Emma's World

  This is my Story Page. It has lists of my favorite books, polls, poems & lymirics, recipes, and stories! The stories on this page are all stories that I wrote, no one else helped me. This page is a great place to stop by on a rainy day! This page is also fun and exciting so stop by the story page today!

                                                   Please do NOT copy these stories. Thanks!

• Books You May Like!(List)
• Sara and Her Tiger(Short Story)
• Dogs and Hogs(Poem)
• My Wonderful Sandwich(Recipe)
• Young Girl of Malaysia(Poem)
• My Story(News)
• How to Write a Story(Instructions)
• Excerpt from My Book (book excerpt)
• Prologue: Barbie Story (Story)
• A Barbie Story (Frequently updated story)
• A Barbie Story II (Frequently updated story)

  This is a list of books that I loved to read that you might like too!

 1. The Nancy Drew series (by Carolyn Keene)

 2. Weedflower (by Cynthia Kadohata)

 3. The Callahan Cousins (by Elizabeth Doyle Carey)

 4. The Trailblazer series ( by Dave and Neta Jackson)

 5. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde(from the Great Illustrated Classics series) 

 6. Around the World in 80 Days(ditto) 

 7. The Call of  the Wild(ditto ditto)

 8 Treasure Island (by Robert Louis Stevenson)

 9. Perfect (by Natasha Friend)

10. Birdwing (by someone: a.k.a- I'm checking!)

11. Dairy of a Wimpy Kid 1 & 2 (by Jeff Kinney)

12. A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life (idk)

13. A Great and Terrible Beauty (by Libba Bray)

14. Rebel Angels (by Libba Bray)

15. The Sweet Far Thing (by Libba Bray)

                                         More books will be added later...

 By: Emma

   Once, in India, a little girl named Sara was playing in the woods with her three friends.There were two boys and one girl.All of a sudden, one of the boys yelled, "There's a tiger! Run!"All of the children ran as fast as they could back to the village.Sara tripped over a rock andfound herself a few feet away froma huge rattlesnake! The other children ran away screaming as they went, "Move! The tiger's coming!" But she was too scared to move. The tiger was getting closer! Sara just knew she was going to die. Then,the tiger pounced, and a few seconds later Sara looked up.She wasn't dead! The tiger had killed the rattlesnake! Sara ran home and told everyone what had happened. Leter Sara was in the woods again and she saw the tiger. He looked at her once and then he went away.

                                                 She never saw him again.

                                                          The End

         P.S- I got an "A" on that story.

      There once was a funny

               young dog,

   Who dreamed he was chasing

                   a hog,

    He woke up at noon,

    And he met a racoon

    Who told him he was stuck

            in a bog.

 By: Emma

    This is how I make a delicious, wonderful sandwich. The supplies you will need are two slices of wheat bread, a jar of jelly, which can be any flavor,and a jar of peanut butter. First, take one slice of wheat bread and spread some jelly over it. with a knife.Then, take the other slice of bread and spread some peanut butter over it with a knife. Finally, put one of the slices of bread on top of the other with the two sides with peanut butter or jellyon them on the inside. That is how I make a wonderful ,delicious, mouth-watering PB&J sandwich. 

    There was a young girl of

            Malaysia,

     Who dreamed she was going

               to Asia

     She jumped down a well,

     She fell and she fell,

    But she still ended up

           in Malaysia.

   Steps for Writing a Story

      Step 1. Find a few friends to help you write the story, (such as an idea person, an editor, and an artist. If you wanna have pictures in your book).

      Step 2. Think of a good theme for the story and ask your friends if they think that it is a good theme too.

      Step 3. Find names for the characters.

      Step 4. Write the first chapter and hand it in for editing

      Step 5. Give the chapter to the artist to draw 1 or 2 pictures for the chapter.

      Step 6. Write the next chapters using the process described in steps 4 &5.

      Step 7. Write a final draft.

                                         Now you have a great story!

This is an excerpt from me and Wendy's 1st book:

Chapter 10:

More Trouble

     The next day was Sunday. Grace grabbed a piece of toast for her breakfast and went down to the tunnel. She figured that Jamie was at church but that was okay because she wanted to be alone. Jamie wasn’t at church.

     “I knew you’d come!” he said.

     “Yeah, well…” Grace replied. “J., I sort of wanna be alone.”

     “What happened?” Jamie asked knowingly.

     “My dad’s dying.” And she told him about the two letters that she had received. “And,” she finished. “I can’t afford a plane ticket to get back to Boston to see my dad.”

     “So, what’re you gonna do?” Jamie said, nibbling Grace’s toast.

     “I don’t know.”

     “Well, for starters, tell your mom. You won’t get anywhere if she doesn’t know.”

     “She doesn’t care.”

     “Try anyway”

     “Fine. Thanks, Jamie, you’re such a good friend.”

     “Don’t I know it.” He said devilishly.

     “Bye.”

     “Bye!”

………….

     “So answer me, Grace!” Mom said. “Were you with that…that…that… republican kid?”

      Grace hated how she stressed the word republican.

   "Mom, we're kids. We can't vote yet. We could couldn't care less about politics."

     “Grace…”

     “Yes, I was! Are you happy now, detective?”

     “I don’t want you around that kid or his parents anymore! Who knows what nonsense they’re filling your head with!”

     “What?!”

     “No questions, Grace. That kid is weird. No more!”

     Then she told her about Dad. She didn’t care how random it was, she had to ask now.

     “No way. That man got what’s coming to him.”

     “But-“

     “And as for your brothers, they can come live with us! You’ll have someone to play with after all.”

     “He’s my dad.”

     “Well, not anymore.”

     “I hate you!” Grace shouted as she ran up the stairs and into her room and locked the door.

      She didn’t come out for dinner. She fell asleep on her bed.

………….

     Despite her mother’s warnings, Grace told Jamie everything the next morning.

      “Jame, how who you like to come with me to Boston on Saturday?”

This story is written in 1st person, however it did not actually happen to me.

 "...We pride ourselves on our special recipe, home-made cookies." Mr. Geraldon, owner of 'Cookies on Patrol', said. "They just melt in your mouth!" The pastry shop is located near Central park in New York City. Although the shop is small, it does not lack in big taste..." 

As I read the news article, I couldn't help but laugh. A month ago, i would have been dying to go there, just as all the people lined up outside were. It was less than a month 'til Christmas, but as I looked out the 4th floor window, surrounded by about 100 beds and other kids of numerous ages, I found it hard to believe. I crossed the large, attic-like room to my bed in the corner. I looked upon my few possessions: my mother's hairbrush, a locket with my family's picture in it, a blanket, and about 3 pairs of pants and 2 shirts. I was wearing my only sweater, because it was quite cold in December in NYC. Ever since I lost my house and family in a fire in August, I'd been searching for emplyoment in a restaraunt or something. Unfortunately, not many places employ 13-year-old kids. I missed my friends in Clinton, Connecticut, but I knew I couldn't go back. After 3 weeks of doing odd-jobs for people in exchange for money or food, clothes, or shelter, and making my way slowly toward the closest train station, I was able to buy a train ticket and head to Grand Central Station. After looking in the "Jobs" ads in the paper, I got a job here, at 'Cookies on Patrol'. I was still one of the lowest-ranking workers, working for 14 hours a day on the frosting line. I have to color all the white frosting and mix up a HUGE bowl for use in less than a minute. By the end of the day, my hand is cramped and stained with food coloring. We usually start work around 5:30 AM and end at about 7:30. We get a bathroom and food break around noon. We are allowed to have a snack and drink at our working stations, but we are not allowed to stop, so we have neck-high tables next to us. If we really have to go to the bathroom, we all wear adult-sized diapers during work hours, so the mixing room doesn't smell that nice. We change our diapers 3 times a day: before work, after work, and during lunch. It's pretty gross.

 This story will be updated soon...

 A man and his wife and their four daughters went to an island in the middle of nowhere to shoot a reality TV show called Kid Island. They brainwashed about 20 little girls into thinking that they ruled the universe. There were also three little boys and a tomboy girl who had not been brainwashed and had been sentenced to live in a treehouse on the other side of the island.  They were to stay there for about a year.

Their plan backfired. The babies, one of which was the man's daughter, became the rulers, and the children were the soldiers. One of the man's three triplet daughters, Saphire, became the second-highest ruler, the queen. The children got rid of the film crew and took over the whole island. When the grown-ups misbehaved, they taped their eyelids open and tortured them by shining a giant flashlight in their faces.

To make a long story short, the four children who had not been brainwashed built a fence across the island and brought the adults to live with them. Then, one day, the queen Saphire tripped over a rock and hit her head. She became normal again! Then, everyone who wasn't brainwashed went and pushed the other children over and everything was back to normal. The man and his family sailed away to have a normal life.

Now, for the REAL story.....

 Dedicated to Alex...

When Alex comes to visit me, sometimes we like to play with my Barbies.  We make up crazy stories for the people. One of her characters was a 7-year-old genuis kid who had been time traveling for 5 years and never got any older. Her brain grew, but her body didn't. Anyway, my family was a family of six people. There was a Mom, a Dad, triplet girls named Charlotte, Madison, and Saphire, and a baby named Anya. The family decided to get a dog. So, they went to the pet store (which Alex's people owned) and picked out a labrador retriever. The next day, the mom went to work, and the rest of the family slept in. When the dad woke up, he went downstairs to have some breakfast and the dog barked at him. He started screaming and running in circles (the dad, not the dog). Then the dog ran upstairs. The dad went to take a nap, and the dog was asleep in his bed. The dad began screaming and running in circles until the dog ran upstairs. The dad decided to take a bubble bath. So he went up to the third floor, took off his clothes, and went into the bathroom. But guess what? The dog was in the bathtub. The dad screamed. The dog jumped out of the bathtub and.......Can you guess what it did? It desposed of its bodily fluids on the dad's leg! The dad screamed "Ewwwwwww! You sicko!!!!" And started running around his daughters' room naked. Now, there was a porcipine kid that lived on the roof. But no one knew he was there. He wanted to see what was going on, so he crawled down and looked through the window. Imagine his shock and horror to discover a naked grown man standing in a little girls' room screaming his head off! He shrieked "Ewwwwwww! That's just WRONG!!!!!" And climbed as fast as he could back up to his house on the roof. The porcipine kid was Alex's character.

  *Update*

 My Barbie parents got divorced. Then, a month later, the mother got hit by a bomb and died. Sad. Anyway, then the dad got this caregiver who had 10 children to take care of his girls while he was at work. He fell in love with her and told her that the would try to have a baby one time. If she had a baby, they would get married. She didn't want to marry him because she didn't want to 'betray' her kids. But in reality, she did love him and the kids hadn't even ever had a real father. Nine months later, she had her first baby boy out of 9 girls except for her adopted son who had found his real mom and left with her. Her daughters are named Destiny(age 16), Lauren(age 10), Lucy(age 5), Star(age 5), Karana(age 5), Skye(age 5), Snail(age 5), Salmanca(age 5), and Sara(age 5). She also has her one baby boy, Diego (age 4 months). Her husband' children are named Charlotte(age 5), Saphire(age 5), Madison(age 5) and Anya(age 1). It was entirely coincidental that the woman had 5 year old septuplets and the man had 5 year old triplets. Oh my.

    *Update*

  This is how the daily life of my people works: The mom has a new job. She goes to an office and works during the day. Lauren and Marie go to school, and the 12 other kids stay home with Daddy. IF it's nice weather, the little girls and the babies eat breakfast in shifts, then they go play outside in their fenced-in playground until lunchtime. After lunch, the babies go up to nap until 4. The little girls play outside until 3:30 and then they go upstair to nap. The little girls have to nap from 3:30 until 5 or 5:30. The parents get up every morning at 5 AM. The mom gets ready for work and the dad goes downstairs to make 28+ pancakes. The rule in the house is that you can't be up and around the house until after 5. Salmanca and Saphire wake up around 5 every morning. They are allowed to play outside while the dad fixes breakfast. They sometimes pretend that they're the only five-year-olds in their family. Once, the parents tried to send the 5-year-olds to public school, but that plan didn't work out. So now, the girls are going to be homeschooled on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00 to 3:30. My people have a very tight schedule. The oldest girls try to finish their homework before the kids wake up so that they won't be distracted. Poor girls. They have a difficult social life because of their sisters. More updates coming soon!

     *Update*

   You know how the mom had an adopted son that went away? Well, Salmanca went to find him and she found him and his two biological sisters. He had a twin sister and a little sister who is 2 years old. My people adopted all three kids temporarily until they were adopted by the queen of Genovia! What lucky kids! Sal (Salmanca) was sad that her brother was leaving, but she knew she couldn't stop him. She has a new friend who lives next door. Her friend's name is Cara. They play together almost every day.

   *Update*

  The homeschool teacher started work today.

    *Update*

   There is a new clothingline that is the must-have clothes of the decade! J-Clothing for kids has swept across the kingdom and makes kids crazy for clothes! Hundreds of kids and teens have thrown away perfectly good clothes to make room for J-Clothing. My people's 10-year-old is the only one in the family that has a shirt from J-Clothing. It's just too expensive for my people. Imagine having to buy 14 outfits at around $50 each! That's $700! Too much money. "When your clothes are busting off your body in a heaping pile of rags, then we'll talk about getting charity clothing for $10. Not $50!" said my people's dad.

*Update*

    This might have been a big detail, but I forgot to mention it. Destiny has an almost-3-year-old daughter. She had a baby when she was 13 years old. And she has to take care of it on her own. And sometimes she has to babysit her siblings. Anyway, just thought that you should know that. Her daughter's name is Julie. Julie is autistic.

*Update*

    Missing People

        Mother and father of 14 children, Mr. Paul Jacksman and his wife Carrie Jacksman went missing on August 12, 2008. Their oldest daughter, Destiny, age 16, received a phone message later that night saying ".............Destiny!.....Mother!.........Help....". Destiny knows for sure that it was her mother's voice. For now, she and her friend, the queen of Genovia, are taking care of her siblings. "I've babysat my sisters for a weekend. I know what I'm doing." she says. "What we need to focus on is finding my parents. I'll be fine. But my siblings need them. I can't give them (my siblings) everything." Mr. Jacksman is 6' 2" with thinning, dark brown hair, brown eyes and dark skin. He is currently unemployed so he may be searching for work. He has a scar on his back that looks like a circle made of dots. His wife has long, thick black hair that she usually wears in a braid. She also likes to wear a red and white plaid scarf on her head. She talks with a  slight Mexican accent. She is 5' 11" with blue eyes. If you have any information about this couple, please call: 1-(800)-123-4567.

*Update*

  Destiny is now married to a man named Josh and the share three children together. Triplets, actually. Their ferternal triplets are named Zack, Alexander, and Zoey. That makes 17 kids for them to take care of! Uh-oh.

 And that is the end of the story of the Jacksman family. Thanks for reading!

 Last updated 9/2/08

This story began on 10/4/08 

This is the story of the Haleo family. Or, before she was married, the mom's name was Anthony. You see, every so often, I change to a new Barbie family. So it was time for a change. Here's their story:

 Madi is short for Madeline. That's my lady's name. She is divorced as of 2 months ago. She has six kids, named Molly(age 2), Annabelle(age 3), Julia(age 4), Caylee(age 5), and Zachary and Max(twins, age 7). Her ex was slightly abusive to their little girls, as her 3-year-old daugher told the mother that Daddy had a girlfriend. So they got divorced 2 months ago and the mom moved her kids to Ireland. She is now dating a man who will be moving to Ireland next month(Barbie time). He has a 10-year-old daughter named Amanda.

*Update*

  Madi had an affair with this other guy that she had hired to work for her. She was lonely because her boyfriend hadn't moved from the US yet. The man, who was a nomad traveling from Saudi Arabia and looking for odd-jobs to do, left to travel on to England the next day. He had had only one daughter.

*Update*

  Madi and Dustin (her BF) got married and moved in together. Dustin brought his daughter and she pretty much hates everyone in the family except for Annie(Annabelle). She hates her stepmom for marrying her dad in the first place, her dad for getting married, and her stepsiblings for just being there. She bought a moveable wall to separate her part of the supposedly-shared bedroom from the other kids' part. She hasn't made a single friend at school, yet, either.

Last Updated 10/25/08

My Aunt was on a plane to visit me in early June. She had to sit next to a guy that smelled like mothballs. She held her breath for the whole flight. The next night, we went out  to dinner. After we had ordered, my Aunt Bonnie, who was visiting us too, started sniffing the air.Then she and Joi started laughing like crazy. When I asked what was so funny, Joi whispered to me, "It's Mothball!". And it was. It turned out to be this internationally famous gymnastics teacher. Now we laugh at him when we see him on TV.