C. Ian McLaren ~ Grade 3 Stories

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Students at C. Ian McLaren in Grade 3 have been working on their story writing. Here are a couple of the stories to share with the readership.

“The Princess” by Jaden
 Lightning crashed and banged as the princess was staring out the castle window with her cat Spice. When all was quiet the princess turned to her pink bed and sat on a pillow. Suddenly a giant lightning bolt crashed into the group outside and it shook the castle! When the lightning bolt was gone there was a cloud of smoke and out stepped a vampire! A maid saw the princess disappear with the vampire! She screamed for the prince to help and he got there in the blink of an eye. The maid pointed to some dark clouds in the sky. They slowly started to move out of the way and there was a dark scary castle. The prince saw the princess being dragged inside. He thought of a way to save the princess. He got his wand out and threw it with all his might, and it hit a sparkling cloud of dust. As the cloud gently floated to the ground his wand flung back and he put it away. He pulled and tugged at the cloud and it made a shiny rope. The prince threw it as hard as he could with all the energy he had left, but it wasn't long enough. So he got his wand and pointed it at some twigs on the ground and they started floating. He dragged the twigs to make magic stairs. He almost got to the top of the castle when his weight made the twigs crumple to the ground! The prince thought that he would never save the princess but he had one more idea. He ran up the wall and started to float. As he was floating he made magic stairs by pointing his wand at the wall and using bricks that came from it. Finally he reached the top of the castle, grabbed the princess and started to run home. As they were running, bats started to chase them. The prince picked up the princess and started running so fast that you could not see his feet. He reached the princess' castle but the door was locked so he looked all around the castle and found a window that he climbed through with the princess. They felt utterly exhausted. He remembered how hard he had tried to save the princess. He felt happy when he saw the princess' smile and he hoped that he would never have to do that again. He decided to go home and practice his spells so he could get better at them in case he needed to save another princess.
The End

“Fred and Susan” by Coulter
Fred and Susan were running. They needed to get to their friend's house as quickly as possible. But they took a wrong turn and they got lost in the woods. They felt scared because they heard crashing sounds in the woods, but they couldn't see what was making the sounds. They tried to find a road so they could get back home to be safe. But they were too deep into the woods and there were no roads. They climbed a tree to try to see something that they recognized. The tree was too prickly and scratched their arms. When they finally got to the top they only saw fog. They could not see the road, which meant that they couldn't get home. They felt sad and cried over and over, but luckily police flew over in a helicopter and found them. They told their dad that they would never go outside without him again. They remembered the crashing sounds in the woods, and how scared they felt from the noises. They hoped they wouldn't get lost in the woods in the first place. They decided to never go out in the woods again without their dad, and they fell asleep in the helicopter.
The End