55 FICTION
Better Safe Than Sorry By: Tess Durham Darrel paced his house at three in the morning calling American Airlines,
“ I need to cancel my flight from New York to Los Angeles today.” He would never risk the dangers of flying. Later that morning, Darrel sauntered to work at the World Trade Center.“ September eleventh, it feels like an exciting day,” he cheered.
The Fountain
“ Hey Phillippe! Get a load of this!”
“ Paco! We’ ve found it! We finally found it!”
The two explorers erupted with cheers when after months of searching they finally found the fountain of youth. Phillippe was so overwhelmed with joy that he dove head first into the fountain. The only problem was, Phillippe couldn’ t swim.
“ Boeckman’ s Blunder” By: Andrew Hechtman
Mr. Boeckman was an 8th grade educator that despised diddlepoops more than anything. Today his class was diddlepooping, asking questions like,“ Where were you born?” Mr. Boeckman shouts,“ Stop diddlepooping it hurts your learning.” JP asked,“ Why is diddlepooping bad?” Mr. Boeckman spent the rest of the period explaining the history and harm of diddlepooping.
“ Meeting the Queen” By: Joe Akason
After waiting for months for my opportunity to meet the Queen, the day had arrived. She was back in town, after being on hiatus during the winter months. I got out of my car, dressed for the occasion. As I opened the door to meet her, I heard her delightful greeting.“ Welcome to Dairy Queen!”