A blond lady came over yelling ‘’Jake?! Jake!!!!’’ It was his mom! If you were watching you would see hearts in the air. Then they heard a thooooom and saw a hovercraft with a man driving. It was Jake’s dad! His mom and dad went to the future Mars on vacation, but they couldn’t get back home to Malibu. His dad had a job building vehicles that could go out of the force field that protected them from the cold air and vicious monsters that had come to live on Mars. Other than that, life was a lot like Earth. They got shipments of food from Earth every day. They got water from high-tech drills. Jake’s parents pulled Jake out of the quicksand. Then they all went to their house. Then they went to a park. The park was super duper crowded. They had a picnic at the park. It was in the middle of a big open space. They ate pb&js for lunch then they walked home. Jake and his dad went for a run. Jake’s mom stayed at the house because she wanted to clean up. Jake was happy he got to see his family again. On the first night Jake slept in his own bed and got a good sleep. In the morning Jake woke up early and made waffles and eggs. The family chatted about Disneyland while eating breakfast. He hugged and kissed his parents and went off to a school called Carlthorp. He was in 2B. Jake loved it, the teachers were nice. They helped a ton and everyone was so happy. He got signed up for soccer. Everything was awesome! When We Were Trapped in a Snow Globe By Sadie B., Grade 2 Once upon a time, a boy and a girl had the power to go back in time. They lived in a snow globe with pictures. When they pointed at one, they would go where it showed. The kids first went to New England, but there was an earthquake. Luckily, they were back in time so they had a book about the earthquake. During the earthquake, the road cracked in half and the girl fell in it. The boy was sad and scared, but they stacked bricks and the girl got out. The girl said, “I think we should help people.” So the kids looked and looked and they spotted someone. He was holding a wagon with books and they said, “How can we help?” He said, “no, go back home, it’s safer there.” “That’s weird,” said the girl. “Yep,” said the boy. They kept looking and the girl saw a boy and an aunt crying. “Do you need help?” said the girl. “Yes,” said the aunt. “Our house fell down.” Then they saw it: the boys had no shoes and there were cuts all over their feet. They gave them their shoes. The boys said, “thank you.” “We better get home,” said the girl. “Yep,” said the boy. “No, we need to help more people,” said the girl. And then they saw their snow globe had disappeared. “What do we do?” said the girl. “Find it,” said the boy. “But how?” said the girl. “Remember when we went looking to try to help people?” said the boy. “Yep,” said the girl. “So do that,” said the boy. “Now why is my purse so heavy?” said the girl, “I’ll look in it.” She looked and she found it! “There it is!” she said. She tapped it and they shrank. They went in the snow globe and flew home and lived happily ever after.
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