December Stories

My Rocket Ride

By Hernan

One day I was at the lab. We went for a rocket ride to the moon. It took a long time to get there. I was jumping like a monkey. My brother was ridiculing me because I was throwing myself to the ground. There was a bulky asteroid. We were trying to move it to the rocket. It was funny. I had lots of energy. So we were playing wrestling. I vowed to my brother that I wouldn’t hurt him. It was incredible. My brother jumped higher than me. I started to take pictures.

The astronaut was a pro. He said that he had been on the moon three times. He said that eons ago lots of asteroids crashed on the moon. I was trying to plod but it was hard. I was wondering if my destiny would be to become an astronaut.

It was time to leave so I went around looking for souvenirs. I was going to show the whole class everything I got. It was time to go home so we took off and went to the lab. We landed safely. No one got hurt. My brother and I went home. We told them everything that happened. At last I showed them the photos we took. That was the best ride ever.

My Mars Adventure

By Maricela

One day I was playing outside with the rocket that I built. Then it suddenly started to move like an earthquake. I blasted off into space. “I could not believe that my rocket could fly,” I said. It started to veer from one place to another. I think it used some of the energy of the sun and generated some power to blast off.

Suddenly I landed. “Which planet or moon is this,” I wondered. Then I recognized the planet. “It’s Mars,” I shouted. I was the first one to go to Mars. When I was looking, I saw and inlet on Mars. “I can’t believe it,” I said. The inlet lead into a lagoon.

When I was ready to go home, I couldn’t. It felt like something was pulling back. Then I remembered that Mars had a gravitational pull. “Do not pull my rocket. My rocket is not water,” I shouted to Mars. “Oh sorry,” she said. I was in shock. Then I told the barren Mars, “I am so sorry if you felt bad because I shouted to you.” “It’s OK,” she replied. Then I blasted off to earth.

Aliens

By Brianna

One day I was in my room watching TV when I heard something from outside. So I turned off the TV and then got a flashlight to see what was going on. Then I saw something green glowing. It looked like a person.

Then I slowly took a step towards it and then I tried to touch it but I felt nervous. I got a stick and carefully touched it. It had enormous features and a big head.

Then it was running toward a shining light in the sky. Then I saw it closely and it was a UFO! I could not believe my eyes. I took photographs of the alien and the UFO. I thought if I gave the photographs to the president, I would get publicity and everyone would know me.

The next day they brought some big machine to translate with the humans. Then I told them if they hurt anybody they can’t be here. They said they were just here to buy a PS2 so they wouldn’t get bored on their way to the moon. When they went back to the moon, they gave me a souvenir to remember this day!

Alien Invasion

By Joel

A long, long time ago there was a happy couple. The woman’s name was Nicole and the man’s name was Mark. They were scientists. They worked in a laboratory in Wisconsin. They studied aliens. They had three different kinds of aliens in each tank. They are in some kind of liquid so they won’t die. They are really, really rare.

One day when Mark and Nicole went into the laboratory, they saw that the glass was broken. That’s when all of a sudden they heard bombs going off. They were under attack. They quickly called the police station. They said they were sending jets.

They started shooting missiles. The aliens had some kind of sensor because that made more aliens come. It was a war between human kind and aliens. Mark and Nicole got out safely through the back door. Mark and Nicole knew their weakness. It was really loud screeching. So they sent a lot of screeching parrots to the aliens. They ran like crazy. They climbed into their flying saucers and took off in a blink of an eye. And since then, they have never been seen again.

November 7 Stories

A Simultaneous Wave and Hurricane

By Nayeli

A simultaneous wave and hurricane took place in the mid 1990's when my accompanist, Ace, who is an expert on gravitational bulges, comes with me to explore an inlet.

We were having fun relaxing in the shallow water when a hurricane generated waves and I was almost drowned. But, thanks to my life-saver, I was safe. We got out of the water.

Trying to escape the hurricane got worse. Thinking it was inconsequential, we ran into a spooky cave. Then we recognized how important it was to be in the cave. Because of the hurricane the light did not go out. There was a lot of energy. The cave was magic. It could stop the waves and hurricanes.

At first we didn't know anything, but our curiosity didn't stop us from pushing the button. Then after we pushed the button, we went out of the cave and saw the waves and hurricane had stopped simultaneously.

The Ace and I started playing tag in the water because what could we do? We were drenched.


My Wild Boat Ride

By Jesus

One day we were on a boat to go to Hawaii for a vacation. It was a long trip. I sat on a beach ball and it made a bulge. There was high tide because the moon has a gravitational pull on the ocean. Then there was a tsunami. It was generated by a volcanic explosion in Hawaii.

The boat went in all different directions. We had to use our energy to stay on the boat. The the tsunami stopped. I was so dizzy that I fell off the boat. Good thing that the water was shallow.

Now we were close to Hawaii. We were excited. When we reached the inlet, I found 7 starfish. Then we reached the shore we went to eat. And I will never forget that day for the rest of my life.



Buffalo Herd

By Jordan

Here I am in the middle of the fire storm as the leader. I have to lead the herd to safety but the problem is, I don't know how to be a leader. My herd dwindles each time we walk 5 miles. Embers fly like we were in a war. The policy was not to pass waterfall property. If it is the only way to safety, I will break the policy. The canopy of the trees is on fire.

Since leaves are tinder, we try to stay as far away as possible from trees. We veered a lot of times. So we got to the waterfall property. We thought we were safe but it is hunting season. There are hunters everywhere. Even the the famous hunter, Andy, is here.

Soon something good happened. Geysers shot out. The geysers were cold water and turned the fire off. That was good for my herd, but bad for the hunters. Andy, the hunter, got shot into the air by a geyser and is crying and yelling for help.


The Fires

By Dominique

I remember last summer when the forest had a lot of fires. There were always firefighters coming every day. Trees dwindled and there was hardly any grass and plants. There was a big fire in 2008 when the firefighters came, the trees were full of embers. Every time I went I would see bison. And the tree's canopy was all gone.

When I saw a fire I veered to another side. They made a policy to always take down fires. On June 15 there was the worst fire in the forest. It killed animals. Everything was dying. After that fire nobody went over there. Not even the animals. It was tinder dry. There was a geyser shooting up in the air.

But one day a miracle happened. It started to snow. Trees were growing, grass was growing, and plants were growing. Animals were comming and people were coming. Since then no more fires were in the forest.

New Stories for 2008

Island of Adventures

By Carlos

One day me and my dad decided to go on shore and gather up some abalone and a couple of fish, so we did. We got on a canoe and started to hunt. Then suddenly the canoe started pitching all over the place. A big wave splashed right on top of us and the canoe flipped over.

When I swam to shore my dad wasn’t there. I tried to go back home but I didn’t know the way back. I went on my own. When I was walking, I felt forlorn thinking that my dad died back on shore but then I got over it.

That night I gorged down the abalone like a filthy animal. Then four wild dogs came and tried to get my abalone. I took a stick and whooped one on the head and the rest ran off to their lair.

The next day I was exhausted and overcome with all the walking I did.

The Dangerous Shark Cove

By Yetzamy

Once upon a time there was a girl names Jethzami. She had two pet sharks. She even had to put harnesses on them. When she woke up, she would always say that it was her destine to guard this island. Her sharks thought so too. Every morning she would swim with her sharks and when she was done swimming with them, she would take them to the lair and she pitched herself on the sofa made out of kelp. She would eat abalone for breakfast and fish for lunch and abalone and fish for dinner. She would get overcome from eating the same thing every day.

One day she went to play with her sharks and she saw that Sammy was the vainer sister and Monica was very nice and looked forlorn. She was going to feed them. They gorged their food. Jethzami thought about writing a book about a forlorn shark. She would dedicate it to Monica. So she did. She wrote the book and she kept her promise.

Then she went to New York where they were selling the book and they wanted to make a movie and she used Monica as the lead and they lived happily ever after.

Dangerous Island Adventure

By Mario

Once upon a time there was a kid named Bob. He was vainer. He used to be my best friend until we got into a fight. Now we are best friends again and we go on adventures and discover new stuff. Once we were thinking of going on our greatest adventure yet. He thought of sharks and I thought of caves. We thought of the greatest adventure ever. Bob’s dad once told us about a treasure under the sea but he told us not to go because it was dangerous.

Ten minutes later we were thinking of going but Bob was afraid of drowning. So, I told him, “You need to overcome your fear.” He said “OK.” I am an ace at swimming. Bob is too, but he is afraid of drowning. Before we went to the underwater lair we ate abalone. Bob gorged himself with his food. We saw a boat and then the cave pitched the boat back to the cove.

When we went under water we felt forlorn because the sharks were eating bountiful little fish. Then we kept on swimming until we got to the treasure. Then I got one necklace and I put it on. The next thing we knew we were surrounded by sharks. We fooled them and got away but the bad news is that we didn’t get the treasure but I still kept the necklace for a souvenir.

The Dangerous Island

By Kalyn

Sara lives peacefully with her family and friends. Her father is kind of handsome and has some money. He is the chief of their tribe. One day some people came from another island. They asked if they could have some abalone. Her father said, “Sure.” So they got some abalone. They turned their weapons on them. Sara was so scared. They said to give them all the abalone that was in the store. So they left after they got most of the abalone and killed her father. After that she was very forlorn.

So the new chief’s name was Chief Acedo. He insisted they go somewhere else to a safer home. So they packed up some things in baskets. Sara and her sister Jenny packed two boxes of jewelry. Jenny was vainer than Sara. Their little brother Andres helped them carry the baskets. They waited for the ship on the sand.

Soon the boat came. They all went aboard the ship. They were all aboard or so they thought. They were so hungry they gorged themselves until they couldn’t eat another bit. The boat started to pitch wildly. They were out about one foot when Sara noticed her brother wasn’t on the ship. She was overcome with sadness when he wasn’t on the ship.

No one would turn around to get him so she left her things on the ship and dived into the sea. When she got to shore, she was worried about Andres. When it was night they went out for food. Then they saw bountiful wild wolves. They ran off to their lair. They were very bulky animals. Sara and Andres were so tired that they plodded to find a place to sleep. Sara made an error to leave her things on the ship.