SNOWMEN

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SNOWMEN Written Illustrated
by Prairie Kids
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On a sunny Saturday morning a little boy came and
picked me up and started rolling me into three
separate balls. First he put the biggest ball on
the bottom, then a medium sized one on top of the
big one, and last a small one on top. He put eyes
on my head and sun glasses over top of my eyes.
The boy put a hat on my head. He put a soft white
scarf around my neck and two tree branches for
arms. Then he ran into the house and came out
with a brand new red snowboard in his arms. The
little boy put the snowboard under my feet and
said , Perfect. Then he sped to the house and
had a long cup of hot cocoa.
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One warm winter afternoon a little girl
came skipping out the door and off the porch to
play. She had light blue eyes and long bond hair
that bounced when she skipped. The little girl
kept skipping until she got to the middle of the
yard. She stopped and felt the snow. It was
sticky. Thats when she built me, gentle white,
me. She found two small rocks beside the fence
and stuck them in my head for eyes. Then the
little girl skipped back to the house and came
back out with a carrot and she stuck it a little
under my eyes for a nose. She took off her scarf
and wrapped it around the space between my head
and my middle. Then she took her hat off her
head and put it on mine. (It was made of a pair
of jeans and it had a flower on it.) She ran to
the fence to see if there were more rocks. There
were three. She picked them up and put them down
my middle for buttons. But, I didnt look right
so she skipped into her house and got a red wig
with braids and put it under my hat. The little
girl played around me all afternoon. The next
day I started melting and the little girl tried
and tried to stand me up, but the snow wasnt
sticky enough so she stopped. She sat on the step
crying as I melted away.
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Then Charlie yelled triumphantly How about
making a big snowman, a strange snowman, a weird
snowman! YEAH! screamed George, Alex,
Andrew, Xavier and Lucy at once. Okay lets
get to work! Charlie and Lucy worked on the
bottom, Alex and Andrew did the torso while
Xavier and George made the head. Once everyone
was done their part they put me all together. I
must have been four feet tall and three feet
wide. I had twigs from a tree that still had
green leaves. I had a big brown toque. Wild rice
for a mouth. I had buttons of jewelry. I had a
pinecone for a nose and a blue scarf. The kids
had built me on top of a toboggan they had. It
was too small, but there I was finished, done,
and thats the story of me Weird Goof the
Snowman.
It was a melting warm winter day when I, the
snowman, came into being. The snow was very puffy
and it looked liked a blanket. A perfect day to
build a snowman! First the children Charlie,
Lucy, George, Alex, Andrew, and Xavier had to
decide how big they were going to make me!
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I looked down and saw a boy. I watched a boy
roll up three balls and stack them biggest from
smallest. He picked up two light blue berries and
stuck them on the top ball right across from each
other. Underneath the two berries he put one
orange carrot. At the bottom of the top ball he
tied a blue and gold scarf. Next he stuck two
branches in the middle ball. He put a C.D. player
shaped figure on what looked like a snowmans
arm. I sure hope the snowman likes music. Then he
took what looked like the part of earmuffs that
go on top of your head and stuck a fluff balls on
each end so they looked like headphones. He
placed the figure on top of the smallest ball.
After he connected the C.D shaped figure to the
headphone shaped figure with a shoelace. Then he
went inside and I who still wanted my snow back
crawled on top and fell asleep.
I was sleeping soundly in the snow when I started
to roll and the snow around my tiny squirrel body
started to form a huge round ball. I quickly
jumped out of the ball and ran up a tree.
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I was built on Saturday the worst day of my
life. Know why it was the worst? Because my head
fell off that day. It really did. This is how it
happened. First but not the worst the kid built
my body. He rolled it and rolled it and rolled it
until it was up to his chinney chin, chin. Then
he started to make the middle of me. He made the
middle of me a little smaller than the bottom.
After that he added some buttons and arms. He
put gloves on my arms. Next he made my head and
put on a toque with white puffy stuff on it I
think theyre called pompoms. Then he put on two
eyes, a nose and a scarf. But thats when it
happened. The kids sister came along and punched
me in the head for no reason at all and it fell
off. Luckily the kid caught it and put it back on
and I lived for another few days. But that is
another story.

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One day I was watching kids play hockey on the
frozen pond. I was rolled into three separate
balls by a young girl, a small one, a large one,
and an in between one. Then she placed each ball
on top of each other from biggest to smallest.
She gave me a denim shirt with a flower design
and a blue and gold coat with silver fringes on
the sleeves. She put a carrot nose on me and
eyes too. Then she put sunglasses over top of
them. She put a pair of blue mitts on my head.
She put a bright pink scarf on my neck and red
flower earrings that matched. I was thinking,
Is she going to leave me bald? Just then she
put some red hair on my head. I spent the rest
of the day standing happily in the sun.
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I was flying south for the winter when I saw a
big white snowman in a big farmyard. He had a
blue Toronto Maple Leaf hat and a pair of
earmuffs. He also had a carrot nose and a huge
smile. His arms were made of sticks. On his
stomach were two bright buttons. I kept on flying
south for the winter, I saw all sorts of snowmen
everywhere and they were all different. But the
one I liked the best was the first one I saw in
the big farmyard.
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I was made yesterday and today was the worst day
of my two day life. A boy and a girl (I dont
know their names) started making me. But right
when the girl reached out for me PLOP! Off
with my head! It went rolling down the street. I
just got a glimpse of a car! But the boy saved
me. He put my head back on. And got me a raccoon
hat ( so lame). Then he gave me a scarf. Now I
felt a little better. Then the buttons. Now Im
Frosty the Snowman, only on the cool side. Then
the boy and girl walked away into their house.
Thats when I saw it, the sun. Well this is the
end of the story and the end of
me.Squshhhh.