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February 2005
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Chocolate Pocket
By Payton Yesterday my brother Justin went to a T-birds game. Some guy asked them, “Do you want to be in a Ding Dong contest? “My uncle Mike said,” Yes. “Justin said,” yes.” And Justin won a trip to Portland but Mike did not win. When he was eating the Ding Dong my uncle was cheating and the Tbirds mascot, aka cool bird, came up to him and whacked his pockets and now he has chocolate in his pocket . When they announced Justin won people from KJH and LW where screaming for him because they Knew him. then this song came on: “We are the champions”. And I don’t know the rest. Love, Payton An Uninvited Guest
By Chase
His heart was pounding. He was sure he had seen the doorknob turn. Jimmy was truly frightened. His heart was beating even faster as he ran to tell his parents what he had seen. But when he got to their bedroom they weren’t there, so he went to the kitchen, they weren’t there either. So Jimmy ran up to his older brother Josh’s room. Josh is thirteen with brown hair, (he has a mullet). So Jimmy opened Josh’s door and ran in and told his brother everything that happened in a very fast manner. “It’s okay bro. Mom and dad are at the store,” said Josh. “But what about the door?” asked Jimmy. “It was probably just Ana coming home from school” said Josh. So just to make sure Jimmy yelled, “ANA” but no one answered. “See. I told you,” said Jimmy. “Wow, you were right” said Josh. “Now what are we supposed to do?” asked Jimmy. “Well, don’t freak out. Let’s just call mom and dad,” suggested Josh. “Ok,” said Jimmy. So they called mom and dad who said it was probably just Ana but Jimmy said it wasn’t. So their mom and dad said they would come home right away. So they did and when they got home dad went and checked out the door. But he said it was just the wind. Now down in the basement the evil guy was planning his attack against the family. So this was his plan. First he would kidnap the dad and Josh. Then when the rest of them go looking for the Dad and Josh he would kidnap them to. Then all he would have to do is leave them in the basement and live in the house. So meanwhile upstairs Josh and the dad are going to look for something in the basement and the evil guy kidnapped them. Now later on the rest of the family was wondering where the rest of them were. So they all went down together to look for the dad and Josh. While they were down there the evil guy kidnapped them too. So now they were all tied up in the basement. But because Ana and Jimmy were so skinny they slipped right out of there bindings. Now what they did is they took a recorder and recorded their breathing. Then they hid it somewhere and then they hid upstairs. Now when the bad guy went back down stairs he saw that they were gone. So he heard the breathing and bent down to where the recorder was and while he was bent down the two kids grabbed him and forced him to untie the rest of the family. Then they brought him to the police. He went through three different courts before he was let free. “B-b-b-b-b-b-b-but he broke into our house, tied us up in our own basement and was going to steal our house” said mom. She started to cry. “If it wasn’t for our skinny kids we would still be tide up in our basement” said dad. “I’m sorry miss but there just wasn’t enough evidence and his lawyer was just too good”. “If you guys really want this guy behind bars then find more evidence and we will hold the bad guy here,” said the judge. “Yes, we really want,” started Mom but Dad cut her off in mid-sentence. “No, we don’t really want to take him back to court,” said dad. So they all went home, both disappointed that he got set free but also very, very happy that they are rid of the bad guy.
Under the Rug
By Anden
Two weeks later, and it happened again. Something was moving under the rug. Brian is 54 years old, lives alone and doesn’t like black cats. Brian walked into the room. He lifted up the rug and a black cat was there. Two weeks ago the same cat came. When it was there bad things happened to Brian in his house. Brian let the cat come out. Right when the cat was out of the rug he could smell the lasagna burning. Brian ran over and got it out of the oven, then the telephone rang. He set the lasagna down and answered the telephone. It was his neighbor down the hill. She was asking for some salt. Brian got some salt and got in his car and rode down the hill. Brian noticed that nothing bad happened in his car. He thought the car would break down. (Maybe only bad things happened in my house) he thought. Brian rode to his neighbors’ house and gave her the salt. The next day he got a sleeping bag and everything he needed and slept outside. The next morning he thought, “I can’t live outside for the rest of my life.” So Brian drove down the hill while the cat was in the kitchen. He found a pet store and he went in and asked the person at the counter if they had a white cat. The person said, no’’ so Brian had to drive fifteen miles to the next pet store. Brian asked the guy at the counter if they have a white cat the person said, “We have one with a brown spot on the bottom’ Brian took it he thought he should get a white cat to chase the black cat away. When he got back he put the white cat inside with the black cat. He stayed outside just in case. The next morning he found that the white cat was missing. Then he remembered that the cat had a brown spot on the bottom, “That’s why it didn’t work.’’ said Brian. So he drove 30 more miles to another pet store. He asked the guy at the counter and he said, “Yes we do have an all white cat”. So Brian took the cat and went home. When he got home he looked through the window expecting it to be all messed up. But it wasn’t. Then he thought only bad things happened when he was in the house. Brian let the white cat in the house, then he went to his sleeping bag and fell asleep. The next morning he looked through the window. He saw the white cat but not the black cat. He went inside very slowly. He heard a meow and jumped, but it was only the white cat. Somehow the cat chased him out. Brian picked him up and hugged him. The white cat chased the black cat out of the house
Monkeys #36: Monkeys Reborn
By Austin Prelude Monkeys is a great series about a kid unlocking the doors to the dimension and the monkeys came out of one of those doors. The monkeys are three times a regular monkey’s size. They want to rule the world. A spirit told Andrew (the guy who unlocked the doors) Axmay a strong but not so bright boy Noynek a that was born without a piece of his Brain. Alfa, if you think he’s the smart one you’re wrong. In their dreams each of them pulled a weapon out of a pedestal, but when they woke the weapons were in their hands now. They must fight to drive back or destroy all the monkeys!!! (by the way Andrew changed his to Apam) Atlantis Reborn While Apam was building Smeagle’s plane the others built a yellow submarine to go to England but they ended up in the remains of Atlantis. Alfa’s staff started glowing. “It’s attracting to other magic,” said Alfa. A flash happened. “Ahh! I’m blinded!” said Noynek. Then the little Island turned into a lush green Giant Island. People were running around. They were gathering to a stone statue. It was a statue of the great god Poseidon. The statue started cracking. Inside was the great Poseidon. He said in a great mighty voice, “O.K. Atlantis is now revived. Now scram regular people.” With his trident he caused a typhoon and blew them to the Norse lands. To be continued…
Bindings
By Robert
Yesterday I got new snowboard bindings. They are called Amp5’s. They were pretty expensive. What you do is you flip down the heel and you slip your foot in and then you flip the heel back up, and you’re ready to go. The brand is called Flow. I have used my old bindings for three and a half years. They are very cool.
Burnt Food
By Payton
One day there was a kid named Frank. Frank has blue hair because at the Frosty Crab Restaurant, where he is a part time chef, his head went into the blue frosty drink maker. He had to get an eye patch because his eye was frosted. At Frank’s night job he works at Seinfeld Comedy Company. He tells jokes and the people laugh their throats out. At the Frosty Crab, Frank burns the delicious hot dogs and does not have time to make new hot dogs. So he gives them to the customers anyway. They say ‘thank you’ and eat them. One customer said, “Yuck, I do not want that crispy crunchy burnt hot dog. I want a refund! I would like to have a word with your manager please. Your chef here needs to learn how to cook.” The Manager says, “I will have a word with Frank, our chef, right now. Frank, what were you doing to this customer, making him eat a burnt, crispy hot dog? You’re FIRED!” After Frank was fired, he thought about whether or not he should be a bad chef or a guy who tells good jokes. Frank decided, and said, “I want to be a GOOD JOKE TELLER!” catching his breath after a long and hard day. Frank wanted to make people laugh not eat disgusting burnt hot dogs.
Games
By Garrett I got a Game Cube for Christmas. I play it every day. My favorite game is Spiro, a Hero’s Tail. My second is Mario Cart. Mario Cart is a game where you are racing in carts to win a special car. I played Super Smash Bros Melee. It’s a fighting game. This is how you play: First pick your character. Second pick the stage or place. Then you fight. My favorite character is Ness. I got a new character. His name is Baby Ness. He is a great character. He can get an umbrella instantly.
The Taxi Mon on Vacation
By Gavin There was a 33 year old that was 7 foot 2. One day when Casey was on vacation he was walking in the mountains with his walking stick and it broke. He got it from his great, great, great grandpa. He cried and cried and cried so he went to a wishing well and wished for another walking stick. So a fairy popped up and plopped one on his nose. He was so, so, so happy After that it was Friday so he hopped on the plane and went back to taxi driving.
Attack of the Evil Pink Bunnies
By Riley One day Riley was watching TV. Then she felt something like an earthquake. “Earthquake!” she said. “Wait, Pokemon’s on!” Then her window burst open and then billons of pink bunnies were destroying the house. Then one bunny destroyed the TV. “Nooooooooooooooooooooo!” Riley said. She went in her room and got her numb-chucks, and kept hitting the bunny that destroyed her TV on the head. “Take this, and that, and this!” A minute later, the bunny was dead, and the others moved on. “TV, are you okay? TV?! Nooooooo!” Next day… Riley was going after the bunnies, and then her friend, Seth, came. “Hey, where are you going?” He said, “After the PINK bunnies. She answered “PINK? PINK! Weird”… “Hey, can I help?” Seth said. It took a moment for Riley to answer. “Well fine, but you have to have weapons.” Seth didn’t answer for a momento. “Okey dokey then!” And he went home and came back with… Two swords! “Der, is that all I need?” Riley nodded. So then they settled off. When they were walking, they heard a stick break. “Der, what was that?” Seth said in a dumb way. “I don’t know,” Riley said, “Maybe it’s one of those Evil PINK Bunnies!” Seth said. They kept walking until they heard another stick break. “Weapons ready!” Riley said while pulling out her weapons. Seth did the same. Then, in the bushes they heard breathing. Then a…cute Little Squirrel came out! “Hi!” It said, “I’m Squirly the squirrel.” Riley and Seth burst out laughing. “Ha ha ha ha ha hah ah!” Squirly was mad. “You dink me funny? Want to fight? Huh, huh?” He was bouncing up and down with his arms up like a boxer. “Oh, yeah, Seth said, you couldn’t hurt me!” Then he picked up Squirly by the tail. Then all of a sudden, Squirly bit him on the nose! “Owwww!” Seth cried. “Ha-ha! I hurted you!” To Be Continued…
Nintendo DS
By Zach On Christmas Day I got the new NINTENDO DS!!!!!! It is so cool. You can draw on the touch screen. You can set the time, date and alarm clock. But... what’s cool about it is you can play Game Boy Advanced games and Nintendo DS games. The games I got were Samus (first hunt).and Mario 64 DS.
My Sister
By Gabrielle My sister is so mean, but I am too. The reason why is because I threw a thing of frosting at her. Then she said, “GET CLEANING! (Because we were cleaning our room). So I put the frosting in the “garbage bag”. Then I threw it at her. She got so mad that she colored on my arm in yellow permanent marker. So now we were both so mad we had a catfight. It was fun. I called her a fat pig and she called me a fat pig with no tail.(once my brother said that I was born with a tail, but how would he know because he didn’t know me when I was born, so my sister uses it as a defense on me). Hey, at least I found my sister’s smashed “Pink” CD. If you are wondering why it was smashed, it is because she stepped on it. The End (of the catfight.)
THE COOL TRUCK
By Gavin My mom’s boyfriend just got a new car. It is so, so cool. He got the windows tinted so he can’t roll them down for 3 days! The rims are so, so, so cool and shiny. I like it a lot. My mom and my brother like it too. He drove me and my brother to school four times in a row. A Very Merry Christmas
By Michele On Wednesday (12-22-04) I went to my Uncle Kenny’s house and spent the night. The next day my brother and sister and I went to my Grandma Cooper’s house. My aunt had to take my mom to Longview. Instead of us leaving at like 5:00 we waited for my mom to get there and stayed up late and slept in the motor home in the back yard. On Christmas Eve we had our Christmas feast. After the feast we opened presents. At 7:00 we went to see Santa on a fire truck. We got a bag of candy and went back to grandma’s house and I played games and I went to bed. The next day we were all sleepy. The day after that we went home opened the presents we didn’t bring. Our neighbor’s mom gave us Mc Donald’s gift cards and we went to Mc Donald’s.
Walking in the Woods
By Chase One day the three triplets Bob, Frank and Joe were walking in the woods. Their mom had given them sandwiches for lunch. Bob, Frank and Joe looked exactly the same with brown wavy hair and brown hazel eyes. It was getting close to dusk and the triplets wanted to start heading back but they couldn’t find their way. They started to send up flares but no one came. They sent up more flares, still no one came. So they started to walk the way they thought they came. Suddenly they saw a light off in the distance. They started to run towards it. It was a city but not the one they live in. They thought that if they went into the city they could get a taxi to take them back. The city had a lot of factory type buildings. They called a taxi and the taxi driver asked them where they wanted to go. They said back to our little house in the city called Kirkland. So the taxi driver started to go. As he was going they realized that he was not heading in the right direction. “We’re not going the right way,” said Joe. “Yes we are,” said the taxi driver. “Hey, you’re not a taxi driver you’re a kidnapper,” said Bob. “That’s right but there is nothing you can do about it.” Once they got to the kidnapper’s house they got out and fought him and won. So, they ran and ran and ran until they got back to the woods. It still was dark so they could not see very well. In fact, they could barely see at all. As they were walking they saw something glimmer in the darkness. “What could that be?” exclaimed Joe. “I think it is some bread from our sandwiches,” said Bob. “Let’s follow the trail of crumbs,” said Frank. “Ok”, said Joe. They started to follow the trail and it led them back home. When they finally got home their dad was so happy to see them. “Don’t you ever scare me like that again,” he said. They never really told there dad or mom the real story.
The Evil Person#26
By Kenyon The Gollums spotted Miny Monkey and Crakl Butt. “Orces!!,” said one Gollum. Then all the other Gollums saw them. “ATTACK!,” Said the leader Gollum. “Oh my god,” said Miny Monkey. All the Gollums were attacking Miny Monkey and Crakl Butt. “Ahhhhhhh!,” said Crakl Butt. “Back in the portal!” Then the portal disappeard. The Gollums were pilling up. “AHHHH!,” said Crakl Butt. “Smeagles come to master,” said a voice from the shadows. “Yes master,” said the Gollums. “Oh my god said Miny Monkey,” Then the person came out of the shadows. It was Frowdow.
Snowmobiling
By Taylor I am going to Snoqualmie Pass. We are going to go snowboarding on mid-winter-break. This time I am going to try to go off the half pipe. I am going to go snowmobiling too. This will be my twentieth time going on a snowmobile. When I go up on the ski lift I can see all the skiers go down the hill. I want to ski because on a snowboard when you get in powder you have to take off your snowboard. With skies all you have to do is walk through it or push with your poles. We go snowboarding every year.
Weekend
By Tyler On the weekend Chase and I had a sleepover. We played Xbox Live. It was really fun. The next day he had two go home because he had to sign up for baseball. We also had a basketball game and basketball pictures. We lost our game because the referee was really bad and they fowled us a lot. After the game Dylan came over and we played Xbox live. A little later on in the day the guys next door came out and played football with us. After the football game we asked if I could play ghost recon and they said “yes.” The game is okay but is not very good. Then we went up to Dylan’s house and walked up to Matt Hasselbeck’s house. I got my ball signed by him. Then we played capture the flag in the dark. We had glow in the dark sticks. Then we went back to Dylan’s and I went home.
The Kidnap
By Dylan One day there were two snowboarding dudes named Scott and Josh. They were best friends and they both loved to snowboard. Scott was 16 and Josh was one month older. Josh was six feet tall and Scott was about five eleven. This year they were finally old enough to be in the Freestyle Trick Contest. They would be on a team and they would try to do the best tricks and try to get the best overall score. On the day of the contest Josh called Scott early that morning. Scott’s mom picked up the phone. “Hello,” she said. “Can I talk to Scott?,” asked Josh. “Hey Josh,” said Scott, “When are we going to leave?” “As soon as you’re ready,” said Josh. “Ok!” Scott said. In about an hour they met up at Josh’s house. Josh’s mom drove them up to the place were the contest was held. After Josh’s mom left, Scott and Josh went up to the competitor’s lockers. As they entered the building a puff of steam burst out the door. Inside the building nice warm showers were on. When they were about to get on their snowboarding gear someone suddenly came up behind them and locked their arms around Scott and Josh’s chest. “What the…,” but Josh was too late. They were bound and gagged and someone with a firm grip tied a blind fold over their eyes. They heard a gruff voice say “Throw them in the back of the truck!” “Uh oh, we’re doomed,” Scott said to himself. Josh was trying to fight free. Josh threw a punch but the kidnapper blocked it. They were being put in a sack! When they were in the sack it was stuffy and they could hardly breathe. They felt themselves being lifted in to the back of a truck. What would they do? They heard the truck motor roar to life. They were being taken away. Josh felt around to try to slip out of the bag after he was out he used the side of the truck to scrape off his blind fold. Then he used some jagged metal that looked like a partly broken off fender to cut off Scott’s bonds. They stood up and suddenly the truck lurched to a stop. Two men jumped out. This time they tied them up again for good. They shoved them into the cab where the kidnappers could see them. In about an hour they arrived at the gangs hideout. “Where are we?” Scott asked the guy. The hide out was in an old, run down deserted warehouse. Scott and Josh were about to be thrown in a room but the kidnapper heard the cocking of a gun. He spun around and saw a police officer and Josh’s mom.
Snow Day
By Chase Yesterday it SNOWED!!! I made three snowmen with my brother and dad. We had an awesome snow ball fight. In the morning we went skiing at the Summit. We went to Summit West. It is the easiest mountain at the Summit. I had fun but not as much fun as I have at Alpental. A Fun Snow Day
By Anden Yesterday it snowed. The snow was so fun. We made a snow man and went sledding. It was really fun because my little cousins came too. They are only two years old. My cousins threw a snowball at my little brother and went down the hill sledding. The best part was when my dog pulled me in my sled in a really big field. That was really fun. Before she pulled us on the sled we played with her in the backyard. It was so fun. My dog chased all the snowballs we threw. I threw a really big snowball and she bit it in mid air and it broke into so many different pieces. It looked so cool when she bit it in mid air. American Idol
By Margo American Idol was hilarious! It was all about the auditions. Some people were really bad! People from Texas and Oklahoma were there. All total, there were 100,000 people! The next three episodes are going to be auditions. People would get really bad reviews and they would still think they were good. There was a girl named Mary who tried out and she was dancing everywhere but she had a terrible voice. Once Simon Cowell said, “You have the worst voice I have ever heard!” She said, “You’re just saying that to annoy me!” She also said that a guy from 7 eleven said that she had a great voice. But I think that guy from 7 eleven was wrong! Then she stormed out of the room. The Sponge Movie
By Ashley I went to the movies with Alisha and Shelby. Not Shelby but Shelby in 6th grade from a different school. We went to see Sponge Bob The Movie. It was a fun movie. One of my favorite parts was when Sponge Bob tried to grab the ice cream and he was stuck to it. It was funny to hear everyone in the theater laugh. I like seeing movies in theaters! LOOSE TOOTH
By Asheley I have a really loose tooth. It hurts really bad. I can’t have very hard food because it hurts my tooth too much. I have to eat soft foods. For snack I had RIO CITRUS SALAD. It has grape fruit, oranges, pineapple, and grapes. The RIO CITRUS SALAD is like fruit salad. It looks really good. My Grandparents
By Olivia
My grandparents are really cool! I love going to their house because it is in the country. I like playing James Bond outside when its sunset. There is this daisy field in my grandparents back yard, but it is not their property. Lets just say that my grandparents have enough land for a horse! I liked their old house better than this one. It was older and cooler. Here is a list of everything my brother and I did, and what was there: huge living room, small dining room, dog, piano, lots of video games (old and new), swing, ca ngue, fun, apple tree, orange tree(I think), and a plum tree. That’s all. But There is still one more thing that I saved for last which is my aunt’s room before she went to college. Her room was the most magical place I’d ever seen! I still think it would be cool if my grandparents didn’t move! Now a boring family lives there. My brother and I would sneak upstairs without anyone noticing and go into my aunts room and then, go into her closet. Her closet was tremendous! It was so awesome! It was better than the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe! My brother and I would go in (because it was small but roomy) and we would find pictures, diaries, pens and pencils, neat clothing, and even jewelry and all sorts of malanious figures! That is the story of the most magical place in the world! The End P.S. There is a horse I feed and it’s mane is matted. He is dirty and his owners never take care of him. He’s at my grandparents now! |