Boomshakalaka Chronicles by Students of Ms. Wright's Fifth Grade Class at Eberwhite Elementary

BOOMSHAKALAKA CHRONICLES—

The Saga of the Smurf

Written by Students of MS. WRIGHT’S 5TH GRADE CLASS at EBERWHITE ELEMENTARY

FIRST EDITION AN 826MICHIGAN PUBLICATION

A CHOICE-FILLED ADVENTURE STORY

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You are a crew member of SS IM HUNGRY. Earlier, you made a small mistake–you brought a stuffed Smurf toy with you, and that really offended your crewmates. Your crew gets mad at you. When you ignore their anger, it seems suspicious, and they yell at you. As they yell at you, you slip on a banana peel that your crew strategically placed to make you fall. One crewmate tries to help you, but you are still falling and can’t take their help! You accidentally fall into an escape pod, turning it on. Your fall makes you hit the steering wheel and accidentally steer the escape pod off course. Your stuffed Smurf falls into a different escape pod! Oh no! From your escape pod you see that your Smurf toy is headed towards a divided planet that is half spicy and half sweet. It lands on top of a candy mountain. As it lands, the Smurf toy comes alive! A group of nearby snails seem to be making him their king.

You look down in your own pod and find a piece of dirt. It is the size of a fist and hot pink, purple, and green. You throw it on the ground and it opens a portal where you see a city inside a mechanical dragon.

If you choose to rescue your Smurf on the sweet/spicy planet, turn to page 2.

If you choose to jump into the portal and go to the dragon city, turn to page 3.

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You decide to go to the Sweet and Spicy planet to rescue your stuffed Smurf toy. You land on the candy mountain and find your Smurf eating all the candy: peppermint taffy, Twix, and chocolate fudge. He is also drinking from a pancake syrup waterfall. He sees you and says “Bye-bye, parent!” He Narutosprints towards the syrup river with a candy cane, shouting, “Boomshakalaka!” He dives in and swims away.

Confused, you choose to stay the night in the nearby candy city, called Sprinkletopia. But when you wake up to check the mountain for the Smurf, the mountain has shrunk into a pile of Pop Rocks. You see a hole on the ground about two feet wide, and the hole smells like Takis. A snail comes up to you and says “Oh no. Another portal! We just closed one last week. These portals come from Spicetopia!” “What’s Spicetopia?” you ask. “Spicetopia is a city of warthogs mining Takis from the crystal Taki cave. They are trying to take over. I think your Smurf fell into this portal, but I’m not sure...”

If you choose to stay in Sprinkletopia and look for your Smurf, turn to page 4. If you choose to go through the portal to Spicetopia to look for your Smurf, turn to page 5.

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You land in a massive sprawling city. Looking up, you see that the sky is not blue but dark red. In the sky there are red ripples of light like the Northern Lights back on Earth; they almost look like wires. Ahead, coming from deep inside the city, is a glowing green light. The air is smoky, dry, and hot. Beneath you, the ground shakes and vibrates. This city is loud, like there are massive turning gears.

As you walk around the city you feel overwhelmed, intimidated, and scared. The air is thicker than on the SS IM HUNGRY, and you are having trouble breathing.

“Why did I come here?” You think to yourself. “How do I get back?”

Suddenly, a man runs out of one of the shops. He is holding coins.

“Come with me,” he says. “I can help YouTube where you need to go.”

The offer sounds nice, but you aren’t sure. Part of you wants to find where the green light comes from.

If you decide to go with the thief and maybe help him, turn to page 6.

If you decide to find the green glowing light in the middle of the city, turn to page 7.

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