The boy and the axolotl
Marcus Olson, grade three, Edgehill Elementary School
One day there was a little boy named Jake. Jake had a secret favourite animal and they were axolotls. The boy adored axolotls and Christmas was coming. So Jake asked for an axolotl.
“I want an axolotl,” said Jake to his mother.
She said, “Wait till Christmas and maybe you will get one.”
Nights passed. Jake could not wait any longer. So he snuck into the closet and there were boxes, lots of boxes. So he looked at the boxes and one of them was shaking. There was axolotl food beside it. Jake smiled and whispered, “Yes!” He snuck the box and the food into his room. In the box there was a slight nudge coming.
Chapter two
Jake asked his mother, “Mother, may I please have a pair of scissors?” “What for?” his mother said.
“Uhh, for a craft,” said Jake sarcastically.
“Here,” said his mother as she passed Jake the scissors.
“Thanks, mom,” Jake said as he ran to his room.
When he got to the box, he used the scissors and slowly cut open the box. He smiled again. Snip, snip, snip. He peeked in the box. He saw an axolotl!
“Hello,” said the axolotl.
Jake screamed. His mother heard him and quickly ran to Jake's room and saw the axolotl.
Chapter three
“Jake, you are grounded,” said Jake's mother.
“Come on, mom,” said Jake.
His mother stomped away angrily. Jake covered the axolotl's mouth and gently lifted his head.
“You can talk?” said Jake.
“Sure can,” said the axolotl. “Now get me some food, chop chop.”
“Okay,” said Jake.
Chapter four
His mother came back in and noticed that the axolotl could talk.
“It can talk?” said Jake's mom.
“It can, Mom,” said Jake, “It sure can.”
“Aww, a little family moment,” said the axolotl.
“Give me a hug,” said Jake’s mother.
“This is the best early Christmas I could ask for,” they said.
The end.
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The lonely reindeer
Brynn Stekman, grade three, Westview Elementary School
One stormy night in Santa's workshop there were elves working very, very hard on toys for the good boys and girls when suddenly they heard a loud, “CRASH!!!” and they all ran downstairs to check on the reindeer.
And when they looked at the table, only one reindeer was there, it was Comet! So the elfs ran upstairs and told Santa Claus so they went to look.
They found Cupid in the bathroom. They kept on looking till they had one left to find!
They kept on looking and looking till they saw him. But he was too fast. They saw him run toward the tree so they ran after him. They finally caught him and they took Dancer inside for some hot cocoa.
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Sound sleepers
Elliott Palmer, grade three, Kelly Creek Community School
Once upon a time there was a reindeer in her bed. All the other reindeer were sleeping.
Her name was Dasher. Dasher heard some weird noises, so she walked outside and saw something. But she didn't know what it was because…all she saw was a shadow, so she walked closer and she saw Santa getting ready to give gifts to kids.
Apparently Dasher and all of the other reindeer overslept. When Dasher woke up all of the other reindeer heard Dasher, so they woke up, but Dasher didn't see them because it was dark.
Santa said, “I was waiting for you.”
“Sorry,” said the reindeer, “We overslept. On the most important day ever.” “It is okay,” said Santa.
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Working for Santa
Ken Baumgardt, grade three, Texada Elementary School
Once upon a time Jake was sleeping and Bob was watching the grand reindeer show. They realized it was 8:00 pm at NIGHT so they went to bed and jumped on to the bed and started sleeping.
Later they woke up to a giant guy walking on the roof and then they went and checked, and they saw Santa Claus. They met him and they started working for him.
They had to build toys and make stuff, so then they started having a good time and goofing around and a whole bunch of other stuff. Santa got mad at them for goofing around and then he threw them into his coal bin with all the coal he gets for bad kids and stuff. They tried to get out, but they couldn't. They tried using the coal to bash the lock open. They escaped.
Santa was sleeping and then he woke up to them escaping out the door. They caught a plane back to their house and then they got back. Santa banged on the door, and they barricaded it. He told them all to open the door for him.
Santa told the boys to not goof around in his workshop. They agreed. They had a great Christmas.
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