Story of A Lifetime - By Aimee and Kiersten

Once upon a time, the sun burnt out. Everyone was so frightened that they couldn't figure out what to do. But one little octopus kept his head on, he would fly up to the sun and relight it! So, he began by gathering as many fireflies as he could. Then, he scoured the beach, picking up every seashell that he could find. Finally, so that he could fly, he went out into a field and stole as many moo's as octopusly possible and started his journey. One by one, he let the moos go, and he floated higher and higher. Finally, when he was in outer space, he ran out of moos. He was too heavy to galaxy swim the rest of the way, so he started to drop the seashells, since he really didn't need them anyways and was just obsessed with collecting them. He floated closer and closer to the sun. He got really close, took out the fireflies to relight the sun and was just about to throw them on the burnt out ball of flame when all of a sudden, out of nowhere arrived the Evil Doctor Mongoose, Esquire, to foil the little octopus' plan. "I'm here to foil your plan, little octopus!" Said The Evil Doctor Mongoose, Esquire. And he gobbled all of the fireflies up! "OH NO!" said Octopus . . . "Whatever will I do?" But, the Evil Doctor Mongoose, Esquire, forgot one little thing, the fireflies LIT UP and his stomach began to glow. He was as bright as the sun, and so, he was dubbed the replacement sun. And the octopus found six dollars. FIN!

oh, what a badminton tournament can do to the creative juices!!