Lord Eric Half-Elven, champion of the weak and all around cool dude, rallies his compatriots to slay the Great Serpent. Featuring two new stories: “The Birthday Fiasco”, about a string of birthday gift robberies that can only be foiled by the Animal Buddies, written by Carmella, age 7 in Canada, and “The Backwards Hat”, a story about what happens when a magic top hat turns everything topsy-turvy, written by Milo, age 10 in California. Peter and Lee also read more stories written by kids in the latest installment of Story Love.
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The Birthday Fiasco
by Carmella, age 7, Canada
There was a cat named Shadow. She was a black cat. It was her friend’s birthday. When she was about to wrap the present, something stole it!
So she called the Animal Buddies. There was a fox. There was a rabbit. There was a pig. And there was a dog. She explained what happened.
Then when they got there, they found a trail of wrapping paper. They followed it through the city. Until they reached a pile of birthday presents in a corner of the city.
Then unexpectedly Mr Bad Cow said “You’ll never stop me from stealing these presents mwah ha ha ha haaaaa!"
“We’ll see about that” said Super Fox.
“Oh yeah?” Said Mr Bad Cow
Then they chased him into a dumpster and Super Dog said “Who’s gonna get each other now?”
And then CLICK
The Super Rabbit and the Super Pig put handcuffs on Mr Bad Cow and together Super Rabbit, Super Pig, Super Fox, and Super Dog said “GOT YOU!”
“Oh fine I’ll return all the presents” said Mr Bad Cow
So then the black cat got the present to her friend’s party.
The End
The Backwards Hat
by Milo, age 10, California
A man finds a top hat that makes things backwards. For example he put it on, and cats are chasing dogs, and instead of people planting gardens, gardens are planting people. As the story goes on, things get wackier and wackier, and he starts to like the hat, and keeps wearing it. Instead of walking his dog, the dog walks him. Instead of riding his horse at the ranch, the horse rides him. He doesn't like that. But then at night, the dogs and horse make him dinner, which tastes really good, and then his kids put him to bed. He really likes that! Nowadays he sometimes wears the hat but not all the time.
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Theater Class with Sleepy Sally
by Finola, age 10, Idaho
This stores about 3 characters, The theater teacher, Sleepy Sally, and the narrator, "who is the N-A-R-O-R-A-T-O-R" uh Me. Ahem, One sunny morning on Flirby Drive Sleepy Sally was rushing about , getting her things for theater A.K.A. falling asleep every 2 seconds! When she finally got there they were already through half of class! luckily she was on time for auditions. she auditioned for a cat named snuffles. 2 WEEKS LATER.... Yay I YAWN got the YAWN part!Thanks theater teacher. It's all right, and by the way my name is May-yes yes I know, no not you narrator!Oh okay, so the day of the play It was Sleepy Sallys time for a solo and she was so tired that she tripped up the stairs. as the lights shined on her the warmth from them made her even more tired that she fell asleep ON THE STAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The director had to wake her up and shoo her of the stage,May was soooo embarrassed. and................. THE END!!!!!!!!!!
Nuclear Nosepicker
by Cirrus, age 8, Michigan
Once there was a boy who picked his nose. He took his boogers and made a super, big ball. Then he put some nuclear waste on the giant booger ball. A few moments later, it turned into Booger Man!
The nose picking boy went into his room and saw Booger Man. He saw a scary, bright green, slimy, two-armed, dumb blob.
Suddenly, nose picking boy ran to his parents. He told his parents to look in his room. The parents were busy looking at the Halloween costumes. They all ran to the boy’s room to see the Booger Man. His mom and dad did not see the Booger Man but the nose picking boy did. The parents are confused! The nose picking boy is worried.
The Booger Man has feelings too! He feels lonely.
In the other room, nose picking boy’s sister was making a giant booger ball. She found a nuclear waste can, just before she put it on her booger ball nose picking boy burst in. He loudly said, “NOOOOOO!”
But he was too late! She dropped the nuclear waste can. They walked out of the room to talk about the booger ball mixed with nuclear waste. Nose picking girl walked into her room and screamed! “There is a big Booger Woman!”
She ran to her parents and told them about the Booger Woman, all of it. They all went to her room, but the parents did not see the Booger Woman. The parents were disappointed. The nose picking girl was worried.
The Booger Woman also has feelings. She feels lonely.
The Booger Man went to the nose picking girl’s room. The Booger Woman saw Booger Man and fell in love.
Then! Then! The end!
The Goo on My Window
by Leah, age 11, Vermont
Aaak! Eeek! There’s a strange, horrendous, oogly bogly, ishy, squatchy, gooey, globby, moist towelette flavored streak of shining white (with a little brown and green in it) goo on my window! It’s making my town of Burgly Bergonson very upset! Whatever shall I doooooooooooo?!
*Ding dong, ding dong* “yes hello?” I say as I pick up my hard pickle phone. “I hear you are having trouble with dodo bird snot.” says a coconut drink hat wearing squishy pig face man named Jeffery Baloney (Don’t ask me how I know that). “Uh, no Sir Jeffery Baloney, it’s goo.” “THAT’S WHAT I SAID!” Suddenly, he hangs up with a loud *bagalisous*! Hmmmmmmm. That was a very well good conversation. Don’t correct my grammar Daddy! Now, back to staring at the goo with a donkey on my butt.
3 DAYS LATER…
“All clean! It only took five screws, a capybara key chain, the presidents address, a green flavored popsicle, a 243mm crochet hook, a paper mache flower, and a pineapple shoelace from New Jersey but your window is goooooooo free!” Says a random rat named Bitzee Boing Boing.
HOOOORRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAA!!
“The end” said the goo. Wait, THE GOO?!
