If Summer Lasted a Day
by Nash, age 10, Indiana
“I’m so exited for summer!” Nash exclaimed.
“Now remember honey, something strange happened with time. Remember, summer only lasts a day now.” Nash’s mom reminded him.
“Ok, I’m going to go to bed.” Nash said with a yawn.
Nash woke up and thought, “Wow it’s summer now! No school! Wait, but it’s only a day! I’m gonna fix this! Ok, I’m gonna get on my bike and go to my friend Barry’s lab. He’s the smartest guy I know.”
“Hey Barry!” Nash shouted
“Yes?” asked Barry.
“I need to use the time machine!”
“Ok, let’s go!” Barry said excitedly.
“Wait, what do you mean LET’S?” Nash asked confused.
Barry poured himself a glass of juice. “I’m coming with you, are you fixing summer?”
“Yes, I am!”
“Ok let’s go! Uh oh, I spilled my juice! AHHHH WE ARE GOING INTO LAST YEAR!” screamed Barry.
“Wait, that is good! Yay! Ok, so we are gonna fix the timeline.”
“So what do we do?” Barry asked.
“I don’t know. I thought we could fix the timeline by going back in time, but I don’t know how. Maybe we should accept the fact that summer only lasts a day now.” Nash said sadly.
“Yeah. BUT THE TIME MACHINE IS BROKEN! We are stuck in last year. I’ll figure out what’s wrong.”
Barry checked out the time machine. “Oh…so we need a spring, a time coil, and time juice. Luckily, we have time juice.”
“Wait, what?” Nash asked.
“It’s normal juice. I just soaked up the juice I spilled in the time machine with my sock and wrung it out in a bucket.”
Nash looked at Barry wringing his sock out. “Ok I’ll get the spring. Wait, why did you call it time juice?”
“I did spill the juice in the time machine and it traveled through time with us.” Barry laughed. “I’ll get the coil.”
The boys explored the area. Luckily, there was a spring stand just up the road. Nash went to the nearby spring stand.
“Would you like a spring?” said the kid running the stand.
“Yes, I would like a spring very much!” Nash couldn’t believe how lucky it was to find the stand. He paid the kid $15.
Barry went to a science facility. He heard two scientists talking about how they had talked with aliens using a special machine. They said the aliens asked if they wanted the Earth moved closer to their planet. The aliens said it was a much nicer part of the solar system. The scientists said they had two days to think about it.
Barry realized that the aliens must have moved Earth and that is what made summer last only a day. He thought, “If I take the coil from the scientists’ machine and use it in the time machine, I can fix summer and get home. What could go wrong?”
He grabbed the coil and met Nash back at the time machine and told him all about the aliens and what the scientists said.
“Wow, good thing you were there! Now let’s get home to summer!”
Nash and Barry fixed the time machine.
“Now we use the machine! Weeee!”
They landed back in Barry’s lab and looked at the calendar. Summer was saved!
Nash and Barry grabbed their bikes and went to the door.
“Now we- uh oh looks like taking that stuff made the world turn into an apocalypse!” “…AAAAAAAAHHH” Nash exclaimed. Back in Barry’s lab the news was on Barry’s super mega cool TV. “We are here at the lab, and the scientists are explaining why there is an apocalypse.” The news person said. “The apocalypse was caused when our communication device went KA-POOT!” The scientist explained. “What he means to say is that the communications device lost its coil.” The news person explained. “We lost connections with the aliens and now they are mad!” The scientist explained. “We need to buy another coil!!!” Barry exclaimed. They ran to the nearest electrical supply house, but it was surrounded by aliens! “Oh no there’s a lot of aliens!” Nash exclaimed. “We are gonna have to crawl through the vents.” Barry said. As Barry said, they crawled through the vents. After crawling through the vents, THEY ALERTED THE ALIENS!!!!! “aaaAaAAAAAAAHHH” Nash exclaimed. They pushed through the crowd of aliens, and got onto their bikes. “We’re at the lab.” Barry said. They gave the coil to the scientists, and they talked to the aliens. “We’re sorry we couldn’t call back, but here we are!” The scientists said. “No We sHoUlD bE sOrRy, We oVeR rEaCtEd, We ReThOuGhT aNd We WoNt MoVe YoU.” The aliens said. “That’s what we wanted to tell you! We don’t want to move. The scientists said. “We DiD iT!” Nash rejoiced. “WOOHOO!” Barry exclaimed. “I’m gonna have a summer party!” Nash exclaimed. And then they had a party, the end.
Roll Call Stories
Diff-u-ball
by Travis, age 7, Pennsylvania
Diff-u-ball (pronounced "diff-uh-ball")
by Travis
(read by a stadium announcer)
For the first time on TV, there has been a new sport invented. I'm your host Travis Alexson. Now presenting "Diff-u-ball".
Now, let me explain to you how this new game works. So, it's just like regular baseball, but people use their feet, and do Pitcher's Paradise. And also, each side of the stadium has the color of each team. It doesn't matter which team is up to bat, if someone hits a homerun into their team's color or side, their team gets a point. If they hit a homerun into the other team's color or side, the other team gets a point.
Oh, and I forgot to mention... this game is half soccer and half baseball. So, everyone wears baseball uniforms but they play with a soccer ball. Get your food ready and hands up for the very first pitch of Diff-u-ball!!!!
Okay, now here are the two teams- the Tenessee Aardvarks versus the Texas Anacondas. The Tennessee Aardvarks come up to bat while the Anacondas take the field. The Aardvarks are putting their best batter up first! Here's the pitch... and it's a hit! Oh a big one... and he's.... safe at third base. One new thing about this game, it's only two innings long, so let's hope everyone gets their runs scored early on.
(one inning later...)
Okay, to recap our score, it's 11-0 with the Aardvarks in the lead. But here come the Anacondas up to bat! They drafted the very best players, so I think they'll make a big comeback here. Here comes the first batter for the Anacondas. Here's the pitch. Wow- what a big hit! But it's right down the middle... which side will it go into??? Aaaaaaaaand it's the Anacondas!
(at the end of the game...)
Wow, that was the best game I have ever hosted... which makes sense since it was the first game I've ever hosted! And boy, did those Anacondas have a comeback. With a final score of 25-12, the Anacondas slither into first place, and squeeeeeeeze the Aardvarks down in the standings. And next up, they'll face the Alabama Cheetahs in the Cheetahs' home stadium.
The End
Squirrel Wrestling Academy
by Noel, age 9, Canada
