MY SKY written by Sharon Creech

painting by Micaii

MY SKY written by Sharon Creech


We were outside
in the street
me and some other kids
kicking the ball
before dinner
and Sky was
chasing chasing  chasing
with his feet going
every which way and his tail
wag-wag-wagging
and his mouth
slob-slob-slobbering
and he was all over the place
smiling and wagging
and slobbering
and making
us laugh
and my dad
came walking up the street
he was way down there
near the end
I could see him
after he got of the bus
and he was walk-walk-walking
and I saw him wave
and he called out
"Hey there son!"
and so I didn't see
the car
coming from the other way
until someone else__
one of the big kids__
called out
"Car!"
and I turned around
and I saw a
blue car blue car
spattered with mud
speeding down the road
And I saw Sky
going after the ball
wag-wag-waging
his tail
and I called him
"Sky!Sky!"
and he turned his
head
but it was too late
because the
blue car blue car 
spattered with mud
hit Sky
thud thud thud
 and kept on going
in such a hurry
so fast
so many miles to go
it couldn't even stop
and
Sky
 was just there
in the road
lying on his side
with his legs bent funny
and his side heaving
and he looked up at me
 and I said
"Sky!Sky!Sky!"
and then my dad
 was there
and he lifted Sky
 out of the road
 and laid him on the grass
and
Sky
closed his eyes
and
he
never
opened
them
again
ever.

A Tiger's Adventure

Once upon a time there was a tiger named Pouncer. This little tiger was very curious. One day Pouncer asked his mom if he could go deeper into the forest than usual.

"Yes, said his mom,"But . . ." But he was already gone. He started walking into the forest until he realized he was deeper than he thought he would go.

"Wow!"said Pouncer. Then,he also realized that he could not remember which weavy tunnel he came from. "Oh no!" he yelled. "I'm lost! Oh' now what am I supposed to do!"

Just then his stripes magically lit up! And he was swept away with a whirlwind of magic. A few minutes later he figured out he had been magically transported to a river! "It's so cool here! But where exactly is here?"

Just then a unicorn magically appeared.                                                                

 "Helloooooooo." said the unicorn."My name is Icarus. What is yours?"

"Pp,p,p,p,p,pouncer." said the very scared tiger. "Wh,wh,wh,wh. . . ."

"Don't fear of me." said  Icarus."I will not hurt you, I've heard that you are lost. I've come to help you."

"How are you going to help me when I don't even know which way I came from?"said Pouncer, still a little scared from the gentle unicorn.

"Listen to the stripes, listen to them. . . . ." The voice of the gentle unicorn turned into the gentle sound of an owl's flapping wings.

Pouncer was again laying down on the moist forest floor "Listen to the stripes?!"he said. "What in the world is he talking about?!" Then, his stripes started glowing again! The stripes made a shape of an arrow pointing forward. "Hey! My stripes say to go that way!" said Pouncer.

He followed it and found his mom. "Mom! I had a wonderful adventure! I saw a unicorn! I saw a unicorn!"

"Calm down, calm down." said his mom. "You can tell me all about it tomorrow."                                                                                                                                    



                                       THE END