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Writers’ Exchange
table of contents 1 Stories About Friends 1 Gerald and Piggie Make a New Friend, by Fiona 1 Princess Farhin and the Pony, by Farhin 2 Princess Michelle and the Pony, by Michelle 3 Cynthia Comic Book, by Lily and Karyl 3 Joe Joy, by Kiarra 4 A Letter to Baby Grace, by Christina 4 A Cat’s Life, by Cami 4 The Amazing Girl That Liked Babies!, by Ryan 5 Tom the Kitten, by Coebe 5 The Sparkly Unicorn, by Danielle 5 Penguin and the Fish, by Eleazar
6 Amazing Nature 6 Spring Poem, by Daniella 7 Happy Birds, by Celest 7 Crystal World, by Angeline 7 Once Upon a Time, by Edwin 8 The Future, by Joey
9 Empires and Overlords 9 Glorious Arstotzka, by Jason and Howard 10 The Legend of Queen Apricot, by Andrew D. 11 Barbarian King, by Azayle 11 An Interview with Artemis, by Victor 13 Evil Chef, by Sabrina
14 Skate Club 14 Your Mom: A Skate Club Magazine, by Braeden, Danny, Jaykwon, Kohn, Kurtis, Paul and Robert
16 Super Scary Stories 16 The Forest Screams for More!, by Nirel 16 Taken Hostage, by Coral 18 Ghost Adventures, by Gabby 19 Five Nights at Freddy’s, by Patrick 19 The Finger: Part I, by Williams 21 The Finger: Part II, by Brayden
2 2 Crazy Days 22 The Monster Chase, by Karyl and Renil 22 ufo, by Aydin 23 Minecraft, by Nicholas 23 The Funny Things That Can Happen to You, by Ruby
24 Gerald and Piggie and the Time Machine, by Hannah 25 The Zombie Apocalypse, by Ari
2 6 Fun and Favourites 26 My Life, by Jacky 26 Spring, by Darlene 26 Pinky and Fluttershy, by Ella 27 The Cupcake, by Cathy 27 Potato Pageant Gone Wrong, by Renil
2 8 Bad Guys and Heroes 28 Mattieu the Pig Farmer, by Mico 29 Every Time, by Brandon 29 Doctor Seuss Goes to Jail, by Clara 29 Stretchy Dude, by Corbin 30 Super Duper Nirbhay, by Nirbhay 30 Seneca, by Isabella 30 Batman, by George 31 Toilet Man, by Sean 32 Fairy Poisoning: A Script, by Alex, Judy, Sabrina and Selena 35 Starling City Adventure, by Kadyn 36 The Monkey King, by Bryan
stories abou t friends Gerald and Piggie Make a New Friend By Fiona, age 7 One day Gerald and Piggie were taking a rest under a tree when they noticed something. Gerald got up to have a closer look. Then Piggie got up too, and noticed a snake in the tree. Gerald was afraid. Piggie smiled at the snake and said, “Gerald, don’t be afraid. Snakes are nice. Hello snake.” The snake slithered down to the ground and said, “Hello, will you be my friend?” Piggie and Gerald said yes! And they all jumped around to celebrate.
Princess Farhin and the Pony By Farhin, age 10 Once upon a time there was a princess named Farhin. She was nine years old, but on May 7 she turned ten. She had a big celebration for her birthday. When it was time to open her presents she found a big box. She thought it was a wardrobe. She pulled on the ribbon and it unravelled. It was a pony! She was about to sit on it, but a girl named Michelle took the pony away. Farhin was so upset. For some reason Michelle’s face looked familiar to Farhin. She ran after Michelle to get her pony back. (By the way, the pony’s name is Pony.) Soon they were fighting about the pony. Both princesses thought that it was their own. Then, from a distance, Farhin could
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see Princess Michelle’s horse. Farhin said, “Hey! Hey! You can have a horse and I can have a pony.” Michelle was confused, so Farhin said, “Look behind you.” Michelle was thrilled to see Princess the horse. And then Farhin said, “I have magical powers.” Michelle drooled.
Princess Michelle and the Pony By Michelle, age 9 Once upon a time there were two princesses. One was named Michelle and the other was named Farhin. But one day Farhin turned ten and every tenth birthday you get a party to celebrate your birthday. And what do you receive? A horse! But a long time ago on Michelle’s birthday, she had got a horse. But it was stolen (duh, duh duhhhh!) by her daddy, who was the king. The king saved the horse for his daughters, and this one was to be for Michelle’s sister Farhin. “So on this very day it is time for my revenge,” thought Michelle (but in a serious way). “So how am I going to do this,” she wondered. “I’m going to say there is cake, and everyone will go into the castle. Then I can steal back my dear old horse named Princess. Don’t judge me!” So a few minutes later, she saw the box and she unravelled the ribbon on top of it. Guess what she saw? The pony, a.k.a. Princess. Before Michelle could take her out, Farhin saw her and they started fighting. A villager saw Michelle’s pony from a distance. Michelle said “Oh,” and Farhin said, “You know what? I have magical powers!”
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Cynthia Comic Book By Lily and Karyl Cynthia Comic Book is very rich. She also has superpowers. She is Isabella’s friend. Cynthia and Isabella are at Isabella’s house. They’re having a nice time, then they go to the library. They both want the same superhero handbook. Suddenly they start fighting. Cynthia punches Isabella and Isabella throws a book at Cynthia. Woosh, Isabella teleports behind Cynthia, then Isabella pushes her and runs around her really fast. Cynthia drops a book on Isabella, and the book is the superhero handbook that Isabella wanted. Then they are friends again. Cynthia uses her telekinesis to clean up everything, then Isabella sneaks onto a plane and Cynthia uses her super speed to go to the Coliseum.
Joe Joy By Kiarra, age 10 Joe Joy, hi always comes to bye. When you’re here I start to cry. I miss your smile in the rain. Why haven’t you come again? Have you found a new best friend? Are you seven or are you ten? I haven’t seen you since we were five, when we hit the bee hive. Yay! I see you’re ok, but Joe Joy, hi always comes to bye, when you’re not here I start to cry. I miss your smile in the rain. Why haven’t you come back again? Bye bye, I got to go. I want you to know, I miss you so.
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A Letter to Baby Grace By Christina, age 7 Merry Christmas baby Grace. Happy holidays. Dear baby Grace, how are you doing? You are pretty cute. So, are you doing ok? I have a question: Do you like to play with your dad? You are really pretty. You are perfect by yourself. Merry Christmas. Have a good time.
A Cat’s Life By Cami, age 8 Once there was a cat. His name was Max. He liked a girl cat. The girl’s name was Kitty. Kitty liked Max. But there was another cat. The other cat’s name was Rocky. And Rocky liked Kitty too. But then Kitty and Max got married and had kittens!
The Amazing Girl That Liked Babies! By Ryan, age 8 Once a girl had a Christmas gift. She wanted to see if it was a baby or not. She saw it, and wondered if it was a baby. It was a baby. She named it Baby Snapple. She had parents named Bereghost and Pixiedust. She had a brother named Tyler, who would always fight. Baby Snapple turned four years old. Snapple had superpowers that she can give to other people. Baby Snapple had evil villains after her but they failed.
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Tom the Kitten By Coebe, age 8 Tom, a little kitten, had a big crush on somebody. Her name was Munchkin. There was a big problem. Munchkin had a boyfriend and Tom wanted to fight for her. Munchkin was impressed. Tom was happy.
The Sparkly Unicorn By Danielle, age 8 Once upon a time there was a really sparkly unicorn. The unicorn was really, really sparkly. Every other unicorn loved her. The sparkly unicorn’s name was Sparkles. She had pretty diamonds. She had a lot of money. She bought anything she wanted. She was the most sparkly, pretty, rich and super-nice unicorn.
Penguin and the Fish By Eleazar, age 6 Bob the penguin meets the fish. They have awesome fun. They go on the bus. They go to Fishland. They see some fish. They buy a skateboard.
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amazing nature Spring Poem By Daniella, age 8 Yellow sunshine. Blue sneeze. Pink sparkle. Dandelion kitten. Yellow puppy. Play tree. Cherry stream. Bird tree. Run outside. The most important thing about spring is sunshine, flowers, sparkles, trees, smiles, and unicorns. But the most important thing about spring is sunshine!
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Happy Birds By Celest, age 9 The yellow sun is shining on the birds. They sing outside and have fun. The birds are happy because they played tag.
Crystal World By Angeline, age 6 Crystal World is pretty. It has pretty flowers. The things that are there say hi. It might be strange, because the rainbow is small. But the flowers are tall and the clouds are small.
Once Upon a Time By Edwin, age 8 Once upon a time there were hedgehogs and they loved food. Once upon a time there were penguins and they loved fish. Once upon a time there were cormorants and they loved fish too. Once upon a time there were horses and they loved grass. Once upon a time there were dogs and they loved meat.
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The Future By Joey, age 7 The beach is where you swim. The backyard is where you see superheroes. The tree house is where you go when you have trouble writing. Frozen ice is where you play when it gets cold. The Great Wall of China is where you go exploring.
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empires and overlords Glorious Arstotzka By Jason, age 12, and Howard, age 13 Dear Citizens of Arstotzka, We have implemented a new rule, which all citizens must follow. Effective immediately, all citizens of glorious Arstotzka will have all their most valuable items impounded and used to fund the exploration to the North Pole, in the hopes of finding Santa Claus and kidnapping him to learn the location of his elves. We need the elves in order to make a cybernetic clone of Morgan Freeman and have every citizen in Arstotzka’s vocal chords replaced with something more similar to Morgan Freeman’s godly voice. We have chosen this because of how horrible and ugly all of your voices are, so we are doing you all a favour and you should thank us. All of Our Arstotzkins Are Safe Please note: All citizens shall pay up due to tax raises in order to stay in Arstotzka. If you want to come you must have a passport and no fake id. If you have fake id we will kick you out immediately, or if you have any item that is not related to Arstotzka then Arstotzka will shut down. Arstotzka is life, Arstotzka is love. This is the best place and safest environment, so do not worry about threats. We protect house and country. So hire Arstotzka! Just as a side note, any and all people who try to rebel against this decree shall have their jammies ruffled. Hail Arstotzka! 9
The Legend of Queen Apricot By Andrew D., age 13 Introduction Once upon a time in a really poor village lived a man . . . He worked for Evil Queen Apricot. That man was named John Splat. Queen Apricot forced John to do work every day, like sweep the castle floors, wash the dishes, scoop water from the river and hunt for food. The queen’s husband was Slaton. Slaton was really nice to John—he fed John and gave him money. But they did it secretly, because the queen would get really mad! “John! Get me a glass of water right now! I’m thirsty!” said Evil Queen Apricot. “I’m coming, your majesty!” said John. “Here you go.” John handed the queen the glass of water. “While you’re at it, hunt me a deer! I want to cut the head off and hang it on my wall,” said the queen. “Ok, your majesty,” said John. John went to the forest with only a spear. “Where the heck is this deer?” he said. Suddenly, a deer appeared. “All right, here’s my chance.” John threw the spear and the spear went through its head. “Oh no, I speared its head, now it’s ruined!” said John. After that, John brought the deer back to the queen. “What have you done?” said the queen. “My aim was off,” said John. “That’s no excuse to ruin the deer’s head!” said the queen. “I’m sorry, your majesty,” said John.
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Boom! The walls exploded and soldiers stormed through. The king came to rescue John and threw the evil queen in jail, ending her reign of terror.
Barbarian King By Azayle, age 9 My name is Azayle and I am a barbarian king. I fight people. I take prisoners as my slaves. I have a million horses but my favourite is Franky. He laughs and brings me joy. He also brings me chickens. Barbarians like to feast, and so the chickens are prepared and roasted. Then I feed the chickens to the slaves. By magic the slaves are turned into barbarians and given a horse.
An Interview with Artemis By Victor, age 10 What kind of animals do you like to turn people into? Fish, because they can be easily killed by sharks. They can’t live or breathe on land and people use them to eat. Why don’t you like boys? They are messy, smelly and ugly. That’s rather harsh. What about your brother, Apollo? No, I don’t like him.
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Do you ever use your powers for evil? No because I would be killed by the Furies. What do you do if you see a boy coming? Walk away. How do you punish hunters that kill more than they can eat? I turn them into monkeys. What do you do with the monkeys? Put them in the zoo. Forever? For eternity. Do you celebrate Valentine’s Day? No, because it’s all about love. What do you wish for the world? I wish all the mortals were animals.
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Evil Chef By Sabrina, age 10 Once upon a time there was a queen and the queen loved cake. But the chef was evil. She did not know that, and her guards tried to tell her. But the queen kept ignoring the guards. So one day the evil chef put poison in the cake. The queen took a big bite and she fainted after one hour. But no one knew except the chef. So the chef took the queen and put her in a closet. Then the chef took all her money and all her gold. So he ran away with all the gold and money.
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skate club BR A EDEN, DA NN Y, JAY K WON, KOHN, K UR T IS, PAUL A ND ROBER T
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Inside: Three Generations Shred Me, my mom and my grandma—it’s awesome. By Jaykwon
Brand-New Trick! Learn how to do the “Braeden 3000.”
Orange! How to do side dip shredding. By Kohn
Riding into the Ocean on a Skateboard Rolling on a skateboard, right into the sunset! By Robert
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Chicken Skater How I invented the fat bush flip. By Kurtis
Featuring 10 Pages of Drawings by Master Artist Danny!
PLUS! An Interview with Tony Hawk On being boss, inventing the 900, and eating while skateboarding. Also . . . How to Chip the Stairs and Not Get Caught Doing Homework while on Your Skateboard Trick Tips: Learn to Fly, “the Superman” and More Parkour Party: Five Tips for Perfecting the Ninja Move
Better with Friends I love skateboarding because it’s fun. My favourite trick is an ollie. Skateboarding is awesome! I love going down hills fast. Skateboarding is better with friends. —Paul
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super scary stories The Forest Screams for More! By Nirel, age 13 One day camping in the woods . . . You are alone, and it is dark, cold and creepy. You look at the ground, and sitting there is a cold flashlight and a note written in blood, not dry, but still runny. It reads: “Be aware of the screa—” The note is cut off. You look around. Your fire pit is out, the tent is still standing, but your heart starts pumping as you hear cold screeching sounds. It shivers down your spine and your body paralyzes. Enough with standing, you think. Without thought or care you jump into the dark with your flashlight and the note in your pocket. The flashlight works but you are afraid it might last six minutes or less. You keep walking forward, each step bleeding into the ground. You find another note. You pick it up, but you hear a blood-curdling screech and all you can see is tiger teeth. She screams, your ears can no longer hear, you are unconscious, you sit there with mud covering your eyes. You just sit there quiet, and you wonder to yourself, “Why did I come here?”
Taken Hostage By Coral, age 11 Boom! Crash! I woke up and looked around my room. “Gunshot,” I thought, racing down the hall to my sister Rachel’s room. I reached the door and, with a deep breath and no sign of hesitation, I opened 16
the door. “Rachel,” I called. No answer. I started to panic. Where else would Rachel be? As I went to leave the room, out of the corner of my eye I spotted a paper. I walked over and picked it up. It said: “Yes, I got the girl. Now that we’ve got her as bait we can continue our plan.—M.” A million questions rampaged through my mind, like: What was their plan? Where exactly is Rachel? There was banging on my door. “Open the door and no one gets hurt,” someone said. I jumped and turned towards the door. “Yes we know you’re in there. Let us in now!” they said. My eyes darted around the room, looking for an escape or even a place to hide. There was nowhere. “I guess I have no choice but to let them in,” I thought, and sighed in defeat. I opened the door. Bang! The person behind the door knocked me out and everything went dark. “Where am I?” I said aloud, sitting up and looking around. “You are in the worst place imaginable,” a voice said from behind me. I turned, and there stood a tanned boy with reddish brown hair and brown eyes. He had a long scar along his arm. “I’m Ash,” he said. “What’s your name?” “I’m Piper. Where are we?” I asked. “We are in Chiller Forest, somewhere at their secret base!” he told me. “Have you seen a girl with light blond hair and green eyes?” I asked, already knowing the answer. “Um . . . no, why?” he asked. His intense, dark brown eyes looked me over. I shifted uncomfortably, just noticing the chains around my wrist. “She’s my sister,” I answered, feeling my eyes well up with hot tears. I blinked them back. “Oh, I’m so sorry. Was she . . . I know that this is a bit hard to talk about, but I think she is already . . .”
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“Don’t say those words, Ash. There’s no evidence that she was . . . executed.” “That’s not what I was going to say,” he said. Suddenly, a muscular man with keys and a sinister smile walked up to our cell and said, “Time for your test.”
Ghost Adventures By Gabby, age 9 Based on a TV show Zak: Hello everybody who is watching. Tonight we are investigating a church. The ghost in the church is a priest and he got killed by one of the sailors in the Queen Mary ship. The Queen Mary is the most haunted ship in the world but we are only investigating the church. We are going in now. Zak: Who died in this church? Aaron: I guess there is no answer. Priest: Hey! Aaron: OMG! Zak: What is your favourite colour? Priest: Silver. Aaron: Ok, we are going out! Zak: Aaron is a part of my crew.
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Five Nights at Freddy’s By Patrick, age 6 The movie Five Nights at Freddy’s is deadly because at 11 a.m. they are off because they don’t have batteries but at 3 a.m. they are alive. They eat kids. People have masks that protect them when Foxy and Old Bonnie and Toy Bonnie and Toy Freddie and Old Freddie and Old Golden Freddie come to eat people.
The Finger: Part I By Williams, age 13 One day, while camping in the forest, a kid named Taylory and his grandfather Sebastiano were having a good time. They had a lot of fun for several hours. They were travelling in Europe and they decided that the best thing they could do is go camping. The campsite wasn’t really a campsite, so it didn’t have a name. It was technically in the middle of nowhere, and it was really risky. But Sebastiano and Taylory didn’t care and didn’t know what could possibly happen to them. As they were camping and having a good time, night came. Like all families, they attempted to roast marshmallows over the fire, but the marshmallows burned. They ate them anyway. After roasting marshmallows, they went into their dirty tent and went to sleep. They didn’t put on bug spray because they never prepare for anything, so Taylory and Sebastiano couldn’t sleep because all of the mosquitoes were biting them. After being awake for five hours, they heard a noise from the bush. Taylory started to freak out and pee his pants. Sebastiano got mad at Taylory for making the tent dirtier than it already was.
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As they were arguing, they noticed that the noise was getting louder. Then they heard a loud roar, and Taylory screamed and ran outside the tent. Sebastiano noticed that it was a bear and told Taylory to get back in the tent. Taylory couldn’t hear Sebastiano because he was screaming too loud, so the bear devoured him and all that was left was his finger. Sebastiano stayed in the tent and was really quiet. The bear didn’t notice that Sebastiano was in the tent because the tent was really dirty so it was camouflaged. When Sebastiano thought the bear was gone, he went outside the tent. Sebastiano was really sad and cried. He noticed that the only thing that was left of Taylory was his index finger from his right hand. He took the finger as a souvenir of his soul. He decided to leave everything behind and only bring his water bottle. He set off in a direction and hoped there would be a road. Because Sebastiano is not wise, he left his compass in his tent. Now the only thing he could do was hope that there’d be a road up ahead. After walking some more, he took a look at Taylory’s finger and hoped that it would be his good luck charm to find a road. Two hours later, he found a road. A family in a sedan picked him up. He asked them to bring him to Papa John’s because he was hungry. After Sebastiano had a good meal of donuts at Papa John’s, he was anxious to leave. He thought about how his daughter was going to be mad about Taylory’s death. That’s when he noticed he forgot the finger.
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The Finger: Part II By Brayden, age 13 In a cold corner of Papa John’s there lay a finger. This finger wasn’t an ordinary finger, it was special. So . . . you want to know why this finger was special? Well, you’re never, and I mean never, going to know why. This finger just lay there and lay there, on the cold hard ground. The finger was no longer a finger, it was a bone. Now . . . this bone crawled its way inside of Papa John’s main kitchen. Lying on the ground were five open boxes of Papa John’s best pieces of pizza ever made. Motionless, the bone lay there, mesmerized by the open boxes of pizza. It crawled over to the pizza boxes, and waited for something to happen. Nothing ever happened—the bone just ended up staring at the pizza for ages. When something finally happened the bone was too stiff to move or acknowledge what had happened. Many years later, the bone was no longer a bone. It had now disintegrated into flaky dust.
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crazy days The Monster Chase By Karyl, age 10, and Renil, age 9 At a quiet elementary school in East Vancouver, Renil and Karyl heard a thud. They were running for their lives as fast as they could. Then Renil said, “Run! Run! Come on Karyl!” But Karyl was so tired. “Wait up Renil!” said Karyl, and stopped for a drink. Then Renil said, “Come on, Karyl.” Renil turned around but Karyl was not there. Karyl had fallen to her doom. Renil didn’t know where Karyl was. She fell in a trap too! They fell on a bed that belonged to monsters. So the monsters came and Renil and Karyl hugged and screamed “Ahhhh!” They hid under the bed. The monsters were Izzy and Mr. Rupert, but Renil and Karyl didn’t know that. But then the monsters took off their masks and Izzy and Mr. Rupert said “April Fools!” Karyl and Renil said “OMG.” They were laughing out loud: “Hahahaha!” They all went upstairs. They turned on the light and then they all went for ice cream.
UFO By Aydin, age 6 The ufo crashes into the ocean. And then a shark comes. He eats the aliens. The plane comes to save the aliens and they bleed goo
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blood. A doctor comes and catches the goo in a cup. He waits ten days and the aliens all get better.
Minecraft By Nicholas, age 8 One morning I woke up. I mined. I found diamonds. I also found iron. Then I went back to my house. The next day I killed a zombie. I had a really awesome adventure. I went to Notch’s house. He made an iron golem. We had a lot of fun. We went back home, because it was getting dark.
The Funny Things That Can Happen to You By Ruby, age 8 Eat healthy foods—if you don’t you will explode. Or you will start to bark like a dog or go crazy. Or grow big ears. If you eat too many bananas you will turn into a monkey. You’ll grow a long tongue—a super long tongue! You’ll grow a banana head. You’ll go crazy! You’ll turn dumb because you’ll have no brain. Whatever you see will go crazy. You’ll have a giant nose and big ears. The only way to change back is to eat ten sour lemons. Super sour! If you hold snow for too long, or you stay outside for too long in the snow, your whole body will turn blue. You will be a blueberry. And a bear might want to eat you. Eat a whole bunch of salmonberries so your skin goes back to normal.
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Gerald and Piggie and the Time Machine By Hannah, age 10 Once sunny morning, Gerald and Piggie got a delivery. It was a time machine from Grandpa. When they went inside, they saw three big red buttons. Gerald pressed the first red button. When they went outside they saw a big dinosaur! When they saw the dinosaur, they went straight back in. Then they pressed the second button. When they went outside they saw robots! Piggie started introducing herself. When they went back inside, Piggie pressed the last button and they went home. They learned that the safest place is . . . home!
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The Zombie Apocalypse By Ari, age 10
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fun and favourites My Life By Jacky, age 9 My name is Jacky. I like reading and I’m a student. My friend is Gabby. My favourite colour is pink. My favourite food is hot dogs. I like the Writers’ Room. I love when flowers bloom.
Spring By Darlene, age 7 I like spring because I like colourful flowers and rainbows. I like birds and hearts, too. The sun is hot in the summertime and the sky is dark blue.
Pinky and Fluttershy By Ella, age 8 Hi, I’m Pinky. I am from Planet Guinea. I speak Guinea Pig Spanish and I have a friend named Fluttershy. Fluttershy and I are going swimming, but the water is rainbow Jell-O. We jump off the diving board. It is fun. After that we eat pizza, but the pizza is candy. We have fun.
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The Cupcake By Cathy, age 8 Oh, yummy cupcake, how I love you! Let me state the ways. Your head is as candy as an Easter egg. Just the thought of you makes me drool like a puppy. Whether you are made of sprinkles topped with chocolate frosting, or made of carrot cake with chocolateflavoured icing, it does not make a difference to me. I love you no matter if you are giant or tiny, triangular or neon teal. And, ho! There are 100 ways to eat you. One may lick all the cherries off the top first, or eat you in just zero bites. All you need is a Starbucks drink, and the cupcake experience is the best!
Potato Pageant Gone Wrong By Renil, age 9 One day there was a potato called Baked Potato. He was so cute, like omg cute. His friend was a raw potato and his name was Raw Potato. He was o-o-o-o-o-omg so cute. The cutest of them all. One day at their apartment, they were getting dressed for Cute Pageant. Raw Potato wore a pink, fluffy, ginormous dress, and Baked Potato wore a big, purple, fluffy, super-fluffy, ginormous dress! They walked on stage, the music began, and then they laughed so hard that they almost died. Raw Potato and Baked Potato cried so hard that their eyes burst potato guts everywhere. But they got laser eye surgery, and so they could see once again! They went home and sat on the couch, wearing their comfiest PJs, watching a comedy show and eating a big bowl of ice cream!
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Bad Guys and H eroes Mattieu the Pig Farmer By Mico, age 12 Once upon a time there lived a farmer named Mattieu. He was a pig farmer. One day a witch came along and asked if he wanted to come to her domain. He said yes. When they arrived there, the witch sneakily went behind him and pushed him into a jail cell. Mattieu said “Noooo! What are you going to do to me?” The witch said “I’m going to turn you into a pig, and you’re going to work for me forever!” Mattieu said, “Why do you do dis?” “Now I’m going to turn you into my pig-slave!” said the witch. Poof! There, Mattieu was now a pig. Whatever the witch said, the pig followed her command. The witch opened the jail cell and Mattieu started flying. The witch said, “What are you doing? I didn’t command you to fly! But Mattieu wasn’t following her command, not at all! All of a sudden, the witch spotted a fairy flying out from behind the trees. The fairy defeated the witch with a small bow and arrow. When the witch was defeated, Mattieu didn’t turn back to his original form, so the fairy and Mattieu worked together to change Mattieu back to his original form. But they couldn’t find the right potion. So they went back to Fairyland. The fairies tried to figure out what kind of chemicals they should use to make the potion. Soon enough the fairies brewed potions and tested them on Mattieu. When they tested the fifth one they didn’t think that it would work at first, but in a few minutes it did work and he transformed back. 28
Every Time By Brandon, age 10 Hi, my name is Jodie and I’ve been living in this apocalypse full of monsters since I was six years old. Everyone was infected, including my mom and dad. My mom was the first one to get bit, and then my dad got bit after 20 years. When it first started my family and I went out the back door because zombies were coming from every direction. My dad stayed back to hold them for a while so my mom and I went through the back yard into the forest while they were right behind us. We lost them, but then a zombie bit my mom and he wouldn’t let go. Then my dad came and shouted at the zombie and so he let go and we went deeper into the forest.
Doctor Seuss Goes to Jail By Clara, age 9 One day I made someone mad. It was Doctor Seuss. I hit him in the guts. “Ooowww!” he shouted, because it hurt. He stole my dog away from me. He gave it to the Wansiller. The Wansiller heard that the dog belonged to a little girl. He looked up my address and gave it back. I shouted out loud because he was back. The Wansiller sent Doctor Seuss to jail forever.
Stretchy Dude By Corbin, age 6 He sticks to paper. He flips and climbs up buildings. He sticks to desks. He stretches his body really long. He fights evil.
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Super Duper Nirbhay By Nirbhay, age 7 I can run as fast as light speed. I can swim as fast as light speed. I can walk as fast as light speed. I can fly as fast as light speed. I can go up to space and then I can do 1,000,000 laps around the Milky Way galaxy!
Seneca By Isabella, age 9 Seneca, from modern Rome, was our mark for change. A hidden talent for the world when the epidemic hit. Her last words were dreadful: “Live your life alone.” From then on, she was gone, but still a mark for our Rome.
Batman By George, age 8 Batman is flying on the Skytrain. He goes onto a house. He is going to fight people. Batman is going to his bat cave. He is going to his dad’s. Batman is going to help his dad beat bad guys. The Joker is bad.
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Toilet Man By Sean, age 10 Toilet Man is big and has a toilet head. The seat is his mouth. He throws out poop as his weapon. He throws it at his worst enemy, Dionysus, to wreck all the parties. He doesn’t like Dionysus because he becomes too rowdy and he doesn’t like Toilet Man. Toilet Man had a sidekick, Toilet Paper Boy. Toilet Paper Boy lived across the bathroom from Toilet Man. They met at the toilet pool because they were both lifeguards there. One day, Dionysus poisoned Toilet Man in his sleep and made him throw up. Toilet Paper Boy was very mad and wanted to get revenge by wrapping toilet paper around Dionysus and making him eat poop. Dionysus started to throw up and got even more angry. He tried to escape by breaking glass and cutting the toilet paper around him. Dionysus escaped with no clothes on except his underwear. The next day when Toilet Main woke up, he thanked Toilet Paper Boy. Toilet Paper Boy and Toilet Man then went on a mission to find Dionysus because Dionysus had kidnapped the Toilet King. Toilet Main had a secret weapon though: a huge giant sword. The sword was as big as a lunchroom table and as sharp as an arrow. Toilet Paper Boy also had psychic powers that could wedgie Dionysus. Dionysus then fought Toilet Paper Boy and Toilet Man. Toilet Man hit Dionysus but Dionysus turned out to be a hologram.
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Fairy Poisoning: A Script By Selena, age 13, Alex, age 11, Judy, age 10, and Sabrina, age 10 Narrator: It was a lovely afternoon . . . the Queen was sitting on her throne waiting for the chef. Queen: When will the chef come? He’s taking so long! I want to see the cake! Narrator: So after what seems like forever, the chef finally made it to her. Chef: Sorry, I was late putting the cake in the oven. So, I just turned the heat up to 360 degrees. Queen: That’s outrageous! I wanted the cake with lemon buttercream frosting, not chocolate. And the heat is all wrong. It’s supposed to be 350, not 360. Narrator: So the chef sulked into the kitchen. He suddenly got into rage and poisoned the next cake. Chef: Mwahahaha! Queen: What’s going on in there? Chef: Oops! I’m coming! Narrator: So he brought the queen the cake and she took a bite. She turned green and fainted. Chef: YES! YES! HAHA! Narrator: With the queen lying there, he ran from the castle and into a deep, dark cave. He found his master, the evil witch! Chef: It is done my queen . . . she’s dead! Witch: Haha! Finally! Chef: Yes! Narrator: Back at the castle, the queen’s daughter Sabrina and her best friend Selena tried to wake Sabrina’s mother, but she didn’t budge! 32 aloha from the writers’ room
Sabrina: Mother! Mother wake up! Selena: It’s no use. She’s poisoned. I’ve seen this before. There is only one cure . . . the antidote from the witch’s cavern. Sabrina: Well let’s go . . . without my mother the whole universe will go to the witch. Selena: Okay, I guess. Narrator: The girls were wandering through the forest when they ran into a bruised baby dragon. Selena: Omg! Look, the dragon is hurt! Sabrina: Do you think it will bite? Selena: I don’t know! Rex: Don’t worry I don’t bite! Hi, my name is Rex! Sabrina: Uh! Did that dragon just talk? Selena: I don’t know! But . . . it’s so cute! Sabrina: Don’t just stand there, it needs taking care of. Selena: Oh yeah! Right! I forgot, how silly of me. Rex: Thanks! I’m usually flying up there (points at sky) but I crashed into this forest and hurt my wing. Sabrina: Why don’t you come with us? We can take care of you! Rex: Ok! I’m not really a baby dragon though. I’m ten years old. Narrator: So Sabrina and Selena went with the dragon to the witch’s cave. Selena: Let’s stop at the back of the cave. Sabrina: Okay! Wait . . . why? Selena: (rolls eyes) Because we are going to discuss our plan. Sabrina: Ok. Narrator: So after discussing their plan, the girls and Rex launched into action! Sabrina yelled something. Sabrina: Hey, witch! Witch: Hm? Intruders outside? (evil smile) Princess stew!
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Narrator: After Sabrina lured the witch outside, Rex got rid of the chef. Rex: Hey come get me, you ugly thing! Chef: Hey! Didn’t I get rid of you before? Narrator: So, when everyone was outside, Selena came in and found the potion! Selena: I found it! Rex: Haha! Nice, Selena! I also just finished off the chef! Narrator: So they flew out of the cave and found Sabrina waiting. Sabrina: Hey! Did you get the potion? The witch is stuck in the ropes right over there. Witch: Let me go! Before I turn you into toads! Everyone: Hahaha! Selena: Let’s get back to the castle. Rex: Yeah. Hey, is there any food there? I’m starving! Narrator: When they got there they found the queen lying on her bed. Sabrina: C’mon! We have to give her the potion! Selena: Okay! Okay! Narrator: So Selena gave Sabrina the potion, then Sabrina gave the potion to her mother. Queen: What happened? Ahhh! A dragon! Sabrina: It’s okay! He’s our pet! Rex: Yeah! I’m friendly. Narrator: So the whole group lived happily ever after . . . Well, the chef was arrested and thrown in the dungeon along with the witch. So other than that, everything was perfect.
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Starling City Adventure By Kadyn, age 11
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The Monkey King By Bryan, age 12 Rotate to read!
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