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Creative Writing Another Teaching Teaching Resource from...

Written by Dennis E. Paul Illustrations by Danny Beck Captions by Dan W. Deacon

©1999, 2000 Copyright by Remedia Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. The purchase of this unit entitles the individual teacher to reproduce copies for classroom use. use. The reproduction of any part for an entire school or school system is strictly prohibited. To find Remedia products in a store near you, contact: www.rempub.com/stores

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BOUT THE THE BOOK ABOUT The attention-getting, humorous story starters in this book will surely spark the imagination of the most reluctant story writer. The antics of characters with unusual names will motivate young writers to complete the stories and even create their own stories about the subjects. subjects. Reading Level Level is 3.5–4.5.

BOUT THE THE AUTHOR ABOUT Dennis Paul has been an educator for over twenty years. He taught for eleven years in a one-room school, working with students in grades K-8. He also has served as a special education teacher teacher in a school for homeless students, and as a teacher for acute care adolescent hospital programs. Currently, he is a special education teacher for the Juvenile Detention Facility in Mesa, Mesa, Arizona. For many years, years, he has been creating math word problems, story starters, games, and other materials, to help motivate his own students.

SUGGESTIONS Below are suggestions for expanded use of the FUNbook of Creative Writing .

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Have students share their stories with the class through oral reading.

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Place students together to create a cooperative story.

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Help students spin off the story ideas to create original plots.

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Have the whole class brainstorm ideas for various conclusions to a story.

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The teacher underlines selected words in students’ stories and has them find synonyms for those words (as a vocabulary enrichment activity).

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Divide students into groups to create dialogue for the characters and then act out the story for the class.

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Have students draw original artwork relating to each story written.

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Collect each writer’s own stories in an individual Fun Folder of Creative Writing.

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[ story title ]

Herb Waffle woke up one morning to find that all his neighbors were standing on the sidewalk in front front of his house. They were carrying signs and looked very angry. One of the signs read, “No More Sheep!” Another read, “Herb Waffle Move Out Now!” Herb has 72 sheep in his front yard. Recently he had planned to buy 28 more. _____________ He decided to get get dressed and go_____________ out to talk to his__________ angry ___ _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ neighbors. Maybe he could tell them something to make them forget about _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___

being angry. As he got dressed, he began to think of something to say.

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When he went outside, he suddenly shouted...

[ finish the story ]

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[ story title ]

Oscar Hudnut was really excited!

He was driving to his new job. He

is supposed to watch all of the sheep sheep on Arnold’s Sheep Ranch. Ranch. “Wow!” he thought, “I can’t believe I am going to be watching all the sheep at Arnold’s ranch. What an easy job this will be. There are 6,779,002 sheep at the ranch, but all they do is eat all day. How could any of them get into trouble just doing _____________ that?” that? ” ______________ _____________ _______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ He drove up ______________ to the ranch and got out of_____________ his car. _____________ “Look at all the __ _____________ _______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ sheep,” he said out loud. “This is going to be fun!”


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[ story title ]

Lulu Lumpit delivers chickens to restaurants and chicken ranches. One day she had a load of 50,513 chickens she had to deliver to Chuck’s Fine Food Cafe. It’s located on Highway 99, which is very busy. As she was driving, she thought of all the chickens she had delivered over the past 10 years. “I really re ally do deliver de liver a lot of chicken c hickens,” s,” she s he thought t hought.. Just then, t hen, as she checked the traffic in_____________ her rearview mirror, she thought she saw a___ _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ chicken looking at her. “That’s strange,” she thought. “For a minute, it

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looked like a chicken was looking at me. They usually don’t pay any

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attention to me.” She looked up and saw two chickens looking at her.

_____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ “Gee,” she_____________ thought,_____________ “I wonder what_____________ they are thinking?” [ finish__________ the story ] ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ ©Remedia Publications

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[ story title ]

Carl Gargle has a 200-pound cat named Snowball.

He was on his way

to buy a new kitchen window. Snowball had thrown his food dish through the window when he discovered that Carl had bought some cheap cat food instead of his favorite. Carl has had a lot of trouble with Snowball. For instance, last week he ate a pair of Carl’s favorite shoes. “I don’t know what I am _____________ going to______________ do with Snowball,” he thought. “He_____________ is costing me a lot _____________ _______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ of money. I have to figure out a way to make Snowball behave more like a

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normal cat.”


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[ story title ]

Herb Fern is a very rich man.

He has $600,000,000.47 in the bank.

He doesn’t like to spend a lot of money on his clothes or his car. He likes to buy bread that is a few days old. He always reads the newspaper at the library so he doesn’t have to buy his own copy. Something was about to happen that would change Herb’s life forever! He was in_____________ the bank, checking on his money, _____________ when the manager___ of _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ the bank walked up and...


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[ story title ]

Oscar Fafner loves living on the 78

th

floor of his apartment building.

He likes the view of the city, the fresh air, and his quiet neighbors. He loves everything about his apartment, except for one thing. The elevator in his building has been broken for for six years. It takes him five hours a day just to walk wa lk down do wn and back up the th e stairs. sta irs. “I have ha ve to find a new way to t o get back up to_____________ my apartment,” he said one day. “I am sick_____________ of walking up and__ _____________ _______ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ down all these stairs!” He began to think of some way to solve this

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problem. Then one day, he had an idea. He... [ finish the story ]

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[ story title ]

W ilma ilma Bing was not a happy camper. She and her cat, Randolph, were camping by Lake Fuzzner. She loved to come up to the mountains and camp, but now she was surrounded by hundreds of other tents. There were radios blaring, and people were playing football. It was so noisy that Wilma couldn’t hear a bird even if it sat on her shoulder and chirped into your ear! Randolph wasn’t happy either. Wilma usually had to watch Randolph Randolph very

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carefully when they were at home. He was always getting into trouble. “I _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___

wish I could hear the peaceful sounds of the forest instead of all this

_____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ ___ noise,” she said. She looked at Randolph. Randolph looked at__________ her. Wilma

began to _____________ think of a_____________ plan... _____________ [ finish the story ] _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ ©Remedia Publications

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“

[ story title ]

hen I decided to become the first person to hop across the United W hen

States,” thought Melvin Noggle, “I don’t know what I was thinking!” Melvin Noggle was in Pennsylvania, about 10 miles from Pittsburgh. He was hopping along Highway 24, and he was exhausted! His sister, Nina, was was riding behind him in a van with the words ”Melvin Noggle Hops Across America” in big red letters.

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Each night, Melvin slept inside the van. Nina made sure he drank

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enough water during the day. Each morning, he had to get up and start

_____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ hopping. Melvin had been hopping for_____________ a month, and they still had a long__ way

to go. “Oh,_____________ well,” Melvin thought, “at_____________ least Pennsylvania is kind_________ of flat.”__ He _____________ _______ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ looked at the highway stretched out in front of him. “At least there aren’t _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __

any dogs like the ones that started chasing me in New Jersey!”

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As he hopped along, he thought he saw a few dark clouds in the

_____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ distance. [ finish the story ] _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ C REATIVE W RITING FUNbook of C REATIVE W RITING

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[ story title ]

Nick Muldoon is very happy.

He is on a two-week vacation and he is

driving to Pelican Beach. He needs this vacation because he works at the Ace Dynamite Factory. He has to make sure that all of the dynamite is safely packed into boxes before it’s loaded onto trucks to be shipped. He needs a lot of peace and quiet. Pelican Beach is usually a very quiet place. He always goes there on his vacation_____________ because there are no noisy crowds, no _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ loud noises, no loud music, and, especially, no fireworks. Even the seagulls

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are quiet.

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As he arrived at the Pelican Beach Hotel and began to take his

_____________ ______out _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ ___ suitcase of his_____________ car, he _____________ thought he heard... [ finish the story ] __________ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ ©Remedia Publications

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[ story title ]

Duffy Ziltch was looking at the clock.

“Oh great,” he said, “it’s

almost 5:00 and I can’t wait to go go home!” Duffy runs the Lost and Found Found Department at the Bovine City Bus Station. Station. It was packed with all the items people leave behind on buses. He had suitcases, eyeglasses, bowling balls, false teeth, birdcages, and even a piano. Just as Duffy was about to turn off the lights, Nelson Noodle, the bus driver who usually drives the

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bus to Walrus Falls, came through the door.

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“Duffy, don’t close up yet! I have something here that someone left

_____________ _______ _____________ _____________ _____________ behind on my bus.”______________ Duffy couldn’t see_____________ what Nelson was_____________ holding_________ because __ he

backed into the room. Nelson suddenly turned around,_____________ and there in his __ _____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ arms was a very large chimpanzee.

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“Hey!” Duffy shouted, “You can’t bring a monkey in here!”

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Sally Sneed is a scientist.

[ story title ]

She studies the plants that grow in cold

climates. A month ago, Sally received a letter from Dr. Lester Lumpit, a world-famous scientist. The letter said: “Dear Sally, I have discovered something very strange in the mountains of Antarctica. Would you be interested in coming to Antarctica? I need your help with a new discovery.

Sincerely, Dr. Lester Lumpit

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P.S.: Please hurry!”

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Sally made plans to go right away. After traveling by jet, she finally

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reached Antarctica. Dr. Lumpit met her at the airport. They decided to

_____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ travel to _____________ the mountains the next morning to_____________ see the _____________ new discovery.

As _____________ they rode_____________ to the _____________ mountains_____________ on snowmobiles, Dr. Lumpit said,___ “I am _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ __________ so glad you are here, Sally._____________ I’ve never seen_____________ anything _____________ like this__________ in all the___ _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ years I have hav e worked wor ked here. h ere. I never nev er thought t hought I would woul d see a giant...” gian t...”

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Nelson Noodle was driving his bus back to the Bovine City Bus Station. Suddenly his beeper went off. He looked down at the tiny display and read the message, “See the boss when you get back.” When he got back, he knocked on the door, which was half open. “You wanted to see me, Mrs. Ginch?” Nelson asked nervously. “Nelson, please sit down. down. I have a job for you...an unusual job,” she _____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ said as she swiveled around in her big chair. “A group of magicians is having _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __

an annual convention right here in Bovine City,” she continued, “and they

_____________ _______ _____________ _____________ __ want a bus_____________ to take______________ them around to see all the_____________ sights. _____________ Will you_________ do it?” she

asked. _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ “Well, I guess it wouldn’t be too_____________ tough _____________ driving some magicians _____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ around,” he said. “Sure, Mrs. Ginch, I’ll do do it.”


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Arnold Sharpel works at Dave’s Superhighway Hotel on Highway 99. He used to work in the laundry room and was responsible for washing all the towels. He did such a good job, he was promoted to assistant manager. Arnold was a little worried because the manager, Elmo Flecktone, was going on vacation. Arnold would be in charge of the hotel for two weeks. Elmo had told him not to_____________ worry,_____________ but Arnold began_____________ to think_____________ of all the things ___ that _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ __________ could possibly go wrong.

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“What if the electricity goes off?” he thought. “What if there is an

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accident or lots of people start to complain about the food or their

_____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ rooms?” It was 9:00 in the morning_____________ and Arnold was behind the front ___ desk. _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ ___ Everything was going fine _____________ and Arnold was was beginning to relax.__________ Just then a

huge bus _____________ pulled up _____________ in the parking lot._____________ [ finish the story ] _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ ©Remedia Publications

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There was news at the Ace Bowling Ball Factory.

Arney Beagle, who

drills holes into the bowling balls, had heard that the company was going to make a big announcement. As he pulled into the parking lot, he saw Arnel Wheese, the president of the Ace Bowling Ball Company. Mr. Wheese began to speak, “We have decided to buy a new machine, the Winsock 2000 Bowling Ball Drilling Robot which will _____________ be controlled by a_____________ huge computer. _____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ This robot will drill all the holes in our bowling balls from now on! I also

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want to announce that I am giving Arney Beagle a new job. He will be in _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __

charge of the Winsock 2000 Bowling Ball Drilling Robot.”

_____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _________ Arney did not know what to say._____________ He did_____________ not want_____________ to be in charge __ of a _____________ _______that _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ computer was______________ taking over his job. He did not know know what _________ to do. __ [ finish the story ]

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The Bovine City Restaurant is very busy.

Pearl Magillicuty is the

manager and cook at the restaurant. There is another restaurant in town. It’s called Jake’s Fine Food, but most people go to the Bovine City Restaurant because they like Pearl’s cooking. Lately, some strange things have been going on. Someone left little cards on some of the seats. They read, “The food in_____________ this restaurant is_____________ no good! Save your money! ...A ___ _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ friend”

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“Who could be leaving these cards?” Pearl wondered. She was in the

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kitchen chopping all the cabbages so she could cook some cabbage soup. It _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ was usually the Tuesday Night Special at the Bovine _____________ City Restaurant. As _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ she was chopping, she noticed a note_____________ inside _____________ one of the cartons of cabbages.

It said, “Give up now or else!” _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ Pearl was worried now. Who could be doing this?


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Nelson Noodle is a bus driver for the Bovine City Bus Company.

He

was driving on the highway and he was thinking, “I wish something exciting would happen.” Suddenly he noticed an old man standing by the side of the road carrying a big package. He was waving one hand to flag flag down the bus. Nelson stopped the______________ bus. The man had on a huge, gray _____________ overcoat_________ and he wore _____________ _______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __ a hat pulled down over his eyes.

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“Going to Walrus Falls, mister?” Nelson asked. The man stepped up

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onto the bus carrying the big package. “That will be $3.75, please.” Nelson _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __

held out his hand. The man took out his wallet, gave Nelson the money, and _____________ _______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ quickly took a seat______________ near the_____________ back. _____________

“That’s strange,” Nelson thought. “He never said_____________ a word._________ I wonder _____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __ why he is carrying that huge_____________ package.” [ finish the story ] _____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ C REATIVE W RITING FUNbook of C REATIVE W RITING

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Biff Wigget operates a huge bubble gum cutting machine at the Ace Bubble Gum Factory. He was working one day when an announcement came over the loudspeaker. “May I have your attention please!” it boomed. “I have the great pleasure of announcing that Ace Bubble Gum Factory has been bought by Luther Lugnut’s Mega Farms! As you know, know, it is the largest producer of synthetic synthetic vegetable flavors. Together we plan to bring out a _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ new line of bubble gum called Vitagum. It will be available in the following

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flavors: spinach, broccoli, carrot, corn, and brussel sprout. I know you will _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ continue to do a fine job for me and_____________ for Luther Lugnut!” [ finish the story ] _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ ©Remedia Publications

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Smiley Furnoose used to raise cattle in his garage.

Unfortunately,

his neighbors were very unhappy living next door to cattle, so he had to move. His new ranch is called the Lazy B and he has a lot of cattle. Last year he had ha d 50,000 50, 000 steers s teers,, cows, cow s, and an d calves. cal ves. Nino Giblet Gible t is the ranch r anch manager. It is his job to see that all the cattle are rounded up and counted. _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ Smiley was in______________ the ranch office _____________ when Nino came running in. “Boss, __ I _____________ _______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ can’t believe it! I don’t know how to tell you this. The boys and I were

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going to count the cattle, but... Boss, they are all gone!”


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Gloria Gussit fixes all the dishwashers, washing machines, refrigerators, and microwaves at Linda Bink’s Fix-It Shop. She was known all over Bovine City as the person to call if you have a problem with an appliance. Gloria and Linda were in the shop when the phone rang. “Linda Bink’s _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ Fix-It Shop, Linda_____________ Bink speaking.” speaking.” Linda always answered answ_____________ ered the__________ phone. ___ “You where ? _____________ want Gloria Gussit _____________ to come_____________ ...to fix _____________ what? Is_____________ this some kind of _____________ ______ _____________ __________ ___

joke?” joke? ” Linda shouted shoute d into int o the th e phone. pho ne. “Sure I’ll tell her ... . .. uh huh ... . .. okay... o kay...

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goodbye.” Linda sat down at her desk. She reached over and flipped a _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___

switch on the intercom so she could speak to the people in the shop.

_____________ ______you _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ ___ “Gloria, better_____________ come to_____________ the office. I just got a call from__________ The White

House! They want_____________ you to fix the presidential microwave! They’re sending _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ a helicopter here now.”


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Lulu Werble delivers all the mail in town.

She has worked worked for the

post office for 10 years. She is also a deputy sheriff, a member of the volunteer fire department, a private investigator for the Open Eyes Detective Agency, and a former trapeze performer for Zlinger Brothers Circus. She was on her mail route, walking down East Clinker Street, when she noticed a strange truck_____________ parked about two_____________ houses down. “Sid’s Socks _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ Are the Very Best! Put Your Feet in Our Socks!” was written in big red

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letters along the back and on both sides sides of the truck. “That’s strange,”

_____________ _______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ thought Lulu, “Sid’s______________ Sock Shop is closed for two weeks. Sid asked me to

hold all his_____________ mail because he’s_____________ going to_____________ visit his_____________ Uncle Chester in_________ Freezing__ _____________ _______ ______________ _____________ Hands, North Dakota. I better have_____________ a closer_____________ look at that truck!” _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ [ finish the story ]

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[ story title ]

ern Lobbit is the gardener at Ajax Elementary School. V ern

His biggest

job is mowing mo wing the t he lawn la wn all al l around ar ound the school s chool.. It takes ta kes him h im 24 hours because the lawn and the football field are huge. huge. He was riding on his mower cutting the grass when he looked down and saw a large hole. There was a pile of dirt next to the hole, a really big pile. As he shut his mower off and walked toward the_____________ hole, he _____________ noticed _____________ the other_____________ holes that were ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ __________ hidden by the tall grass. There were at least a dozen giant holes with dirt _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___

beside them. Vern looked down into one of the holes. “I wonder what kind

_____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ of animal_____________ made these?” he_____________ thought _____________ nervously. “It can’t be gophers... unless

the gophers are the size of my dining room _____________ table!” _____________ [ finish the __________ story ] _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ ©Remedia Publications

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[ story title ]

The Open Eyes Detective Agency gets a lot of calls.

Lulu Werble

works as a private investigator. She also delivers the mail, is a firefighter, a deputy sheriff, and a former trapeze performer. She was in the office when the phone rang. “Open Eyes Detective Agency. How can we help you?” she said. s aid. “Hello... this ______________ is Nino Feeney. Is_____________ this Lulu?” he asked quickly. _____________ _______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ “Yes,_____________ this is ______________ Lulu; what’s the problem?” she asked. _____________ _______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ “Well, you see, I don’t_____________ have a car so I ride my bicycle to_________ my job at__ _____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ the Donut Factory. It’s 116 miles away, so I have to start riding when when it is _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __

still dark.”

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“Okay, but how can we help you?” Lulu questioned.

_____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ “I need you to find out_____________ who is trying to_____________ run me off Highway 99 every _____________ _______ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ morning at_____________ about 6:15!” [ finish the story ]_____________ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ C REATIVE W RITING FUNbook of C REATIVE W RITING

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Erleen Splurge and her goldfish, Buster, are one of the most popular acts in the Zlinger Brothers Traveling Circus. Buster is the world’s largest and heaviest goldfish. goldfish. He weighs 16 pounds and measures 25 inches from nose to tail. Erleen has had Buster since he was a tiny goldfish. She enjoys showing Buster to all the people. He even does a few tricks. _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ For_____________ the last _____________ few days, Erleen _____________ has noticed a change in Buster. Usually

Buster swims around his tank and does a few jumps when Erleen comes___ into _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ the room. Now Buster Buster just swims in place and looks at Erleen. Usually

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Buster has a great appetite and eats all the food Erleen sprinkles into the

_____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ tank. Now, Buster_____________ just takes a few_____________ bites and looks sad. _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ ___ “I wonder w_____________ onder what is wrong with _____________ Buster?”_____________ Erleen _____________ thought,__________ “I wonder wonder

why he looks so sad?” [ finish the story ]_____________ _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ ©Remedia Publications

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[ story title ]

The annual Walrus Falls Bowl-O-Rama starts in two days.

The best

bowlers from everywhere will compete. Chester Bigalow is the best bowler in Walrus Falls. He always wins the Bowl-O-Rama. Chester was practicing when he noticed a newspaper someone had left behind. It was open to an article about the Walrus Falls Bowl-O-Rama. Chester picked it up and read: “An unknown bowler has entered the annual

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Walrus Falls Bowl-O-Rama. Nothing is known about him and he has refused _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __

all interviews. Our sources tell us he is very, very good. Chester Bigalow is _____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ going to have a tough job winning again this year.” _____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ __ Chester sat down. He_____________ began to_____________ feel a little nervous. “I _________ wonder who

this new contestant is?” he _____________ thought. _____________ He decided to practice a_________ lot more!__ _____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ [ finish the story ]

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[ story title ]

The busiest place on Highway 99 is Nino and Gus’s Hubcaps Galore. Nino and Gus polish hubcaps and replace lost hubcaps. There are a lot of cars traveling on Highway 99 and some of them lose hubcaps. Nino called to Gus, “Hey Gus, come over here for a minute!” “What’s the matter, Nino?” Gus asked . _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ “I was polishing a hubcap on this car and it suddenly fell off... and

look what_____________ was hidden inside!” he answered excitedly. _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ There on the ground was a little box. It looked like the kind that

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holds an extra key. Nino reached down and picked it up. Inside was a gold _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___

coin.

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“Wow! Do you think this belongs to the owner of the car?” Nino

_____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ asked in a_____________ low voice.

“I don’t think_____________ so,” answered Gus. “I remember that the__________ Walrus Falls _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ ___ Museum a robbery last month.” [ finish the story ] _____________ ______reported _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ ©Remedia Publications

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[ story title ]

All the people in Bovine City had heard about the dognappers.

They

had heard of missing dogs in Walrus Falls. People in Bovine City reported to the police that their dogs were missing, too. After a few hours, the dog owner would receive a phone call. The voice on the phone always said the same thing. “If you want to see your dog again, again, leave $500.00 in small bills in locker number number 14 at the Bovine City Bus Station.” The police

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investigated, but they could not catch the dognappers.

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Ernie Niblit usually left his dog Mylo out in the front yard because he

_____________ _______ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ chewed up _____________ everything in sight when he was inside the house. Mylo also __ eats

at least three 25-pound bags of dog _____________ food every day. When Mylo doesn’t _____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ get his food, he gets really angry.

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Ernie was coming home from work and as he pulled up in front of his

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house, he couldn’t see Mylo. Mylo was missing!



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[ story title ]

Lulu Werble is a member of the Walrus Falls Volunteer Fire Department. She also delivers all the mail, works as a private investigator, investigator, and is a former trapeze performer for the Zlinger Brothers Traveling Circus. Lulu was at the fire station inspecting all the fire hoses when a call came to the station. “It’s for you, Lulu!” a voice called out. “It’s your boss at the Open Eyes Detective Agency._____________ He wants you to_____________ come over right___ away. _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ There is something strange going on at the Lazy B Cattle Ranch. All of the _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___

cattle are missing!”


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[ story title ]

Herb Sherbert was going on vacation.

He paints the white lines on

all the highways for the highway department. He likes to do things on vacation that have nothing to do with painting white lines on highways. Herb has a dream. He wants to be the first person in the world to row across the Atlantic Ocean. He has been practicing for three years on a _____________ lake. Now he is ready for_____________ his big trip. As he drove his car toward the__ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ coast, he began to think about his dream. “I think I am ready to row

_____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __

across the Atlantic,” he said to himself. “I have been practicing for three _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __

years. I can’t can ’t think th ink of o f anything anyt hing that t hat could c ould go wrong. wr ong. I can swim, I have hav e

_____________ _______ _____________ _____________ _____________ plenty of food and______________ water, and I have _____________ a computer that _____________ tells me_________ where I __ am

and how far I am from land.” [ finish the story ] _____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __ C REATIVE W RITING FUNbook of C REATIVE W RITING

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Name

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[ story title ]

Nina Spleen was driving home from her job at Nino’s Video Store . She was just turning into her driveway when she noticed a huge package sitting on her front front steps. It was wrapped in brown paper, and it had a large, red bow on top. As Nina walked closer to the stairs, she saw that there was a note attached to the top of the_____________ package._____________ She tore it off,_____________ and began to read. _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ “You_____________ have been selected to receive this free gift from __________ the Loomis _____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ ___ Robot Company! That’s right...free! Please read the instruction booklet

_____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___

VERY CAREFULLY! Your personal robot is able to do many household tasks _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___

that you must do now. Remember to read ALL the instructions before

_____________ ______ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ using your_____________ robot. _____________ [ finish the _____________ story ] _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ _____________ ___________________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ __________ ___ ©Remedia Publications

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Name

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[ story title ]

Nino Feeney works for the Ajax Pillow and Blanket Company.

He has

been trying to invent a new pillow for the company. His boss, Harvey Gallop, is always calling him to ask if the new secret Super Pillow is ready. Finally after six months, Nino was ready to show his boss the Super Pillow. As Mr. Gallop came into Nino’s office, Nino was taking the Super Pillow out of a large case. “Here, Mr._____________ Gallop, _____________ put the pillow on_________ my desk __ and _____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ sit down. Then put your head down on the pillow and tell me what you think. _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __

Mr. Gallop sat down and put his head on the Super Super Pillow. As Nino searched _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __

for some test results, he couldn’t wait any longer.

_____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __

“Well, Mr. Gallop, how do you like it?” he asked hopefully. But there

_____________ _______ _____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ __ was no answer. There was no answer_____________ because_____________ Mr. Gallop was fast f_________ ast asleep! _____________ ____________________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _________ __



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