I just got home after a long day so I am going to post the story that Ryan wrote for school. I promised him that I would post it on my blog. I thought he did pretty well for third grade. He is much better at writing stories then he is at making Christmas ornaments.

Ryan Murphy
1-10-08

Banana Split


Once Upon a time there was a wooly mammoth named Charlie, he had brown hair with big tusks. Charlie was kind of a leader. There was a monkey named Fred who had brown hair and he loved to eat bananas. Fred was kind of a slacker.

One day they were walking in the forest and they hit something. It was a tall ape; he was guarding the castle of King Donkey. The ape said in a grouchy voice, “Did you pay your taxes?”
“How much” said Fred? 1000 donkey coins said the ape. What!!! Exclaimed Fred, Charlie said, “This is all we have.” Holding up ten donkey coins. Aww, you don’t have the money said the ape. Then follow me, your going to prison. Charlie and Fred both said “WHAT”!! While the ape handcuffed them, he said “prison is where you have to do work filing King Donkey’s paperwork and making him delicious pies.”

Meanwhile, they were in prison. Fred said “we have to get out of here.” Charlie got out some giant toe nail clippers and started clipping away at his tusks. Fred asked him “What are you doing?” Charlie said, “Be quiet Fred, I have a plan.” Charlie used the pieces of his tusk to file away at the bars. Bingo they were free. A bird came along and Fred said, “Do you want to join the club? “We get jackets.” The birds name was patch. He said “I know where the donkey’s room is.” The ape was running after them so they started running faster. Fred jumped on top of Charlie’s back.Yee ha said Fred, the ape was running faster, Fred cried, “ride em cowboy” and slapped Charlie’s thigh. Charlie hit a dead end, a brick wall. Fred said “a secret passage way works for me.

There was a huge pit of boiling lava on the other side of the wall. The bird flew across; Fred swung from a vine to make it across. Charlie was too big. He found a piece of wood shaped like a surf board. He surfed his way across. They found a huge rope. Patch said, I think we are supposed to climb this. Fred stepped on his banana; it squished on the wall and made banana steps so they could climb up the wall. When they got to the top the ape was there. I will take him, said Fred. Monkey vs. Ape. The ape flipped Fred through the air. Fred shook his head got back up and squirted two bananas in the ape’s eyes, and then he kicked him in the face.

They came to a huge door with a huge lock. “We don’t have the key,” said Charlie. “No, but the ape does,” said Fred. They ran back and got the key and opened the door. There was no Donkey King inside but they found all the tax money. They returned to their village and returned everyone’s money. And they all lived happily ever after.


The End