Home (Delilah L., Grade 4

Lila said, “What should we do?” I said, “You choose.” Lila said, “I want to go roller-skating.” Great idea! So we went roller-skating. I checked my phone for the time to make sure we could get back to the present in time. We still had ten minutes I said, “Now what do you want to do?” “Well maybe a concert?” “Ok! Let’s go!” After the concert I checked my phone to make sure we still had time. We had 4 minutes. Quickly go to the time travel machine. We only had 4 minutes. “Let’s go to the time travel machine.”

When we came back, this time it was different time travel machine. I liked the old one. This one was new to me. I was a tiny bit scared. But Lila encouraged me to be brave and try it. She said, “Last time it was fun, so this time it should be fun too!”

So I did.

And it was fun.

3rd and 4th Grade Competition

1st Place: Delilah L., Grade 4 Home

Dear anyone, October 13, 2012 (I think)

Is anyone out there??? I’ve been stuck here for 3 months. I’ve been all alone with my twin, Abby. We hid in the closet before they could get us. Every (what I think is) Wednesday I sneak down to grab food. I keep trying to use the elevator to go back in time, but it won’t work! Sometimes weird words appear on the door that say, “Get the three keys and I’ll take you back.” I don’t understand what it means, though. Anyway, I better catch you up on what's going on. It all started when me, my twin, and my parents went to Australia for summer break. We were all excited to finally get there! When we walked through the spinning doors of the Paleotel, our mouths fell open in awe. A huge crystal chandelier hung from the ceiling. The front desk was to the right of us and a sitting area and bar were to our left. As our parents were checking in, our mother asked us if we wanted to check out the room. We both said yes. She handed me the key and we headed for the elevators.