June the Elf Saves Christmas!

By: Jaylen Thadison, second place, third grade

Once upon a time there was a boy named June, and he was playing outside in the snow. He was playing in the snow because it was Christmas Eve. After two minutes, June decided he wanted to build a beautiful snowman. So he built a snowman with large bear-like ears and three brown buttons. To keep his snowman warm, June put a green scarf around his neck. June was pretty tired after all of his hard work. So June went to his warm, cozy home. After he took a nap, he went back outside. When he got outside, his snowman was gone! June was shocked, how does a snowman disappear? June exclaimed, “What happened to my snowman?!”

June went back inside to think about what happened to his snowman. Then for a second he cried. June said, “I wish I knew what happened to my beautiful snowman.” He sniffled and wiped his eye as a tear went down his cheek. Suddenly, an elf magically appeared. The elf pointed to the window, and June saw the city. June’s snowman was no longer a beautiful snowman, it was an evil snowman.

The snowman had come to life and began hurting the city. The Evil Snowman was destroying buildings, the city park, the playground at the school, the Christmas tree in the center of town, and the bakery famous for their gingerbread cookies. The Evil Snowman continued on his path of destruction, but June had other plans.

The Gingerbread Man escaped the bakery just in time. As June and the Elf ran towards town, they ran into the Gingerbread Man. Together as a team they fought the Evil Snowman. When June realized a special piece that he forgot to put on the snowman, he told the Elf to make a wish. The Elf immediately wished for a carrot. Seconds later a carrot was in his hand. All three of them said, “Thank you, Santa!” June ran with his might, the Gingerbread Man threw June into the air and the Elf helped June stay in the air with his magic. June pressed the carrot into the face of the snowman. The Evil Snowman paused and looked around.

The Evil Snowman said, “I have made a mistake and ruined Christmas for everyone. How can I make it better?” June said, “Next time, just tell me I forgot your nose!” The four of them laughed. June had an idea, “If we made a wish for a carrot, then can we wish for Santa to help us fix the town?” The Elf agreed and made the wish.

In the blink of an eye, the town was restored and Christmas music could be heard playing throughout the town. The Evil Snowman smiled, and began singing, “Frosty the Snowman was a jolly, good soul…” from that day on he was no longer The Evil Snowman, he was called Frosty the Snowman.

My name is Miller. It all started on the morning before Christmas. My family and I were packing for Christmas vacation at Hotel Noel in New York City. When I finished packing I went to my room, got in my bed, and watched tv until I fell asleep. We woke up early the next morning to leave for the airport. Everyone was running around so we would not be late leaving. It was my job to take out our dog Myla before we left to go. All of a sudden she made a run for the pond and everyone had to come help get her back in. Everyone was screaming that it was all my fault that we would miss our plane. My Mom said someone would have to stay home because It was time to go. My brother and I played rock, paper, scissors shoot and I lost. ”You lost!“ said my brother.

I was pretty down about missing our trip to Hotel Noel, but I guess it was my fault anyway. I decided to make it into an adventure and enjoy the peace and quiet. Everything was fine until about midnight. I heard some voices and decided to look at our security camera footage. When the motion lights cut on it spooked them and they ran down the driveway. I knew I had to come up with a good plan to keep them from breaking in! The first thing I decided to do was sneak out to the garage and get the punching bag, some rope, and hook. “I will tie the rope to the hook on the punching bag and tie it to the ceiling,” I whispered to myself. The next thing I did was scatter about 100 matchbox cars in front of the back door. I decided to gather my paintball gun and supplies and set them on the roof outside my window. Now I was ready for them if they came back.

I waited and watched until I fell asleep. I realized how much I loved and missed my family. I thought I heard my Mom call my name and then I realized she was screaming at me. All of a sudden I woke up and heard “It’s time to get up!” coming from my mom. We have to get to the airport! I sat up in the bed and realized I had been dreaming and I was going to get to go to Hotel Noel after all! I jumped out of bed and hugged my Mom and all of my family. Later I told them all about my dream.

THE END!