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Write a story in which an endangered species (of plant or animal) plays a central role.

Posted in Middle School on Oct 26, 2022

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“The Countdown to Digestion” by Maja Hampson

Submitted to Contest #90

During the school year (pre-covid, of course), school groups would come through the Greater Vancouver Zoo’s Conservation Corner to learn about metamorphosis. These children were usually in elementary school and learning the unit for the first time. At the Conservation Corner, we have three endangered species on display. One of which is the Oregon spotted frog, Canada’s most endangered amphibian. It’s native to British Columbia and there is a captive breeding and head starting program run by Wildlife Preservation Canada in place to fight for ...

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“MAYA: THE BEE” by Sandeep Surira

Submitted to Contest #90

        MAYA: THE BEE    So this story is about a bee named Maya and her family and how she would lose her family due to humans. Maya used to live in a jungle with her family and friends and they use to collect nectar and turned it into sweet gold called honey. And they all were happy and satisfied with it. They use to wake up and start searching for flowers, when they found flowers they use to come back and tell other members about the location and they all use to collect food from them...

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“The Landscaper Doesn't Care” by Richard Ault

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The Landscape Doesn’t Care Minnie was still recovering and short of breath from her bout with COVID-19 when she attended the first face-to-face meeting of the Innisfree Resident Council meeting since the disease had shut most activities down. Now that almost everyone on the campus of the retirement community was fully vaccinated, things were gradually opening up and momentum was growing for a celebration.  Before she retired to Innisfree Landings, just off the Jersey shore, Dr. Arminda Byron had been the first African-American femal...

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“A diabolical beauty: The horror when it blooms” by Gary Belton

Submitted to Contest #90

A diabolical beauty: The Terror when it blooms -In a time before the earth’s present-day confusion, a streak of light zips across an evening sky. The year is twenty-twenty-six; a meteor frozen in ice for unknown numbers of years has become exposed in a large-scale calving event—witnessed and recorded by the crew of a research vessel on the North Pole. As the hours-long occurrence unfolded, the dark grey, tuba-sized and shaped stone dotted with gold, turquoise, and crimson could be seen floating among the slush. Once hauled aboard their ...

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“Two Birds With One Stone” by Adam Schwartz

Submitted to Contest #90

The sign read PRIVATE PROPERTY -- NO TRESPASSING in red letters atop a six-foot-tall pole. As Gino walked past, he slapped it loudly with one hand and then clutched his eye, moaning and staggering to the side as though he’d run face-first into it.  The half dozen 11-year-olds trailing behind him in their orange vests and khaki scout uniforms surged forward, making sounds of concern. “You okay, Uncle Gino?” asked his nephew, Mark. Gino let his hand fall to his side with a sly grin. The kids laughed ruefully and walked on, following him...

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“The Mouse and The Pitcher Plant” by Katie Beth Putt

Submitted to Contest #90

Harvey extricates himself from his brothers and sisters and creeps out of the burrow before his parents can wake up. He shouldn’t wander the dangerous rainforest alone, but after all the togetherness of the burrow, he needs fresh air. While walking around, he realizes he is hungry, so sits down to enjoy some grains he brought with him. After a full afternoon wandering around and admiring flora and fauna, he lays down to take a nap, hiding under some leaves. The rushing wind wakes Harvey up. Stunned to find himself soaring over the rainfores...

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“The Ghost” by Smoooth Criminal

Submitted to Contest #90

The Ghost floats through the tall grass. It has been five minutes since he set his sights on the pair of bucks by the pond. The deer took their time grazing the plains as he watched patiently from the distance, and are now busy drinking water from the pond. One of them barely qualifies as an adult. They are turned away from the silent threat, their antlers brushing lightly as they drink. The Ghost raises his head a little above the gently swaying grass. His beady eyes contemplate the prey, and his tongue flicks out to wet his chops. He duc...

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“They Sang in the Water” by E. B. Bullet

Submitted to Contest #90

I did not care much for pretzels. Chips did not come up in craving, nor did crackers, or most processed meats slathered in sodium, for that matter. My mind popped in the recollection of such flavors, dripping the memory of them onto my writhing tongue if I let my thoughts wander. I was never one for salt, but my childhood brimmed with memories of Podrezovo beach, and so salt lingered. The taste I could not stand, but the smell I cherished more than anything in the world. Liquid sodium teemed with a life that the sea breeze carried in it...

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“The Misunderstood Bee” by Scarlet Scribe

Submitted to Contest #90

Jerome loves his bee hives. He works almost as diligently as the workers that stay busy all the time making sure the hive is full of honey and pollen while drones attend to the queen bee. Hives are very sociable places and the bees communicate so well it sometimes makes him jealous because humans do not communicate as well. He knows the main reason bees are so important is because they pollinate plants that are so vital to the survival of the plants. The plants are vital to the survival of all animals including humans. It breaks his heart ev...

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“The Sixth Day” by Neelotpal Saugata

Submitted to Contest #90

Content warning: mention of violence and suicide   Yes! It is painful to be immortal when you are living a dreadful miserable life ailing with several diseases that will not let you to live and your immortality will not let you to die! The only option in your hand is nothing but to commit suicide! Or KILL in rage! But as long as there are goodness – human or no human – mankind will thrive!         “Like to have some coffee grampa? Freshly brewed in this ship!” Captain Kibibi puts forward a cup of coffee. “Ah! Thank y...

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“The Hunt for Stripes” by Emma Evonsion

Submitted to Contest #90

The tiger lay in the middle of the jungle, relaxing on the moss covered ground. The dappled sunlight streams through the leaves high above, spreading small spots of sunlight across the leaf-strewn ground. The birds are chirping happy tunes, singing without a care in the world. The tiger is half-asleep, the late afternoon making her sleepy. The jungle is still, and no one is bothering her. She feels as if she could rest there forever. But, alas, nothing in the jungle stays quiet for long. A gunshot sounds, far away. The tiger lifts her head,...

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“The Golden Frog Hotel” by Catherine Stockwell

Submitted to Contest #90

Beside me in the passenger’s seat, Dad’s eyes are closed. If he is not already asleep, he is close to it. He is in his eighties now, and this is where I usually find him, in a sort of dreamy, half-awake state. “Are you alright, Dad,” I ask again. He sighs, gives me a small smile and a nod. “Fine, just fine,” he says. This is the answer he always gives, an answer he doesn’t have to dig too deeply to find.It is a Saturday morning, and we are leaving Panama City, driving into the mountains, to a small market village called El Valle de...

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“The Pioneers” by Esteban Fernandes

Submitted to Contest #90

The large spacecraft had made it’s entrance into earths orbit eons ago. Fuel spent and no hope of returning to the mother planet. It’s precious cargo of pioneers braced for impact upon earth’s surface. It hovered and slowly descended toward the landing area below what would be named Queens Mountain in Twentynine Palms, California. The Ship landed on an area now known as Tortoise Rock Casino. The landing had been uneventful and the pioneers were accepting of their fate. It was up to them to live or die in the new land. They made the best of i...

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“Concerns, yours and mine” by Sajid Bijapure

Submitted to Contest #90

"The population of migers is dwindling fast!" exclaimed John as he sat reading his Sunday newspaper in his armchair. "Yes. I saw a news report on TV a few days ago about migers" added Jane as she continued with her household chores. "I think the government should declare miger as an endangered species" mumbled John, stretching his back and arms. Nowadays sitting in the armchair for long caused some stiffness in his body. "I think I must replace this armchair". "Or your back" said Jane with a giggle, "you are getting old". "Fifty ...

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“The Willows Daughter” by Alecznader Degraw

Submitted to Contest #90

Once Upon Time, In a forest of willows there was a young Forest faerie, last of her kin. Protected by the mother willow. The young faerie named Bláthnaid. She runs (and humming) with the forest animals, animals you'll only find within this forest of willow. As she gets closer to the forest border she runs faster, but never leaves, she trips over a tree root and rips the skin on her knees and palms of her hands. Her eyes fill with tears as her animal friends run from her. "(1)An bhfuil tú ceart go leor?" A boy asks Bláthnaid, blushing and k...

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