COMING TOGETHER Charlie Lust 5th Grade • John C. Coonley Elementary
Jake Martin was your average fifth-grade boy, but he ended up changing the whole future of his little town, Edgebrook. This is the story of how he did it. One day, Jake noticed how much trash was in his town, and how little people cared about it. He had seen the trash for years, but he had never really realized how little people cared. They walked right by the overflowing trash cans. They stepped over the soda cans in the town square. They ran right past the potato chip bags on the sidewalk. They just ignored it. Jake knew that it had to change, but he didn’t know how to do it. So, he told his best friend, Michael. He would know what to do. Michael Brown was a very smart boy. He was always the first to raise his hand after the teacher asked a question. He was always right. But when Jake told him that he needed help with cleaning up the town, he was puzzled. “The whole town?” he asked. “Yeah. Is there something wrong?” replied Jake. Michael didn’t know what to say. In order to clean up the whole town, they would need help. In order to get help, they would have to ask around for volunteers. “Yes. We will need help. But how will we get it?” he said. “By asking for volunteers, of course!” Jake exclaimed. That was what Michael was fearing. He wished that Jake had come up with something else. There was one problem with asking.
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