Tall Tale Stories
The way to become a legend is through a Tall Tale, right?
Our work in Figurative Language techniques begins with the use of hyperbole, also known as the art of extreme exaggeration. Your task was to write a short tall tale story about some real life event and then use hyperbole to add some creativity to the story.
CLICK HERE to use the comment link to post your story (remember: no last names and remove anything in your tall tale that might identify who you are). I may collect them all and republish as a website.
– Mr. Hodgson, the 100,000-foot-tall teacher of millions of eager students.
March 24th, 2008 at 11:53 am
One day I went to a park. I was playing air tag with my friends. I jumped and landed on my back with only a broken bone. It seems so strange because I fell from a hundred stories. So I grab my healer and heal myself. But I thought it work to well and it did. My legs suddenly turn to steel. I scream but then everything stopped. So I started running away the next second. I was running so fast that I ran across the Earth in less than 10 seconds. Then strange things started happening. Everything I look at wasn’t familiar to me, anything. Then I knew what happened. I ran so fast that I went back in time. So I ran in the opposite direction. Then I look around. Everything looked familiar. Well almost everything. I found out I was missing for six months.
March 24th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Tall Tale
Once there was a fishing derby in Easthampton. So I went to it with my grandma, my uncle CB, and my dad. I brought all my fishing stuff thinking I was going to catch one fish 7-9 inches like usual. But things don’t go as the way people plane them sometimes there with no fish and fishing pole still in the pond. I took the fishing pole and I just held it still but then I got a bite, I did everything I needed to but the fish was to strong so I couldn’t pull it, so I gave it to my uncle CB but he pulled and pulled and pulled but he couldn’t get it either so he gave it back to me but I gave it to my dad and my dad pulled and pulled and pulled, still nothing he pulled once more as hard as he could, then he pulled and he got it out went flying through the air and it landed 2 inches from my head!! It was scary. But then we tried to put it in the trunk of my dad’s truck but it didn’t work. Well it dad but it was way to bug so we tried something else. Then ½ an hour later we thought of something. We got 40 skateboards and lined them up with 4 in each row but 10 going down. That worked! Even though we had a head and a tail dragging on the ground we still tied it to my bike and I rode all the way home. Then my dad and my uncle CB cooked the fish and the 4 of us ate it all up all byes ourselves.…….. So we were fishing and I got thirsty so I went to go get a drink. While I went to get a drink my dad fished for me. When I got back they were still just standing
March 24th, 2008 at 11:54 am
How I got braces. One day I was walking down the hallway with straight perfect teeth. Since I had to get something from my locker I spotted Mario. He was talking Italian so I didn’t know what he was saying. Then Peach offered me some tea. I drank the tea then POOF! I turned into Drybones. My teeth were taken away by Mario’s staring eyes. Then Yoshi with an afro came out with Bowser right behind him with a mohawk. Yoshi told me he was going to turn me back to my regular self. Yoshi ate me and then coughed me up in an egg. Then Bowser blew fire on the egg and I came out of the egg like myself but with horrible teeth. When I opened my eyes I saw a hippy Wario and a goth Luigi.
The End
March 24th, 2008 at 11:56 am
One day I was playing basketball against the strange Easthampton team. There coach made them eat “magic” energy drinks. In about ten seconds they turned into giants! So it was the end of the 4th quarter and Easthampton was up by 5. So I felt something weird going on in my tummy. The next time coach put me in I grew wings! 10 seconds left I passed it 2 Alexandra and she made a three pointer. We rolled the ball then made another 3 pointer (aaaaaannnnnntttttttttt) the game is over! We won! Hurray!
March 24th, 2008 at 11:57 am
One day I was boasting that I could smile Mr. Hodgson out of the room. I tried for hours and hours. Finally, I gave up. I turned around, and he had shrunk. I had a gift.
March 24th, 2008 at 11:58 am
One day I was going for a walk with my dog. She had a lot of energy. It was so hot outside, that every car that drove by melted. The people turned into fish (with Ryan’s hairdo). Then they disappeared. Then it started raining the cars and fish. After we went inside the cars and people came back to normal.
The End!!
March 24th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Tall Tale
One day I had a friend over and all of the sudden the power went out. I grabbed my cell phone and called my dad there was no answer. All of the sudden the closet door opened and a huge green monster came out and said you better run or I’m going to eat you for breakfast. We screamed our heads off and started running out of the room. He was chasing after us saying “hey breakfast where are you going?” We ran as fast as we could and all of the sudden a portal appeared right behind us and the big green monster ran right into it and back to monster town. We fell to the ground with a big thump and my dad came into my room and said is everything alright in here? We said now it is he said ok and shut the door. That big green monster never returned.
By Kaity Daysh
March 24th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Once I went to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. When I got there the place was taken over by Donald Ducks. I started punching them and they were launched 3000 ft in the air. Then a robot Mickey came and started beating Donald Ducks up. Then when we got to the Cinderella Castle we saw a giant Stitch. He spewed acid spit at us but he missed. Then Goofy in a hippy costume came and started to throw flowers everywhere. Then robot Mickey grabbed Goofy and threw him at giant Stitch, but Stitch ate Goofy and laid an egg. Goofy popped out and turned Goth then walked away. Then Miney on a rocket came and headed toward Stitch but she missed and crashed. Then I saw an abandoned warehouse. I ran toward it and I found some sort of ray. I ran out and shot Stitch. He shrank to the size of an ant. Mickey went to him and flicked him off the castle. Then I went home.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Tall tale__
This is a tall tale about a pig. ) One day I was walking down the hall and then I saw a flying pig. I got on its back. Then before I new it I was slicing threw the air outside. And then the wings on the pig disappeared. I was falling threw thin air and I was falling like 20 miles per hours towards the ground. Then right before I hit the ground I appeared back at school in mr.hodgsons room. He said stop falling asleep and I said sorry I wont do it again then I looked out the window and I saw the pig that was in my dreams but then I started to hear voices and it sounded like mr.hodgson and then suddenly I woke up and my head was on my sleeves I lifted my head and then he said stop day dreaming I said ok sorry and then it was the end of the day of school and I went home and slept.
The end …..
March 24th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Truth story: I was in Greece and I was hot so I went inside for some shade.
Tall Tale:
I was in Greece and it was so hot outside people were able to put an egg on the sidewalk for a nice breakfast. I was walking on the sidewalk that day and suddenly cars stopped, then I couldn’t move, I looked down and saw my shoes melted to the ground. Some parts of the road were on fire, I was in trouble. I slipped my shoes off but stayed on them. I then remembered my house was shaded so I would be safe there. So I jumped over a fence and started running through buildings and under trees finally all I had to do was cross one small road. I backed up then ran and jumped… I made it! The end!
March 24th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Tall Tale
By: Allison
One hot summer day, I was walking my dog, Shaggy outside in my font yard, and I decided that he needed more exercise, so I started walking him down the street and around the block. All of a sudden, we came upon a group of gangsta cats. They were mean to all of the animals on the street, so we tried to ignore them as we walked by them. They said to us… “ Hey you! Punks why are you guys crossing my sidewalk?! It’s ours! Get off now, or we will meow at you till you leave.” I said “ why do you guys have to be so mean? Why can’t we all be a big happy family?” “ well I don’t think that that’s a good idea to back sass me like that!” Well then tata to you! “ FINE! We better not see you ever again on our sidewalk!” so we kept on walking on our way. Then we came upon two giant goats, they were running and playing. Then they started dancing! It was so weird that I couldn’t believe it! We asked them what they were doing and then all of a sudden they vanished! Oh my gosh that was incredible! When we finally got home, I told my mom everything that happened and she didn’t believe it one bit! I was very mad at her. I will never forget what happened on that hot summer day. That’s why I don’t walk my dog out of my front yard anymore.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
It had seemed like such a normal day at home when I realized I was having a bloody nose! I was thinking uh oh because it was 9:00 at night. My bloody nose had gotten so bad that I had to go to the sink because blood was pouring everywhere! It kept bleeding until 10:00 at night. I thought I was going to die so I said my good byes to my family, but then finally a miracle happened! I didn’t die. I thought to myself what a nightmare!
March 24th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
One day I was bored in a lamb store. I was sitting on a blue chair near about 30 lamps. Than I saw a pink lamp shade with yellow sparkles and white polka dots for some weird reason I sat on it and then it flew into the air. All of a sudden he blasted off full speed out of the store. I was freaking out! He flew down the highway! Then I fell through it and it looked like I had a funny looking dress on. Then I crashed! I was laughing so hard then we flew home.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
One day I was playing Call Of Duty 4. I was trying to get my rank up. But after a match of hardcore search and destroy. I was suddenly in the game. Everyone had a gun but me. So I was running around dodging millions of bullets. And jumping off 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,990 ft. tall buildings. While I was still running a frag grenade hit me n the head. But the pin was still in it so it didn’t explode. Then I disappeared and reappeared in strike. Then after hours of hiding and dogging bullets. And getting hit in the head with a grenade. I had time to call a helicopter to come get me. They came and got me. The war ended shortly after and the marine force recon had won.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Tall Tale
Brianna
One day I was going out for recess. My friends Amanda, Kaity and Laura were already out for recess because I told them I needed to go to the library. When I got my jacket out of my locker, I went down to the library. No one was there which was strange. I called “Mrs. Mari?” No answer. Again I called “Mrs. Mari?” all of a sudden I heard a “meow” coming from behind Mrs. Mari’s desk. “Hello?” I said. “Meow.” I looked behind Mrs. Mari’s desk and I saw a cute little kitten. I picked up the little kitten and held it in my palm. I asked the kitten where the Pyramid books are and the kitten pointed her claw to the “non fiction” section. “Thank you” I said. When I was about to leave the kitten just sat there on the desk and I felt bad because kittens aren’t allowed in school. I took the kitten with me and put in my backpack and played with it all night long. The next morning I had library and Mrs. Mari was there. Weird..!
March 24th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
I was just walking down the hallway and I went to my locker. When I opened my locker there was this huge gigantic elephant in my locker. I began to think why this elephant was in my locker. I closed my locker quickly. I opened it back up. Oh no a tiger! This time I closed it for good. I opened it this last time there was absolutely nothing in my locker. I thought I was just dreaming but I know I saw two animals a tiger, and an elephant. I opened it back up there was the elephant again. I left my locker open to see if this strange animal would come out. All the sudden it came out and ran out the school door. I wondered for the rest of the day why those two animals were even in our school plus in my locker. That was a very, strange day for me!!!!!!
March 24th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Margaret March 21, 2008
My room is a pigsty!
One day when I came home from school I went up to my room. I slipped of my shoes and through them on them on the floor. What a mess I thought. There where clothes all over the place, scattered on the ground. Every possible surface was covered with junk. My closet was filled with a confusion of stuff I shoved in there when I ‘tidied’ my room. Oh well I’ll clean it tomorrow. That’s what I always say, I know. I left my room to go downstairs to grab a snack.
When I got back I couldn’t believe my eyes. There were pigs, yes pigs, in my room. I’ve heard the expression your room is a pigsty, but I mean come on my room isn’t really that messy ok it is. What am I going to do with these pigs , I thought. If mom sees them she’ll absolutely freak. All of a sudden I got an idea. If I clean my room maybe the pigs will go away. So I clean my room and sure enough the pigs went away, to where I don’t know but as long as there out of my room I’m happy. I plopped down on my bed and let out a sigh of relief. It’s nice to have a clean room and trust me my room will never be that messy again.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Cameron
It all started on a Saturday morning. I woke up and there was my cat Fluffy. It seemed awkward because he never is in my bed when I wake up or go to sleep. I figured that he was hungry so I got up gave him food and went back to bed. THUMP!! He jumped onto my lap and kept staring at me. That was when he started to freak me out! I pushed him off of me and he kept staring at me. Then I realized his mane was getting bigger and more and more orange and he was a gray cat. BOOM!! Next thing I know I am staring at a lion! ROARRR!! Then I realized that he wanted his special food. I gave him his special food and with a “POP” he was back to normal.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
It was 5AM, when I get up every school day. I was walking out of my room when I heard a noise that sounded like someone walking around the house. I ran back into my room and shut the door, my pulse roaring in my ears.
After I had calmed down a bit, I slowly opened the door to reveal two pairs of big beady eyes and the face looked like …
“A raccoon! ” I exclaimed. “ But why are there raccoons in my house?” I thought for a minute. “ Are you my cats?”
One of the raccoons looked at me with sad eyes and I knew, those where my cats.
“But there are only two of you! Where’s the other one?”
Then I saw her, a regular cat, walking up to me. She let a small “meow” out and I put a finger to my lips.
“ Shhhh!”
I tip-toed over to my dad, who was asleep on the couch and noticed he was a bear!
I flicked my finger and my dad was himself again, and I flicked my finger again and my “raccoons” were my cats again. I laughed.
“If you were changed into animals, I can only imagine what my sister looks like!” I told my cats.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Tall Tale
One day I was on my way to Florida in a plane. It was really warm out that day. As we were flying I noticed that I had sprouted wings. I thought to myself wow this is really weird. Maybe I was dreaming. Then another plane started coming at us. The plane was out of control. I broke open the window and used my wing to fly over to the plan. I grabbed onto the wing of the plan and spun it over y head. I sent it crashing into a mountain of foam so no one got hurt. Everyone started cheering yeaaaaa!!!! I had saved the day. When the plan finally landed we got off and everyone went
to the beach.
The End
March 24th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
One day I was playing soccer with a couple of friends. I had the ball and when I kicked it for a goal the ball had flames coming from the back of it, actually it was going so fast that it went through the netting of the goal and it kept on going. In less than 10 minutes the ball had gone around the world 50 times! Then it went into outer space. Some people say you can still see the ball in space but I don’t believe it, I mean how unrealistic is that?
March 24th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
The day my dog turned into a Twinkie…..
One day I walked into my living room, when I tried to pet my dog his fur was silky and
Smooth, and felt rather chocolaty!! And I went to my friends house, and three hours was
still their and as twinkiesh as ever! He had also drooling witch seemed like cream! So I
figured out a solution, I grabbed the phone from my sister and she yelled and yelled!! So
loud it woke my dog up and he lived to be a Beagle another day!!!
March 24th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Anna
March 21, 2008
The Giant Taco Tall Tale
It was a Thursday! Taco day at school and I was ready to meet up with my friends so we could sit together. We went into the cafeteria and saw that the Taco’s had come alive and had already ate one of the lunch ladies. Everybody was running in panic out of the building. I wasn’t doing well in math class and I knew defeating these giant tacos would bring up my grade, because tacos are my math teachers favorite food. So I chased after the tacos up and down the stairs, through the gym, and out on the playground. I got together with some of my soccer buddies and we kicked soccer balls at the tacos. It only broke through the shell. So I got together with some of my softball buddies and we hit softballs at the tacos and it smashed all the tacos. My math grade did go up and my friends and I all got medals for beating the tacos. Though I really don’t think I ever want to eat a taco ever, ever, ever, ever again!
March 24th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
One day I was at Blanford and I was snowboarding. As I was snowboarding Blanford started to erupt and Blanford had turned into a volcano. So I stared down the mountain to get no the ski lift. When I got on the ski lift they didn’t turn it off so I had to lava surf down. When I got all the way down I look down and saw that all that was left was my shoes and binding.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
The basketball hoop that was too big
I was getting dressed for my championship basketball game and I saw the time it was 7:30. I told my mom we needed be there at 7:30. So I went out and said to my mom that we needed to go. So we left to the game. It was a 50 minute drive. I got there just in time to play. I didn’t get to practice. I looked at the hoop and went to the coach and said, that hoop is higher than 10 feet. The coach said it is 10 feet tall. Then my coach put me out in the game. Then matt passed it to me and I shot it and I air balled the shot. The coach yelled at me and I said I cant help itthe hoop is too high. Then I looked at the ground in disappointment and then said why am I so close to the ground. The coach said because you are 2 feet tall. That story ended as he was too small and that is the reason the basketball hoop was too tall for him.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Tall Tale by: Dj
Once upon a time I was playing soccer and I was against a team called Real Madrid. I was on a team called Barcelona and it was a good game so far, but then II realized I was in a video game and I was also on my favorite soccer team. I was playing right midfield and I was running the Ronaldiniho passed it to me then all of the sudden I got tripped in the goalie box and it was a penalty shot. I was getting ready to take my shot and then I was ready to shoot so I ran towards the soccer ball and shot it, it skims the goalies hands in the upper 90 corner, and goes in. and the crowed went wild. After I scored all my teammates were jumping on me as a celebration, like in a real soccer game. I was so happy my family was also watching me and I was on my favorite soccer Players team. That was the best moment of my life, and we won the game.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
One day I went to a theme park. Then I wanted to go on my first roller coaster ride, I was 8 years old. My best friend , had to go on with me. I thought it would be a great thing to try. My friend and I and I took our seats. Then the coaster started to move. The track started to transform. It went so fast I probably couldn’t even explain. Then we zoomed up a huge drop. The coaster jerked to a stop. We sat there for about 3 minutes waiting to see what would happen next. We were resting on nothing but a metal track, I looked down. I saw little dots for people and squares for buildings. Then zoom! We went down the drop, my eyes started to pour out a river in stead of just blurring. It happened again, and again. It happened again. We went up a even bigger drop. Then we came catapulting down back to the earth. We went on a really sharp turn ,again, again ,and again. The coaster started to go to the end. I could see all the anxious people waiting to go on next. Of course it was so fun. Then I went on again.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
On a cold winter day my dad asks us if we wanted to go and take skiing lessons with my cousins. We said sure. When we got there we saw our cousins. When we got on the snow I couldn’t move. When the teacher came skiing down the hill it was like he was a giant. When the giant came and said he was our teacher. When we learned he took us on the chair lift. He didn’t take us down the black diamond. I was happy. I When the lesson was over we kept skiing. Then after an hour we went home.
By Sarah G
March 24th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Tall Tale
Tomorrow I have a soccer game, and we are playing the hungry bulls. So the next day my team and I were at the field waiting. When all of a sudden we see a huge trailer and on the side of it, it says the hungry bulls. So we figured it must be the other team. I heard one of my teammate’s say they must be big kids (which was mean). Once the other team got out of the trailer we noticed that they were all bulls, not kids so we thought that they must not be the team then we all realized that they all had tee-shirts that say the hungry bulls on them. So we all laughed thinking it was a joke but then the referee called captains and so I walked up and also one of the bulls walked up. I was confused but the ref didn’t say anything. So the game begun. It was quite weird to be playing against bulls in soccer. I scored a goal and the bulls got so mad that they all turned into bulls, we realized when they are mad they turn into kids so we kept them all mad. At the end of the game it was 56 to 4 and we won. So the kids/bulls got in the trailer. So my team all went home as winners.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I once was climbing a very large tree then half way up and elephant started to chase me. It was so big that I thought that it kept growing and growing. The higher that I got the warmer that it would get. Then all of a sudden it got colder and colder. I was looking around and I found myself in heaven. I saw God and he told me to go right and keep running. He said that I would find myself at a giant ladder and he told me to climb it. The farther that I got the more animals started to chase me. Some of them of course were faster than the other. I got to a waterfall that kept going down and down. If I fell I would be dead half way down. All of a sudden an angel came and picked me up and we flew over it. Then the angel just dropped me. The animals had to go around to a shallow place and cross. It didn’t take them very long and yet they were right behind me. This told me I had to run faster and that I couldn’t waste time. I ran for another 30 minutes straight and then I came to a waffle house. I looked at my watch and I was very hungry because I hadn’t had lunch. I was very mad that I couldn’t get any. So, I think you can tell that I kept running. I could see the ladder coming up. When I got to the ladder I started to climb. The animals grew human legs and started to climb. I got to the top and I was at the top. So were the animals and then they were back to normal. I was getting very hot and to get back to the ladder I would have to go by the angry animals so I jumped off the side and I found my self in my bed. I was in my PJs too. Well all I knew was that I was home. But there was only one problem. I had animal posters all over my wall and they were staring at me.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
After my morning work I got settled in my chair at my desk. I listened to Mr. Meunier. It was the day of picking Quidditch names! Mr. Meunier wrote all the names that the class suggested all on the chalkboard, and we were told 5 votes for each kid in the class. We all put our heads down on our desks. NO PEAKING! There were 48 names on the board. Hmmmm…. There was Toxic Rush (that name we chose for our Quidditch name.), Ninjas, Toxic Ninjas, Mist, Nightmares, and so many more! He called out Ninjas? I didn’t know who raised their hands because I had my head down, but I know I didn’t. Then I started hearing all of these strange noises! I know it was wrong and we weren’t supposed to but I put up my head and I looked around. There were people all over the classroom, dressed in all black, masks, gloves, and exedra. They were making weird noises like “hauula, huaaa, ozona, and oooya.” YAH, every time they moved to touched something. MY CLASS MATES HAD TURNED INTO NINJAS! When we were done ninjas only had two votes so Mr. Meunier erased the word Ninjas off of the board with the chalkboard eraser. POP! POP! POP! All the people that had raised their hands for Ninjas had become their normal selves again. That was really weird because Mr. Meunier didn’t say anything. I think I was seeing things! What had come over me? If Mr. Meunier had ever seen that he would have been going nuts! He would have been wondering why the kids were Ninjas. Plus all the boys in my class would have gotten up, and started giggling and laughing along with the Ninjas. Maybe even copying them or maybe they didn’t see them at all. This was really weird. I don’t think I would want to be anywhere near ninjas because they’re annoying!
March 24th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
New York City, New York
One day my family and I went to New York City for a little vacation. We were driving on a traffic jammed road when it started to rain big fat elephants and tigers! One elephant landed on the roof of my car and then meowed like a helpless cat stuck in a fifty-foot tall tree in the middle of nowhere. Then a tiger fell on another car and said “I think this is a groovy pad! Time for the disco!” Then he started to do the disco to the song who let the Dogs out, which if I may say so has one of the worst rhythms that I have ever heard in my life. My family and I got out of our car and heard a noise. All of a sudden a tornado the size of a paperclip swept me off my feet. When I landed in the middle of China! I was scared but I was also happy because I was a little hungry and I love Chinese food. Then there was a TV stand nearby. I put on some cartoons and enjoyed my California rolls happily. All of a sudden a noise as loud as a plane crashing in the middle of the busiest place in the world made me jump so high that I landed back in New York City. When I got there I was pretty bored so I did the disco with the crazy Tiger.
THE END!
March 24th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
It was a normal day for me and my friends. Just another school day. We had all our morning classes and we were heading to lunch. It was hotdogs for lunch. I wasn’t buying and everyone else was. I sat down and waited for my friends. When they came we started eating. It was disgusting. They were eating like animals. I looked away in disgust. But when I looked back they were growing! They had turned into monsters! I knew what was happening. It had happened before. They were turning into giant ompa - lompas! I knew what and where the antidote was. Chocolate. I ran out of the cafeteria and down the hall towards Mrs. Rice’s room where I knew she kept her secret stash of chocolate. When I got into her room Greg, who had been turned into a giant ompa-lompa was chasing me. I went into the mini-fridge and grabbed a Hershey’s chocolate bar out of the humongous pile. Then, I threw it into Greg’s mouth and he tuned back to normal. With a sigh of relief I asked him to help me with everyone else and he did. The everything was back to normal.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Tall tale
Brenna
One day I went to horseback riding. It seemed like a regular day but Cocoa was acting up. We walked into
the ring. We started out just warming up. Then we got ready to jump. I cantered to the vertical and jumped. I jumped
March 24th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
MY AMAZING GO-CART
When I saw my new go-cart I was blown out of my socks. When I saw the dodge hemi engine and 2 tanks of nos I immediately wanted to ride. When I was driving I was flying. The car was zooming out of control. Then…BAM!!!!!!! I hit my basketball hoop and went spiraling out of control then smacked into a tree.
THE END
March 24th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Day with Ashleigh and Fargo singing the melody!
I was walking my bike into the farms driveway when I saw my prancing pony fargo was cantering around the fenced in arena. I slammed my bike onto the ground I started running on the gravel hill, rocks flinging in my face while carrots and mints falling out of my jean pockets. I ran to go greet my pony I patted him on his chest making a lovely sound I slapped on my riding helmet on and started to get the equipment on fargo he whinny-
ed in approval I slapped his saddle on and started to put his bridal on all of a sudden the bridal turned into spaghetti I laughed I got the extra pair from the tack room. I put the bridal on and I got on him I kicked the metal gate open it swang open and I trotted out I cantered up the gravel hill and out onto the safe-ish street I heard my horses feet clip clopping to the beet then I heard animals starting to sing all of a sudden three chipmunks swang onto the back of my horse I looked back to see who it was it was Alvin, Theodore and simon I screamed they screamed then I laughed they started singing funky town to the beet of my horses clip-cloping sound I hummed along. Just then two small cartoon kids jumped out I batted my eyes a couple times they were phineous and ferb they started singing gitchi gitchi goo I started to hum along to the melody then my grandpa saw all of us singing and you what he did he FAINTED.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Tall Tale
One day at 20:00 pm my family and my cousin’s family were marching up the 199 foot stairs to the hotel room in Florida. All of a sudden a huge mouse started screaming at us. She said, “Shhhhh! The children are sleeping,” and “Be Quiet.” We walked into our room and laughed like hyenas. The next morning, we were woken up from the squeaking of the little mouse children running 100mph outside the door. I walked through the wall, took two zippers, and zipped their mouths shut.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
One day I was playing a pick up basket ball game when I started to fell weird, I had grew 20 feet. I only needed to take one step down the court to put it in the basket. I could also slam dunk a three.
That night I had to sleep in the school gym, because I was so long. The next day when I woke up there were two scientists examining me. They had all these test tubes. I asked them what they were doing, but they didn’t answer me. So I went back to sleep. When I woke back up a bunch of people with cameras were a round me. After they all left the scientist came back. I asked what they were doing again, this time they answered me They said they were trying to find out why I grew so tall, that they would need to run some tests, I said o. they next day they more people with more cameras came back. They started to call me names like giant or tall freak. It started to get to me after awhile. After an hour or to most of the people had gone. Once the last person left I started to fell weird again, I had shrunk back to size. That was my wacky weekend.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
TALL TALE
One day I was at my house down stairs on the computer. When I turned it on I saw an add for a free Xbox 360 laptop and placation 3.So I said whey not so I did it I had to answer a question and I guessed and I got it right .A couple of minutes later I herd a doorbell ring .So then I go up stairs to get the door their was a guy. He said he was he one who had all of the stuff I won online so I let him in he said he had to see my computer and I said ok and he told me to stay up stars. So when he leaves I go down stares I look for the stuff and it was not down stairs I turn around and the computer was not their. I here the door bell ring again it was the real stuff. I SAID I HAVE BEEN ROBBED.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
The Eating Frenzy
One day on my birthday, it was a normal type of day. When it came time for my small family party, I started to get extremely hungry. I couldn’t wait till we ate. When we did eat, I ate everything that was out there. The problem was, I was still super hungry, and couldn’t control myself. Then I went to the fridge, and ate every single thing in there. I was still felling empty and having hunger pangs. My hunger kept growing until I thought I would faint. I said “I have got to go get something to eat” to my parents. I went outside and went to the grocery store.
I bought the whole stock of everything they had and then ate it all in less than fifteen minutes. When I had eaten it all, I felt a little less hungry. I hadn’t gained an ounce of weight. So next I went to the pop Tart factory and ate every single pop tart they had. When I had finished, I then ate all the remaining dough and delicious filling. I was starting to get slightly full, so I went back home and ate my birthday cake. After eating the frosty goodness of the cake, I finally felt. Then I slept all night and very far into the morning. When I woke up, I told my mom how much I ate, all she said was “Well, you are a growing boy”. My hunger had finally gone away.
The End
By Greg
March 24th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
The day I got my pigeons I mean my man eating birds they were 48 feet tall with a wing span of 23 feet. We kept them in a cage then suddenly BAM they broke out eating people every were when they cooed it sounded like a mash pit. Then I had a idea why don’t we get a giant paper snake good idea lets go to e bay and buy one. Next, we scared them back into the cage but wait one of them had a egg and I said,” scrambled eggs forever.” The egg hatched and every body screamed,” get the tranks.” We finally got it down but we lost 4 people in the prosses
March 24th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
TALL TALE
By: Bryanna K.
THE DAY I FLEW
It was April 18, I was 5 (almost 6) and it was my first day of horseback riding, it was one of those 1 time thing to see how I liked it. I was prepared! I knew everything. So when we started, we walked. Then we started to trot. Then after a while, she said we could canter. I loved to canter. It was amazing! Then she set up a jump that was 9 feet tall! She said she knew I could do it. So I went around the ring one time, and jumped. It felt like I was flying. Then I looked down, we were flying. We flew to the beach. Then as soon as I touched the sand, it turned to ice. My horse flew up 10 feet, and waited, like he expected me to fly. To prove I could, my horse nudged me. I started to slide towards the edge. I screamed as I fell. I covered my face expecting to feel water at any moment. When I didn’t, I peered out of my fingers, and saw a fish staring up at me. I giggled. He just sat there looking up at me. I laughed as I realized that I was flying.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
The Elephant Tale One day I was walking down to the art room at school. I was late for school and my class mates were already down there. I was looking at the drawings of endangered species on the walls on my way down. I saw this great picture of an elephant. I got closer to get a better look, and the elephant came to life and looked down right at me! It started to chase me. While I was running for my life I tried to make conversation. “What’s your name,” I asked. “Vrr,” was his replied. “I think I will name you Willy,” I said. I stopped running and the elephant put on his breaks and almost ran me over. i searched in my pockets and found a peanut! I fed it to him and he went right back into the picture. Later I got in trouble for having a peanut in a peanut free school.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Ski Lift Terror
One day mike and I were going to Berkshire east ski area in our tour bus made of donkey fur. When we arrived we ate 6 foot long frank weenies and then put our boots on. We jumped out the window of the hidden FBI headquarters that is in the center of the ski area and got on the lift. While we were on we saw an alligator in a lounge chair talking on his cell phone and a ocelot with a clown nose and a propeller hat. Five more minutes up the slope we saw a giant pink pelican choking on the non pointy part of a chainsaw in the on position. The pelican was blind so he couldn’t see the chairlift. He flew right into our chair and cut the line and then spit the saw out and hit a tree. We were hanging by a thread. Suddenly mike grows male model muscles and holds our chair to the line. He tells me we need to fix it quick because he can’t hold on much longer because his banana phone is ringing. So I reach under the chair and find the emergency ski wire welding kit. I threw the kit up to him and he fixed the wire. The part is, when we got to the top we fell and broke our legs.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Tall Tale
By Riley G
It was early in the morning when I was getting ready for school when I felt something was wrong. I couldn’t quite figure out what it was, but I tried to as I made my way down to the bus. As the bus pulled up I saw it was the biggest, most yellow vehicle ever. Our principal was sitting in the driver seat, and he called to me to get on. The door of the bus slowly opened, and I walked up the hundreds of stairs. As I walked to the back of the bus I stepped on old, slimy fish and piles of garbage. When I reached the back, the Kindergarteners sitting there told me that I had to go to the front of the bus with the rest of the sixth graders. So, I started to make my way back to the front of the bus, but before I could reach it the bus began to the fly through the air. The bus jerked this way and that. Each time the bus made a sudden movement, the kids were flung left to right and up and down. We finally landed in a large, open field, and before us was an enormous castle with a sign in front that read: W.E. Norris School. The rest of my day at school was as crazy as my bus ride.
March 24th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
One day I had gone for a bike ride down my street. I descended the hill, then I stopped. All of a sudden a little squirrel raced out in front of me from the woods. I thought it just wanted to cross the street, but it just stood there. Then it waved to me. I waved back. Then it got really cold and a polar bear walked out of the same opening in the trees. Then it got warm and a toucan flew towards the road from the same direction. I got off my bike and leaned it up against the tree. When I leaned my bike up against the tree the tree disappeared. Something weird was going on. I walked through the trees and I found a sack lying on the ground. Out of the bag popped a little cloud. When I realized what was going on, I grabbed the bag and raced up the hill totally forgetting about my bike. To this day I still control the weather.
March 24th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
One day a long time ago. A girl named Kira went to a friends house. She didn’t expect this to happen. She was changing in the bathroom when her pants walked to the toilet and went down. Kira ran downstairs to get it out of the pipes, but they already were in the ocean. She snuck out of the house, drove Mrs.Kowal’s car to buy a submarine with Jessica’s money. She went down to the Pacific Ocean and went in the submarine down to the very bottom and fished it out with a knife. Just as she is getting back in the car 17 police cars start chasing her. She drives away and off a ski jump. The cars didn’t chase her anymore. However one hobo started chasing her so she gave him the car and bungee jumped off a bridge and went back home. She snuck back in the house. However she left the car with a hobo and 20,000 dollars with a guy. When she got back she wanted to make popcorn, but started a fire. Then they had to run away forever.
March 24th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
When I was a little girl I was outside. I was walking around when I saw a squirrel in the trees. I didn’t mind it until I noticed that wherever I went the squirrel followed. Suddenly the squirrel jumped out of the tree and started to chase me! AAAAHHHHH, I yelled. The squirrel wouldn’t stop! Then I ran inside to safety and the squirrel started banging on the door. I screamed. This squirrel wouldn’t stop! Finally after about a half hour of banging, the squirrel went away. Woo, I thought. I walked away from the door, but I knew that the evil squirrel would be back for me.
By Elizabeth
March 24th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Tall Tale
By Kenzie
One time my family went to Pennsylvania. We had just started driving when my pressed a button and our zoomed up into the clouds. I was sooooo amazed!!! We flew all the way to our hotel. When we got there our room was filled with gold and money. The fridge was also filled with gold. The beds and walls were made of candy. We were going to go to Sesame Place but when we woke up we found that the hotel had vanished, and we were in outer space. My family and I went to the moon and we saw that the whole earth was lost in space and had completely vanished. We were stuck in outer space forever…
THE END!!
March 24th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Tall Tale!
By: Christie
One day, my dad and I went down to the gulf to fish in the morning. He was throwing in the line and reeling in the fly. When he was reeling it in, once again, he lost it in the water. He almost jumped in to get it but before he did we saw with amazement 100 sharks in the water. They were all swimming around a little guppy fish. I didn’t want anything to happen so I jumped in and started wrestling the sharks until only one remained. He went left and I went right. Finally, it dove and I jumped out of the way and kicked him in the jaw. It swam away frightened from my attack. Then a giant jellyfish swam over and started zapping the water around me. I then took a magic gummy bear out of my pocket and ate it. It turned my fist giant and I wound back and went forward with my fist and hit him right smack in the forehead. He jumped back surprised from my action. He too swam away from surrender. I got the guppy fish, who by now was very frightened. I swam up and got to the shore. I went over to a near by bucket and filled it with water and put the guppy in it. After that my dad and I kept on fishing.
March 24th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I had one of my friends over and we went ridding on my quad .then we hit a jump and we did 40 back flips. then we started to fly around then we flipped over and did not even have one scratch and my neighbors dog started to chase us and we got killed and brought back to life by a woodchuck and that is what happened. Until we fell down a hill during a race up mount tom. we got lost and we where never seen or herd from again well except this story of course we where herd by you when we told you this story well I am going to drop the conversation so what’s going on nice weather we are having so ok by
March 24th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Tall Tale Story
One day my parents told me that we where going to California to visit my uncle. When we got there I was so excited and tired. The next morning we where going to Disney land. When we were in Disney land a big time movie director wanted me to be in the next movie called big fat lair. I was so surprised when he asked me. I said yes. I found out that I was the lead roll. When the movie came out I was a celebrity. People wanted my autograph; it was the happiest day of my life. A week had past and we had to go back home. I didn’t want to leave, but I had to. When I got back home everybody kept on staring at me. It was creepy at fist but I got use to it. People wanted my autograph. I took pictures with people I don’t know, it was great. I’ll remember that day for ever.
The end
March 24th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Tall Tale Story by Casey
One time my friend Kara and I went on a rollercoaster. The rollercoaster was 164,790 feet tall. The carts that you sat in were as big as the Pacific Ocean. When we sat in the cart there was a man in front of us with a huge afro as big as a elephant. The man turned around and flew out of seat like really flew in the air like a hawk gliding in the air, the rollercoaster started to go and the man flew back into his seat. The rollercoaster was going as slow as a snail must likely slower, up a huge hill as tall as Mt. Everest. We got to the top and I looked down to see how steep the hill was going to be it was really steep! We started going down the steep hill. We were going about 4,932,567 miles per hour. We were starting to slow down and all the sudden I noticed that we were flying in the air the man with the afro who could fly was beneath the cart and flying us in the air! Kara and I had to do something we didn’t know where this guy was going to fly us. Kara and I thought we both jumped out of the flying cart and landed in another cart still on the tracks of the ride. At the end of the ride we got off and saw a giant snail. We just walked away and thought we have had enough adventure for one day.
March 24th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Tall tale story by Ali o.
One evening I was walking through the woods trying to find my little blue basketball I had lost when something unusual happened. I saw this beautiful blue and peach colored bird, I’ve never seen anything like it so I decided to follow it. After at least 30 min. of following the bird. I came to a pond, not just any pond. It had flowers and bird feeders and a pink stream. Wow I thought I took out my cell phone and took a picture when suddenly a huge magenta colored alligator crawled onto the grass then music stared to play. We decided to dance then talk. His name Julio. He was a good dancer. I quickly grabbed my cane from the old lady near me and accidentally hit Julio and he bit my arm. Then I hit him. The fight began. We were running and hitting and I knew I had to get out of this place. Finally I was home so I ran in and ran to my room and starting writing about my odd day.
The end !!!
March 24th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
A Tall Tale
By: Haley
One time I was at my church with Christie and Rachel. Rachel said to me and Christie that we should go down church hill on our heelys. I said we should so we went. We started walking up the big huge tall hill. It felt like a HUGE. When we finally got to the top I told Christie to walk next to me the whole time. We finally started going. I told Christie that she does not need to stand next to me now. I started going faster and faster. When I was about a quarter down the hill I was heading to the side of the road to stop I tripped over a boulder. My knee was bleeding extremely badly. I started shivering. When I got home and finally got a bandage and went back to church hill to wrestle the boulder. As soon as the bolder saw me coming it got up and ran away. That was the end of our match and my story.
March 24th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
The Real Super Mario Bros Muscle
One day I was home alone when something weird happened. I saw a Turtle in my house walking towards me. It looked like it had been from the game Super Mario Bros. “Why is a koopa in my house?” I said. Before there was time to think, I jumped on the turtle. All that was left of him was his shell. I started to run to the shell I grabbed it and tossed it outside. That is why I pulled my muscle in my arm.