Samplings from the Story Club

From Joseph:

Disney Take Over

 

There was once a large company called Disney. People loved Disney. It was buying off companies like crazy. Disney was buying so much, no one could defeat them in being liked. Disney one day bought off google and their plan was complete. Suddenly, they sent out huge armies and ruled the entire world.

From Anya:

The Cheating Knight

 

Once there was a knight. He was the biggest and boldest. But he wasn't really the biggest and boldest. The only reason he is do big and so bold was that he cheated. He always was the richest, so he always went to the wizards, for he could afford it. If you saw what he really looked like, you would say he looks nothing like what it seems. He would always win the hardest battles. And when he went off to war, the spell had gone away. And the cheating knight also had gone away.

From Adam:

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Once there was a large family who lived in Pokeyville, North Somewhere. The eldest brother would make cookies a lot.  The fourth brother would always steel cookie dough. One day when Johnny (the eldest brother) was making cookies, Josh, (the fourth brother) was plotting. When Johnny finished making the cookie dough, Johnny noticed the missing chunk and went in search. He found Josh underneath the counter who had just stuffed the last little bit in.

Johnny said, "Josh what you took was equivalent to 3 cookies. You will have no cookies for that."

When the cookies were made, everyone got some except Josh, the cookie dough thief.

From Rachel:

Mr. Hero and the giants

There was a cowardly man, but everyone thought he was brave and bold because his name was Mr. Hero. His kingdom was being attacked by giants. The king Kingworths decided to throw a ball where he would choose a man to a to fight the giants. Mr. Hero being a noble was invited to the ball, so he came to attend it. At the ball there were many nobles. Everyone was happy. In the corner were some nobles. One of them was a duke. His name was Duke Weston. And the other nobles names were Mr. Roman, Mr. Johnson, Lady Susan, and Lady Mary. They all were thinking the same thing, "why  Mr. Hero is sure to fight giants. He is a very successful man."

Stated Lady Susan, "well I quite a agree with you said Lady Mary."

"Yes, it does look like Mr. Hero is the right one to fight the giants," said the duke. 

"What a brave man Mr. Hero is," said Mr. Roman. 

Now Mr. Johnson being a shy man did not say a word, but he agreed with the others. The entire ball thought Mr. Hero was the perfect man to fight the giants. The funny thing was that when everyone was thinking this, Mr. Hero was comfortably laying on the couch eating a large piece of chocolate cake. He was very flattered by what people said about him. But he always was telling them that they were wrong and that he was quit a coward. But people would just laugh and say, "what a good joke Mr. Hero, but you can’t fool us with such nonsense. We know you’re a hero."

A large part of this problem came from his mother spreading quite the gossip about how heroic her son was. He did quite a lot of good deeds. He’s even slayed dragons according to his mother. Everyone believed her because of her high noble rank. 

Soon the king had silenced the ball. Then he began to speak.

"You all know why I have thrown this ball. Its because we must choose somebody to fight the giant. If they succeed they get my only daughters hand in marriage and an award of one million gold."

The king’s daughter was very pretty and kind. 

"Now any suggestions," said the king. 

Everyone pointed to Mr. Hero including the princess. Well I guess that means Mr. Hero must slay the giants. 

What Mr. Hero said, "I can’t face the giants."

"Don’t worry we paid for your life insurance and we have someone to introduce you to the giants." 

The next day Mr. Hero and the somebody went out to fight the giants. When they got to the giants they were both afraid. The giants stood ready to attack. 

"WHO ARE YOU?" the giants asked!! 

"This is Mr. Hero and he’s true to his name," said the somebody. 

"MR. HERO! OH NO HE WILL SLAY US WE MUST FLEE!!"

And so, Mr. Hero had defeated the giants without doing a thing. He married the princess who was proud to call herself Misses Hero. 

The End!

From Kate:

The Worth of Gold

Golden walls and floors and stairs. Wizard's work. There was once a wizard who wished to discover the secret to make gold from straw. When the King of the Land heard of this and also of the wizard's great repute, he summoned the wizard to him and commanded him that he would tell none but the King of his discoveries and progress, that he would come daily to the castle and that if he succeeded he would be greatly rewarded. This inspired the wizard to work harder than ever at the task. Everyday he came to the palace and everyday the King waited impatiently for gold but was always sorely disappointed. What the King did not know was that the wizard had learned the secret, but it was useless knowledge, for none have the power to turn straw into gold, one substance can only become another of less worth, and so only a fool who thinks straw better than gold can make the transformation. Now some have been able to do it once or twice, before the good effects of the gold proved it's greater worth. This knowledge made the wizard feel rather bitter indeed for what kind of spell would only work if for one who would not wish it too? As he walked home, pointy hat sagging heavily upon his grim head he heard a girl in the hills singing. He was not a great lover of music, nor was the voice a lovely one, but the words struck at his heart for he heard her sing:

"Grassy meadow, leafy tree
how I love to walk through thee
I like thee more than kingly power
or sacks of gold that fill his tower"

Within minutes he was with the girl. He handed her a piece of straw and asked her if she could sing for him a little rhyme he had made. She saw that he was handsome and kind and sang his little verse:

"Straw of farmers field and lawn
sparkling in the silver dawn
harden quick and shine bold
become a brilliant stick of gold"

The straw turned to gold directly.

He was elated but she only said, "It's just a gold stick, it can't be important, it doesn't live like the straw did, you can't even feed it to another living creature now. Honestly, I don't see how you wanted it that way. King's will crave and thieves will charge and it can't do any good but sit and look pretty."

This only made the wizard happier, for she truly didn't care for gold. He quickly asked her to marry him and she rather liked the strange man in the pointy hat so she assented.

"Why are you looking me up and down like a mule? Am I to carry a heavy load?" she queried. 

"No no, I will carry all the gold." replied he. 

And so they were married within three days, and every morning when she woke up he would hand he a piece of straw and beg her to sing his transforming spell.

The wizard did not bother to tell the King of his good fortune, for he believed the King would steel it. The King indeed did intend to steel his gold and suspected the wizard of keeping discoveries to himself, this was the reason he called him into the palace everyday and this was the reason he sent a spy to watch him in hopes of finding the secret to making straw into gold.

It only took a mornings peeping in through a window for the spy to see that the wizard had indeed turned plenty of straw to gold. Once he heard the spell and saw it's performance, he ran back and told the King. Both excitedly tried the magic words, but to know use. After a day of saying the rhyme in every imaginable way, the King was quite worn out and angry and sent an army of fifty to the wizard's cottage and brought him to the the castle in chains. Then the King demanded to know the secret to making gold from straw and vowed if the wizard did not tell him, his head would be severed from his body, as he was trampled by horses and burned to death. The wizard could see the absurdity in such a death, but he also did not want to try it, so he told the King of the uselessness in anyone who wished for gold reciting the spell, and his good fortune in finding a girl who could. He promised the King that he would have his wife give his majesty a stick everyday until they could find another fool to do it for him.

This was not enough for the selfish King and the woman was brought to him immediately. He then told her that her husband was his prisoner and would be until she filled every tower in his great castle with golden straw. The girl cried mightily and promised to do so to save the wizard.

She was then locked int a dark room full of straw and set to work. It was good for the King that the room was dark, for had she a candle she would have burnt the bundles of straw to the ground so tired was she of singing the spell. In these conditions, there was no hope of her liking the gold any better, for she and her husband were prisoners from it.

So she worked wonderfully fast in hopes of being free and was soon set to the last tower in the castle. She did not, poor girl, known that this work would actually be the end of her freedom and the wizard. For the King was too selfish to give her up and planned to kill the wizard and marry the little wife himself when she had completed her task.

The wizard however, had learned a great lesson in his small prison cell and had applied his great mind to something better than riches. He spoke first to his barred door:

"Lock holding me in here to dwell
let me leave this lonely cell"

The lock obeyed and he spoke to the guard:

"Sturdy guard standing nigh
sleep you soundly by and by"

The guard slumped to the floor and the wizard snuck to the last tower in the castle. He hid in the pile of straw and waited for his wife to be sent in. When she entered and the doors were locked behind her she sat down and cried and the wizard felt worse than ever for his own selfishness. 

Then he whispered to the wall and said,

"windowless wall hard as can be
open widely so we may flee"

And the girl, not hearing her husband, saw to her great astonishment the wall open before her. She came to the opening and saw the green meadows that she had so wished to see again and almost ran out, but instead just leaned against the wall and said:

"Thank you dear wall for setting me free from this room,
but I cannot leave my husband to his great doom."

And she sat down and began to turn straw to gold. When she came to the stack where he hid, the wizard took her hand and came out from the pile. Then he led her out the wall of the castle and together they fled the country together.

The King was left full of wrath and misery, which he had no right to be with a castle filled with gold.
The wizard never asked his wife to turn another sliver of straw into gold again. His wife was the only thing he could ever turn into gold, for she was the only thing to him of more worth.

From me:

The Candy Mouse
A little mouse
so fuzzy and grey
went out of his house
on a snowy day

Find something good
like crackers and cheese
It’s what you should
said, his mother, please

His feet did tingle
as he crossed the snow
and he heard a merry jingle
from the house below

That’s the right place
so cozy and warm
He looked for a space
to squeeze without harm

A tiny little hole
found under the floor
up through he stole
instead of the door

Tiny colored lights
shone in his face
giving small delights
as he searched the place

Hide though he must
being feeble and small
knowing not to trust
the wide open hall

Under he scurried
through a closet door
up he went, unworried
into a dark dresser drawer

He wiggled his nose
and quietly thought
while he gained his repose
he had not been caught

Now for what he came
he must look for cheese
and crackers to claim
if he were to please

His dear little mother
she was a good soul
unlike any other
to the pantry he’d go

Crawling around
he smelt something pleasant
food he found
a nice Christmas present

It was not the right food
of crackers or cheese
But he did conclude
it would definitely please

A nibble a munch
a wee happy sigh
this was the best lunch
he ever did try

He ate and he ate
so pleasant to dine
the taste it was great
delicious and fine

It must please my mother
this fine, luscious treat
I’ll search for no other
there’s nothing as sweet

He gathered the candy
in his tiny mouse paws
they weren’t very handy
but he did have his jaws

With a mouth full
another chocolate he held
he gave a good pull
down the dresser he felled

He got right back up
and scurried on home
His family would sup
in their underground dome

His mother was glad
“chocolate’s better than cheese,”
said his good old dad
who was so hard to please