Anna

The Giant Rolling Meatball

Once there was a GIANT rolling meatball. The meatball lived in the land of “Chew and Sollow”. One day it just tumbled out of the sky. No one was expecting. Now there was BIG trouble. When it hit the ground it started to roll down, down, down. There was reddish colored juice and crumbs from the meatball, EVERYWHERE! It was…MADNESS!!!!! The town saw it coming and it began to get quite, very quite. Two seconds later all you could hear was people yelling and running like crazy. And you could barely ear the meatball bumping and banning. Everyone was running and screaming and in the middle of that there was a tiny, three-month-old baby missing. I knew that because there was a lady screaming “where’s my baby, where’s my baby!” Everyone was looking for this tiny, three month old baby in the middle of a giant meatball rolling down his or her street! All of a sudden you here a man say “hey, look there’s a baby ridding on the meatball!” In fact on the HUGE meatball there was an itty-bitty tiny speck and which in fact was a baby. Eventually they got the baby out of the ocean and the baby was fine. So any way. The meatball continued rolling down the street passing on its way an ice cream shop, two malls, one zoo, and about one hundred scared to death people. It kept on rolling it was on its way to the ocean. By then it was a little smaller than it started because it lost so much juice and crumbs. It was no longer large, but still about four times bigger than an average meatball. Eventually it got to the ocean, which seemed big to the once GIANT but now small meatball. Down it went right into the ocean…SPLASH!!!!! It started to sink down, down. Soon it was gone and the town was happy until.....Five minutes later… it rained meatballs!!!!!

Learn to dance in the rain! **
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**Diary of a Basketball** 

September 2 Hi, my name is Bob, and I’m a basketball. I’m 32 years old and weigh 22 ounces. I have ten siblings. Yeah it’s a lot of brothers and sisters. In fact I have six sisters and four brothers. My sister’s names are Abbey, Baylee, Catherine, Grace, Rebekah and Wendy. And my brothers are Billy, Franky, Joey and Tommy. We all love hanging out together. I have had many jobs before but the job I have now is my favorite. I’m a NBA basketball!!!!!!! I love being a basketball, it’s so cool!!!! You get to play in basketball games and do all kinds of different things. What could be more fun then that!!!!! I wouldn’t trade anything for it. It’s just so cool. Sincerely, Your Awesome Friend, Bob

September 4
I just got done with a basketball game….boy am I tired! Being the ball of one of the most popular sports in the United States gets really tiring. But its way worth it I love how we bounce so high and get slam-dunked. Oh it’s just so fun! It’s the best job ever! I don’t think it gets better than that. Sincerely, Your Cool Friend, Bob

September 6

I’m also in college. I go to Michigan State University. Today were going on a field trip to Spring Field, Massachusess. To the Basketball Hall of Fame. It’s called “The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.” It’s named after the guy James Naismith who invented the game of basketball. It’s going to be so cool! Sincerely, Your Handsome Friend, Bob

September 8

The field trip was awesome!!!! We got to see all the people who are honored for their awesome basketball talent. I learned something new. I learned that I’m made of an inflatable rubber bladder. I never knew that before. Sincerely, Your Weird Friend, Bob

September 10

Hey!! I just got done with school. It was pretty interesting today. We learned that in the year 1967 it was illegal to slam-dunk!! That’s the best part about being a basketball! How cold they make it illegal! And that it wasn’t till 1976, 9 years later that it was made legal again. I mean how could you make slam-dunks illegal!!!!!!!!! Sincerely, Your Sad Friend, Bob

September 18

Sorry it’s been so long. I have been really busy in school. Well, today we learned that soccer balls were used were used in the game of basketball, before they invented us (basketballs). And are class got really mad at the soccer balls for being used in OUR game before we were invented. Sincerely, Your Sweet Friend, Bob

September 20

We had another game today. It was so fun. There were people cheering and screaming. There was such a BIG audience!! And over all the screaming and cherring I hear someone say that “there we were big that we were 18 inches in diameter. That’s big I didn’t think we were THAT big. Sincerely, Your Scared Friend, Bob

September 22

I just got home from my friend, Joey’s house. We were studying for are history test tomorrow. I don’t get it why do you need to know history to be a basketball. I just doesn’t make any sense. Oh well. Well when we were studying are textbook said that the only thing that hasn’t change it are game is that are awesome hoop has always been 10 feet. That is so cool! Sincerely, Your Amazing Friend, Bob

September 24

Hey what’s up we had another game today. After that game we have one more games. My friend told me something cool; he told me that the ABA used to use red, blue and white basketballs. That would be really weird not being orange. Sincerely, Your Bouncy Friend, Bob

September 28

We had are last game of the season today. It was so fun!! But sad at the same time. At one time in the game they held me really super tight. You would think they would know that the little bumps were on my to help them grip me. Its been fun writing in you. Well…Bye for know. Sincerely, Your Orange Friend, Bob



I am blessed and loved. I wonder what He will look like when He’s older. I hear Him crying. I see His beautiful eyes. I want to be the perfect mother. I am blessed and loved.
 * MARY**

I pretend that I am the perfect mother even though we have sinned. I feel His hands in mine. I touch His righteous face. I worry that I am not worthy. I cry for I have been blessed. I am blessed and loved.

I understand He is the Messiah. I say I have been blessed with more than a miracle. I dream of His perfectness. I try to believe it's true. I hope I am worthy. I am blessed and loved.

Elizabeth
I remember the birth of John. I remember the miracle day. I remember his little hands, and how they find in mine. I remember his bright little smile. I remember the twinkles in his little eyes. I remember the news of my nephew, even though there were tears in Mary's eyes. I remember the beautiful baby. But my favorite memory’s yet to come.

Baby Jesus
The day I was born. Happy tears fell from others. The miracle day.

 Zanga and Me   She lived in Africa deep in the jungle. Her species Zangaroosteruirrel and her name was Zanga. It all started when I went on a trip to Africa I was there trying to discover a new species (boy was I in for a surprise). It was on a Friday afternoon (one day before I was going home). I was deep in the jungle and not found a single new species when I heard something crying. I was frightened until I got closer and realized it was a small hungry animal. She was lost. I was trying to figure out what she would eat. All I had was a water bottle, a sandwich, and some candy. I offered my sandwich but she refused. So all that I had left was candy. I put it up to her and nearly lost a hand! She loved it! It was crazy. I went crazy. She started to talk to me. I could understand her. I asked her a lot of questions like where her parents were; if she had any siblings, how old she was? She replied that her parents died by someone cutting down a tree and the tree crushed them, she had no siblings and she was five years 3 months and 15 days. I asked her if she wanted to come home and live with me and she said yes. I showed her to my neighbors and they thought I went crazy. But we just ignored them. It turns out she loves basketball just like me. So for 16 more years she lived with me. Then when she was 21 she decided to wander on her own. We both ended up on a basketball team and winning the 2009 N.C.A.A.