T h E TAL ki N g m ON k EY

by Jeffery Jackson

atalking monkey lived in the forest. He liked to draw pictures and attack cars. This monkey liked pizza. He had a friend, Piggy the fat pig. The monkey ate Piggy. The monkey said, “That was delicious. I want more Piggy.”

by Gabrielle Wallace

When i Was at home, doing my Barbie’s hair, I saw talking brains. The brains were huge—big and had robes on. They were taking a bath with their robes on. Their names were Jim and Susan. Susan was Jim’s wife. I told them my name was Gabrielle.

They said, “Do you need something?”

I said, “No.”

They were nice, and I learned that it was Susan’s birthday. They gave me cake and vanilla ice cream, and they had balloons. I asked them to take me to the Brain World and they did.

At Brain World I saw brain trees and brain flowers and brain ants and brain homes and brain candy and brain shoes, shirts, pants, and everything brain. I must be dreaming, I thought. I was so happy. But then I was missing my mom, my dad, and my older sister. The brains got me to put water on my face and that worked to help wake me up!