The Kids Club House
A Creative Thing
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The Child's Piano
Friday, June 17, 2011
Adventures in Photoshop
What do you see in a cloud?
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a lion eating a rat politition
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a mother mouth.
Monday, June 6, 2011
I Memorized this story. Ben
When you're a kid you can eat amazing amounts of food. All I ate as a kid was candy candy, candy, candy and the only clear thought was to get candy get candy get candy get candy get candy. Family, friends, and school were just obstacles in the way to getting more candy. So when you're a kid your brain can't even process the idea of Halloween. People are giving out candy. Who's giving out candy? Everyone we know is giving out candy. I got to be part of this. take me with you. I'll do anything they want ... I can war that. I'll wear anything I have to wear. I'll do anything I have to do to get the candy from those fools who are so stupid in giving it away. The first couple of years I made my own costumes Ghost hobo the worst. I knew my destiny was to get a real superman Halloween costume from the store. you know the cardboard box the cellophane top mask included Oh baby. remember the rubber band on the back of those masks. that was a quality Item. Thinnest gray rubber in the world. It was good for about ten seconds before it snaps out of that cheap little staple they put in there with. You go to the first house "ding dong" Trick or Snap It broke I can't believe it. Wait up, I've got to fix it. You guys wait up. Kids don't want other kids to wait, they want kids to wait up, because when you're little your whole life is up. You want to grow up. Everything is up. Wait up. Hold up. Shut up. Mom, I'll clean up. Just let me say up. When you're a parent it's just the opposite. Everything is down. Just calm down. Slow down. Sit down. Come down here. Put that down. Keep it down in there. You're grounded. So the day came when I finally convinced my parents to buy me an official superman Halloween store costume. I was physically ready. I was mentally prepared. I absolutely believe that when I put this costume on that I will look exactly like the superman I have come to know on television and in the movies. Unfortunately, these costumes are not exactly super fit. You look more like you're wearing superman's pajamas. It's all loose and flowy. The neckline comes down to your stomach. You got that flimsy little ribbon string in the back holding it all together. Plus my mother makes me where my winter clothes over the costume anyway. I have read every comic book and I do not ever once remember him flying with a coat on. Not like the one I had on. Cheap corduroy, phony fur. So you go out anyway and the mask keeps breaking. the rubber band keeps getting shorter because you need to keep retying it. It's tighter and tighter on your face and now you can't even see. you're trying to breathe through that little hole that gets all sweaty Whoosh Whoosh. The mask keeps slicing into your eyeballs. I can't see, I can't breathe, but let's keep going, we've got to get the candy. About halfway into trick or treating you take the mask off. Oh to heck with it. "ding Dong" Yeah it's me, give me the candy I'm superman, look at the red pant legs. Year after year I never gave up on trick or treating, but I remember those last few Halloweens. I was getting a little old for it. I was kind of going through the motions. "Ding dong". Come on lady let's pick it up in there. Halloween, doorbells, candy, let's go. When they come to the door, they always ask that same stupid question, what are you supposed to be. I'm supposed to be done by now, can you hurry up with the three musketeers, I've got eighteen houses on this block sweetheart. You hit the bag, we hit the road. That's how it works. sometimes people give you that little plastic bags twisted on the top. You know that's going to be some crummy candy. No official Halloween marking on it, I don't think so. Wait a second, what is this, the orange marshmallow shaped like a big peanut. Do me a favor. You keep that one. We've got all the doorstops we need, thank you very much. We're going for named candy this year. At the end of Halloween I was able to fill a punch bowl so full of candy that the top of it would be curved. It was like a planet. And I would consume the entire thing that night. Next morning, I would wake up feeling fantastic, that's when I realized, when you're a kid, you don't need a costume. You are superman.
Puss in Boot Camp
by Ben Neville
Cast:
Puss
Director
Narrator
Dog
Pig
Narrator: You know the story of Puss in boots don't you but do you know what happened before that? Have you thought about why puss in boots helped the miller's son? You probably think it is because of the boots don't you. Well actually he was supposed to you see he was found by the Director of a boot camp called Fairy tale camp. Now in this Boot camp there is a whole bunch of training stuff. This Camp had trained the most famous fairy tale animals you know like the twin wolves (otherwise known as the big bad wolf and the wolf of little red riding hood) the three little pigs the three bears and so many more. Enough talk lets get the show started.
Puss: Hello every one I am puss and this is fairy tale boot camp F.T.B.C. for short. I will show you around. This is the lunch room where I have frozen mice and Lettuce and tuna fish sandwich. These are bunks and this is the training area. Oh and there's the director.
Director: hello I'm the director and I train these animals for fairy tales. I put them through different scenarios like what to do if the King shows up and stuff like that I see that Puss has shown you around well have fun.
Narrator: Meanwhile Dog was planning to take his revenge out on Puss because dogs hate cats especially smart cats he had devised a plan to get rid of Puss once and for all but lets let him tell it.
Dog: Bwhahahaha (cough) I will first plant a note saying that he is expelled then I will wait outside of the gate and wait for him to pass then I will catch him and drown him.
Pig: I am Pig Puss's best friend you see I am also Dog's evil henchmen so I tell puss everything that happens but this time I'm not because I don't want to spoil the fun so let's see what happens.
Narrator: The next day Pus found the note and sighed.
Puss: I knew I wasn't working hard enough now I'm expelled. Well I better leave.
Narrator: So Puss packed his stuff up and left.
Dog: Here he comes my plan is actually going to work.
Narrator: Dog had planned everything he even looked at the time schedule for when all the fairytales were going on and chose the perfect time. So when Puss walked by Dog put a bag over Puss's head and carried him to a river and threw him in.
Dog: It finally worked my plan finally worked.
Narrator: Little did Dog Know but the ginger bread man was a little late for his fairy tale so Puss landed on the fox's back and was carried to the other side where he escaped.
Puss: I should have known that dog was behind this well luckily I survived.
Narrator: So puss went walking along the path that lead to the pond where he hoped to find some fish as he was walking he slipped and fell in. At the same time a Miller was walking along and spotted the cat so he saved it and that's how Puss met the Miller so he helped the miller's son he had to first it was the first rule of F.T.B.C. and he owed the miller a favor.
Director: why you little dog your in big trouble for trying to drown Puss.
Dog: Gulp see you later.
Narrator: so dog ran away and eventually ended up to live with Old Mother Hubbard. That's how Pusses story ends but when a story ends a new one begins.
Little John
One day the valiant Robin Hood and his men went hunting. They scampered into the forest as silent as can be. When they didn't have any luck Robin wandered off on his own to see what he could seize. He eventually came to a stream with a bridge. He was walking on it when from out of nowhere a hulky man about 7 feet tall appeared. Neither man would step out of line for the other man.
After a long wait of silence Robin shouted over the stream "Let's settle this. Whoever knocks the other person in the river shall be the champion!"
The stranger replied, "Let's see how weak you are." They went at each other with giant sticks and they battled till the stranger knocked Robin into the river. Robin waded out of the stream and blew his horn 3 times and a band of 50 massive men appeared.
Robin announced," This man knocked me into the river." The band of men attacked the stranger. The stranger was ready to battle all of them when Robin stopped them and asked "Will you join me and my band of men."
The stranger replied saying, "I don't think I have a choice" and chuckled. When the stranger pledged that he would join everyone yelled with glee. When Robin asked the stranger his name, the stranger answered, "John Little, but you can call me Little John."
Knight for Dinner
by Benjamin Neville
There once was a knight who was walking one day. When suddenly it started to rain because the clouds got to heavy with water so it fell to the earth. He didn't want his suit of armor to get wet so he found a cave and ran inside. Unfortunately there was a ferocious dragon inside because he had an arrow in his left wing. The dragon quickly crawled over and blocked the huge entrance to the cave which he did so the knight couldn't get out. When suddenly the knight happened to glance at the arrow in his wing so he helped the dragon by pulling the arrow out because he was a nice knight. Then the dragon let him go free.
The knight then left to the castle. When he got there the king arrested him and put him in the dungeon because the advisor (who hated the knight) lied to the king that the knight was plotting to kill him with a dagger in his heart while he was sleeping which made the king so mad that he arrested the knight. Now this knight was put in the darkest dungeon the jailers could find. He was tortured and given lots of delicious foods that made him fat.
The knight was chained to a rock outside of a dragons cave. The good thing was that he was chained to a rock outside of a dragons cave that contained the dragon which he had helped which made the dragon break the bonds that was holding him and take him to a faraway place because he was so kind. He was taken to live with the fairies which made him truly realize that kindness really does help.
The End