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Griffin the Great By Jack Serowick Cash Machine Dilemma By Aubrey McManus Problem Solved – The Story of an Ethical Dilemma By Kira Pomrinke The Unexpected By Kaed Wills The Voice By Sofia Quaglia Chon Chon and Yuan Yuan By Jessica Zheng The Big Competition By Trinity Foulds I Believe By Chloe Gilliland To Be or Not to Be By Maggie Martin We Can Do It By Olivia Anne DeScipio Griffin the Great Author: Jack Serowick School: JT Lambert Grade: 6th Nominated by: Rotary Club of The Smithfields Once upon a time, there was a young boy that discovered he had powers when he was only three years old. His name was Griffin. He discovered he had powers when he touched a wilting flower and it grew big, healthy, and beautiful again. This was the power of life. Sadly, Griffin’s hometown became the source of a major factory and pollution was in the air. By the time Griffin was twelve years old, he was award of his powers, but he discovered that he could not generate the power but that he was born with extra life energy that he could distribute to other life sources. If Griffin used large amounts of power at a time, he might run out of all his extra power. This would not hurt him because his body locked away enough energy for him to survive and stay healthy. He was discovering this every time he used his energy because he would feel really tired and sluggish. As Griffin grew, the pollution became worse. Eventually, the pollution was so bad that the trees were dying. He knew he had to do something soon but he was scared to lose his powers. But, time was running out. Soon the village was aware of the boy’s powers and pleaded for him to help. He knew his village would crumble if he didn’t help, but with everyone screaming at him, he could not think. So he ran away from all of the commotion. He was sitting in his house thinking about what he could do and then all of a sudden, something went “boom”! He knew at that very moment that time was running out for everybody so he had to hurry. After he left his house, he ran into the village and told the people in the village he would help. Griffin went into the forest and looked at the mess. He knew it would take too long to go around and restore every tree. Then he got an idea. Griffin placed both hands on the freshly fallen tree stump and focused. Suddenly a green orb started to form around him, and the tree stump started to shake, and the ground started to rumble. Then out of nowhere, the ground started to pulse and grow green. Then a blinding light exploded from the orb! When the light settled, Griffin was standing and staring at the stump. Just like that, giant tree formed right in front of him. Then, little by little, every tree in the forest started to take form and grow back. When every tree grew back, Griffin fainted from exhaustion. His dad then came out from the crowd and carried Griffin back to his room. When he woke up the next morning, he discovered that he did not have his powers anymore. He was okay with losing his powers as long as he did good and saved his town. Griffin then got up out of his bed and walked outside. When he walked out of his house, everybody in the village was at his front door, cheering for him. “Griffin the Great” is what the villagers were cheering! He might not have any more powers, but he knows he is still respected and loved by his family and his village. Of course, he is not known as “Griffin the Great” - - the village hero. 1 Cash Machine Dilemma Author: Aubrey McManus School: State Street Elementary Grade: 5th Nominated by: Rotary Club of Kingston The sun shone brightly in the blue Sarasota, Florida sky as Ben and his friends walked home from the beach party his parents just had for him. He had just turned thirteen today, and he had thought he had the best day ever, as he walked back to his house with his friends Mason, Caleb and Lucas. “How can this day get any better,” thought Ben. “A beach party, swimming in the ocean and football on the beach!” “Ben, go out for a pass!” yelled Mason. Mason threw the football as far as he could, and it landed over Ben’s head in the bank parking lot next to a couple of really nice cars. As Ben went to retrieve the ball, he noticed a young girl he had met this summer at the beach named Elizabeth, who was taking money out of the ATM machine. “Hello, Elizabeth!” Ben shouted, as he blushed. Elizabeth was a very pretty, tall girl with short, auburn hair who was visiting her Aunt Brooke and Uncle Keith for the summer. She lived in Pennsylvania and was returning home tomorrow. Ben was so excited to see her one lsat time, as they formed a friendship over the summer, and promised each other to text and call each other. ‘Hi, Benjamin!” replied a giggly Elizabeth. She was the only one besides Ben’s mother who called him by his first name. Elizabeth was not able to make it to Ben’s party because she wanted to spend her last day in Florida with her aunt and uncle. Elizabeth waived goodbye as she got back in her Aunt’s car. “I am sad that I won’t get to see Ben for another year,” she said to her aunt. “Don’t worry, with all of today’s iPods, Facebook, cell phones, and SnapChat, I am sure you two will find a way to stay in touch,” explained her Aunt. “I guess you’re right. I love you, Aunt Brooke, and I am really going to miss you and Uncle Keith as well,” said Elizabeth, as she gave her aunt a hug. Ben waived back as he picked up his new Nike football. As ben looked over to where he had seen Elizabeth, he noticed money hanging out of the ATM machine. “Oh, no!” Ben said. “Elizabeth must have forgotten the rest of her money”, he thought to himself. Mason, Caleb and Lucas ran over to see why Ben was standing by the ATM machine. “Look!” said Ben, with an excited voice. “Elizabeth must have left some money in the machine” he said to the boys. “Finders, keepers! Losers, weepers!” yelled Lucas. “How much money is there, Ben?” Mason asked quietly. “Let’s go to the movies!” Caleb replied. 2 “There’s a hundred dollars!” Elizabeth is such a nice girl. I could never keep her money. What if we get caught stealing the money? Our parents would never let us play together the rest of the summer”, Ben said. “You’re not cool, Ben! I thought you were our friend”, Lucas said. “Yeah, c’mon Ben, we can have so much fun with all that money! Let’s go, dude”, yelled Caleb. As the boys argued, Ben’s parents were walking close by. “C’mon, Ben, it’s time to get home and in the shower!” yelled his dad. Ben left the boys and headed home, placing the money quickly in his pocket so that his parents would not see. Later that night, Ben realized that the right thing to do was to call Elizabeth on her phone and let her know that he had her money, but the call went right to voice mail. He knew the next morning she was flying back to Pennsylvania. The next day, he went to Elizabeth’s aunt’s house and gave her the money to send to Elizabeth. Ben told her how his friends wanted him to keep the money, and her Aunt Brooke praised Ben for not giving in to peer-pressure and for giving back the money. “If they are your true friends, they will forgive you,” said Aunt Brooke. Elizabeth sent Benjamin a letter, thanking him for finding her money, and that she really liked him. Ben’s friends did forgive him, and they enjoyed the rest of the summer. 3 Problem Solved – The Story of an Ethical Dilemma Author: Kira Pomrinke School: Dallas Elementary Grade: 5th Nominated by: Rotary Club of Dallas “Come on, Mia! We don’t have all day!” Neveah wailed. I gave my mom a hug and ran out of the family’s café doors. “Have a good first day of middle school!” Mom called after me. When I got out to the sidewalk, I threw my backpack in the back seat of the Mustang. I climbed in after it with our friend, Sierra. Nevaeh and Sierra are my best friends. Nevaeh’s mom, Mrs. Starson, always drives the three of us to school. And, although they’re my friends, I’m a little bit jealous of them. They are the most popular girls I’ve ever met, after all. I really only believe that there’s one flaw to them. That is because they’re always so rude to my other friends, Maura and Sloan. “So, Mia,” sierra started loudly, breaking my train of thought, “Neveah and I might have a party next weekend. Do you want to come?” “Well,” I said, “I don’t even know when it is or what I’m doing so… I really don’t know,” I remarked.