Vertical Pop

• Madelyn Harper, Grade 4
• Short Story
• 2009

I woke up. My dad opened the door and said,"We are going to finish our fishing trip." So dad and I went fishing.My friend Jade came too.

Jade and I went down to the water and fished. Jade hooked a fish but the fish pulled her into the river. "Help!" she screamed as I grabbed hold of her hands and began pulling her out of the water.

On Jade's leg there was a Vertical Pop. A Vertical Pop has eight legs and is pink and purple. It is a creature that lives in a river.

I pulled the Vertical Pop off Jade's leg and put it in a jar. We went home.

Jade's mum took her to the doctors.

One week later Jade's leg was better. It was sharing time at school so we shared the Vertical Pop with our class. Jade's leg began to hurt. "My leg," screamed Jade, "it is hurting."
"Jade , you'll be fine," said the teacher, "your doctor said so!"

The next day my friend Ally said,"She's fine."

One month later Jade came to my house and we fed the Vertical Pop some fruit. Jade said, "We'll have to give you a name. I know, you're going to be known as popcorn from now on."

"Call the petshop to check what else we can feed Popcorn."
"He eats books o.k. He eats food and soft drink too. He eats CD's and clocks. Popcorn eats everything!"

Jade and I made the Vertical Pop, I mean Popcorn, our pet from that day onwards.