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( W<%klyTbneg, Wgdoe$day> Apr# 19,20Q0 - 9 \ Narrator: Brenden: Jack: Brenden: Jack: Narrator: Emily: Kristina: Narrator: Brenden: Jack: Brenden: Narrator: Leopard: Whinny: Leopard: Narrator: Emily: Narrator: Emily: Brenden: Kristina: Emily: Kristina: Brenden: Emily: Narrator: The Amethyst Forest . * ■ 1 The animals once lived happily in Amethyst forest, but now Brenden owner of half of Tasmania Island and a multi billionaire, hired a lumberjack named Jack to cut down all the trees in the forest. Jack, 1 want you to cut down all the trees in the forest so I can find the ainethysts! ! Okay, how much ya gonna pay me??!! I'll pay you 10 million dollars for half the forest. Deal!!! The reason Brenden wanted all the trees cut down was because of this. People believed that under a tree in the middle of the forest lay a huge bunch of amethysts.On the other side of the forest lived two tree buggers. Their names were Emily and Kristina. The property where the two girls lived was owned by the WWF(World Wildlife Federation) Emily and Kristina were there to study Wallabies. Kristina, do you have the map to that tree in the middle of the forest? Yeah, I have the map. Brenden had been looking for that map for at least ten years! 1 want those amethysts, Jack. Sure boss, what ever you say ! ! ! Jack, I ve decided to cut down the whole forest. Ell pay you 20 million dollars if you do a good job. He didn't know that the WWF owned the other half of the island. The next day Jack started cutting down the trees.He cut down the great animal tree .That's where the parrots and birds lived, and where the leopards went for shade. All the animals were very mad! ! ! So the animals had a meeting. At the meeting, the great leopard spoke. There is a man cutting down the trees!! We need to get rid of him!! Let's go see Emily and Kristina! ! Good idea!! Let's go!!! So the animals went to see The Tree Muggers. There Whinny the Wallaby told Emily everything. Okay, lets Go! ! As the Tree Muggers and the animals set out to find Jack and Brenden they thought of a plan. When they found the men the two girls started an argument. Why were you getting rid of the rainforest? You don't need to know! The rainforest plays a huge role in our life! If you cut down the trees, the animals will lose their homes and we will lose oxygen! Animals are part of our food chain. If you break the food chain, we could all die of starvation. I don't care! Get'm guys! At that moment all the animals charged at Brenden and Jack. They chased them to the water. The men did not see the water and fell in! It was too far to climb back up so they went to the nearest boat and they were never heard from again ! ! ' The Love of Parents! What would you do? What would you say? If your parents left you and went far, far away. Where would you go? Where would you stay? If only you could make them remain ! There was always your aunt's or maybe your grandma's but those places seem so far, far away. Abandoned, left out on the street, If only I had something to eat. One hour later I begin to cry, Only to see my parents walk by. Then they stop, dead in their tracks Start running towards me calling, "We are sorry. We made a vile mistake." They then took me into their arms To be forever loved! By: Brittany JVTDonnell Grade 6 The Bov Who Made a Snowman Alex made a snowman. He played with the snowman. It got hot and the snowman melted. Alex sang "Old McDonald had a farm..." for the snowman. Alex made another snowman. He liked the new snowman. The snowman took Alex to the North Pole. Alex met Santa at the North Pole and liked him. They played and had fun., Santa showed Alex his workshop and gaye him a toy. Alex liked the toy and thanked Santa. * Bye Melissa Knapp Grade Three Written by: Brenden Skinner, Emily Malcolm, Kristina Mattchet, Lisa Pound, Nicky Hamilton, Reisha Prasad Michelle Doran Grade 5 THE MISSING COMPUTER GAMES One day, I was going to play my new computer games on my computer. When I was ready to play my newest games, I saw that they were gone. I looked and looked for the games. If was three days before the day we were going to move. I searched the whole house. An hour later, my Mom called me to come for supper. When I stepped in the kitchen, I saw someone I had never seen before. My Mom told me that he was the mover. He told me we were moving tomorrow. "But, I haven't found my new computer games." Now, do not be silly," said my Mom. "They are right where you left them." . "No, they are not where 1 left them," I said. My Mom went to look. She could not find my computer, games anywhere. We asked the mover if he had seen any computer games. "Oh, those computer games in the truck?". I ran out to get my computer games. Oh, did I tell you about my Mom's car? Oh, that is another story. by: Brian Knapp Grade Three THE COOL COW One day, Cool Cow sent a letter to Mr. Cow. On the paper, there was a cool joke. The joke was, "Knock, Knock. Who's there? Fork. Fork who? Fdrk and knife!" ' That was the funniest, funniest joke he had ever heard. So, Mr. Cow drove over to Cool Cow's house. "That joke was the funniest joke I ever heard." "I thought you would like it." "Well, I sure did," said Mr. Cow "So, would you like to go out for supper? "I sure do," said Coql Cow. "How about ton ight?" "Sure, at 2:00." j "I'll be there." At 2:00, they left to go to McDonald's. Cool Cow got a Big Mac and Mr. Cow got a Happy Meal with hay on the side. • "Yummy," said Cool Cow. "That sure was good. How about some more?" 1 "No, let's go home." « I "Okay, see you tomorrow." The night passed really fast and morning came. Cool Cow had breakfast and then Cool Cow and Mr. Cow went to the park and played. They played lots of games like tennis and soccer. After that, they had lunch. Lunch was really, really good. After lunch, they went to the farm to buy some hay. It was $10.99 for a bag of hay. But, for 2 bags it was $20.99. How much is 10 bags? Well, that is another story. The Girl and thé Snowman One day, a girl named Melissa woke up from her nap and went downstairs to eat breakfast. Then she went to school. When she got to school, the bell rang. • She went inside and got undressed. When she went inside the classroom, the teacher asked her to get her journal and draw a picture of a snowman. Melissa did. The teacher said the bell would ring for recess so she went out in the hallway and got on her stuff and lined Up. When the bell rang, she ran out the door and made a snowman outside. She put a raisin for the nose, apples for the eyes and for the mouth she put a banana. She put arms on tl]e sides of her snowman and then the bell rang so she lined up at the door. By: Briar DeFinney ' Grade One , by: Daniel Vander Weer Grade Three S7/7/Z Dear Marc Brown, I like your stories. Really, like Arthur's Teacher Trouble . 1 think your illustrations would be a level. I have lots or your books at my house. I really like them. Do you use pastels? I've written a story of my own. My title was ]f You Give a Snake a Pancake. I like to write. It is fun. By: Timothy Stewart Grade Two Once I wished upon * star Way out there so very far No bne knows how they live, Where they are, Once / wished upon a star By:Roxanne Louttet Grade Four Orono Public School