Don’t Stay Up So Late

Carl began to hit Chase in his stomach but Carl’s life flashed before him, even before he put his hand on Chase. Was it true? Did Chase know how to fight? Carl began to cry, “Mom, where am I? Waaahhh.”

“You’re all right, but why were you trying to beat me up?” Chase asked. “I haven’t even done anything to you, but I’m going to warn you, don’t mess with me,” Chase explained.

“I’m not scared of you,” Carl yelled out. “Now move back or I’ll punch you,” Carl said.

“Fine then, punch me,” Chase yelled.

“I think I am going to like you,” Carl said. “You wanna be friends?”

“Sure,” Chase said happily.

For a week, Carl and Chase were like best friends. Chase became a real bad bully with Carl. Chase even had to get moved to the back of the class for smacking a boy across the face, while Carl was eating a desk! Everybody started telling stories about Carl and Chase. For months, everybody was scared of Chase and Carl, even the teachers and principal.

After a couple of months, Chase came right up to Carl and said, “Give me your sandwich.”

“You can have a piece, it’s peanut butter,” Carl said.

“Oh, I hate it, it’s sticky. Chump, you better have something good tomorrow.” Chase began to get in a group with all the boys, and Carl couldn’t be in it. The boys liked Carl because he always did something crazy, like, one day he ate the whole swing set at recess and the principal was really mad!

The next day, when Carl was walking home from school, Chase and his whole group began to talk about Carl. Carl began to cry. “Cry, baby, cry,” Chase said.

“Uh-oh, man, you better stop,” the other boys said.

“I’m not scared of him,” Chase said. Carl zoomed real fast to Chase and dumped his face in the snow back and forth.

“You’re supposed to be my friend,” Carl said, “but I guess you’re not.”

“Honey, what’s wrong?” Carl’s mom asked.

“Chase isn’t my friend anymore.”

“Oh Carl, did you beat him up?”

“Yes,” Carl said.

“Why did you do that?”

“Because he is not my friend, now leave me alone,” said Carl.

The next day, Chase said, “I’m sorry, and you don’t have to see me again because I am leaving. I’m moving to Mississippi.”

“Good,” Carl said.

“Well, bye, Carl,” said Chase.

“Bye, Chase,” said Carl. After a few months, Chase and Carl both missed each other, but at the end, there was no more trouble for the both of them.

by Brian Sullivan

once, in virginia, there was an oak forest, and that’s where Billy Bob Joe was born. Billy Bob Joe was not normal; he was born from a tree.

One day, when a plane crashed into a farmer’s house, Billy made the farmer a bigger house. In gratitude, he gave him his dog. Billy Bob Joe named the dog Spot. Spot was a good digger. After a big storm, a lightning bolt hit a tree, which started a forest fire. Spot dug a tunnel under the fire, making it collapse when Spot got out. Luckily, it starting raining and that killed the fire.

Spot and Billy Bob Joe helped people out until December 7, 1850.

Once, after a big snowstorm, their fireplace had a fire going and a spark flew, catching their house on fire. Billy Bob Joe ran in, saving everyone! Except for himself: when a beam fell, he got trapped, and the house caved in on him. That was the end of Billy Bob Joe. You could say he was the most helpful person who ever lived.