There I stood in line – the line for hotdogs at a Bush open house for my
sister who was looking for high schools.
I was starving. It was a pretty long line and it was moving pretty fast,
but it seemed like forever. Finally I got to the front of the line and the
hotdog man asked me what I wanted.
“I’ll have a hot dog with ketchup and relish on it and a spicy vegetarian
sausage for my dad.”
The hotdog man said, “You should try putting the hot sauce on the
spicy vegetarian sausage.”
I said okay. I went to find my dad and we ate.
When we were done I decided to go get another hot dog. This time
there was barely anyone in line. I looked at the cart and spotted
something.
“What is that?” I challenged.
“That? That’s my cream cheese gun, you should try some on your
hotdog, it’s like mayo on a sandwich.”
“Okay,” I decided.
I’m not afraid to try new things, unlike my friends. I watched him
shoot cream cheese onto the hotdog with his awesome gun, my eyes
wide. I took the hotdog and went to find my dad.
“This is really good!” I exclaimed.
It was the best hotdog I had ever tasted! It was so great, like an
explosion of awesome in my mouth! As I finished the hotdog I went to
get another one of the grand concoctions (hotdogs). I practically ran to
get another hotdog. I got one and went to a great student concert.
After the concert I got another hotdog.
So the moral of the story is you should stop being a scaredy cat and
actually try new things!!! Even if you don’t like it when you try it, it’s
not the end of the world!!! It drives me crazy when you won’t try new
things!!! So stop being a baby and try them!!!!
The End ™ an original story by Aliza Eaton
Surfs Up by Annabelle
Prologue:
“Right! Right foot first! Push up position, then
right foot first! Don’t nose dive! Don’t try to hang ten!
You’ll do great!” I pep talked myself.
I’m still thinking of all the things that could go
wrong!
My mom and I are ready to take are first surfing
lesson! At least I think we are, although I can’t speak
for my mom. I’ll admit, I was so nervous!
“We’re all going to use six-foot long boards.” The
instructor’s voice rang in my ears. ”Are you guys
ready?”
Chapter one: Paddle out
The water of the Atlantic Ocean is lapping at my
ankles. It feels so nice! I can’t feel the rocks under
foot because I’m wearing water shoes so my feet don’t
stick to the board. Speaking of the board, our
instructor is helping me carry the big yellow board I’m
going to be using.
“Hop on and I’ll tow you out,” the instructor tells
me.
“OK,” I reply.
I hop on the board and we start paddling out to
the waves.
Chapter two: I’m up
We’re looking for waves.
“I see a set coming,” the instructor exclaimed.
“Who wants to ride the first wave?”
“I’ll do it,” Mom volunteers.
She rides the wave. It was a smooth ride. She
paddles back to us.
“That was fun!” she exclaims.
“My turn!” I say.
The next wave is coming. I’m ready. I look down
into the water. There’s a baby sea turtle swimming
under my board.
All the sudden I get a push. I know what to do. I
hear my mom yell, “paddle” in the distance.
I am in push up position. I slowly stand up. I’m up!
Chapter three: Back to shore
After a lot more waves, we head back to shore.
“Nice job!” The instructor tells me
“Thanks!” I say.
“That was so much fun!” I tell my mom.
“Definitely!” She says.
I think of how much fun I had. I got to see a baby
sea turtle, (I better tell Danielle about that!). I got to
see beautiful tropical fish. I got to surf in the Atlantic
Ocean!
Epilogue:
I am sitting on a bench looking at the huge white,
green, and yellow mountain of shaved ice in my hands.
Coconut, lemon-lime, and mango. I take a bite of the
cold yummy treat. There’s ice cream in the middle. It’s
the most delicious, creamy, and vanillaish ice cream I’ve
ever had.
“This is so good!” I told my mom.
“Definitely!” she, my dad, and my brother, Sam,
agreed.
I am thinking about all the fun I had surfing. Now
that’s something I’d do again!
Riding Space Mountain
By: Danielle Lavitt
“Uggh” I exclaimed. We were waiting in line to ride Space Mountain. We had been
waiting for what seemed like forever, and I was getting bored. I turned to Teo.
“Can I sit next to you?” I questioned.
“That’s fine with me,” Teo replied, “but, only if we can sit in the front.”
”Ok, fine” I compromised.
The line finally started moving and we were in the quote unquote terminal. The terminal
was basically the place where all the trains start and finish. The whole terminal looks like it’s
from the Galactic universe or the futuristic style from The Jetsons. Finally, it was our turn; we
boarded the train, Teo and I in the front, Margot and my dad behind us, then my mom and
Matt, and finally Makala and Michele. Then the staff person said, “Lower the bar in front of you
and keep your hands inside the train at all times, thank you and enjoy the ride.” We started
slow then when we got to a small hill, a robotic voice croaked, “1 2 3 GO!” and we took off,
zooming. Besides the small lights that looked like stars it was black as space. Suddenly we
zipped around a corner and Teo screamed, “This is awesome!”
“You bet it is!” I answered. We zipped around a corner and since we were going sooo
fast, the air was in my eyes and I shed a single tear. As we curved around another corner my
tear flung off my face and away into the darkness surrounding us. We zipped around more
turns, then finally at the end we got to a flat space and we went rreeaallyy fast and a camera
took our photo, “flash!”
“We’re at the terminal!” my dad exclaimed when we got off.
Teo shouted “That was…AWESOME!”
I agree, it really was!
Snorkeling
By: Eli Gottlieb
“I hope the wind settles down,” I told my family.
“Me too,” replied my mom. We were in Hawaii and really wanted to
snorkel. There was only one problem, it was super windy outside. You
don’t want to go snorkeling when it’s windy because a huge gust of wind
could carry you out to sea!
“Maybe tomorrow,” I said to my family. I want to sleep that night
hoping that it would clear up the next day.
“Yes! Yessssssssssssssssssssss!” I scream. I couldn’t believe it. It
was a clear, sunny, wind-free day! We could actually go snorkeling. This
would be my second time going snorkeling, and hopefully the best time.
It’s going to be the best day ever.
My eyes were glued to the bottom of the ocean, scanning for the
fish that my mom’s finger was pointing at. Then, all the sudden, it passed
my eyes. It was the most interesting fish I had ever seen in my life. I had
never seen anything like it! The fish was bright blue, maybe three feet
long, and probably an inch wide. It kind of looked like a snake, but it had
more vibrant colors than any snake I had ever seen. Another interesting
fact about that fish was that it stayed on the bottom of the ocean, and
could streak through the water like a bullet.
A couple days later, I went snorkeling again. As I was stepping into
the water, I was hoping to see my “special friend” the blue fish. When I got
into deep water, I looked everywhere for him but couldn’t find him
anywhere. All the sudden, something caught my eye. There were two blue
fish right in front of me! One was in a perfectly straight line. The other in
a zigzag form. When I saw this, I was amazed. I realized how living things
can look so different in the ocean. It was a moment I will never forget.
MY BIKE BY ELI ISAAC
I was at Recycle Cycles. Bikes were everywhere, even hanging from the ceiling!
I was looking for a new bike because my other bike was always losing its chain.
I was looking for a new bike that had gears. My friend Sam got a new bike. It
was a Garry Fisher. It was such a cool bike. They’re probably one of the best
bikes in the world because Garry Fishers go really fast. I tried to find the bike at
Recycle Cycles because he got it there. We looked at all the Recycle Cycles
stores, but we did not find it. They were out of stock of that bike for a long time.
Then I looked for different bike, one that has gears. There were so many to
choose from. We looked at all the stores.
Then my mom and I went back to one of the Recycle Cycles. A guy showed my
mom and I a bike that had 21 gears, it had shocks too. It was black and gray. It
was a Diamondback bike. I got on the bike and the man said, “It’s a little too big,
but you will grow into it fast.”
I got to test it out in the parking lot. I told my mom, “It’s a great bike.” So we went
home and I let my mom think about it for a couple of days. I was at Sam’s house
playing when my mom came over. She said, “Let’s go if you want that new bike.” I
was so happy I would finally get my bike. I said “Bye Sam, see you tomorrow. Let’s
go mom.” We got into the car. I was so excited I’d finally get it. We got to the
store. We got the bike and crammed it in to the car. It barely fit. We finally got
home. I was so happy I got the new bike. Once we got home I took it out of the
car. I stared riding right away. I rode it to Sam’s house. He said, “nice bike.”
“Thanks “I said. Then Sam and I rode around in the alley.
SWIM TEST by Eli R
It was the day that I had the swim test.
I was so scared because this was my first swim
test for a team. I was also happy that I got this
far.
The first test was breast stroke. I walked
into the pool, and waited for the sign to go. I
started swimming. It was easy. Then butterfly.
It was the scariest stroke ever. I brought my
hands over my head, and I took my first breath.
It was scary because it was difficult. Then I
brought my hands into the water. I was done
with butterfly. Then it was back stroke. It was
so easy I zoomed through the water. Last was
crawl stroke. I was with Jacques. He was
cheering and watching me swim. I also had my
mom and Vega with me. I made the team, but
after a week I recalled it. It was too hard but I
was super happy for myself because I tried.
 THE END
The Origami Kit by: Hannah
“Whoosh”,
The door to my house opened and I saw a shiny wrapped present on the dining room table.
As I walked closer to the present I saw it said To: Hannah From: Andrew and James, it
was for me! I quickly opened it, it was an origami kit.
There were more than 80 origami sheets; there were sections in the kit’s book that
showed you how to make the origami. In a few minutes I was making origami like I had
known how to do origami all my life!
On the table next to me were water lilies, Spanish boxes, water bombs, and irises all made
out of paper! This was sooo fun. Then a thought hit me, “I had seen part of this book
somewhere!” I had seen a part of the book at the school library.
Suddenly my eyes flew to the page that I was currently on, blintzes, blintzes, blin- wait!
Blintzes? The page said blintz fold, what was that? It turns out that the blintz fold looked
like a blintz, it was in most of the origami that I did and I didn’t even notice it! I thought
what? Why are blintzes in here?
The origami kit was awesome! I hope someday I can make some really complex origami like
the ones I saw in the book.
THE END
Xorb ball on my birthday by Isaac
On my birthday, which was in Thailand when I did this, I went to this place where I did
this thing called the Xorb ball with my big sister, Shira. The Xorb ball is a big floating inflated ball
that can fit two people, and has a hole in the bottom that you can open when you get to the
bottom of the hill. My mom and dad had already gone. My mom was doing this weird laugh
that I don’t usually hear her doing that sounded like she was having fun.
Now it was mine and Shira’s turn. I got into the Xorb ball and the people who work
there buckled me in. They rolled the ball over so they can buckle Shira in which puts me upside
down. Once we were both buckled in they said, “Are you ready?”
“Yeah,” I responded.
“Ready,” Shira said, laughing.
They pushed us off the ramp and we started rolling. Shira continued her laughing, but
even louder and more joyful. “Oh great,” I said right when they pushed us down the ramp and
we both started to spin with the ball. Then we started rolling faster and faster and it got more
and more fun. Then (though we didn’t know it), one of the people who worked there came
running after us like they did for my mom and dad, and he pushed us faster and faster.
Then ‘splash’ we plopped in to the water and started to slow down.
“Oh great,” said Shira.
“What?” I said.
“Look,” she responded.
I looked down. I saw that the hole we were supposed to get out of once we unbuckled
ourselves had landed face down in the water so we couldn’t get out very easily, and we didn’t
land next to the dock-ish thing we were supposed land near.
“Oh...yeah,” I said slowly.
“How are we going to get out?” said Shira.
“I don’t know,” I said.
“I got it,” said Shira. “You’re going to have to unbuckle yourself and roll the ball around.
That way we can get it into a different position so we can get out.”
“Okay,” I said nervously. I got unbuckled myself and walked around, still in the ball,
watching Shira go upside-down, and right-side up, and upside-down, and right-side up, and
upside-down, and right-side up, as I did it rolling the ball around like a hamster in a hamster
ball, eventually Shira started to help me roll the Xorb ball. We got the ball to the dock-ish thing
we were suppose to arrive at.
When we got to the dock-ish thing I could hear my mom and dad cheering. We got out
and I ran to my dad. “That was so awesome,” I said doing these tiny hops with my legs. When
we got back to the van I said to my dad, “That’s something to post on trip adviser!”
“Turn to the right! No! Your other right!”
“Eli please, I’m the pilot here.”
“I should be the pilot!”
“No you shouldn’t you’re going to crash us!”
“He has a point there,” Aliza said.
Hold on a sec, let me back up a bit now just a …
ah ha!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzwwwwwwwwwwwwwwii
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiippppppppp. Okay much better. We were at
my house and we were playing Skylanders Giants,
level 13, “The Flight of Arkus” and Eli I. and I were
piloting, well if you could call it that. We were
fighting over the pilot.
“Turn to the right! No! Your other right!”
“Eli please, I’m the pilot here.” I really wanted to
win the level. With him talking, it wouldn’t happen
any time soon.
“I should be the pilot!”
“No you shouldn’t, you’re going to crash us!”
“He has a point there,” Aliza said.
“True dat,” I thought to myself.
“No way!” Eli whispered.
“Eli stop whining and shoot!” I said.
“OH MY GOSH!!!! I hate these guys!” Eli shouted.
Finally the pizza got there just in time for dinner.
I was very relieved that we could have a little time
off for a while. When we had finished eating we
walked back to the television room, (all of us – me,
Eli, and Aliza) and started playing again. I was
thinking, “Don’t let Eli be the pilot.”
Then Eli was the pilot, and (big surprise) we
crashed, like twenty times! IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
I realized that it doesn’t matter if you win or lose; it
only matters if you play with your friends.
The end by Jacques
When I got out of the metro I walked all the way to the Lincoln exhibit. I saw the statue of Lincoln. It
was huge!!! He was sitting in an arm chair which was made out of limestone. Next I walked to the
Washington exhibit. It was a long walk! Then I went to the Veteran’s exhibit. It was gigantic! Then I saw
the outside of White House. It was getting dark. My mom said that we are going to a hotel, so we drove
to the hotel, when we got a room card. We walk to the hotel room there was a TV. We turn on Men in
Black 2 then we ordered pizza. When the pizza came we devoured it, we were hungry. When Men in
Black 2 was over my mom said it was time to go to bed. I was going to a wedding tomorrow I was
excited.
By Jeremiah
Sleepover with Paz
I couldn’t wait. In a few minutes Marci would pick me up. At the
moment I was nervously waiting on the couch with a book, as always.
“Come on, come on, ring doorbell, ring!” Just then the doorbell rang. “I
got it, I got it!!” I shouted. I jumped up, raced across the room and
skidded to a stop at the door. When I got to the door I didn’t even ask who
it was (but technically I don’t do that anyway). Marci stood in the
doorway with Paz. Pazi raced up and hugged me
“LILY!!”
“PAZI!!” we shouted at each other.
“Calm down!” said my mom.
“Go get your stuff and we will go!” said Marci.
She was holding a bag of candy and Pazi was grinning like a mad
man. I rushed down the stairs in a blur. When I came back up Marci and
Paz-Paz were waiting patiently. I held my bag tightly, kissed my mom
goodbye, and stepped out into the open darkness of the world. “Bum, BUM,
Bbbuumm,” I thought.
I put down my bag and looked around.
“Let’s go!” Pazi breathed in my ear. I turned around so fast I flicked
her with my hair.
“Owch,” she said covering her nose.
“Whatever!” I shouted, and I raced up the stairs, went into Pazi’s
room, and closed the door behind me. I looked around trying to think of
what to do. Wait, light bulb moment, ah, got it! I locked the door behind
me and sat down, waiting, in one, two, three - bang, bang, bang, and
that would be Pazi, I thought.
“Let me in!” She shouted from the other side of the door.
“Nope!” I shouted back.
“Come on!” she whined.
“Hhmm, let me think,” I said sarcastically.
“Really?” she said earnestly.
“No, of course not!” I got out before laughing.
“What?” she said. “I was joking; of course you can come in!”
“Come get your nachos!” Marci called up to me and Paz. We didn’t
respond but still came down.
“How’s your first sleepover with Paz going so far?”
“Awesome!” I said.
“How many movies do you want to watch?” Pazi said, looking at me
expectantly.
“Um, what?” I asked, confused.
“How many movies do you want to watch?!” she said again.
“Uh, one?” I said still confused.
“Oh, come on, four and over!” she said, exasperated.
“Seven?”
“Sure!”
“Okay, let’s eat and then will go get the movies!”
“Why don’t you guys decide on the movies before you get them?”
Marci pitched in.
“Okay!”
”Let’s get: Princess Dairies 1 and 2, Doogle, Harry Potter 3, um that
other movie -“
“What movie?” I interrupted.
“You know.”
“No I don’t know!”
“Well anyway, I’m going to continue and hopefully you won’t rudely
interrupt me like you did before!” Pazi said looking at me.
“Yeah, yeah!”
I didn’t really care, I was having so much fun.
“Let’s get Dave and we will go!”
“Okay,” said Dave, looking up from the counter
“Oh,” oops, I thought, not realizing he was sitting right there.
“Let’s go!”
This is going to be the best sleepover EVER!
The day David Brumer died By Margot
We were in a restaurant, ordering food.
“What would you like to order, ma’am?” The waiter
asks me.
“Spaghetti al pomadoro, please.” I respond as he leaves.
“Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!” my mom screams
looking at her iPhone.
“What?” I ask.
“What the***” Screams my mom.
“Mom, is everything okay?” I question worriedly.
“Dad, what is going on?”
I see tears come out of my parents eyes.
“Did someone die?” Danielle wonders.
“Yes” Says my dad, with an urge to keep back the tears.
I tried to think of all the old people I know who are old.
“Did Nana die?”
“No,” Dad responds, this time with tears streaming
down his face.
“Who, daddy, who?” I question.
I feel my heart go, thump, thump, thump. It is pounding
hard.
My mom recovered from crying a little bit.
“Mom, your making me worried.” I say. “Who
died?”
“David Brumer” she chokes trying to hold back the
tears but can’t. Tears come down her cheeks like rivers.
My heart jumps to my throat. I feel the tears on my
face now. I can’t speak. My tears are hot and sticky.
“Pam, I am so sorry.” Says my uncle holding her
hand.
I finally bring up the courage to ask,
“How?”
“He was hiking and he had a major heart attack,
and he died.”
“Pam, did we know him?” My grandma ponders.
“I think so.” My mom thinks way back in her
mind.
“We could go to the Sephardic temple?” I say
trying to sound resourceful.
“No.”
“Let’s have one minute of silence for David.”
And so we had one minute of silence. It felt like
eternity. It went on, and on, and on.
Ride the W.A.V.E.
By: Pazia Greenberg
“Turn left,” my mom yelled. “Here we go,” I thought. All of a sudden I felt
a rush of wind come at me like a lion comes at it’s pray. It was so thrilling I
forgot where I was. My mom and I were riding an all-girls bike ride to stop
domestic violence called the W.A.V.E., meaning women against violence
everywhere.
“We are coming up on the half-way point.”
“Okay,” I replied.
A few minutes later we stopped and got some food and energy drinks.
When we got back on our bikes I saw a big hill.
“Boy am I glad we don’t have to bike up that hill,” I said.
“Pazia, we do.” My mom replied
(Oh, I almost forgot, this is a twenty-six mile bike ride and I am on my own
bike.) My feet felt like I was walking on hot coals. I got to the top of the hill
and almost fainted. I was so proud of myself. We were almost to the finish line
and I felt so good that I was at a bike ride that was supporting a mitzvah
project. We made it back and I got a lot of sugar. It was one of the best days of
my life.
 The End 
The Playoffs by Rebecca
The playoffs were hard. It was the top five teams in the league.
My team, the Red Socks, were in the playoffs with the Dodgers, the
Mariners, the Braves, and the Angels. We had made it all the way to
the semifinals. We were playing the Angels. It was the ninth inning
and the score was 4-3. We were down by one. Our best hitter,
Jarod, was up to bat. I was in the dugout watching him, crossing my
fingers that he would get a hit. He got a double. In my head I was
thinking, “yay!”
There was one out and a 3-2 count. I was up. I was feeling
really scared and I was hoping I would get a hit. The pitcher threw
the ball. I swung with all my might. “BOOOM!!!” My first hit!!
“Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!” I yelled as I ran to first base! In my
head I was screaming with joy. I was also very relieved and proud of
myself. It was awesome.
The next hitter was Connor. He got a single, so Jarod scored
and I was at second base. The score was tied 4-4. Joseph got up and
he hit into a double play. That was the end of the inning. As I
walked back to the dugout, my teammates all congratulated me! I
felt really happy.
The Angels were up and they got a run. We ended up losing
5-4, but it was still a really fun and exciting game. It was the best
day of my life!
58-0, Seattle
All you can hear is the blue thunder band and all you can feel is cold wet rain, but Seahawks games are
more than that. Fireworks are zooming across the sky inside and around Centrylink Field as the crowd
erupts in screams that say “Go get them Seahawks” and “You’re so bad cardinals,” but obviously they
had one too many drinks. The smack of a foot as the kicker starts the game with a kickoff and from our
seats the football looks like it is in the skyline and everything else in Seattle is fogged out. The kickoff
takes my mind off the fireworks and puts my mind on the game as the cardinals snap the ball for the
first time. The pass is to Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald. The ball pops up. Then, Seahawks LB Bobby
Wagner catches it, as I jump up and yell “Yes!” to my dad as we exchange high-fives. The Seahawks
offense jogs on to the field led by Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch. I can picture the play in my
head. It was half back Draw run 39 yards up the middle. “Now that is the way to start a game,” I
thought. It was 4th and 10 on the Arizona 28 yard line. Haushka was lined up to take a field goal and the
kick was good. Every fan was on their feet, but that was only the start of one the biggest blowouts in
NFL history. It went by too fast to tell you all details but it was the best football game I ever went to.
By Sam
ome on Talya! Come on Michaela, it’s time to go!” my
dad yelled. Mom had already been driven to the hospital, and I was
getting ready to go to my friend Julie’s house while mom and dad
were at the hospital waiting for the baby.
n the morning I had chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. I
was scared but sooo excited to hear what my sister or brother
looked like. We didn’t know if it was a boy or a girl. That’s one of
the reasons I was so excited. In the car Julie told me that dad just
called and he said that the baby is a girl. After that, all I could think
about was what my baby sister was going to look like.
was trembling a little when I got out of the car and went
into hospital. As we were going up the elevator I felt my heart start
to pound. The higher the elevator rose the faster my heart pounded.
e walked into the hospital room, I felt like I couldn’t
walk anymore. I walked in and gave my mom a hug. After that I
stopped shaking. Michaela and I saw the baby. She was soo cute like
a little ball of cuteness. Suddenly Julie broke my thoughts by yelling,
“Michaela, Sophie was wondering if you wanted to come over
today!”
ichaela thought about it and then yelled back, “Okay, I’m
coming!”
hen Michaela left, mom said softly, “Hey Talya, want to
hold Ayelet?”
nd I whispered a little, “Okay, but mom I don’t really
know how to hold a baby.”
o she picked up Ayelet and put her next to her and
showed me how to hold a baby.
o Talya, first you wrap your arms around each other
like a circle.” Once I had it, she put Ayelet in my arms and told me
to make sure that my arms were supporting Ayelet’s head and her
legs and feet.
yelet was beautiful. She was soft, warm, and sweet. She
was really cute. Her little body fit perfectly in my arms. After I was
done holding her, dad said, “We need to go get Ayelet’s shot done so
we can go home.” I wasn’t sure what he meant, but I went anyway.
After we got out I had to cover my eyes to keep the sun out.
n the car I was so excited. I was thinking “How fun is it
going to be to help Ayelet walk.” When we got home we put
Ayelet in the crib to see if she liked it. I could tell that she was very
happy to see her new home.
When I broke my T.V. by Zachary
Once we had some friends over for dinner one night. When the guests came in, we started
talking and playing for a little. Then I asked my mom if I could play Super Mario Galaxy 2 and she said
“yes.” I got out Super Mario and put it in the Wii and started playing. I went to the first level, the level
looked like an island floating high in the air with these fly trap plants that could bite you and make you
lose one of your lives. Suddenly, a small brown monster came and a shot a rock out of its mouth. The
rock missed me and then I jumped on the monster and made it disappear. I ran forwards, but then one
of the fly traps bit me once, twice, then three times and I lost.
I tried again, but the same thing happened. On my last try I finally got past the fly trap. Then I
moved the Wii remote forwards so that my character could get away from trouble. I went to where
Yoshi was. He was in an egg trapped inside a force field with this wizard guarding him. I tried to hit him
but it wasn’t easy. He keped on hitting me, but then I got close to him and I was about to hit him, but
before I knew it I threw my arm forwards. Suddenly I noticed that since I was so eager to defeat the
wizard I had moved forwards. Suddenly the remote smashed into the TV.
I was really worried. I calmed myself down, then I went upstairs to tell my mom what
happened.
“Mom,” I said with a worried face.
“What is it,” said my mom, “Did something happen?”
I didn’t want to tell her what happened but I had to tell her sometime. After I told her what
happened to the TV she got my dad and they both came downstairs. There was a dot in the middle of
the TV; there were these wiggly cracks that were connected to the dot that led off somewhere else on
the TV. After a couple of days we got a new TV.
Flight of the Navigator
By: Zoe
“What’s Flight of The Navigator?” I ask my grandma.
“It’s an old movie,” she replied.
I thought a while, maybe I would, and maybe wouldn’t. The truth is I didn’t even know what it
was about. My assumption was it was about a boy who navigated an airship. Besides, I had never seen
this movie and it was the only movie in my grandma’s house’s kids section of movies that I had never
watched.
After lunch, I decided to watch Flight of the Navigator.
“I want to watch Flight of the Navigator,” I exclaimed.
Once we put the DVD in the DVD player in the TV room (AKA my room) the movie started with a
dog show; apparently this movie took place in 1987 (because it was the 1987 dog show). The movie also
took place around the 4th of July. I know this because the boy’s mom told him to be back to light the firecrackers in the boat (dangerous right?).
“Could I have a ginger ale please,” I asked towards the beginning of the movie. We paused the
movie and my grandma went to get the ginger ale. After my grandma left I thought about what could
happen next in the movie. I was thinking maybe he would return home as a twelve year old and always
be eight years younger than the other kids. Then I also thought maybe he would be stuck on the airship
forever. Or maybe even he could go to another planet from where the airship was from and live there.
Then my grandma came back and we started the movie again. In the movie the boy took a short
cut through the woods to pick up his brother; he ended up in an airship that could travel faster than the
speed of light! That means that on earth eight years passed and only a few seconds on the airship. The
coolest part had to be when we saw the boy go back in time so he could do the whole thing over again
so he could live a normal life. I could not speak because it was too cool. It took him to the woods then he
ran to the boat and helped set off the fire crackers (STILL DANGEROUS!).
After the movie ended I turned to my grandma and said, “That’s the best movie I have ever
seen.”
THE END