h O w T h E TU r TLE w AS STUN g

by Michael Peterson

once there Was a turtle named Dave who lived in the city. He could fly and shoot lasers out of his eyes. When the lasers hit someone, it stung. There was a mirror who wanted to fight the turtle. The turtle said, “Why do you want to fight me?”

The mirror said, “I just want to fight you, okay?” So they started. The turtle shot a laser at the mirror. It reflected back, and the turtle was knocked out for one week.

Moral: Never shoot lasers at glass.

by Lynda Acosta

one day, a lucky, brown cat was sitting upon the sun. Then a dog came in from the moon. “Hi,” said the dog. “My name is Belling.”

“Hi,” responded the cat. “My name is Kenny.” The cat asked, “Do you want to play with some—”

Belling interrupted. “Yarn? Well, if it’s yarn, no, I don’t want to play with yarn, because yarn is for cats.”

“Try it,” said the cat in a tiny voice.

“Okay, I’ll try,” agreed Belling. Belling tried playing with the yarn. He did a flip on the trampoline. The yarn went around his body, and he grabbed it when it got to his head. “Hey, Kenny! I like playing with yarn. I can play with yarn all day.”

Moral: Always try something even though you’re positive you won’t like it.