Parker Smith
Ms. Stronks
ELA 8
October 7, 2015
Snowball the Monster
On a cold snowy winter day in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the Taylor family was taking a walk through the woods in search of a christmas tree. Suddenly, Melvin, the youngest of the family, saw one he howled out yelling, “I found one!” Randy the dad, held the chainsaw firmly in his cold colossal hands and pulled on the fragile rope to get it started. Then Randy drove the chainsaw into the base of the tree. Together Randy, Jill, Melvin, and Kendall all picked up the tree. Kendall, being a twelve year old, did not want any part of it. When they all arrived home Randy and Melvin took the stand out for it, then Randy pushed up, while Randy struggled to help. When they pushed it up they decorated it with many glaring colorful lights and gleaming ornaments, and to top it Randy picked Melvin up and he put the star on top of the tree. Jill and Kendall both made hot chocolate for the family, then they all sat down in front of the fireplace with their two dogs and cat memorized by the fire.
Suddenly, they all heard sounds of rustling in the tree. Randy stood up trying to cover his fear and peeked at the tree and all of a sudden a teddy bear came jumping out at him. Randy took by the arm and threw it across the room. The arm was left in his hand and the bear raised up and ran towards him, he kicked it across the room but it got back up continuously. At one point it stayed down laying in the corner looking dead. Randy and his family approached it with curiosity and fear. It rolled over and it was missing an arm and its eyes, and had legs that were metal as if they had ben replaced. It then mumbled a word that sounded similar to “Sorry.” Kendall approached it and asked “What do you want?” It answered again mumbling saying
“A home!” Jill carried it and placed it on the couch letting it rest over night. The next morning Kendall woke up rubbing her eyes with a surprise on her chest was the bear. She screamed and threw it across her room. Everyone came rushing into her room, Jill said “What’s wrong?” they saw the bear and realized what had happened. Jill picked up the bear, set it on Kendall’s bed and they then tried to talk to it. They asked what its name was it said “Snowball” they asked what he was doing in the tree, he said that he living there, then they asked what happened to his legs and eyes, he said that he was given as a gift to a boy named Johnathan and he hated Snowball so he ripped his eyes out and wanted to give him strong legs so he cut of his legs and made his own metal legs and put them on him. The family did not understand how he was alive, and neither did Snowball. The Taylor’s sat down with him all day and asked him questions.
A month had passed with Snowball and the Taylor's’ and once in a while he would take it to far and would destroy items in the house because he didn't understand everything and when that would happen Jill would get upet. One day Snowball invited all of his friends and had a party while Jill and Randy went on a cruise to the Bahamas. Kendall and Melvin knew that he shouldn't have been doing it but there were to many people to kick out. At one o’clock the party was still going, there were people breaking everything in the house and walking around the neighborhood writing this on houses. Everyone was passed out in the morning and all of a sudden Jill and Randy were home early. There were people sleeping in the front yard, in the backyard, and everywhere in the house. Jill woke everyone up by yelling in so much anger, “GET OUT!” Snowball woke up in instant fear and regret, Jill went straight to him and yelled at him, she told him he was not welcome in the house because all he had caused was trouble.
The whole family got in the car and drove to the woods. Snowball did not know what to do with himself, he felt so stupid. Kendall and Melvin were crying as their tears froze on their red checks while they were begging Jill to give him a second chance. Snowball slowly walked back into the woods shivering and crying. He looked back in sorrow and walked away and slowly fading in the snow storm. A week went by and Kendall and Melvin planed on going out searching for him when Jill and Randy went to sleep. When they went to sleep Kendall and Melvin took an Uber to the woods and went looking for him. Hours later they still had no luck and were going to turn back, they tried finding their way out and were trying to get out for hours. Morning came and Jill and Randy woke up and went to go wake up Kendall and Melvin for school they then realized they weren't there. The first place they went looking was the woods. After hours of looking and yelling out their names they heard a response that sounded like Melvin. They went towards the noise and found him. Jill and Randy hugged them and were so happy to see them but so mad at the same time. They made their way out and Kendall looked back with her eyes filled up to the top with tears. Unexpectedly she saw a dark small figure through the snow. She ran towards it and it was Snowball. Kendall and Melvin were so excited but Jill did not seem to be. They were trying to make promises and deals to Jill so they could bring him back home but Snowball interrupted them and told Jill that everything was his fault and that he was careless and made big mistakes and he is all to blame and he would promise to change. Jill thought about it and said happily with a smile on her face, “Come back home”. From that point on Snowball was a different monster and later was fixed up at Build a Bear, went to school, graduated, went to an acting school , and was later in a movie called “Ted”.
Ms. Stronks
ELA 8
October 7, 2015
Snowball the Monster
On a cold snowy winter day in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the Taylor family was taking a walk through the woods in search of a christmas tree. Suddenly, Melvin, the youngest of the family, saw one he howled out yelling, “I found one!” Randy the dad, held the chainsaw firmly in his cold colossal hands and pulled on the fragile rope to get it started. Then Randy drove the chainsaw into the base of the tree. Together Randy, Jill, Melvin, and Kendall all picked up the tree. Kendall, being a twelve year old, did not want any part of it. When they all arrived home Randy and Melvin took the stand out for it, then Randy pushed up, while Randy struggled to help. When they pushed it up they decorated it with many glaring colorful lights and gleaming ornaments, and to top it Randy picked Melvin up and he put the star on top of the tree. Jill and Kendall both made hot chocolate for the family, then they all sat down in front of the fireplace with their two dogs and cat memorized by the fire.
Suddenly, they all heard sounds of rustling in the tree. Randy stood up trying to cover his fear and peeked at the tree and all of a sudden a teddy bear came jumping out at him. Randy took by the arm and threw it across the room. The arm was left in his hand and the bear raised up and ran towards him, he kicked it across the room but it got back up continuously. At one point it stayed down laying in the corner looking dead. Randy and his family approached it with curiosity and fear. It rolled over and it was missing an arm and its eyes, and had legs that were metal as if they had ben replaced. It then mumbled a word that sounded similar to “Sorry.” Kendall approached it and asked “What do you want?” It answered again mumbling saying
“A home!” Jill carried it and placed it on the couch letting it rest over night. The next morning Kendall woke up rubbing her eyes with a surprise on her chest was the bear. She screamed and threw it across her room. Everyone came rushing into her room, Jill said “What’s wrong?” they saw the bear and realized what had happened. Jill picked up the bear, set it on Kendall’s bed and they then tried to talk to it. They asked what its name was it said “Snowball” they asked what he was doing in the tree, he said that he living there, then they asked what happened to his legs and eyes, he said that he was given as a gift to a boy named Johnathan and he hated Snowball so he ripped his eyes out and wanted to give him strong legs so he cut of his legs and made his own metal legs and put them on him. The family did not understand how he was alive, and neither did Snowball. The Taylor’s sat down with him all day and asked him questions.
A month had passed with Snowball and the Taylor's’ and once in a while he would take it to far and would destroy items in the house because he didn't understand everything and when that would happen Jill would get upet. One day Snowball invited all of his friends and had a party while Jill and Randy went on a cruise to the Bahamas. Kendall and Melvin knew that he shouldn't have been doing it but there were to many people to kick out. At one o’clock the party was still going, there were people breaking everything in the house and walking around the neighborhood writing this on houses. Everyone was passed out in the morning and all of a sudden Jill and Randy were home early. There were people sleeping in the front yard, in the backyard, and everywhere in the house. Jill woke everyone up by yelling in so much anger, “GET OUT!” Snowball woke up in instant fear and regret, Jill went straight to him and yelled at him, she told him he was not welcome in the house because all he had caused was trouble.
The whole family got in the car and drove to the woods. Snowball did not know what to do with himself, he felt so stupid. Kendall and Melvin were crying as their tears froze on their red checks while they were begging Jill to give him a second chance. Snowball slowly walked back into the woods shivering and crying. He looked back in sorrow and walked away and slowly fading in the snow storm. A week went by and Kendall and Melvin planed on going out searching for him when Jill and Randy went to sleep. When they went to sleep Kendall and Melvin took an Uber to the woods and went looking for him. Hours later they still had no luck and were going to turn back, they tried finding their way out and were trying to get out for hours. Morning came and Jill and Randy woke up and went to go wake up Kendall and Melvin for school they then realized they weren't there. The first place they went looking was the woods. After hours of looking and yelling out their names they heard a response that sounded like Melvin. They went towards the noise and found him. Jill and Randy hugged them and were so happy to see them but so mad at the same time. They made their way out and Kendall looked back with her eyes filled up to the top with tears. Unexpectedly she saw a dark small figure through the snow. She ran towards it and it was Snowball. Kendall and Melvin were so excited but Jill did not seem to be. They were trying to make promises and deals to Jill so they could bring him back home but Snowball interrupted them and told Jill that everything was his fault and that he was careless and made big mistakes and he is all to blame and he would promise to change. Jill thought about it and said happily with a smile on her face, “Come back home”. From that point on Snowball was a different monster and later was fixed up at Build a Bear, went to school, graduated, went to an acting school , and was later in a movie called “Ted”.