Vol. I · No. 1
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Our Serial Story · Part I

Sonia and the Bear

A walk in the woods leads to a big, bad bear, who turns out to be a very nice bear named Benny

By Claire

Pencil sketch of a girl with a braid meeting a friendly brown bear who waves on a forest path

Once upon a Time, there was a little girl named Sonia. Sonia lived by a path that led into the woods. One day, when she was walking through the woods, she saw a big, bad, bear!!! Sonia was afraid but didn't say anything. She didn't want the bear to target her and attack her. So instead, she said “oh bear please don't hurt me. I am innocent”.

At once, the bear said “oh sorry to scare you. I just am a bit scary. I really don't mean to scare anyone. I'm actually a very nice bear. It's just that nobody trusts me”. When the bear said that Sonia suddenly understood. Sometimes her family treated her like she was a baby, like “you're not allowed to do that. You're not allowed to do this.” It drove her crazy. She said to the bear “it's OK”.

Sonia asked the bear if he wanted to come over and play. “Sure” said the bear “oh wait, you don't know my name.” “Excuse me, I am Benny.” “Hi Benny, I am Sonia”. Together Benny and Sonia walked to Sonia's house. When they got there, Sonia's mom was waiting for her. “Hi honey, dinner is ready”.

When Sonia told her mom about the bear and that she was having him over for dinner, at first she wasn't so sure but then she said “why not.” Sonia asked the bear if he wanted to stay over night, but he said “no thanks.” But he would arrange another time to have a sleepover. Sonia said that it was OK and she understood so the bear went home and Sonia went to bed.

Story continues in Part II →

Our Serial Story · Part II

A Werewolf in the Park?

Benny stays up all night sewing a costume, and Sonia gets the scare of her life

By Claire

Pencil sketch of a girl jumping back in surprise as a bear in a homemade werewolf costume leaps out near a park

The next day, Sonia made arrangements to me the bear at the park. She was excited to tell the bear all about what they could do together. So she started to head to the park when suddenly… a werewolf !!!! “Aaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!” Sonia screamed. “Haha” said, the BEAR! Bear! “What are you doing”! “I totally got you”. Said bear.

Benny totally got me, he dressed up as a werewolf, that was crazy Thought Sonia. “Ha ha, you got me there Benny.” Thanks, anyway, lets go to the park. “Hey, Benny, that was a pretty convincing werwolf costume, where did you get it”? “I made it myself.” “How did you make that in one night?”asked Sonia. “I was up all night sewing.” Said bear. “Wow.” Said Sonia.

As Sonia and Benny walked to the park, Sonia wondered why had a bear tricked her, it was funny, but why? Maybe because he thought it was fun, Sonia didn't know. there was millions of reasons, but she didn't know, well, it was funny and and he wasn't being mean so it was OK with her. When they got there, Sonia…

To be continued…

Animal Kingdom

Under the Sea

Jellyfish

No hearts, no brains, and one kind that is almost invisible

By Claire

Pencil sketch of a pale moon jellyfish in shallow water above a red-orange lion's mane jellyfish

A lions mane is one example of a jellyfish that can sting. A moon jelly is one example of a jellyfish that cannot sting. The most deadliest jellyfish is called a box jellyfish. one sting can kill a grown man. Most jellyfish can sting.

A Moon jelly is kind of invisible. Moon jellies are small and are found very close to the shore of an ocean. Other jellyfish are big and are found really deep in the ocean. Jellyfish do not have hearts or brains.

Pets

Dogs

Their brains are only about the size of a lemon, but they are very smart

By Claire

Pencil sketch of a chihuahua, collie, beagle and golden retriever sitting in a row behind a lemon

Dogs are very cozy. There are lots of different sizes of dogs. Their fur keeps them warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Most of the time the fur of a dog keeps their skin hidden. The dog can have many different lengths of fur, some have short, some have long.

An average dog has a brain the size of a lemon. Since the average dog's brain is only about the size of a lemon, humans don't think they are very smart, but they are very smart. Most dogs learn sit, stay, and other things. Well, now you know about dogs. Goodbye

Reptiles

Snake

They can open their mouths as wide as a pig and smell the air with their tongues

By Claire

Pencil sketch of a coiled green and yellow snake flicking its tongue, with a close-up of round and slit snake eyes and a shed skin

Snakes have skin on their eyes. If the snake has a line down the middle of its eye, then it is poisonous, if it has a circle in its eye, then it will not be poisonous. There are a few exceptions but not many. One of the exceptions is that snakes can change the shape of their eye only a few, but some. Snakes are cold-blooded animals.

Snakes can open their mouth as wide as a pig !!!!!!!!! Snakes have the ability to smell air with their tongue. Snake is the second most deadliest creature on earth. More than 5000 people die in a year because of snakes!!! A baby snake is called a snakeling. If you find a snake skin and it looks fresh, a snake is probably nearby.

Pets

Cats

Three special breeds, from rare chocolate lap cats to golden Persians

By Claire

Pencil sketch of a chocolate-brown York Chocolate cat, a flat-faced Exotic Shorthair and a golden Persian sitting together

York chocolate breed

  • York chocolate breeds are rare
  • They are lap cats
  • They love to be pet
  • They come from America

Exotic, short hair breed

  • They came from a Persian cat
  • They share a flat face and they're kind character
  • But their fur is very short, so they do not need to be groomed often

Persia golden breed

  • They have rich gold fur
  • The first gold hair kitties are from a chinchilla Persia's cat

Reptiles

All About Lizards!!!

By Claire

Pencil sketch of a green lizard climbing a sunny wall next to a piece of its shed skin

Lizards shed their skin every once in a while. and they also are a reptile which is cool and I like reptiles. And some live in El Salvador. They are cold blooded. And they could climb on walls. The end

Consumer Alert

Scammers

How tricksters try to take control of your computer, and why you should never let them

By Claire

Pencil sketch of a raccoon in a beanie sneaking a paw onto a laptop mouse beside a ringing phone, padlock and piggy bank

most scammers want to trick you into controlling your computer. Once they have control of your computer they try to log into your bank account or anything valuable. They trick you into calling them by pretending they're someone else.

Once they trick you into trusting them they they give you instructions to install something on your computer. they don't tell you that it's giving them control of your computer. Then, sometimes hours, sometimes days, later they connect to your computer and they have total control. Once they have total control of your computer they can rob you and do whatever they want.

The Kitchen

Recipe

Runny Eggs

Butter first, then crack the egg, wait for a little brown, and flip

By Claire

Pencil sketch of a sunny-side-up egg frying in butter in a pan, with a spatula and a bottle of hot sauce

Ingredients

Butter, a bowl, a knife and some eggs

Chef's tip: Preferred to eat with Frank's

First you put butter on the pan and then you crack the egg and put it on top of the butter. Then you wait for a little for the bottom to cook then you check if the bottom of the egg is a little bit brown if it is a little bit brown, then you flip the egg then you have to wait for that part to get cooked and then when it's done cooked, you get it off the pan turn off the pan and put it on a plate.

Recipe

How to Make Eggs

By Claire

Pencil sketch of a bowl of whisked eggs with milk, salt and everything bagel seasoning beside a stove

Ingredients

2 eggs, half a cup of milk and salt

  1. get two eggs and put the oven on low
  2. stir the eggs until it's only one color
  3. add the half a cup of milk and stir it again
  4. add two shakes of salt and stir again
  5. put the eggs in the pan and cook it until it is cooked the way you like it

The way I would eat it is with everything bagel seasoning. Enjoy!!!

People & Sports

Feature

Army

How Alice became an army doctor and traveled from Korea to a remote island in the Pacific

By Claire

Pencil sketch of a propeller plane landing on a tropical island airstrip, with an army medical bag and dog tags in front

Alice got into the medical School for the army, but it cost her family a lot of money. The army had a scholarship, so Alice decided to go to medical school there. She did the medical school but she had to learn how to actually fight in an army. But the good news was, she got to travel. She went to places like the Pacific Ocean, Korea, and German.

“The plane only lands three times a week. When it lands, it is a big deal.”

One time she was a doctor in the Pacific Ocean. In the Pacific, it is very remote. The plane only lands three times a week. When it lands, it is a big deal. a long time ago her father was in World War II. As you can see, being in the army is very cool.

Sports

Sports

Why baseball is the favorite, and why tackle football is not

By Claire

Pencil sketch of a youth baseball bat, helmet and glove by a dugout fence with a clipboard on the bench

Owen Cooper stock really like sports. Here are some reasons why:

Owen thinks they're very fun. He thinks they're fun because he gets to play with his friends and sometimes it is fun for him to be under pressure. His favorite sport is baseball because his dad is the coach and he plays travel baseball. The sport he will not play is tackle football because you could get hurt. He thinks it is a good idea to not play too many sports.

Profile

All About Owen

By Claire

Pencil sketch of a baseball glove and ball, a toy killer whale and a plate of sushi

Owen's favorite sport is baseball. His favorite color is blue or neon yellow. His favorite animal is a killer whale his favorite subject in school is PE. His favorite food is sushi.

Profile

All About Eli

By Claire

Pencil sketch of a friendly horse looking over a fence with tacos, tomatoes and bananas

Ellie's favorite color is blue or teal. His favorite animal is a horse. His favorite food is either a taco or tomatoes. His favorite subject is PE. His favorite sport is baseball. Three facts about Ellie are:

  1. he plays three sports.
  2. he owns a lot of gum.
  3. he likes bananas.