Jamie and I are BFF\'s. My name\'s Hannah. We love cats. So we both keep tigers as our pets. One day a game turned to life.

One day I had Jamie over (with her tiger). We were playing a game and we were explorers. We just found a temple. So to enter we spelled the words: Mora Morum Padule Rubus Cudus, patted our cats, and clicked our heels three times. Then, we were (including our cats) standing in a forest! The forest had long and upright trees, bushes of raspberry, full of deer, pheasants, and other animals.

Then a tall, white stag approached us. Bowed down and said, \"We\'ve been expecting you, Jamie Monroe and Hannah Schubert.\" Then, he stood back-up. Us frightend, Jamie bravely said, \"Where are we and who are you? I want a strict answer! The stag replied, \"You are in a hidden forest called Terabithia. With creatures such as trolls, ogres, goblins, sprites, us and more. I am Caspian. King of the stags and doe. We...\"

Suddenly, there was a roar and evil laughs followed. The deer started to run. \"Wait!\" we called and ran after them. Surprisenly we could run as fast as tigers, and jump as high as deer. When we caught up with them I asked, \"What was that?\" I said trimbling with the roar ringing in my ears. \"Mulgraph\" the stag replied. \"Follow me.\" And we were off again. We ran for about 7 minutes and were at a cave.

\"Go inside.\" Caspian said. \"We will leave you here, for it is as far as we take you. Good-bye.\" And he was off. So we went inside and found a man. \"Who are you?\" Jamie asked. The man turned around and said \"I am Gandalf,\" he said in a deep voice. \"And who are you?\" \"I\'m Jamie, and this is my tiger, Snowfire. And this is my friend, Hannah, and her tiger, Blizzrd.\" \"Aahhh, yes. Caspiar told me you were comeing\" the man said. \"I\'m Gandalf. Gardalf the weapon maker and trainer.\" And for the next 2-3 hours we spent studing about Mulgraph and goblins, sword fighting, and listening to Gandalf. Then he said, \"You\'re ready.\" For the next 30 minutes we started putting on non-seeable armer and stuff like that. After that Jamie, Gandalf, our tigers, and me set out for Mulgraph\'s and the goblin\'s and appeared to be eating two doe from Caspians herd.

\"Great,\" said Gandalf. \"Their distracted. You girls ready?\" he asked in a whisper. \"Oh yeah\" we replied together. \"Good. Then heres what we\'ll do.\" he said. And we huddled-up. Once we got our plan decided and were in our positions Gandalf shouted, \"Attack!\" And we did so. As we were taught we aimed for the head or chest. Green blood splatterd everywhere. When there was about five left they started chanting \"Mulgraph, Mulgraph, Mulgraph.\" We egnored them and kept slattering them one by one entill they were all gone. But we knew it wasn\'t over. Leaves started to swirl and that loud roar was ringing in my ears again. And this time we seen a huge orgre appear. We charged. All of us yelling and stabbing our swords at him. Our tigers ran ahead of us and pounced, bringing Mulgraph to the ground.

We caught up and stabbed at him. He was kicking and trying to throw us off but we always moved just in time. And when he was near death, he moved his hand one last time. I didn\'t see it comeing and was whacked so hard I went flinging into the air and hit a tree. I fell to the ground 10 feet below me. And the last thing I saw was Mulgraph dead. Then every-thing went black.

An hour later I woke-up. I was laying in a bed. I could see Jamie sitting near me with the tigers. As I sat-up she rushed over to me and gave me a big, hard, bear hug. I screamed in pain. She let go and said, \"Sorry. I\'m just so glad your alive. You could of died!\" \"My left arm. What\'s wrong?\" I asked in pain. \"Its broken. The doctor said it might be a month before you heal.\" she replied. \"I\'m more glad I\'m not dead.\" I said. We laughed. \"Where is everyone?\" I asked. \"Come on. I\'ll show you.\" she replied. So I got dressed and we went out of Gandalf\'s cave. \"Surprise!\" everyone shouted. \"Wh-wh-what is this?\" I asked. \"A feast!\" Caspian replied. \"In honor of the ogre\'s we ate, talked, and partied. When the day was over we bade good-bye and turned into dust. Then we poffed back to my house.

\"This is the best day ever.\" Jamie said. \"I agree.\" I replied. \"Well I better be going now, bye.\" she said. \"Bye.\" I said. And she and Snowfire left. The end.

by Michelle Johnson

Adventures in the Hidden Forest

The moon was rising…….Crickets were chirping. The wind was blowing. And the sky was cloudy. Thousands of bats were out hunting. The owls were looking for mice and it was almost my bed time.

I was very excited, for it was my birthday the next day. I was going to turn eight years old! I was a typical third grader- about four and a half feet tall, wore spectacles, with a few freckles on my cheeks. I was the middle child. My brother was only five while my sister was ten years old. We lived in a small village backing up to a bat cave. That bat cave was dark and there were so many spider webs. NOBODY wanted to go inside!

I had just finished my dinner and was going to bed. My mind was wandering and I thought of a funny word and said it out loud. “ Mora morum padule rubus cubus”, I murmured. My black furry cat jumped onto my bed. I absently patted it. Without knowing I clicked my heels three times.

Whoa! In less than a minute, I was deep in the cave everyone feared! There was darkness all around me. I didn’t know which way to turn. I chose one direction and accidentally went deeper inside!!

Eventually, after about an hour of walking, I found myself in a hidden forest! Who would have thought there was a forest inside the bat cave? It was dark, scary and damp. What would become of me?

I looked around me as I trudged along. A huge owl gracefully fluttered over me. I saw small red raspberry looking berries in a cluster of bushes. My stomach started growling. I realized it had been a while since I had had my dinner. I was tempted to taste them, but then decided against it. What if they were poisonous?!!

I was cold for it was windy. The leaves on the tall trees were blowing back and forth making a fierce swishing sound. I was nervous. But the birds, deer, pheasants, tigers and other animals were peacefully sleeping. That made me realize how tired I was as well. I suddenly spotted a warm and cozy looking tree hollow. I was so exhausted, I just wanted to sit down and rest. I made my way to the tree and somehow managed to stumble in. My eyes were half closed already.

It smelled very stale and putrid inside. I then heard a low growl. I looked up and there was a Troll standing right IN FRONT of me!!! A chill went up my spine and I was terrified! He looked grayish blue, blood dripping from is mouth. His dark scary eyes looked angrily at me. He had long flowing hair.

I started backing out, but he suddenly picked me up and started throwing me against the tree walls. I started to scramble away, when he picked me up yet again and threw me in a pit of horrible sticky purple goo. Soon the goo was wrapped all around me not allowing me to move. I could barely breathe, my heart was beating wildly. I tried in vain to shout for help. In one quick stride, he was by me; he picked me up and ate me in one gulp!

Suddenly my eyes opened. I looked around the room dazed. Sunlight slanted through the window. I could move my arms and legs. I could breathe! I was back in my bedroom! Everything was normal. The spell was over! I was so relieved – I could in fact celebrate my birthday!!

I didn\'t want to go near the cave but my curiosity led me in to the dark and mysterious cave.When I entered the cave my eyes were about to bulge out and it felt like mu heart was going to leap out of my chest.There sitting in front of me was a large beastly creature. He was eating what looked like fish. His nails were sharp and long.Dirt filled with them.His dark eyes met mine and we stared at each other for a moment or two.He was the first to start the conversation.\"Who are you?\" He asked with a deep growl and a rough voice. Quivering with nervousness I was unable to answer his question.\"Who are you?\" he asked again but this time a little louder.\" I am-am-am-Ana-Ana-Anabia\"I replied stammering over my words. He looked at me again giving me that vicious look. I didn\'t know what to do or how to react to this creature so I stood there silent and scared.\"My name is Saltiplone and I have a very important question to ask you, will you be my friend?\" I looked at Saltilone confused. Why does he want to be my friend? Am I dreaming?Can someone pinch me?\"Sure\"I replied. As soon as I said those words something strange began to happen. A fierce and cold wind began to blow around me.I could see my breath. But in a glance the wind was gone.When the wind was gone I was gone off the ground and in the air. I was FLYING!!!!!!!!!! From the on Saltiplone and me were good friends. Saltiplone had taught me how to read the minds of animals and how to eat fish with 2 fingers.The day went by as quick as a wink. We did not seem to notice that it was sunset already until we had sat down for dinner.\"Isn\'t the sunset beautiful?\" I asked him\"Yes\" he replied.Suddenly Saltiplone sat up,his eyes wanting to say something important.\"Anabia\" he said calmly\" this is for your own good\" he said and before I could ask any more questions the fierce wind that had blown before blew again and then everything was silent.I heard Saltiplone say \"goodbye\". By the time I opened my eyes I was in my cozy bedroom.\"Goodbye Saltiplone\" I whispered\" goodbye\"

I would spend my day in the forest and teach the animals how to catch a ball and i would do arts and crafts with all the animals. I would make friends with the monster by sharing my raspberries with him. I would go home then becasue i would be tired.