Ben and the Bully
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SECOND GRADE: 1st Place “Ben and the Bully” by Alec Our Lady of the Snows School
Once upon a time there was a boy named Ben that lived in an awkward home. In his house the floor was th
ceiling and the ceiling was the floo . Since his bed was on the ceiling he always fell out of it. He did
not get hurt because he fell into a snow tunnel that took him to his dreams. Ben had amazing dreams! The snow tunnel took him to a land where everything was frozen. Every night Ben would ski and sled with his friends. One night a mean snow monster took his sled.
Ben was sad. He started to cry frozen tears. Ben had a friend that chased the snow monster and got
his sled back. Ben was grateful and the friend was glad he could help. That night they went to the
snow monsters cave and told him that they were tired of him being a bully. “What is a bully?” The monster
had never heard of that word. “A bully is someone who is not kind and tries to be mean to others,” Ben said. The snow monster
said that he was sorry and would not do it again. “Time to wake up.” called Bens mom! Once again Ben had to walk on the ceiling to get out of bed to get ready for school. He could not wait to go back to the frozen land, especially now that the snow monster was nice! The end.
7 SPONSORED LOCALLY BY
Our community PBS member station, KNPB, serving northern Nevada and northeastern California, is proud to take part in the KNPB PBS KIDS Writers Contest.
With support from Lemelson Foundation, Nell J. Redfield Foundation, Hall Family Charitable Fund, Marie Crowley Foundation, an Anonymous Donor, Abraham & Sonia Rochlin Foundation, Thelma B. & Thomas P. Hart Foundation, Jack Van Sickle, Western Nevada Supply, and University of Nevada, Reno – Pack Internship Grant Program.
The PBS KIDS Writers Contest is produced by PBS and is based on the Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest, a concept developed by WNED.
Few things capture a child’s imagination like a good book. KNPB PBS KIDS Writers Contest invites children, kindergarten through third grade, in communities across our area to use their boundless imaginations to create original stories and illustrations and then submit them to their local PBS station. This year, more than a thousand children from northern Nevada and northeastern California participated in the KNPB PBS KIDS Writers Contest, building their creative voices, and developing critical reading and writing skills. Visit our website at knpb.org/writerscontest to find out mo e about the contest, read the winning stories and watch the first place winner read their stories.
The Arthur television series is based on the Arthur Adventure books by Marc Brown, Arthur and other Marc Brown characters at TM and © of Marc Brown, Television Series ©2017 WGBH. WILD KRATTS TM © 2017 Kratt Brothers Company Ltd./9 Story Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. WORDGIRL TM & © Scholastic Inc. All Rights Reserved. The PBS KIDS logo is a registered mark of the Public Broadcasting Service and is used with permission.
SECOND GRADE: 1st Place “Ben and the Bully” by Alec Our Lady of the Snows School
Once upon a time there was a boy named Ben that lived in an awkward home. In his house the floor was th
ceiling and the ceiling was the floo . Since his bed was on the ceiling he always fell out of it. He did
not get hurt because he fell into a snow tunnel that took him to his dreams. Ben had amazing dreams! The snow tunnel took him to a land where everything was frozen. Every night Ben would ski and sled with his friends. One night a mean snow monster took his sled.
Ben was sad. He started to cry frozen tears. Ben had a friend that chased the snow monster and got
his sled back. Ben was grateful and the friend was glad he could help. That night they went to the
snow monsters cave and told him that they were tired of him being a bully. “What is a bully?” The monster
had never heard of that word. “A bully is someone who is not kind and tries to be mean to others,” Ben said. The snow monster
said that he was sorry and would not do it again. “Time to wake up.” called Bens mom! Once again Ben had to walk on the ceiling to get out of bed to get ready for school. He could not wait to go back to the frozen land, especially now that the snow monster was nice! The end.
7 SPONSORED LOCALLY BY
Our community PBS member station, KNPB, serving northern Nevada and northeastern California, is proud to take part in the KNPB PBS KIDS Writers Contest.
With support from Lemelson Foundation, Nell J. Redfield Foundation, Hall Family Charitable Fund, Marie Crowley Foundation, an Anonymous Donor, Abraham & Sonia Rochlin Foundation, Thelma B. & Thomas P. Hart Foundation, Jack Van Sickle, Western Nevada Supply, and University of Nevada, Reno – Pack Internship Grant Program.
The PBS KIDS Writers Contest is produced by PBS and is based on the Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest, a concept developed by WNED.
Few things capture a child’s imagination like a good book. KNPB PBS KIDS Writers Contest invites children, kindergarten through third grade, in communities across our area to use their boundless imaginations to create original stories and illustrations and then submit them to their local PBS station. This year, more than a thousand children from northern Nevada and northeastern California participated in the KNPB PBS KIDS Writers Contest, building their creative voices, and developing critical reading and writing skills. Visit our website at knpb.org/writerscontest to find out mo e about the contest, read the winning stories and watch the first place winner read their stories.
The Arthur television series is based on the Arthur Adventure books by Marc Brown, Arthur and other Marc Brown characters at TM and © of Marc Brown, Television Series ©2017 WGBH. WILD KRATTS TM © 2017 Kratt Brothers Company Ltd./9 Story Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. WORDGIRL TM & © Scholastic Inc. All Rights Reserved. The PBS KIDS logo is a registered mark of the Public Broadcasting Service and is used with permission.
