The George Washington Chronicles

By Jen Clymer

Come on a timeless adventure!

Captured within these pages are superheroes, animals, and the triumph over evil. From the fantasy realm to the baseball field, these stories unleash the creativity of youth for all to enjoy.

Don your journey hat and march right in!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dancing Lemur Press LLC
• Release date: Dec 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781939844323

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Edited by Jennifer Clymer

DANCING LEMUR PRESS, L.L.C.

Pikeville, North Carolina

http://dancinglemurpress.com

Copyright 2016 by Jennifer Clymer

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

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

http://dancinglemurpress.com

ISBN: 9781939844323

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

I dedicate this book to my sister little sister Michelle. She's strong, brave and inspires me in so many ways. I am so proud of her for being the leader she has become.

Table of Contents

Turn by Savannah Gallien

My Adventure with Mister Lava by Benjamin Farfour

How I Lost My Name by Allysin Cook

Matthew and the Devil by Patrick Ibister

The Story of Kit Kat the Kitten by Haley McLendon

Waffleman Saves the Day! by Matthew Cowan

The Journey by Allyson Williams

The Elite Hamster by Cole Smith

Struggle and Strength by Savannah Pittman

Danny’s Adventure: In My Dream by Brian Barnes

Coin by Kaylee Miller

Elly’s Adventure by Jayde Cwiakala

Lily Saves The Farm by Emma Britt

Rasko by Ty Johnson

The Locket by Ava Clymer

Zombies by Gabriel Carmack

Emma Black and Skylla’s Attack by Lylah Bodine

A Guy and His Dog by Rome Barnes

Hershey’s Journey by Rachel Barnes

Dark Lynx vs. Brainy: Dawn of Big Town by Justin Arnold

Lucy’s Revenge by Hannah Chavous

Rayo Speed by Alan Hernandez

The Room of Fairy Tales by Anna Smiley

The Glowing Squirrel by Kaylienna Byrdsong

The Swing of a Season by Isaac Cora

The Story of an Elf by Gracie Mooney

My Life as a Dog by Kattiera Byrdsong

Turn

By Savannah Gallien

As I sat here staring at the sunset and how bright and beautiful the world was, I realized I was so close to never seeing this again. Not too long ago, all I could see was darkness in the world and hoped it would get better.

But wait, let’s start from the beginning.

My name is Brooke. I have always loved to be around people but always felt like I was the shy girl in the corner. I would speak softly and run away from confrontation because I didn’t like the way it would make me feel. I would get picked on a lot in school because I was different then everyone else. Kids would call me names or whisper about me and laugh.

I knew that when kids would be mean, I should feel mad and upset with them, but I felt sad for them instead. I felt sad that they needed to treat others that way. No matter how they treated me, I always treated them with kindness. I guess that is a good thing because I’m sure that being kind and never letting others bring me down is what kept me safe all this time.

I live with my grandparents in a small town called DoomBrock. My grandparents took me in when my mother turned about a year ago from the virus.

You see, there was a virus that began to take over the world. The virus was caused by being hateful and selfish. When someone would act in a hateful or selfish way, the virus would start to slowly turn their heart black. The more hateful or selfish they would become, the more the heart would turn black. Once the heart would become completely filled with the blackness, the person would turn to stone. It spread so fast because once one person was acting in these horrible ways, it became so much easier for everyone else to act the same. Even someone who was normally kind hearted could act in horrible ways.

That’s how my mom ended up getting the virus. My mother was one of the kindest and most caring people ever. But when so many people were being negative and only doing things for themselves, it made her feel upset. She started to act hateful to those people and it began to turn her heart black. So much hateful and selfish actions started this way and just continued to spread. Since the virus started, the world has become quite lonely.

I didn’t have many friends left, and those that were left were afraid of the virus so they stayed away from others. I spent most of my time with my grandparents in their lab. My grandparents were amazing scientist. They had received many award for inventions and helped create many cures for sickness that saved many lives.

My grandparents were starting on a serum to help transform the world back to the way it was before the virus. Sadly, they could not work together on parts of the serum and argued whose would work better, and began to be hateful toward each other. This started to turn their hearts black, and they too caught the virus and turned to stone before the serum was complete.

So it was up to me to figure it out. I knew that my grandparent were both amazing scientist and they were close to finding something that would help. Instead of choosing which was better, I used both of their ideas together and believed I created the cure. I was scared of failing but knew I had to try.

I tested the serum on my grandparents, but at first it did not work. Thinking about the virus and what caused it made me realize that maybe I needed to reverse the actions and show kindness as well as use the serum. I tried again and this time I made sure tell my grandparents how amazing they were and how much I loved them.

Slowly the stone dissipated and my grandparent seemed to have woken up from a deep sleep. They didn’t understand what had happened. I explained that their actions towards each other were selfish, and eventually they too had caught the virus. They couldn’t believe that they were able to act that way and be hateful towards each other.

We began to use the serum on others along with saying kind things to them. Slowly people began to come back to us. They too were surprised at how fast hateful and selfish actions could spread and destroy the world. Together we all worked on curing the world and being kinder to each other. People all over the world worked harder to be nice and understanding and show kindness.

The world seemed so dark not so long ago. But seeing that if we could take some of the hate and selfishness out of the world and be more kind to each other, the world could be a