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[Kelly Beierschmitt]

Tanner, Third Grader

Rule #1, 678: Color inside the lines.

Official Reason: It won't look good.

The truth, told by Tanner, a third grader. When you color outside the lines wax drips off the paper all gooey, and it grows into giant crayons! They will wait until you fall asleep. Then they will color all over you, but you won't feel it. When you wake up your family will be scared of you.

Then, the animal control will capture you, and put you in the zoo. Everybody will laugh. The next day you will turn into paper, and it will be like you never existed.

[Linda Conley]

Grown-up Rule #1,423: Eat your Vegetables!

Official Reason: You stay healthy and grow stronger.

Real Reason: If you neglect your vegetables, they can turn into wild animals and attack you!

Have you ever had a pet bear?
If not, read on! It’s quite a scare.
The real truth, the whole truth, no “buts” and no “whys”,
I’ll tell you the truth, while your parents tell you lies.

When you eat your vegetables, you think, “Ew!”
Your parents say it’s good for you, which is quite true.
But that reason is definitely not real,
Let me tell you how parents really feel!

When you look at vegetables, they seem so dead,
But did you know that vegetables can shed?
When you neglect them, they come alive,
Like cheetahs that sprint, or dolphins that dive.

They grow and grow, until they become free,
That is, free to attack, you and me!
They can escape, and go into your neighbor’s house,
But you won’t hear them, they are as quiet as a mouse.

Your neighbor will soon find a nasty surprise,
He can’t get rid of them as much as he tries!
I know this girl, whose parents were trapped,
By bears and giraffes, who refuse to nap.

For when you want to tie them up by day,
You must wait till morning; it’s the only way!
To tie them up and ship them far,
By bus, by plane, by train, or by car.

So let’s keep those animals in the zoo,
Put the veggies in your mouth, and chew, chew, CHEW!!!

Meghna
Grade 6