Monty the Dog
by Ross, first grade writer
Monty barks in the middle of the night. He wakes me up every time so I never get to sleep in the night.
I go get my mom and dad, and I sleep with them. Every night I go under the covers so I can get some sleep. Dad got tired of me crawling in bed every night, so Dad brought home a tennis ball machine.
He put the machine on the porch. He plugged the machine in. The balls began to shoot out into the yard!
Now Monty fetches tennis ball all night.
Now Monty’s barking won’t bother us anymore.
(Click here to view/print Ross and two of his classmates' stories)
Monkey Smell
by Autumn, second grade writer
Once there was a family named the Larus family. They had one tiny problem. The family pet, Chim-Chim (a monkey), smelled so bad that the Larus family had to give Chim-Chim a bath every day. It was no use, he was always smelly, so the Larus family decided to find a new home for Chim-Chim.
The next day the children took Chim-Chim to the beauty parlor for pets. When they walked in the beauty parlor door, the manager asked, “What can I do for your pet?” All of a sudden the wallpaper fell off the walls and turned dark green. The plants died and the plant leaves turned white. Then the manager died.
Next, the children took Chim-Chim up a tall, grassy, breezy mountain. When they finally got to the top of the mountain, the breeze did not take the awful smell away. When they came down off the mountain, a skunk family smelled Chim-Chim from 20 blocks away and fainted.
Late at night two burglars snuck into the Laurus’s house. All of a sudden “CRASH”, CRASH!” Both of the burglars fainted from the smell of Chim-Chim. Then the whole Larus family woke up, and there were the burglars. In the morning the Laruses called the police and the police came and arrested and sent them to jail. For a while Chim-Chim was famous, so they kept him.
Duke’s Coat
by Jessika, third grade writer
Once, across six oceans and seven valleys, there was a Pinto horse named Duke. He lived on a peaceful farm with all his friends and wore a rainbow bandana with a matching personality. Despite his award-winning features, Duke had a big problem. His coat was so shiny and colorful that anyone who looked at it was blinded instantly. Everybody had to wear sunglasses around him.
Sometimes this hurt Duke’s feelings, but it never troubled him much, until one day. It was Earth Day. Duke and his friends had just planted fifty fir trees down by the lagoon, and now Duke and his friend Betty Donkey were deathly exhausted. Betty did not have to wear sunglasses around Duke because she was already blind. Duke and Betty were relaxing by the creek. The calm, flowing water seemed to relax them and wash away all their troubles.
Soon Charlie the pug came trotting happily over the hills. Charlie was a small dog with a big mouth. Nobody could start an argument with him and win. Duke didn’t notice him prancing by, so Charlie turned to say hello. But before he could say a word, he caught a glimpse of Duke’s magnificent hide. He uttered a shriek loud enough to knock Duke back to reality.
Duke saw Charlie stumbling around and ran over to help the frantic dog. But Charlie didn’t know it was Duke, and he kicked him in the leg. Charlie lost his balance, and he tripped over a rock. Unfortunately, there was a six foot cliff beneath him, and he went hurling down into the pit below. Luckily, there was a pool of water at the bottom, so Charlie didn’t get hurt. When they got back to the farm, Charlie wanted to sue Duke for 964 ears of corn.
(Click here to read/print Jessika's entire story about Duke the Horse)
Student Samples: Upper Elementary
Too Chubby
by Jayson, fifth grade writer
One blazing day in the Savanna grasslands, a leopard named Leon was swimming in deep, cold water. As he was swimming to stay cool, he saw a young buffalo that was as large as him. Leon swam at lightning speed toward the huge beast. When the buffalo saw Leon, he knew that he wouldn’t be able to escape, but still he turned and ran. Leon caught up with the childish buffalo and later on, he had a satisfying meal.
When he went to snooze that night and woke up the next morning, he decided to go on a morning hunt. But when he got up, he immediately fell down. He didn’t know what was wrong, but then he came to the conclusion that he was too obese.
About 20 minutes later, when Leon was moaning, Jack Rabbit came along and started to taunt Leon. “You are too slow. You are so overweight that you probably can’t get even get up.”
“Yes, I can,” Leon said.
“Prove it!” Jack screamed.
Leon Leopard lifted himself off of the ground for about five seconds, then fell back down. He tried it again and this time, he took a few steps toward Jack, then sat down on a thorn bush. “Owww!” Leon yelled.
(Click here to read/print Jayson's entire story about Leon the Leopard)
