Eric discovers a mysterious book. Featuring two new stories: “The Ghost That Launched a Business,” a terrifying tale about entrepreneurship, written by Jesse, a 9 year old from the UK, and “Julius Caesar: The Guinea Pig, Not the Famous Ancient Roman Dude, But This Rodent Thinks Otherwise,” a story about how our names sometimes shape who we are inside, written by a 9 year old from Illinois named Scottie.
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Illustration by Camila Franklin
The Ghost That Launched a Business
by Jesse, age 9, UK
Hello
This is my story the ghost that launched a business
One day there were two children called November and December. They lived in a haunted house with their mum and dad. The ghost that haunted the house would creep into November and December’s bedroom and scream “Ready to launch your business?”, and November and December would scream! This happened several times before November and December decided something had to be done So one night they crept into mummy’s bedroom and took off her robot head. Brought it into their bedroom and waited, when the ghost finally appeared November who was clutching mummy’s robot head took it out from under the blankets and threw it at the ghost but it was a ghost so it just went right through it. So the next night November and December went into Daddy’s bedroom and got his pet squid. Then they went back To their bedroom And waited. When the ghost came they the ghost dad’s pet squid but the ghost didn’t get scared so the next night they Waited For the ghost to get there and when it did get there the kids asked it for paper work that could help them launch a business and the ghost decided he would give it to them so they ended up running a sanctuary for Squids
THE END
Julius Caesar: The Guinea Pig, Not the Famous Ancient Roman Dude, But This Rodent Thinks Otherwise
by Scottie, Age 9, Illinois
Roll Call Stories
Scroll down to read the original stories or watch Peter and Lee read them and react here:
The Savory Pie
by Julian, age 9, Washington, DC
There was a Pie named Tom.
He was the only savory pie in the fridge.
But then, one time he was taken out!
The dreaded garbage bag was looming closer!
Tom has flashbacks.
Tom get baked and rejected by the kids and stuck in the fridge.
But there is toxic goo in the bag!
This is going to be hard to explain.
The Unscary Haunted House
by Samara, age 6, Pennsylvania
Once there was a haunted house who was not scary. And all the other haunted houses were laughing at him.
Snake on a Plate
by Carter, age 8, Washington
The snake got lost in the forest. A rock fell on the snake. He shed his skin to get away. He traveled all around the world. And finally it looked like he found his plate but it wasn't his plate at last. He saw his plate behind that plate then he finally found his plate. The end.
