The Exploratorium Summer Camp

In summer break, I went to the Exploratorium Summer Camp. I had fun.

On the first day, we did a fun activity. We did an egg drop! You need two pieces of newspaper, and unboiled egg,a piece of string, about an inch of tape, a pair of scissors, an egg carton and a plastic bag. Cut a lump from the egg carton too. Try to protect the egg the best you can, because you're gonna get up high some where, and drop the egg with it's protection! Cut your protection and, if it didn't break, hold the egg up high and say "I'm the egg-master!"

Everyday at lunch, we go to the beach to eat.

Summer Camp

On August 1st, I'm going to summer camp at the Exploratorium! I get to go there for two weeks! I'm a member already. My mom got the card in her wallet. When you go, you show the card to the register. The man there give you sticker and you can go there free! You can go free all year, once you got the card.

I bet summer camp is gonna be a lot of fun. But, you've gotta bring your own lunch every day! We even get to see our own spit under a microscope! And ,w e got to see a person working on a new project in a secret room! I feel very, very, very, very, very, very, very excited.

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My Wild Adventure

One day I was running to the library. Suddenly, when I walked in, I noticed a surprise I had never expected to see. I looked through carefully. There was piles of books and more books!

Then I heard a soft raspy voice behind me. I recognized it was the librarian's assistant. He said slowly that those books were for anyone who wants one. he said I could look through. And to my surprise, those were all of my favorite book series. There was the Magic Tree House, Jigsaw Jones Mysteries, The Bailey School Kids and Encyclopedia Browns.

And I ran home with a pile of books in my arms.

THE END

Summer Break--II

Like almost the day, we always go to our mom's office. At our mom's office, we usually do art. I like to draw and make vines. Lucy makes those paper zig-zags. We send messages to each other on paper. We put'em in little envelopes. And I write AIRMAIL with a yellow hi-lighter. When our moms are done, we go back home. We eat dinner when we go home.

Summer Break

On summer vacation, when my mom and dad were woriking, I played with my best friend Lucy.

We went to practice piano together downstairs. Sometimes we play at ther house and sometimes we play at my house. We play board games like Monopoly or Chutes-and-Ladders, or Mancala, Othello. Most of the time, we play House. It's fun and you can stop whenever you want to.

When it's time for lunch, we go back home. Our parents go downstarirs and get the lunch the consulate's cook made. We usually have rice and some kind of fish. But not always.

In the afternoon, we play games and watch television. And Lucy and I have a little snack. We pick out sometihing that's from wherever we are. I alwarys pick the string cheese. It's white and you can peel strips of cheese lines from a long log of cheese. Lucy usually pick the giant Strawberry Pocky.

The Fireworks

Yesterday, I went to watch the fireworks at Pier 39. Me, my mom and dad went to the top of a huge parking lot. We got to sit on a pick-up truck. A man let us sit there until the end of the fireworks!

The fireworks was neat. There were two red bright lights falling down to the sea as a signal to show people that the show was about to begin. Some big ones and small ones with bright colors, like gold, red, blue, purple, green, yellow and pink, etc. There were some planets made of those little sparkling canons, and even rings around the planets! Happy faces and cups made out of three rings, too! A really big firework shot up high into the sky! I thought it was gonna fly out to the audience! It didn't land into the audience after all, it landed into the sea. Some even looked like fluffy flowers.

I wonder how they made it.

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What I Know About Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison was a scientist. He was smart.

Mr. Edison discovered milk that is safe for people to drink. He invented many things in the past. Things like the light bulb, the silent films, and the photograph.

When Mr. Edison was a boy, like about twelve years old, he sold eggs by the train station to make money for his family.

When he grew up, he was famous. He went to the 1889 Paris World Fair. They put Mr. Edison's inventions in the Great Hall. It looks as big as a football stadium.

Thomas Edison invented more than 1000 things! Isn't that amazing?

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Frog and Toad Visit a Haunted House

One day Frog and Toad were eating lunch at Reptile's Meal. When they got home, they read the Sunday paper. Frog gasped at what he just read. Toad asked ,"Why use gasping?""Read this, " Answered Frog. Toad read the sentence Frog was pointing at. "Wow," Toad barely whispered. It says that there was a new museum at Reptile and Baker street. The newspaper says the museum is a fake haunted house. They decided to go there on their roller skates.

When they got there, they bought tickets to go to the museum. Frog and Toad gave their tickets to the ticket lizard. when they went in the museum, two paper ghosts greeted them at the entrance. When they saw a papier-marche hand sticking out of a tombstone, they laughed! Also, when Frog pressed a button that says "Press me", a skeleton jumped out and Toad giggled.

They saw jack-o-lanterns with pointy teeth and glowing eyes. After that, they both jumped into a small boat together and entered the tunnel of fear. In the tunnel of fear, there were many statues of pirates eating, in boats, holding weapons and fighting.

After the tunnel of fear, Frog and Toad said together, "That was a lot of fun!" They passed through the exit and a big scarecrow said "bye, bye!".

When Frog and Toad went back to Frog's house in roller skates, Toad said "Let's go there again some other time." "Okay," replied Frog. And for dinner, they ate at Lizard Sam's dinner, lunch, breakfast. Open 24 hours a day.

Then, Frog and Toad went back to their own houses and slept well that evening.

THE END

Mark's Magic Show

Once there were two friends named Mark and Rick. Mark liked to read chapter books. Rick liked to read any kind of books.

One day, Rick came to Lakens Elementary Weird. He didn't feel like reading books, like he usually did. Mark tried to ask him what's wrong. Rick said that his other friend Logan from Texas got to go to San Francisco to watch a magic show last Saturday. Rick said, "I can't go because I didn't have enough money". Mark said he went to the magic show and after he was about to leave, the amazing Victor taught him how to do some of the easy tricks. Mark said he could show Rick.

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The Talking Box and Computer

Once there was a talking box whose name was Joey James. He had a friend, a talking computer. His name was Phillip Mao.

One day, they went into their secret hide out in a empty puzzle box. Joey announced,"We're gonna sneak out of the house and out to the baseball field in the park with Norman and Robbie." "Okay," replied Phillip. Norman was a talking jar and Robbie was a talking ball. They sneaked out of the house and they called Norman and Robbie. They watched the Giants and the other teams play baseball.

The End

Days with Frog and toad (The Hat)

First, it was Toad's birthday and frog gave him a hat. Except the hat was too big. Toad was sad. Then, Frog thought of a plan. He told Toad that tonight, when he goes to bed, think big thoughts which will make his head grow larger. Finally, when Toad went to bed, he thought some big thoughts. Frog sneaked in at midnight and took the hat to his house and poured some water on the hat. It began to shrink. Frog put the hat back where he found it. Toad was happy the next morning. It fits!

Linus Goes to Space

Once there was a scientist named Linus. Linus heard many people say "There are aliens behind the moon." Linus wasn't so sure about it. So he decided to go look there himeself. Linus rented a rocket. He blasted off and flew away to be nowhere to be found.

The Tiny Creature

One day, Gus and Axel were inside playing starwars. Then Axel saw something glowing in Gus's yard, he called to Gus and told him about that.

The thing looked like a spaceship, the door of the thing opened and a ladder fell out and a strange creature came out. It jumped into the house and ate everything that is made out of metal. I will tell you some of the things the creature ate: penny, machine, statue, cup.

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The Trouble Makers

Once upon a time, there was an elf who was a bit of pest. The elf's name is Mark and he had an elf friend named James and he was a big trouble maker. Mark and James were friends since just born!

One day they decided to put a wild frog in Ms. Benson's desk like for example, when Ms. Benson opened her desk, the frog would jump out and she would scream. The next day at recess, James and Mark sneaked in and put the frog in their teacher's desk. After recess, Ms. Benson was about to get something out of her desk. When she opened it, the frog jumped out and Ms.Benson screamed and all of the elves in her class laughed so hard! Ms. Benson called the principal right away to tell Mr. Jack the principal to take the frog away! And she was so, so, mad!

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Mark's Weird Dream

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Mark Bob and his address was 2940 Frog Creek, Pennsylvania 82116. Mark lived in a small house. Mark had $900.00, and a bike and a grand piano. One day, a weird thing happened, everything didn't look right and Mark was just dreaming.

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The Big Hole

Once there were two friends, an elephant and a giraffe. The elphant's name was Kennedy and the giraffe's name was Zachary.

One day, Zachary asked Kennedy, "Want to meet each other at the park?" "Okay." replied Kennedy. They met each other at the park one sunny Wednesday. They both told each other that they were so hungry. So they decided to eat the grass of the national park.

You heard that they were so hungry, right? Zachary and Kennedy at so much that they made a big hole down the center of the national park. At the bottom of the park, Zachary couldn't believe his eyes! And Kennedy too. There were lots of beautiful mountains and rivers. It was almost like heaven!

Zachary and Kennedy jumped down to the beautiful land and played tag and hide-and-seek there quite a while. When it was time for dinner, Zachary realized they couldn't go back up! Suddenly, Kennedy figured out a way to get up. His plan was to put spiky sticks on their feet and climb up. So it worked.

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Friendship Recipe -- Makes about 100 friends

Start carefully with
3 Pinches of joyful smiles
1/2 Cup of kind faces
A teaspoon of fun
Throw in quickly
A dash of love
Pour in some funny kids
A pinch of envy
Bake at 100 degrees for 1 century
Finely chopped with forgiveness
Mix in large baking bowl until it giggles

The Exploratorium

Once, there were three brothers named, Bobby, Zachary and Freddy.

One day while Bobby was bouncing his ball and Zachary was reading a Ninja Turtles Book, Freddy came rushing in the room, "Hey, Listen to this, you guys." "What?" Zachary and Bobby replied together. "Summer break is next week, we're going to go to the Exploratorium Summer Camp," Freddy said, "we're gonna see our own spit under one of their very best microscopes." "Cool!" Zachary said.

Finally, it's time for Summer Camp. Bobby, Zachary and Freddy went to the Exploratorium Summer Camp. They listened with earphones to a blind man talking about what he hears at the subway. They ate lunch by a pond. Bobby bought a banana, a hamberger and some apple juice. Zachary brough some grapes, some rice cooked with chicken and CiCi. Freddy brought a peach, some noodles and Caprisun. In the afternoon, they built a sand castle at the beach. When they came back to the Exploratorium, they got a bathroom break. After the day was over, Zachary said, "Man, that was a fun place to be!"

And every Summer, Bobby, Zachary and Freddy went to the Exploratorium for Summer Camp.

THE END

The Mysterious Change

Once there were two friends, a caterpillar and a butterfly. The caterpillar was named Larry M. and the butterfly was named Harriet L. One day, Larry was eating a leaf and Harriet was drinking nectar from a flower and suddenly, Larry crawled right out of his skin! Harriet was impressed. Then it happened five times. For the fifth time, Larry's skin was rough, it became a chrysalis! Harriet couldn't have the thought of never seeing her friend again. For a few weeks, Larry crawled out of the chrysalis and Harriet couldn't believe her eyes! Larry was a butterfly! For the neext two hours, Larry dried off his wings and the two butterflies played tag as they glided through the air.
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The Leaf Face

One day in the first day of fall, a leaf fell down a tree. Then all of the leaves fell down of that tree. A girl found a leaf with a face on it. So she decided to take the leaf home.
SO THAT'S THE END!