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Jayden's Story

5/30/2012

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For the next installment on the Cooler than Clint blog, we turn to Jayden, who would like to share a sizable portion of a story.  Enjoy!

The Worst Life!
By Jayden

The last three chairs, just happen to be in France.  That map says the chairs in an old palace.  "Great, that place is haunted!" said Elizabeth.  "Thats a myth," said Kyle.  "Stop fighting and let's get our buts moving!" said Kathren.


Soon they reached the palace.  "I'm not going in there," said Elizabeth.  "Fine you can stay out here and watch for danger," Kathren said.  "Let's go in there!" Kyle said.  They all went in, except Elizabeth.  She stayed outside and looked for danger.  Four hours pased, suddenly a nun came up to Elizabeth!  She said, "Come... follow me."  Elizabeth was so interested she followed the nun not knowing she was an evil witch.  After a few minutes they arrived at another palace, more of a castle. 

Kyle and Kathren got skared when the big bell rang.  The second time it rang munks came slidding down a rope!  Three floating chairs came down and three monks caught them.  Three other monks got rope.  The last three grabed them.  They put them in the chairs, And used the rope to tie them to the chairs!  The chairs instantly started to fly up in the air to an old castle "Elizabeth," said Kathrin.  Elizabeth said, "The nun, don't licen to her, she is an evil witch!"  The evil witch came out in a pointy hat and black clothes.  "O more guests, yes!"  Now you have your friends to wach me take over the world  And you all will be my hard working slaves, Ho Ho Ho!  First I will assign you a job.  You my gorgous will be a maid," She said to Elizabeth.  "Put this old maids dress on."  next she told Kyle, "You can be... a... Knight.  You look buff enough to be a knight." 

"Yes!  I'm a knight!"  Then she gave Kyle a sword.  Then gave Kathren an apron and a spoon.  Kathren guessed she is the cook.  Then the evil nun said, "I know what you can here for."  "Ho..."  "How do I know." the witch cut her off.  "What do we want then?" Kathren said.  "You want the three chairs I caught you in"  "Ah can you read our minds?"
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Emily's Play

5/28/2012

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Welcome to day two of the Cooler than Clint Blog Tour.  Today, for your enrichment and very great edification, I am proud to present the first act of Emily's play King & Queen Thieves.  As always, the following is Emily's writing verbatim, with no editing on my part.  So all props to her.

King & Queen Thieves
By
Emily

characters
- Violet (servant)
- Ivy (Princess Servant)
- Jenny (Queen servant)
- Janna (King servant)

N = Narator
V = Violet
I = Ivy
Je = Jenny
Ja = Janna

Act 1, Scene 1

N: This is a play about 4 crazy girls that become servents for the King, Queen & Princess.
V: I am so excited!
I: Not me!  I am scared.
Je: I am nervous & I am scared.
Ja: I wonder what sallary we get.
N: They were all nervous and very scared.
V: Do the King and Queen steal from people?
I: Maybe they have people steal for them!
Je: And the people get lots of money for stealing for the Queen & King.
N: When they met the Queen, King, & Princess they could tell the Queen & King were hiding something.  The Princess however was innocent.
I: I wonder what the King & Queen are hiding?

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Today, This Is Abi's Blog

5/24/2012

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Well, it was bound to happen.  My neglect of this blog has resulted in a full-blown rebellion.  The Internet elves have gathered together, taken a vote, and decided that this space will be far better used by more diligent, more interesting, and vastly more attractive people than myself. 

So for the next week or so, this blog will now belong to a series of very smart and even more awesome grade schoolers who participated in the book club I ran for their school.  Over the course of the club, about the last three months, each of these students devoted herself or himself to writing, revising, and editing a piece of writing from the club with the intent of being published here.  I made clear that anyone featured here would have to produce a truly excellent written piece (a rule that I excuse in regard to myself).  That is exactly what each did.

So today allow me to welcome you to the blog of Abigail, who I and other very lucky people are allowed to call Abi, and to the first public description of a newly discovered species: the Torpion.  The following is a transcript of Abi's description of the Torpion without any editing or adjustment on my part whatsoever--so she gets all the credit.  (Oh, and I should also admit that she taught me how to spell tarantula correctly.)

*****

Torpion

by
Abi


The Torpion is a small but deadly creature.  It is EVIL!  It is covered in little tiny hairs like a tarantula, it can also fly.  It smells like this special perfume.  When someone smells the perfume they fall into a deep sleep.  When they wake up they are under the Torpion's control.  The more the Torpion catches the more likely it is to take over the world.  It sounds like a baby croc crying to it's mother.  It has a tail like a scorpion.  It has ten eyes and three legs.  It hast two arms like a scorpion.  It eats fish called minos and for a treat it eats small birds and bugs.

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A Very Cool Work in Progress

5/8/2012

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This post is a glimpse at one reason among many--Many, MANY--for why I have been incommunicado.  But as you'll see, some things are just a priority.

The following is a work in progress, a play, by a friend of mine named Reagan.  She is one of the girls in the book club I run once a week in conjunction with the author residency program I'm overseeing at a local elementary school.  Last week she was so productive in her writing that I projected her play for the whole club so she could receive some feedback and we could run through the play, acting it out to see how it plays.  It's pretty awesome.

Now, understand that it isn't completely done yet.  There is some more revision and editing to be done, but Reagan has three more weeks to polish it up.  But her good work to this point deserves some recognition.  So here's a look at Reagan's work in progress.  Other kids in the club are writing pieces as well, and at the end of the year those who revise and editing their pieces until they shine can be found right here on my blog.  So consider this a taste of what is to come from some very talented kids.

Untitled

By

Reagan

(The characters have names but they are not yet recorded in the text.  Something to be added later.)

C: Ah, the arcade.

B: It is fun to me you get to play games.

C: Well I think it will just make people Koo-Koo.

B: Well why don’t you go play the Barbie Game.

C: Ok!

B: Well I am going to go play Star War.

C: Ok I will meet you in 20 minutes.

They leave and come back in 20 minutes.

B: Hey do you want to get pizza?

C: Yah that sounds good.

They go to get some pizza.

B: Are you ready to go home.

C: No, I want to keep playing

B: Well why dum dum!

C: Did you just call me dum dum.

B: Yah dum dum.

C: Fine I might as well slap you in the face…




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