Meghan gets a new restorative hobby. Featuring two new stories: “Conquering Pitland,”a story about an army of fingers set to conquer an armpit, written by Jack, an 8 year old from New York, and “Teachers Are People Too?!,” the story of a girl who discovers the truth about her teacher’s real life, written by a 10 year old from Utah named Lily.
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Illustration by Camila Franklin
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Original Stories
Conquering Pitland
Jack, age 8, New York
Once upon a time there was an amazing place called Pitland deep in Armville. It was known to be the most beautiful place in the world, with the most luscious foliage and trees. People said if you visited it it smelled so sweet it was like a smell you couldn’t even imagine. The flowers would be worth a ton of money if you could get there and take them. No one had even seen Pitland though. They had only heard about it. the Hand army had known for hundreds of years the only way to see or conquer Pitland was by sneaking in. So Fat Thumb and Pinky, the army leaders, planned for years how they’d sneak in to Pitland by knocking at the gates of Pitland and pretending to be friendly visitors just looking for a fun game of tickle soccer, but once the gates are open the army would charge in and conquer Pitland. The worked out for a year at the Fist Gym and Wrist Camp. Then they were ready for the trick. They knocked at the gates of Pitland, and the king of Pitland said, who is there? Fat thumb said, Hand team, we’re here for a friendly game of tickle soccer! The king of Pitland said, ok, you can come in to play tickle soccer for 30 seconds, but the. You must leave. Our plants will die if you trample on them for longer. Sure sure, no problem, said Pinky and Sgt Index. The gates opened... and the hand army charged!!! They ran into pita,Dan and started hiding in the trees ready to fight. But! As soon as they got into the forest, the most foul smell ever emerged. It was so that if the trees of Pitland are attacked they send out a skunk smell to push everyone out. Pink, sgt index and fat thumb ran out and said, everyone!! We must leave at once. This smell will kill us and we shall never breathe again. So the hand army retreated, never to return to Pitland.
