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Deane DeCastro [x7628]
Kari Morioka [x7372]
Palani Williams [x7721]

Oobleck Island  

"Ready and packed"! Said captain Pono Pono. "Claire, Sam, Ma, Kaulu, Ula"! Board the spacecraft. 3, 2, 1, 0! "Blast off yelled the six passengers"! As they were taking off the six young, fearless crewmembers were chanting, "oobleck, oobleck. Oobleck"! Then they started singing, "sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a faithful spaceship, that's taking off from Hawaii aboard a six roomed spaceship. In space the galaxies started getting rough, the ship was almost tossed, if it wasn't for the fearless crew the "Kauai" would be lost, the "Kauai" would be lost. Although they went berserk inspace, the crew members still landed on the Oobleck planet, they started toexplore the planet and had no food water or shelter". With Ula, Captain Pono, Sam Mantha, and Ma, Kaulu, Claire Owens and her dog here on Oobleck Island.

Captain Pono was a take-charge kind of guy. He told everyone what to do.Even in this situation. We were stranded on an island that we don't know ofand captain Pono was meaner than ever. I guess he was grouchy to keep ussafe and alive.

 Claire was another story. She bossed everyone around, she was really sassy and she wants to talk to no one. She just followed wherever thecrewmembers went. She was a beautiful, enchanting, bossy, actress. Shesaid things like "oh my gosh, I broke a nail".

 Everyone else and I (Kaulu) was the same, normal like everyone else. We worked together, helped one another and gave each other good comments.We worked as a team.

 We were ship wrecked. Actually space ship wrecked. Our engine was burntout, our wing was broken in half, and we didn't have our basic needs like food, water, and shelter. Our legs were shaking, our bodies were shivering, and we were scared as heck.

 It was the third day of our horrible nightmare ever. We were up before the dawn's early light. Although we didn't know this, we were about to meat Oobleck people. As we explored Oobleck Island (planet) we observed that everything around the planet was exactly like earth but it was just the rain and the ocean was green, slimy and grose. No one wanted to touch it. As I said, the oobleck was green like a persons fresh bugars that just came out of someone's nose. It smelt like glue and made the crewmembers have to go out there to try and bring the spaceship back in to shore or go out there to fix the wing or engine.

 As we were still exploring, we caught ourselves going towards a deep, pitch-black cave. We did not turn back. We stuck together and explored this mysterious cave. Noises came from every direction. We could hear everyone's heart beat. As the noises became louder and closer, the closer the noises got, the louder our heartbeat became. Boom, Boom! Boom, Boom!Boom, Boom! All of a sudden it became quiet as if everyone was dead. Then a green light was glowing around the corner as if a fire was being set. Booooooooo!!! Out jumped a green slimy creature that looked like a bug was swished and stepped on. "We come in peace we cried, we come in peace".We thought we were going to be kidnapped and then eaten.

 The creature could talk. "My name is Papajohnnovia". Said the creature in a low pitch voice. " I want to be your friend. I have a family. Three children, Dripplekanaka, kadrouplenipple, and Pleskianfartness. A wife named Aurorabeamkanakakouku. I have special powers and I can help you with any of your problems. YES, YES, YES! We shouted. "Our ship, spaceship that is, is broken. Our engine is burnt out, our wing is split in half, and it's floating in the middle of the Oobleck Ocean. None of us want to goout there in the oobleck. "Said Captain Pono Pono. " we must find our materials". Said the oobleck person.

 (Two Months Later)

 We found all of our materials and we were ready to build our wing as well as fix our engine. It took us a week to build half of our wing and an other month to build the other half because of difficulties.

Animals attacked our shelter or base and wiped everything we had. Wefought back and eventually won. How ever one of our crewmembers died.

 The animals and us, the "Kauai" astronauts, were practically in war. In three weeks we killed more than half of the crucial animals. Blood, the color of delicious strawberries were everywhere, so was the guts. The war between man or people and animals was almost over.

 The beautiful morning is what I said the next day. Gods painting was the beautiful sight to start an early day. How ever, the animals attacked again and we were unprepared. Animals were blasting out poison and shot a couple into Sam Mantha's skin. Her cheeks became rosy red; her skin became purple like a rotten apple that animals or bugs were chewing on. This was her last ride for her life andher last adventure. As she took her last breath, she then past out and was no longer alive.

Although we were in sorrow, we carried on-we slowly fired the engine and use oobleck as gas.We fixed our spaceship, took Sam Mantha in a wooden coffin that we built and went back to earth. We thanked the oobleck people a lot. We plan to go back in two years.

 But we had Sam Mantha's funeral. It was the best trip.

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