Our very talented second grade students created pumpkin characters and wrote about them.
El traje de bailarina
Había una vez una calabaza llamada “London” ella soñaba ir a una escuela de ballet. Convertirse en bailarina pero su familia no tenia dinero para el traje de bailarina que pedían en la escuela de ballet. Así que pensó que debía trabajar para comprarlo, pero nadie le daría trabajo a una niña. Así que decidió que usando la receta de galletas de su mamá podría obtener suficiente dinero. Y con ayuda de su mamá hizo galletas y fue de puerta en puerta por toda la colonia vendiendo “galletas bailarinas” hasta que reunió el dinero para el vestido de ballet mas hermoso que había visto.
A Robot That Wanted to be Rich
Once upon a time there was a robot named Kenny and he said, “Please, please, please.” “No!” said Kenny’s mom. Kenny said, “I want to be rich.” So his mom went to bed. Then he went to the bank. He got $1,000,000 from the bank. He shared the $1,000,000 with his mom. He and his mom were happy. And then everyone was happy because everyone got money.
Cheerleader Cowgirl
Once upon a time there was a cheerleader cowgirl that wanted to rule the world. The cowboy is going to destroy the world. Then the cowgirl comes and they were fighting. She got a rope. Then she twisted it and got him. Then the cowgirl won. Then she got him in jail.
The King Lion
Once there was a king lion whose name was Tarantula. He ruled Africa. Then men came with weapons. The men wanted to hunt zebras but the lion didn’t let them. The men and the lion got so mad at each other they challenged each other to a fight. The lion won the fight and ruled Africa! But then the hyenas warned the lion that more men came from America to help the men who lost. They fought, but then they saw the army of animals. In the end the men saw the lion and retreated. The lion still ruled Africa.
Heroes
Jason Vorhese hits Red Lantern because he was laughing. Then Superman saw the good guy but he didn’t say anything because he saw the nail bomb explode with nails and he was still alive. He stopped the other bombs with his hound dog but Jason Vorhese had one more bomb. “It didn’t blow?” said Jason to himself. He said, “Give me my nail bomb.” He said, “NO!!!!!” So the evil won!!!!!!!
The Good Guys vs. The Bad People
Once upon a time there were 3 good guys. Their names were Robin, Batman, and Baseball Player. There was a ghost who wanted to rule the world. But they stopped him. Then he kicked Robin and kicked Batman and it was only Baseball Player and Ghost. Baseball Player punched and kicked. Then Ghost ran away and never came back again.
The Good Girl and the Bad Boy
Once upon a time there was a witch. Her name was Isabella. She was very nice. One morning a cat named Rexy came to town. He wanted to rule the world. When Isabella came they started to fight. When the fight was over Isabella won. Everyone lived happy ever after.
The Pumpkin
Once upon a time there was a pumpkin and the pumpkin was sad because he was going to be cut by a knife. He did not want to have a funny face and children laughing at him. But the children laughed at him.
Merlia and the Mermaid Tale
Once there lived a girl named Merlia. She wanted to save her mother but her aunt got in the way. She started to sing a song so she can get her aunt’s necklace. So Merlia got behind her aunt and took her necklace. Her aunt got mad so she made a big red whirlpool. She got pushed into the whirlpool but then something happened, She turned into a mermaid and she was too strong for the whirlpool and swam out. Then her aunt fell in and she was never to be seen again and they lived happily ever after.
The Very Mean Spider Queen
Once upon a time there was a very mean spider queen who gathered up the town’s pumpkins and transformed them into pumpkin spiders. The pumpkins stole candy from the kids. The next morning when the kids woke up there was no candy and the kids cried all day while the queen ate their candy. Finally the queen ate so much candy she blew up and it rained candy.
