From the Neighborhood School writers’ corner in The Paper, March 1978. Original student wording, names and printed age information are preserved.
There’s a very unusual animal called a froad. His mother was toad and his father was a frog. That’s why he’s considered to be a froad.
His name was very unusual, too.
His name was Wee-Wee, becuase he was so small.
One day, he was feeling pretty hungry, so he went out to catch some flies. Don’t you just love big, juicy flies? The fly that he caught was a little wierd, because his legs were where his wings should be, and his wings were where his legs should be. Wee-Wee decided he’d just have to make the best of it. So, he took the bottom of a sesame seed bun, added two all-beef patties, lettuce, onions, his special sauce, cheese, pickles, tomatoes, ketchup, mustard, horseradish, celery and sauerkraut. To top it off, he added the nice, big, juicy, wierd fly he’d caught. Then he squished the top of the sesame deed bun down on his creation.
Just as he was about to take a bite, a big lion came up behind him and roared. Wee-Wee was so scared, he swallowed his Adams apple.
There was an ant hill nearby. One of the ants saw that Wee-Wee was in trouble, so he took out his trusty pea-shooter, and blew a dart between the lion’s eyes, and killed him. The end.
Originally published in The Paper, March 1978.
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Archival transcription note: The printed “becuase,” “wierd,” “sesame deed” and “Adams apple” are retained.
Original source: SD_Times1978_03.pdf, printed page(s) 5; PDF page(s) 5.
