One day I saw Mr. Harrigan bring in two brown boxes. Mr. Harrigan didn't know what was in them. The next day he opened them. Then he jumped back! In the boxes were two giant books. Mr. Harrigan slowly opened the books. Out jumped two Tyrannosaurus Rexes! All the children and teachers ran away. But I didn't. I looked at the book while the Tyrannosaurus Rexes stomped away. The book said ''if you want to put those Tyrannosaurus Rexes back in me just say ''darainarora''. Then I said ''darainarora'' out loud. A red light flashed on from the front of the book. Mr. Buckman and Mrs. Rusing were just about to get eaten, when the Tyrannosaurus Rexes saw the red light and ran. But the red light caught them and pulled those Tyrannosaurus Rexes right back into those giant books. Then Mr. Harrigan burned up the books. The school cheered for me! I felt proud.

The Two Boxes
by Peter

After Recess I came in and I saw two boxes. What could be in it? So I asked my friends what could be in there. They didn't know. Suddenly Mr. Harrigan put a hole in the giant card board boxes. I wonder what is inside the boxes. I got a scrap piece of paper and I wrote what it could be. First I wrote a rabbit. No I said to my self. Then the PA came on Mrs. Rusing said Peter please come to the office. Then I got worried. When I got to the office Mrs. Rusing said you have a package near your classroom. I said thank you. Then I power walked back. Then I ask Mr. Buckman if I can open the boxes. He said after school. When class was over I ask my friends Ian, Clark, Pete, Elliott and Joe if they would like to open the two boxes with me. They said yes. When we finished opening the two boxes we put the two peaces together. It said wishing machine. Then we pressed the start button. I said I wish that I could go to Toyland. It zapped use to toyland. We saw toys every where and a giant. A giant I said. Then we saw a hole in the ground. The giant was friendly So the giant jumped down and made a hole in my backyard. Then the giant got wood and he spread it around. Then we filled it up with water. We made a swimming pool! Then every one lived happily.

Mystery Boxes
By Joe

Outside Mr. Buckman's classroom there are two cardboard boxes. Then one of his students asked him what are inside them but he didn't know. Then they went to take a picture. The students wondered what could be inside the boxes. Someone thought it might be a Super Computer that would turn to life. If you want to type you would have to jump on the keyboard with your feet. Then Mrs. Rusing said on the P.A." Mr. Harrigan is opening the two boxes. Everyone rushed to the cardboard boxes. Then the boxes wiggled then a wire came out of one box and pulled the together. Everyone jumped back. Then a Super Computer popped out and everyone looked at it. Mr. Harrigan turned the Super Commuter on. Then it turned alive! Everyone were shocked. And then it sucked Trombly in it! Then someone put a game in and the people were stuck in it! The game was a Monster game and Monsters ran in circles. A lot of the people laughed. Then Dinosaurs came in the Montans. The Monsters ran so fast they bonked into each other.
They ran faster, and faster they went so fast that the Monsters couldn't be saw. Then a T-Rex came in the mountains and everyone were terrified. Then Snow Monkeys came out of nowhere. They through fruits at the Dinosaurs. The Dinosaurs got really mad so they egnored the fruit and ate the fruit then the people saw a opening so they ran to it but the T-Rex them so he blocked the opening. Everyone were terrified, and shocked. Then a Snow Monkey distracted the T-Rex so they could go home. Then they got in just in time in time because a Meteor was coming. Everyone were glad to be home but they didn't know that they were in a computer game and the teachers turned into Rubber Robots and went ballistic! Everyone started to laugh. Then the Rubber Robots got really mad and jumped out the window and bounced back up to the attic and couldn't see and they bounced into each other. Then they quickly to the door then a laser went right past the door and the people couldint get out of school! Then "the bell to go home rang" thought the people but they were wrong! It was a time machine and they were stuck in it! The time machine went to the beginning of the earth!
Everyone were shocked. Then a shark came nearer, and nearer then "gulp" the shark swallowed the time machine! Then the shark spit out the time machine. Everyone were so glad they said "yay". Then the earth changed and they were on land! Then a chicken sized Dinosaur ran up to the machine and looked in it. Everyone were terrified then the Dinosaur
Made funny faces. Everyone started to laughing they laughed so hard that they fell on the ground. Then tons of chicken sized Dinosaurs came and made funny faces.
Then the people started to laugh even harder. Then the earth started to change again. They were at a old fashion light house and they saw the titanic. Then it started skiing. They watched in terror as it sunk lower, and lower.
Then the earth started to change again. It changed to the time when the first man stepped on the moon. They were in the rocket going to the moon! Everyone were amazed
that they were going to the moon. Then they went on the moon for only 20 seconds then they went back to earth then they got off and the earth started to change again the they were at school again. But they were long they were in a different galaxy. Then someone noticed that they were in a different galaxy and a Alien popped out of one the wooden doors. And then someone said "look its an Alien and were in a different galaxy"! Everyone were terrified so they ran into the time machine and then it rang and the world started to change and they were back at Trombly. Then they decided to keep the Computer for wacky field trips. 

Mystery Boxes
by Luke

Today two huge boxes came to our school. When I ask Mr. Buckman what it was he had no clue. Then I looked out the door and saw Mr. Harrigan with a big knife, it couldn't be to open the box I thought. Then I saw Mr. Harrigan walk straight towards the first box, he was going to open it. Right then I heard a beep and a red flash come directly from the box. Mr. Harrigan took a step backwards but didn't look surprised. He sliced through 1 strap then another then another. Everybody leaned their heads forward to see what it was. Then finally a big POP!, and the box broke open. Then a big "OOoooooooo!" went up from the crowd. It was a Robot his name was Robby. They left Robby standing by the stairs and Mr. Harrigan went to the other box and the crowd became silent. Everybody leaned their heads forward to see what was in the second box. Snap, Snap, Snap, the string broke and the second box fell open. inside were instructions a remote and other things robots need. I turned around to take a nother look at Robby, he was gone! Well the rest of the crowd still waiting for a turn to read the instructions so the could control Roddy I made the decision to not tell anyone about the Robot. I decided the first place I should look was outside since Robby couldn't climb the stairs. When I got outside it was snowing. Everything was a misty white except for something on the playscape, it was gray. I thought I should investigate. When I started to walk it stayed moving at the same pace I was. I started to run but it accelerate and kept my pace. This must be Robby I thought. By now the others had discovered that Robby was missing and sent for a search party. They started looking in Trombly, meanwhile I was dodging left and right trying to escape Robby's red laser. BANG, BANG, BANG! Robby was blasting tree after tree after tree and aiming for me as well. with my top speed running on I ran into the school just to see the robot right behind blasting everything in its way. Then I saw Mr. Harrigan with a remote and a folded peace or paper running out of the building. I wondered what they were for, "COME ON!!!" said someone, so I did. When I got outside I saw Mr. Harrigan reading the folded peace of paper and pushing buttons on the remote so fast you couldn't see his finger. Then all of a sudden everything stopped!, it was dark I looked around I was in my bedroom. Oh it must have been a dream I thought.

Mystery Boxes
By Claire

After lunch today I saw two big boxes standing in front of our classroom. Maybe they were for our classroom. Well, I found out. I was working on the computer and Mr. Harrigan came down the hall. He opened one box and then he asked Mr. Buckman for a helper and Mr. Buckman chose me! So I helped Mr. Harrigan unwrap the other box and he pulled out a shiny clean time machine! He asked me, "Would you like to go on a trip?" I said, ''Yes, I would." So we got in the machine and Mr. Harrigan said "Pick were you want to go." I picked the Olympic training facility 1998 so I pressed the button. The next thing I knew I was standing in a freezing cold ice rink. In front of me Tara Lipinsky was skating. She asked "Would you like to stay a week with me." I said, "Yes.'' ( Mean while Mr. Harrigan was enjoying him self in ancient Egypt.) Later that night Tara and I went to the hotel she was staying at. She told me that the Olympics was the day after tomorrow. So for the next two days 5 days after that she would give me some private lessons. For the next two days I mostly stayed in the hotel. On the day of the Olympics we got up at 6:30 AM. Tara's Mom drove us to the to the ice rink. Tara's Mom and I sat in some seats right where the skaters get on and off the ice. When it was time for the awards ceremony they gave the medals to to the Men, Pairs, Dance then the Ladies. Tara came in 1 place! After that I had my five days of lessons to look forward to. The lessons were the best! As for how Mr. Harrigan did in ancient Egypt he had a bit of fun helping bury King Tut's tomb.

One day Caroline and Jessica were walking to their class. Then they saw a delivery man talking to Mr. Harrigan, the custodian. He said " these boxes are for Mr. Buckman's Class". Caroline and Jessica wanted to know what was in the two huge brown boxes. That was delivered to their class. No one knew what was inside the two huge brown boxes not even Mr. Harrigan. " I am dying to know what is inside the to boxes" said Caroline. So while no one was looking Caroline and Jessica took a pair of scissors and cut a little piece of the wire off the corner of the boxes. And they looked through the corner of the boxes and jumped away from the boxes immediately. Inside the boxes were two wishing machines! And in both of the boxes had a note inside. So Caroline and Jessica read the notes. It was actually kind of funny because both the notes said the exact same thing. Next it was time to open the boxes. Mr. Harrigan had the whole school around him. He opened the two huge brown boxes and read both the notes. Since there were two wishing machines the school had a raffle for Mr. Buckman's class. The children in the class would buy as many raffle tickets as they want, and someone would pick from a hat to see which two children were the winners. After a couple of days the principal, Mrs. Rusing, announced over the P.A. system that Caroline and Jessica were the winners! They couldn't believe it! They won! So they both went down to the office to make their wishes. Caroline and Jessica both wished that they were the two smartest kinds in their grade. And there wish came true! Only after a couple of weeks they got bored of going home with a truck load of homework. They tried to slow it down but it didn't work. So they just stayed smart for the rest of the school year. They were back to there normal selves again!

The Mystery Boxes
by Kara

I think Mystery Boxes would be a Wishing Machine. Because Wishing Machine are so big I would like it to be for our class. Then we could all put our wishes in it. We could all say we have no homework. The problem was we did not know what to do with it. We had to put the batteries in them. Then we pt the batteries in. We put the Wishing Machine in the corner. The Wishing Machine and we gust put it in the corner like I said. And we never got it out again. Then in 2005 the Wishing Machine. got shut down. Then Mr. Harrigan was so mad because he bought the Wishing Marchine for our class. Then Mr. Buckman had to bought a new one. 

The Mysterious Boxes 
by Holly

One day when I came to school I saw a package man with Mr. Harrigan. When I went into the class room I asked Mr. Buckman if he new what was in the boxes but he didn't. Then a week later the class and me herd a knife cut. So the class and me went out of the class door and Mr. Harrigan opened one box and it was new board games. BUT when he opened the nest box and it was a time machine. And when he pushed the button aliens came out. And shot bazooka bubble gum. And they took me in space. Hear I am in space in a cage with aliens around me. One day when I was a teenager, people came to rescue me. And they took me back to earth.

The Mystery Boxes 
by Stuart

Mr. Buckman had to boxes in his very stong arms and hands. Bobby in our class wanted to see what was in the mystery boxes. Bobby are in the mystery boxes are 1,000 little green toy soldiers that can talk. They will pop out and do work for you but how do they work? The green 1,000 little soldiers will shoot people and not obey you because you have to solve a mystery. The 1,000 little toy soldiers will not talk either. Look in the boxes one...........two............three.......... poof there are directions. Pull plug on soldiers. You just solved the mystery. Everyone got a little Green toy soldier. When I went home I told my Mom Dad everything that happened in school while I was eating my vetgtable soup. When I went in the basement I saw my soldier was doing target practice. It was fun having a soldier Then I went up to my bedroom and went to bed.

The Time Machines
by Elliott

One bright sunny Tuesday afternoon Jack and his friend James were coming in from Recess when they saw two boxes out side their class room door. The boxes had there names on them. So they both went to the box with their names on them. Then they both opened their packages at the same time. In the boxes were to light green Time Machines. But right before they climed in, they heard there Principal Mr. Franksin says,"Stop you kids!" "Stop!" Then as quick as a flash they turned there blue knobs that was in their Time Machines to the Dinosaur age. But some how when they arrived they were facing each other. Just then, they heard big foot steps! All the sudden, they saw a big brown hungry Tranausaras Rex! So they ran as fast as they could to a stream. Before they knew it their shoes were off and they were swimming to the other side. All the sudden they saw a valcano erupt. So they had to take off there shoes and swim to the other side. When they got to the other side they had to run to get their shoes on because of the Taraunousarus Rex. Then they ran back to the Time Machines and turned the knobs to the future. The Time Machines took them back to school in there desks correcting a Math test.

The Big Boxes.
By Spence 

It was Monday morning and I was just about to go in my class room. All of a sudden I stopped. I saw Mr. Harrigan talking to the delivery man. I saw two giant boxes getting squeezed through the parking lot door. When they got in side Mr. Harrigan had a knife in his hand . He went to open one of them . When he opened it there was were aliens in it. Mr. Harrigan jumped away. I ran to tell Mr. Buckman but when I showed him, they were gone. I siad they were right here. Then I saw something. It was green foot tracks. I followed them. They led up stairs into the library. When I got in there, I spied on them. When I got a little closer they saw me. I tried to run but they had a lazar and they locked me up. Then they left. I tried to escape but it was too hard so I came up with a plan . I bit the ropes I got out. I saw that they left a shrinking lazar. I picked it up. I followed the foot prints again. They led into the art room I shot the lazar and it sent them back were they belong. The hole school cheered and said "Good Work".

Two Mystery Boxes
By Jessica 

Two BIG BIG boxes where being pushed one man was each box. When I noticed the the boxes I was coming from lunch. Mr. Harrigan opening it he lifted two books out. I ask him if I could read it. He said, "Yes." I went to the index and saw the story "The Time Machine" I went to the story and I really though about the time machine POPPED OUT! I put the time machine in quickly then I went to the index and at the top I started to read
"BACK FIRE IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR YOU CAN NOT ESCAPE" . All the character from HARRY POTTER came jumping out. Then Harry said "Come On The Cost Is Clear." Mrs. Rusing called the police. 136 police officers came. Now they got almost everyone but the main character which is the DURLES and HARRY. The police put cuffs around there hands and feet. And pushed the main character in the book now Trombly knows who to go to when we need help.

The Mystery Boxes
by A. G.

Wednesday Afternoon I was going to the bathroom I got out of the bathroom I saw two boxes. Then everyone saw the boxes. Mr. Harrigan had a knife and he opened one. There was a time machine and in the other box was a frozen alien. But the ice was melting on the alien. The alien was alive he zapped the stairs. Then more aliens came out of the of the box. We did all we could to stop them. They put us in a cage all our houp was Max my dog . He is smart. I said I will call him with my whistle and he came. He sneaked and let us go .But he was in trouble and the aliens sent him back in time, but he got out of the time machine he bit the aliens and threw the aliens in the time machine. The alien wet back in time and we were saved.

The Mystery Boxes
Pete

One day I two huge packages being to our school. Some people unloaded them at our classroom door. I thought it might be for our class. Suddenly out of the speaker in our class the principal said, "Everyone meet in front of Mr. Buckmans classroom right now!" So we went in front of our classroom and Mr. Harrigan came to open the boxes. When he did it burst open and out came flesh eating dinosaurs! All of kids and teachers ran all over the school. A couple dinosaurs chased everyone but most of them stopped to look around. Soon all the dinosaurs were chasing people. Everyone rushed into our room. Mr. Buckman locked the door and pulled down the shade so the dinosaurs could not see in the room. Then everyone went out the window and locked every window and door that enters the school. Then Mrs. Rusing called the delivery people and said "Take back the dinosaurs right now!" So the delivery people came in with thick leathery clothes and they took the dinosaurs away and everyone helped clean up the school. The next day I saw Mr. Harrigan talking on the phone and he said "No more packages!"