SSDTA Creative Writing Contest 2011/2012

Milan Wright

Grade 1

Valley View

 

 

Once upon a time there was a village named Hooberville. It was the most beautiful place of all! It had a lot of green trees and bushes. It had lots and lots of animals. It had blue lakes with a lot of fish. It had a fabulous blue sky with white and puffy clouds.

 

In that village there was a family of monkeys. There was a daddy monkey, a mommy monkey, and a baby monkey named Faboo. He had brown fur and his head and stomach was tan. He was super-sweet, magical, and terrific. He likes to swing on the trees while eating bananas.

 

One day the monkey family went to the Monkey Mall. They went to the Monkey Mall because Faboo needed some new shoes. The shoes that he had got a hole in it. Faboo was putting some shoes on his feet then he heard a strong wind. Faboo grabbed his mom’s arms and went outside. A tornado was right in front of the door when they opened it. The tornado spinned them around. Then they spinned all the way up and got sucked into the tornado. The animals in the store panicked. There was an elephant in the tornado and he pushed out the mom and Faboo. When they got out they flew in different places and they got lost! Faboo felt sad because Faboo missed his mother.

 

Then Faboo introduced himself to a giraffe, crocodile, cheetah, lion, tiger and a poodle. Faboo said, “Hello my name is Faboo. I am lost. I am four years old. Can you help me find my mother?” The animals said, “Sure we will help you!” So they went to find Faboo’s mother. They looked high and low but they couldn’t find her. They looked everywhere but Faboo’s mother wasn’t found. Then there was another tornado and the animals got caught in it. There was a unicorn in it. The unicorn jumped up and pushed the animals out. Faboo landed in his mother’s arms. The End!

 

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SSDTA Creative Writing Contest 2011/2012

Grade 2

Mitchell

The Very Colorful Rainbow

 

One sunny day there was a very colorful rainbow. The rainbow was having a great day until a cloud washed its colors away with his rain! The rainbow was really sad so, the rainbow looked for his colors. First, the rainbow checked in all the bushes in sight. Next, the rainbow searched in every trashcan. Then, the rainbow hunted in rivers, streams, and trees. Finally the rainbow tried to find his colors in the dirt. The rainbow looked and looked but the rainbow couldn’t find his colors anywhere! Then a frog came by and the rainbow asked, “Have you seen my colors?” “Yes! I have seen your colors!” said the frog. “Where?” said the rainbow. “In the pond,” replied the frog. The rainbow starts to smile. “Thank you!” shouted the rainbow as the frog hopped away. After the frog was out of sight the rainbow dashed toward the pond in search of his colors. The rainbow turned left and turned right but not a color was in sight. After circling the pond several times, the rainbow was convinced his colors were not there. The rainbow finally left drooping in sadness. The rainbow had given up hope until a very colorful turtle came by. The rainbow stared at all the wonderful colors on the turtle’s shell. The rainbow whispered “my red, my blue, my green, my purple, my yellow, my orange, my pink.”  Then the turtle said, “Are these your colors? I found them in the pond.” “Yes! These are my colors,” said the rainbow. “Please take your colors back. I have taken very good care of them,” said the turtle. With that the rainbow hugged the turtle and said, “Thank you.” From then on the very colorful rainbow lived happily after.

 

The End.

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SSDTA Creative Writing Contest 2011/2012

Christopher Monarrez

Grade 3

Valley View

The Floating Old Man

 

One day, an old man lived in Los Angeles, and he was having a party, but he was drinking a lot of soda. He started to gradually inflate and started floating. He went so up that all the people could see him floating up in the air.

 

The old man went floating all the way to Washington D. C. passing the White House, when the president looked at him lifting his hand and saying helloooooo!

 

Then he continued floating to New York, he saw very tall buildings, the Statue of Liberty and Central Park. He thought that New York was very interesting place, the people who were there looked at him and commented, is it a bird, a plane or a UFO? “This is awesome!”

 

Next he passed through the Atlantic Ocean and went to London, he saw a bus called the Red Double Decker and the famous Big Ben was in the Clock Tower.

 

He kept on floating all around London until, he bumped into the Tower Bridge and all the gas from the soda got out of his stomach, falling down to the water. Someone came to rescue him, he said to them, that he is not from there, I need to continue my traveling, so he went to the store to get more soda to start to float again, and visit more places in the world.

 

After that, the old man went to France and he saw lots of wonderful things, such as the Eiffel Tower, and the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

 

Then, he went to Rome the capital of Italy; he saw the Stadio Olimpico and the Coliseum.

 

In the blink of an eye, the old man arrived at Venice, and he was watching the gondola and a gondolier in the Grand Canal.

 

The old man continued floating all the way to China, he saw the highest mountain in the world; it was called Mount Everest and the Great Wall of China.

 

He kept on floating and he saw lots of China people. He floated and floated, passed the Japan Sea to get to Japan. He floated passed through Hiroshima, Kawasaki to get to Tokyo, where he saw a train called the Bullet Train at the Tokyo Station, and sumo wrestlers battling and Japanese people watching the fight.

 

After the old man continued floating until arrive to San Diego, where he never need a passport to enter the border and saw LEGOLAND, Sea World, San Diego Zoo and all of those places were filled with people.

 

The old man passed the whole Pacific Ocean to get to Mexico, he saw mariachis playing the instruments, the Angel of Independence Monument and the food from Mexico smelled very good, so he began to feel hungry.

 

Finally, tired and hungry, he floated back to Los Angeles, until he bumped into one of the buildings, but when he returned to his house, he waked up and realized that he was dreaming.

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SSDTA Creative Writing Contest 2011/2012

Tomas Castillo

Grade 3

Pinetree

The Robot

 

Hi am Johnny and I am twelve years old. My parents are going out tonight to celebrate their anniversary at a fancy restaurant and I am going to stay home alone.

 

My dad is a scientist and he has a lab in the basement of our house. He is currently working on robot for the President of the United States. The robot is going to protect the President from danger. This project is secret and I am not allowed to tell anyone about it. I’m not even allowed to go down to the basement.

 

When my parents leave I am going to the basement to sneak a peek at the robot, fiddle with the wires to see how it works, and leave. I don’t plan on getting caught because I will get in big trouble with my dad.

 

Finally, my parents left for their dinner date and I can now see the robot I’ve been longing to see for months. I wonder if the robot is bullet proof, can climb up the side buildings or what type of weapons it has? After all, it is for protecting the President.

 

I ran down the basement steps and opened the door. I couldn’t believe it, it was better than I ever imagined. The robot stood seven feet tall and looked very strong. I slowly walked toward the robot and reached out to touch it. I carefully inspected it from head to toe. It had a silver coating and with dull red eyes. I quickly hurried to its back and removed the back plate exposing the control panel, which had a series of wires coming in and out of it.

 

Within the control panel there was a toggle switch, it appeared to be what activated the robot. I turned the robot on and that was a big mistake! It began to attack me by grabbing me and throwing me across the basement. It was coming towards me and I didn’t know what to do, right when it was going to finish me off, my dad turned the robot off saving my life.

 

I am grounded for a month but at least I know the President will be safe. The other day, I overhead my dad talking on the phone about building a time machine. Man, am I curious to see that. Should I take a peek?

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SSDTA Creative Writing Contest 2011/2012

Devin Patel

Grade 4

Golden Oak

Back In Time

 

One sunny day on a 4^th grade class field trip to the museum, a young African boy named Fred, was learning about famous Presidents. His teacher Mr. Lunter was telling his students about how George Washington pledged to never tell a lie and how Abraham Lincoln stopped slavery. Learning about presidents didn’t really interest Fred. Fred wasn’t really paying attention but when Mr. Lunter stopped in front of a big machine it captured Fred’s attention.

 

“This was a time machine invented by a scientist called Leonard Clanch, also known as “Brainy.” Now it is a mystery why Brainy invented it.” Mr. Lunter told the class. The class was fascinated. Fred was so curious about the machine that he didn’t realize that his class had left the room. He went looking them, but didn’t find them. He went back to he room with the time machine. He felt he was being pulled towards it, so he looked around to see if anyone was watching and snuck inside the machine. There were only two seats, but tons of buttons! Fred ran his fingers over the buttons, fascinated by them. All of a sudden the machine started making noises! Fred must have accidentally pressed a button because a console read, “Travel to 1863.”

 

Just as suddenly the machine stopped. When Fred walked out of the machine, he didn’t know where he was. It certainly wasn’t the museum; it wasn’t even inside a building! Then he heard loud banging and screams. He ran towards the sounds and saw soldiers and army horses everywhere. He stood still and just watched not understanding what was happening. A soldier saw him and told him to run home, that he couldn’t be outside. Fred asked him what was going on. “It is the end of the war and President Lincoln will be speaking shortly. Now run along home child,” the soldier said. President Lincoln? Fred couldn’t believe it.

 

Fred goes to the machine and tries to figure out what to do, his parents must surely be worried, but he was in 1863! He decided to go further back in time to see what Abraham Lincoln did with slavery. After all he was African. He looked at the many buttons and tried to remember which one he had pressed earlier. He turned the button and the console read 1851. As before, the machine started making noises, and he felt the pull of the machine.

 

When the machine stopped, Fred was on what looked like a farm. He heard someone shouting “faster.” Suddenly there was a man standing over him. “Why are you standing there? Do your work.” Fred was surprised and scared but said, “Yes sir.” He realized the man thought he was one of the slaves. As he did his work he saw how hard the slaves worked and how cruel it was. He cleaned, washed dishes, planted crops, and even helped cook food. As fascinated as he was, he couldn’t stand it any longer.

 

Fred snuck back to the machine and thought about what he had experienced. He knew that President Lincoln made slavery illegal in 1858. He felt so grateful towards the president that he wished he lived forever. “Oh” said Fred, “I can actually save the president’s life!” He turned the button so that it showed 1865. Fred ended up right in front of shiny, sparkly gold letters that read “Ford’s Theatre.” Fred went inside and saw that the time was 9:15. He found what he thought was a phone and asked the operator to connect him to the Secret Service.

 

Fred had read about President Lincoln’s assassination in his history book. He gave the Secret Service the information anonymously and he prayed they believed him. Fred waited for what seemed like hours. There were so many people that Fred almost didn’t hear the commotion. He saw two men with silver handcuffs and shiny gold badges that read “S. S.” taking a man away. Fred was so relieved and excited, he ran towards them! “I was so afraid you wouldn’t find him and he would kill the president.”

 

An hour later Fred was coming out of the machine at the museum. He had missed his family and friends a lot. He ran and looked for his friends and found his class eating lunch.

 

Years later Fred got a letter in the mail. His eyes became big when he read the return address: Brainy.

 

To Be Continued….

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SSDTA Creative Writing Contest 2011/2012

Alyssa Hiestand

Grade 5

Golden Oak

The Little Old Wallet

 

Not too long ago, there lived a little old wallet. This was not an ordinary wallet though. He was actually quite special. He could talk and move, but you could only hear him talk if he wanted you to. He longed to one day be bought from the thrift store on Ricker Rd. His name was Will.

 

Will used to be owned by an elderly man who donated him on a sunny Monday morning that Will remembered perfectly. Will thought that you shouldn’t have to be new to be bought; he just thought you needed a low price and good quality.

 

One day, Will was just lying on his shelf in the shop when he noticed some shoeshine next to him. He waited until nighttime and opened the lid with ease. He stuck his finger in the jar and rubbed the icky stuff all over him. He thought that maybe people liked wallets instead of worn wallets. He fell asleep and woke up to keys jingling only about 2 rows away. He scanned the row and found a young blonde woman looking at Cameron the candle and Ruby the rug. She picked up Cameron and headed for checkout. Will felt as happy as a clam for Cameron.

 

He looked at Nelly the needle and got an idea.

 

“Nelly? Can I carve something into myself with you?” asked Will.

 

Nelly thought long and hard and finally made up her mind. She nodded her head. She walked a little closer to Will. He carved some stripes in his brown leather cover and tried to look his best.

 

The next morning it was raining cats and dogs. Will was happy it was raining. Will looked over his shiny new stripes, he was proud. He heard the bell above the door jingle, which meant we had a customer. He saw a brunette woman with a little girl that was obviously begging for something.

 

“Fine, I’ll get you a silly little wallet!” shouted the brunette. The little girl squealed with joy. Will couldn’t believe his ears; he was the only wallet he knew that lived in the shop. The pair of girls walked down aisle 7, while Will was on aisle 5. Will was so happy that he couldn’t contain himself. He could hear the little girl squealing from two aisles away. He finally saw the girls turn onto his aisle. He couldn’t wait to be picked up by the little girl bursting with joy. When the girl reach for Will, the items around him looked at him with happiness. She picked him up, paid for him and Carol the candy bar, and eventually found himself in a town house on Summer St. The girl grabbed him out of the car after reaching a parking structure. She dashed inside the building to her messy bedroom quicker than a jackrabbit. She grabbed some green strips of paper and stuffed them in Will.

 

Later that week, he met a pencil named Penny. She later became Will’s best friend. But most importantly, Will was cared for and had a home. He lived there until the girl moved out and had kids of her own.

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SSDTA Creative Writing Contest 2011/2012

Ashwathy Cini

Grade 6

Mitchell

My Self Reflection

 

I am as fearless as a tiger that proudly struts through the green jungles of India

 

I show the cheerful attitude of an energetic dolphin swimming through the deep blue sea

 

I am the bright happy sun on a flawless day, but when you upset me I am the roughest of hurricanes

 

I own the patience of someone waiting for 106 people to pass so that I may show my star-bright talent and skill

 

I am someone who casually walks upon Earth, eager to finally be recognized

 

I am a devoted girl who will always believe in herself no matter how unlikely it seems or what people say to knock me down

 

I am not a quitter, but a person who will never stop until I reach my superstar, lifesaving goals

 

I do what I do, to have an amazing and adventure-filled life

 

I am the girl who shall never stop trying…until I finally win