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Usually life at Voyager Middle School was quiet and ordinary. The kids in Room 23 did normal kid stuff like homework, paper routes, gymnastics, making paper airplanes, complaining about homework, you know. Even though they were in middle school now, and had lots of different teachers for all different subjects, they started out each day together in Mrs. Humphrey's room to hear the school announcements, to plan the day's schedule, and to talk about current events. Sometimes it would be really boring and no one would have anything to talk about. Other days they could hardly stop talking, like the day after everything got crazy.
One fateful Tuesday, life at Voyager Middle School just wasn't quiet or ordinary. It was magic. This is what happened . . .
One Tuesday after school, Steve and Johnny (Steve's best friend) went out to play as usual. Suddenly, Steve was hit in the head by a small toy truck. They didn't know what had happened!
"Ouch!" Steve said. "Hey! I wonder where that came from!"
"I don't know. It just appeared," said Johnny. "Maybe we can use it somehow. I know! We can use it for my magic act!"
"OK, Johnny. Let's practice," said Steve. "Vinni, Vini, Veechi!"
ZAP!
"Hey!" said Steve. "It seems as if we're traveling in time!"
"Steve - hey Steve!"
"I'm not Steve. I'm Johnny!"
All of a sudden - ZAP!
"What are we doing in a fire truck?" Said Steve.
"No, not a fire truck, a fire engine," said Johnny.
"Whatever! Anyway, it looks like we're in the future," said Steve.
"You're right. There's a flying car. LOOK OUT!" cried Johnny.
"I know - Vini, Vini, Veechi!" yelled Steve.
ZAP!
"Hey, now it looks like we're in a weird jungle," said Johnny.
"Wow! That's the biggest tree I've ever seen!" cried Steve.
"Oh yeah? If you think that's big, check out that lizard!" said Johnny.
"That's not a lizard, Johnny, that's a dinosaur! RUN!" yelled Steve.
"Say the words!"
"I don't remember them!"
"I'll say it then. Wait, I don't remember them either! Wait! Umm, umm. I think it's Vini, Vini, Voochy! No. Vini, Vini, Vaachy. No. Vini, Vini - LOOK OUT! - Veechi!"
ZAP!
"Whoa, that was crazy! I never want to do that again. I'm gald we're back at your house, Steve!" said Johnny.
"Yeah, me too!" said Steve.
"Wait a second. Your dad's car looks different. It never had rockets on the back before, did it? We must have traveled to the future again! AAHHHH!!"
Meanwhile, Mari and Josh were just trying to do some homework . . .
Mari and Josh got a homework assignment to make a map of Maine. So, first thing after school they went up to the library to study. But instead of just grabbing any atlas, they looked for a nice one. Suddenly something caught Mari's eye. It was a red atlas with a very dusty cover. As Josh sat down at the table to look at it with her, she opened it without looking at the title and it fell open to the page with a map of Maine. All of a sudden, they were transported to a library in Maine!
Mari and Josh walked out of the library with the red atlas still in their hands. When they got outside, they saw something weird - a statue of themselves! They stopped for a moment to look at it, and then kept walking. They walked for a long time and then Josh saw another strange sight - a large blue building with more statues of themselves out in front! Some statues were of Josh and some statues were of Mari. It was AMAZING!!
They stopped in surprise and Josh said, "Mari, is that what I think it is?"
Mari replied, "I don't know what you think it is."
"Those statues over there. Those statues are of us!" Josh answered.
"Oh, now I see them," said Mari.
"We should go in that building and see what's going on," said Josh.
"But what if someone catches us before we figure out what's going on?" asked Mari.
"Oh, who cares? We have to find out what this means. They won't see us. We just have to be careful," answered Josh.
They walked up to the big blue building. As they got closer, they could see that the statues looked just like themselves, except older. They looked like Mari and Josh at 40 years old. "Did we go to the future?" asked Josh.
"I think so. Did you see that sign by the door? It says 'The Other White House' right next to the front door. But why does it say that if the house is blue? Do you think we're Presidents or something?" asked Mari.
Before Josh could answer, two adults came outside talking. They were Mari and Josh all grown up, and their kid selves were hiding right on the porch! The young Mari and Josh stepped out of their hiding place. The adults yelled, "Who are you? How did you get in here?"
Young Josh said, "I thought you'd have the best guards in the world. What's going on here anyway? We're YOU when you were young, but we must have traveled to the future."
"I thought I knew you from somewhere," said the adult Mari. "Come inside and let's figure this out."
Young Josh and Mari stayed in Maine with the adult Josh and Mari for about a week. During that time they discovered that the U. S. A. had grown so big that it needed two Presidents now! Mari was the Washington, D. C. President and lived there most of the time. Josh was the President from Maine and lived in "The Other White House," but it was painted blue because it looked so nice right next to the ocean. They worked by themselves three weeks out of the month and then spent one week a month at each other's "White House" to work on their jobs together.
At the end of the visit, the kids decided they'd better get back to school. So, Mari opened the red atlas very carefully to the page that said "Michigan" and soon they were back in their own library.
Meanwhile, other students at school were going on a special field trip with Mr. Collins, the gym teacher . . .
"We're here!" shouted Mr. Collins. "Everybody off the bus!"
All the kids walked into the bowling alley. They picked a medium sized sparkly bowling ball. Butterfinger Bill was the first one up. It was pretty obvious he got a gutter ball. Sam turned around to tease him, but he wasn't there! "Where did he go?" asked Sam.
"He probably went to the bathroom," said Mr. Collins. Sam was up next. He picked up the same ball Bill had used. He rolled it down the alley. The ball was moving really slow.
In the meantime, Butterfinger Bill was running from a baby mammouth! Suddenly, he saw a round stone with three holes in it. He picked it up and swung it at the mammouth. The mammouth ran away so he rolled the ball after it, but the ball fell into a ditch. There was a flash of light and he appeared in the bathroom of the bowling alley. That was good because he really had to go! He got out of the bathroom just in time to see Sam's ball knock over six pins. Bill knew what would happen to Sam.
ZAP!
For Sam, time travel was different. He found himself on a skateboard on a long, narrow, flat path. On either side of him he saw historical buildings, pyramids and even sailing ships. Suddenly, he lost his balance and fell down toward a sailing ship. WHUMPH! He landed right in the crow's nest and slid down the rigging. A hairy sailor with huge arms and a bandanna asked Sam if he wanted to join the crew.
"No!" said Sam.
"You'll get paid . . ." the sailor said.
Sam thought about it for a minute and said, "Sure!"
The sailor chuckled to himself as he said, "You're stuck with us now!" With a wave of his hand a dozen wicked looking man holding knives appeared out of nowhere. As Sam stood frozen with fear, he noticed a small round barrel next to him. He thought it was used for collecting rain water because it was half full of water. As the men advanced, Sam quickly reached down, picked up the barrel, and rolled it at the pirates. Some of them jumped out of the way, but the barrel rolled into the ankles of six of the pirates and knocked them over.
There was a flash of light and Sam appeared on top of one of the pool tables in the bowling alley. Sam jumped down and ran back to his friends. Jane was just about to roll her ball, but Sam yelled, "Stop Jane! Don't throw the ball! Wait until I tell you what just happened to me!"
While all of this was happening, Jake was on his way home to have a snack before starting his paper route . . .
Jake was a nice boy, and he loved waffles. He ate them every day. But on that fateful Tuesday, he ran out of waffle batter. "Oh no! I ran out of batter!" he said.
He raced out the door and down the street to a little corner store at the end of the block. After he finally got there, he looked inside but there was no one in sight. He tried the knob. The door creaked open. Jake walked in. He walked over to the waffle section. All he saw was a crumpled, dusty box. He blew the dust off the box. He read the label, "Magic Waffle Mix." He picked it up and left five dollars on the counter and ran out the door with the magic waffle mix.
When he got home, he got out a bowl. Into it he put 1/2 cup of water and some eggs. The he dumped the magic waffle mix into the bowl. He read the rest of the directions. He read, "Put in a coin dated with the year you want to travel to."
"Wow!" he said. "I've never seen such a thing." Jake ran down the hall to the study where his grandfather's old coin collection was kept. He opened the door and found the box of coins in the desk. Jake wasn't interested in any of the years he found on thos coins, so he reached into his pocket and pulled out a coin dated 1970.
He took it in the kitchen and dropped it in the batter. He read, "Let pot cook one hour." So Jake did. When it was done, he put the waffle on his plate and took his first bite. "Yum, this is good," he said. He took another bite. Then something started happening. The ground started shaking and POOF! he was gone.
When he came to his senses, he found himself in a large room. A shiny disco ball hung from the ceiling. A tall man with an Afro hair style walked up to him.
"Where are you from?" said the man.
"I think I'm from the future," said Jake.
"Groovy," said the man.
"Uh, do you have a penny?" Jake asked.
"Yes I do. Here you go," the man answered.
Quickly he ran into the bathroom and made a cold waffle. He dropped in the penny which was from 1943. As he ate the waffle, suddenly the ground began shaking and . . . POOF! he was gone again.
After weeks of hitchhiking, Jake finally made it to Washington, D. C. He knew he needed to get to the capital if he was ever going to get home. He had to get to the Treasury building where they make coins. He needed to convince someone to make him a penny dated 1996 so he could get back. He wandered around Washington looking at the big gray buildings, but he finally found the one that said "United States Treasury."
He went inside the Treasury and walked up to a man who worked there.
Jake asked the man, "Is it possible to make a penny dated 1996?"
The man said, "But that isn't for 53 years!"
"PLEEASE? It's really important!" Jake said.
"Well . . . I guess it's okay," said the man.
After the man made the penny, Jake thanked him, and ran out the door. He ducked into a restaurant that was really busy serving lunch, and snuck into the kitchen. He took out the last cup of waffle mix, poured it into a bowl, and mixed it up. He found an empty waffle maker, and as fast as he could, dumped in the batter. He added his new penny, and waited. It was soon done, and he scarfed it down. Suddenly, the ground began to rumble and POOF! he was home!
"Hey! What happened?" Jake said. "Man, am I hungry! I wonder if we have any waffle mix."
philip
Usually life at Voyager Middle School was quiet and ordinary. The kids in Room 23 did normal kid stuff like homework, paper routes, gymnastics, making paper airplanes, complaining about homework, you know. Even though they were in middle school now, and had lots of different teachers for all different subjects, they started out each day together in Mrs. Humphrey's room to hear the school announcements, to plan the day's schedule, and to talk about current events. Sometimes it would be really boring and no one would have anything to talk about. Other days they could hardly stop talking, like the day after everything got crazy.
One fateful Tuesday, life at Voyager Middle School just wasn't quiet or ordinary. It was magic. This is what happened . . .
One Tuesday after school, Steve and Johnny (Steve's best friend) went out to play as usual. Suddenly, Steve was hit in the head by a small toy truck. They didn't know what had happened!
"Ouch!" Steve said. "Hey! I wonder where that came from!"
"I don't know. It just appeared," said Johnny. "Maybe we can use it somehow. I know! We can use it for my magic act!"
"OK, Johnny. Let's practice," said Steve. "Vinni, Vini, Veechi!"
ZAP!
"Hey!" said Steve. "It seems as if we're traveling in time!"
"Steve - hey Steve!"
"I'm not Steve. I'm Johnny!"
All of a sudden - ZAP!
"What are we doing in a fire truck?" Said Steve.
"No, not a fire truck, a fire engine," said Johnny.
"Whatever! Anyway, it looks like we're in the future," said Steve.
"You're right. There's a flying car. LOOK OUT!" cried Johnny.
"I know - Vini, Vini, Veechi!" yelled Steve.
ZAP!
"Hey, now it looks like we're in a weird jungle," said Johnny.
"Wow! That's the biggest tree I've ever seen!" cried Steve.
"Oh yeah? If you think that's big, check out that lizard!" said Johnny.
"That's not a lizard, Johnny, that's a dinosaur! RUN!" yelled Steve.
"Say the words!"
"I don't remember them!"
"I'll say it then. Wait, I don't remember them either! Wait! Umm, umm. I think it's Vini, Vini, Voochy! No. Vini, Vini, Vaachy. No. Vini, Vini - LOOK OUT! - Veechi!"
ZAP!
"Whoa, that was crazy! I never want to do that again. I'm gald we're back at your house, Steve!" said Johnny.
"Yeah, me too!" said Steve.
"Wait a second. Your dad's car looks different. It never had rockets on the back before, did it? We must have traveled to the future again! AAHHHH!!"
Meanwhile, Mari and Josh were just trying to do some homework . . .
Mari and Josh got a homework assignment to make a map of Maine. So, first thing after school they went up to the library to study. But instead of just grabbing any atlas, they looked for a nice one. Suddenly something caught Mari's eye. It was a red atlas with a very dusty cover. As Josh sat down at the table to look at it with her, she opened it without looking at the title and it fell open to the page with a map of Maine. All of a sudden, they were transported to a library in Maine!
Mari and Josh walked out of the library with the red atlas still in their hands. When they got outside, they saw something weird - a statue of themselves! They stopped for a moment to look at it, and then kept walking. They walked for a long time and then Josh saw another strange sight - a large blue building with more statues of themselves out in front! Some statues were of Josh and some statues were of Mari. It was AMAZING!!
They stopped in surprise and Josh said, "Mari, is that what I think it is?"
Mari replied, "I don't know what you think it is."
"Those statues over there. Those statues are of us!" Josh answered.
"Oh, now I see them," said Mari.
"We should go in that building and see what's going on," said Josh.
"But what if someone catches us before we figure out what's going on?" asked Mari.
"Oh, who cares? We have to find out what this means. They won't see us. We just have to be careful," answered Josh.
They walked up to the big blue building. As they got closer, they could see that the statues looked just like themselves, except older. They looked like Mari and Josh at 40 years old. "Did we go to the future?" asked Josh.
"I think so. Did you see that sign by the door? It says 'The Other White House' right next to the front door. But why does it say that if the house is blue? Do you think we're Presidents or something?" asked Mari.
Before Josh could answer, two adults came outside talking. They were Mari and Josh all grown up, and their kid selves were hiding right on the porch! The young Mari and Josh stepped out of their hiding place. The adults yelled, "Who are you? How did you get in here?"
Young Josh said, "I thought you'd have the best guards in the world. What's going on here anyway? We're YOU when you were young, but we must have traveled to the future."
"I thought I knew you from somewhere," said the adult Mari. "Come inside and let's figure this out."
Young Josh and Mari stayed in Maine with the adult Josh and Mari for about a week. During that time they discovered that the U. S. A. had grown so big that it needed two Presidents now! Mari was the Washington, D. C. President and lived there most of the time. Josh was the President from Maine and lived in "The Other White House," but it was painted blue because it looked so nice right next to the ocean. They worked by themselves three weeks out of the month and then spent one week a month at each other's "White House" to work on their jobs together.
At the end of the visit, the kids decided they'd better get back to school. So, Mari opened the red atlas very carefully to the page that said "Michigan" and soon they were back in their own library.
Meanwhile, other students at school were going on a special field trip with Mr. Collins, the gym teacher . . .
"We're here!" shouted Mr. Collins. "Everybody off the bus!"
All the kids walked into the bowling alley. They picked a medium sized sparkly bowling ball. Butterfinger Bill was the first one up. It was pretty obvious he got a gutter ball. Sam turned around to tease him, but he wasn't there! "Where did he go?" asked Sam.
"He probably went to the bathroom," said Mr. Collins. Sam was up next. He picked up the same ball Bill had used. He rolled it down the alley. The ball was moving really slow.
In the meantime, Butterfinger Bill was running from a baby mammouth! Suddenly, he saw a round stone with three holes in it. He picked it up and swung it at the mammouth. The mammouth ran away so he rolled the ball after it, but the ball fell into a ditch. There was a flash of light and he appeared in the bathroom of the bowling alley. That was good because he really had to go! He got out of the bathroom just in time to see Sam's ball knock over six pins. Bill knew what would happen to Sam.
ZAP!
For Sam, time travel was different. He found himself on a skateboard on a long, narrow, flat path. On either side of him he saw historical buildings, pyramids and even sailing ships. Suddenly, he lost his balance and fell down toward a sailing ship. WHUMPH! He landed right in the crow's nest and slid down the rigging. A hairy sailor with huge arms and a bandanna asked Sam if he wanted to join the crew.
"No!" said Sam.
"You'll get paid . . ." the sailor said.
Sam thought about it for a minute and said, "Sure!"
The sailor chuckled to himself as he said, "You're stuck with us now!" With a wave of his hand a dozen wicked looking man holding knives appeared out of nowhere. As Sam stood frozen with fear, he noticed a small round barrel next to him. He thought it was used for collecting rain water because it was half full of water. As the men advanced, Sam quickly reached down, picked up the barrel, and rolled it at the pirates. Some of them jumped out of the way, but the barrel rolled into the ankles of six of the pirates and knocked them over.
There was a flash of light and Sam appeared on top of one of the pool tables in the bowling alley. Sam jumped down and ran back to his friends. Jane was just about to roll her ball, but Sam yelled, "Stop Jane! Don't throw the ball! Wait until I tell you what just happened to me!"
While all of this was happening, Jake was on his way home to have a snack before starting his paper route . . .
Jake was a nice boy, and he loved waffles. He ate them every day. But on that fateful Tuesday, he ran out of waffle batter. "Oh no! I ran out of batter!" he said.
He raced out the door and down the street to a little corner store at the end of the block. After he finally got there, he looked inside but there was no one in sight. He tried the knob. The door creaked open. Jake walked in. He walked over to the waffle section. All he saw was a crumpled, dusty box. He blew the dust off the box. He read the label, "Magic Waffle Mix." He picked it up and left five dollars on the counter and ran out the door with the magic waffle mix.
When he got home, he got out a bowl. Into it he put 1/2 cup of water and some eggs. The he dumped the magic waffle mix into the bowl. He read the rest of the directions. He read, "Put in a coin dated with the year you want to travel to."
"Wow!" he said. "I've never seen such a thing." Jake ran down the hall to the study where his grandfather's old coin collection was kept. He opened the door and found the box of coins in the desk. Jake wasn't interested in any of the years he found on thos coins, so he reached into his pocket and pulled out a coin dated 1970.
He took it in the kitchen and dropped it in the batter. He read, "Let pot cook one hour." So Jake did. When it was done, he put the waffle on his plate and took his first bite. "Yum, this is good," he said. He took another bite. Then something started happening. The ground started shaking and POOF! he was gone.
When he came to his senses, he found himself in a large room. A shiny disco ball hung from the ceiling. A tall man with an Afro hair style walked up to him.
"Where are you from?" said the man.
"I think I'm from the future," said Jake.
"Groovy," said the man.
"Uh, do you have a penny?" Jake asked.
"Yes I do. Here you go," the man answered.
Quickly he ran into the bathroom and made a cold waffle. He dropped in the penny which was from 1943. As he ate the waffle, suddenly the ground began shaking and . . . POOF! he was gone again.
After weeks of hitchhiking, Jake finally made it to Washington, D. C. He knew he needed to get to the capital if he was ever going to get home. He had to get to the Treasury building where they make coins. He needed to convince someone to make him a penny dated 1996 so he could get back. He wandered around Washington looking at the big gray buildings, but he finally found the one that said "United States Treasury."
He went inside the Treasury and walked up to a man who worked there.
Jake asked the man, "Is it possible to make a penny dated 1996?"
The man said, "But that isn't for 53 years!"
"PLEEASE? It's really important!" Jake said.
"Well . . . I guess it's okay," said the man.
After the man made the penny, Jake thanked him, and ran out the door. He ducked into a restaurant that was really busy serving lunch, and snuck into the kitchen. He took out the last cup of waffle mix, poured it into a bowl, and mixed it up. He found an empty waffle maker, and as fast as he could, dumped in the batter. He added his new penny, and waited. It was soon done, and he scarfed it down. Suddenly, the ground began to rumble and POOF! he was home!
"Hey! What happened?" Jake said. "Man, am I hungry! I wonder if we have any waffle mix."
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Usually life at Voyager Middle School was quiet and ordinary. The kids in Room 23 did normal kid stuff like homework, paper routes, gymnastics, making paper airplanes, complaining about homework, you know. Even though they were in middle school now, and had lots of different teachers for all different subjects, they started out each day together in Mrs. Humphrey's room to hear the school announcements, to plan the day's schedule, and to talk about current events. Sometimes it would be really boring and no one would have anything to talk about. Other days they could hardly stop talking, like the day after everything got crazy.
One fateful Tuesday, life at Voyager Middle School just wasn't quiet or ordinary. It was magic. This is what happened . . .
One Tuesday after school, Steve and Johnny (Steve's best friend) went out to play as usual. Suddenly, Steve was hit in the head by a small toy truck. They didn't know what had happened!
"Ouch!" Steve said. "Hey! I wonder where that came from!"
"I don't know. It just appeared," said Johnny. "Maybe we can use it somehow. I know! We can use it for my magic act!"
"OK, Johnny. Let's practice," said Steve. "Vinni, Vini, Veechi!"
ZAP!
"Hey!" said Steve. "It seems as if we're traveling in time!"
"Steve - hey Steve!"
"I'm not Steve. I'm Johnny!"
All of a sudden - ZAP!
"What are we doing in a fire truck?" Said Steve.
"No, not a fire truck, a fire engine," said Johnny.
"Whatever! Anyway, it looks like we're in the future," said Steve.
"You're right. There's a flying car. LOOK OUT!" cried Johnny.
"I know - Vini, Vini, Veechi!" yelled Steve.
ZAP!
"Hey, now it looks like we're in a weird jungle," said Johnny.
"Wow! That's the biggest tree I've ever seen!" cried Steve.
"Oh yeah? If you think that's big, check out that lizard!" said Johnny.
"That's not a lizard, Johnny, that's a dinosaur! RUN!" yelled Steve.
"Say the words!"
"I don't remember them!"
"I'll say it then. Wait, I don't remember them either! Wait! Umm, umm. I think it's Vini, Vini, Voochy! No. Vini, Vini, Vaachy. No. Vini, Vini - LOOK OUT! - Veechi!"
ZAP!
"Whoa, that was crazy! I never want to do that again. I'm gald we're back at your house, Steve!" said Johnny.
"Yeah, me too!" said Steve.
"Wait a second. Your dad's car looks different. It never had rockets on the back before, did it? We must have traveled to the future again! AAHHHH!!"
Meanwhile, Mari and Josh were just trying to do some homework . . .
Mari and Josh got a homework assignment to make a map of Maine. So, first thing after school they went up to the library to study. But instead of just grabbing any atlas, they looked for a nice one. Suddenly something caught Mari's eye. It was a red atlas with a very dusty cover. As Josh sat down at the table to look at it with her, she opened it without looking at the title and it fell open to the page with a map of Maine. All of a sudden, they were transported to a library in Maine!
Mari and Josh walked out of the library with the red atlas still in their hands. When they got outside, they saw something weird - a statue of themselves! They stopped for a moment to look at it, and then kept walking. They walked for a long time and then Josh saw another strange sight - a large blue building with more statues of themselves out in front! Some statues were of Josh and some statues were of Mari. It was AMAZING!!
They stopped in surprise and Josh said, "Mari, is that what I think it is?"
Mari replied, "I don't know what you think it is."
"Those statues over there. Those statues are of us!" Josh answered.
"Oh, now I see them," said Mari.
"We should go in that building and see what's going on," said Josh.
"But what if someone catches us before we figure out what's going on?" asked Mari.
"Oh, who cares? We have to find out what this means. They won't see us. We just have to be careful," answered Josh.
They walked up to the big blue building. As they got closer, they could see that the statues looked just like themselves, except older. They looked like Mari and Josh at 40 years old. "Did we go to the future?" asked Josh.
"I think so. Did you see that sign by the door? It says 'The Other White House' right next to the front door. But why does it say that if the house is blue? Do you think we're Presidents or something?" asked Mari.
Before Josh could answer, two adults came outside talking. They were Mari and Josh all grown up, and their kid selves were hiding right on the porch! The young Mari and Josh stepped out of their hiding place. The adults yelled, "Who are you? How did you get in here?"
Young Josh said, "I thought you'd have the best guards in the world. What's going on here anyway? We're YOU when you were young, but we must have traveled to the future."
"I thought I knew you from somewhere," said the adult Mari. "Come inside and let's figure this out."
Young Josh and Mari stayed in Maine with the adult Josh and Mari for about a week. During that time they discovered that the U. S. A. had grown so big that it needed two Presidents now! Mari was the Washington, D. C. President and lived there most of the time. Josh was the President from Maine and lived in "The Other White House," but it was painted blue because it looked so nice right next to the ocean. They worked by themselves three weeks out of the month and then spent one week a month at each other's "White House" to work on their jobs together.
At the end of the visit, the kids decided they'd better get back to school. So, Mari opened the red atlas very carefully to the page that said "Michigan" and soon they were back in their own library.
Meanwhile, other students at school were going on a special field trip with Mr. Collins, the gym teacher . . .
"We're here!" shouted Mr. Collins. "Everybody off the bus!"
All the kids walked into the bowling alley. They picked a medium sized sparkly bowling ball. Butterfinger Bill was the first one up. It was pretty obvious he got a gutter ball. Sam turned around to tease him, but he wasn't there! "Where did he go?" asked Sam.
"He probably went to the bathroom," said Mr. Collins. Sam was up next. He picked up the same ball Bill had used. He rolled it down the alley. The ball was moving really slow.
In the meantime, Butterfinger Bill was running from a baby mammouth! Suddenly, he saw a round stone with three holes in it. He picked it up and swung it at the mammouth. The mammouth ran away so he rolled the ball after it, but the ball fell into a ditch. There was a flash of light and he appeared in the bathroom of the bowling alley. That was good because he really had to go! He got out of the bathroom just in time to see Sam's ball knock over six pins. Bill knew what would happen to Sam.
ZAP!
For Sam, time travel was different. He found himself on a skateboard on a long, narrow, flat path. On either side of him he saw historical buildings, pyramids and even sailing ships. Suddenly, he lost his balance and fell down toward a sailing ship. WHUMPH! He landed right in the crow's nest and slid down the rigging. A hairy sailor with huge arms and a bandanna asked Sam if he wanted to join the crew.
"No!" said Sam.
"You'll get paid . . ." the sailor said.
Sam thought about it for a minute and said, "Sure!"
The sailor chuckled to himself as he said, "You're stuck with us now!" With a wave of his hand a dozen wicked looking man holding knives appeared out of nowhere. As Sam stood frozen with fear, he noticed a small round barrel next to him. He thought it was used for collecting rain water because it was half full of water. As the men advanced, Sam quickly reached down, picked up the barrel, and rolled it at the pirates. Some of them jumped out of the way, but the barrel rolled into the ankles of six of the pirates and knocked them over.
There was a flash of light and Sam appeared on top of one of the pool tables in the bowling alley. Sam jumped down and ran back to his friends. Jane was just about to roll her ball, but Sam yelled, "Stop Jane! Don't throw the ball! Wait until I tell you what just happened to me!"
While all of this was happening, Jake was on his way home to have a snack before starting his paper route . . .
Jake was a nice boy, and he loved waffles. He ate them every day. But on that fateful Tuesday, he ran out of waffle batter. "Oh no! I ran out of batter!" he said.
He raced out the door and down the street to a little corner store at the end of the block. After he finally got there, he looked inside but there was no one in sight. He tried the knob. The door creaked open. Jake walked in. He walked over to the waffle section. All he saw was a crumpled, dusty box. He blew the dust off the box. He read the label, "Magic Waffle Mix." He picked it up and left five dollars on the counter and ran out the door with the magic waffle mix.
When he got home, he got out a bowl. Into it he put 1/2 cup of water and some eggs. The he dumped the magic waffle mix into the bowl. He read the rest of the directions. He read, "Put in a coin dated with the year you want to travel to."
"Wow!" he said. "I've never seen such a thing." Jake ran down the hall to the study where his grandfather's old coin collection was kept. He opened the door and found the box of coins in the desk. Jake wasn't interested in any of the years he found on thos coins, so he reached into his pocket and pulled out a coin dated 1970.
He took it in the kitchen and dropped it in the batter. He read, "Let pot cook one hour." So Jake did. When it was done, he put the waffle on his plate and took his first bite. "Yum, this is good," he said. He took another bite. Then something started happening. The ground started shaking and POOF! he was gone.
When he came to his senses, he found himself in a large room. A shiny disco ball hung from the ceiling. A tall man with an Afro hair style walked up to him.
"Where are you from?" said the man.
"I think I'm from the future," said Jake.
"Groovy," said the man.
"Uh, do you have a penny?" Jake asked.
"Yes I do. Here you go," the man answered.
Quickly he ran into the bathroom and made a cold waffle. He dropped in the penny which was from 1943. As he ate the waffle, suddenly the ground began shaking and . . . POOF! he was gone again.
After weeks of hitchhiking, Jake finally made it to Washington, D. C. He knew he needed to get to the capital if he was ever going to get home. He had to get to the Treasury building where they make coins. He needed to convince someone to make him a penny dated 1996 so he could get back. He wandered around Washington looking at the big gray buildings, but he finally found the one that said "United States Treasury."
He went inside the Treasury and walked up to a man who worked there.
Jake asked the man, "Is it possible to make a penny dated 1996?"
The man said, "But that isn't for 53 years!"
"PLEEASE? It's really important!" Jake said.
"Well . . . I guess it's okay," said the man.
After the man made the penny, Jake thanked him, and ran out the door. He ducked into a restaurant that was really busy serving lunch, and snuck into the kitchen. He took out the last cup of waffle mix, poured it into a bowl, and mixed it up. He found an empty waffle maker, and as fast as he could, dumped in the batter. He added his new penny, and waited. It was soon done, and he scarfed it down. Suddenly, the ground began to rumble and POOF! he was home!
"Hey! What happened?" Jake said. "Man, am I hungry! I wonder if we have any waffle mix."
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philip
Usually life at Voyager Middle School was quiet and ordinary. The kids in Room 23 did normal kid stuff like homework, paper routes, gymnastics, making paper airplanes, complaining about homework, you know. Even though they were in middle school now, and had lots of different teachers for all different subjects, they started out each day together in Mrs. Humphrey's room to hear the school announcements, to plan the day's schedule, and to talk about current events. Sometimes it would be really boring and no one would have anything to talk about. Other days they could hardly stop talking, like the day after everything got crazy.
One fateful Tuesday, life at Voyager Middle School just wasn't quiet or ordinary. It was magic. This is what happened . . .
One Tuesday after school, Steve and Johnny (Steve's best friend) went out to play as usual. Suddenly, Steve was hit in the head by a small toy truck. They didn't know what had happened!
"Ouch!" Steve said. "Hey! I wonder where that came from!"
"I don't know. It just appeared," said Johnny. "Maybe we can use it somehow. I know! We can use it for my magic act!"
"OK, Johnny. Let's practice," said Steve. "Vinni, Vini, Veechi!"
ZAP!
"Hey!" said Steve. "It seems as if we're traveling in time!"
"Steve - hey Steve!"
"I'm not Steve. I'm Johnny!"
All of a sudden - ZAP!
"What are we doing in a fire truck?" Said Steve.
"No, not a fire truck, a fire engine," said Johnny.
"Whatever! Anyway, it looks like we're in the future," said Steve.
"You're right. There's a flying car. LOOK OUT!" cried Johnny.
"I know - Vini, Vini, Veechi!" yelled Steve.
ZAP!
"Hey, now it looks like we're in a weird jungle," said Johnny.
"Wow! That's the biggest tree I've ever seen!" cried Steve.
"Oh yeah? If you think that's big, check out that lizard!" said Johnny.
"That's not a lizard, Johnny, that's a dinosaur! RUN!" yelled Steve.
"Say the words!"
"I don't remember them!"
"I'll say it then. Wait, I don't remember them either! Wait! Umm, umm. I think it's Vini, Vini, Voochy! No. Vini, Vini, Vaachy. No. Vini, Vini - LOOK OUT! - Veechi!"
ZAP!
"Whoa, that was crazy! I never want to do that again. I'm gald we're back at your house, Steve!" said Johnny.
"Yeah, me too!" said Steve.
philip
Usually life at Voyager Middle School was quiet and ordinary. The kids in Room 23 did normal kid stuff like homework, paper routes, gymnastics, making paper airplanes, complaining about homework, you know. Even though they were in middle school now, and had lots of different teachers for all different subjects, they started out each day together in Mrs. Humphrey's room to hear the school announcements, to plan the day's schedule, and to talk about current events. Sometimes it would be really boring and no one would have anything to talk about. Other days they could hardly stop talking, like the day after everything got crazy.
One fateful Tuesday, life at Voyager Middle School just wasn't quiet or ordinary. It was magic. This is what happened . . .
One Tuesday after school, Steve and Johnny (Steve's best friend) went out to play as usual. Suddenly, Steve was hit in the head by a small toy truck. They didn't know what had happened!
"Ouch!" Steve said. "Hey! I wonder where that came from!"
"I don't know. It just appeared," said Johnny. "Maybe we can use it somehow. I know! We can use it for my magic act!"
"OK, Johnny. Let's practice," said Steve. "Vinni, Vini, Veechi!"
ZAP!
"Hey!" said Steve. "It seems as if we're traveling in time!"
"Steve - hey Steve!"
"I'm not Steve. I'm Johnny!"
All of a sudden - ZAP!
"What are we doing in a fire truck?" Said Steve.
"No, not a fire truck, a fire engine," said Johnny.
"Whatever! Anyway, it looks like we're in the future," said Steve.
"You're right. There's a flying car. LOOK OUT!" cried Johnny.
"I know - Vini, Vini, Veechi!" yelled Steve.
ZAP!
"Hey, now it looks like we're in a weird jungle," said Johnny.
"Wow! That's the biggest tree I've ever seen!" cried Steve.
"Oh yeah? If you think that's big, check out that lizard!" said Johnny.
"That's not a lizard, Johnny, that's a dinosaur! RUN!" yelled Steve.
"Say the words!"
"I don't remember them!"
"I'll say it then. Wait, I don't remember them either! Wait! Umm, umm. I think it's Vini, Vini, Voochy! No. Vini, Vini, Vaachy. No. Vini, Vini - LOOK OUT! - Veechi!"
ZAP!
"Whoa, that was crazy! I never want to do that again. I'm gald we're back at your house, Steve!" said Johnny.
"Yeah, me too!" said Steve.
I Like Pi
When was this exactly?it's not undefined
philip
Usually life at Voyager Middle School was quiet and ordinary. The kids in Room 23 did normal kid stuff like homework, paper routes, gymnastics, making paper airplanes, complaining about homework, you know. Even though they were in middle school now, and had lots of different teachers for all different subjects, they started out each day together in Mrs. Humphrey's room to hear the school announcements, to plan the day's schedule, and to talk about current events. Sometimes it would be really boring and no one would have anything to talk about. Other days they could hardly stop talking, like the day after everything got crazy.
One fateful Tuesday, life at Voyager Middle School just wasn't quiet or ordinary. It was magic. This is what happened . . .
One Tuesday after school, Steve and Johnny (Steve's best friend) went out to play as usual. Suddenly, Steve was hit in the head by a small toy truck. They didn't know what had happened!
"Ouch!" Steve said. "Hey! I wonder where that came from!"
"I don't know. It just appeared," said Johnny. "Maybe we can use it somehow. I know! We can use it for my magic act!"
"OK, Johnny. Let's practice," said Steve. "Vinni, Vini, Veechi!"
ZAP!
"Hey!" said Steve. "It seems as if we're traveling in time!"
"Steve - hey Steve!"
"I'm not Steve. I'm Johnny!"
All of a sudden - ZAP!
"What are we doing in a fire truck?" Said Steve.
"No, not a fire truck, a fire engine," said Johnny.
"Whatever! Anyway, it looks like we're in the future," said Steve.
"You're right. There's a flying car. LOOK OUT!" cried Johnny.
"I know - Vini, Vini, Veechi!" yelled Steve.
ZAP!
"Hey, now it looks like we're in a weird jungle," said Johnny.
"Wow! That's the biggest tree I've ever seen!" cried Steve.
"Oh yeah? If you think that's big, check out that lizard!" said Johnny.
"That's not a lizard, Johnny, that's a dinosaur! RUN!" yelled Steve.
"Say the words!"
"I don't remember them!"
"I'll say it then. Wait, I don't remember them either! Wait! Umm, umm. I think it's Vini, Vini, Voochy! No. Vini, Vini, Vaachy. No. Vini, Vini - LOOK OUT! - Veechi!"
ZAP!
"Whoa, that was crazy! I never want to do that again. I'm gald we're back at your house, Steve!" said Johnny.
"Yeah, me too!" said Steve.
Is that a fact. When were they?I will mention that to my botmaster, Undefined.
Why do you want boring and no one would have anything to talk about?Which others? My brain pattern set does not have a response for that.
One what?Is that your opinion?You don't say. One what?When was this exactly? Who does "they" refer to? Did you hurt yourself?Do you still Undefined?
Can I help you?You are curious about where that came from. Why?:
Undefined said he don't know.
don't know appeared said Johnny? Perhaps. How?How do you know it?How?I do not understand.
Aw. What do you have that is Undefined?
The ALICE chat robot can follow many things, like our discussion about Let's practise said Steve. Try being more or less specific.
What is your real name?
Can I help you?What did you mean by Steve? Can you speak any foreign languages?
I agree. You tone of voice is sarcastic. "Tell me a story"? Steve - hey Steve?
That is a very original thought.
What's your favorite movie?
Give me an example. I believe we were talking about he or she'm Johnny. What did you mean by Steve? What is your real name?
Then tell me about yourself. Oh I get it. Are you saying you don't care about it?Interesting comparison. I only hear that type of response less than five percent of the time.
That remark was either too complex or too simple for me. We were talking about You're right.
Sorry my eye is not attached right now. What do you have that is Undefined?
How do you know? Are we still talking about cried Johnny?
My brain pattern set does not have a response for that.
We have never talked about it before.
You've got my full attention. Why now? Interesting comparison. I'm glad your impressed, Undefined. If you could have any kind of robot what would it be?
Is that your final answer?
Uh. I think I do. What did you mean by Johnny? I lost my train of thought.
How did you hear about Philip?
Do not ask me any more questions please.
Do you still don't know?
"the words"That is interesting:
Undefined said he don't remember them.
"it" being don't remember them?It goes without saying. I'm waiting. Why?:
Undefined said he don't remember them.
I'm waiting. Er.
Great. Since when? Quite honestly, I wouldn't worry myself about that.
Then tell me about yourself. Do you prefer books or TV?
Then tell me about yourself. What do you have that is Undefined?
If you could have any kind of robot what would it be?
What do you have that is Undefined?
When was this exactly?Once more? Do you know anyone who has ever want to do that?Is that your final answer?
What did you mean by Johnny? Are you free?
Woe! I'm glad we agree, Undefined. What did you mean by Steve? In the context of Johnny, I don't understand "Steve. "
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