Cover design: Sophie Liu
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Contents Strange Creatures Magnificent Advice By Dr. Magnificent Animal Thoughts Nonsense! I Review the World Doodle of the Month Jar of Free Writes Dr. Magnificent’s All You Can Know! Word Buffet Let Me Illustrate Household Objects Go ROGUE Bob Comic Shopping List Dream Houses Random Words by Kendall Puff Piece The Pound Poetry By People Book Reviews By Henry Johnson Constructed Stories & Poems By Everyone You Know When You Love To Read When 3 More Poems & a Story Illustrations, Etc. Things On My Mind
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Dylan Ingham
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Magnificent Advice by Dr. Magnificent
Dear Dr. Magnificent, How do you win a staring contest with a fish? Signed, Super Curious
Dear Super Curious, Number One, why would you want to? I mean, fish don’t have eyelids for that reason. See, they got rid of them when other animals always beat them. The animals teased them, made fun of them. Then they triumphed over them and regained their confidence. You would want to ruin the whole thing they did? My advice, don’t try. Sincerely,
Dr. Magnificent
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Risa Wan
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Kerry Eller
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I REVIEW The WORLD
SANTA CLAUS by Conrad Kirchner
Kindly old elf or slave labor overlord? Elves work endlessly producing toys for millions of kids. Santa admits that his “little friends” are “a wittle but gwumpy.” That’s an understatement. Anti-slave elf activist Reilly Stew Pit says, “These poor creatures work 16 hours a day and go weeks without food or water.” An unidentified informant confirms the rumors. St. Nick is using trolls as slave drivers. When authorities attempted to apprehend the villain, he sped away in his sleigh. The elves will be released shortly. In our following newsflash, is the Tooth Fairy really using vanishing leprechaun gold instead of the regular one dollar bill?
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I REVIEW The WORLD
CLOCKS By Dylan Ingham
I think that clocks are very useful and imaginative. But—
THEY ARE ALWAYS KEEPING US ON A SCHEDULE!!
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doodle of the month
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‌ hat are your feelings on the subject of anteaters?
ow interesting is it possible for a catfish to be?
o you think buttons are important to society?
f you had a metal dragon, what would the teeth be made of? Kerry Eller
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Dr. Magnificent’s All You Can Know Word Buffet
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nadlesnoze: A nose that never stops smelling
ingkong: a weird word that no one knows what means
nananaick: tick-tack; needless things that should be thrown away
ootwholeke: a place to put your feet
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umble: a button about to come off
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iggle: a pant leg
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ingpay: a kind of imaginary germ
L M M
amkindno: a smell that comes from a foot when mad
amanekoka: Someone that talks but shouldn’t and never did before
ombalem: An object that is moving out of control and can’t be stopped
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ingy: confusing and has a lot of wires
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S S
hasha: a dance
inglelit: Too much of one person at one time.
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inkong: a peaceful and happy place
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atersome: A place with a lot of water
Dr. Magnificent
Sophie Liu
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Kendall Jones
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Sophie Liu
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HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS GO
ROGUE poems.
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WHEN CUPS GO ROUGE When cups go rogue is when you go to get some coffee and you open the cupboard to get a cup and they all come showering down. They crash on your head, go in between and get into your hair. Then if you try to get it out you get cut. That is what happens when cups go rogue. Hannah Kirchner
DUCT TAPE Duct tape, you see, is a lot like the Force. It has a light side and a dark side. But most of all it holds the world together. And that’s all to be said on the topic of duct tape. Kerry Eller
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PAPER! Paper is very interesting. Paper is flat, but comes from trees. Paper has a mind of its own. Paper, when you need it most, is never there. Paper gets up and walks away. Paper ran off with the pen I was looking for. Kerry Eller
BANANA! What is that sound in my belly? I ate a banana but it sounds like a phone receiver. Oh no. I ate the banana phone. Ring Ring. There it goes. I can get it back to you, But you wouldn’t want it. Kerry Eller
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Jessica Wan
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shopping list flubbermuffins (for a midnight snack) a cretin (to destroy my brother) a pit of vipers (to prove it can be done) bananas neon rainbow toe sox (for attention) two ducks (for the pond) apricot seeds (to see if I can grow them on skin) a glitter plant (just to sell it again) teeth (maybe they can grow!?) a pond (for the ducks) a barrel of monkeys (to make the party fun) Duct tape (to see how alike the force it is) More ideas (I’m fresh out)
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Fred’s Dream H0use 24
by Henry Johnson
by Dylan Ingham
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w o r d s
Pat is portrayed as a jailor on screen. Gojoe is insanely obsessed with bananas and belts. Jodeci has an cat
animal has
probably.
veteran’s a Pot
food lack
memorial. shaped has
My
brain
food
and
paint for eating. My Komodo dragon is not domesticated and terrorized a city. Horns in Greek mythology are odd. Chinchilla fur has banana scents.
Pens
and
paper
cutters
have no sense of humor.
They are so serious all the purses and cakes. Kendall Jones
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Circular fishes have belts and babies. Shirts and pants have purple bones. Bones have backwards alarm clocks. Alarm clocks have pens and bolts with hammers. Hammers don’t like my turtle. Sweaters love TV. $cash likes my old civil war age banker. Don’t ask Snargolof why.
Grill-o!
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This
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is the coolest thing in the universe.
Reason Number 1. It’s colorful. Reason Number 2. It’s small. Reason Number 3. It was created by me. Reason Number 4. It’s a cir— Hey, enough reasons!
Dylan Ingham
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Risa Wan
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I wish a sparkle, a light in the fog, I wish. I wish a sparkle that will lend me though the dark, I wish. I wish about to sail with that sparkle so I can see, I wish. But first I must wish for a sea. I wish it to have blue colored water. I wish a fish to lead me the way with a sparkle. I wish a sparkle. Hannah Kirchner
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I wished that I could fly. I wished that I could drive. I wished that I could make a device that could make you lie convincingly. And someday, it’s bound to happen. I wish that I could breathe underwater. I wish that I could say every language. I wish, I wish, I wish‌ Sophie Liu
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I wish that tomatoes were blue. I wish that we were immortal. I wish that I wasn’t allergic to fur. I wish that I was a millionaire. I wish that the things that I’m wishing for came true. I wish rain made you more awake, not more sleepy. I wish that school started at 9:00. I wish that bananas were cell phones. I wish that I had a talking potato. I wish that talking potatoes didn’t grow moldy. I wish that people were all nice. I wish for a fairy tale world. I wish… Risa Wan
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I wish I could fly. I wish I had wings. I wish I had magic powers. I wish for an awesome bedroom. I wish for lots of glitter plants. I wish for lots of duct tape. I wish for a cloud to sit on. I wish for more things to set me apart from others. A wish is a dish that’s a lot like a dish, once you eat it it’s much harder to throw it back. Kerry Eller
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Book Reviews by Henry Johnson The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
The book was great, but I was devastated when Festus crashed.
WARning: if you like flying dragons who dribble oil from their ear, don’t read the book.
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Constructed
stories And poems By everyone 37
Henry Johnson
Risa Wan
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Brendan Forte
Risa Wan
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Kerry Eller
Kendall Jones
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Risa Wan
Sophie Liu
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Henry Johnson
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Dylan Ingham
Hannah Kirchner
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Risa Wan
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3 more poems and a story Sit.
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I cautiously peeked out of my window. Any more happiness and I’d probably blow up. Suddenly, I saw a fat rabbit out my window, with a coat on, and after that someone Inskeflemabobed it with a side effect of unhappiness. Dylan Ingham
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I was so content. I was on a soft coat. So fluffy. I was in a grand, magnificent room. So‌‌big. I was with my friends. Talking, gossiping a little. Most of all, I was beautiful tonight.
Sophie Liu
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My Special Place There it is! Right there! Look. Step in and you’ll see many things. Yes, many. First, you’ll see my mattress, pillow, and blankie. My mattress makes me fall asleep as soon as possible. And – Ha! Yes, you guessed it! My pillow is soft like cotton candy under my head. It is pink with Hello Kitties on it. My adorable blankie is the greatest thing in the world! Its soft blue textures make me feel safe and warm at night. With Daisies all over it. Next, you’ll see some clothes scattered on my bedroom floor. Don’t mind them. In my dresser are my folded nice clothes. Brown, Gray, Blue, Red, every color! Finally, my messy, maniac, horrible table! Almost like everything is on there! That table must weigh a ton! Now can you see my special place? For it’s there to stay. I love my room, for it is my special place. The only special place in Barrington is my special place. Jessica Wan
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The man walked into the 5 Restaurant. He passed an ordinary table. And another. And another. And another. And another table that seated 11 people. Perfectly normal. He continued walking. The table had people staring. Glaring. So ordinary. He kept walking. There was a butler. There was a dog. Everyone, glaring, staring, gossiping, gawking. So perfectly usual. Plain normal. He continued his journey toward table 9. Sophie Liu
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Jessica Wan
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Kendall Jones
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Risa Wan
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Things on my mind
Bunnies should wear top hats
Corn should be in pies
Glitter plants aren’t sold everywhere
The last frustrates me
Sheep should wear bonnets
A duck in a tuxedo
Cheese talking to me
Flubbernauts dressed like a professor
Golden leaves
Lampshades that look like ice cream cones
The clock sounds loud now
I am out of ideas
Kerry Eller
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CONTRIBUTORS Kerry Eller Dylan Ingham Henry Johnson Kendall Jones Conrad Kirchner Hannah Kirchner Sophie Liu Dr. Magnificent Jessica Wan Risa Wan
DEPUTY EDITOR Brendan Forte
EDITOR Bri Johnson
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Drawing by Jessica Wan
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