Hannah's "Samantha and Maxie's
Secret"
In this story,
is "pumpkin",
is "Samantha",
is "plant", and
is
"magic corn".
Once there was a scarecrow named
. She wasn't an ordinary
scarecrow. She was magic. She would bite some
and
then the stick she was on would turn into legs and she would
walk around.
lived behind a tomato
which
grew in the corn fields. Her friend, Sally, lived near a big,
huge
.
One day the children were playing hide and go seek in
the fields. When
was sure they were in bed she
niblled on some
. And POOF!! legs grew. Sally played with
.
Then
ran into one of the children, Maxie. She
was only four. "I'm lost" she weeped, "I want
Mommy and Dada! Sob sob" So
carried Maxie home.
But then the magic wore off, and
was stuck in front
of the house.
The next day,
heard Maxie talking to her 10-year-old
sister. "Beatwice, I saw a scawcwow las' night. She hewped
me get home." She said. "Yeah, right. And last night
Prince Charles read me a story. Grow up!" Beatrice said.
" Who's Pwince Towels?" Maxie asked, confused. "
None of your bees' wax" Beatrice snapped, and walked away.
Safe, thought
.
Soon Sally came and took
back and they never
got caught again.
The End
Story by: Hannah, age 9, Canada
Send comments to: Hannah