Student Work

 

The Circus Surprise

By Victoria

      I was at the circus standing at the food stand eating chips. I saw something move. It jumped out at me from under the stairs. I was scared at first and I wanted to run away, but something made me stop and take a closer look. I realized it was a monster. He winked and smiled at me. He seemed friendly and playful. He was big and had big, bushy rainbow colored hair, no ears and a big purple nose. He told me he needed a home. He had been staying for a long time in the circus, and he was tired of it. He asked if he could come home with me. I said I would let him, but I asked him how I could get him home without anybody seeing him. He said he had a way to shrink to the size of a mouse. I told him to do it. After I counted to three he was the size of a mouse. I picked him up and put him in my pocket. I took him home. I had to sneak him in my room. It was hard too because my whole family was in the kitchen. He kept on jumping up and down, and my mom came up because she heard a thumping noise. She almost saw him. She thought he was a stuffed animal. I fooled my mom tonight, but I wonder what will happen tomorrow. Will my mom catch him?

The Skateboarding Surprise

By Austin

My family and I were on the way to my sister’s softball game. I would rather be going to the skate park. I remembered that I had my bike in the trunk. I asked my dad if he would take me to the skate park instead of the softball game. I was so happy when he said, “Yes!” My dad brought me to the skate park in New Haven. I was riding down the flat ramp when I saw something strange looking. I was a little scared because I never saw something like that before. It was orange. It was about 4 feet tall. It looked like a monster. It had big, black eyes, a blue triangle shaped nose, and a big smile. He had on a necklace with rainbow colored beads. He was also wearing a lot of buttons. The monster was on the skateboard and he went up the half-pipe. He did a tail whip and it was so cool because he went in the air real high! Then he went down a mini ramp and back up it. My dad and I thought it was amazing to see the friendly monster do a tail whip. Then he took his skateboard and walked towards the beach. This was a really fun day! I hope I see the monster again at the skate park.