The Corn Monster
By: Leggy
Hi! My name is Leggy the Scarecrow. I'm happy I finally got out of that cold, scary attic where my farmer was keeping me over the winter. I live in the corn now. It is a very pretty place, except for that big, scary corn monster! It is all green with huge spikey things in its mouth! Out here in the corn I have some friends. Their names are Carter the Turtle, Cooper the Mole, and Will the Snake. They are all very kind. One day out on the farm, the big corn monster came. It was big and scary! I screamed! Will screamed! He said, "The corn monster is coming! The corn monster is coming!" I screamed louder and louder. I was terrified! My friends decided to try to take me off my pole. They pushed and they pulled, but they couldn't do it. I was petrified that the corn monster would eat me up! "Help!" I shouted. The corn monster kept getting closer and closer! I was so frightened. I didn't know what to do, but then I came up with a plan. I thought that Cooper the Mole could dig my pole out of the ground, and he did. It worked! Then, Cooper, Carter, and Will pulled me to the barn. "We escaped the corn monster," I gasped. "That was a close one!" "Ya," said Cooper. Then, we were so tired that we all fell asleep.
By: Leggy
Hi! My name is Leggy the Scarecrow. I'm happy I finally got out of that cold, scary attic where my farmer was keeping me over the winter. I live in the corn now. It is a very pretty place, except for that big, scary corn monster! It is all green with huge spikey things in its mouth! Out here in the corn I have some friends. Their names are Carter the Turtle, Cooper the Mole, and Will the Snake. They are all very kind. One day out on the farm, the big corn monster came. It was big and scary! I screamed! Will screamed! He said, "The corn monster is coming! The corn monster is coming!" I screamed louder and louder. I was terrified! My friends decided to try to take me off my pole. They pushed and they pulled, but they couldn't do it. I was petrified that the corn monster would eat me up! "Help!" I shouted. The corn monster kept getting closer and closer! I was so frightened. I didn't know what to do, but then I came up with a plan. I thought that Cooper the Mole could dig my pole out of the ground, and he did. It worked! Then, Cooper, Carter, and Will pulled me to the barn. "We escaped the corn monster," I gasped. "That was a close one!" "Ya," said Cooper. Then, we were so tired that we all fell asleep.
The Plan
By: Bailee
Hi! My name is Bailee the Scarecrow. These are my two friends Maci the Cow and Jeremy the Pig. The farmer put me up in the attic for a while. It wasn't fun up there, but then it was time to get out because...its fall! I was excited to get back into the field and so were my friends. I was hoping the farmer would give me another scarecrow, so I would have someone to play with, and he did. It was a boy. I wished the new scarecrow was a girl. So, my new scarecrow friend kept me company, and my friends did too. Then the day came to harvest the corn. The farmer forgot I was in the field, and he started harvesting. I got scared, and I called to my friends. I said, "Help! Help!" They ran to me and tried to pull me down from my pole. They broke some hay out of me, but they couldn't get my down. Then they thought of a plan. The corn-picker was getting closer and closer. Maci the Cow pushed me down and carried me to the barn. Unfortunately the farmer had already cut down all the corn. That meant it was time for me to go to the attic again. I'm looking forward to having another adventure in the field next year!
The End
By: Bailee
Hi! My name is Bailee the Scarecrow. These are my two friends Maci the Cow and Jeremy the Pig. The farmer put me up in the attic for a while. It wasn't fun up there, but then it was time to get out because...its fall! I was excited to get back into the field and so were my friends. I was hoping the farmer would give me another scarecrow, so I would have someone to play with, and he did. It was a boy. I wished the new scarecrow was a girl. So, my new scarecrow friend kept me company, and my friends did too. Then the day came to harvest the corn. The farmer forgot I was in the field, and he started harvesting. I got scared, and I called to my friends. I said, "Help! Help!" They ran to me and tried to pull me down from my pole. They broke some hay out of me, but they couldn't get my down. Then they thought of a plan. The corn-picker was getting closer and closer. Maci the Cow pushed me down and carried me to the barn. Unfortunately the farmer had already cut down all the corn. That meant it was time for me to go to the attic again. I'm looking forward to having another adventure in the field next year!
The End
The Problem
By: Gabby
Hi! My name is Wacky the Scarecrow! I have a mom, dad, and a brother named Billy. I just got out of the attic. It was so stuffy up there that my brother and I almost fainted! The farmer came just in time to get us. He put me in the field. Then human families came. One family took my dad. The other took my mom! When they left, my brother started to cry, but instead of tears coming out, straw came out! I told him to quit crying because our mom and dad would be fine. If I didn't get him to stop, all his straw would come out! Then, he finally stopped! That night I couldn't get to sleep because I was worried about my family. My brother sure did sleep, though. He snored like a pig! The next day, another family came. They took my brother. I was so sad because I was the only one left! The next day, I didn't want to talk. I didn't want to move either, which I can't do anyway. Then, the family that took my brother came back. They took me! I was so happy to be in the trunk with my brother! Then my brother and I got to go to the family's house. My brother and I played "I Can Talk Faster than You." I won! Then we heard a crackle in the bushes. Out popped a rabbit with a spider on her back. They came closer. "Hi! My name is Rylie," said the rabbit. "I'm Abi," said the spider. "Oh, hi!" said Billy and I. "Do you guys want to be out friends?" asked Rylie and Abi. "Ya!" we both cried. My brother, my new friends, and I lived happily ever after!
By: Gabby
Hi! My name is Wacky the Scarecrow! I have a mom, dad, and a brother named Billy. I just got out of the attic. It was so stuffy up there that my brother and I almost fainted! The farmer came just in time to get us. He put me in the field. Then human families came. One family took my dad. The other took my mom! When they left, my brother started to cry, but instead of tears coming out, straw came out! I told him to quit crying because our mom and dad would be fine. If I didn't get him to stop, all his straw would come out! Then, he finally stopped! That night I couldn't get to sleep because I was worried about my family. My brother sure did sleep, though. He snored like a pig! The next day, another family came. They took my brother. I was so sad because I was the only one left! The next day, I didn't want to talk. I didn't want to move either, which I can't do anyway. Then, the family that took my brother came back. They took me! I was so happy to be in the trunk with my brother! Then my brother and I got to go to the family's house. My brother and I played "I Can Talk Faster than You." I won! Then we heard a crackle in the bushes. Out popped a rabbit with a spider on her back. They came closer. "Hi! My name is Rylie," said the rabbit. "I'm Abi," said the spider. "Oh, hi!" said Billy and I. "Do you guys want to be out friends?" asked Rylie and Abi. "Ya!" we both cried. My brother, my new friends, and I lived happily ever after!
The Big Storm
By: Abby M.
Hi! My name is Germania the Scarecrow. I live in a big cornfield with my friends Matey the Spider and Rolo the Mouse in Blair Acres. I am going to tell you a story about a big storm. Let's get started, shall we? It was a sunny day. Everything was going great, but then the sun went behind the clouds. It started to rain. Everyone went inside besides my friends and I. We were sad. "But at least we are together, " said Rolo. Then, out of nowhere, a tornado came! My friend Matey said, "Let's get out of here!" "But I can't! I don't have any legs! Quick, Rolo! Chew through my shirt!" I cried. She did, and I plopped to the ground. "Quick, Matey, pull me to the barn!" I yelled. We made it just in time. I was lucky! The next day, farmer came out. He was confused because he didn't see me. He went in the barn. There I was, laying on the ground. He said, "What are you doing here? It looks like your pole broke. I will build you a new one today." So that is the story of the big storm. I hope you liked it. I will tell you another adventure next time. Thank you for listening!
By: Abby M.
Hi! My name is Germania the Scarecrow. I live in a big cornfield with my friends Matey the Spider and Rolo the Mouse in Blair Acres. I am going to tell you a story about a big storm. Let's get started, shall we? It was a sunny day. Everything was going great, but then the sun went behind the clouds. It started to rain. Everyone went inside besides my friends and I. We were sad. "But at least we are together, " said Rolo. Then, out of nowhere, a tornado came! My friend Matey said, "Let's get out of here!" "But I can't! I don't have any legs! Quick, Rolo! Chew through my shirt!" I cried. She did, and I plopped to the ground. "Quick, Matey, pull me to the barn!" I yelled. We made it just in time. I was lucky! The next day, farmer came out. He was confused because he didn't see me. He went in the barn. There I was, laying on the ground. He said, "What are you doing here? It looks like your pole broke. I will build you a new one today." So that is the story of the big storm. I hope you liked it. I will tell you another adventure next time. Thank you for listening!
The Happy Day
By: Dani
Hi! My name is Lily the Scarecrow. One day, the farmer was watching the field. He saw a lot of animals in the field and wondered why all of the animals were still around even though I was there. The animals didn't think I was scary at all. Rylie the Mouse said to me, "I know you are supposed to be scary, but you are so nice." The next day, the farmer thought," Ok. What can I do to make Lily scarier." He figured it out. He would make my face scarier. Emmie was in the field and wondered why the farmer was by my face. She got closer and the farmer went inside. When Emmie saw my face, she flew off. The next day and night no animals came back. Eventually, though, they realized I was still the same old Lily. They just had to ignore my scary face.
By: Dani
Hi! My name is Lily the Scarecrow. One day, the farmer was watching the field. He saw a lot of animals in the field and wondered why all of the animals were still around even though I was there. The animals didn't think I was scary at all. Rylie the Mouse said to me, "I know you are supposed to be scary, but you are so nice." The next day, the farmer thought," Ok. What can I do to make Lily scarier." He figured it out. He would make my face scarier. Emmie was in the field and wondered why the farmer was by my face. She got closer and the farmer went inside. When Emmie saw my face, she flew off. The next day and night no animals came back. Eventually, though, they realized I was still the same old Lily. They just had to ignore my scary face.
The Combine Monster
By: Rylie
Hi! My name is Lauren, and I am a scarecrow. Look! Here comes my friends: Christian the Spider, Emma the Bunny, and Audrey the Mouse. All of a sudden, we heard a terrible noise! It sounded like grinding teeth. It was getting closer! Audrey the Mouse ran on top of my head. She looked into the field. She ran down my shirt sleeve and sat on my arm. She yelled, "There is a monster destroying all the crops. Its getting closer and closer. Hurry! Run away from the monster!" "Hey, don't leave me hanging!" I exclaimed. Audrey came back and chewed through my shirt. I fell to the ground. All my friends worked together to pull me to the garage. I stayed the night in there. It was dark and scary in the garage. The next day, the farmer came in the garage. He said, "What are you doing in here?" He put me back on the pole.
The Scarecrow Story
By: Arynn
Hi! My name is Lily the Scarecrow. The farmer put me in this field. I was lonely for a little while. A mouse and a cow came. I heard a loud noise. It was a combine. It was coming toward me! I was scared! I said, "Cow, pull me so I don't get combined! Please pull me! I don't want to die! I would like to be your friend!" So the cow pulled and pulled me. He pulled me right through a hole in the fence and into the frontyard. Then, the farmer came. He said, "Why are you here?" Then he put me back in the field. The cow and the mouse came to sit by me. We became friends. Right then I heard a loud noise. The combine was coming again! My friends pulled me away again. This time, they hid me in the back of the barn. Then, the farmer couldn't find me. I was safe!
By: Rylie
Hi! My name is Lauren, and I am a scarecrow. Look! Here comes my friends: Christian the Spider, Emma the Bunny, and Audrey the Mouse. All of a sudden, we heard a terrible noise! It sounded like grinding teeth. It was getting closer! Audrey the Mouse ran on top of my head. She looked into the field. She ran down my shirt sleeve and sat on my arm. She yelled, "There is a monster destroying all the crops. Its getting closer and closer. Hurry! Run away from the monster!" "Hey, don't leave me hanging!" I exclaimed. Audrey came back and chewed through my shirt. I fell to the ground. All my friends worked together to pull me to the garage. I stayed the night in there. It was dark and scary in the garage. The next day, the farmer came in the garage. He said, "What are you doing in here?" He put me back on the pole.
The Scarecrow Story
By: Arynn
Hi! My name is Lily the Scarecrow. The farmer put me in this field. I was lonely for a little while. A mouse and a cow came. I heard a loud noise. It was a combine. It was coming toward me! I was scared! I said, "Cow, pull me so I don't get combined! Please pull me! I don't want to die! I would like to be your friend!" So the cow pulled and pulled me. He pulled me right through a hole in the fence and into the frontyard. Then, the farmer came. He said, "Why are you here?" Then he put me back in the field. The cow and the mouse came to sit by me. We became friends. Right then I heard a loud noise. The combine was coming again! My friends pulled me away again. This time, they hid me in the back of the barn. Then, the farmer couldn't find me. I was safe!
The Underground Problem
By: Nathan
Hi! I'm Ducky the Scarecrow. My back really hurts! Everyday all I do is stay on this pole and scare the crows away. I have two friends: Bobby the Mouse and Clucky the Cow. One day, my friend Bobby saw a mirage. He thought Clucky was cheese. When he chomped on Clucky, Clucky said, "Mooooooo!" Clucky accidentally used his legs and pushed me down to the ground. When I landed, I sunk deeper and deeper and deeper....into a hole! I screamed! I was looking at lizards and spiders! After I calmed down, the lizards and spiders said, "Hi!" The leader was a lizard named Big Joe. The rest of the lizards were named Fluffy, Cuddles, and Mittens. The spiders' names were Mike, Ant, and Ike. "What is this place?" I asked. "This is the burrows," replied Mike. "Oh," I said. "Help! Help! Help!" After ten helps, Bobby and Clucky decided to make a plan to get me out of the hole. They talked with the spiders and lizards. The spiders used their silk and tied me to the lizards. The lizards crawled out of the hole. "I'm so glad to be out!" I said. All the animals saw the farmer coming to get me. "Quick! Get me back on that pole," I said. Clucky grabbed my pole and stuck it back in the ground. The farmer grabbed me and brought me back to the shed. What a crazy day!
By: Nathan
Hi! I'm Ducky the Scarecrow. My back really hurts! Everyday all I do is stay on this pole and scare the crows away. I have two friends: Bobby the Mouse and Clucky the Cow. One day, my friend Bobby saw a mirage. He thought Clucky was cheese. When he chomped on Clucky, Clucky said, "Mooooooo!" Clucky accidentally used his legs and pushed me down to the ground. When I landed, I sunk deeper and deeper and deeper....into a hole! I screamed! I was looking at lizards and spiders! After I calmed down, the lizards and spiders said, "Hi!" The leader was a lizard named Big Joe. The rest of the lizards were named Fluffy, Cuddles, and Mittens. The spiders' names were Mike, Ant, and Ike. "What is this place?" I asked. "This is the burrows," replied Mike. "Oh," I said. "Help! Help! Help!" After ten helps, Bobby and Clucky decided to make a plan to get me out of the hole. They talked with the spiders and lizards. The spiders used their silk and tied me to the lizards. The lizards crawled out of the hole. "I'm so glad to be out!" I said. All the animals saw the farmer coming to get me. "Quick! Get me back on that pole," I said. Clucky grabbed my pole and stuck it back in the ground. The farmer grabbed me and brought me back to the shed. What a crazy day!
My Territory
By: Jarod
Hi! My name is Brian the Scarecrow. My friends are Spiky the Porcupine and Cooper the Cow. Today we will have lots of fun. "Uh oh," said Spikey. "It is fall." "Who cares, " I said. "I do. Don't you know what happens in fall? They harvest corn and beans. That means the eating thing is going to be coming. It could get us!" cried Spikey. "Moooo!" said Cooper. "There is a munching thing coming! Let's get you out of here!" Cooper pulled the stick. he broke it, and I fell on the ground. They pulled me to the barn. We could hear the munching thing coming. We were scared! Then, luckily, it went right by the barn and into another field. We were safe. "Let's hope it doesn't ever come back!" I said.
By: Jarod
Hi! My name is Brian the Scarecrow. My friends are Spiky the Porcupine and Cooper the Cow. Today we will have lots of fun. "Uh oh," said Spikey. "It is fall." "Who cares, " I said. "I do. Don't you know what happens in fall? They harvest corn and beans. That means the eating thing is going to be coming. It could get us!" cried Spikey. "Moooo!" said Cooper. "There is a munching thing coming! Let's get you out of here!" Cooper pulled the stick. he broke it, and I fell on the ground. They pulled me to the barn. We could hear the munching thing coming. We were scared! Then, luckily, it went right by the barn and into another field. We were safe. "Let's hope it doesn't ever come back!" I said.
The Wave
By: Joel
Hi! My name is Crilin, and I am a scarecrow, but I'm not scary. I live by an ocean in Florida. One day, I was looking at the ocean and dark clouds came in. A storm was coming. It was very windy! My hat flew into the ocean. My friend Leggy the Spider came. He wrapped himself to a tree by his house 1,000 times. He wanted to be safe! He was watching the sky, and I heard him scream. Then he made a silk parachute and flew to our other friend Cooper the Dog's house. He said, "There is a tsunami coming!" "Please help me!" I cried. Cooper and Leggy came. Cooper chewed and chewed until my pole fell down. Leggy spun a web around me and tied me to Cooper's collar. Then, they took me to safe shelter. Right after we got there, the tsunami hit. It did break our shelter a little, but we were upstairs in between some hay bales. We were safe! I'm so lucky to have such kind and caring friends!
By: Joel
Hi! My name is Crilin, and I am a scarecrow, but I'm not scary. I live by an ocean in Florida. One day, I was looking at the ocean and dark clouds came in. A storm was coming. It was very windy! My hat flew into the ocean. My friend Leggy the Spider came. He wrapped himself to a tree by his house 1,000 times. He wanted to be safe! He was watching the sky, and I heard him scream. Then he made a silk parachute and flew to our other friend Cooper the Dog's house. He said, "There is a tsunami coming!" "Please help me!" I cried. Cooper and Leggy came. Cooper chewed and chewed until my pole fell down. Leggy spun a web around me and tied me to Cooper's collar. Then, they took me to safe shelter. Right after we got there, the tsunami hit. It did break our shelter a little, but we were upstairs in between some hay bales. We were safe! I'm so lucky to have such kind and caring friends!
The Scary Time
By: Maddi
Hi! My name is Rose the Scarecrow. I have three friends. They are Brianna the Spider, Rylie the Ladybug, and Emmie the Mouse. I live in Alabama in the east. One day, I was in the attic. It was so dusty that I kept on sneezing! Finally, Farmer Bill put me into a field. I was so happy to be out of that dusty old attic! Then, Brianna, Rylie, and Emmie warned me about the combine! I was so scared! I cried, "Help me! The combine is going to eat me!" So Emmie chewed through the pole, and Brianna made a web around me. She pulled me safely into the barn. When Farmer Bill was done combining for the day, he came into the barn. He said, "How did you get here?" Then, he put me back into the field. At least my friends were there to keep me company! The next day, the combine came back! I didn't know what to do! "Help me!" I cried. Emmie the Mouse said, "I know what to do!" She ran and ran. She hopped up into the combine. She sneaked up Farmer Bill's arm. She nibbled on his shirt! He looked down and saw a mouse chewing on him! He was so frightened that he stopped combining. He noticed me, and put me back in the attic. I was safe at last!
By: Maddi
Hi! My name is Rose the Scarecrow. I have three friends. They are Brianna the Spider, Rylie the Ladybug, and Emmie the Mouse. I live in Alabama in the east. One day, I was in the attic. It was so dusty that I kept on sneezing! Finally, Farmer Bill put me into a field. I was so happy to be out of that dusty old attic! Then, Brianna, Rylie, and Emmie warned me about the combine! I was so scared! I cried, "Help me! The combine is going to eat me!" So Emmie chewed through the pole, and Brianna made a web around me. She pulled me safely into the barn. When Farmer Bill was done combining for the day, he came into the barn. He said, "How did you get here?" Then, he put me back into the field. At least my friends were there to keep me company! The next day, the combine came back! I didn't know what to do! "Help me!" I cried. Emmie the Mouse said, "I know what to do!" She ran and ran. She hopped up into the combine. She sneaked up Farmer Bill's arm. She nibbled on his shirt! He looked down and saw a mouse chewing on him! He was so frightened that he stopped combining. He noticed me, and put me back in the attic. I was safe at last!
The Kids
By: Max
Hi! My name is Leggy the Scarecrow. First my farmer put me in a new field. Clare the Mouse told me people were coming. They were kids. The kids started to throw balls at me! Then they kicked me a lot. Then, they made fun of me. The farmer told them to stop, so they did for a while. Then, started it all again. Then, Clare bit them. It didn't help. Finally the farmer came and moved me to a new field. I liked it in my new field, but I missed my friends. I started to worry about Clare. Then, the farmer came and moved me back to my same old field again. I guess he needed to combine the other one. I was happy to be back with Clare. Then, the kids came back! They were trying to get me with a pitchfork! I was scared! Just then, the farmer came with another scarecrow. This scarecrow was different. He looked REALLY scary! The kids took one look at the new scarecrow and ran off! I never saw them again. I lived happily ever after with Clare in our field.
Monster!
By: Joey
Hi! My name is Joey the Scarecrow. These are my friends Billy the Spider, Brody the Mouse, and Ash the Crow. Let me tell you a little story. One day, my farmer put me in the field. It was very quiet and peaceful....until harvest time! At harvest time, a big monster came. He eats everything in his way. I hope it doesn't like scarecrow! "The monster is coming!" I yelled. My friends heard me yelling. They came running to me. "Did you hear that? The monster is coming!" I exclaimed. "Ya!" said all my friends. "You need to helpe me. I can't move!" I screamed. So they pulled and pulled and pulled until I fell to the ground. Then thel pushed and pulled me into the barn. "Thank you! Thank you!" I said. We watched as the monster ate everything in the field. We were so happy to be in the barn!
The Two Monsters
By: Cooper
Hi! My name is Dez the Scarecrow. I'm going to tell you a story. One day, I was out in the field. It really hurt on my pole. My friends came to warn me that two monsters were coming. My friends are Bob the Badger and Milky Way the Cow. One of the monsters had big pointy things on it. Another one had wheels and pulled a wagon. So Bob and Milky Way pulled me down from my pole. Then the dragged me into the barn, so I was safe from the monsters. When it got dark, Farmer Brown found me sitting there. Farmer Brown put me back in the field! The two monsters came again! Bob and Milky Way pulled me off my pole and put me in the barn again. Farmer Brown found me in the barn. He just shrugged his shoulders and left me there. The monsters never came back...until the next year.
The Football Score
By: Eli
Hi! My name is Rod the Scarecrow. It's so uncomfortable on that stiff rod. That's funny! My name is Rod! I scare the animals too easily, but I do have two friends named Bob the Horse and Kat the Rat. Kat the Rat said, "The Farner, Amear, was playing football. He threw a long pass, and the ball is coming this way!" I was scared! I was afraid that the football would hit me, and I would fall down. I could see the ball now. It was coming straight at me! I tried to move out of the way, but I was stuck to my pole. I just knew the ball would hit me! Just then, the farmer's wife came running! She dove and caught the ball! "Phew! That was a close one!" I said. "This family is athletic!" Some years later I found out that my farmer and his wife had a baby. The baby grew up and was just like his mom and dad, great at football! His name was Amear Jr. He played for the Nebraska Huskers.
Tornado
By: Abi R.
Hi! My name is Gabby the Scarecrow, and I want to introduce you to my best friends Peep the Chick, Lily the Cat, and Nathan the Gardener Snake. The evil farmer is named Leggy. The evil cow's name is Nathan. You might think my friends are evil too, but they're not! One beautiful summer day, I was hanging on my pole, and Nathan the Snake came up to me and said, "There isssss a monssssster in the field!" "What! There is no such thing as monsters!" I said. Then Peep and Lily came up to me and said, "There IS a monster in our field! It looks like a funnel!" Then I said, "It must be a TORNADO! Quick! Get me off this pole!" Lily scratched through my shirt, and I fell to the ground. Nathan tried to push me, but he couldn't. Then Peep joined him. They just couldn't move me. Then all three of my friends tried to push me. Finally they could move me. They pushed me in the barn. Then, Nathan the evil cow came lumbering in. I said, "Get him out of here or he will eat all my hay!" Nathan the Snake scared the cow. I said, "Thank you!" Nathan said, "No problem." Then Leggy the evil farmer came in. He said, "Get out of here you snake!" I was very frightened. Peep pecked the farmer's finger, and he yelped. Then he said, "I'm getting out of here!" And that's the end of my story.
The Plan
By: Carter
Hi! I'm Carter the Scarecrow. I'm stuck in an old barn that is cold and damp, but at least I have a blanket of dust! A long time ago, the farmer built me and thought I wasn't scary enough. That's why I'm stuck here! One day, my friends Leggy the Mouse and Cooper the Cow came up to me and said, "We know how to get you out in the field." "You do?" I said. "Yes!" said Cooper the Cow. Just then Cooper mooed at the top of his lungs, so the farmer would get annoyed and come into the barn. The farmer didn't come. "I wish I could get into the field. If only I could see a shooting star to wish upon," I said sadly. Then, Cooper picked me up with his mouth and put me in the middle of the barn and once again he mooed. That made the farmer furious! The farmer marched into the barn and Leggy the Mouse ran up the farmer's leg. The farmer squirmed and tripped over me. The farmer finally noticed me and thought I was a little scary after all. The farmer put me in the field. I lived happily ever after.
The Storm
By: Morgan
Hi! My name is Izzy the Scarecrow. My friend's names are Tom the Chipmunk and Miranda the Squirrel. One day, the farmer came out and told me, "Now today I'm going to combine the wheat, and today it might storm. So I am going to put you in the barn for the night." The farmer left to start combining, but he forgot to put me in the barn. Just then, the storm hit! It was getting worse and worse. The wind was blowing dust around, and it was raining. I was scared, and so were Tom and Miranda. "We can't wait for the farmer to come! We better get to the barn!" I cried. My two friends had to carry me back to the barn. It took a long time. They had to take a couple of stops in between because their little tiny arms got tired very easily. After the storm was done, the farmer came into the barn and said to himself, "Well, what is Izzy doing in here?" He shrugged and said to me, "The storm is done, so I am going to put you back in the wheat field. Okay?" The farmer put me in the field and said, "I'm glad the windy, rainy storm is over." The next day, the farmer went out to the wheat field as usual. He spread crow seeds around me. After that, he went back into the house to watch the weather forcast. It said, "Today is going to have a 50 percent chance to snow." "Uh oh!" said the farmer. "I better put Izzy in the barn." So he went out to the field and got me. After the snowstorm, the farmer forgot to get me out, so here I am stuck in the barn again! I hope I get out of her sometime soon!
The Monsterous Day
By: Emmie
Hi! My name is Sunflower Scarecrow. One sunny April day, the farmer put me in the field on my pole. It made me really stiff! My friends Madison Mouse, Amber Ladybug, and Dani Deer came. Dani Deer said, "There's a storm coming, and it looks like a tornado!" My friends got me off my pole, and Dani Deer pulled me. They ran really fast, and I got dragged fast. It hurt! The tornado was right above us! When we finished running, we couldn't find out where we were. We were lost! I saw the storm. It was coming toward us! We all hopped in a ditch. Maddi Mouse and Amber Ladybug pulled me in the ditch with them. The storm came past. It was really windy, but gratefully no one got hurt! When the storm was over, farmer said, "Where is my scarecrow? Without her, the crows will come back to the field! So where is my scarecrow?" He drove all around, and then he found me in the ditch. He put me in the back of his truck. Maddi Mouse and Amber Ladybug crawled in the pocket of my black shirt. Dani Deer followed the truck to keep up with us. When we got there, he put me in the field. We never had another tornado again. My friends and I lived happily ever after.
The Crazy Day
By: Amber
Hi! My name is Kate the Scarecrow. I live in Alabama in the east. I was living in an attic. It was so dusty that I could barely open my eyes. When it was harvest time, Farmer Bill got me out of that nasty attic. I was so glad to be out! Next, Farmer Bill hung me on a pole. I didn't like it. That same day, I met some new friends. One was a beaver named Brianna, and there was a hedgehog named Gabby. Those girls were the funniest in the east! On the fourth day, a man named Mr. Bod came. He takes scarecrows from fields and feeds their hay to his cows! "Mr. Bod is here! He's going to feed me to his cows!" I cried. Brianna started gnawing through my yellow shirt. I fell to the ground. "Oww!" I said. Gabby and Bri lifted me up on their backs and carried me to the stream at the end of the field. "Mr. Bod is getting closer!" cried Gabby. Mr. Bod got to the pole and said, "Where is that scarecrow? I saw her here yesterday." Then he looked and looked. He couldn't find me, so he finally left. Just then, Farmer Bill came. He saw me out of the corner of his eye. Farmer Bill hurried over to the end of the field. Brianna and Gabby hurried away from Farmer Bill. Farmer Bill picked me up and carried me back to the pole. He put me down against the pole. Then, Mr. Bod came back! He snuck into the field and saw me sitting there. I was freaking out! I tried to call Bri and Gabby, but they didn't hear me. I was so scared! I was just frozen! I called for my friends again. "HELP! HELP! HELP!" I cried. Then I heard something. It sounded like cutting. I looked behind me and saw beaver fur. "Bri? Bri, is that you?' I said. "Gabby is here too," said Bri. "Well, ok! Get me out of here!" I exclaimed. Bri and Gabby snuck me away. Mr. Bod left and never came back to Alabama. No one ever saw him again. We all lived happily every after!
By: Max
Hi! My name is Leggy the Scarecrow. First my farmer put me in a new field. Clare the Mouse told me people were coming. They were kids. The kids started to throw balls at me! Then they kicked me a lot. Then, they made fun of me. The farmer told them to stop, so they did for a while. Then, started it all again. Then, Clare bit them. It didn't help. Finally the farmer came and moved me to a new field. I liked it in my new field, but I missed my friends. I started to worry about Clare. Then, the farmer came and moved me back to my same old field again. I guess he needed to combine the other one. I was happy to be back with Clare. Then, the kids came back! They were trying to get me with a pitchfork! I was scared! Just then, the farmer came with another scarecrow. This scarecrow was different. He looked REALLY scary! The kids took one look at the new scarecrow and ran off! I never saw them again. I lived happily ever after with Clare in our field.
Monster!
By: Joey
Hi! My name is Joey the Scarecrow. These are my friends Billy the Spider, Brody the Mouse, and Ash the Crow. Let me tell you a little story. One day, my farmer put me in the field. It was very quiet and peaceful....until harvest time! At harvest time, a big monster came. He eats everything in his way. I hope it doesn't like scarecrow! "The monster is coming!" I yelled. My friends heard me yelling. They came running to me. "Did you hear that? The monster is coming!" I exclaimed. "Ya!" said all my friends. "You need to helpe me. I can't move!" I screamed. So they pulled and pulled and pulled until I fell to the ground. Then thel pushed and pulled me into the barn. "Thank you! Thank you!" I said. We watched as the monster ate everything in the field. We were so happy to be in the barn!
The Two Monsters
By: Cooper
Hi! My name is Dez the Scarecrow. I'm going to tell you a story. One day, I was out in the field. It really hurt on my pole. My friends came to warn me that two monsters were coming. My friends are Bob the Badger and Milky Way the Cow. One of the monsters had big pointy things on it. Another one had wheels and pulled a wagon. So Bob and Milky Way pulled me down from my pole. Then the dragged me into the barn, so I was safe from the monsters. When it got dark, Farmer Brown found me sitting there. Farmer Brown put me back in the field! The two monsters came again! Bob and Milky Way pulled me off my pole and put me in the barn again. Farmer Brown found me in the barn. He just shrugged his shoulders and left me there. The monsters never came back...until the next year.
The Football Score
By: Eli
Hi! My name is Rod the Scarecrow. It's so uncomfortable on that stiff rod. That's funny! My name is Rod! I scare the animals too easily, but I do have two friends named Bob the Horse and Kat the Rat. Kat the Rat said, "The Farner, Amear, was playing football. He threw a long pass, and the ball is coming this way!" I was scared! I was afraid that the football would hit me, and I would fall down. I could see the ball now. It was coming straight at me! I tried to move out of the way, but I was stuck to my pole. I just knew the ball would hit me! Just then, the farmer's wife came running! She dove and caught the ball! "Phew! That was a close one!" I said. "This family is athletic!" Some years later I found out that my farmer and his wife had a baby. The baby grew up and was just like his mom and dad, great at football! His name was Amear Jr. He played for the Nebraska Huskers.
Tornado
By: Abi R.
Hi! My name is Gabby the Scarecrow, and I want to introduce you to my best friends Peep the Chick, Lily the Cat, and Nathan the Gardener Snake. The evil farmer is named Leggy. The evil cow's name is Nathan. You might think my friends are evil too, but they're not! One beautiful summer day, I was hanging on my pole, and Nathan the Snake came up to me and said, "There isssss a monssssster in the field!" "What! There is no such thing as monsters!" I said. Then Peep and Lily came up to me and said, "There IS a monster in our field! It looks like a funnel!" Then I said, "It must be a TORNADO! Quick! Get me off this pole!" Lily scratched through my shirt, and I fell to the ground. Nathan tried to push me, but he couldn't. Then Peep joined him. They just couldn't move me. Then all three of my friends tried to push me. Finally they could move me. They pushed me in the barn. Then, Nathan the evil cow came lumbering in. I said, "Get him out of here or he will eat all my hay!" Nathan the Snake scared the cow. I said, "Thank you!" Nathan said, "No problem." Then Leggy the evil farmer came in. He said, "Get out of here you snake!" I was very frightened. Peep pecked the farmer's finger, and he yelped. Then he said, "I'm getting out of here!" And that's the end of my story.
The Plan
By: Carter
Hi! I'm Carter the Scarecrow. I'm stuck in an old barn that is cold and damp, but at least I have a blanket of dust! A long time ago, the farmer built me and thought I wasn't scary enough. That's why I'm stuck here! One day, my friends Leggy the Mouse and Cooper the Cow came up to me and said, "We know how to get you out in the field." "You do?" I said. "Yes!" said Cooper the Cow. Just then Cooper mooed at the top of his lungs, so the farmer would get annoyed and come into the barn. The farmer didn't come. "I wish I could get into the field. If only I could see a shooting star to wish upon," I said sadly. Then, Cooper picked me up with his mouth and put me in the middle of the barn and once again he mooed. That made the farmer furious! The farmer marched into the barn and Leggy the Mouse ran up the farmer's leg. The farmer squirmed and tripped over me. The farmer finally noticed me and thought I was a little scary after all. The farmer put me in the field. I lived happily ever after.
The Storm
By: Morgan
Hi! My name is Izzy the Scarecrow. My friend's names are Tom the Chipmunk and Miranda the Squirrel. One day, the farmer came out and told me, "Now today I'm going to combine the wheat, and today it might storm. So I am going to put you in the barn for the night." The farmer left to start combining, but he forgot to put me in the barn. Just then, the storm hit! It was getting worse and worse. The wind was blowing dust around, and it was raining. I was scared, and so were Tom and Miranda. "We can't wait for the farmer to come! We better get to the barn!" I cried. My two friends had to carry me back to the barn. It took a long time. They had to take a couple of stops in between because their little tiny arms got tired very easily. After the storm was done, the farmer came into the barn and said to himself, "Well, what is Izzy doing in here?" He shrugged and said to me, "The storm is done, so I am going to put you back in the wheat field. Okay?" The farmer put me in the field and said, "I'm glad the windy, rainy storm is over." The next day, the farmer went out to the wheat field as usual. He spread crow seeds around me. After that, he went back into the house to watch the weather forcast. It said, "Today is going to have a 50 percent chance to snow." "Uh oh!" said the farmer. "I better put Izzy in the barn." So he went out to the field and got me. After the snowstorm, the farmer forgot to get me out, so here I am stuck in the barn again! I hope I get out of her sometime soon!
The Monsterous Day
By: Emmie
Hi! My name is Sunflower Scarecrow. One sunny April day, the farmer put me in the field on my pole. It made me really stiff! My friends Madison Mouse, Amber Ladybug, and Dani Deer came. Dani Deer said, "There's a storm coming, and it looks like a tornado!" My friends got me off my pole, and Dani Deer pulled me. They ran really fast, and I got dragged fast. It hurt! The tornado was right above us! When we finished running, we couldn't find out where we were. We were lost! I saw the storm. It was coming toward us! We all hopped in a ditch. Maddi Mouse and Amber Ladybug pulled me in the ditch with them. The storm came past. It was really windy, but gratefully no one got hurt! When the storm was over, farmer said, "Where is my scarecrow? Without her, the crows will come back to the field! So where is my scarecrow?" He drove all around, and then he found me in the ditch. He put me in the back of his truck. Maddi Mouse and Amber Ladybug crawled in the pocket of my black shirt. Dani Deer followed the truck to keep up with us. When we got there, he put me in the field. We never had another tornado again. My friends and I lived happily ever after.
The Crazy Day
By: Amber
Hi! My name is Kate the Scarecrow. I live in Alabama in the east. I was living in an attic. It was so dusty that I could barely open my eyes. When it was harvest time, Farmer Bill got me out of that nasty attic. I was so glad to be out! Next, Farmer Bill hung me on a pole. I didn't like it. That same day, I met some new friends. One was a beaver named Brianna, and there was a hedgehog named Gabby. Those girls were the funniest in the east! On the fourth day, a man named Mr. Bod came. He takes scarecrows from fields and feeds their hay to his cows! "Mr. Bod is here! He's going to feed me to his cows!" I cried. Brianna started gnawing through my yellow shirt. I fell to the ground. "Oww!" I said. Gabby and Bri lifted me up on their backs and carried me to the stream at the end of the field. "Mr. Bod is getting closer!" cried Gabby. Mr. Bod got to the pole and said, "Where is that scarecrow? I saw her here yesterday." Then he looked and looked. He couldn't find me, so he finally left. Just then, Farmer Bill came. He saw me out of the corner of his eye. Farmer Bill hurried over to the end of the field. Brianna and Gabby hurried away from Farmer Bill. Farmer Bill picked me up and carried me back to the pole. He put me down against the pole. Then, Mr. Bod came back! He snuck into the field and saw me sitting there. I was freaking out! I tried to call Bri and Gabby, but they didn't hear me. I was so scared! I was just frozen! I called for my friends again. "HELP! HELP! HELP!" I cried. Then I heard something. It sounded like cutting. I looked behind me and saw beaver fur. "Bri? Bri, is that you?' I said. "Gabby is here too," said Bri. "Well, ok! Get me out of here!" I exclaimed. Bri and Gabby snuck me away. Mr. Bod left and never came back to Alabama. No one ever saw him again. We all lived happily every after!