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Hobble World
By Kimberly
. Awwww to bad I forgot my notebook in the forest I thought. As I shuffled slowly back into the woods, I heard a small scream from were I just stepped. I looked behind me and saw the cutest thing I ever saw in my whole life! The creature was bright orange with huge purple eyes,yellow antennas and small blue feet. The screaming animal was about four inches high. It was shaking up and down while tears as big as golf balls soaked its face. As it reached its hands out up to me she twisted around and I got a glimpse of light smoky green hair. I noticed it only had two long fingers each about half an inch long. As I wiped a tear off its face I could feel the silky fur.
As I scooped it up to comfort it, the orange ball shouted “I'm a Hobble and my name is Zemmy!” Then very unexpectedly it bit my thumb! I dropped it on the ground saw small pointed tooth marks on my finger “Do you need a band aid?” Zemmy asked stubbornly seeing I had no blood. As I followed Zemmy I shuffled deeper into the woods I saw more and more mysterious animals like garden fairies, tree people, river ladies and much more.
Suddenly I saw a huge glass door with a small dog flap at the bottom left corner “Go through there,” Zemmy demanded “But I-I-I,” “Just go!!!” she yelled.
“AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!” screamed a terrified girl I must save her! Oh thats me. Thousands of Hobbles were running for me shouting "MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!!!” “Stop!” yelled a so familiar voice, I looked around and saw my friend Sella who moved to the Philippines apparently she came here. When Sella yelled stop all the Hobbles stopped and whined “Meat,” “No, Kelly is a friend,”
(5 years later) “LIL! Get over here!” I demanded the blue Hobble bounced over. 5 years before all the Hobbles almost ate me and now they all love me. I never thought the Hobbles would be able to live with crazy humans.
PLASMA CAT by Peter
Flicker flicker. “Ugh” said my little brother Bobby. We had been having power outages a lot this week and we where all pretty tiered of them. As I was trudging up to my room I saw a green glow. As I walked slowly closer I could see that it was a cat with two tails! It seemed that the glow was coming from the two tails and splitting to form a beam around its body.
I decided to see how it would react to light so I started to walk down the dark hall to my room. I looked behind me and saw to my delight that the cat creature was following me. I started to run looking back to see if it would follow but I couldn't see it anywhere!
Then I heard a crackle from the backup generator and for a second my face lit up but it soon died down.
Oh well I thought and climbed the steps two at a time to get to my room and my video games! But when I there I could see at just a glance that my video games where not charged and NOT charging it was unacceptable!
Then I saw a glow emitting from under the bed. I quickly cranked up my flashlight to see what it was. As I was looking I felt something sharp in my arm and shook to get it off. For a second I saw the cat sparking and hissing with energy, flip off my arm and hit the wall with a thud. I got up slowly and walked toward where it had fallen. But when I got there it was gone!
Suddenly I saw a glow from the attic. I went over pulled the string and watched as the steps fell into place.
Once in the attic my mouth fell open in surprise, for what I saw was a seen I'll never forget. The cat creature was so full of energy that it was floating on the ceiling like a balloon full of air!
Then I heard a hacking noise like when my cat is about to get a hairball Oh no I thought but it was to late. A giant blast of energy came tumbling towards me but as it hit me it didn't shock me as I'd expected I just felt a tingling feeling all through my body.
Suddenly the room started growing, but then I realized that the room wasn’t growing I was shrinking I was turning into a Plasma Cat!
RIKKI by Natalie
I wish I'd remembered to bring my towel home from the lake, I thought as I got my bike out of the shed. Mom said that she didn't have time to drive me there, even with all of the slick roads. Well, at least it wasn't raining anymore!
After 5 minutes, I get to the lake. After parking my bike, I run over to my towel. Looking at the towel, I see something moving underneath, so I pick up the towel and see something that I've never seen before. The creature had a stripe of dandelion yellow, apple green,mango orange and royal blue. It looked like it was a over-grown bouncy ball with stubby little tangerine colored legs. It had bright, sunset eyes that were flinging off it's little body on shiny, purple antenna. It was about 4 inches tall. Suddenly, the the big, wet aqua-marine fishy-lips poking out of the front of it opened and I herd a big, echoing screech that raddled the whole beach. From what I could make out, I was pretty sure that it had screamed, “RIKKI!!!” When I looked down at the silly-looking thing, it was pointing at itself and it whispered, “Rikki”. I picked her up and said, “So you’re a girl and your name's Rikki???” She opened her mouth and I didn't hear anything, so I propped her on my shoulder, and I barely made out the words “Yes, and I'm scared and in big danger.”
As I held Rikki in my hand, she told me where to go to save her. It was not hard for her to convince me to help her, she was that adorable. All that I really know about her is: Name- Rikki Breed- Taxnul, and that she's in danger. I don't even know what kind of danger she's in! I looked at Rikki, and she was pointing her finger at the murky, blue sea. I told her, “If you think I'm going in there, then you’re CRAZY!!!” I said, stretching the R. She turned around on my hand and made the saddest face that I've ever seen. Her scarlet eye's were drooping to the side, her big blue lips were shaped into a frown, and her forest green tail was tucked between her short, stubby legs. Just then, I remembered that I still had my bikini on from earlier, so I said, “Fine, I'll go, only if you swear that I'll come back unharmed and in one piece.” And she whispered, “I swear.”
After taking off my shorts and tank top, I ran into the ice cold water. Then, I looked around, trying to find Rikki. When I found her, I was astonished by what I saw. Her tail had extended and fanned out under her so she was standing on it like a raft. “How do you do that???” I thought out loud. Rikki handed me a big, purple ball. I turned to her and asked, “What in the world is this for?” She said to me, “You eat it, and for the rest of your life, you will be able to breath underwater.” “Wait a second...” I asked. “Your expecting me to swallow this thing whole??? The thing's the size of an iPod! Well, if your waiting, don't waste your time!!!!!” Tears the size of bowling balls started to tumble down the side of her face. She mumbled, “All you do is brake it into thirds and, one at a time, eat it. But the process must take exactly 15 seconds.” I picked Rikki up and brushed the tears off her face. “I didn't mean it like that, sweetie. I just lost my temper. I'm sorry!” I told her. I put Rikki down, and started to eat the pieces of the ball. Once I was done, I heard a car honking on the road. I turned around and mom was in the car waiting for me. I looked around and told Rikki, “I have to go now, but meet me here tomorrow an noon.” She nodded her head, turned, and dove in. As I ran for the car, I thought that at least I'll have something to look forward to tomorrow!!!
As I scooped it up to comfort it, the orange ball shouted “I'm a Hobble and my name is Zemmy!” Then very unexpectedly it bit my thumb! I dropped it on the ground saw small pointed tooth marks on my finger “Do you need a band aid?” Zemmy asked stubbornly seeing I had no blood. As I followed Zemmy I shuffled deeper into the woods I saw more and more mysterious animals like garden fairies, tree people, river ladies and much more.
Suddenly I saw a huge glass door with a small dog flap at the bottom left corner “Go through there,” Zemmy demanded “But I-I-I,” “Just go!!!” she yelled.
“AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!” screamed a terrified girl I must save her! Oh thats me. Thousands of Hobbles were running for me shouting "MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!!!” “Stop!” yelled a so familiar voice, I looked around and saw my friend Sella who moved to the Philippines apparently she came here. When Sella yelled stop all the Hobbles stopped and whined “Meat,” “No, Kelly is a friend,”
(5 years later) “LIL! Get over here!” I demanded the blue Hobble bounced over. 5 years before all the Hobbles almost ate me and now they all love me. I never thought the Hobbles would be able to live with crazy humans.
PLASMA CAT by Peter
Flicker flicker. “Ugh” said my little brother Bobby. We had been having power outages a lot this week and we where all pretty tiered of them. As I was trudging up to my room I saw a green glow. As I walked slowly closer I could see that it was a cat with two tails! It seemed that the glow was coming from the two tails and splitting to form a beam around its body.
I decided to see how it would react to light so I started to walk down the dark hall to my room. I looked behind me and saw to my delight that the cat creature was following me. I started to run looking back to see if it would follow but I couldn't see it anywhere!
Then I heard a crackle from the backup generator and for a second my face lit up but it soon died down.
Oh well I thought and climbed the steps two at a time to get to my room and my video games! But when I there I could see at just a glance that my video games where not charged and NOT charging it was unacceptable!
Then I saw a glow emitting from under the bed. I quickly cranked up my flashlight to see what it was. As I was looking I felt something sharp in my arm and shook to get it off. For a second I saw the cat sparking and hissing with energy, flip off my arm and hit the wall with a thud. I got up slowly and walked toward where it had fallen. But when I got there it was gone!
Suddenly I saw a glow from the attic. I went over pulled the string and watched as the steps fell into place.
Once in the attic my mouth fell open in surprise, for what I saw was a seen I'll never forget. The cat creature was so full of energy that it was floating on the ceiling like a balloon full of air!
Then I heard a hacking noise like when my cat is about to get a hairball Oh no I thought but it was to late. A giant blast of energy came tumbling towards me but as it hit me it didn't shock me as I'd expected I just felt a tingling feeling all through my body.
Suddenly the room started growing, but then I realized that the room wasn’t growing I was shrinking I was turning into a Plasma Cat!
RIKKI by Natalie
I wish I'd remembered to bring my towel home from the lake, I thought as I got my bike out of the shed. Mom said that she didn't have time to drive me there, even with all of the slick roads. Well, at least it wasn't raining anymore!
After 5 minutes, I get to the lake. After parking my bike, I run over to my towel. Looking at the towel, I see something moving underneath, so I pick up the towel and see something that I've never seen before. The creature had a stripe of dandelion yellow, apple green,mango orange and royal blue. It looked like it was a over-grown bouncy ball with stubby little tangerine colored legs. It had bright, sunset eyes that were flinging off it's little body on shiny, purple antenna. It was about 4 inches tall. Suddenly, the the big, wet aqua-marine fishy-lips poking out of the front of it opened and I herd a big, echoing screech that raddled the whole beach. From what I could make out, I was pretty sure that it had screamed, “RIKKI!!!” When I looked down at the silly-looking thing, it was pointing at itself and it whispered, “Rikki”. I picked her up and said, “So you’re a girl and your name's Rikki???” She opened her mouth and I didn't hear anything, so I propped her on my shoulder, and I barely made out the words “Yes, and I'm scared and in big danger.”
As I held Rikki in my hand, she told me where to go to save her. It was not hard for her to convince me to help her, she was that adorable. All that I really know about her is: Name- Rikki Breed- Taxnul, and that she's in danger. I don't even know what kind of danger she's in! I looked at Rikki, and she was pointing her finger at the murky, blue sea. I told her, “If you think I'm going in there, then you’re CRAZY!!!” I said, stretching the R. She turned around on my hand and made the saddest face that I've ever seen. Her scarlet eye's were drooping to the side, her big blue lips were shaped into a frown, and her forest green tail was tucked between her short, stubby legs. Just then, I remembered that I still had my bikini on from earlier, so I said, “Fine, I'll go, only if you swear that I'll come back unharmed and in one piece.” And she whispered, “I swear.”
After taking off my shorts and tank top, I ran into the ice cold water. Then, I looked around, trying to find Rikki. When I found her, I was astonished by what I saw. Her tail had extended and fanned out under her so she was standing on it like a raft. “How do you do that???” I thought out loud. Rikki handed me a big, purple ball. I turned to her and asked, “What in the world is this for?” She said to me, “You eat it, and for the rest of your life, you will be able to breath underwater.” “Wait a second...” I asked. “Your expecting me to swallow this thing whole??? The thing's the size of an iPod! Well, if your waiting, don't waste your time!!!!!” Tears the size of bowling balls started to tumble down the side of her face. She mumbled, “All you do is brake it into thirds and, one at a time, eat it. But the process must take exactly 15 seconds.” I picked Rikki up and brushed the tears off her face. “I didn't mean it like that, sweetie. I just lost my temper. I'm sorry!” I told her. I put Rikki down, and started to eat the pieces of the ball. Once I was done, I heard a car honking on the road. I turned around and mom was in the car waiting for me. I looked around and told Rikki, “I have to go now, but meet me here tomorrow an noon.” She nodded her head, turned, and dove in. As I ran for the car, I thought that at least I'll have something to look forward to tomorrow!!!
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