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The Strange Third Day: Curse of Mr. Whiskers

The strange third day:

CURSE OF MR. WHISKERS

by Gilly Woolsey      

     Holy moly! I had the strangest second day of school ever, starting with meeting a giant talking praying mantis and ending with saving the school from a giant man-eating slug.  Soon, the school was back to normal... almost.  Gib now lives at school and you can see him strolling around every day.  The principal cleared out an old storage room so Gib could have a home.  One day, Gib came running down the hallway and he started calling to me, "Gilly! Gilly!"  And I said, "What? What?"

"I had the strangest night ever! Okay, a cold breeze woke me up in the middle of the night and I saw a strange glowing, it was green, and I heard a strange noise, almost like 'blub, blub' so I headed towards the room.  The last thing I heard was a zapping and it was morning.  But that's not the strangest part. 

 Look!" Gib turned around and showed me his back.  There were fish scales growing on it! "O. M. G.! You're turning into a fish!" Gib really wanted his revenge against whoever cursed him.  So, I asked the principal and my mom if I could stay the night at my school.  They both said yes and before I knew it I was pulling an all-nighter with Gib. "Are you sure you saw what you really saw?" I asked Gib. "Yes I'm absolutely positive I-" Then we saw it. The glowing green light. We crept closer to the light and the light was coming from an Egyptian tomb belonging to... "MR. WHISKERS?!?!?"  I exclaimed.  

A glowing green catfish emerged from his sarcophagus and swam for a moment around the room before saying, "Halt! Who goes there?" Gib immediately blurted, "WHO GOES THERE??!?!?! I'LL TELL YOU WHO GOES THERE!!!!!!!! THE INNOCENT GUY YOU CURSED LAST NIGHT!!!!!!!!" Gib started swatting frantically at the catfish but I held Gib back with all my strength.  I explained what happened to Gib and asked Mr. Whiskers what was going on with him. Mr. Whiskers said, " Ever since I passed and was mummified, I've been trying to get out of this tomb. But no matter how much I begged and pleaded, the skies wouldn't open up. I just... lost it." The fish said solemnly. Then I came up with an idea. " I can help you out of here but only under one condition. You un-curse my friend and anyone else you've cursed ever and we will guide you out." Mr. Whiskers agreed and said a chant Gib or I just couldn't understand but when I looked on Gib's back, I saw no fish scales at all! 

I found a flashlight and led Mr. Whiskers and his servant, Shark Bait (a blue tang) lugging a big bag of belongings with him.  While we led them out, the school seemed more like an endless labyrinth than a school.  When we finally got out, The fish danced around in rejoice. Mr. Whiskers said, "Thank you for what you have done. Farewell, new friends, see you in the afterlife!" We waved as Mr. Whiskers and Shark Bait flew into the pitch black sky, soon disappearing even though they glowed.  Gib and I had saved the school once again.

The Strange Second Day

The Strange Second Day

By Gilly Woolsey

         The first day of school was pretty normal.  The teacher was pretty normal.  The kids were pretty normal.  The room was pretty normal. Wow, was I ever surprised when on the second day of school I opened the door and saw that all the students were gone.  The teacher was gone.  And the walls were coated in slime.  I panicked and made a mad dash for the next classroom.  The same thing happened in that class.  All of a sudden, a giant praying mantis emerged from behind the teacher’s desk.  

“Are YOU the creature that kidnapped my classmates and coated the walls in slime?” I shouted. “ What?  No!  The scientists sent me out to chase that wretched beast and stop it from multiplying and ending life itself! Plus, praying mantises do NOT make slime.”  The insect said, folding his arms.  “I’m Experiment 6113, but you can call me Gib.” “I’m Gilly,” I said.   "I’m surprised you survived the attack," Gib said.  Then I realized that this monster needed to be taken down and taken down fast.  I strapped a backpack onto Gib as a saddle and used string as a rein tied to Gib's antennas.  I then sharpened a pencil sword and grabbed a privacy folder shield and I said," If you want to defeat that monster, I'm coming with you!"  I rode Gib like a horse, following the slime.  

We soon came to the gym... and saw a GIANT MAN-EATING SLUG! ROAAAAAR!!!!!! It went. And behind it were the teachers, students, and staff encased in a cage of dry slime.  I threw my pencil at the slug and the pencil stabbed itself into the slug's side.  ROOOOOAAAAAAARRRR!!!!! The slug roared in pain.  "Got any more pencils?" Gib said. "Um, no." I replied.  "Let's get out of here!" Gib said.  We bolted out of the gym and the slug oozed through the doorway.  "Think, what could possibly defeat a slug?" Gib asked. I thought for a moment and briefly said, "Salt."  I once saw my cousin put salt on a snail, which killed the snail.  It had to work on a slug.  "But where can we find salt?" Gib asked.  "The commons of course!" I replied.  I led him there using the reins.  When we got there, Gib and I searched all the tables, but no salt.  The slug was rushing closer and closer.  Gib and I ducked behind the kitchen counter for cover and I saw salt! I grabbed the salt and yelled, "EAT SALT SLIMY!" And I tossed the salt on the slug's back and I ran.  

ROOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR! The slug sounded.  It made some gross noises as it shriveled down into a 1-foot pile of flesh.  Gib picked up the flesh and showed it to the captured people and freed the victims.  We were hailed as school heroes and I got a week off of school due to cleanup of the slime.  It was the strangest second day of school I've ever had.

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