One day, Sal was in his house. He then went downstairs to the kitchen to get a snack. On the counter, there was a strange object. It looked just like a glass of water, but it wasn’t one. All of a sudden, it started shaking. It got bigger and bigger, changed color, and took the shape of a small, furry, blue monster. “Uhh… hi?” Sal was really scared of this creature, even though it was smaller than his forearm! ” What are you,” Sal asked. “I am a shapeshifting monster. My name is Pal.” Suddenly, Sal’s mom unlocked the front door. Pal jumped into Sal’s arms to hide and started a friendship for many years to come.

Christopher was on his way home from school. He walked in to his empty house and saw an old-fashioned hat on the table. ‘Why was that hat on the table,’ Christopher wondered. It looked like the hat that his great-grandfather wore in all of the old family photos. Suddenly from behind him, Christopher heard, “Hello son.” He whirled around and saw an old man– the same man in all of the photos! “How’d you get here?” “I time traveled here.” “What,” questioned Christopher. “Look at the photo,” commanded the great-grandfather. Suddenly, he was gone. Christopher walked over to the photo and saw something that had changed– his grand-father was missing his hat. It was still on Christopher’s table.

Rose had a very unlucky life. Something always went wrong. One day, Rose woke up to get ready for her friend’s party. She excitedly got dressed, brushed her teeth, and ate breakfast. The first unlucky thing that happened was that she was leaving out the back door, when she ran smack into her transparent sliding door. Rose was really mad, but had to keep going. Then, her little brother fell off of his scooter and started crying. She calmed him down, and then left. On her way to the party, Rose’s present for her friend fell into muddy water. She wiped off the bag, but had to keep going. Finally, Rose arrived 30 minutes late. Her friend asked, “Why you so late?” “You don’t even want to know.”

Gerald was having a sleepover at his cousin’s house when he heard a strange noise outside. It was only 2 AM, but he still got up, into his slippers, and walked outside. When Gerald was outside, he turned in the direction of a strange noise from the trampoline. It sounded like jumping and … laughing. Gerald was really confused. Then, he walked over and found three raccoons jumping on the trampoline and squeaking with joy! Gerald just couldn’t stop laughing. He called his cousin, and together they jumped on the trampoline until morning, when the raccoons had to go back to sleep.

Note: This post was featured on the Showcase page for the 100 Word Challenge.  Because of that, British cartoonist, Terry Culkin, decided to draw the cartoon pictured above based on my story.

There once was an museum that was magical. Only a few people could see the entrance to the wonderland. To get to the museum, you had to visit a zoo. At the giraffe exhibit, you had to visit the keeper, and say the codeword, “greasy giraffe.” The keeper would then bring you into a tunnel to the museum. When you got to the museum, there were many exhibits. One was a brown salt parrot statue that could grant wishes. Another exhibit was a globe of sugar. If you touched any place on it, you would be melted and transported to the place. This museum disappeared because no one had enough imagination to feed it. But maybe it will come back one day.

This year, I participated in the Student Blogging Challenge and the 100 Word Challenge. I wrote 12 posts for the Student Blogging Challenge and the 100 Word Challenge. I had 37 comments from people from all around. I enjoyed writing my post about my traditions in Week 7 because I got to share what I do every year. I used a ClustrMap to show who visited my blog during this time. My favorite part of blogging was seeing where people came from around the world on the ClustrMap. Throughout the challenge, my posts got better and longer. This summer, I might post once in a while. This was a really fun and global experience. I hope I can do it next year!

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One day Ruby woke up from her sleep, but when she opened her eyes and looked around, she was confused. Ruby did not know where she was! Her family was gone, and outside her window, there were giant bats walking around. They had large sharp teeth and looked very hungry! Ruby screamed and the bats heard her. They started chasing her, and she ran away. When Ruby looked back, they were not there anymore. Ruby could only hear the pant pant pant of her own breathing. Suddenly, a whooshing noise filled the air and the bats came in to view again. She was about to run away when she realized that it was a dead end. She had nowhere to go…

I recently went on a blog at:

http://panamawildlife.edublogs.org/.

I enjoyed the blog and wanted to recommend it to people. I am recommending Micah’s blog because it has many facts about animals from his country, Panama. It is very interesting and educational. The pictures that he puts with his posts are very cool and flow with what he is writing about. You should definitely visit Micah’s blog.

My family lives in Pennsylvania in Eastern United States. Pennsylvania has about 13 million people. The capital city is Harrisburg, but Philadelphia more well known. Most people speak English. Pennsylvania has a mild climate and is humid. It is the second state of the USA. It has mountains, farmland, and cities. Pennsylvania is a really interesting and cool state that you should definitely come and visit!

This is Philadelphia:

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Easter

I am Catholic, so at every Easter we have special traditions. On Holy Thursday, my family goes to Mass and visits seven churches at night in Philadelphia. It can get very tiring! On Good Friday, we go to a service at my church. We read the Passion when Jesus was killed. We do nothing on Holy Saturday, except for going to the Easter Vigil at 8pm. We have dinner right before the Vigil. On Easter, we wake up, walk to the bagel store, and have brunch. Then, we search for our hidden Easter baskets, and look for the plastic eggs filled with change that my brother and dad hide in our yard. Later, we have a big dinner with friends and family. One year at Easter, my family found four baby bunnies in a flower pot on our patio. It was really funny! Easter is a super fun holiday, and it is one of my favorites.

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