Story Ping-Pong
Created by Kids in Arizona and Maryland
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#3I Story 3 Original text
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Once upon a time there was a man who loved fishing. He
only fished on nights when the moon was full. One night,
while fishing on the ocean from his little boat, he caught a
huge fish.
The fish looked normal except that it had little legs
and was wearing shoes. The man was startled when the fish
turned to him and said . . .
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"Put me back right now." But the man said, "No I
caught you and I am going to eat you for my dinner tonight."
The fish said, "I have lived in this lake for many years and
don't you take me out of here!"
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So the man put him back and went fishing for another fish.
The man caught another fish but it was...
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... the fish's sister. The girl fish said, "Put me back
now. You do not want me becuse I am not good to eat, I am
too little. I want to see the world. How old are you old
man you look about 159 do you have.... ?
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a wife or a girlfriend?
"Why?" asked the man.
"Because I want to know," said the little fish and the
fish told him a story. "What if you were a fish and I
caught you and you couldn't see your family. What would you
say to me?"
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"I would tell you to put me back."
"Then put me back," the old man said. "O.K then," the old
man said. "I will put you back. I am going home to my
wife." The old man went fishing he caught the fish again
and he caught...
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#2D Story 2 Original text
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Once upon a time a lonely old man lived in a shack deep
in the woods. He did not have a very interesting life. One
day when he was walking along a path in the dark woods, he
came upon a fountain. When he leaned over to have a drink
he slipped and fell into the shallow water.
When he shook himself dry he noticed that he didn't
have his joint pains anymore. When dried his head he
noticed that he had hair. There had not been hair there for
many years. When he looked at his reflection in the water,
he saw the face of a young man.
He ran back down the path, leaving his cane behind him.
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He didn't even have any wrinkles. So he went to the store
and said,
"Hey." They said, "So you are the new boy!" "No, I am Sam
your neighbor."
"Huh?" they said. "How can you be Sam? Sam is old." "No,
that's me, Sam!"
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The old men wondered about this little kid. The
thought he was lying or on drugs. They tried to test him by
asking him a question. "How old are you?"
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"I am 34 years old. I would never take drugs or lie. Ask me
some questions to prove that I am Sam. I'm hungry, let's
eat some food. What do we have to eat?
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The men thought about it then said, "Pizza! Our old friend
always liked pizza!"
The new-young man made a face, "Pizza!?? I can't eat
pizza. My dentures will fall out!"
The men all shouted at once, "SAM!!!"
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#2E Story 2 Original text
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Once upon a time a lonely old man lived in a shack deep
in the woods. He did not have a very interesting life. One
day when he was walking along a path in the dark woods, he
came upon a fountain. When he leaned over to have a drink
he slipped and fell into the shallow water.
When he shook himself dry he noticed that he didn't
have his joint pains anymore. When dried his head he
noticed that he had hair. There had not been hair there for
many years. When he looked at his reflection in the water,
he saw the face of a young man.
He ran back down the path, leaving his cane behind him.
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Juming up and down for joy he said to himself. "Now maybe my
life will not be so boring and lonely." Everyday he met
nice women, but one day he met the most lovely woman that
he every saw. The only thing wrong was that she was
old. She was 53 and the old man looked as if he were 28.
So that same day he asked the woman did she want some tea
and pie. She said yes, and she came in. Then he notice
that he had no more water for tea. So then he said ...
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"Do you want to go with me to the fountain to get some water
for the tea?"
She answered, "I will go with you but I canot go too
fast, so if you want to take your time I will go with you."
"I will go very slow but when we come back we will be
running," he said with a smile. "I will try to run back
but I don't think I will be able to," she said.
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By the time they reached the well she had got thisty. Then
the old man said,
"Well, since we are at the well let's get some water." They
got water from the well and all of a sudden she changed into
the most beautiful young woman he'd ever seen in his whole
life. By the time she noticed the old man and the woman were
running back to the shack and then...
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they went into the town and they went to a dance. All of a
sudden they started to feel kind of weird. They felt old.
They started to change into their old selves in front of the
town. They left before they could be seen...
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#1A Story 1 Original text
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Once upon a time there was a man named Wilbert who was
shy of girls. The reason he was shy was because he had big
feet and he was afraid he would trip or step on their feet
when they went dancing.
One day a pretty young lady transferred from Canada to
his school. Wilbert saw her beautiful eyes and fell in love
with her immediately.
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But she did not know he was a caveman. When she said,
"Let's go to your house," he said, She said, "We can go to
my house." And when she got there the house was a mess and
she said, "Why is your house a mess?" He said, "I am a
caveman." She said. "I will come back in a hour. She did
not come back.
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The caveman was not happy because the beautiful lady took
off and never came back. So he took his club and started to
hunt her down. The following day the caveman had found her.
The caveman asked the girl, "Why you leave
me?" She said, "Because you are too ugly." Then the girl
pulled out of her pocket a picture of ...
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...her dad who was very handsome. "I what to find a man like
my dad who is a very nice man. He would not hurt me or
anyone else," she said. And the caveman threw his club away
and he asked her to marry him, And she ran to her dad's
house and said, "Dad should I marry a caveman? He is a
very ugly man." And her dad said, "Yes, you sould marry him
becouse he is 15 years old and he will grow up to be
handsome. Meantime the caveman went to look for her and he
found her at the pack. She was walking her dog. She had a
hotdog for a dog.
The guy said, "Can I eat your hot dog? I have not had my
dinner." And the next day she come to has house and she
said, "Will you marry me yes or no and the man said, I will
marry you. And they got married on June 11, 1992. And
they had a baby boy whose name is Brandon Todd Gillis. That
is my name. And the caveman's name is Velly. And the
caveman built them a house and he got them a car and a some
land.
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Even though they were married and they had Brandon the
Caveman, Velly (formerly Wilbert) was still ugly.
Eventually Velly died of old age because cavemen didn't
live a long time. Brandon had a hard time overcoming that
and started to try to live like a caveman, just like his
Dad. He took off to the forest and never came back for a
while. He made himself a big club just like his Dad's..
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Brandon had to build him a house so he can live. It took
him a week to build him a house.And he had to make windows
in his house and a door. And he had to cut trees down so he
could make his house. And he had to get some food for his
house. and he had to get him some...
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#3A Story 3 Original text
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Once upon a time there was a man who loved fishing. He
only fished on nights when the moon was full. One night,
while fishing on the ocean from his little boat, he caught a
huge fish. The fish looked normal except that it had
little legs and was wearing shoes. The man was startled
when the fish turned to him and said . . .
----------------------- added by Devette in Maryland-------
"Put me back right now." But the man said, "No I
caught you and I am going to eat you for my dinner tonight."
The fish said, "I have lived in this lake for many years and
don't you take me out of here!"
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So the man put him back and went fishing for another fish.
The man caught another fish but it was...
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a much larger fish it was a middle size shark ! The man
said AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH as loud as he could say it then
he said again AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and this
time it was even louder. One man heard him and ...
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he came toward him and told him what was wrong and the
fisherman told him that a fish that looked like a shark
had eaten three of his fingers and the fisherman was
blooding a lot and the man in the other boat told him that
he would be all right. So the fisherman went after him
because he didn't go for help so he caught up to him and the
fisherman got in his boat and he...