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The VOICE
of LMS
by Adaa Karanwal - 5th grade
They were scared of her
Scared of what she knew
For among the darkness
She said light would come
Trapped inside buildings
Looked over by lamps
They all lived
In their make-shift camps
She spoke with a surety
Insisting light would come soon
But none of them believed
In freedom from their cocoon
Locked in the darkness
It thundered and rained
Tornadoes
Hurricanes
The girl had gone insane
The day she left them
Her words came true
Dawn had risen
And everyone knew
She was the one
The one that was right
The one who made
The whole earth bright
From out of the darkness
The girl had been right
They praised her name
The girl lives on
Leading the light
Giving people hope
Each day and night
Her Light
by Isabella McClellan - 7th grade
The Champion of Computer Games may not be who you think. The Champion of Computer Games is...a CAT. Socks the cat, to be more precise.
Socks is a cat who loves playing on Derek’s computer. Derek still doesn’t know how Socks manages to type and move the computer mouse with his bare paws. It’s probably just one of those mysteries of the world. He is especially good at games such as Call of Duty. Although he is talented, there is a problem. HE NEVER GETS OFF THE COMPUTER.
Due to this, Derek doesn’t get a lot of time on his computer. If he tries to get on, Socks will go completely ballistic. This ranges from scratching to a full-on Kung Fu Cat! So one day Derek decided that if you can’t beat them, join them.
The next day after Derek got home from school, he grabbed an extra game controller to plug into the computer. They began to play. Socks was, of course, winning the game when Mittens trotted in. Derek had TWO cats. Mittens was jealous of Socks. He felt that HE should be the “special one”. The best he could do was jump from the couch to the coffee table.
Mittens decided to take a crack at the game. He kicked Derek off the computer and grabbed the controller. Once Mittens started playing, he was almost instantly good. Derek was once again amazed at the cat’s ability to successfully use a game controller.
You could tell Socks was getting worried, because of the frantic look on his face. Wait, can cats look frantic? Anyways, Mittens was kicking Sock's butt. He developed an evil look in his eyes. Who knew something so cute could be so devious?
Finally, Socks has an idea. He had been saving “hope” in his game inventory for months. Saving it for a desperate time. Saving it for a last minute resort. Saving it for a player worthy of his might.
He hit the quit button. THE CHAMPION OF COMPUTER GAMES ACTUALLY HIT “QUIT”. He did this because he and Mittens both knew that with no player for Mittens to fight, there was no way he could really win.
Mittens was outraged with Socks cleverness. He was as mad as a kid with no presents on Christmas. He sprinted out of the room, shouting,
“Meow, meow!” which in cat language means,
“I’ll be back!”
Derek and Socks looked at each other. They thought about what he had said. They knew he would be back. They knew he would forever want revenge. But for now, Derek and Socks will just keep on playing computer games, and they know they can rely on the quit button to bail them out.
The Champion of Computer Games
by Anita Palys - 6th grade