“Owen, you’ve got to come out so we can get a move on!” Even though Owen knew his sister was right, he was still too scared to come out of his shell. You see, Owen was a baby turtle who had recently experienced his first thunderstorm. And ever since then Owen was afraid of everything! […]

“Get out of there! Go on now, get,” said Mrs. Donnelly to the rabbits. It wasn’t that Mrs. Donnelly disliked  rabbits, she just took great pride in her garden and the rabbits were destroying her array of lush veggies and flowers. While inspecting the latest round of destruction to her garden, Mrs. Donnelly cried out, […]

“Ethan, I don’t know how much longer I can do this. My feet really hurt.”“Yeah, so do mine, Sammy. Maybe we should just live at the zoo like Uncle Carl. He gets fed well and just relaxes all day,” said Ethan.“When I said I don’t know how much longer I can do this, I meant […]

“Alex, your brother ate everything on his plate. Why don’t you be a good boy too and eat your dinner?”“But I’m not hungry,” said Alex.“Okay, I guess you won’t be hungry for sweets then,” said Alex’s Mom.Alex’s Mom walked over to the countertop and brought over the most mouth-watering, tasty looking dessert you ever did […]

It was the driest summer on record, and all the crops were wilting away. Every farmer in the region was reeling  from their losses. Desperate to change his fortunes, Peter Harpole decided to try his luck with poultry farming. Peter didn’t know much about chickens, but selling eggs would be a great source of food, […]

The grass was tall – very, very, tall – but it shouldn’t have been. Alfred Lambert had the worst luck with  lawnmowers, you see, and no matter how many new lawnmowers Alfred bought none ever worked for him. Alfred’s luck was so bad that the store he bought lawnmowers from made sure to have a […]

Three hippopotamuses were snuggled close together. And they were frightened. A lion sitting close by was, too. Everything was shaking all around them. “Oh no, here it comes!” said one of the hippos. An animal with very large teeth soared down from the sky! It went for the lion, but missed! This was not the […]

After the final bell rang the students were reminded that there was no school on Monday. “Enjoy your extra day off,” said the teacher to her class. As the students reached for their backpacks a young girl asked her friend, “What is Labor Day again?” “I’m not sure,” said the young boy. “I just know […]