The Skateboard Race
By Srishta Hazra

Joseph Brown was the best skateboarder in Mrs. Salon’s class. One day his friend's brother challenged Joseph to a skateboard race on the following Sunday. It was already Wednesday. Joseph got a new skateboard to practice with. He had to get better because his friend's brother was in fourth grade and Joseph was only in second grade. His friend's brother's name was Sam.

Sam did not practice because he thought that experts do not need to practice. Joseph went through 3 whole days of practice! On Friday night, Joseph had his dinner and went to bed. The next morning he woke up. It was Saturday. He only had one more day to practice. Joseph went to the store and bought a new helmet, kneepads, shoulder pads, and elbow pads. Then Joseph went home and practiced doing jumps. Sam was at home watching the skateboard channel on TV. Joseph watched it too. Finally, it was night.

Joseph had a good sleep and woke up the next morning. He wore a new t-shirt and went to the track. It was set up already. Then the starter came to the two racers and said" On your marks, get set, GO"! Joseph started out fast. But then Sam overtook him at high speed. VROOOOOMM!!!!! He went so fast that you could not even see the wheels on his skateboard. Joseph tried to get past Sam but he could not do it. His whole class was rooting for him. Then finally Joseph found a ramp and he went on it super fast and he soared through the air and passed Sam. Then Joseph passed the finish line. Then a guy got a microphone and shouted "THE WINNER IS JOSEPH BROWN"!!!! Joseph got a huge skateboard trophy. Sam was glad that he got the chance to play in the competition. Everyone was happy and Mrs. Salon’s class made a sports hall of fame and Joseph was skateboarder of the month.

THE END

Mother's Day letter from Srishti

Short story by Srishta

Milky and Silky's Christmas

It was a cold and snowy morning. Two cats named Milky and Silky were looking for the biggest Christmas tree they could loacte at Kaneen Land. Suddenly Milky called out " here's one". Silky ran over ,"too fat' she said. They searched and searched until silky said " how about this ?" " Too bare" said Milky. After sometime Milky ran to find Silky and Silky ran to find Milky. CRASH! They bumped into each other."I think I found the perfect tree" said Milky."I think I found the perfect tree" said Silky. Then they pointed to the same tree and laughed! It was humumgous and lovely.

Before long they ran to the Christmas store and bought lots of pink, red and green ornamnets with golden shiny stars. They scrambed to their home and told their parents' about the tree. Then they got 100 pick up trucks and 335 villagers of Kaneen Land to help them take the tree to the village square. They planned to decorate the tree the next afternoon.

Next morning Silky and Milky went to get the ornamnets but they werent there! They searched on Pine mountain, Filwon beach,Reblint hotel, Willow tree forest, Julian's apple orchard and Dr Haney's hospital, but the ornaments had vanished.

Exhausted and tired they came home empty handed. The next day they decided to become detectives. They packed their detective gear like a magnifing glass, a camera and a mini computer. Then they went on their way.

Suddenly Silky saw something shiny on the groud and shouted "Milky look!" They had found a clue. They ran from one ornament to the other till they found a squirrel trying to make a house with the ornamnets!!!!

Speedy the squirrel was very sorry. "I didnt know that these were for decorating the Christmas tree", he said.

Milky and Silky invited Speedy and his family to help decorate the tree that afternoon. All the vilagers had great fun decorating the tree with Milky, Silky and the Speedy family. They sang songs around the beautiful Christmas tree shimmering with thousands of lights and glittery ornamnets.

The End

Summer Fun

I like Summer because its cool

I like to go to the swimming pool !!

When I go to the beach

My cheeks turn peach!!

When I eat Ice- Cream

My eyes turn green!!

Come on buddy - lets have some fun

Lets jump and play under the summer sun!!

And here are the flowers I like to smell...Lillies and Daffodils ..there are more as well!!

Mrs. Scarecrow - A short story by Srishti Hazra

It all started when Katie tripped on a banana peel. She was in the hospital with stitches on her knee. Her friend got her a scarecrow. When she was home she found out something MAGICAL! The scarecrow was ALIVE! It had an angry and scary face. It had a loud and scary sound and his arms waved hard.

Katie had a pet bird named Coocoo. One day there was a fire in their garden and Coocoo was in the garden. The scarecrow saw Coocoo and clapped its hands and Coocoo flew away. The scarecrow saved Coocoo's life!

The End

Roadtrip to Washington DC and Toronto

I went to Washington DC and Toronto with my dadu, moni, baba, mummy and Srishta this summer. On the first day we drove to Dayton, OH and stayed with dadu's friends. Next day we reached Germantown, MD where Avinash Uncle stays with his family in his big and beautiful house.

Over the next few days we visited the Lincoln memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the White House, the Washington Monument , the Smithsonian Air and Space museum and the Natural History museum.

Washington Monument

Jefferson Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Thats Srishta and Avinash Uncle.

I also had great fun playing with Reena Aunty.

On Saturday morning we drove to Toronto from Washington DC. On the way we stopped at the Niagara Falls. The Falls were lighted up in different colors and there were lovely fireworks. Late that night we reached Sarvpreet Uncle's house. He is my twin. We have the same birthday. Sarvpreet Uncle and Taruna Aunty have 2 children named Arjun and Preet. Taruna Aunty gave us Freezy Pops to eat. Another day we went to the beach on Lake Ontario. There was a park on the beach.

We got to have Ice Cream because we saw an Ice Cream Truck. Arjun had a Rocket popsicle, Srishta had a Spiderman Popsicle, Preet had a vanilla ice cream and I had a vanilla cone.

We went to see the Niagara Falls in the daytime with Uncle, Aunty and Arjun. We went on the boat, the Maid of the Mist. We had to wear blue raincoats on the boat as the boat goes very near the falls. Thats Srishta smiling at the camera. Arjun was very scared on the boat.

Thats me taking pictures of Srishta and Arjun at the flower clock.

At the Rainforest Cafe.

On our way back home we stayed at Michigan for a night. It was a long long trip.