"Strawberry girl"
Story by Eliza
, for Namiko
Japan 
REF#f16-4_/NamikoK1.GIF

In Japan many years ago, a giant strawberry was grown.
It was so big that the people who planted it made lots of money
by showing it to people. And before they died they hid it in a
place in their house were they were sure nobody could find it.
Soon, a new family moved into the house. There was a girl in the
family who loved to explore. She soon found the strawberry, and
began to fall in love with it. She even began to make her clothes
out of strawberry! She used the strawberry's seeds to grow other
giant strawberrys, and soon everyone in the town had a strawberry
friend!
The End
Story by: Eliza, age 9, USA