s dragon’s and serpent’s were all sucked into the box Jonathan closed it quickly before any of them could escape. Carrigoto landed in the large room and they were safe. They jumped onto her back and were transported back into the dragon world.
They had had a big party and now they were going back to their world. They were saying goodbye to everyone and then it was over in the blink of an eye. The friends were transported back into their world where they kept their powers and promised to always be best friends. The three friends high fived each other and that’s well The End.
By Allison
Meeting The Dragon CHAPTER 1
“Not again!” Ryan shouted in frustration. His sister had once again ruined his homework, or tried to at least. He had already copied his homework yesterday. Ryan was prepared always prepared, and when the trouble started he was ready to go.
2 weeks later…
“Hi Jonathan where’s Mathew”? “He got detention again”Jonathan smirked with some pleasure but a hint annoyance. Ryan and Jonathan ran to the side of the window of the science classroom. They peeked into the room. “ What’s the time Jonathan” “ 4:27.” The bell rang and they watched Mathew bolt upright through the window. “ Let’s go meet him by the doors” they said together . “ No wonder we became friends” Jonathan was smiling as he said this.
“Let’s go to my house” Ryan said. They raced to his house but on the way there, a small golden light appeared just as quickly as it disappeared. “ What was that?” Ryan commented. “ What was what.” “uh that light, didn’t you see it.” “what light?” Mathew said in an unusual tone of voice. “ I must be crazy let’s go eat some of my moms homemade pie.” Ryan intoned delightfully!” “We only get it twice a month.”
They walked into the brightly lit kitchen with long streamers left from his Mom’s birthday party. Jonathan took the pie out of the fridge “ Hooray Apple today.” he exclaimed. With large smiles on their face they each took spoons from the overflowing drawer. At that moment something big but quick made a large shadow over the house “ I’ll go check what it was.” Ryan ran out of the house, down the balcony steps, and looked up at the sky. A large swooshing sound from behind made him look all he saw was a green pinpoint and it was gone. “ But how?” suddenly a paper floated down into his surprised arms. “ You coming we won’t start without you.” Mathew yelled down the steps. “ Yeah” Ryan called back. He tucked the paper nicely into his pockets and hurried up the stairs into the house.
They ate the pie with little conversation. “ You better get home it’s late” “bye.” see you tomorrow. Ryan started making the chicken his mom had given him last night. He sprinkled pepper and some lime juice on it, then threw it in the oven. Ryan started writing one of his essays for Mr. Snickets animal report. He got assigned a penguin. He didn’t mind penguins he actually thought they were cool animals and he wanted to make a good impression for them. He also wanted to make a good impression on the teacher because it was his last week of school.
The dinner timer went off and he went downstairs to unwrap it from the foil. He called to his sister that it was dinner time he then took the dinner plates out of the wooden cabinet and set the 3 large chunks of chicken onto the clear glass plates. Then, added large strawberries onto the plates and a third of avocado also. A loud knock on the door made him snap out of daydreaming. He ran to the door to pull it open vibrating the glass frames as he was doing so. His mother stepped in with his father right behind her. They went to sit down to the newly set table. His father had neat streaks of sweat running down his forehead and his mother kept sighing Ryan decided not to say anything. “ So how was work ?” They didn’t answer “ okay really what is up?” They looked at each other and gulped. “ We’ll tell you later son”.His father wiped his mouth and stood up from the table.
2 weeks later dinnertime…
Ryan ate quietly his father had still not told him what it was, he noticed over the past weeks his father had been trying to avoid him. His father was eating so quickly he got up and almost sprinted away. “ STOP” Ryan shouted he was surprised by what he said next. “ IF YOU’RE NOT GONNA TELL ME WHAT IT IS I MIGHT AS WELL LEAVE”. “ Alright son You Know how I’m an Astronaut I have to go away for six months because I’m going into space.” “ That’s cool but I’m gonna miss you so much. When do you leave?” “ In a week so I’m gonna miss your Graduation.” Ryan ran to the kitchen and pulled out 1 large sandwich, and last night’s dinner pasta . He then sprinted up the stairs and in to his room and shut the door. He pushed his desk up to the door, a large assortment of books, some long heavy woodboards, 8 bricks from his storage closet, and his old fish tank. He heaved at it but it didn’t come loose. Good he thought. His father was starting to push the door loose he searched his storage closet and found a large tool perfect for keeping the door closed, he wedged it between the desk and the wall and piled up the remaining bricks,an old rusty lock lay on the closets floor he picked it up and locked the door closed with it. His father was shouting at him all kinds of things and he didn’t listen one bit.
He stood up looking at the paper on his desk that he had caught from the sky a few weeks ago, it started glowing a small green animal emerged from the paper it emitted a small shriek and then showed it’s flaring nostrils and bulging eyes to Ryan. “WOW!” Ryan stood up and looked at the animal in the eye. Hello my name is Surge if you would go to the window please. Oh and bring the paper would you. Are you a dragon? No well not entirely i’m a breed of dragon/ serpent a Seltigon in fact It is half serpent and half dragon. Now if you’d go to the window please. Am i speaking through my mind? Yes. Ryan walked over to the window and saw a large flying figure coming close to his window it looked like a larger version of Surge. Do I get on it? Don’t call it a it she is my mother please call her Carrigoto It stands for Blueflame in another dragon language. My father is called Strolgoto it is Redflame in the same dragon language.Now get on hurry, she will get impatient. But I have so many more things to ask you what i-.Go on. Ryan grabbed the paper and quickly climbed onto the dragons spiny back. He waved goodbye to Surge, then, the dragon gave a sudden jolt it flew silently through the windy day it slowed after a few minutes and stopped at his friend Jonathan’s house. The dragon shook her head violently and Ryan got the impression that she wanted him to slide off. He slid off the dragons rough skin and into Jonathan’s house “ Jonathan! Jonathan!” he called. Loud footsteps rang up Jonathan’s stairs. Jonathan came up to where Ryan was standing, he shook his head in surprise and then stared at the dragon. “ What” Jonathan stood there in absolute shock, until Ryan butted in and said. “ Well let’s go”. Jonathan was surprisingly quick at taking all of this in he immediately got on the dragon and said, “ hop on.”
They soared into the sky. When the dragon soared down again it stopped at Matthew’s house. This time Jonathan slid down to the window. Matthew was sitting on his bed “ Mathew we’re going” “going where” “ I’m not sure just follow me. They climbed through the window and Matthew scrambled up the dragons back and sat there in awe. “ Wow” Mathew said “ LET’S GO” the three of them said together they fist bumped sat back and relaxed.
They were all there Ryan, Matthew and Jonathan off on a journey they could never imagine.
THE ABILITIES CHAPTER 2
They flew for a very long time the night skies wind was blunted by the dragon’s wings flapping furiously every few seconds . The time seemed like a whirlwind it felt right though as if he was meant to do this. His back sat against the white pointy spines in complete relaxation. He look at the quiet stars blowing past him. The planet felt so quiet like in a dream. The water under him turned into a dark shadow with quiet ripples splashing against the sharp rocks sticking out of the stubby coral plants. Carrigoto swooped down so low her wings were almost touching the cool water. I’m gonna slow down throw the paper in front of me when I say so. Okay.Ryan replied. Carrigoto flew for a few more minutes until she started slowly climbing towards the clouds, after a few more minutes Ryan heard a reply.Okay now. Ryan threw the paper into the gentle breeze and saw a large white light in front of them, Carrigoto tucked her wings in and flew straight towards the light. They started rolling around and around. Ryan clutched Carrigotos spine fiercely. The bright light had become spinning like one of those hypnosis things. The light became brighter and brighter until they rolled off the dragon into a large grassy area. There was a giant sun it was half red half blue and tumbling straight towards him he ran to take cover by Carrigoto. She took them under her wing and he watched more and more of those balls appear. They were definitely not suns. He watched dragons and all other kinds of creatures roll out of the balls and then it stopped so suddenly.Carrigoto started moving forward ushering Ryan, Matthew, and Jonathan under her wing.
They entered a structure with no roof only walls that seemed to stretch forever they walked until they came to the other side of the structure there lay a small hut . It looked as if it had been meant to be there for a human the hut had a small roof with large piles of sticks at the bottom, a wooden sign saying Totelmer 3, and a small wooden door with brass hinges. Now any questions? Ryans hand shot up like a rocket. I have a lot of questions. “ Can you speak out loud? Yes. The dragon answered in a small voice.Why am I here? Because you are going to save dragon population from the demons, dragons, and serpents of Retrometer the planet. The thing that they want is to destroy every universe in the entire galaxy to earn power and ours is next. You will save every planet in the galaxy.” “Is that paper a portal?” It is a portal and a time stopper. “ Why did you choose us to save the dragon population?” “Because you three have special abilities.” “ Why can’t another dragon do our job?” “Because you are smaller and not as easily seen and we don’t have the same abilities as you three do.” “Do the demons, dragons, and serpents have powers and if they do what are they?” They do have powers but I can not tell you what they are yet.” “How did you learn English?” “ It is vital that all of us dragons and other creatures learn English you’ll never know when we’ll need it.” “ What will this mission be?” “ You’ll find out soon.” “ What about my mother and father?” “Remember how I said this is a time stopper.” “ What i-.” “ Okay that’s enough, now get your sleep.”
Surge was standing by their bedside table when they woke up.” How did you get here”? Matthew said. “Same way you did. Follow me”They hopped out of bed and followed Surge down the hallway. The dimmed lights barely lit the way and surge kept shooting small purple flares out of his nostrils. The corridor ended and they pushed the door to see a wonderful sight small fairies thousands of them were flying right above their noses the fairies were all different colors and it made an absolutely magnificent sight. Surge guided them to a very large table with only three legs. There were many fairies still fluttering before them. A much larger dragon than Surge’s mother walked in. That must be Strolgoto he thought. He looked much meaner than he was. His voice hit the air like a high c musical instrument note. “I’m up looks like you three made it here safely, glad to hear that. Alright who wants shackets for breakfast.” He looked at Jonathan and said “You’ll pick the language up quicker than you think”. Jonathan looked at him puzzled. “ I’ll be teaching you how to use your abilities. That’s what i’ll be helping you with” He looked at everyone with serious eyes. “ Surge why don’t you tell everyone what shackets are”. “ Okay dad. Well shackets are a very popular breakfast meal in our world, it’s pretty much just caxton eggs with cheese and ham on top. Also a caxton is a type of mammal and it is a very expensive treat so please eat them.” “ Thanks and your English is really good.” Surge blushed.
Ryan took a small bite of the shackets. It tasted like a super strong lamb but with a pinch of sweetness, he didn’t mind it he thought it was more of a dinner food. He watched Surge gobble his up and ask for more. Surge’s dad gave him another big handful and then gestured for Ryan to come. Ryan quickly finished eating and hurried out the large door into the grassy fields. Strolgoto started flying into the air, letting his wings get comfortable in air. He made a sharp movement with his claw and within seconds around a hundred fairies fluttered up to Ryan. He was getting pulled up in to the air. “ Now when you fall make sure to lay flat on your stomach. I’ll catch if you’re too close to the ground”. “What!” Strolgoto made another sharp movement with his claw and the fairies dropped him. Ryan felt sharp stomach pains and long wind howls. He lay on his stomach flat but quivering with slight vibrations here and there. He was almost to the ground and didn’t want to look but the winds constant movement made his eyes seem to tear apart. He was seconds away from hitting the ground when a black claw appeared in front in front of him. It’s soft skin made it totally different than what it looked like. He did this many more times and by the fifteenth time he was totally used to it. On the twenty third time everything was the same except that when he was about to reach the ground he hovered there for longer than before not much longer but long enough to make a difference, he then landed on the ground much softer than possible. “ How did that happen?” “ You have an ability that allows you to manipulate the wind, so when you were about to hit the ground the wind pushed up on you so that you didn’t get as hurt as you would’ve if you didn’t have that ability. We will work on it much longer though it isn’t even close to good. Well you’re turn is up let’s go get Matthew”. They walked inside and signaled Matthew to come. Ryan sat down next to Jonathan and asked what time it was. Jonathan looked but time had stopped.” Oh yeah time stopped.” Ryan reminded Jonathan.
They watched Matthew out the window for awhile until they got bored. Ryan found Surge flying around dodging tiny cones. “Do you want to do something?” Jonathan asked in a grumpy tone. “ Sure.” Surge replied. They turned and walked out the front door. Surge walked up to the fairies and whispered something to them, the fairies started flying towards them immediately, they picked them up and started inclining upwards until they were laying horizontally on their stomachs. The fairies suddenly dropped them 10 feet off the ground and Ryan’s wind manipulation kicked in. He hovered a few feet above the ground until falling into the damp grass which tickled his cheeks like a whipping branch gently stroking you.But Jonathan on the other hand didn’t land very pretty. His arms which stuck out at full extent reached the ground with a hard bang and his knees struck the ground hard too. “ What did you do that for?” He asked in a very upset tone. “ Just playing around.” Surge said confidently. “ That hurt.” he said whining. “ Sorry.” Surge turned away. “ No it’s okay I’m sorry.”
“Jonathan your turn.” Strolgoto winked to Matthew.Ryan looked at Matthew “ How did it go?” “I don’t think I’m supposed to tell you.” “ Oh, that’s alright.” “ So do you think this is cool being here and all.” “ I guess so.” Ryan replied. They sat in silence for a few more minutes until Surge came barging in. “ Hey Surge.” “ Hi you wanta play dodge the flame?” “ How do you play that?” “ How do you think”?
They sat in the grassy fields with Surge. “ You ready” he asked in delightment. “ Why are you so happy”? “ Because It’s fun”. Surge stood up and they followed. They came to some rocks with crevices everywhere. The large pointy ones sticked out of the ground to a large extent and the more rounded ones seemed perfect for hiking. They climbed a few of the rounded ones until they reached a large ditch big enough for ten people to sleep in. They dropped down and reached the ground which had grains of perfectly grinded sand everywhere. The ground was nice and soft and the rocks around were almost perfectly smooth with small sharp points sticking out every now and then. “ I figured this was good enough” Surge said still sounding delighted. He blew a purple flame to get ready. “ Now dodge it quickly”. He let out a puff of smoke and then blew a long stream of purple flame, Ryan dodged it but barely. They got back into position and again Surge blew a puff of smoke and then a long purple flame quickly got blown out of Surge’s mouth. Matthew and Ryan’s t-shirt caught on fire this time and Surge quickly blew it out. This continued for a few hours until a dark shadow appeared above them. Strolgoto landed on the rocks with swift gliding from his weathered wings.
They climbed onto Strolgoto’s back and grabbed hold of the spines sticking out of his arched back. He took off within seconds of grabbing a handhold. “ Meet me for training tomorrow.” He said in a gruff voice. Ryan looked down Strolgoto’s back what he saw was incredible. A large green tail almost twice the size of Carigotto’s was outstretched into the open air, he could hear the wind blowing into the formation of the tail and swirling all around it. He couldn’t believe he hadn’t seen it before.
They woke up with a surprising startle. The rising sun which was orange peaked in through the window. Ryan got out of bed and looked up to the top bunk “Matthew you up?” He heard a loud grumbling noise and the bed creaking. “ Coming.” He looked over to Jonathan’s bed but there was no one there. “ I think Jonathan’s already up.” He had always been an early riser. they walked out of the hut into the large kitchen. Carrigoto Surge’s mother was in the room. “ I’m off to work.” She said in a dazed tone. “Where do you work?” Matthew asked. “ I’ll show you tomorrow.” She started jogging and then let her wings spread out to full extent, which was probably the size of an airplane’s wings maybe even bigger. “ Bye.” they called out after her.
Matthew and Ryan sat down next to Jonathan. “ When did you get up?” Ryan asked Jonathan. “ Just a few minutes ago.” Surge flew in and landed next Matthew. “ Wanta help me make breakfast?” “ Sure!” The three of them replied. Surge flew over to the fridge and took out a large chunk of meat with some vegetables. He added water into the pan and let out a sharp purple flame. The water started boiling almost instantly. Surge dropped the meat into the boiling water and asked them to cut up the vegetables quickly. They ran over to the vegetables. “ How are we supposed to cut these”? Jonathan asked. “ Oh yeah I forgot”. Surge flew over to the vegetables and let his wing unfold. He sliced through the vegetables with super speed and commanded them to drop them over the sizzling meat when he told them. Surge flew over to the meat and blew another purple flame over the meat. This time much longer. “ Now.” He instructed them. Ryan, Matthew, and Jonathan. Took a handful each and dropped the odd vegetables over the meat. The Vegetables started dissolving quickly. “ How do they do that?” Jonathan asked. “ It’s something about the acids in it that helps it dissolve quicker. “ It’s very good though.” Ryan looked at Matthew and Jonathan and then shrugged.
Surge was right it was delicious. “Where does your mom work Surge?” “ Well she works for the government my dad does to but my mom’s job is more important.” She’s kind of like right below your president.” “ Oh thanks for explaining.” Jonathan said, clearly interested. Strolgoto came in sniffing the air. “ You’ve always been a good cook Surge.” He said. Surge looked at his father clearly delighted. “ Here’s some for you dad.” “ Thanks Surge.” They all sat down and started a conversation.
1 week later dinnertime…
Carrigoto flew into the grassy fields of the house. “Hey mom” Surge ran out the door and up to her. “ How was work?” “ Well the usual I guess.” “We have dinner ready for you.” Surge said. They all walked into the house. On the table there was three large silver plates. One with some sort of meat, another with rice and an odd colored sauce, and finally a very large cake. Well I suppose we will need this much since they are big animals, Ryan thought. They all sat down at the dark wooden table. “ So is everyone ready to share their abilities.” Strolgoto said in an excited voice. “ Me first.” Matthew practically yelled. “ Okay calm down.” Carrigoto said. “ Matthew you may go first.” “ Then Jonathan and then Ryan.” “ Well I have the ability to shapeshift!” Matthew said in a very proud tone. “ Jonathan how about you?” “Carrigoto asked. “ “I can speak part of a dragon language called Ladonlesp and can communicate well with other creatures.” “ Now Ryan your turn.” Carrigoto looked at Ryan. “ I can manipulate main sources like rock, water, and wind. I can also read dragons and serpent’s minds thoughts through my head.” “ Very cool all of you now let’s eat and get a good night’s sleep, because tomorrow you three are going on an adventure.”
The cake was being served. It had a large dollop of whip creme in the center and on the outside there was three large layers, one was vanilla, the other was chocolate, and the last one looked like a mix between strawberry and orange. A large slice of cake was put onto each of their plates. Ryan looked at it. “Amazing, how did you make this.” “ It was my Grandmother’s recipe , I’ll give you a copy if you’d like.” “ Definitely!” Ryan said with a mouth full of food. He ate greedily and when he finished he felt like he was going to throw up. “ Thank you that was amazing!”
He climbed under the ladder into the twin bed. He thought about Arlington Heights ,IL U.S.A . He wished his father didn’t have to go into space but it is what it is. He sighed and then he was out.
He again woke up with the rise of sun. He looked into Jonathan’s bed and saw him stirring. “Matthew are you awake?” “ Coming.” Matthew said in a half asleep voice. “ Jonathan are you awake?” “ Yep.” They walked out of the hut and into the breezy morning air. Strolgoto was at the table preparing a meal for them. “ Smells delicious.” Jonathan said as they walked towards the table. “ Well thank you.” Strolgoto said in a welcoming tone. “ Are you ready?” “ You know we are!” Ryan answered. They sat down onto the wooden benches and looked at the shackets with great delight. “ The shackets are a great source of, what do you call it? Ah yes protein. You’ll for sure be ready. Now we need to talk about what you need to do.” Strolgoto showed them a map of the demons, dragons, and serpents lair. A large serpent indicated the serpent’s lair. Same with the dragon and demons lair. Strolgoto pointed with his sharp claw to the Serpent’s lair. “You must find out what their plan is to destroy our world it doesn’t matter how you do it but you must find out what it is. After that you must go into the dragon’s lair. In the Dragon’s lair there is a vault containing their most valuable secrets get a poem about the demon’s weaknesses . Once you do that you must get into the demon’s lair. Outside of the demon’s lair there is high security so you must be careful. There in the demon’s lair they hold their most valuable possession. It is an ancient death trap. It must be handled right or else you could lose control of it. Now after you’ve done all of those things you carefully open the death trap and whisper each creatures greatest weaknesses, which you will find in the dragon’s lair vault. You got all of that?” “ Yes.” The three of them replied. Strolgoto handed them the map and flew away.
Retrometer Chapter 3
They hopped onto Carrigoto’s back and flew off through dawn, the wind whipping into Ryan’s face. He would’ve thought he’d been annoyed by this but no oddly it calmed him soothingly like his mother trying to rock him to sleep. Do you like flying ? He asked. Yes I do indeed all of us dragons do or at least I think all of us dragons do. How is Surge half dragon and half serpent? He told you did he. Well if you look at his dad- Strolgoto he has a long serpent tail. Ryan looked back at the memory. Yes I saw that. His mother was a serpent but his dad was a dragon. Oh I see thank you for explaining it to me.
Carrigoto landed with swift movements from her wings. She hit the ground with a thud. A large I mean gigantic building with tan paint stood in front of them. It had to be big enough to fit two hundred dragons right? “ This is where I work “ Carrigoto looked at the building with great pride. “ How did you get a job here?” Matthew looked in amazement at the building. “ Well my mom worked here and they trusted her so they let me in.” “ Cool!” Matthew exclaimed. They climbed onto Carrigoto’s back and were off once again.
Ryan thrust the paper in front of Carrigoto and they entered the portal. They came out of the whirlwind into a dark misty planet. The horizon looked like bleach had been poured on it and the ground looked like an asteroid had hit it. There was no life, as far as it stretched blackness kept meeting his eyes. The trees that were left were dissolving into grains of black sand and the same for any other possible form of life. “ Bye, can’t stay.” As they were now left alone the friends looked at each other. “ You ready?” Jonathan asked quivering with fear and excitement at the same time.” You bet we are.” Matthew and Ryan said at the same time.
Ryan looked at the map, “ not much farther.” he said. “ Matthew don’t you have that shapeshifting ability. “ Yeah.” Matthew answered in a questionable tone. “ Can you turn into a dragon or something?” “ Yes but the guards would easily see us from up there.” “ You’re right I just need to be patient.” They walked another mile and came to a large sculpture with a Serpent on the front of it. They looked at each other and made their way in. Three giant Serpent’s with large green armor slithered in front of them. Ryan used his manipulating abilities to send three giant rocks on top of the Serpent’s heads. Ryan motioned for them to follow him. The three boys then set off into the completing darkness.
CHAPTER 4 THREE LAIRS
There was a long hallway with room labels on each side. Selpter 1, Selpter 2, Loxen. Jonathan translated “ Bedroom 1 bedroom 2, kitchen. Here it is!” Retrometer Rucklist. “ Retrometer blueprints.” The three of them quietly crept to the window. There were two large serpent’s in the room. One with a large tail. The other with a skinny red one. “ Knock em out what are you waiting for.” “ I can’t use my powers through solid objects.” Ryan said in an annoyed tone. “ I’ll do it” Matthew said. He quickly turned into a ladybug and flew through the small gap in the door, then when he was right above the serpent’s he turned into a giant whale. Practically crushing the serpent’s. He dragged the serpent’s out of the room. Ryan and Jonathan rushed into the room. “ I’ve found something” he called to Jonathan and Ryan. Matthew rushed into the room before they could rush out. Matthew smiled at them holding a large golden key in his hand was definitely worth smiling about. They found the key hole quickly and shoved the key in not being able to turn it the friends looked at each other worried. “ Wait a second I’ve seen this before.” Jonathan looked at it with a detective’s eye. He started whispering words and before long the drawer opened with a surprising creak. They found a very small blueprint but they had no time to look at it they had to get moving.
They were outside now for the dragon’s lair. The friends started moving northeast through the black sand.
They finally reached the dragon’s lair the sculpture was the same just with a dragon’s head laying in the center of the rock. They crept into the building with no guards standing there they now steadied their pace. They walked around the next corner and saw a large dragon. Ryan blew air to the back of her head and she walked away. They climbed onto her chair and looked at the gigantic letters. It said Risp, Lock, Risp to Stil 101. “ Right, left right to vault 101.” Jonathan said. They jumped down off of the chair just as the dragon came back. “ Alright let’s go.” Matthew said. They turned right, then left, and then right again. They reached a large doorway with two large dragon heads next to each other. It said recite the riddle. Come and find what you want use it for your needs it is here what you seek just tell us what it is. “ Weee arre heere too recieeve aa poemm aboutt creeaturres greeatestt weeakknessess.” Jonathan whispered in a high shrilly voice. The dragon’s vault doors shot open like a cannon in the center of the room was a poem they took it and rushed out of the room. “ We did it.” Ryan said. “ Uh not yet.” Matthew said pointing upwards. Three giant dragons rose up in front of them. Jonathan went for the one on the far right Matthew the one on the left and Ryan went for the middle one. Ryan smashed his one with a boulder and Matthew went for a one v one. Matthew won and his dragon was smashed to the ground. Jonathan on the other hand was having trouble with his so Ryan smashed Jonathan’s dragon with a boulder.
“ Thanks man.” Jonathan said scratching his neck. “ No problem.” Ryan said smiling. Now the demon’s poem says. It’s what you breathe it’s all around you it whistles loudly in the night and sometimes it seems to talk to you. They walked the remaining length to the demon’s sculpture. “ I bet this place will be the most heavily guarded.” Jonathan said. The wind started howling and it grew louder the closer they got. Ryan realized that the wind wasn’t howling it was the demon’s. They crept closer and closer until they could see the structure ahead of them. There were at least five demons. They crept back through the fog to make a plan.
The eerie night made it hard to see each other. Jonathan whistled a long strong whistle. All the demon’s crept toward the spot where they had heard the whistle. Ryan tried to push a rock onto the demon’s body but it went right through. Matthew tried to become a dragon but when he tried to go through a demon’s body he was pushed right through. Their ghosts of course thought Ryan. He blew a strong gust of air against the demon’s and they were swept away through the night. “ I think we’ve found one of a creatures weaknesses.” Ryan called out.
They went inside the sculpture and into a damp hallway. Jonathan leaned against a wall and a small coded message appeared. Silicone Risp. “ That means secret entryway to the right.” Jonathan replied eagerly. They walked to the right and felt along the wall everywhere possible. “ Wait I think I found something.” Ryan said. He had found a small crack in the wall he pulled it open and he saw a descending staircase. The three of them hurried down the dark staircase. When they could no longer see anymore Matthew turned into a mini replica dragon and shot flames out of his nostrils.
They finally reached a room with a large golden box in the middle. Jonathan went up to the box and tried everything possibly imaginable. A demon had entered the room. Jonathan had to go quickly. “ It’s what you breathe it’s all around you.” The demon had now seen him. “ It whistles loudly in the night and sometimes it seems to talk to you. WERP.” He shouted loudly. “That must mean wind in english.” Matthew whispered. The box slowly opened and the demon’s dragon’s and serpent’s were all sucked into the box Jonathan closed it quickly before any of them could escape. Carrigoto landed in the large room and they were safe. They jumped onto her back and were transported back into the dragon world.
They had had a big party and now they were going back to their world. They were saying goodbye to everyone and then it was over in the blink of an eye. The friends were transported back into their world where they kept their powers and promised to always be best friends. The three friends high fived each other and that’s well The End.
WORLD WAR II (November 2018)
By: Allison
World war two started on September 1, 1939 because Germany invaded Poland. After Germany invaded Poland Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. Adolf Hitler thought that Jews should not be allowed to have good lives. Adolf Hitler started getting obsessed with the idea of power and he became the Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. On March 22, 1933 the first concentration camp opened for Jews. A lot of Jewish people were transported to concentration camps and worked very hard by the German troops. In 1934 Hitler became president of Germany. More and more concentration camps opened between 1935-1937. Jewish people had to start wearing a yellow star to identify that they were Jewish. Close to three million people had died at the concentration camps. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 and America joined the war on December 11, 1941 against Japan, Germany, and Italy. America allied with Great Britain, the Soviet Union, France, and a lot of other small countries. There were new weapons thrown at the countries every day and deaths occurred often. On June 6, 1944 D-day happened. 156,000 Allied troops landed on the beach of Normandy to fight for their freedom. The number that fell per minute was remarkable but they kept fighting. Eventually the Allied troops took over their goal and advanced. There were many heroes that led their troops to the occupation. The Germans Surrendered on the 19 of April 1945. Japan kept fighting even after the Germans surrendered and two Atomic Bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan finally surrendered on 15th of August. The war officially ended on September 2nd 1945.
Please watch this Video: (Copy what is below and paste on a new tab)
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/history/archival-footage-of-d-day
Sources:
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history
https://hmlc.org/holocaust-history/timeline/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIq6DhreTA3gIVARBpCh2aggHwEAAYASAAEgIuevD_BwE
https://www.historyonthenet.com/when-did-ww2-2-end
By: Allison
World war two started on September 1, 1939 because Germany invaded Poland. After Germany invaded Poland Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. Adolf Hitler thought that Jews should not be allowed to have good lives. Adolf Hitler started getting obsessed with the idea of power and he became the Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. On March 22, 1933 the first concentration camp opened for Jews. A lot of Jewish people were transported to concentration camps and worked very hard by the German troops. In 1934 Hitler became president of Germany. More and more concentration camps opened between 1935-1937. Jewish people had to start wearing a yellow star to identify that they were Jewish. Close to three million people had died at the concentration camps. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 and America joined the war on December 11, 1941 against Japan, Germany, and Italy. America allied with Great Britain, the Soviet Union, France, and a lot of other small countries. There were new weapons thrown at the countries every day and deaths occurred often. On June 6, 1944 D-day happened. 156,000 Allied troops landed on the beach of Normandy to fight for their freedom. The number that fell per minute was remarkable but they kept fighting. Eventually the Allied troops took over their goal and advanced. There were many heroes that led their troops to the occupation. The Germans Surrendered on the 19 of April 1945. Japan kept fighting even after the Germans surrendered and two Atomic Bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan finally surrendered on 15th of August. The war officially ended on September 2nd 1945.
Please watch this Video: (Copy what is below and paste on a new tab)
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/history/archival-footage-of-d-day
Sources:
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history
https://hmlc.org/holocaust-history/timeline/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIq6DhreTA3gIVARBpCh2aggHwEAAYASAAEgIuevD_BwE
https://www.historyonthenet.com/when-did-ww2-2-end
The Chronicles of a Random Kid (November 2018)
By: Adeline
The year is 1888. The sky's black. Lightning flashes. Thunder roars. I look out the window hoping that this rain would end. I want to go visit my friend Tom. After eight thirty, most kids in town are sent to bed. After eight thirty, I usually sneak out, most nights, and visit Tom. He needs some help. His parents recently split up and he is sad. I can’t really explain it, but he won’t talk to his parents, and most of his friends. Except for me.
“I heard that the new boy, Tom, I think, parents split up.” Rumors spread like spilt milk. I didn’t know Tom that well, but I wanted to give him some comfort. I walked over to the old wood house. It had been in good shape since Tom moved in. I walked up to the door and knocked. “No one’s home.” a voice said. I pushed open the door. There was pillow stuffing all over the floor. “It’s rude to stare.” a boy said. He was sitting in a chair ripping stuffing out of a pillow. “It’s also rude to barge in on someone.” “Sorry,” I said. “People have been saying that your parents split up.” Tom, I assumed, got mad. “HOW DARE YOU!” he screamed. Angry tears spilled down his face. After a few minutes he calmed down. “Do you want to talk about it?” I asked. “No.” he replied. “You know my parents split up to.” “They did?” “All I wanted to do was talk to someone. But I didn’t trust anyone.” “Can I talk to you?”He said. “Sure.” I said.
He talked and talked. He talked about how he hated his parents, he talked about how he he hated the nasty rumors that were spreading. When he was finished, he sighed. “Can you come back tomorrow?” I said yes. That's how I ended up going to Tom’s house. His mom, who he was living with, worked long hours. She was rarely home. That night when I visited Tom, he was crying. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Today me and my mom went to a judge. He said that I am to spend every other weekend with my dad.” I know that's not a long time, but Tom’s dad is a mean person. I can’t put it into words. He used to be in the military, and I think that shook him up. But that’s no excuse to be angry with your son.
By: Adeline
The year is 1888. The sky's black. Lightning flashes. Thunder roars. I look out the window hoping that this rain would end. I want to go visit my friend Tom. After eight thirty, most kids in town are sent to bed. After eight thirty, I usually sneak out, most nights, and visit Tom. He needs some help. His parents recently split up and he is sad. I can’t really explain it, but he won’t talk to his parents, and most of his friends. Except for me.
“I heard that the new boy, Tom, I think, parents split up.” Rumors spread like spilt milk. I didn’t know Tom that well, but I wanted to give him some comfort. I walked over to the old wood house. It had been in good shape since Tom moved in. I walked up to the door and knocked. “No one’s home.” a voice said. I pushed open the door. There was pillow stuffing all over the floor. “It’s rude to stare.” a boy said. He was sitting in a chair ripping stuffing out of a pillow. “It’s also rude to barge in on someone.” “Sorry,” I said. “People have been saying that your parents split up.” Tom, I assumed, got mad. “HOW DARE YOU!” he screamed. Angry tears spilled down his face. After a few minutes he calmed down. “Do you want to talk about it?” I asked. “No.” he replied. “You know my parents split up to.” “They did?” “All I wanted to do was talk to someone. But I didn’t trust anyone.” “Can I talk to you?”He said. “Sure.” I said.
He talked and talked. He talked about how he hated his parents, he talked about how he he hated the nasty rumors that were spreading. When he was finished, he sighed. “Can you come back tomorrow?” I said yes. That's how I ended up going to Tom’s house. His mom, who he was living with, worked long hours. She was rarely home. That night when I visited Tom, he was crying. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Today me and my mom went to a judge. He said that I am to spend every other weekend with my dad.” I know that's not a long time, but Tom’s dad is a mean person. I can’t put it into words. He used to be in the military, and I think that shook him up. But that’s no excuse to be angry with your son.
The Haunted Library
A Funny Halloween Story (October 2018)
By: Milly S., Amy G., Victoria K., Piper S., and Abby A.
Once there was a library that was full of ghosts. The library had very, very, very old books in it. There also were bats , black cats, and creepy spiders living in the old dark library. Some curious girls decided to spend the night in that old and creepy library full of bats, black cats, and creepy spiders on Halloween night. When they entered into the library the doors suddenly shut and they all screamed!!! “What was that?” asked Piper. “I didn't hear anything,” said Amy. “I think I heard it too!” exclaimed Victoria. Then a scream rang out from from the walls of the creepy library. “AHHHHH!!!!” said Milly. Suddenly some red stuff came out of the crack in the door. Piper walked up to it and tasted it. “Ewwwwwwww!” said everyone. “Yummy!” said Piper. “Guys its ketchup!”
“Yaaay!”everyone yelled. “Ketchup Party!” yelled Piper. After a few moments of obsessing over ketchup. The girls finally got back to business. “Where did that scream come from though?”asked Victoria who did not like ketchup at all. “UGH, WHO CARES I’M STILL OBSESSING OVER MY KETCHUP!!” yelled Piper. “BUT SOMEONE COULD BE HURT WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHO SCREAMED!” argued Victoria. “FINE!” screamed Piper who was still obsessing over ketchup. They kept walking through the library until they heard a CRASH from behind them. But Piper didn’t notice that the rest of the group was gone! The group of girls walked through the library until they found a door. The door creaked open as they went through the doorway. They found three doors in the first one they opened there was piles of candy corn. Behind the next door there were piles of books. Finally as they opened the third door they heard a gurgling sound. Bglaah!!! When the door was open Piper was laying exhausted next to a pile of green digested french fries and ketchup. There was silence then finally someone spoke “Can I have some more french fries to go with this ketchup?” asked Piper who was pointing at the pool of ketchup.”Did you know that the french fries were made out of plastic??!!” asked Milly and Amy who were completely disgusted.”Oh that's why it tasted so bland,” said Piper. Then Piper felt a great pain in her stomach. “I need to go to the bathroom,” said Piper. She ran out but did not make it to the bathroom…
And she puked all over Victoria’s brand new shoes that were very expensive. Amy almost fainted in disgust, Piper nearly fainted from the smell of her own throw up and Milly actually fainted because she was so disgusted. Then Piper ran to the nearest window and said “Hey guys it’s getting dark out LET'S HAVE DINNER!!” “I think I am ok not having dinner,” said everyone except Piper. Then Piper ran to the spilled ketchup Abby swiped the bottle out of Piper’s hands and she chucked the bottle out a open window way up high and screamed “I don't want to see that ketchup ever again. Plus you have done enough
of throwing up tonight”. “Here here” yelled Victoria.”NOOOO!!!!” Piper screamed. “Hey guys there's an open window, I will go get the ketchup.” But when Piper ran and jumped into the small window she got stuck (this was caused by the fact that Piper had eaten way to much ketchup).”Uhh guys I think I’m stuck!” yelled Piper. The girls pulled pipers legs but she would not budge. “What shall we do?!” asked Amy. Suddenly there was a creak as a door opened “we will solve this matter later. First we need to check were that noise came from” said Victoria. “Well I guess I can wait but my stomach still hurts really bad,” said Piper and then the door creaked closed. “What was that?” asked Milly, “I don’t know,” said Amy. All of the girls were thinking the same thing, “It must be the ghosts trying to scare us,” all the girls said at the same time. The girls did not know that there were other monsters in the library especially on Halloween night. Suddenly they heard a knock on a door followed by a huge creak. “This is getting a little creepy,” said Abby, “I agree,” said Piper who just got out of the window she was stuck in. “I smell something good,” said Milly and Victoria at the same time. It was chicken pie! From outside the library Piper quickly ran toward the smell and the girls followed. Soon they were at the exit door. Piper quickly shot out through the door from the other side and the door had a big hole that looked like Piper! The girls quickly followed Piper home and they had a awesome halloween night!!! With some chicken pie too!!
We hoped you enjoyed our funny Halloween story!!
THE END!
A Funny Halloween Story (October 2018)
By: Milly S., Amy G., Victoria K., Piper S., and Abby A.
Once there was a library that was full of ghosts. The library had very, very, very old books in it. There also were bats , black cats, and creepy spiders living in the old dark library. Some curious girls decided to spend the night in that old and creepy library full of bats, black cats, and creepy spiders on Halloween night. When they entered into the library the doors suddenly shut and they all screamed!!! “What was that?” asked Piper. “I didn't hear anything,” said Amy. “I think I heard it too!” exclaimed Victoria. Then a scream rang out from from the walls of the creepy library. “AHHHHH!!!!” said Milly. Suddenly some red stuff came out of the crack in the door. Piper walked up to it and tasted it. “Ewwwwwwww!” said everyone. “Yummy!” said Piper. “Guys its ketchup!”
“Yaaay!”everyone yelled. “Ketchup Party!” yelled Piper. After a few moments of obsessing over ketchup. The girls finally got back to business. “Where did that scream come from though?”asked Victoria who did not like ketchup at all. “UGH, WHO CARES I’M STILL OBSESSING OVER MY KETCHUP!!” yelled Piper. “BUT SOMEONE COULD BE HURT WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHO SCREAMED!” argued Victoria. “FINE!” screamed Piper who was still obsessing over ketchup. They kept walking through the library until they heard a CRASH from behind them. But Piper didn’t notice that the rest of the group was gone! The group of girls walked through the library until they found a door. The door creaked open as they went through the doorway. They found three doors in the first one they opened there was piles of candy corn. Behind the next door there were piles of books. Finally as they opened the third door they heard a gurgling sound. Bglaah!!! When the door was open Piper was laying exhausted next to a pile of green digested french fries and ketchup. There was silence then finally someone spoke “Can I have some more french fries to go with this ketchup?” asked Piper who was pointing at the pool of ketchup.”Did you know that the french fries were made out of plastic??!!” asked Milly and Amy who were completely disgusted.”Oh that's why it tasted so bland,” said Piper. Then Piper felt a great pain in her stomach. “I need to go to the bathroom,” said Piper. She ran out but did not make it to the bathroom…
And she puked all over Victoria’s brand new shoes that were very expensive. Amy almost fainted in disgust, Piper nearly fainted from the smell of her own throw up and Milly actually fainted because she was so disgusted. Then Piper ran to the nearest window and said “Hey guys it’s getting dark out LET'S HAVE DINNER!!” “I think I am ok not having dinner,” said everyone except Piper. Then Piper ran to the spilled ketchup Abby swiped the bottle out of Piper’s hands and she chucked the bottle out a open window way up high and screamed “I don't want to see that ketchup ever again. Plus you have done enough
of throwing up tonight”. “Here here” yelled Victoria.”NOOOO!!!!” Piper screamed. “Hey guys there's an open window, I will go get the ketchup.” But when Piper ran and jumped into the small window she got stuck (this was caused by the fact that Piper had eaten way to much ketchup).”Uhh guys I think I’m stuck!” yelled Piper. The girls pulled pipers legs but she would not budge. “What shall we do?!” asked Amy. Suddenly there was a creak as a door opened “we will solve this matter later. First we need to check were that noise came from” said Victoria. “Well I guess I can wait but my stomach still hurts really bad,” said Piper and then the door creaked closed. “What was that?” asked Milly, “I don’t know,” said Amy. All of the girls were thinking the same thing, “It must be the ghosts trying to scare us,” all the girls said at the same time. The girls did not know that there were other monsters in the library especially on Halloween night. Suddenly they heard a knock on a door followed by a huge creak. “This is getting a little creepy,” said Abby, “I agree,” said Piper who just got out of the window she was stuck in. “I smell something good,” said Milly and Victoria at the same time. It was chicken pie! From outside the library Piper quickly ran toward the smell and the girls followed. Soon they were at the exit door. Piper quickly shot out through the door from the other side and the door had a big hole that looked like Piper! The girls quickly followed Piper home and they had a awesome halloween night!!! With some chicken pie too!!
We hoped you enjoyed our funny Halloween story!!
THE END!
The Mystery Of Roanoke
By Adeline P.
A long time ago, John White and some other people sailed to Roanoke Island. There they met a friendly native tribe, called Croatoan. The Croatoan wanted to exchange a token of friendship with the colonists. No token was ever exchanged. A few days later, one of the English colonists went to fish at a nearby stream. Hours later he did not return. The colonists went out looking for him. They did not find him. One fine day White’s daughter had a baby. Her name was Virginia Dare. Supplies had been running low, so White left his wife, daughter, and grandchild, and went to England to get more. Before he left, he told the colonists to carve out where they went on a tree, if they went anywhere. If there was trouble, they were to carve a cross. When White reached England and got supplies, he tried to go back to Roanoke. But Spanish ships kept him in England. When he finally got back to Roanoke, he realized that all of the houses were gone. On a nearby tree, someone had carved the letters CRO. On a fence post, someone had carved the word CROATOAN. There were no crosses, so that meant that there was no trouble. But the colonists were nowhere to be found.
BUT………..
Scientists have many different theories about the missing colonists……..
Scientists have been going to Roanoke Island to try to find evidence about the Roanoke tribe. But still today, no one knows what happened.
Information found in a History Alive book and from social studies activities in Mrs. Berg’s class
By Adeline P.
A long time ago, John White and some other people sailed to Roanoke Island. There they met a friendly native tribe, called Croatoan. The Croatoan wanted to exchange a token of friendship with the colonists. No token was ever exchanged. A few days later, one of the English colonists went to fish at a nearby stream. Hours later he did not return. The colonists went out looking for him. They did not find him. One fine day White’s daughter had a baby. Her name was Virginia Dare. Supplies had been running low, so White left his wife, daughter, and grandchild, and went to England to get more. Before he left, he told the colonists to carve out where they went on a tree, if they went anywhere. If there was trouble, they were to carve a cross. When White reached England and got supplies, he tried to go back to Roanoke. But Spanish ships kept him in England. When he finally got back to Roanoke, he realized that all of the houses were gone. On a nearby tree, someone had carved the letters CRO. On a fence post, someone had carved the word CROATOAN. There were no crosses, so that meant that there was no trouble. But the colonists were nowhere to be found.
BUT………..
Scientists have many different theories about the missing colonists……..
- The colonists might have gone to the Croatoan island. White could not travel there because a storm broke out.
- The colonists might have tried to go back to England, but they got lost at sea.
Scientists have been going to Roanoke Island to try to find evidence about the Roanoke tribe. But still today, no one knows what happened.
Information found in a History Alive book and from social studies activities in Mrs. Berg’s class
President Day
by Angel, Bruce, Connor
Presidents Day is on February 19th.
Donald Trump is our president.
Donald Trump is a president.
Donald Trump is 71 years old he was born June,14 1946.
Donald Trump lives with his wife in the white house.
by Angel, Bruce, Connor
Presidents Day is on February 19th.
Donald Trump is our president.
Donald Trump is a president.
Donald Trump is 71 years old he was born June,14 1946.
Donald Trump lives with his wife in the white house.
Wolf Art
By: Lalitha
Published February 2018
Links for her art: (Pictures below)
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/198449183/#editor Blue
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/116878984/ ORange
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/193369646/
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1949116/#editor
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/2172561/
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/123933477/
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/38344426/
By: Lalitha
Published February 2018
Links for her art: (Pictures below)
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/198449183/#editor Blue
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/116878984/ ORange
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/193369646/
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1949116/#editor
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/2172561/
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/123933477/
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/38344426/
Taking Flight
By: Adeline
Published February 2018
The room F3 was crowded enough already, and Christie was starting to get cramped when a family of five walked in and stood near the back of the room. The flight was supposed to take place in five minutes. Christie was starting to get a little worried, but the littlest kid in the family of five didn’t look scared at all. Just then a man who looked like he worked for the FBI came into room F3 and said it was time to get on the plane. Christie sat down in her seat and gripped the armrests. The pilot came on over the intercom and announced, “Hold on to your hats folks! Were about to take flight!
By: Adeline
Published February 2018
The room F3 was crowded enough already, and Christie was starting to get cramped when a family of five walked in and stood near the back of the room. The flight was supposed to take place in five minutes. Christie was starting to get a little worried, but the littlest kid in the family of five didn’t look scared at all. Just then a man who looked like he worked for the FBI came into room F3 and said it was time to get on the plane. Christie sat down in her seat and gripped the armrests. The pilot came on over the intercom and announced, “Hold on to your hats folks! Were about to take flight!
Snowflake and Me
By, Milly S, Molly B, and Sam S.
Published: December 2017
Once I went to my really old grandpa's farm. We were in the chicken pen and then I saw her. They were so cute and I knew they were the one for me. She was so adorable she was the one of my life I asked my grandpa if I can see her. He said ok if your mom let's you and my mom said yes. we were having a adoption center so… then I got really excited because I knew the rest. Then I jumped up and down like a little kid. I was so happy I actually might get a doggie and a horse I thought. I had a big decision I wanted both so bad I cried to get both. But I couldn’t so I waited and I tried to get both. So I never brought her up again for a while. Until I was 9 years old I finally brought her up again! So for my birthday my mom got me a surprise she gave me a blindfold. My mom tied it up and took me to the car and started to take me to the farm and took the blindfold of and I got out of the car and I ran to my gift. It was a purple wrapping paper with light pink stripes and little holes in it. As i walked up to it I heard a little bark. Then I opened the box and I saw the dog I wanted and dreamed of having every night. I hugged her I looked at her and her personality so I could come up with a name. she was fun, playful, and active. She was as white and brown. I loved how her ears flopped over her head. Then that gave me a idea I would name her snowflake!
The End
By, Milly S, Molly B, and Sam S.
Published: December 2017
Once I went to my really old grandpa's farm. We were in the chicken pen and then I saw her. They were so cute and I knew they were the one for me. She was so adorable she was the one of my life I asked my grandpa if I can see her. He said ok if your mom let's you and my mom said yes. we were having a adoption center so… then I got really excited because I knew the rest. Then I jumped up and down like a little kid. I was so happy I actually might get a doggie and a horse I thought. I had a big decision I wanted both so bad I cried to get both. But I couldn’t so I waited and I tried to get both. So I never brought her up again for a while. Until I was 9 years old I finally brought her up again! So for my birthday my mom got me a surprise she gave me a blindfold. My mom tied it up and took me to the car and started to take me to the farm and took the blindfold of and I got out of the car and I ran to my gift. It was a purple wrapping paper with light pink stripes and little holes in it. As i walked up to it I heard a little bark. Then I opened the box and I saw the dog I wanted and dreamed of having every night. I hugged her I looked at her and her personality so I could come up with a name. she was fun, playful, and active. She was as white and brown. I loved how her ears flopped over her head. Then that gave me a idea I would name her snowflake!
The End
The Blizzard
By Addy
Published: December 2017
He walked along the riverbank, but he didn’t know that he was near a river because there was a raging blizzard going on. He was struggling to stay afoot. It was like a game of tug-of-war. Finally the wind won. He fell, and crashed on to the ice. He didn’t break anything in the process, for the river (ice) was not far below. But the impact of his fall made the ice break up into chunks, and he soon found himself drifting away from the shore. What am I going to do? He thought. What am I going to eat? He didn’t know that there were seals and walruses in the arctic sea, for he didn’t pay much attention in school when he was young. But, you would need special equipment for that. He thought some more and then became weary. So he laid down on the ice blocks cold surface and slept. When he woke up he realized that he was quite wet. He started to sit up but cold salt water sprayed in his eyes, blinding him. When he regained his vision, he noticed that the ice block was next to an island. So he stood up shakily and started to explore the island. The first thing that he realized was that there were people living here! He looked around and spotted someone. He started to talk to her. She took him to the village chief and he said that he could stay. So he stayed and never went back to the arctic again.
By Addy
Published: December 2017
He walked along the riverbank, but he didn’t know that he was near a river because there was a raging blizzard going on. He was struggling to stay afoot. It was like a game of tug-of-war. Finally the wind won. He fell, and crashed on to the ice. He didn’t break anything in the process, for the river (ice) was not far below. But the impact of his fall made the ice break up into chunks, and he soon found himself drifting away from the shore. What am I going to do? He thought. What am I going to eat? He didn’t know that there were seals and walruses in the arctic sea, for he didn’t pay much attention in school when he was young. But, you would need special equipment for that. He thought some more and then became weary. So he laid down on the ice blocks cold surface and slept. When he woke up he realized that he was quite wet. He started to sit up but cold salt water sprayed in his eyes, blinding him. When he regained his vision, he noticed that the ice block was next to an island. So he stood up shakily and started to explore the island. The first thing that he realized was that there were people living here! He looked around and spotted someone. He started to talk to her. She took him to the village chief and he said that he could stay. So he stayed and never went back to the arctic again.
Part 2-The Jungle
(Part 1- The Blizzard)
By: Addy
Published: January 2018
He was still stuck on the island. The people who lived their were nice and all, but he wanted to get home. He had been stuck on the island for five days and four nights. His family, he thought, must be getting worried. He had left his duffel bag on the ice in the arctic, and now he had no clothes except for the ones that he was wearing. The people living on the island tried to offer him clothing, but he refused for the clothes were itchy and rough. Mary, the first person that he talked to on the island asked, “Who sent you here?” He hesitated before replying, “I was on a journey to cross the arctic. I got to the middle of it, but the wind pushed me into a river, which was ice at the time, and the ice broke into pieces and I floated here.” Then Mary asked, “How did the ice keep from melting?” He thought for a second, “Just a miracle of life I guess.” “What is snow like?” “Cold.” That conversation was two days and one night ago. Mary promised that if I taught her about the American culture, she would take me home in her father’s canoe. “Deal?” she asked. I new the answer right away, “Deal.”
(Part 1- The Blizzard)
By: Addy
Published: January 2018
He was still stuck on the island. The people who lived their were nice and all, but he wanted to get home. He had been stuck on the island for five days and four nights. His family, he thought, must be getting worried. He had left his duffel bag on the ice in the arctic, and now he had no clothes except for the ones that he was wearing. The people living on the island tried to offer him clothing, but he refused for the clothes were itchy and rough. Mary, the first person that he talked to on the island asked, “Who sent you here?” He hesitated before replying, “I was on a journey to cross the arctic. I got to the middle of it, but the wind pushed me into a river, which was ice at the time, and the ice broke into pieces and I floated here.” Then Mary asked, “How did the ice keep from melting?” He thought for a second, “Just a miracle of life I guess.” “What is snow like?” “Cold.” That conversation was two days and one night ago. Mary promised that if I taught her about the American culture, she would take me home in her father’s canoe. “Deal?” she asked. I new the answer right away, “Deal.”
The Haunted Halloween
By, Kaden, Andrew, Ryan, and Owen
Published: October 2017
I was a little boy at the age of 7 and my name is Liam. Halloween was coming soon and I hated it so much. Last year I wet my pants because everybody scared me so I had to change a ton of clothes. My parents were dentists and they hated candy. I got so much candy for nothing, it looked super tasty so I planned to hide the candy under my bed. I don’t think they would find out so I would sneak out to the back door to trick-or-treat because my parents would pass out the candy. I got a group of my friends to help me get my candy for the first time but I am not sure that my plan will work, but I chose a halloween costume anyway. I would be a stealth man to be hidden in the dark. I bought a rope to climb in my house. If that didn't work I would make a big hole and hide the candy from my parents. I took a walk with my friend and we saw a haunted house. My friend said that it was very scary. I thought it wasn't so scary so I would take a risk and not think it was scary.T en more days before halloween arrived, I had a bet with my friend that if I stayed in the haunted house for a hour I would get five dollars. It was Halloween night, so first thing I did was get my candy and it worked! I had enough time to go to the haunted house. I went in it. There was a zombie that chased after me and my friends. We ran upstairs. I went in a room that got smaller and smaller. My friends said that it was very weird we all split up into groups and there were knights that had swords and would spike them to the ground and you would have to duck, jump, and crawl. But then their would be scary ghost that would scream. If the sound got in your ear you will turn into a monster. You know how we know? A cat walked in the room and the ghost screamed and the cat turned into a skeleton cat. It was 9:00 and we went in this haunted house at 8:15. So, we have to only stay in this another 15 minutes and my parents still didn't even know I was gone. Then I thought I caught up with my friend that I thought was my friend but it was a zombie! It was fake though. So I caught up with my group we were almost done you would have to move books to finish. There were stacks of books at the door blocking our way. We started moving the books when we finished I think I wet my pants but I was wrong about it. Phew! I got home and ate some candy, and I also had a badge that said you made it. But my parents knew about it and were happy about it. I said, “How do you know about it?” My mom said that you were in Mr. Rogers’ haunted house. “OOH now I get it!” (Mr. Rogers is mom's dentist friend and he has a haunted house every Halloween.) So we had a Halloween party to celebrate Halloween. We invited lots of people to our party. We played pin the eyeball to the zombie, put the skeletons bones back in order, and ghost in the graveyard. I had a blast with my parents. It was the best Halloween ever. At the end of the party, it was almost midnight. I heard a howl when I was in bed. Now that was a surprise. The End
By, Kaden, Andrew, Ryan, and Owen
Published: October 2017
I was a little boy at the age of 7 and my name is Liam. Halloween was coming soon and I hated it so much. Last year I wet my pants because everybody scared me so I had to change a ton of clothes. My parents were dentists and they hated candy. I got so much candy for nothing, it looked super tasty so I planned to hide the candy under my bed. I don’t think they would find out so I would sneak out to the back door to trick-or-treat because my parents would pass out the candy. I got a group of my friends to help me get my candy for the first time but I am not sure that my plan will work, but I chose a halloween costume anyway. I would be a stealth man to be hidden in the dark. I bought a rope to climb in my house. If that didn't work I would make a big hole and hide the candy from my parents. I took a walk with my friend and we saw a haunted house. My friend said that it was very scary. I thought it wasn't so scary so I would take a risk and not think it was scary.T en more days before halloween arrived, I had a bet with my friend that if I stayed in the haunted house for a hour I would get five dollars. It was Halloween night, so first thing I did was get my candy and it worked! I had enough time to go to the haunted house. I went in it. There was a zombie that chased after me and my friends. We ran upstairs. I went in a room that got smaller and smaller. My friends said that it was very weird we all split up into groups and there were knights that had swords and would spike them to the ground and you would have to duck, jump, and crawl. But then their would be scary ghost that would scream. If the sound got in your ear you will turn into a monster. You know how we know? A cat walked in the room and the ghost screamed and the cat turned into a skeleton cat. It was 9:00 and we went in this haunted house at 8:15. So, we have to only stay in this another 15 minutes and my parents still didn't even know I was gone. Then I thought I caught up with my friend that I thought was my friend but it was a zombie! It was fake though. So I caught up with my group we were almost done you would have to move books to finish. There were stacks of books at the door blocking our way. We started moving the books when we finished I think I wet my pants but I was wrong about it. Phew! I got home and ate some candy, and I also had a badge that said you made it. But my parents knew about it and were happy about it. I said, “How do you know about it?” My mom said that you were in Mr. Rogers’ haunted house. “OOH now I get it!” (Mr. Rogers is mom's dentist friend and he has a haunted house every Halloween.) So we had a Halloween party to celebrate Halloween. We invited lots of people to our party. We played pin the eyeball to the zombie, put the skeletons bones back in order, and ghost in the graveyard. I had a blast with my parents. It was the best Halloween ever. At the end of the party, it was almost midnight. I heard a howl when I was in bed. Now that was a surprise. The End