Young Readers League\u00a02016\u00a0Writing Contest<\/p>\n
Category 1 (Age 8-11)<\/p>\n
1st\u00a0place<\/p>\n
by\u00a0Hannah Sagheb
\n11 years old (Grade 6)
\nImmaculate Heart School<\/p>\n
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Once there was a man,<\/p>\n
And he could do whatever he can.<\/p>\n
His parents died when he was four,<\/p>\n
He doesn\u2019t remember it,<\/p>\n
But he doesn\u2019t care anymore.<\/p>\n
One day, he learned that he could move things with his eyes,<\/p>\n
Everything he saw would rise.<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t know this until he was ten,<\/p>\n
So he kept doing it, and then,<\/p>\n
He was seventeen,<\/p>\n
Then he saw on his T.V. screen,<\/p>\n
\u2018Come and join our circus!<\/p>\n
We have a great purpose!<\/p>\n
We need someone peculiar, is that someone you?\u2019<\/p>\n
He got so interested,<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t even know that existed!<\/p>\n
He quickly asked to join,<\/p>\n
The phone said,<\/p>\n
\u2018Sure! Let\u2019s flip a coin!<\/p>\n
Heads you will win, tails you won\u2019t\u2019<\/p>\n
It was silent,<\/p>\n
Then he said,<\/p>\n
\u2018You will be my client.\u2019<\/p>\n
He was so happy.<\/p>\n
He couldn\u2019t feel his body.<\/p>\n
The Audition<\/p>\n
It was in San Jose,<\/p>\n
He was so happy, that he thought it was his birthday!<\/p>\n
When he got there, he told him what he could do,<\/p>\n
Then he said,<\/p>\n
\u2018Can you do it now, can you?\u2019<\/p>\n
He got a cup,<\/p>\n
And made it fly up.<\/p>\n
The man was so surprised,<\/p>\n
He looked paralyzed.<\/p>\n
\u2018Meet me on Thursday, here.\u2019<\/p>\n
They both disappeared.<\/p>\n
Thursday<\/p>\n
\u2018Hey, my number one performer!\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Hey! What is your name?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m Mr. Perry, but you can call me RingMaster. I started this circus by showing people my talent. Ring tricks! I have been doing it for 30 years. People were interested in what I was doing and started doing their own acts. Now you will be one. Are you joining for sure? If you are, just sign here and\u2026 BOOM! You are performing in front of over a thousand citizens!\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Performing?\u2019 the man said, with his entire body shaking like he won a Grammy Award.<\/p>\n
Then he stepped back,<\/p>\n
Not knowing that there was a big chord.<\/p>\n
He blew it,<\/p>\n
He made the entire place split,<\/p>\n
He knew that by now, he should quit.<\/p>\n
The next day, he was miserable,<\/p>\n
His life wasn\u2019t fixable.<\/p>\n
Then the phone rang,<\/p>\n
And someone sang,<\/p>\n
\u2018You\u2019re coming back!<\/p>\n
Go ahead and pack!<\/p>\n
Come back to the circus!<\/p>\n
We have a great purpose!\u2019<\/p>\n
Contest info:<\/p>\n
Tell us something about a new character joining a magical circus. What is their special ability? How did they come to join the circus?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Special thanks to our judges: \u00a0Allison Hill (Vromans), Nick Smith (Pasadena Library), Shauna Redmond\u00a0(Pasadena Library), Tiffany Duenas (Pasadena Library), Jean Penn (Pasadena Library)<\/p>\n
Sponsored by the\u00a0Friends of the Pasadena Public Library<\/p>\n
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