A Conway Grammar Kindergarten Adventure

Kaitlyn and MoniqueKaitlyn and Monique

Kaitlyn and MoniqueKaitlyn and MoniqueA Conway Grammar Kindergarten Adventure

AuthorsKindergarteners

KelseyRubyWhitneyAndrewMacyMoniqueBeckMalcolmJamesCadenceJuliaAdrienNoahWillJaxonMarkSadieLiamUliKaitlynTeachersJeremy BrunaccioniFrostie BeanKarla ClarkeMelissa Makosiej

Illustrators5th Graders

Michael Amanda Amelia AndyClaire Brooke Sage Peter Devyn Matthew Abigail SavannahKelseaJoeyMcKenzieAshlyn

copyright © Conway Grammar School 2013 All Rights Reserved

Acknowledgements:Special thanks to Massachusetts Cultural Council (STARS Residency Grants) Conway Grammar PTO, Judy Siciliano, Karen Ferrandino. Eshu Bumpus, Jeremy Brunaccioni, Frostie Bean, Karla Clarke and Melissa Makosiej.

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Th ere was once a giraff e named Kaitlyn. She was 10 feet tall and she had blue eyes and long, brown antlers. She lived with a big dinosaur named Monique.

Monique was 19 feet tall and she always wore pink shoes.

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Th ey lived in a giant, gold, round house with a spiral staircase.

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Kaitlyn was really good at running. She could run faster than a cheetah.

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One day, Kaitlyn and Monique were playing with their toy trains when Monique got hungry. She wanted some meat leaves but you could only get them in Danger Jungle. It was 59 miles away. Monique asked Kaitlyn to go to the Danger Jungle to get her some meat leaves. Monique warned Kaitlyn, whatever you do, don’t go into Cheetah Valley. It’s full of Cheetahs!

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It was a spring morning that was warm and then hot, so Kaitlyn put on a pretty pink dress with a beautiful dark pink sweater. Th en she gave Monique a big hug and said, “I’ll miss you” and went out the door.

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Kaitlyn had to cross a dangerous river with many, many dangerous fi sh in it, especially Huntress the Catfi sh. She was as mean as a dinosaur. Luckily there was plenty of wood near the house so she could make herself a bridge. It took 10 hours to build a nice strong bridge.

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Kaitlyn walked for 10 hours before she got tired and had to stop. Suddenly, she saw a beautiful peacock. It was green, red, and black. Th e peacock said, “Follow me!” She wanted to get closer so she followed that peacock but it led her all the way into Cheetah Valley.

Th e peacock said, “I tricked you!”

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Suddenly, Kaitlyn got caught in a great big cheetah trap made out of metal. She felt sad and scared. She cried; “Help!” as loud as a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

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Just then, the leader of the cheetah’s came out. She was ginormous. She had a crown of silver and gold. She wore a really dark purple jacket and black and purple shoes. She said, “My name is Julia and I’m going to put you in Crocodile Swamp.”

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Kaitlyn said to Julia, “If you let me out of this trap then I’ll give you my beautiful sweater.” Julia said, “It’s a deal,” and she opened up the trap.

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Immediately, when Julia opened up the trap, Kaitlyn started to run really fast and 3 cheetahs started chasing her. Th ey chased her for 10 minutes before they gave up because Kaitlyn was just too fast.

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A couple of minutes later, she arrived in the jungle She could tell it was Danger Jungle because it had hippos. Th e hippos showed her the sign to fi nd the meat leaves. She picked a basketful of sausage and chicken fl avored meat leaves. She ran home at lightning speed because she didn’t want any trouble.

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When she got home, poor Monique was so hungry, she was just about to put Kaitlyn’s best pair of shoes in the oven. Kaitlyn yelled, “Don’t eat my shoes, please!

I brought you some meat leaves.” “Oh, you are just in time,” Monique sighed. Th en she gobbled down the basket in one big gulp.

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Kaitlyn said, “What was that all for!” Kaitlyn was hungry too, so she ate 4 mangoes. Th en Kaitlyn and Monique went back to playing with their toys. Th ey stayed playing for 1,200 hours. Th at is 50 days! Th en they went to bed and slept for 1 minute.

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Th eir Uncle George the Hippo came to visit and they told him the whole story.

“Oh my!” said Uncle George. “You missed your bedtime. You must go to bed now! Put on you pajamas and brush your teeth.”

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He let them each have a sip of water and told them a bedtime story of Goldilocks and the Th ree Dinosaurs. It reminded them of eating porridge.

Th at night they dreamed of delicious oatmeal with brown sugar and butter and maple syrup, much safer than meat leaves.