one more crazy story

Written by the writing club for 11 - 15 yr olds that meets most Thursdays from 3 - 4 p.m. Join us on January 15 or 29. We always have yummy snacks...

Laila couldn’t believe Tom decided to talk to her that day—he’d never noticed her before! From that day on, Laila knew her life wouldn’t be the same…

She got a whole new confidence she never knew she had. After that day she talked to Tom all the time. Before class, during class, after class! Her life was finally going the way she wanted it to. After a week, Tom actually asked Laila on a date! She was so excited she couldn’t help herself…

Finally the date had come. I couldn’t wait. Tom was there at a table so I went to the table. We talked and I ordered one of everything on the menu. I was eating everything and then I ate Tom. He tasted good. I’m sooooo fat!

Then I wanted to know where Tom went. Then I didn’t feel so good. I barfed and there was Tom. I was about to say sorry when he ran out of the restaurant screaming, “Mommy!” A few months passed and I decided to lose weight. When I got to a size 3, I decided to apologize to Tom. When I saw him he looked…

Yummy. “I’m really, really sorry for eating you” I said.

“It’s okay,” He actually forgave me! “You wanna try this again?” he asked.

“Yes, yes, yes!” I said.

“This time don’t eat me please,” he said.

“Okay, I won’t,” he said. I didn’t know if I could promise that.

“Oh, so tonight at 8 okay?” he asked.

I nodded, “I can’t wait!”

That night when he picked me up, I looked hot. Smokin’ in fact. He said so right away. I was feeling okay and wasn’t even all that interested in eating him until he moved a little during the movie and I saw a bit of his neck from under his turtleneck.

“ohhhh” I moaned, biting my hand.

I knew that by the end of the night, I’d probably eat Tom. Anyone have any Grey Poupon??

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays, everybody! I hope you had fun out in the snow last weekend...and that you enjoy your days off! Come see me in the library and I'll give you candy...(we got a ton and if I eat it all I'll weigh 20 lbs more in January than I do now). :)

writing club crazy stories

We've been writing collaborative stories in our Thursday Writing Club and I thought I'd share one here. This story was written by Erin, Tessa, Andrew, Isaac, Tori, Hanna and me! You can see when it changes writers by the text (bold/regular/bold).

collaborative story 2

All of a sudden he was trapped!

The rocks had filled the entrance. There was no way to move them. How was he going to get out? Tim decided to try and explore the cave. Maybe there was a way out. He kept walking on and on. After a while he started to get bored and then worried.

What if he never got out? What if no one realized he was gone!? All of a sudden he heard a shrill shriek!

“What was that?” he said aloud. He was terrified. What if it was a monster…

From around the corner came a small, timid white mouse. A mouse! Tim couldn’t believe he’d gotten so scared over a mouse! Its squeak must have echoed in the cave.

Tim knew his classmates were somewhere up ahead—but where? How would they ever find him? He felt his hands around the cave and shone his flashlight into every crack to see if he could find a way out…nothing. With a sigh he sat down and started to cry. Just as soon as the first tear hit his nose, he stopped with a jerk. How could he just sit there? He needed to think. He needed to conserve his energy and the flashlight’s energy. He turned off the flashlight and began to shout…

All that he heard was an echo in return. He started to run, but there was nothing but blackness. Tim was shaking now when he heard something. The mouse again? No, a voice, that wasn’t his own…

“Try to find a way out!” said the voice, but then, THERE WAS THE MOUSE! It came over and turned into a banana! Then it choked me until my teeth exploded!

Then the mouse turned into a man with a white beard.

Muffled (since my teeth had exploded), I said, “Are you a wizard?”

“No, I’m a dude, guy, what are you talking about?” said the man. “I am a surfer. I can surf like no tomorrow, Dude.”

“How do you get out of here?” I asked.

“What do you mean?” he asked.

I looked around me and it was a beach and surfer music was playing.

“Let’s go surfing, radical dude,” the man said.

where have I been?

I know, I know...long time no blog. We've been busy at the library anyway with Writing Club meetings for teens every Thursday from 3 - 4 p.m. and TAG meetings once a month. This month we frosted sugar cookies (pictures coming) and then ate them all. I thought about making them for shut-ins or something else like that, but it would involve making way more cookies than I actually had time for. Maybe next year.

Last night, Hailey, Kelsey & Molly were my personal heroes and helped out at the American Girl Tea Party for ages 5+. It was tons of fun!! We decorated headbands, played "Toss a Smile" and read a little from Happy Birthday, Samantha. Kelsey, Hailey & Molly were very posh and passed out lemon-ahhd to all the little party-goers (20!!).

So what's coming up, you ask? Teen Game Day on December 18th from 1 - 3 p.m.! Invite your friends, bring your favorite game and come rock out to Guitar Hero. We've also got a volunteer opportunity this Saturday from 10 - 2 p.m. TAG members are invited to come help little kids make crafts for the Old Time Holiday Fair in Fairhaven. We're making paper doll chains, paper airplanes and snowflakes. fun!!