Creative Corner: Last Day of Winter

by Addie E.

It was the night before the last day of winter. I was super excited for spring. I was definitely going to miss winter though. All the snow days and activities and hot cocoa. It was supposed to be very snowy and icy the next day and I was hoping for a snow day.

Mom walked into the room and said, “ Well, it is a two hour late start.”

“ Yay!” I said. It wasn’t a snow day but I got some time to do my list of winter activities.

The next day I woke up really early. Probably around six thirty( It was still dark). I put all of my snow stuff on and went sledding on the hill right next to my house. I climbed the hill and sled down on my new sled. It was bright red and had a white string connected to it. I did this for about a half hour. I came to my yard and started making an army of snow angels. After ten minutes my little sister came out. We built a snow man then came inside.

“ Great idea to wake up early and enjoy the last day of winter Addie” Said my mom as she made us some hot cocoa and got us some poptarts.

“Thanks! I want to get everything done on my list before school starts. It will be tricky, but I can do it!”

My mom took my list and said, “ Well I love your enthusiasm but you really think you can get this all done.

I took the list back and looked. I checked off sledding, snow angels, build a snowman, and hot cocoa. All I needed was ice skating, winter crafts, and snowboarding.

“ yup!” I said with even more enthusiasm.

“ Okay then let's go to the ice rink!” My mom said putting on her coat.

At the ice rink I was working on a jump. My sister was just skating with my mom. We were there until eight o-clock. After that we went to the dam hill and did a little snowboarding. I was just going down the hill a few times while I let my sister use my new sled. It was fun!

“ What's left on your list Addie. “ Asked my mom helping my sister with her goggles.

“ I just need to do some winter crafts. I said. Looking at my sheet in the car.

“ Okay lets go bye some at Hobby Lobby.”

At Hobby Lobby we found snowflakes, snowmen, and sled crafts. We got two of each and paid for them. When we were walking to the car I dropped the bag with all the crafts and the wind picked them up and they started flying away!

“ Oh no! “ I screamed.

Those were the last ones in the store, so we chased after them. They got too high and were gone.

“Aw.” I cried.

“ I’m sorry Addie. Maybe we could get them somewhere else.” My mom said thoughtfully.

“ School starts in half an hour and there is no time.” I said.

“ Well we should go home and get ready for school then.”

So we left and went to school. I was disappointed that I couldn’t do any winter crafts, but as the day went on I started to feel better. The day went on and on, 1st period, 2nd, 3rd, all the way to seventh. When it was finally eighth period I walked into the room and saw that we had a sub. I greeted her with a smile and sat down.

“Good Afternoon! I am Mrs. Gluten. Today we are going to just draw instead of a huge project. When your teacher is back you will do something cooler.” The woman looked around 50 years old and had a blue sweatshirt on.

“Before we begin, do you want me to tell you a story?” She said, grabbing her bag.

I loved when subs told stories of their life. They were always so interesting. Especially ones about dogs.

We all said yes and she began, “ Well this morning obviously was a late start and my daughter brought her children to my house because she had to work. My grandchildren wanted to do some crafts so we went to Hobby Lobby. Sadly they were all gone. “

I flinched. I was the one who took the last one’s. I felt terrible.

“ We decided to go to Dollar Tree so we went to our car but saw some crafts in a tree!” She exclaimed.

My eyes opened wide. I raised my hand slowly.

“Yes dear.” Said Mrs. Gluten.

“ What did you do with the crafts?” I said, shocked.

“Well we took two, but didn’t use the other ones.”

My jaw dropped. “ What did you do with the other one’s”

“ Well they are right here.” She said holding the snowmen and snowflake crafts.

“ I had the same idea as you so my family went to Hobby Lobby to get some crafts. They were the last ones.” I said cautiously.

“ Oh, so you got the last ones!” She said with a smile on her face.

“ Yes, I was so excited but I dropped them and they blew away.” I said slowly.

“Well these must be yours then. Would you like to have them?” She reached them out to me.

“Yes, if you don’t mind.” I said, trying not to yell with excitement.

She handed them to me and I put them in my folder. When the bell rang for us to go home I rushed to my locker and put the crafts in my bag. I tried to get out of school quickly so I could have the crafts safe and sound at home. I was not losing them again! I rushed home so I could tell my mom everything. I got home at 3:45 and went into my momś room where she was reading and my sister was playing a game. I told them everything.

¨ That's great! Would you two like to do them?¨ Said my mom taking the crafts that were in my hands.

¨You bet I do!” I said.

The rest of the afternoon my sister and I did the crafts. I made a snowflake and snowman and so did my sister. We watched a movie before we went to bed, and had cookies. When I got in bed I thought to myself, this was the best last day of winter ever!

The End.

Spooooooky Story!: The Hot Dog Broom Retold

By Sydney S.

Before school on a very, very foggy Halloween day, my friends dared me to climb the tallest tree by our school. We all called it the Sky Touched Tree because it always seemed to touch the sky. On this particular day, it appeared extra menacing, but I could never turn down a dare. . . . . and I still had some time before school officially started. I mean, I really had no choice if you think about it.

I started to climb, and climb, and climb. I kept thinking the tree must end somewhere, and I must be getting close because I could almost touch the clouds, but it just didn’t stop, and I just kept climbing.

Then I saw it. Green, wicked-looking people standing on the clouds with brooms. At that moment, I had a quick thought- witches - and I knew I had to, just had to keep going. I was on the middle school's newspaper, and maybe the witch-like people would be okay with an interview?

Thinking that sounded like it made complete sense (even though it really didn’t), I started getting up off the tree and walking towards the great people. They didn’t seem to notice, then all of a sudden I saw a store! Almost like Ace or Walmart- except all I could see they were selling were hot dogs! What could anyone possibly do with so many hot dogs? It was wild, crazy, and unbelievable how many hot dogs there were as I started getting closer, and as I inched closer, I saw that those hot dogs were glowing green! A strange, bright, and terrifying green!

If I were really thinking about doing a newspaper article on this, I'd better ask some questions, I thought as I started walking to the witches - by that time, I was positive that they were real live witches. I walked closer and saw they were all wearing black as well. I suddenly ask, “Excuse me, but why are there so many hot dogs lying around?”

The smallest witch quietly answered, “Why, little one, these hot dogs are filled with the fuel that makes our brooms work!”

“And the fuel is very healthy, in fact, we eat it some days when we’re really hungry,” another witch put in.

“Umm . . . I don’t think that is very healthy. In fact, because you eat that bright green fuel, I think you turn green.” After I said that, a nearby witch spat out a piece of hot dog. Ooops. Maybe it just tasted really bad?

“What is your name, little miss know-it-all?” shrieked a witch.

“They call me none of your business. Thank you for wondering.”

All of the witches laugh, large laughs—maybe they aren’t evil? After my amazing ice breaker, the witches start telling me all kinds of cool, interesting facts, like did you know that clouds taste like hot dogs, not cotton candy? I even got to try it myself!

Anyway, I started to relax, and the witches all became my friends! I told them about the latest school drama (Clara McBarn drank milk too fast and it shot out of her nose), and I told them about my new chickens (Zoey, Eva, Evie, Cloud, Cotton Candy, Violet, and Bob).

As I am explaining how science works, the witches screamed and ran for their brooms. Did I really scare them that much with the fact of cells? No, that can’t be it. All of a sudden, I see the witch police! (You can tell they are the police because their brooms have blue and red flashing lights.) Someone must have tattled that I, a human, was here in the clouds! Maybe it was Lucy or the mean and rude Worm! Well, I guess I’ll never know, but I have to go right now!

I run towards the tree and start climbing down as fast as I can. I hear the local fire engine. That’s weird, maybe a cat ran up a tree. Oh no! They’re here for me! Oh gosh, I’m going to be in soooo much trouble! As I jump down the last bit of the tree, my mom comes running and hugs me. My friends look like they’ve been crying. Maybe they thought I got hurt? Anyway, I didn’t have to go to school that day because of my awesome time on top of the tree—so I found a way to skip middle school for an entire day! I should write a story about this! I’m going to call it . . . . . The Hot Dog Broom!!!