Trevor

The Apple from my Backyard

 One day I was in my big tree house looking at an amazing view, or at least trying to. The view was supposed to be a huge cliff with a large pond behind it. But there were two things that interfered with this view. One, there was a city just before the cliff and a pond with steam blocking my view, and two, there’s a bigger-than-usual apple growing out of the apple tree, where my tree house is, in the way. The apple was 70 inches in diameter. I stomped on the wooden floor, mad because the apple and city were in the way. All of a sudden I heard a loud THUMP!!!! I looked around to see what just happened, and saw the large apple, rolling down a hill towards my house, the city, the cliff, and the pond.

I didn’t know what to do. I panicked, and jumped out of the tree house. [That wasn’t very smart on my part because the drop to the ground was 37 feet.] While I was falling I was thinking, “What’s going to happen to me.” I concluded that I probably would break both of my legs. While I was still falling I heard a loud BOOM!!!! Of course that was the apple tumbling right through my house leaving a big gaping hole right down the center of my house. Then, without warning, I landed on the ground.

I got lucky because I landed in a bush, which broke my fall. Surprisingly, I didn’t hurt myself at all. I then started sprinting after the apple, hoping to catch up to it. Seeing that the apple was gaining speed I knew there was no way I could catch it. So I decided to “borrow” my dad’s car and chase after it.

When I started to drive the car I kept swerving back and forth in the grass leaving tire tracks behind me. I reached the road and started to drive full speed after the apple. While I was chasing the apple, I saw all the destruction it made in the city. The apple tumbled through buildings, rolled over cars, and picked up people on the way. The people were spinning so fast, the apple flung the people off it in all different directions, and landing in all different places. After all that happened, I was finally side-by-side with the apple, but then the city ended, and we were on grass, heading towards the cliff and pond.

I was trying to get in front of the apple to ram into it with full speed, but I then thought “I would get flung into all different directions like the people from the city.” After that thought I noticed I was only 100 feet from the edge of the cliff. I tried to stop. But I was going to fast that instead of stopping, I went sliding towards the edge of the cliff. I knew I might fall off the edge of the cliff into the pond.

I was stopping, ever so slowly. When I finally came to a complete stop, I was teetering back and forth on the edge of the cliff. But me teetering on the edge of the cliff, didn’t stop the apple. The apple was flung like a slingshot off the edge of the cliff and was flying and falling towards the pond. After an intense 15-second drop, the apple landed on the water and was skipping all the way towards the rocky edge of the pond.

As big as the apple was, it landed on the biggest rock and exploded into a million pieces. The force of the apple explosion, and the many pieces of apple that hit my dad’s car, moved the car just far enough so the car and me were of the edge of the cliff. So I was done teetering on the edge of the cliff and the apple was stopped tumbling over everything in its path.

The only thing that was left was the gaping hole in my house, the ruins of the city, the car with me inside it, and apple all over the rock, pond, cliff, and on my dad’s car. Oh yeah, I forgot! One thing that was left. A piece of paper saying “Your whole city must cut down every apple tree, so a huge apple won’t tumble through your city ever again .

Signed: Governor Mohnke

__State of mind in 6 words.__

I'm scared, my brother started driving. 

Diary of a Snowflake

 December 3 Dear Diary, Today I was born into the air as water vapor rising in the sky. Right now I am waiting to become a cloud with other newborn water vapor. I’m the only one up here-all by myself. Soon I’ll become a six-sided snowflake falling gently to the ground with other snowflakes below, above, and beside me.

December 5 Dear Diary, Right now I am just starting to fall towards the ground. I’ve been rain, then sleet, and now snow. I’m only 5 inches in diameter and white. I came to be snow because the temperature is lower than freezing. I’ve met two snowflake friends who are named James and Betty. They too are 5 inches in diameter and white All of us snowflakes, including James, Betty, and I, are a different shape and size. Some are skinny, some are fat, some are tall, and some are small. But all of us are hoping to be a blizzard as we approach the ground so kids can have a snow day and play with us. A blizzard is a big snowstorm that lasts for days, and you can’t see that far in front of you.

December 7 Dear Diary, Now we are just one hundred feet from the ground. We are all very excited. We can see the ground and smell the faint smell of hotdogs and potato chips. We just found out where we are going to fall. We are going to fall on the Snow Capital of the United States of America-in Stampede Pass, Washington. We are still hoping to be a blizzard.

December 9 Dear Diary, Today more snowflakes are still falling. So it’s official, we are a blizzard! James, Betty, and I are celebrating by being picked-up by other snowflakes and being thrown in the air. But now the snow turned to snirt. Snirt is snow that is filled with pollution. My friends and I think that very disgusting for us because all of this snirt is falling right on top of me. Snirt smells like dust that has been sitting in your house for two weeks.

December 11 Dear Diary, The snow has stop falling, but kids are now having a snowball fight. They’re getting pretty competitive over a silly game. My friends and I try to be right next to each other in the same snowball. I bet they don’t know that all snowflakes are minerals? The kids keep trying to eat us because they know that when snow melts it turns into water. Also they probably don’t know they are playing with disgusting, smelly snirt too.

December 13 Dear Diary More snow is just staring to fall again. This time the snow is just regular white snow like James, Betty, and me. This snow smells like normal snow, looks like normal snow, and probably tastes like normal snow too. This snow, the snow I fell with and even the snirt snow is 90- 95% air. Anyways I think there might be a snow day tomorrow, maybe even two snow days in a row. Then the kids will be able to play with us again.

December 15 Dear Diary, Turns out there was a snow day two days in a row! I’m excited about that because kids got to play with me for two days. But I’m still mad. I’m mad because I’m ice now because after a few days snow turns to ice from sitting out in the sun. Oh well, at least my friends and I are still next to each other. But now the kids are sliding on us. I think that is kind of dangerous. My friends and I are afraid we might cause an injury. At least the kids are having fun with us.

December 17 Dear Diary, Today more snow is starting to fall. I’ve heard that a snowflake just broke the record for larges snowflake to fall being 15 inches in diameter. I’m so proud for him. Me on the other hand am not even close to being 15 inches in diameter, I’m only 5 inches in diameter along with James and Betty.

December 19 Dear Diary, I’m very disgusted now because brown snow is falling today. Snow is not always white you now. Factory pollution causes snow to change colors. Snow can be black also. I’m very glad I was white.

December 21 Dear Diary, I’m starting to melt today, I know very sad. I’m even sadder because I may have been responsible for killing some of the one hundred people that die each year from snow. Maybe next year nobody will die when I fall.

__**Mary**__ I am caring and loving I wonder what my baby will look like I hear the voice of an angel speak to me I see the light of God I want a loving Son for my own I am caring and loving

I pretend to be a mother every day I feel God helping me get through the pain I touch the most Holy God I worry that my Son will not fit in I cry to my God for help I am caring and loving

I understand I am having the Son of God I say I believe you God I dream about the angel of the Lord I try to think how I should act around my Son, the King of Kings I hope He will be perfect like the Lord said he would be I am caring and loving

__**Joseph**__ Newborn New Son of mine Lying in a manger Loving, caring, joyful, Messiah Baby

__**King Herod**__ I remember the newborn Messiah I remember hearing the good news I remember the wisemen asking for some directions And acting like I wanted to worship him I remember waiting for the wisemen to return to me so I know where the baby is I remember hating the newborn Messiah I remember wanting to kill the newborn baby Even though I killed every baby but the Messiah I remember him dying on the cross But my favorite memory’s yet to come



Pigfish

I ’m an eleven-year-old scientist, in search of a new species. In a tropical rain forest I found an unusual species. It had a tail like a dog; its legs were a birds’ legs. The animal also had two wings. The head was a fish, and the chest and other body parts were a pig. I called the animal a Pigfish. I then took the animal home to be my own true pet because Pigfish wasn't gettin the water and food it needed. There wasn't many animals and water in the area he lived in.

I have to do a lot to keep this animal alive. Pigfish has to sleep at least ten hours, or he will be very moody. Also I have to feed it, too. The pigfish eats any type of meat or corncobs. Of course I have to take the animal outside to go to the bathroom.

My pet and I love to play outside. We race each other down the street. He flies, I run. He was the one who taught me how to play duck- duck- goose. At first I was always trying to teach him how to play sports. I taught him to play basketball, baseball, and soccer. Now he is so good at every sport, he beats me every time. So I try to skip out on losing so many times. My neighbors adore my pet. They love to pet him and play the games we play, too.

My favorite thing to do with my pet is to go swimming in the Pacific Ocean. Except we don’t swim too much, because everyone wants to pet him.

I've had Pigfish for 4 years, and hope I can have him for 4 more years.

Someday I hope to find another species just like pigfish.