IT WAS ALL A DREAM

I was alone in the stable when Curley's wife appeared in the doorway. Our eyes locked, and I ran for my life.  She was running after me, as fast as a cheeta.  I came to a quick stop, and stood my ground and yelled, "What do you want from me!?" She replied, "None of your business!"  I screamed back at her,"quit horsing around!"  After a long period of silence she said, " I am going to keep my eye on you"   I said "sticks and stones may brake my bones, but your words can't hurt me." Lastly she said "see yah later alligator!"  I skipped off into the wilderness.  I soon came to a fork in the road, where I met up with Lennie.  He seemed suprised to see me when he said, "you caught me off guard!"  He seemed upset, so I said to him "keep your chin up"  Soon my attitude turned around and I told him to cry me a river.  Lennie asked why I am so mean to him, and I replied "becasue your brain is as small as a peanut!"  We travelled up the road back to the barn.  I was as hungry as a hippo.  Lennie said he was so hungy he could eat a horse!  Lennie asked where we were going, and I replied "my way or the highway."  He explained to me over and over again, how pretty he thinks Curlys Wife is.  I told him, "dont judge a book by its cover."  By the time we made it back to the barn we were unbelievably tired.  So we layed ourselves down on the hay, and slept like babies.  We woke up to screaming, we were quietly debating whether or not to check out the noise.  I told Lennie, "better safe than sorry."  So he said "lets blow this joint!"   I soon realized that it was all a dream.  I had to brake the ice to Lennie.

Let it be

Dear Mayor,

            I am writing this letter today behalf of Gunter Grass, the recently retired mayor.  It is known that you have found shocking, unpleasant evidence that proves Gunter Grass was previously a “commandant of a Nazi concentration camp in Poland.  He directly oversaw the deaths of an estimated 15,000 people” Grass may have been demonstrated a dangerous man at a point in his life, but he is currently known as a kind, old mayor.  You should not show the evidence because it will damage Gunter, the public, and the way they see their town.  The little town could turn into a nightmare if the public finds out about these terrifying events.  If the past is revealed it could also cause troubles in his family since “he has three children and many grandchildren.”  Gunter Grass has proven himself an excellent mayor and citizen by “[donating] very large sums of money to various charities,” and he “built a profitable factory where many people in the village enjoy working.”  He does not deserve to face the punishment of what he has done.  He has spent years trying to forget about the horrors and guilt of what he is responsible of.  He does not have much more to live for now, considering he is 92 years old, and his wife has past.  Therefore, he should live his remaining years in peace. 

Kids should be kids

Tradition is a beautiful thing that carries on through decades and decades.  Every year the Grads of Penticton participate in pulling pranks on the other high school.  The other high school grads are not too fond of these antics, or being humilated.  That is why they carry on tradition by getting their revenge and pranking our school.  This creates high school "prank wars", and both of the opposing schools battle to attain the most outstanding prank. There is absolutely no harm intended when pulling these light jokes.  There is only one complication that puts this amusement to a hault.  And that is society now-a-days.  The general public has forgotten about tradition, but even more importantly, forgotten how to have fun.  Teachers, parents, police, have all ganged up to create a massive evil force that stops the youth of today from enjoying themselves.  The teachers, police, and anyone else disallowing this are just "another brick in the wall" to the students and are building a wall around the youth, and the fun they are capable of having.  They hand over fines and get students in all kinds of trouble.  They also physically stop the students from completing these pranks, so all of the time, excitement, and hard work, is all for nothing.  The community desperately needs to "chill out."  It is important for a high school student to have some fun, espiacally in their graduation year.  These pranks are fun and competetive, and in my opinion, it is just what a high school kid needs.