Cherry Blossoms

          Hi my – stop it! Sorry, that was my cat, Guido. My name is Saidy; I am a mini-marshmallow person—“Ow!” The cat scratched me on the face. I was taking my cat on a walk. I live in a soda can; I do not have much furniture; only a tablecloth, tables, chairs and a couch.             I went down the garden path. Our garden is huge (just to tell you this a human’s garden). Huge enough to get us lost! Guess what? At that moment I was lost. Lost in a jungle (that’s what I call it). I bumped into something. Then, I heard moaning and groaning. I looked up and saw lips opening and closing it was a dreadful sight. I went closer, the mouths opened wider, I was frightened, and then Guido jumped on me.  I got right next to the gate. To my surprise the mouths just closed! I went through the gate, to my horror the gate shut.          

              I was so frantic, I let go of Guido leash and he was still on the other side of the gate. My mind raced, I thought quickly. Then I did one of my high jumps. I held Guido, not by the leash, and then did the high jump again. Then I thought How would I get home? When I reached up to get an apple, I noticed a lip that started to chase me. I took my toothpick and slain the lip. I said “whew” and started crunching on my apple. All the while Guido ate a few cherries. Then I heard the bushes rustle. I thought it was a wild animal, so I ducked just in time to see a car go by. It almost ran over me. I kept on going forgetting I was lost. I found these round things. They looked like a grape except a lot bigger. I thought it probably could be a camp house. Instead it had no door. I looked on the other side, still no door. It was getting darker and I needed to find a place to sleep. Just in time I found an old can. Inside I found four sunflower seeds. I ate these for supper while Guido ate some catnip I always bring on walks. Then I took a nap. The next morning I remembered I had to get home. Since it was early winter, I was getting cold. I found a green leaf and wrapped it around myself and did the same with Guido. Guido reached for a falling leaf. Then this white stuff started falling from the sky. Once it got really close I realized it was sleet. I ran and ran away from the sleet. Soon it would build up and I would get stuck inside the ice. So, I ran and ran until I saw that the sleet had reached Guido’s ankles. I ran and ran until I reached the gate. The lips were sleeping. I quietly went through the gate. The sleet got very high. I got stuck in the sleet, head to toe. I tried to get out. But I couldn’t, so I drew my toothpick out and cut a door in the ice and got out. Lucky Guido could claw his way out. 

            I tried to follow my footprints, which had faded. I got pretty tiered when I found a tunnel. It was one of the rare times I was curious. So I went in and once I went an inch or two, this giant snake shaped thing appeared. It was a Ghastly unther (a Ghastly Gunther is a snake, which eats us marshmallows and are very poisonous).        

            I ran and it chased me until I reached a great oak tree. I scrambled all the way to the top of the tree. Oh, what a view! I could see I was not too far from my house. I swung from tree to tree. I swung on the last trees and that is where the garden ended. I jumped down and landed right in front of my front door. I rang the bell. My mom answered. I went inside and had a sip of hot chocolate. My mom’s hot chocolate is the best! Then I took a great big nap. 

The End