April Fools!

Sam felt the sun shining down on his shoulders while he sat happily by the stream. It was a perfect sunny day and luckily he was spending it with Sarah. Then, all at once Sarah pointed at the water. “Look Sam!” Sarah exclaimed.

“It is a… string ray! Where could it come from?"

" I have no clue. I thought sting rays lived in salt water, not fresh! This is really confusing me," Sam continued, "Perhaps this is like a television show I watched on Discovery Channel!"

" Sam? What show was it? Can your remember?"

" Um... It was River Monster. It was about a 287 pound string ray that was folowed and tracked until caught in a net. The only other surprise was that it was carrying little baby string rays!"

"Aweh, that's so cute! Where may have it be filmed Sam?"

" I am positive that it was filmed in Mississippi."

" SAM, that is not good! We are in Mississippi!"

 Sam and Sarah grabbed their towels and books and everything else they had and put it under their shoulder and ran like there was no tomorrow. Unfortunatly the have not realized that sting rays are harmless unless you make then angry. They soon thought later...

"Sarah, when I watched this the fishers were in the water with it. How did that work? I thought they could kill humans with a slight glance of an eye."

" Oh my goodness You read too many comic books! If I think way back when I was a young child. I learned in grade two that sting rays and manta rays are harmless! They only clean the bottom of the ocean. Did I really believe you Sam?"

"Yes, you did! I was just kidding!"

"Sam! You really immensely scared me! How did you do that? Or do I really want to know ?"

" Haha, you probably don't want to know but I'm going to tell you. First I cut out an outline of a string ray and hid it in the mud the night before. I called you to see if you would join me a lovely day along the river. And you agreed, which made it even better!" Sam explained, " I didn't think you would fall for It so quickly but I guess I was wrong! So I guess I should say, APRIL FOOLS!"

  The long time friends had there differences but they finally said forget it. Sam's family left and moved to Montana and left Sarah all along. They have never seen one another since the year 2010.


" Grandpa! Can you read another story!" Jessie pleaded.

" No, No It's time for bed you young little  lad. Always remember to respect your friends you have! Don't leave them if the world ended!



Erin

The days of poetry. !

Early March Mr. Oldcorn's and Mr. Wilson's class gathered together and had a Poetry Slam. We all had jobs to do but, most of all I was in charge of decorations. In the art room we had paint brushes working hard to make a banner to represent Poetry Slam 2011!  We finger painted and had a great time working together. The hardest part was probably getting the letter big but also keeping them neat and tidy.

I think the Poetry Slam went great because almost everybody was laughing and having a good time. Everyone had two poems memorized and spoke them aloud to the classes.

I thought that I did alright because I partly forgot my poem. I tried my best and I tried to speak loud but I don't think it worked to well.