Idioms, Idioms, Everywhere!
Short short stories by 6th grade block students
Spring 2008 Stories
Jenness’s Revenge of the Babysitter
Well here I am after a stressful but exciting and eventful baby-sitting job. I was babysitting Macy and Alex. What trouble makers! They had ants in their pants the whole time. Anyway... I got them back good. I’ll tell you about it.
I came over prepared with everything but the kitchen
sink, ready for anything. Well Macy and Alex’s parents left and I found
out I wasn’t ready for anything. They starting jumping off the walls.
Usually I can settle down the kids but not Macy and Alex. I was getting hot
under the collar. I asked them if they were hungry and they screamed
yes. I made them Mac n’ Cheese and while I was doing that they were up to
the usual monkey business. I sat them down at the table and gave them
their plates. They were being very well behaved and I sensed that something
was wrong but I was stupid and just buried my head in the sand.
After dinner they silently watched TV. I cleaned up dinner
and flopped down on the couch. I wanted to call it a day, but Macy and Alex’s
parents wouldn’t be home till 6 and it was only 4. I asked them if I could
do any house work and they answered back with, “Yeah, you could do the dishes.”
They answered together in chorus like they had planned it. I ignored it and
went to go dry the dishes. When I opened the cupboard door to put a plate
away, a ton of syrup was poured all over me! I turned around and the kids
threw a bucket of bright orange, purple, and green feathers on me. I just
about hit the roof! Macy started to make fun of me and Alex joined
in. I was ready to jump down their throat. I was furious! I sent them
to their rooms and tried to clean up my clothes. It was the one time when
I didn’t bring extra clothes and needed them. I thought I was behind the
eight ball, but I remembered that I could call my mom so I did. She brought
me new clothes and took my “bird suit” home to wash.
I had an hour and a half to get back at Macy and Alex.
I had no idea what to do. I finally came up with bee in your bonnet idea.
I began working faster than a speeding bullet. I finished up my prank
with half an hour left to spare. I wasn’t surprised when I found the kids
asleep. They really had burned the candle at both ends. I woke them
up gently and had them come out into the living room. They didn’t suspect
a thing; I was getting excited. Macy walked into the kitchen and tripped
over invisible string. A pie came flying into her face. She cried bloody
murder and ran. She slipped on the banana peel and a gallon of honey
was poured over her. Macy turned around and glared at me. I pulled the string
and there went my water gallon. Alex knew he sitting duck and he was
right. I pulled his strings too. Custard was poured on him, then chocolate
syrup, whipped cream, and a cherry on top. They were both mad as a wet
hen but then lightened up. “You got us back good,” said Macy. Alex agreed.
We cleaned up the mess together until the eleventh hour and finished just as Macy and Alex’s parents came in the door. The kids explained our day in full detail and I was surprised to hear that they wanted me back. I said I would, and they took me home.
Now here I sit waiting for my next babysitting assignment and writing in my diary of my day feeling my oats. While I did . . . "Ringgggg" . . . OH NO! it's the revenge of the baby sitter!!!!! Oh no, oh no, it's gonna eat me.
Michael’s The Sleepover
It was a very rainy day—it was raining cats and dogs! It was way too cold to go outside to play, and I (Ryan) was having my friend Adam come over. We were planning on riding our scooters and bikes, but it was way too wet and windy. The door made a loud knocking noise. I answered it, and Adam had an apple in his hand. He gave it to my mom—boy, what a goody two shoes he is! Me and Adam aren’t two peas in a pod. He was always clean as a hound’s tooth and I, well, I’m a backseat driver—well, at least that’s what people say about me. Time went by and it was already 9:30. I was planning on playing some video games and eating ice cream, but Adam just wanted to burn the midnight oil because it was a weekend! We decided to go to bed, so I got into some sweat pants and a shirt and got in bed, but like a bolt from the blue Adam came out in bunny pajamas. I could not stop laughing! "Take those off and change into normal clothes!" I demanded.
"People are right, you are a backseat driver!"
That's when I totally hit the roof! "Oh yeah, well you're just a bull in a china shop!" That's when we both started to get mad.
"I’ll call my mom—maybe she will pick me up and take me home!" Adam said.
It was 9:45 and Adam was calling his mom. She finally answered, and boy did she sound down in the mouth. "What's wrong, Mom?" asked Adam.
All she said quietly was, "I’m just down in the dumps today because I lost my job today."
"What!" I yelled. "When?"
"Just today. He just called me!"
"Then I guess you wouldn’t be able to come pick me up from Ryan’s house, ’cause I am about to blow my stack!" Adam said.
Adam’s mom always called the shots so when she heard that Adam wanted her to pick him up at 1:00 a.m. she just blew her stack! "Adam, it's eleven o'clock. You need to work out your guy problems, and I’ll see you tomorrow."
Soon Adam and Ryan solved their problems, and they were then all ears to what each other had to say. Soon they became two peas in a pod, and they promised to be best friends through thick and thin.
Josh’s The Horror of the Boys’ Bathroom
I watched Chris as he ran out of the boys’ bathroom in horror. I asked him what was wrong and he said, ”THE HORROR OF THE BOYS BATHROOM!” I had heard of the horror of the boys bathroom before, but I never thought it was true. I decided to investigate. I went into the boys’ bathroom and the lights were out. So I got a flashlight and looked around. Then I saw it,a hole in the floor. I went and asked the custodian for a ladder and I brought the ladder into the boys bathroom and climbed into the hole and found that under the school was a haunted house. All over there was ghosts, vampires, ghouls, bats, and other monsters searched the place and after a while I noticed that I was going in circles. I knew that if I didn't get home for dinner I would be behind the eight ball. So I searched and I finally found the way out.
Right away I went to the principal and he asked me,”Where have you been?”
I said, “It's a long story.”
He said, “I’m all ears.” So I told him about the haunted house. He told me to take him there so I did. But as soon as he saw the hunted house, he ran out screaming,”THE HORROR OF THE BOYS BATHROOM!” The principal couldn’t talk after what he had seen, until another student said,” What’s the matter, cat got your tongue?”
“I was just scared to death.”
"Well what happened, I’m all ears."
Let’s just say the horror of the boys bathroom is real. I need to stop this monkey business, I need to give that haunted house the pink slip. I can’t have boys running out of the bathroom with their hearts in their mouths. At least we have more than one boys’ bathroom here. Let’s board up that boys bathroom and keep it under our hats. That haunted house is long-toothed. How can we keep this under our hat, as everybody knows little pitchers have big ears. Well, keep your fingers crossed and hopefully that won't happen.
We tried to give the haunted house the pink slip many times, but it just wouldn’t take it. We could just demolish it, but that would destroy the school. It will be touch and go ’til we figure something out.
The haunted house was never dealt with—we just boarded up the floor, and we never heard the HORROR OF THE BOYS BATHROOM again.
The End
Mercedez’s Call It a Day
“Sarah, you’re as fat as a pig!” said Jesse as she walks by. Sarah runs in the bathroom down in the mouth. “Why does everyone hate me! I feel like a dead duck right know,” she yells. “I don't. You’re the apple of my eye.” A girl walks out of the bathroom washes her hands and says,”Why do people hate you, you're nice, pretty, and fun. “Sally, you're back from your grandma’s house, I thought I would be pushing up daises and going bananas without you.”
“So what have you been doing,” said Sally. “Well ... I've been ...dying of humiliation because Jesse Stanton is getting under my skin, she told the whole world that I peed my pants in fourth grade,” said Sarah. “Well we should pay her back for that,” said Sally. “Yeah, we should, so, do you want to come over today?” said Sarah. “We see eye to eye,” said Sally.
“So, what should we do to the mean, evil Jesse, pour milk on her like in the movies, or dump paint on her favorite shirt, or would that open a can of worms? I mean we are airing her dirty laundry in public?” said Sally. “I was kind of thinking print her grade slip all over the school,” said Sarah. “That’s a bee in your bonnet idea!” said Sally. I’m going to be on top of the world after this!” said Sarah.
. ____ .
Jesse saw the grade slip and ate her heart out about what she did to Sarah. “Sarah, I'm sorry for driving you up the wall and not holding my tounge about telling every one that you peed your pants in fourth grade,” said Jesse. “So I guess we are even,” said Sarah. “I guess so,” said Jesse. “Let’s just call it a day,” said Sally. After that, life was a bowl of cherries.
Erin’s Idioms Story
“It all started on Monday morning when several citizens of Tumbler City noticed that the sky didn't look quite right,” started the man on the TV.
“I hate Days of Our Lives reruns!” exclaimed Lean as she turned off the TV.
Lean picked up her phone to call her friend, Bridge, but then she stopped herself. She dialed a random number and waited. One ring, two rings, three rings... “Hello?” said an old man's voice.
“Hello,” Lean said.
“Hello?” said the old man.
“Hello,”
“Hello?”
“Hello,”
“Hello?”
“Good-bye!”
“Hello? What? Button your lip, Kid. Donut be calling me no more. Why, back in my day we didn't do prank calls. As a matter of fact we didn't have telephones back then. None of this prank calling. You must think your life is a bowl of cherries. Well, if you heard some of my war stories you would get butterflies in your stomach. You must be the black sheep of the family, you have to pull pranks on your elders to feel important. Well, your barking up the wrong tree, Little One...” the old man went on and on. The sad thing is he could have saved it for a rainy day. Lean hung up the phone when he said something about not having phones when he was young.
Lean tried calling the old man again but it was busy. She figured he was still talking to himself, so she just called Summer. They chewed the fat until almost three in the morning and finally Bee said that they should call it a day. Some say that blood is thicker than water but Bridge and Lean are way closer than they are with their families. Once in a blue moon they get mad at each other but they always are friends minutes after. A couple minutes later Lean tried the old man's phone number again. It was still busy.
* * * *
“Hey, Lena,” Bee said one Friday afternoon.
“Yeah,” Lena said. She was bored on this dog day of summer and being bored always made her tired.
“Are you gonna play at the finals?” She was always asking this and it was kind of getting old.
“Yes, I told you.”
Caleb’s Prince and the Servant
The servant and the prince were like two peas in a pod even though the prince was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and the servant was born with chicken feed.The king had a very hard time with that because he was a fat cat. It was like a bolt from the blue when the prince asked the king to buy the servant new clothes, the king chewed up the scenery at that. The prince said that him and the servant were going to hit the road. The king was down in the mouth. He didn’t know what to do. He felt like he was in the doghouse. The king let them go out of the clear blue sky. So the servant and the prince set off. They were up until the eleventh hour walking away from the castle.The prince felt like a fish out of water because he was out of the castle for so long.The prince wanted to drop the servant like a hot potato, but he didn’t.
The servant led them to London. He said we had to look for what sounded like a shack. It would be like trying find a needle in a haystack. Every time we thought we found it we were barking up the wrong tree. The prince got hot under the collar but when they got there he was tickled pink. The prince felt home sick so he said that there is more than one way to skin a cat and that he was going home. When he got home the king jumped down his throat but was glad to have him home. After that the king and prince always saw eye to eye.
Alex’s Keaton and the Project
Once upon a time there was a young boy named Keaton. He was doing a very hard project, he already had to start at square one five times. But his friend Spencer always told him Rome was not built in a day. Keaton always would reply, “Zip your mouth.”
But one day Keaton went outside to and a back seat driver friend walking by and he ran in side. Then hisÝ mom say him and said “Hold your horses. Has thatÝ two-faced friend of yours being mean to you again?”
“Yes,” said Keaton with a sad voice.
“That boy is a wolf in sheep’s clothing”
When Keaton ran back outside he remembered that he was supposed to do a project, and was going to ask Spencer what to do it on. When he got to Spencer’s house, Keaton noticed that there was a extra car at the house. “Uh oh,” Keaton thought. He remembered that Spencer’s cousin was their. He really knew how get under Keaton’s skin. When he went to the front door he remembered he was only going to be here a few minutes, so Spencer’s cousin couldn’t bug him for long.
When he knocked on the door something bad happened his cousin, opened the door and he said “ Bug off,” But Keaton stood there cool as a cucumber. “So a cat got your tounge.”
“Go climb a tree,” said Keaton with a mean tone.
Then Spencer came to the door and told his cousin “Go fly a kite.” Then his cousin left them alone.
Then Keaton asked him, “What should I do my project on?”
“You must want to be a eager beaver don't you,” Replied Spencer.
“Hey were where you? Your cousin was realy getting under my skin,” asked Keaton.
“I was taking forty winks,” replied Spencer. So Spencer began to think of ideas for the project.
The next day Spencer went over to Keaton's house and told Keaton that he burned the midnight oil.
Keaton said “Thanks,” and went inside and started on the project. He was up till the 11th hour working on the project.
The next day when Keaton turned the project he got a A+++ and his teacher told him “You must not be the black sheep in his family like I thought.
Thomas’s Miguel Goes Smart
“I’ll show them,” said Miguel, “those fools have their heads in the clouds.” He yelled. “I know I was right!! (for once)” And then his good friend Thomas came by. Miguel said “I’m as mad as a wet hen!” Thomas said “ Tell me what happend, im all ears.” Miguel started saying.”Thomas , the sky is falling!! You believe me right?” Thomas looked at him doubtfully. “Miguel,” he statarted saying,’ i think you have your head in the clouds. I’m sorry.” Thomas walked away.
Miguel, who had just been let down by one of his best friends started to scream. A lot of people started running over to see what was wrong. And some of the people just ignored him. But among the crowd, he saw a girl named Kelly. Thats when he came to his senses. He thought in his mind,”Okay, so maybe I was as stuped as a cow. Later on in the evening he said to Kelly “ your as beutifle as a rose just blooming.” She said “ Oh Miguel that touched me in the heart.” Thomas saw everything that was going on. He thought “Wow , he actually got a girlfriend on his own and with knowons help.” Then he thought, “ Wow , he’s as stupid as Micheal jackson.” Miguel started spending most of his time with Kelly. She made him read books. do more harder math, and also made him mad as a wet hen every now and then. He had to burn the candle at both ends sometimes too. Finally when he got enogh, he said “ Ok your as anoyind as a mouse. were threw.” Kelly broke down in tears. she cried”Why ?’ Miguel saidwell over the years, as I read more books, I found out your just yoposing me.
Lilyanna’s Middle School
I never realized how many different kinds of people there are in middle school. There are people who were born with a silver spoon in their mouth and people who always have the cat on their tongue. When I started middle school, I realized everyone had there own style. Some kids thought every cloud had a silver lining. These kind of kids never gave up, even when they got a F in math.
Some kids are like backseat drivers here in middle school. They always want what they “have to have”. They’re just plain bossy! Trust me, there isn’t a lot of people like this, only about one in a million. Some other kids are always behind the eight ball. They never seem to be in a good position. There always out of luck! I feel bad for them!
I also met some beggars who can’t be choosers. They always beg for a better grade, and with their attitude they never get picked to go to the IMC to get things; or do special errands for the teacher.
Some of my favorite new friends are in bowl of cherries, always wonderful easy going people. Oh, I also met some bulls in a china shop, if you give them something fragile they will break it as quick as a torpedo can spin. Also some kids love to butter up to their teacher. They always seem like little pitchers who have big ears. Some kids chew up the scenery when they lose things. When they do, they go over things with a fine tooth comb.
A couple of the new friends I have met bite the hand that feeds them. They usually can’t see the forest for the trees and bark up the wrong tree. They are a handful to work with, and their bark is worse than their bite. Some kids are always up to some kind of monkey business. As long as the crow flies, they will air your dirty laundry in public and add fuel to the fire.
Lisa’s Alyson’s Essay
“Settle down,” said Ms. Bingo, “school isn't over yet!” Alyson's sixth grade class was celebrating because they had only two hours of school left before winter break. “Before we leave, I would like to give you your homework assignment to do over winter break.” The class groaned. “Now don't go bananas!” continued Ms. Bingo, “We will spend the next hour starting your essays. Alyson, your head is in the clouds!” she snapped. “The essay is going to be on an assigned subject. Tyler's is the Great Salt Lake. Marissa: Vikings. Alyson: Edward Grover. Emma's is the Redwoods . . . ."
Edward Grover . . . Edward Grover . . . “Who’s that????” Alyson had never even heard of him!”
“Alyson, Alyson,” Ms. Bingo's face loomed into view,” I know Edward Grover will be a tough nut to crack, but you will find that he invented many great things!”
“Yeah, but finding information on him will be like finding a needle in a haystack. I’ll bite the dust in this project!” whined Alyson.
“All right, I will give you a different one, but keep it under your hat. How does Bran Monistat sound?”
“On second thought, I’ll stick with Edward Grover,” sighed Alyson.
As soon as she got home, Alyson told her mom about the problem. “Honey, I'm sure you're just making a mountain out of a molehill.” Over the first few days, Alyson left no stone unturned and went to four different libraries, but all of them were either out of the inventor books or had never had them. Finally her dad told her she was probably barking up the wrong tree. So Alyson stayed up late surfing the web and burning the midnight oil. Her sister tried to help by telling her that every cloud has a silver lining because Alyson was really down in the dumps.
On the last day, Alyson's friend Kelsey came over to chew the fat and lend an ear. She was a top banana in inventing things and also a science nerd so she knew at once who Edward Grover was. “This essay is going to be a piece of cake!” said Kelsey. ”Now just be the second fiddle and listen." Then Kelsey told her all about Edward Grover and his great accomplishments.
“Now I’ll have to write until the cows come home to finish it,” said Alyson.
“I’ll stay here and help if you want,” offered Kelsey.
“You are a true-blue friend, but it's O.K. I think I can take the bull by the horns from here.”
Alyson worked until the eleventh hour. She was up against the wall, but she finally got it done. And at school the next morning when asked about her project, she grinned and said, “Oh, it was a bowl of cherries.”
Noah’s Heroes
Once there was a boy, but he was not just any boy. This boy was about to become a hero.
"Wake up Ryan" said Josh "it is morning. "What" said Ryan. "Wow, you were sleeping like you had ants in your pants", said Josh. What ever let's go down to the Pancake House for some food. Good Idea I'm so hungry I could eat a cow.
When they got to the Pancake House they were starved. After they were seated. Ryan asked Josh if he could tell what he had dreamed about the following night. "I'm all ears " said Josh.After they had there food. Ryan had finished telling his story. When they were eating a man walked into the restaurant. "Josh look doesn't that man look just like the one in my dream?" said Ryan. "Yes" said Josh. Look he is leaving. Let's follow him. Good Idea. Hurry he is already out the door, you're as slow as a snail. said Ryan.
They finally caught up to him. "Look he is going down the ally." said Josh. "Look there" It is another guy with him" said Ryan. "Should we go call the cops?" asked Josh. "No" said Ryan. Well then what are we going to do? I will think of something. said Ryan. Well It better be as fast as a cheetah. Said Josh. Why? said Ryan. Because they are coming straight for us! said Josh, look out. . .
"Where are we?" said Josh. "I don't know" said Ryan. "So you to are finally awake." said a man in black cape. You guys were following me all the way down the ally. So all I ask is, why? said the the man in black. We were following you because... we thought we knew you josh finished. Well now you know were our secret hide out is, we can't let you go. said the man in black. Wait you said "our" who else is there? There is my helper. Tell us the truth... who are you. I'm am the number one out law, Justin Alexander. "So for now we will just put you in the closet." said Justin.
"Let us out" screamed Ryan. I be back in twelve hours, if you are good we will give you some food. said Justin. "Were going to die in here aren't we." said Josh. "No" said Ryan. "We will find a way out." "I don't think we are going to find a way" Josh could not finish his sentence. "found it" said Ryan. "They left the door unlocked" "Wow that was easy" said Josh. Hurry let's go call the cops.
When they finally got to the police center they told them everything. The police got into the cars and sped of with Josh and Ryan in the back seat.
When Justin got back he was shocked. "What are you guys doing here said Justin I mean you did you get here." "By the help of these two boys." said the cop. "You are the worst bad guy ever, you left the door unlocked." said Josh. Just after Josh said that Justins partner came run in. "Justin why are there cop cars out front, oh that why." said Justins partner Mich.
After they were all back at the police station and Justin and Mich were in their cell the to boys were interviewed. After that was over the boys were sent home.
The next morning Ryan got a phone call from Josh. "Ryan get out of bed and look at the news paper." Ryan gets out of bed and gets the news paper." His eyes poped out of his head. "Wow this is amazing were in the paper." I know and were called city heros. Well I would call that a day well done.
Taylor’s A Normal Day at the Mall
"Every day we do the same thing Reyia! We need something new to do" I said.
"Yeah we really need something new. Doing the same thing over and over is getting really annoying!"
"So we do see eye to eye right?"
"Right!" Reyias bright blue eyes were staring at me, she has a huge toothy smile on her face. She looked so happy right now. Then everything went quite, evrything was as quiet as a mouse!
"Why are we being so quiet Tay?"
"I'm not sure actually. This is such a nice day, we're sitting on a hammock outside drinking lemonade! How could this day be any better?"
"I can name 3 things that could make it better! 1. We could win a lot of money! 2. Summer could last forever, and 3. That this didnt have to be your last day in Oregon."
"True those would make this day better. I like the last one best!"
"I think we all do!" She got a bit of sadness in her eyes when we started to talk about this being my last day here. This is a once every blue moon moment! I wish I wouldn't have to leave, Oregon is the best place in the world!
"Hey what are we waiting for! It's still early in the day and we can do what ever we want lets go see if anyones around Reyia!" I jumped off the hammock and ran to get my shoes, Reyia was right behind me. We grabbed our stuff and ran out the door and started running down the street.
Even thought its the dog days of summer we still love the hot weather in summer of Oregon. "Hey lets go see if Meagan's home! She probably will so lets hurry and run faster!" I said. Reyia was hurrying as fast as she could we were both in the pink, I love having someone just like me!
"OK, OK! I'm running as fast as I can Taylor!"
"Well then try harder Reyia!"
"Just cause you're a fat cat doesn't mean you have to boss me around!"
"STOP RUNNING! We're here."
Ding dong ding dong ding dong as the door bell rang.
"Hello girls. Meagan's not home. I think she went to Monroe."
"Ok, thanks"
"Reyia lets go I want to see Meagan befor I move!"
"Fine lets go!"
We ran all the way to Monroe and there was no sign of Meagan. I found her cell phone but that was all.
"Hey Rey-Rey Meagans cell has a new text"
"What does it say?"
"It says. Hey Meagan can you come over to my house I need to talk to you about the special thing that's happening tonight! That's what it says Rey"
"Oh, who's it from?"
"Allison"
"Well we know one thing for sure. Meagan's the better half of that pair!"
"Yeah I know! Well lets go to Allisons to find Meagan!"
"Ok. Can we walk this time?"
"Sure."
The walk to Allisons was pretty boring. I felt like this was a moment where I was burning the bridges behind me. I hated this feeling!
Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong went Allisons door bell.
"Oh hello Taylor, hello Reyia! Allison's not here right now, her and Meagan left 20 minutes ago for the mall"
"Ok thanks a lot Miss. Calimei."
I ran down the stairs and started running towards my house. When we got there the door was locked! I called my mom but she didn't answer, I called my little brother and my dad too. They didn't answer either!
"Where could everyone be?" I said in a very confused voice.
"I don't know! How should I know! Uh... Taylor you look like your at the end of your rope right now. Are you ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine just burned myself out from all that running!"
"Ok what are we going to do now? We have no where to go!"
"I'm not sure lets just wait here for your mom"
"Ok"
Reyia and I just sat there, I was trying to pull myself together from what had just happened with all the running. We both looked as sick as dogs since we were out of breathe.
"Maybe we should just call it a day Taylor."
"I'm not sure right now what to do I want to know what's going on."
"Me too!"
Answer your cell! Answer your cell Taylor, come on pick up! I heard my cell ring.
"Reyia button your lip while I'm on the phone!"
"Hey mom. Where are you?"
"We just left Ammies house. She said her life's like a dog eat dog world for her right now."
"Ok well you sound like a cats got your tounge what's wrong mom?"
"Oh nothing we will be home soon bye!"
Click.
"She was in a real hurry, oh well I will see her when she gets here"
Meridith’s Not Your Average Gumshoe
Hi, I’m Sherlock Jr., a detective in training. I solve your problems while you wait . . . Sorry, I’m just pulling your leg. My real name is Beany. Isn’t that a stupid name?
Anyway, I have dedicated my life to solving mysteries and making people bow down in awe when they hear my name. I studied the tricks of the trade until one day I got my first big break.
One day, at my favorite ice cream store, I heard the name Trickie Slie. It rang a bell, but I couldn’t remember where I’d heard it before. Sprinting home, I Googled Trickie Slie. The headline read “WORLD FAMOUS EMBEZZLER! ESCAPED $1,000,000 REWARD!” My mind whirled; suddenly a plan sprung to mind.
I waited for my mom; it was like she was on a slow boat to China. When I told her my amazing plan, it was like I’d just gotten away with murder. “You’ve lost your marbles!” my mother exclaimed. “No way that’s happening. Pigs will fly before I’ll let you do that!” Apparently she thought I had bats in my belfry. It was time to take the bull by the horns . . . by myself.
So what’s my evil plan? To capture Trickie Slie of course. Hold your horses—I’ll tell you the details later. Don’t worry, it’s an A1 idea. I had to think, so I went to my favorite ice cream shop, the Créme de la Créme. It really lives up to its name. My mom doesn’t approve of the plan, so I had to sneak there. Luckily it’s open around the clock. Now for the bait. I read up on Trickie Slie and found that she will kill for the newest collector teddy bear, so I bought it and put it up in the window of the Créme de la Créme. She had to put her name, address, and phone number in the box in order to have a chance of aquiring the bear. I was sure I had my cat in the bag. My cell phone rang, ding-a-ling-a-ling. Oh no, it’s my mom! I had to get home. It was time to face the music.
I hoped all this trouble was worth it because my mom was really going to run off at the mouth about how I ran away and she was worried sick and thought I was kidnapped. ( Really now mom.) She really read me the riot act that night and I had to sneak out. I ran away and checked on the raffle. No contestants yet. My plot to worm the information out of Trickie Slie wasn’t working.
After getting out of my three-week grounding for running away, I checked the raffle basket—still no answer. I was about ready to spit the dummy. All of a sudden a strange lady entered her name. I pretended to draw the raffle and read the name: Trickie Slie! The undercover officer sitting in the booth in front of mine jumped up and grabbed her. Finally, Trickie Slie was behind bars.
Amanda’ The Extremely Eventful Camping Trip
It was in the dog days of summer and I was going camping with my family and a couple of my friends. We drove for about five hours in the car because my dad wanted to go to the campground that he always went to when he was younger. He called it the apple of his eye. My dad was really exited to get away from his office and have a relaxing time because he was as busy as a bee at work. When we finaly arrived at Crystal lake campground and when we got out of the car everyone had ants in there pants, because we had been in the car for so long. We set up campsite quick as a flash, then we all threw on our swimsuits and headed to the lake. On the way my little brother kept on bugging me about how his shoes were too tight. I finaly told him to bug off and leave me alone in a loud, mean voice . He got as angry as a bull and threw his sandles in the bushes. My mom asked what was wrong and he lied low. My mom believed his little lie and told me that I had to sit out for ten minutes while everyone else went swimming. I was really in hot water so I buried my head in the sand, and was as quiet as a mouse. My sister is always bugging me and said ‘’what’s wrong cats got your tongue?. I got really mad and threw a rock at her, it hit her in the arm and she started to bleed. My mom saw me do it and she blew her top. She told me that I had to stay on the boulder for an extra five minutes. When I could finaly get up everyone was ready to leave so I didn’t get to. The hike back to the campsite seemed like it was big time. When we got back we roasted hot dogs over the fire , then my friends and I went for a walk around the campground, everybody looked like they were in seventh heaven sitting around their campfires relaxing and telling stories. When we got back we got in our pajamas and snuggled up in our sleeping bags and told scary stories. Then my mom came in and said sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite. After that we zipped up the tent and slept like babies. The next morning we woke up to the smell of bacon. Whenever we went ca ping my mom made bacon. My one friend Natalie seamed like she was half awake so I said “wake up and smell the coffee.” She acted like she didn’t hear me, sat down on the picnic table and laid her head on her sweatshirt. We t hen got dressed and headed to the lake where the boat shack was to rent a boat. My mom asked my dad if we should rent a kayak or a canoe and my da said”whatever floats your boat.” So she decided on a kayak.
Bree’s Little Assignments
"Hey Mom, I will be in my room."
"Ok, but don’t burn the midnight oil studying for that test of yours,” Mom said.
That night I did stay up burning the midnight oil for my test. I only got 5 hours of sleep that night, but the good news is I aced the test. That day at school I was given an assignment on animals. This is the start of my assignment, and the early bird catches the worm.
Kate has a concert tomorrow, and she is singing one of her songs. Kate looks like she has butterflies in her stomach.
"Hey Kate, you look like you have ants in your pants. Are you feeling like a fish out of water?" That night I thought that Kate was going to be all right, but it turned out I had a vision where I saw Kate falling off the stage. The next morning I told Kate what I saw in my vision the night before. Early that day Kate‘s concert started, and I sat closer than normal because of my vision. All of a sudden Kate looked as quiet as a mouse. Then she closed her eyes and started to fall off the stage, just like in my vision. I caught her in my arms just in time, while everyone else was frightened or scared to death.
Holly’s The Birthday Party
Once there was a girl named Ada and she couldn’t wait until her eighth birthday party. The party was in two days, and she was like a kid in a candy store. She told her mom that she wanted a puppy, a pony, and a kitten which she would name Princess. She longed for the presents, the joy, and the best part, the ice cream cake. Her birthday was going to be held in her backyard, and four of her friends were going to attend.
The night before her party when it was time to hit the hay, she didn’t get any sleep (she only got seven hours of it ). In the morning her mom made her blueberry pancakes that were served with blueberry syrup. When she ate her pancakes she got dressed in her nicest clothes (a pink tank top and a purple lace skirt), then she hurried down stairs to fetch her purple jacket. Then she helped her mom put up streamers, blow up pink, purple, blue, yellow, green, and red balloons, and decorate the whole entire house.
At two p.m. people started to arrive. Ada was so excited she was over the moon, she ran to the door every time it rang. The first person to arrive was her friend, Chelsey.
Hi! “ Ada squealed, when she saw her friend. “Come in, set your gift on the fireplace, and come play with me in my room.”
“ Ok! “ Chelsey replied back and hurried off with Ada to her room.
They played with Ada’s porcelain dolls. Chelsey got the doll with the brown hair like hers and with blue eyes, and Ada got the doll with the light blonde hair like hers and forest green eyes. They had a tea party with their dolls and they also played house with them. Soon enough another person arrived to the party. This time it was Riley and Ella, and they were sisters, and also inseparable. Ella was seven, and Riley was eight. Ada was quick to the trigger and was to the door first. They quickly greeted each other, then everyone went upstairs and continued playing with the dolls. This time she heard the doorbell ring, and everyone ran downstairs like headless chickens to greet the person that had just arrived.
The person who had arrived was Lynsie. She had light blue eyes that would take your breath away, and golden locks of hair that would sway back and forth whenever she made a move. They all scurried up to Ada’s room and started playing a board game. Ada was very happy everyone there was close to her heart.
I want the blue piece “, Riley said while grabbing it out of Ada’s hands, as if it was up for grabs.
“ No it’s mine, I’m the birthday girl”, Ada protested taking it back, with a face like thunder.
Soon all the girls were fighting about who got the blue piece, and soon enough Ada’s mom came up stairs to see who upset the apple cart. When she walked in the room she saw that the same people who were telling Ada have many happy returns, were fighting and wrestling each other for pieces. Of course like any mother she separated the sheep's from the goats and told everyone it was time for cake and ice cream.
I’m not hungry “, Ella said. I guess she decided to put her foot down because it took a long while to get her to eat.
“ Okay girls what happened? ”, Ada’s mom asked, once they got to the kitchen, as if it was the sixty-four-thousand dollar question.
“ It was Riley’s fault “ Ella accused ( just like a bad worker would blame his tools ).
Now let not make a mountain out of a mole hill girls “ Ada’s mom suggested. “ Also you’ve made your bed - you’ll have to lie in it.
“ But -”
“ No buts. Now I’m glad we see eye to eye on this girls. “ And with a blink of an eye she was gone.
“ I’m sorry I grabbed the pieces from your hands Ada, “ Riley said, feeling down in the dumps.
“ It’s O.K., “ Ada said. “ I should have given out the pieces evenly. “
“ Well I guess that an err is human, to forgive is divine. “ Ella suggested. “ Now we all know that we shouldn’t fight tooth and nail. “
Nick’s In a City Called Idioms
Once upon a time there was a 13 year old kid named Nick. He lived in a city called idioms.There language mostly uses idioms in it.
One day Nicks mom ask him to clean his room and Nick said why should I.Nicks mom said um well and then Nick said hay mom, cat got your toung.So nick got grounded and had to clean his room.
The next week after nick wasnt grounded anymore nick had some friends over.It was a really hot day so they decided to go swimming.Nick was walking on the edge of the pool when Nicks friends pushed nick in with all of his cloths on.Nick got out of the pool and told his friends they were sitting ducks.So nick decided to chase after them and Nick got in trouble bye the life gaurd said stop running and Nick said for what and the life guard said well um and Nick said what cat got your toung.So nick had to walk home while his friends got to swim and have fun.Nick was very mad as a wet hen.The next day nick had to go to school and nick was very tired.There was a half an hour left of school and nick was really ready to go home and nick was not paying attention and his teacher got mad at him and told nick that he had to stay after school and nick was hot under the collar.When Nick left school he told the teacher that he should keep it under the hat, the teacher said if the shoes fit,wear it.So nick said ok.So nick told his mom and his mom said why were you off your rocker.So nicks mom told nick his punishment was to work in the garden with his mom.So nick complained that he had a green thumb.When nick was working in the garden hismom was back seat driving him.So nick told his mom to bug off.Nicks mom did not like that at all so Nick had to work in the garden for longer time.
Nick’s The Trip
My Dad is a trip, an off your rocker maniac. I think that sometimes he has ants in his pants. Sometimes he comes home from work and says: "I hear that the fishing is really good at Clear Lake.” So we go off to the lake to fish, and come back at eleven o’clock. Sometimes at school I feel like a fish out of water at school because I don’t go to school that much. Today I came home happy because it was Friday and I just a got my new Xbox 360 on Thursday. My friends were coming over tonight; then we would play together 'til Sunday night. My dad had different ideas for the weekend. The next day I found my self at Mount Hood snowboarding. I guess I bit off more than I could chew because I found myself snowboarding down a black diamond all by myself down going like 40 m.p.h. All of a sudden I saw rock cliff straight in front of me, and I thought that I was a dead duck. But then I quickly turned and made it by the skin of my teeth. After that I was extremely scared so I stopped on the side of the trail. Two teenagers stopped and asked if I was ok. When I got down the hill I decided that I should check what I’m trying to I bit off. My Dad was as mad as a wet hen about what I did, so I just hung out like a lazy dog at the lodge. I am now enjoying seventh heaven in my warm and fuzzy house.