Snapping Turtle Tales, Vol. II

By Michelle Rutledge

Tales from out of this world...

Dragons, singers, war heroes, fighters - they’re all here!

The Snapping Turtle kids have created an array of stories for your reading pleasure. Raw, untamed imagination springs forth from every page. Prepare for adventure, mystery, fantasy, and more.

Prepare for some snapping good tales!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dancing Lemur Press LLC
• Release date: Dec 8, 2015
• ISBN: 9781939844163

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Edited by Michelle Rutledge

DANCING LEMUR PRESS, L.L.C.

Pikeville, North Carolina

http://dancinglemurpress.com/

Copyright 2015 by Michelle Rutledge

Published by Dancing Lemur Press, L.L.C.

P.O. Box 383, Pikeville, North Carolina, 27863-0383

http://dancinglemurpress.com/

ISBN: 9781939844163

LCCN: 2015958701

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in a retrieval system in any form – either mechanically, electronically, photocopy, recording, or other – except for short quotations in printed reviews, without the permission of the publisher.

This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Cover design by C.R.W.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the parents, educators, and all the inspirational and motivational people who have come along and touched the lives of these up and coming authors. It is because of you all that these students are experiencing their success! It is because of those of you, who will continue to be a contributing presence in their lives, and those who will come along in their futures that these students will continue to experience success in all of their ventures. Through the good and bad days, remember that your gifts will give to this generation and generations to come. Thank you!

Table of Contents

The Sparks by Seth Lupton

Champion by Kimberly Thornton

The End of All Wars by Aidan Barrett

A Family For Faith by Ashlie Scott-Newby

Fleeting of Hardships by Amer Hanshali

Never Give Up by Amani McClellan

War Prisoner by Clayton Davis

The Adventure of Bell by Hunter Coots

The Story of Lady Jessica by Jamie Simone Jackson

Basketball Dream by Connor Batts

The Experience by Kylie Meeks

Raspusha’s Life by T’Niyah Alston

The Man With a Plan by Pierce Daniels

The Sisters by Kylisa Sewell

The Day Before the Discovery by Jairo Medrano

KRA by Austin Modica

A Rising Dead by Haylee Ortega

Friday Night School Dance by Neriah Griffin

Bad Grade by Taylor Hart

The Troubles by Makenzie Beach

The Sparks

By Seth Lupton

Long, long ago, there were thirty-five kingdoms. Each kingdom was in a barton. There were five bartons. All the kingdoms were evenly divided into the five bartons, so each barton had seven kingdoms. Each barton had a king and each kingdom had a Clark.

There was a boy named Skrill. He, like all other children, was raised in a large cottage with twelve other children. But, Skrill was different. Unlike most, he had no last name. His father died when he was just three weeks old, but he never knew how. In a pack (a group of twelve children), when they all turned eleven, they got a job that they would keep forever. And tomorrow, Skrill, the youngest, turned eleven.

They all went up to the castle after they ate breakfast. Skrill was last in line. They went tallest to shortest: Grover, Esra, Kiju, Conor, Joe, Levi, Rusty, Maroon, Appalach, Lore and lastly, Skrill. Levi, Esra, Gover, Rusty and Kiju were chosen to be knights. Lore and Maroon were chosen to be cooks. Appalach was chosen to be a messenger. Joe was chosen to be a scribe. Conor was chosen to be a blacksmith. All the masters looked at him and the Clark asked the masters why they didn’t choose Skrill.

The battle master answered, He’s doesn’t have the body of a knight.

He’s too skinny, said the master chef.

Too short. All blacksmiths have to be at least five feet tall to reach all their tools, said the master blacksmith.

Too shy, said the scribe master.

All messengers are female. It’s the king’s law, said the master messenger.

Out of nowhere, the door slammed open. It was a Spark. He whispered something in the Clark’s ear.

We will decide your fate tomorrow, said the Clark.

The next day Skrill went to the castle where he met the Clark and a Spark. He had his hood on, and he looked extremely old, with dull blue eyes.

You have been chosen to be a spark, said the Clark.

What? said Skrill.

This time, it was the Spark who answered. Skrill, you have the potential to cast spells and be a Spark.

They left and went to the Spark’s cottage. On