“On a sunny morning, a little girl opened her eyes to see a shadow in the corner of her room. As she slowly got up, the shadow disappeared in front of her. She walked downstairs and saw her mother in the kitchen as usual. Everything was normal. It must have been a mistake.”
“I remember the day when the UN solved the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. The day when it all started. On that day, as soon as the scientists discovered the material that made so many ships and planes become lost, NASA started receiving strange signals.”
“I would like to invite you to an estate like no other, a magical mansion, which holds many secrets. A dinner party. We will experience things you have never experienced before. I hope you respond to me as soon as possible. If, and when you do, come to the estate in a Victorian fashion.”
“When Fluff, the hardest working pegasus horse in all of East of Cloudville, heard that the Pegasus Horse Games were now open to pegasus horses eleven and older (Fluff had just turned eleven!), he was beyond excited.”
“‘Can I have an elephant?’ Ethan asked his mom in the living room. ‘Because I want to ride on it, so I can transport easily while having fun, and since I don’t really have any friends, Mom.'”
“‘Achoo,’ Ari sneezed. ‘Are you okay?’ Ari’s mom asked. ‘No, I think I have a cold,’ Ari answered, depressed.”
“Hello, I am The Narrator, and I am trying to write a nonfiction book about animals that live above and below us. I just finished eating my breakfast. And I am 37 years old. Currently I am at the beach, and I can see that there is a small bird named Mr. Bi- ‘HEY! WHO ARE YOU, AND WHY IN THE WORLD ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ME?!’ the bird says.”
“So there she was, walking around a crossroad in the middle of nowhere. Looking around, 23-year-old Amanda, a puny cashier, was off to a clothing store. It was a sizzling yet gleaming Sunday morning. The cars were driving, and the children were skipping.”
“Once, there lived a piece of bread named Peanut Butter. Peanut Butter lived in a little cabin with his mother named Cream Cheese. He really wanted to find a friend. One Thursday afternoon, Peanut Butter set out to find a friend.”
“Once in Old San Juan, there was a doge who wanted an army so that he could lead the army and be their king. But to get to the army, he first needed the iPad in order to suck himself in it and join the game, since doges are magical creatures. In order to get the iPad, he needed to get past a human who didn’t like doges.”
“Once there was a person who wanted to be king. His name was Mr. Poppins. When Mr. Poppins was younger, his father died. He blamed God for his death and wanted revenge. He wanted world domination.”
“Something was always strange about green, / The color was never really a sheen / The color green always reminded me of money, / The color was never really funny”
“In the emoji world, there are shops and buildings. Let’s head over to my friend, Heart emoji. Okay, we are here. Heart emoji is very upset, and I wonder why.”
“Olivia was bursting with joy. She had just turned nine, and she got an iPad for her present. She smiled as she quickly downloaded a million video games and apps. But little did she know that the new love she had just found would soon be lost forever.”
“It took the turtle six hours to reach the ocean. Once it reached the ocean, the waves reached out and grabbed the baby turtle. The baby turtle knew that if she could find other turtles, she would find out what her name was, but the ocean was really big, and it would be a long trip.”
“One day, Riley, her mom, and Riley’s new teddy bear, Teddy, went for a walk. Where were they going? Only her mom knew. It was a surprise for Riley. Riley was so happy when she found out there was a surprise.”
“Super Dog and Super Cat were big rivals. One day, they met on a Japanese mountain. They fought for a big diamond. Super Cat lost. ‘Until next time!’ said Super Dog.”
“I stare into the monster’s eyes, / His face covered in dirt and smeared with grime, / His eyes dark, empty, and meaningless voids”
“Logan woke up at 12:55 at night and slowly tiptoed down the stairs. She was almost always up, whether she was reading or drawing, so even if it was super early in the morning, she could function normally.”
“Flora was so mad about being short! She couldn’t stand being teased anymore, and all she wanted was to get taller. But how? Flora decided that she would wear stilts. Then, she would be taller than everyone!”
“Once upon a time, there was a boy named Leo. He lived in Kingstown, but one day, a tornado broke the village. Kingstown never gets tornadoes, so it had to be the evil wizard. Leo was also a wizard, but not a trained, good wizard. The master’s wisdom told him that Leo was ready to attack the bad wizard.”
“One day I was cleaning the basement of the orphanage, and I found a big, old, dusty book of fairy tales. It looked interesting, so I read a page or two, and after that, I could not stop.”
“The music flies out out of my fingers / like flower petals in a heavy wind / tossed around the living room.”
“On October 28, 1955, William Henry (Bill) Gates, the richest man in the world, was born. He was born in Seattle, Washington. As a young kid at Lakeside Prep School, Bill Gates wrote his first computer program on a General Electric computer.”
“Julie hated Monopoly because her daughter played it so much, and she was tired of it. But she figured that she would play for the sake of July’s entertainment. Suddenly, they heard a yell.”
“I was a normal girl who lived on Mars until these people came. They landed right in front of my shelter that was at the very top of Mars. They said they were from Earth. I have seen these type of people before, but I have never talked to them.”
“Lola ran straight to the nurse. When she got to her locker, she saw 100 books! Her friends, Alex, Lexi, and Olivia walked up to her. “Hey guys, my bad dreams are coming true!’ said Lola.”
“The Greyhound dropped him off at jungle square, where he bought a 4×4. As he put the pedal to the medal, he took a sharp right turn and ended up running into a tree. He got out of the burning 4×4 and got a cab.”
“They almost never had new students. Everyone gasped, but Hammy gasped the loudest. He felt his heart rising with excitement. A new student? I wonder who it is!”
“There was once a bug named Fred, and he was very stupid. His biggest dream was to become the President of the United States of America. He knew he had to make some money, so he decided to get a job.”
“It was a hot, sunny morning, and Lily’s long, brown hair was sticking to her face. Her blue eyes were watching the cars pass by as she waited for her friend, Emily.”
“I kicked the ball up the field for my friend, John. He received it. Then, a player on the other team came running, slammed right into me, and everything turned dark. “
“Lilly walked to the park. She found a charm bracelet. The charm bracelet was shiny and had hearts and rainbow charms on it. She ran home with the charm bracelet. It was getting windy.”
“Dear Diary, I know this is probably going to be the longest diary entry ever, but a lot happened today.”
“My name is Kayla Carter, and my brother’s name is Matthew Carter. I have red hair and deep, ocean blue eyes. Matt has golden hair and chocolate brown eyes. He reminds me of my dad even though they look nothing alike.”
“I woke up in the morning, after a fitful night of sleep. ‘Britney?’ I called out to my nanny who had spent the night because my parents were on a business trip. ‘Oh, hi, Sophie!’ I heard a strange, female voice call from downstairs. ‘Britney had to go, but I’m here — my name is Brooke!'”
“I, Jammy, was in my house, getting ready for bed. I changed into my pajamas, and walked to the bathroom to brush my teeth. My teeth were as clean as fresh snow. After a day of continuous running from sports, I was tired when I went to bed. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was sleeping.”
“Once, there was a blue monster from Antarctica. That’s why he was blue. He had one black eye, two white horns, and dark blue patches on his blue body. He came to Brooklyn. He went to school there. Some of the people in the school threw chocolate over his head. All he wanted was love. But he couldn’t get it, because he looked like a big, angry monster whenever they put chocolate on his head.”
“Ginger and Fred met at the fish game during the fair. They met each other by just looking around at all the fish in their bags. When they saw each other, it was love at first sight. They were lucky to be close enough to touch. They tried to kiss, but they tasted plastic instead of each other’s lips. It was gross!”
“Enid knew that it was one of those horrible days. She couldn’t deny it. It was in the air. Her best friend, Amia, was absent, she got a D- on a math test, and she had lost her science journal.”
“Plum, the golden retriever, was grazing in someone’s yard and playing with a ball. Plum belonged to a boy named James. Plum really wanted to go to the country, except they lived in the city, and Plum wanted to go to, well… Plum didn’t know exactly where.”
“Her black hair swayed in the wind. Her weak body shivered, both of cold and of fear. Her bright eyes and pale skin were the only things they had in common. As if land morphed to her fear, ravens cawed and bloodhounds howled. The moon shone darker, and the trees withered around them.”
“We ran through the pine woods and towards the creek. Finally, I cornered her between me and a rock. I didn’t take one moment to hesitate. I crouched down and pounced on my sister, pinning her to the leafy ground. I let go of her, and we rolled onto our backs, looking at the sky, letting darkness surround us.”
“Crayon Monster wanted to go on the 5 train, but all the trains were out of order. He was furious! He blew rockets out of his head and mouth. They flew everywhere. Nobody got hurt. Everyone else was at home because it was early in the morning.”
“Once upon a time, there was a killer sheep name Sheepy. Sheepy’s mom wanted Sheepy to be a gamer. But Sheepy wanted to make lots of money, and the only way he could think of getting rich was stealing. He stole a quintillion dollars from banks, shops, anything that would get him money.”
“One day, Spike the cat was running around in the backyard of his house. He suddenly spotted a fox, perched in one of the surrounding trees. He ran back to his home in fear. It was Spike’s first time seeing a fox, and he did not know what to expect. “
“Once upon a time, there was a dragon who lived in a castle. The dragon loved adventure. It was red and orange, and was named Fire. Fire hated living in a castle, and he was about to go on an adventure. He had already explored near the castle, but not in the forest.”
“A puppy named Sugarpaws was raised by a boy named Sammy. She was named Sugarpaws because she loved cookies, and always had sweet stuff sticking to her paws. She was golden brown, and she had a beaded flower crown on top of her head because Sammy and Sugarpaws found scraps and put it together.”
“The cat wanted a ball of yarn. The cat had run out for yarn. She knew it was in the attic, but there were ghosts in the attic.”
“Once, there was a town near a beautiful beach with palm trees and a food bar. Ten thousand king cobras lived under the sand, and they chased away all the people. They made the town their own kingdom.”
“I lay in my bed and shivered under the covers. Thunder boomed outside the window, and the wind was howling outside. A streak of thunder flashed and revealed the number 13 written in blood on my door.”
“No one knew when the house appeared. All they knew was that it wasn’t recorded in any construction book. None of the supply companies had a clue what it was either. It seemed like it had just… appeared. All the kids were a little freaked out by it. Actually, thinking back, everyone was scared of the house. All they knew was that the lights turned on at night and were off in the day.”
“She turned on the light, but the body was still there. The light turned off, and then the body was there in front of her.”
“The hum / Of the city / As you / Step / Outside / The beat / Of the footsteps / Of millions / Of feet / As you / Journey / Towards / Your destination”
“So once in third grade, we had a substitute teacher who was evil. His name was Mr. Broom, and once, I was putting a bin over to one of the shelves. Then the shelves knocked down on me, and he told me to clean it up. And he said for no one else to help. And he wouldn’t let us use the bathroom, so I peed in my pants once. And he was just completely evil.”
“We are leaving today! Today, today, today! Today, we leave for America. Today, I get to start a new life.”
“Once upon a time, there was a boy named John who went in the forest alone without his parents and got lost. He lived in the forest for seven years. He liked living in the forest. He ate different types of berries. He made friends with parrots and woodpeckers.”
“’If the trip to Mexico is in a few weeks, then why are we packing now?’ ‘It was just decided at 12 o’clock that the trip will be today. By the way, it is at 4 o’clock in the morning right now. The trip is at 5 o’clock in the morning.’ Daniel’s mouth hung open like a broken glove compartment.”
“Their parents left for the airport a week later. Then the next day, Owen and Zoe got back from the grocery store and found a man sitting up sharply on their couch. He was in a tuxedo. They didn’t know the man, he was just there. Owen quickly and quietly ran to the kitchen so he could get a butcher knife in case the man was dangerous.”
“Once upon a time, a boy named Naruto found a coloring book on the sidewalk, and it came with a lot of different colored crayons. Naruto liked to draw, so when he got the book, he started to draw a haunted house with a wizard who lives in a different universe.”
“Take a deep breath / Push off the wall / Don’t let your feet slip / Don’t waste any time / Not even / A second”
“I rubbed my eyes and shuddered. ‘It’s only a dream,’ I told myself. But I had been having this dream every night this week and was beginning to think the woman’s message was important.”
“‘Your science project needs to be creative,” Jeffrey’s science teacher croaked, “so I do not want to see any baking soda volcanos, or — ‘ Ring!!! The bell chimed as all the students got up and rushed out of the school. Jeffrey grabbed his backpack, hopped on his skateboard, and rode down the road with his best friend, Matt.”
“Three years ago, a panda was born in a forest that was being cut down. All the pandas were being taken to the zoo by a hunter named Bob and his wife named Blobana, so that the forest could be cut down. They both had over thirty years of experience and threatened to kill all the animals if only one did not go to the zoo.”
“The whole class giggled except Eliot and Paige, Stephanie’s best friends. Eliot and Paige were twins. They didn’t laugh because they knew what had been going on.”
“One day, Caterina heard a huge panic going on in her village. She stopped digging to see what was going on. In the distance, Caterina saw people she had never seen before.”
“The tire wheels screeched. My head lurched forward. If my seat belt were any looser, I would have cracked my skull. Jessie gasped.”
“He wasn’t any old dog. Spot would grow up to be one of the most adventurous and successful living things ever. By the time he was one years old, he found out about the Makr.”
“My dad was a scientist. He invented a black rose the could turn into any medicine. One day, my family was sitting down and watching my dad invent the black rose. He was using some rose petals, dirt, Mount Everest water, ground cinnamon tree leaves, and mud from the Dead Sea.”
“He always walked down the unnamed street when he wanted to be alone, which was often. He liked it because no one ever walked on it except him. When people came to the entrance of the street, they always walked past it like it was not there.”
“John loaded his rifle as his fellow troops dropped dead on the ground, covered in blood. A grenade landed on John’s sandbag. He quickly threw it back, but a sniper had been aiming at John. He was gonna get shot without even knowing it… “
“It was at 14223 Devil’s Park. / It was just a plain park. There were two people at the store, and they told me, ‘Break your face if you steal!'”
“Everyone in town thought that I was very strange. They never saw me, they never knew where I was, and the only thing they thought they knew about me was where I was staying. And that was in my house, but I knew that wasn’t where I always was. I knew that I wasn’t normal, but I just didn’t know why. I preferred to eat raw meat, and that was the only thing I would ever eat, and I drank blood.”
“It happened again. The masked man was back. Lin ran up the stairs as fast as he could. He heard a deep, dark voice say, ‘You can run, but you can’t hide!’ Lin slithered under his bed when he heard the deep, dark voice. Lin heard him march up the stairs and into his room.”
“Today is a day of death. I could feel it in my bones as I lay down on the cold stone floor, each slab cut to my exact specifications to fit together perfectly as if it were a huge jigsaw puzzle. “
“Smoldering Embers”
“Dan the Baker loved baking cakes for the town. People always came in to buy his cakes. Until, starting last week, Dan woke up and saw wrecked cakes.”
“I’m lazy. I know that. I’m nosy. I know that. But I didn’t realize being me, the lazy, lying sixth grader, would change my life.”
“I couldn’t believe I was actually doing this. Touching the car without wiping it down with baby wipes 17-18 times, then making it dry in the sun, wiping it down again, then getting waterproof gloves, then making my dad open it for me while wearing a raincoat and ski pants. It was such a risk to take, but I did it for my mom and soon-to-be-born baby sister.”
“It’s been three years since. I don’t want to be a human again because humans are boring. I was 24 when the wizard cursed me. Now I’m 156 years old in zombie years.”
“Cheetahs are the best / They never get dressed / Cheetahs are endangered / They are not strangers”
“Mason Sheppard. Pretty much the opposite of the poster boy almost every kid wanted to be. Whiny, stupid, and spoiled.”
“I cannot go to school today / Said little Peggy Ann Mikay / I have the measles and the mumps / A gash a rash the purple bumps”
“Pie is good / Pi has infinite numbers / Pie can have varieties”
“‘Okay, I’m ready if you guys are,’ I said, handing the girl holding a flute my talent show sign-up sheet. ‘Here. Pass it on when you’re done.’ The girl pushed her hair behind her ear and smiled. ‘Hey, are you practicing, too?'”
“I was laying on a bed, in a room, not knowing where I was, or even who I was. The room was a bright lime color, just the kind that could burn your eyes out.”
“Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Jake with future senses, although he no had clue he had them. One day, he had dream about a video game. In the dream, he was playing a video game with three other people, and he was playing as some kind of hero with a jetpack and a sword. “
“Suddenly an arrow flew from a bow and killed him. Someone killed Silverback because they thought he had the $100 bill. People came rushing towards Silverback, searching his coat.”
“The day my mom sued the school was AWESOME! Well, for me, awesome, but for her, ‘terrible.’ I mean it’s not like I meant to tick the bully off so much that he headbutted me!”
“Clown was also mad because he lost money. Since the mouse died before Clown got to the circus, now he couldn’t do his magic trick where he made the mouse disappear.”
“Finally, as they pass by, you jump out and make them scream their pants off. Then, you block them, so that they don’t run away. Now, here comes the best part!”
“She was going to get her most favorite thing in the world: a necklace to make her the queen of every town, village, and kingdom. Then she found it and put it on.”
“Once upon a time, there was a princess who got turned into a mermaid. Her name was Jamie. Her legs turned into a blue tail! She was confused, she didn’t understand what happened.”
“It’s a dark night tonight, but the sky is clear, and for the first time in a long time, I can see the stars. I duck out of my tent into camp and view it for the last time. The place I’ve lived for the last three months.”
“Sherman walked the streets alone, like he always did. He wondered what time of day it was, but he didn’t even know. The sun never came up anymore, the stars never came out.”
“Then, they got sent back in time, and they fainted.When they woke up, they found themselves in a nest. It looked like a tropical area… a dinosaur nest! They bolted out of the nest!”
“Hello, Sydney, Elsa, and Lindy! I have trapped you here because Sydney’s parents stole diamonds from me. Then, they turned me to the police and gave the diamonds to them too! I have kidnapped you guys.”
” She was so mad, but she felt relaxed after she kicked his butt. In the world of friendliness, you couldn’t be mad, but over here, you could! She was so relaxed that she peed her pants.”
“Then it was the next day of school, and DEBBY and LENA were still mad at each other, and they never looked at each other or talked when they were in the same room.”
“After our dear friend / water bottle / bowling pin / Starbucks cup substitute, Flynn Pin”
“JOHN gets sledge hammer. JOHN makes holes in the walls. BOB gets out of wall. BOB lights match and gets back to work. BOB trips over brick and drops match into hole.”
“Haunted house looks regular outside / Behind those walls there are spooky sights / You opened doors / You don’t say a lie / The doorbell rings / Ping-pong-ping-pong / The piano plays its song”
“Kendall quickly runs outside and sees her bus leaving. ‘Oh shoot!’ says Kendall. Kendall goes back in the house and runs up the stairs to her room and gets her headphones, phone, and backpack. Then, Kendall tries to chase the bus, but she is too slow.”
Hey, I meow, / Aren’t I a funny cat? / But all Miss’s friends do / Is sometimes ruffle my hair /And turn back to the cats / That are somehow so interesting. / Now that Miss has a rectangle / She never has time for me
“I heard someone screaming in the distance. This isn’t your life, Brooklyn. It’s okay, it has to be a mistake. But I realized that it wasn’t mistaken. It was all real. My limp body dropped to the ground, and I screamed even louder.”
“Stala had never taken a swimming lesson in her life. When she looked down, she saw a shimmery, blue-purple tail beneath her. Somehow, she knew this had always been a part of her, and after all the surprising things that had happened today, Stala wasn’t very surprised.”
“When he woke up, he was a dinosaur in prehistoric times! He had switched places and needed to get out of there before the asteroid that killed all the dinosaurs really killed him. His new body was difficult to move in because it was bulky and had stubby arms.”
“I walk into the halls with my head up high. This year was going to be better, I thought. I was driven out of my school in California. It was all because of me falling in love with Daphie. I loved her from the moment I saw her, but she didn’t love me back.”
“It was a tiny human and he had a stick, a hat, boots, clothes, and a jacket that seemed a bit too big. The human looked up at me while I stared at him in awe. He jumped up on my shoulder and jumped again, over my head onto my other shoulder. He took a final leap into the water bowl.”
“We ran away as fast as we could but then one of them caught Chip, because her legs were smaller. So, I decided to give up and let them take us because they took Chip. And me and Chip were best friends.”
Fed up with all of this nonsense, Stem stood up on the bed and jumped off of the bed. [[Bad Idea.]] Whatever was [[laughing earlier]] grabbed his ankle and pulled him under. Stem fell down a deep, dark hole and landed, breaking all of his [[bones]] into a cage.
“At first, Timmy was like, ‘What in the world is that?’ Then, something very odd happened. It jumped on him, and more things came over. It felt slimy but heavy. As more things jumped on him, he saw one of them that had one eye.”
“Days passed before they realized / I hadn’t used their strategy / My tree was bursting larger, / Larger than everyone else / They shot me looks / And evil glances / I left that day feeling worried / Uncertain of what I thought was sure”
“The way that they / flicker / Then back / FLASH / Like the candlelight / Seems they never eat, / Never sleep — / Just flicker / Dart out of sight / Flicker back / Flicker back / Flicker back again”
“S – unny days with lots of kids / U – mbrellas are not needed anymore from the rain, they’re needed for the sun / M – ilkshakes are all around”
The quiet river whispers to me
“‘Wait and the future will come to / you, goodbye goodbye’ and the whisper / Grows fainter, fainter, and fainter still until / The whisper disappears. / Oh what a day. / Oh what a day.”
“Once upon a time, there were three witches. Their names were Violet, Aliss, and Kate. They all had magic wands, and the three witches had special magic spells, and a special magic school.”
“You might want to stay close to me because the bullies are coming.”
“Sitting by the window / I hear the cuckoo sing / I see the pink buds bloom / I see the weeds in the noon / I hear the kids in the park / I see them chalk their mark / Suddenly I feel the snowflakes on my cheek / I realize that Spring was just a dream.”
“Once upon a time, there was a butter named Butter. One day, he got eaten by a man. Then he died. Then there was another butter.”
“But as we got closer, we realized he looked dead – but he was alive. His body made spastic movements, going crazy for sure. So we grabbed a bottle of gas and began walking back to the car. But when we looked behind us, he was slowly following us.”
“Robert was a patient in a hospital named the Seanol. Robert had gone horrific. He vapidly killed his daughter and wife. He tried running off to the neighbor’s house, but the police had beaten him to it. “
“‘This column was carved in 3000 B.C.E,’ the tour guide responded. ‘This column will be moving to the Natural History Museum in D.C. in two days, so please come and see it before it’s gone,’ he said. ‘I’m so sad,’ said Nat. ‘I love this column.’ ‘Well, I do not care. This is boring. Can we go see the painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware?’ Sam asked.”
“We got left here. Boss brought only you. I’m just a hand-me-down. Boss’s cousin used to wear me everywhere! I want a chance to be worn again.”
“I know how wind whistles, / I know how leaves speak, / I know how snow dances down / from the highest peak”
“LeBron’s mom had been away in Florida for three months, and his dad was always working. LeBron had been playing since his mom went to Florida — without any bathroom breaks or interruptions. His room had only Pokemon stuff with images on it. It had a blue Squirtle on it that looked like a little, blue turtle.”
“Wax Paper People / Shake their heads at them / Them that wish to hide / Behind a Wax Paper Mask / Wax Paper People / Whose footsteps are adored / Whose movements are imitated / Whose lives are photographed”
“So she followed the ghost into the basement. It was a dark room, and she’d never been in there because it was too scary. She walked after the ghost, and the ghost showed her to a portal standing upright.”
“Monday at dance, I lost my pants / Tuesday at art, I had to fart / Wednesday at track, I lost my backpack”
“Alison the mermaid lived near the beach in New York City with her mermaid friends and her pet dolphin, Candy. She liked to play catch with Candy using blue and pink seashells. Alison loved to eat fish, especially salmon.”
“He decided that he should try to flip a bottle that he had in his bag. He took it out and prayed to God. ‘Please, let me make this bottle flip.’ He got ready to flip. Three… two… one… flip! He saw the bottle in the air. THUD. The bottle laid flat on the table.”
“There once lived a man. He picked his nose and saw a booger. It was so magical. It turned into a boy! ‘I’ll call you Booger, Jr.'”
“The sun was rising / over the shore. / I was exploring / its beautiful glow.”
“Christian, a 13-year-old boy, was bored at home because his phone was dead and his PS4 wasn’t working correctly. He watched all the episodes of South Park at least five times. All he had was a water bottle filled up to the fourth line. He held the water bottle by the bottom and flipped it into the air. It landed on the cap.”
“‘Hey girl,’ says my boyfriend. ‘What’s up,’ I say. He says, ‘I’m breaking up with you.’ I love the way he talks, I think to myself. But, then I say, ‘Wait, what?!'”
“Once upon a time, there was a teddy bear. His name was Fuzzy. He had many scars. He had so many scars because he was often attacked by a teddy bear named Puffy, who had no hair. Puffy had made a potion to make himself fuzzy. But, there was one problem.”
“‘Where am I?’ I said. I wasn’t in the freezing chamber. I was somewhere else. The last thing I remembered was that I was a servant, and the king was mean to me. I got beheaded for trying to escape and wanting to be a king.”
“My mom only wears a diamond ring / on her ring finger / and tiny, gold earrings, / spirals like ones that I make in the sand”
“This story starts with a little boy named Adam. Adam was a boy who lived in Ireland, in 1845, when the potato famine happened. He lived in a poor house because he was not the richest kid in Ireland.”
“Once upon a Thanksgiving, there was a turkey’s dead friend, who was being eaten on Thanksgiving. The turkey (that was alive) was named Turkusin. He made it his goal to get revenge on the family that ate his friend.”
“First of all, you think that gummy bunnies are soft and harmless, but what you don’t know is that they have a secret weapon. It’s gummy, and it’s yummy, and you can’t resist it.”
“‘Camping?’ I ask. ‘What’s that?’ ‘I don’t know,’ she says, ‘but it sounds fun. Everyone is packing right now, if you want to see.’ ‘Yeah!’ I say, wagging my tail. ‘Let’s go!’ When we enter Mr. and Mrs. Smith’s room, each member of our family has a suitcase. They are stuffing the suitcases with clothes, and shoes, and all kinds of unknown things. Whatever those things are, watching my owners pack fills my entire body with excitement. I thump my tail on the floor.”
“As usual, my dad had to pry my brother out of bed, while I was getting ready. I changed, brushed my teeth, ate my breakfast, put on my shoes and backpack, and walked out the door with my brother and my mom. When I went out the door, I immediately noticed something strange. It was really windy and very quiet. There weren’t that many people on the street.”
“There was a brick named Bobzilla. He was in a mud pile on a grassy field far away from his wall, where his family was. His dream was to fit in with his family. His family made fun of him. They were normal, red bricks, but he was pink.”
“Landon is a boy who wants to go to Colombia by himself. Colombia is like New York, but with houses instead of apartments and trolleys and a lot of nice trees. It smells good because there’s a lot of Colombian food and restaurants. It sounds loud because there are a lot of people trying to get into restaurants.”
“I looked up at the face of a young boy, but he was distorted by some unknown substance. It was evening, so was it just darkness messing up my vision? No, there was some gurgling sound as well. Suddenly, it had hit me. That sound was water!”
“O-M-G! The craziest thing in the world happened last night! Sandra had made me lose my boyfriend, and I wanted to seek revenge. So, I planned to throw her dolls in the attic while she was doing her homework.”
“Doesn’t it seem odd when one object creates such an exciting adventure? No, such a thrilling tale. Yeah, that’s better. Okay, okay, I’ll get going. It all started in the bustling Elf Town, where the elves woke up at the start of dawn to work in their woodcutting business. There was one elf, Mark, who had a strong-built axe that was passed down in his family. It could cut the strongest trees in a mere five seconds.”
“Once upon a time, in Horselandia, there was a very poor horse. This horse’s name was Lucy, and she loved to collect stamps from lands far away from Horselandia. Lucy’s parents were famous explorers back in the day. Now, these days, no one cared about the treasures the explorers found. So the family was poor because the parents had searched a lot of lands for jobs, and on the way, the parents collected stamps, just for Lucy.”
“LAFAYETTE: Hi, I’m applying for a job here at Dingle Burger. / MULIGAN:Young man, come here. We need you for a job, plus you’re handsome with a muscular body. I follow you on Instagram!”
“Olive leaves / Long Jump / Yell / Men / People / Ice dancing / Cycling / Silver”
Pictures pictures art / Dancing dancing art art art / Clothes clothes art art art
“‘Did you come to visit me, or did you come to chat?’ asked Jackie. ‘Actually, I came here for you to help me plan for my birthday party, which is tomorrow, and by plan… I mean a sneaky idea,’ said Suzy.
“Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! ‘Hello, this is Super Mouse talking,’ said Super Mouse into an old-fashioned phone. He was a white mouse that never took off his superman costume. He was sitting in his brown living room and calling himself on the phone because he never had anything to do.”
“Do you see them? Running together. The wolves. / I like that one. The one with the fur like rain. / She looks old and wild. Strong from living in the harsh valley.”
“Everybody ran away because they’re still afraid of the birds. After the war, land animals don’t like them. I don’t mind birds that much, and little Sarah here was born after the war. She doesn’t know anything about it.”
“Once there was an octopus who only had five tentacles. His name was Fin. He wanted three more tentacles, but his parents said he just had to live with having only five.”
“It was Finley’s first day of preschool. Finley was very scared because she had never actually been to school before. She was three years old. She was feeling very scared because she was worried that everybody wouldn’t like her and they wouldn’t be her friends.”
“It was so big. Then it exploded. All over everyone. Everyone except me. So, technically, I was an outcast, again. Oh, hello, I’m Jake. You could kinda say I have special powers, but nobody notices when I use them, so I guess that was an upside to my plan.”
“Opening my eyes, I feel fire swarming my small form. Normal. Then, a jet of magic blasts out of my hand. ‘What?’ I say simply. This is my forbidden power coming out. I forgot about this.”
“Sometimes I sit and wonder what it will be like in one hundred years / Will there be flying cars? / Will the earth be pink and yellow?”
“Breaking news… someone has stolen the precious Pink Panther diamond from the museum. According to the police chief, the video surveillance cameras do not show who stole the diamond, although they contain the entire video footage of the museum rooms, including the room where the famous Pink Panther diamond was.”
“‘Why do I have to go to a Jewish school? I don’t even know any Hebrew!!!’ Emma complained to her mom.”
“The ship was flying really fast through space. The ship was red, and it was really big. It was the biggest ship in the galaxy. In the ship, there were about twenty aliens. About a month ago, a group of humans started to follow the aliens with space guns.”
“My name is Lucy. I am twelve years old, and I live in Liverpool, England. I love to write. I wrote seventeen chapter books and five picture books. I like to write fantasy stories. In school, I have no friends. No one likes me, I guess. Whenever they see me, they walk past me like I’m a ghost.”
“It was only the second week that Emy’s Jazz Club was open when I broke the rule. I played the piano. I had longed to use it since opening day of the restaurant, but it was prohibited by all the people working there. The only person allowed to play it was my father.”
“Once upon a time, there lived a puppet named Trump. The girl that owned Trump loved him, but she grew old, and she wanted to be queen. She took the puppet to the graveyard and buried him there. One day, on a full moon, he came out of the grave and said, ‘I will get my revenge on Georgegina.'”
“I am the first ever on the moon! I am — hey! What the? How did that get there?”
“Hi, I’m End. I obviously have the worst spot in a book… the last page. I mean, who likes a thumb pressing on their face all the time? It’s horrible!”
The dinosaur is going to eat Josh, the boy. Josh is running for his life!
“Thou shall eat thy cereal,
For thou cannot and will not run the kingdom
Without thy corn flakes.”
“Once, there was a guy named Bub. He made pizza for a living. He loved pizza. He worked on weekends. One time, he went skiing. He was skiing a lot.”
“One day, three girls had a sleepover at a house that belonged to their friend, Lily. There was a Pac-Man machine in her house. But they did not know Pac-Man was going to get out that day to rule the world. They did not know they were destined to stop him either.”
“You scared?” she asked nervously. “The boys definitely aren’t.” She waved toward them with a shaky hand. Ryan, Bryan, and Dash looked as if they were about to enter the coolest party in town. If you searched the meanings of their names, you’d know why. They all mean “brave” or “adventurous.”
“Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring
All these Seasons fit for a King.”
“I had read in a book that there was a magic pencil in an attic somewhere that had special powers, so I checked in my grandparents’ attic just in case he had a magic pencil. But let us resume the story.”
“The cold sweat dripped off Nate’s face, staining his already sweat-logged orange jumpsuit, but he forced in another push-up. His body was screaming in discomfort. The yellow sand of the prison’s workout yard came up to meet him as his arms finally gave out.”
“One summer day, Yerin wandered off into the wind waters. There were rumors going around that a ghost was haunting the lake. The large, silver body of liquid was surrounded by a sakura blossom forest. Tiny, pinkish-red petals with a white inner circle fell upon the unusual water.”
“Summer comes with heat.
It comes with a promise for games,
It comes with playing in the sun”
“We are creative beings
Yet why do we succumb
To a moving picture?”
“Okay, okay! I’m awake!” I shout. My brother is shaking me.
“It’s time for school,” Calvin says.
I jump out of bed. “I slept that late?!”
“Have you ever thought that your parents or siblings were horrible? Well, my story is even worse. I’m a Siberian husky with horrible owners and annoying sisters, and we all have to participate in the 2016 Iditarod race. My diary follows all of us from our home by the Hudson River in New York to Alaska.”
“Hi, my name is Sam. I am a girl, and I have been wanting a trampoline all my life. So far, I have saved up to about $200, and the trampoline is $300!! A couple lemonade stands would work (giggles.)”
“The light was blinding as Athena stepped out of her small, cramped tent of a home into the sun. It was time to try again. ‘Dad, let me back in. Please. Think of Mom and what she would do!'”
“Hi, my name is Emma, and my life isn’t the same as others. You see, my mom won’t let me go to certain things without protection. So here is how one very special sleepover actually changed my life.”
“First, my BFF Wilma has been kidnapped by the evil (in my words) Jade, who is “BBF” (Booty, Butts, and Fabulousness. In her words not mine.) E.J. (Evil Jade!!!) has cursed Wilma to think that I’m the mean girl, and that she’s the one who should stand up to me to protect everyone.”
“He saw the stars over his head. For the first time in his life, they weren’t animated. His family had been on the camp’s waiting list for exactly 12 years: his entire life. The day had finally come, and he was camping. This was the only place left on Earth with greenery.”
“It all started when my bear named Caramel had a secret. His secret was that he was alive.”
“‘Hi! Is it okay if we come to New York to your house? I was thinking we could have a fashion show at The Cool Girl.’ That’s the name of the store I own in New York. Since I own it, we wouldn’t have to book ahead.”
“Estabon the Magnificent and his troop were building a spaceship, but they did not find the materials they needed: ice and fur. They went to Antarctica to look for ice, and they were freezing cold when they were carrying the ice.”
“My family wanted to grow bigger, but the obstacle was the doctor, who wouldn’t let my family get another baby.”
“Sugar was trying to figure out a way to give the crystal to somebody so they could watch the dogs. She decided to go onto her parents’ computer and make a flyer that said, ‘I will give you the crystal if you will come and watch the dogs.'”
“Sahara should have a puppy. Deal with it. There are many reasons a dog will be good for her. Dogs are fun, but that’s not the only reason she wants one. Dogs teach maturity and devotion. And your daughter, Sahara, really, really wants one.”
“‘My name’s Lila! It’s really nice to meet you. Are you nervous? I’m not. If I was nervous, I would be talking fast. Oh no! I’m talking fast, aren’t I?’ She paused. ‘Hi! My name is Lila! It’s really nice to meet you. Are you–‘
‘I actually am sort of nervous. My name is Penny. I’m new here,’ I interrupted.”
“When Mr. MacaroonVoh was a kid named Lila Moon, he never listened. When his parents would tell him to go to the grocery store, he would go to the candy store instead and buy ten thousand candies. When his parents would tell him to write a story all about himself, he would sneak out the door and go to his backyard. He would swim in the pool in the backyard for ten minutes.”
“My name is Red Warrior, and I live in the middle of Japan. The store is a very big store called Toys in Japan. I am the only Red Warrior left in stock because no one wanted to buy me.”
“Guess who’s back!” says Mr. Petey in a thundering voice. “So today, we have a bit of light classwork. You have 1,000 pounds of classwork and 100,000 pounds of homework, so this should be an easy day for you.”
“It all started when I was born. My parents being the king and queen of the Utopians, I was automatically the prince. Also, I was naturally my parents’ prized possession (and that’s saying a lot.) Well, anyway, being the prince, everybody had high expectations of me. The bar was so high, that my chubby, little, baby hands could barely reach it. And soon, the bar slipped out of my grasp, and I began my slow descent.”
“Getting on a canoe illegally, sailing to a random place, and setting up camp for the week was a good idea?! You see, Lilie and I went to camp together, but it was awful! Like totally awful. Really bad, awful. Well, anyway, the camp stunk, so Lilie and I decided to run away. Because it stunk.”
“It was a breezy day in Alaska, and a group of puffins were playing by the snow. The king puffin was demanding more fish. ‘Give me fish! I can’t do it! My beak just got polished!’ he said.”
“‘Twas two days before Christmas, and Tommy was grumpy and definitely bumby. Tommy didn’t get a present because he didn’t have much money. But he wasn’t grumpy or bumpy by Christmas Eve… Here is the story of how it happened.”
“Hi! My name is Bob. I love roller coasters (especially scary ones.)”
“Coral’s wings beat hard as she dove towards a cloud and swooshed right through it. She executed perfect loops and dove through the sky. Coral swirled around a huge cloud and sped forward. Then, she smacked into a cloud and spun in midair.”
“The mountains were Ali’s favorite place to go. She always went to the tallest mountain named Vine Master. When Ali got there, she sat on a carved wooden chair and stared at the sky. One day, she saw a hut, but no chair on the mountain. She didn’t look at the sky that day. She listened.”
“Once there was a guy named Paul. He had a Maserati. Paul was driving the Maserati so fast, that he couldn’t stop the brakes.”
“A bird flies over buildings, brushing against the smooth and bumpy trees. It flies up and pecks on a leaf, and then, it soars off. It flies into the sun, its feathers shining. It pecks on the leaf again. The bird sees bees collecting pollen and people getting up. Then, the bird looks up and sees the sun rising, with yellow and pink colors.”
“While writing a creative story, I enjoy spilling out all of the ideas, and I can’t stop, or else I find myself in the situation of being stuck, not knowing what to write next. But when I, or other students, hear the word ‘essay,’ we all groan. We know that right now, we are going to get a prompt that we have to answer, and we don’t have a choice how we want to structure or form it.”
“‘Jake! Jake! Come on, you have to go to school,’ my mom called from the kitchen. ‘I’m not going. No one is going to be friends with me. I’m going to be…’ I moaned.”
“Today after workshop, I’m going to a birthday party. I’m not supposed to go dressed in a costume, but I want to. I don’t think anybody’s going to notice me in my costume, so I’m not worried about it. This birthday party doesn’t have any theme. I want it to, though.”
“The Mom Was Spooky
Horrible Disgusting And
Did Not Do Her Job”
“Mr. Maniac likes to freeze time, steal money, and spill people’s coffee. His army has a watch too, so they don’t freeze when he clicks the watch.”
“The bell rang as Kate Rosen ran to get to her classroom on time. She had spent all night finishing her English homework. Kate had gotten a C+ on her last English test, and her parents were really upset because they wanted Kate to be a straight-A student. So they had grounded her. That made Kate really mad, because she and her best friend Lucy had been planning a party with some of their friends from gymnastics.”
“The organisms that lived on Earth were simple-minded and easy to manipulate, and overall, Earth was much younger than the aliens’ former planet, Planet 89k in the Andromeda Galaxy. To the aliens, Earth was a blank sheet of paper, a fresh start, with only a few faint marks.”
“Whoosh. There was a scream. Slowly, Mark came closer and closer to the door, his top hat wobbling on his head. There was another scream. Mark saw blood through the crack in the door. Would you think this would happen in 1999? I didn’t think so.”
“Emma Hieh was thirsty, so she went to the grocery store to buy some Vitamin Water. When she bought the lemonade and she drank it, a fairy popped out of the bottle. Emma was so surprised. She thought fairies weren’t real.”
“The United States of America is a country based on freedom of speech, so people can share their views on certain ideas. Usually, people, such as Michelle Obama, share political views through speeches. However, Hamilton actor Brandon Victor Dixon showed that political views could also be expressed in art, such as a play.”
“Minecraft made educational mode to help kids around the world learn and bring forth their imagination. When any person uses their imagination, they don’t have a dull life and the player learns how to be creative. Creativity predicts a longer life.”
“One day, when the wind was howling like a wolf, and the bats were having a feast, Mr. Hyde was in his bedroom. It was midnight, but of course, he wasn’t sleeping. He never slept, always plotting his next evil plan.”
“I stepped off my bed. My feet touched the cold bare floor. I put my slippers on. I looked out my window. I didn’t see a thing. I turned around. I screamed. There was a ghost.”
“Nobody knows
Little care
Many wonder”
“As I looked around the playroom, I could just remember all the great times we had. But they were all over now. I missed Alisha, and right now, I needed her. As I sat on a bed in the dusty, messy dollhouse, I looked around at the empty playroom with all of her old toys just sitting there, including me.”
“Hunter swallowed the small packet of powder. He felt empty inside, quite literally. The weight-destroying powder made him completely weightless, and therefore, immune to Fort Knox’s motion detectors.”
“I was born on February 6, 2003 at 8:57 P.M., and the first thing the doctors who took care of my mother did was to identify what gender I was, like they do to everyone. All tests made were unsuccessful. I was always 50.555555% girl, 50.555555% boy. So I was a half boy, half girl human.”
“Queep was super mad. Actually, he was capital ‘M’ mad. Why? Because he wanted the most wonderful painting ever, and so, he knocked down his neighbor’s house. Queep was a big, scary monster who did things for no reason.”
“Before I went home, I dropped by my English room to get my test back. I looked at my score and… No! I got an F. A big, fat, red, F! I looked at my pink and grey sneakers. Then, I walked to my apartment with my feet dragging behind me.”
“Once upon a time, there lived someone named Puppet 3. He was always scared. The thing that scared him the most was the witch. She lived in a cave in a forest.”
“One day, on a weekend when [Bob and Mama Squirrel] were a eating lunch of fried acorns and berry soup, a girl raced up their tree. She had golden-brown hair and was wearing buckled jeans, a turtleneck shirt, and dress shoes. It looked like she was going somewhere fancy.
They asked, ‘Why are you in our house? Are you a robber?'”
“The stink / The swift movement / Of / The garbage / I sit here / My eyes / Droop.”
“THUNK. Oli hit the mind control helmet with the special hammer. He was on the SS Take Over, a spaceship one-eighth the size of Earth. It was a white, thin sphere. ‘The mind control helmet better be ready by ‘QUI YEDTH,’ or as the humans call it, July Fourth,’ Zam barked.”
“I have seven powers: invisibility, shapeshifting, frost (like my name), psychic abilities, and fire and water control. My last power is unheard of, forbidden. My name is Frost Winterstorm, and I’m here to tell you my story.”
“Once upon a time, there was a two-year-old Boxer named Moksh. He was the youngest dog in the house, right behind Cricket and Valentine. Zeus was the only hamster in the house. Zeus was half-a-year old. Zeus was in a cage because otherwise, Moksh, Cricket, and Valentine would eat him!”
“It says Alaska wants to be first in the United States alphabetical order, so it’s started a war with Alabama. It also says that the war won’t start for another month, but they are still recruiting more soldiers and the families are missing their dads and husbands.”
“For some reason, Sandy couldn’t stand to see the fire filled sky, the scorched ground, the dark, dark world. She felt she needed to help…but why?”
“If you didn’t know, humans and food have never gotten along. For years, food has struggled to get away from the humans, but never accomplished their goal. But this time, things may be different.”
“At first I didn’t feel like death was a sad thing. As I pushed the blade into my heart, I started laughing.”
“We both run. Then, we see another world.”
“She screamed for a faint second and couldn’t breathe as she was sucked into the heavy stream of water that was falling with her.”
“He felt no remorse for the death of the man he had murdered. But it unnerved him nevertheless.”
“He landed on his back. His whole butt turned purple.”
‘“I don’t like it, I love it. I just wanna run down and eat everything on the table.”
“What are we waiting for?”’
“Bree smirks at you. You stare, embarrassed, at her sweater. Cherry-red.”
“Soon, the Aliens will become extinct because there will be no humans left to eat. Soon, they’ll have to eat each other.”
“I don’t worry about being caught. The only thing I’m worrying about is what is yet to come.”
“I was confused. I looked up in the sky and… Uh oh.”
“When I got home, I ran up to my room and locked the door. I would not let anyone talk to me or come in for the rest of the night.”
“When I was a baby, he loved holding me and taking care of me. Now it’s my turn.”
“I love Pearl Street Market. It looks like an old fashioned market and it smells like a new book which is the best smell ever.”
“When I got home, I crashed on the couch and started thinking. I thought about the way the bird had looked at me.”
“We walked down a tunnel and into a very light room. In that room sat the demon leader. He was reading a big book that had writing on the cover: A Demon’s Guide to Eating Healthy. I didn’t know that demons could even read!”
‘The King whispered to Violet, “I got this.”’
“Gathering all his strength, James shot a white-hot bolt of energy at the cannonball and it exploded, instantly killing the artillery crew. Then, he fainted.”
“I was so bored and wanted so badly to go with them. I knew that if I did, my father would not trust me anymore I would never be able to become a warrior.”
“We’re trying to support each other during this first rough day with Weird Woman by being playful. But I know a few things: we both hate this woman.”
‘My mom said, ”You should really grow your hair out longer.”
I said, ”You know I like my hair short so I don’t need to put in all those clips.”’
“The smell of jasmine and cinnamon
Fill the kitchen with sweet smells.”
“She saw a glint of shiny leather-a bound spine, some parchment pages. A notebook? A diary? But who owns it?”
“We start our quest across the Colorado River, with me so happy to have my flying motorcycle back. I see a shark in the water. I warned Mathius but too late, he already lost an arm.”
“Were they just walking through? But why would they walk through? They were walking in the direction of the dark forest. Everyone who went in the forest never came back.”
“I slammed down my computer screen. I had expected some pity from the players, not a moderator who banned anybody who disobeyed the rules. He was not at all comforting. In fact, he sounded a lot like my mom.”
“I pull on my grips; without them I would slide off the bars. I take a deep breath and my routine takes over me. Soon I land with a satisfying thunk on the blue mat.”
“As Glitter emerged from tall grass, she saw the amazing fig tree. She walked around the bottom of the tree, when the other side of the tall grass started to shiver. Suspicious, Glitter edged toward the swaying grass. Then the grass stood still.”
“The pros are: She is kind, sweet, caring, joyful, selfless, courageous, brave, and don’t forget smart. The cons are: she is a raccoon but then again so am I.”
“Lauren and her friends stepped outside and onto her lawn while my group followed. I went more into the bush to hide myself.”
“Now that the King was happy, he needed to make everyone else happy too.”
‘“Why me?”
“Because we think you have the ability to stop them, unlike the agents who have tried previously.”‘
“Now, he realised what was going on. The aliens were attacking. He reported the news to Commander Johnson. He shouted into the main radio, “Aliens attacking main all stations.”’
“Regardless, he was influential, determined, and life-changing. Those are the characteristics that make a perfect hero.”
“Boing’s life was almost perfect. There was only one thing Boing wanted… NOODLES! He really wanted noodles.”
“Henry took a giant piece of molten rock and hurled it straight at the beast. It hit him and scratched him. It roared in pain, but it managed to pick it up and throw it back at Henry.”
“They were in trouble because the queen zombie didn’t like human brains but they liked animal brains so the zombie started chasing them.”
‘“Cinderella didn’t even pick flowers!!”
“How do you know?”
“Because she’s my best friend!”’
“I looked up at the scoreboard: one minute!! Surely we can’t lose now, I thought.”
“Liam began to choke and he started looking pale. Isadora leapt to her feet. Isadora started charging at Liam but he pushed her back. Isadora looked at her brother and ran to the other side of the graveyard; she was terrified.”
“As I clamber over the hill, the smell of fire increases, and, as I look down on my clan, I see cats setting fire to everything and killing any arctic fox they see. That’s when my brain goes into shock and I faint. It’s like I’m dreaming but I can still hear things around me.”
“The night grew dark, and I hatched too early. My body felt cooler than being frozen in ice.”
“Why did my parents even do the spell? He wasn’t even going to kill us. But, now he is because of that spell, that spell that ruined everything.”
“Everybody was confused and stunned, but it only took Solo a few seconds to realize the opportunity he had.”
“Rain poured, but I could still see the stars. That’s what was important. Nothing bad could happen while I had my stars. “
“We are going to sneak right up on the octopus and tie a rope around it. Then we will get my friend back.”
“Do I have a pet turtle? YES. I bought him perfectly YESTERDAY, which was twenty-four hours ago in my time. I wanted to have something in case the chimney was gone.”
“During the blood test, two doctors fainted, one doctor gasped, and the rest looked like clueless monkeys. Brandon saw what was on the machine, and it said, “System error. No known explanation.” Then, for no reason, he felt the scars on his legs that the doctor said would be there. They were gone, disappeared, vanished.”
“All of a sudden, to my surprise, one of my loyal followers decided to go to the loser’s side. I gasped, then quickly regained my composure. What was going on?”
“Then, while Michael was playing, he got sucked into the video game. He felt his body getting smaller and smaller. And then he just suddenly appeared in the world of the video game.”
“I stepped into the vault. It was heaven for any thief.”
“I dreamed about Zach. He had always been the greatest brother ever, or so I tried remembering. He was 15 back then. I never had to be strong when he had been alive.”
“The Prince of Adorability would face many perils on his way to the farm big city, where he would begin his rise to power both economically & politically.”
“I grabbed a protective suit that I stole from the local market. It consisted of a trash bag, duct tape, goggles, gloves, and a swimming cap. I slipped the suit on very quickly and crawled up to my brother Abioye, who had been fighting the Boag virus.”
“I never thought that she would be hearing about the earthquake in my own home and then experiencing it as a runaway orphan. But I knew the truth: I would die in this earthquake.”
“But the worst thing about the alien invaders was that they could only die from one mineral named Zoink Noink. Zoink Noink is a rare, neon green and neon yellow colored mineral. Luckily, there were three orbs of Zoink Noink located on Earth.”
“Because there was no leader of the staplers anymore, everything became so chaotic. Tests were starting to be taken for who should be the next king of all staplers. George tried to take the test, but he couldn’t until his staples were replaced.”
“Rosie was thrilled. What could be better than meeting an all-time famous man who was practically the hero of the American Revolution?”
‘I ran off to Centa Academy as fast as possible, since I missed the flying shuttle. I snuck up behind her. “BOO!” I yelled, scaring Cadenza.’
“Violet ran towards her house, crying silently. That was the last time she would probably ever see Nikki in person.”
“We got three plymouth rock chicks and six silkie chickens through the mail. They took about a week to get to my house, but it seemed like forever, because we were eager to see the babies. It might sound crazy that you could buy chicks through the mail, but it was true.”
“Madison looked at Rachel. Rachel smiled and winked. When they were little, that was the signal for I set them up or I have a plan.”
“After their welcoming conversation, Mr. Tarn, Mrs. Tarn, and Mr. Cope walked off to the dock. During this whole time Emmett was peeking inside Mr. Cope’s car. The purple blanket wasn’t there. But what was the same was that the coffin was there. The coffin actually looked sad. There weren’t any painted designs or special carvings.”
“Once every month or two, a traveling merchant would come to town with pencils and paper. If she could scrape together enough Helios, Dellya would buy a small package. One day, the man came through in his wagon, and Dellya ran out to the road after finding five Helios on the dining room floor, hoping to be able to write Sono again.”
That night, Cinderella finished the dresses. She thought it might be nice to make a gown for the ball for herself. Even though she knew she could not go, she thought she could always leave after them.
‘”Did she say anything before you left?”
“Not really. She just said: ‘Wow, the moon looks so pretty. You know the jungle well, don’t you? Let’s go into the jungle.’”
“The group snuck in with their hands gripped onto their swords, ready for any surprise attack. Suddenly, there was a rustling noise from above. Three silver dragons appeared in front of them, startling them. Their scales were so glittery in the light that the group was almost blinded by them.”