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The Ancient History of Mr. Lollypants and His 27 Tears
by Creator Club!
Mr. Lollypants is a lollipop, but he’s sad because he’s not sweet; he’s sour. He lives in a gingerbread house. He walks out of his house, and he sees something. A sign!. A stop sign, it’s red and white, just like a CIRCUS TENT. He calls his friend Joe the Coconut. He’s basically a coconut with stick arms. He’s tiny. He struggles to get the phone. He pulls around a stool with lots of steps on it.
Mr. Lollypants: “I’ve got another one of my ideas!”
JOE THE COCONUT: “What is it this time?” He explains.
JOE THE COCONUT: “Stop right there, I know what we have to do first! We should make it in the basement of a restaurant.”
It’s an Ice cream store that only sells mint chocolate chip. Owner is Banana Joe. But they need to raise money. They have a fundraiser selling bugs to butterflies for the first show. At the first show that they ever do something goes totally wrong. They don’t have any of the requirements,. They just start playing music, and everyone says BOOO!!!! Becuase there are no acts. It goes so poorly that he quits. “My dream is dead! Go home, everybody,” to everyone he hired (which is no one).
“This was harder than I thought”
Joe says, “STOP - Listen to me. I have a new partner. My manager, Frogsworth the chicken will help us, make a speech (also banana joe)”
“Lollypants, you're the biggest lollypop I know, and you are so great, and when was the last time you were at a circus? Two minutes ago, so you have to make a circus!”
27 years over 27 tears. Finally they did it. They opened their big top and it was opening night of the final version of the show (that we heard about at the beginning). He calls the whole cast and crew together “I have a gift for all of you to show you how much I appreciate you all.” Here’s a Wet Dog From France for each of you! “They walk around and are all like,” barkety barkety guys. ' They are pocket sized.
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The Case of the Third Person INfection
by Rosa, age 10, Tennessee
Its another day for me Rick Lawson when someone walks into my...Wait, do I have to talk about myself in third person? What is the point? I, Rick Lawson... No I did it again! Why oh why must this happen to me Rick Lawson... Noooooo I did it again!! Have I always done this? Lets look at my baby pictures. And after some close examination by me I realized... Hey I did it! I didn't say it in third person!! I am gonna go convince other detectives to stop this bad habit! That's the daily case for me, Rick Lawson! Darn it I said it again! Well time to stop this curse! Hey Vicky Burns! Hi Rick Lawson! Its another day for me, Vicky Burns when... Wait wait wait Vicky stop doing that! Doing what? Talking in third person! Okay I Vicky Burns will try! Bye! Alright time to go help Matt Hayes. Hey Matt Hayes! Hey Rick Lawson! Its another.. No No No don't say its another day for me Matt Hayes ok? Why? That's how I Matt Hayes talks. I don't care how you talk its infecting your brain! But I have to! Hey you did it! Bye! Hopefully they will spread the word. Hey I haven't said I Rick Lawson or me Rick Lawson all day! Pretty much. I beat the infection!!!
Carson the Capybara
by El, age 9, California
Once upon a time, there was a horse that had blinkers on its butt. Because he was the only horse around with blinkers on his butt, he felt a little sad because he was so different. Other horses and animals would ask him, “Why do you have blinkers on your butt?” but he just didn’t know, and he felt a little embarrassed. One day, he was galloping down the highway, and he noticed someone's car had broken down. He asked how he could help. The person said, “I don’t know! Can you fix my car?!”. The horse did not know how to fix a car and sadly said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t know if I can help you”. Just then, he had an idea! “Oh! I cannot fix your car, but I can give you a ride!”. The person thought for a second, “but wait, can you go on a road?” The horse made a big grin, and he said, “Check it out, I have blinkers on my butt!” They both started laughing, and the person hopped on. The horse with the blinker butt started galloping down the highway and the man made it to work on time. From then on, the horse loved his left and his blinker butt—the end.
The Guy Who Sells Skyscrapers
by Colin, age 8, Texas
Just another good day of selling skyscrapers for me, the skyscraper guy. Today, somebody walks into the store and they ask for a skyscraper. I say “sure, how tall?” The person thinks for a second and says “1,000 feet.” Then I ask - “Where you like it?” He replies “On top of town hall.”
“Ok,” I say. I get into my crane, I put it on top of town hall but the whole building starts to wobble…. Then…. IT CRASHES and all the skyscrapers start rolling everywhere!!! So I call my alien friends….
I went to space once, I met some aliens and we had a little talk. We traded stuff for a bit and became friends. While I was there I accidentally got hit by an alien ray and it gave me the superpower of telekinesis! Then they gave me a little com to talk to them whenever I needed to. (This translated so I can understand the alien’s language. I didn’t know how handy this would be later…
So here I am, skyscapers rolling everywhere, people running and screaming and suddenly I remember - “I can call the aliens!” My com is a little bit rusty, but it still works! The aliens reply “That’s no problem! We need skyscrapers anyway!” All of the troops of aliens show up and take the skyscrapers back to their planet.
They find out that some power lines broke… Then I say “I have an idea…” Then I snap the power line cord but I found one that’s super tight - but it secretly goes up to the aliens and we are able to still talk. Then I put the one skyscraper I wanted to keep back at my house. I climbed up to the top…. Did a backflip off and shouted - “THE END!
