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December 14, 2018 Meeply News Slate Hill Student Newspaper Extra-Long Winter Break Edition! Are You Ready For Winter? By Presley Pingue I will be interviewing people to see if they are ready for the cold weather, and what they like or don’t like about this season. Q: Do you like winter? Apple Majors: I love winter, it’s awesome. It's a goddess. Briana Martinez: NO. I HATE it. Ben Taylor: I love winter because of snow. I also like it because I like falling off my sled when I am sledding. That's not weird, right? Lilly Goldfarb: *shakes head* Me: There are things I like about winter, and things I don’t so… Sort of? Q: Do you have all your winter gloves, coats, scarves, and stuff? Apple Majors: I have a coat. That's it. I don’t really get cold… Lilly Goldfarb: No, just a coat. I freeze my butt off. Megan Whitmore: Yeah, I have it all. Ben Taylor: Yeah I have that all. And snow pants. And hats. Me: Yeah I have all that stuff. That's all! Thanks for reading! Happy Holidays, Slate Hill!! By Ms. Kochensparger Thanks for reading The Meeply News! We’ll see you again in January! I hope you have a wonderful break and get to spend time with family and eat lots of good food…and hopefully, enjoy some wonderful (and cozy) reading time! тሠ〇 ¢ሮпtร Merry Two-Centmas And a Happy New Year!!! (by Michael Allen) Two - Cent Oxymorons An oxymoron is when you pair two words together that are opposites, such as… JUMBO shrimp Pretty Ugly Agree to disagree Virtual reality Strange like usual Two - Cent Interview: Michael Allen interviews Santa Claus himself! Q: *Knock Knock Knock* Mr. Claus? A: Hmmahuhwha? Oh, hey Michael! Q: Hi, Santa! What types of presents are you making this year? A: The kids only seem to want these things called “v-bucks”. In my day, youth wanted real toys, like rocking horses and wooden soldiers! Today, children seem to only want their forty-nites and other rubbish like that. Q: Oh... well, are you excited to deliver presents this year? A: *chuckles* I don’t deliver anymore. Q: You don’t?!? A: I use drones. It’s not traditional, but an old man and a few magical reindeer can’t deliver presents to three billion children! It was effective up until the 1960s, but even then I had thousands of helping elves. Q: Wow... A: Plus, I can make extra money by selling the tech to SpaceX and Amazon. Q: ... A: Where are you going? JOJO SIWA An Opinion Piece By Apple Majors I do not like JOJO SIWA! Do you want to know why? Well if you don’t want to know why then just don’t read this. So now I will tell you why I don’t like her. THIS IS AN OPINION SO IF YOU LIKE HER PLZ DON’T HATE ON ME I JUST REALLY DON’T LIKE HER SORRY. To start off she is really annoying. She is fifteen and acts like a two year old. She is always yelling in her videos which is very annoying. Is it just me or does it seem like JoJo’s face is on everything? She is just a person that I really don’t like. OK now I am wondering where is her HAIRLINE??? Like where is it? I just want to know, is her hairline hiding under a rock? She is destroying her hair! She always has her hair up and so super tight! Like I don’t think she knows that she is ruining her hair!!! Also I think she is a brat. She has such a bratty personality, like I just can’t talk about it. I just don’t like her so sorry if you do but I don’t! Those are the reasons why I don’t like JOJO SIWA. Cottage In The Thicket: Chapter 2 By Cayson Thatcher Chapter 1 Summary: Triplets Jake, Drake, and Blake are sneaking into the forest at midnight to investigate a mysterious purple glow… They ran through trees, trees, and more trees before finally, they reached a small opening in the forest. “Nothing but grass,” Jake mumbled. “Why would I listen to you anyway?” He turned away and started toward the house in a slow stride. Drake seemed to want to follow Jake, but he knew that Blake wasn't moving, and if Jake was gone Blake would need Drake’s help. “There has to be something here! I know what I saw!” Blake started walking around looking for something when he slammed into something. He fell back and hit the ground hard. Drake reached over to help him up when he realized that there was some kind of barrier…an invisible one. He reached his hand down and pulled Blake up. Blake pressed his hand against the invisible wall like how little kids press their noses against glass. “There’s something in there, the barrier is protecting it,” Blake said while thinking out loud. “That can't be! You can see there’s absolutely nothing there,” Drake exclaimed. “But what if the barrier isn't invisible, what if there is something making it invisible that is making everything else invisible too,” Blake said, thinking out loud again. They exchanged glances and started looking around for some kind of secret passage. Drake was searching through the trees and bushes when he felt a long rod that was stuck to the ground. He felt around it. Nothing. He yanked the rod and it pulled back surprisingly quick and easy. At first he heard nothing, then a loud creaking noise awoke from the silent air. The barrier started to disappear from the bottom up. Blake was right, there was something there, behind the barrier. “A shack,” Blake said, disappointed. They strode toward the shack, feeling defeated. Drake opened the door and swiped at some cobwebs and looked into the darkness. “We should have brought a flashlight,” Drake told Blake. “Yep, we should have.” Blake walked into the darkness and looked for some kind of purple glow or just something purple. They both searched drawers and cupboards until Blake found it. A book. With glowing purple markings that looked like some kind of unknown language. “Here it is…I found it!” Blake said excitedly. Drake ran over and looked at it. They exchanged looks and then Blake started flipping through the pages. To be continued… Funko Pops By: Lilly Goldfarb Do you know what Funko Pops are? Well if you don’t, read this article. Funko Pops are figures with big heads and big black eyes. They have big ones, small ones, stuffed animals, and big ones like someone riding a horse or something. Some of my favorite Funko Pops so far are the Stranger Things Funko Pops. Here are some pictures of Funko Pops. Those are what Funko Pops are! I collect them and currently I have 18. That's it. Have a good day. Look Behind You: A Scary Story By Ben Taylor Karen Hedge had been a very curious person, from when she was a small child she was constantly asking questions, but today this curiosity proved fatal. Karen had been walking home from school and came across something strange, it was a rock with a red light on the bottom. She picked it up. Alas, curiosity got the best of her and took it home, what a mistake that was. She didn’t make it home before a strange figure started following her. “Hello, Karen” he said. Karen whipped around to see an irregularly tall man with a rope. The last thing Karen remembered was being dragged into a staircase by her legs which were tied up. “You’re finally awake!” the man said. She started screaming so that if anyone was around they could hear her. “Why are you doing this?” she demanded. “Because I can do…” he inched closer and whispered in her ear “whatever I want, now if you’ll excuse me I’m going to go get my next victim” he said while gagging her. Then she noticed there were other people here, and before the door shut she screamed with all her might. That may have been the last ever heard of Karen Hedge. 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