by Scot McAtee
Our Voice Volume 8
Spring – Fall 2015
By TL Writing Club
Editors: Mr. McAtee, Mrs. Kreiling
Cover Art by Rachel Cudworth
Published by Twin Lakes Writing Club
Copyright 2016 Twin Lakes Writing Club, Scot McAtee
Other Titles by Twin Lakes Writing Club
Our Voice
Our Voice, Volume 2
Our Voice, Volume 3
Our Voice Volume 4
Our Voice, Volumes 1-4 (Paperback Compendium)
Our Voice Volume 5
Our Voice Volume 6
Our Voice 7
For a complete list of authors in this volume, please go to the very end of the book.
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Editors’ Notes
From Mrs. Kreiling:
This volume is dedicated to all my TLWC students.
Your passion for writing has been astonishing to witness and so gratifying to help nurture. I have enjoyed every single moment of our time together; it has been so memorable and so rewarding – some of the best days of my career! Your creativity, sense of wonder, and joy are incredible gifts. Continue to use them to delight your loyal readers.
Wishing you all much success and love,
DMK
Eastlawn
1-6 Snow days
Lost in a world by Jaslyn Medley 4-w
Then I went into a forest, and I found an egg. Then something flew out of the bushes. It was snow leopards; they stole the egg from me. I had to get that egg back so I decided to follow them. I ended up following them into a portal. I found myself in a block world. I had 64 bones and 64 fish. So I got myself a cat and a dog. Then, I got some Ender-pearls and I found another one but it belonged to villagers. They, then, gave me 64 eye of Enders. So I got diamond armor and diamond weapons so I went out to adventure. I went to the end and for some reason an Enderman helped. I had to fight the Enderdragon. I found the egg again. But something was wrong… it was hatching! I got a baby creeper. “I’m going to call you bomby.” I said. The End?
Snow Day Adventure by Tessa 4-D
As Bella, Jayden, and my Dog dance around I say “Let’s go explore with that bunny!” When we got our snow gear on we chased after the bunny and then, “Ahhh!” we all screamed when we fell in a hole. It felt like we were falling forever. Then we stopped as soon as we looked down we knew where we were, a giant river of hot chocolate. Bella screamed “What are we going to do?” “I don’t know.” I said. Then we fell even more and we see Else “Help,” we screamed! She used her ice power to create a staircase we climbed and said thank you. As we walked more we slipped on ice and fell even more. When we stopped, it smelled so good we were in an oven of cookies. We couldn’t resist, so we took a bite and we found ourselves in my Kitchen. I’ll never forget about that experience with my friends!
My Perfect Day by Hallie Egall
I was in the kitchen when Jayden got an e-mail, she started dancing. I said “what is wrong?” She said “we don’t have school!!” Mom came in and said “schools out what would you like to do?” I said “we could go ice skating”. Jayden said “While we are there we can get apple cider and hot chocolate”. Mom said “you can make snow angels and a snowman”. We ran up to my room and got my ice skates and we got another pair for Jayden too. So we walked to the skating rink. After that we had apple cider and hot coco. Then we went home and made snow angels and snowmen. That was my perfect day.
The Snow Adventurer by Carl 3-t
My brother started to dance, “No school, woooo”. Then my mom, dad, and brother started to dance; “no school and work woooo”. “Mom can I go play with my friends?” “sure” then I went to the woods. But then, a blizzard came in and I had to dig a trench. When I woke up I saw a wizard and hobbits. “Where am I?” “You’re in Hobbit land.” “Ok” “so how can I get home?” then another pack came, and I was knocked out. I was back home, I was dreaming. Mom was yelling, “Carl wake up you’re late for school” The End
Snow Fox Snow Wolf by Emily Felz
One day I was down stairs eating breakfast when the phone rang, “No school!” Sara shouted. “Well if there’s no school I might as well go outside.” When I went outside I say something on the road. It was a snow wolf and a snow fox. They had tire marks on their back. They were still alive because I could see them breathing. I carried them to the forest and I made medicine out of herbs. When they were healed, they started licking my face. I couldn’t leave them now so I played with them. The Fox showed me his burrow. The Wolf showed me his den. They showed me how to hunt. The Wolf gave me a dead rabbit and I thought it was disgusting but I didn’t let my face show it. But then a black wolf charged at me. But, the fox and wolf jumped in front of it to protect me. They won, but died still, I made graves for them. The End.
Ty-3-C
Once upon a time Caleb was eating bacon. Suddenly I ducked around the table like a hobo. We got the call. Me and Caleb went sledding, we got pulled by a truck, and I broke my arm. We went to sleep and went to school.
Geneveive -26 Snow Day Experiment in the Woods
I was in the kitchen eating my Life cereal. Lacie, Nolen, Gracia, and Tyler came downstairs. Then the phone rang, Nolen said, “I’ll get it.” He ran to the phone as fast as he could! When he got off the phone he started to dance. I said, “Why are you dancing like a monkey?” Nolen sang, “No school, no school, no school.” I said with glee, “Let’s go skating.” Everyone agreed except Nolen, he said, “I think we’ll get hurt.” I said, “No we won’t my neighbors are nice.” So, we went skating. Nolen and us heard a weird and mysterious sound. Nolen got very scared. He said that we need to hide, so we dug a hole and covered it with sticks and leafs. My pack had five flashlights. Nolen said to dig deeper. Then Tyler started to get hungry so did everyone else. Luckily I brought snacks. When the tunnel was 3 yards long, Nolen got up. When we got out of the tunnel no one knew where we were, we started to walk. We could see houses about 2 miles ahead. I said, “How about we got to those houses and ask for help?” So we started to walk toward the houses. When we got to the houses, I knocked on a door, when she opened the door, I said, “Do you know the way back to 930 Hilltop St.?” She said that she did and to follow her. She took us as far as she could(which was the hole) where we started. When she walked away I said, “What are we going to do now?” Everyone agreed. So we started our way back. When we got to the end we smelled Chinese food. Then we went inside to eat, the next day was happy. The End.
No Name
“Oh shut your face, boo!” I said. “It’s a snow day, dude!” Dakota said, “I’m a girl!” “I don’t care! Dude” “I heard that! Now don’t spill my oatmeal!” “Whatever.” They got dressed for sledding and went outside to get their sleds. Bella had saw Tessa K., Tessa B., Jayden, Ava, Myca, Jasmin, Addy, and Emily. “Hey girls!” “Hey.” They all said. The sledded for hours and hours. “Hey guys do you want to do something fun?” “Yeah! What is it though?” Jasmin said, “You’ll see! He! He! He!” “Uh! Oh!” She led them to the lake, past the gym, and to Sculptures. She said, “Here we are!” “We are going to swim today in there!?” “No! we’re there.” She pointed at the pond in the back of Sculptures in the freezing weather. Then she jumped in, the cold, cold water. Then they jumped in. “You guys want to come to my place after we’re dry?” “Sure!” they
all said. When they were dry, got in their pajamas and sat in Bella’s room. “Hey do you guys want to sleep over?” “Sure we would love to!” they all said together. They all called their parents for permission, got their clothes, make up, dress up clothes, and phone/devices and they were ready to go. They went outside but then… THUMP! They fell into a well! They climbed out and took a breath. They went back inside to have cocoa, tacos, pie, cookies, cake, cupcakes, bananas, strawberries, blueberries, nuts, and juice. The sleepover was on! To be continued…
Myca Hill- Snow Party… Dun, Dun, Dun
7:15 a.m.: Bella, Emily, and Jayden just got up. Yet I have been up for hours. Sorry, have to eat!
7:35 a.m.: Okay, we just had a call and Jayden answered, now she’s dancing around like a fish out of water!
8:00 a.m.: We just got this spectacular idea, BUILD AN IGLOO!
2 hours later
10:00 a.m.: Oh My Gosh! Not the neighborhood bully! Ahhhhhh!
11:20 a.m.: Grrr…
To be continued…
Sam-2D- Snow Castle
One day my mom chatted on her phone and she woke us up, because it was a snow day. I ran downstairs and brushed my hair and teeth, got dressed, had breakfast, and put my snow stuff on. I got a bucket and shovel and my dog Max followed me. I gathered snow and built a snow castle, then I was done. I went inside and grabbed Elsa and came back and played for a bit until it was time to go inside. I ate dinner and then grabbed Elsa and went to bed.
Clair- Snow Day Adventure!
One January morning when Clair was eating breakfast, Parker answered the phone. He started to dance around saying, “No school, yay!” Then Clair and Parker went outside when they got their hats, gloves, and snow suit on. When they got outside they went into the woods and didn’t know where they were and got really scared. Until they saw footprints and followed them! Then they noticed they were at home! They then ran inside and were so happy to be home!
Caleb Weiss- Snow Day
Once upon a time in my backyard… I was on the phone and I danced around like a chicken with its head cut off, because it was a snow day. I called Ty, Nolan, Xavier, and Lucas, they all said they could come over. When they got here, we all got on two sleds and went really fast but then a net appeared. The next thing I knew, I was in a chamber. Zekho, Zekzo, Zekro, Zekgo, and Zekdo. Tell me, where am I? Underground. I have a sled though, I thought. When they weren’t looking, I used the point of my sled to cut the net. I snuck up behind Zekgo and tied him to the other sled. Ty and Lucas got Zekro pinned to the wall while Nolan and Xavier were on top of Zeckdo. Ty and Nolan got 8 ropes for Zekro and Zekdo. Now I had to deal with Zekzo. Bam! I shoved him in the jail cell and locked the door. “Okay everybody, let’s get out of here.” I sounded confident but I wasn’t. I leaned against the wall and a door opened, so I called all 911 to take care of the 5 of them. The end.
Genevieve Stroetz
Age 7
My Treasures
I went to the beach in Hawaii with my friends Olivia and Anna. We were swimming in the ocean, when my foot kicked something hard in the water. I dislodged it and it floated to the top. I tried to tell my friends, but they couldn’t hear, so I got closer. I told them to read it. They said it wasn’t real. I went to the library to find the old lady. Good thing my friends didn’t see me! When I got to the library, I found the old lady. I showed her the note. She said, “Go to a place where you would find a huge round rock.” I thought, “Where could I find a huge round rock?” I thought and thought. Finally I had it. I could go to the park! It was around for a long time, even before pizza! So I went to the park. Then I saw it, a huge round rock! I looked at the note. It said to dig at the rock, so I started to dig. Two hours later I saw it… the time machine. I hopped inside. I looked at the note. It said to set the time limit to the year of 1888. Because of that, I said, “Let’s do this!” Then I set the year to 1888. A huge bright light shown in front of me. I quickly closed my eyes. Then, the bright stopped. I had no idea what had just happened. I was in wonder! I was in shock! This was crazy! Then I heard the sound of waves crashing onto land. I opened my eyes and looked down. Could it be? Yes, I was wearing pirate clothes! I looked like Black Beard’s daughter! Then, I realized how I would get Black Beard’s treasure. I heard something else, something that was very strange. It was stinky, too. It was pirates! Then I heard a voice that said, “Daughter, come to the ship.” I knew it was Black Beard, so I came to the ship. Then Black Beard said, “Ah, there you are. Today I’ll teach you where my treasure is and the story.” I thought, “This is it. He’s telling me where the treasures are!” When he got done telling me, he said, “You are dismissed to play on shore.” I pretended to be his daughter and said, “Thank you, father.” He said, “You’re exceptionally welcome!” I looked again at the note. It said to go to the forest. Is it? Yes, it’s the forest! I got out the note. It read, “Find the cave.” I saw the cave. It was right in front of me. Now the note read, “Go inside and dig at the X.” So I went inside. Then, I found the X. I started to dig. An hour later, I found the treasures. I had an hour to get home, so I swam with the treasure and got to shore. I hopped inside the time machine. I set it to the year 2015. “I’m home at last,” I thought. I showed them the treasure, and then they believed me. The end!
Daisy
The Bottle
As I opened the bottle, there was a piece of paper in it. It was a letter. It said, “Don’t let them get it. They know you have it! I almost died for this, now run, go find it. They’re coming!” I turned it over. It was a map. Then I saw the name Thomas J. Then Kelsie ran up to me. “What’s that?” “It’s a map.” “What does it lead to?” “I don’t know, but let’s get Fletcher and Sullivan.” “What do you want?” Sullivan yelled. “Look!” “Let’s follow it,” said Fletcher. “Where are you going?” exclaimed Mom. “Just the farthest part of the ocean,” Sullivan lied. As we were walking, we fell between the sand. “Owww.” We all landed with a thud. “Where are we?” “I don’t know, but the map just changed and it’s the right trail.” Sullivan was leading the way and stepped on a button. We heard rumbling and then rocks fell, and Sullivan was trapped. “Sullivan!” Everyone was quiet. “We got to get out of here.” After I said that, a door opened up. We all went out, leaving Sullivan. To be continued…
Stella
Going to Hawaii!
One day my friends Addie and Clare went on a treasure hunt, and we found a bottle with something in it. Claire said to Addie, “Do you know what it is?” “No,” said Addie. Then we said, “It is probably old, because it has a cork in it. Let’s try to pull it off.” “Yeah, I got it,” I said. “Now let’s read the paper.” It said- no wait, it’s a map. “Hey, there are jewels in there,” said Addie. Then Claire said, “Hey, there’s money too.” Then we got home and showed our parent, and then the next day we went to follow the map and we found treasure. The end!
Kinsey
Kinsey’s Adventure
Hi, my name is Kinsey. I’m at Hawaii Beach. I found a bottle that had three things in it. I opened the bottle. Something flew out with a map. That something was Tinkerbell. I heard a bell. Something else was in the bottle. It was a hook, with Captain Hook’s name on it, and it led to treasure. I followed it.
Claire Downey
At the Beach!
One day me, my family, and my friend went to the beach. My family’s names are Parker, Madelynn, Dad, and Mom. My friend’s name is Stella. Then Stella said, “What’s this?” Then I went over there and I saw a bottle. Then we tried to open the bottle but it wouldn’t open, so ten minutes later we finally got it opened. Then we saw a map. I asked my mom and dad if we could follow the map, and she said yes! So me and Stella followed the map, and then we saw the coolest thing ever. It was a pirate ship! And the pirate ship was filled with girls! Then one of the pirates saw us, and she said, “Want some jewels?” And we said, “Sure, if you don’t mind.” So we took some of the jewels and went back to the beach and then went home.<
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Wynston
A Whole Different World
I hit a green glass bottle and opened it. There was a map, and also something that froze time. I froze it and Bob, John, Jack, Cayden, Mark and I left. We got 3 miles away off shore and then the floor dropped. A dolphin swam by. I guess we had the same thing on our mind. We grabbed on and we were 42 feet under water. We found five more dolphins so everybody got their own. We were now 47 miles away from shore. The dolphins got tired and gave up. We swam three more miles and then we were surrounded by sharks. Luckily, there was a whale shark that swallowed us. We fell down its tongue and hit the vocal chords. We held on. At least it was dry in here. There were dead fish everywhere. I let go and bounced off the lung. I told my friends to drop so they did. Mark missed and I caught his hand so he didn’t fall in the liquid. He slipped on a sardine and fell in the liquid. I jumped in after him. It was a way out, but tuna slapped us wildly. We were there. We fell through sand and there was a whole different world. There was gold, diamond, copper, pearls, and valuables. We said, “Wow!” He said, “You may take 3 bags of gold.” We said thanks and left. Then we went back and unfroze time.
Eastlawn—Lost Bottle Stories
20—The Treasure? By Hallie Egalf
My friends and I are at the beach. Something is in the sand. I dig it out. It is a bottle. I open it. It is a necklace. It looks like a very expensive necklace. After the beach, we go to the library. We found a book about it. It says it was stolen in 1909. It was stolen by Alice Shneek. We went to the police station. He told us the whole story. Last we took it back to the museum. That night we swore not to tell anyone. The End!!!!
21—Treasure Hunt by Caleb Weiss
Not too long ago on a beach in Florida, Ty, Lucas, Xavier, Nolan, Kenneth, and I were on a beach, and it was almost time to leave. We found a bottle. We said to my mom that we were going to pack up in our hotel. We lied; we were actually going to find the treasure. We hijacked a ship and followed the compass. We followed it, and it seemed like forever until we got there. I t was a whirlpool! I said, “This was all a trick!” I said, “Put on your lifejackets and get the rowboats!” “Yes sir!” We got on the rowboats and paddled back to shore. I said, “Did you guys bring the compass?” “Yes. I told you not to bring it!” “No you didn’t.” “Well I meant too.” Five, four, three, two, one kkkaaabbbooommm!!! That was the ship. I put dynamite on it so nothing could be left of our ship. The sea animals were okay. The ship was made that if something broke of the ship, the ship would disintegrate. Everybody then survived, except the ship. They survived by rowing far away. The End.
22—The Message Part 1 by Tessa
As Stella and I pull the cork off, a message sat inside the bottle. We read it aloud, “Alas, the year 1901, a storm has occurred. I have a feeling this is my last day.” “Cool!” said Stella, but things turned not so cool. A pirate emerged with two ropes and 2 bags. He lunged for us, and then we blacked out. Fortunately, when we woke up, we were tied to a palm tree. “Help!” we yelled. A dolphin whacks the palm tree causing the rope to fall. “We’re home free,” I said. We saw a withered palace from the hole in the wall. We ventured on to the palace. As soon as we were by the doors, Stella reached for the door slowly. The door creaked. The note starts glowing brightly we put it down and a chest appeared. Slowly but carefully, we opened the chest, found two lockets, and a note attached to each. It said Open for Surprises. We did as we were told and…. TO BE CONTINUED.
23—The Pirate Ship by Carl
I opened the bottle, and I found a picture of Blackbeard. Then there was mist. Then a huge pirate ship was in front of my friend and me. A pirate came down called Blackbeard. “Give me that.” “NO!” “AHHH!” “What do you want from us?” “That picture.” “You have to try harder than that.” Then, he pulled a sword to my throat. “Give me that now.” “No.” I took the sword, cut my chair, and got out. Then, cut off Blackbeard’s head and sailed back home, and I lived happily ever after, the pirate crew, the ship, and I. The End.
24—Brayden Scott
I saw a secret shell. I lied to my mom.
25—The Bottle of Mystery by Ryan Nickerson
One sunny evening, three boys go out in search for treasure in the seaweed. The three boys were named Troy, Mack, and Tom. Troy takes it from Mack and tries to open it. He said, “This won’t open.” Mack tries it and says, “My dad has an atomatic bottle opener. They take it there and open it. When they do, they expect a treasure map. Then they open it and get three emeralds. They trade it for $2,000. They make treasure all over the beach. Now they look back and remember the kid’s reactions.
26—Jungle Chest by Emily
One day I was at the beach with my sister, Sara. I was walking through the sand when I found a green bottle. I opened it up and found a note, and it said, “Go five steps left and nine steps right.” I followed and found a chest with a wolf that had five heads and a fox with five tails. They were so cute. I had to jug them. They were as soft as silk, but when I picked them up, both of them had a scratch on both of their sides and necks. I rubbed off the blood with a big leaf and I found on a tree. I picked both of them up and carried them to the water, so they could get a drink. After that something glittered in the water, and I found two golden collars, and there were six of them. One to go with the fox, and five to go with the wolf’s five heads. Then from then on, they were safe and happy. As time passed, I started living with them, so they would be safe.
The Great Chihuahua by Addy Corn
There was once a normal Chihuahua, he always wanted to help people. The people he mostly wanted to help were his towns’ people. His name is Sebastian. His town always had trouble in it. So he got to thinking he could save his town one day. He went to tell his owner, but all they could hear was barking. Then he noticed that, so he went and made a mask and a cape. Then he pushed a fan to his owner, plugged it in, and turned it on. After that he stood in front of the fan. When his owner saw him, she started laughing so hard she fell over. She picked herself up, then picked Sebastian up, and called him a silly puppy. Then she put me down and put me on a leash. When we got outside I saw someone robbing a house! I tried to tell my owner, but still she only heard barking. So I broke my leash and ran after the robber and I caught him! My owner came running after me. The next thing she saw was I ran around and tied him up! He fell down and me and my owner looked in the bag. There were a lot of electronics in the bag. My owner called the cops. When the cops got there they were so happy because this was the first robber that has been caught in my town! So the cops called the news reporter and the next day we saw me in the newspaper and it said S.U.P.E.R. dog. The End.
