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The Disney Disaster Written By: Joey Torres Illustrated By: Joey Torres 5th Grade Teacher: Mrs. Stambol Durling Middle School March 22, 2011 I dedicate this book to my mom because she is awesome and nice. She is the one who gave me the idea. Chapter 1: The Woods The cold autumn breeze swept in Joey’s face. He had been hiking for hours. His pack started to feel 30 pounds heavier. He was wearing a brown hoody and some black hiking boots. His pants were dark brown. He’d always wore dark clothes because he liked hiking. He was also having trouble breathing because he has asthma. He quickly opened his pack and drank the last drop of his water. He was a tall boy. Strong too, But he was not very fast. It was freezing cold and Joey only had his little hoody on. Then suddenly he heard a noise, it sounded like twigs snapping! He quickly rummaged through his pack and took out his map. He realized he was on the hillside path. He’d run away because his parents were fighting yet again. He lived in an hillside estate in a house that just dazzled other people. Anyway, the twigs snapping got louder. Joey just stood there and hoped for the best. “Son?” Joey knew that voice it was his dad. “Get away from me!” Joey replied as he sprinted away. He could feel the cold wind in his face as he sprinted away from his dad. His feet started to ache. They couldn’t hold him anymore. He stumbled down to the ground. He’d fell because his body felt as heavy as an elephant. The last thing he saw was his dad on his cell phone calling an ambulance. Than everything went black. Chapter 2: Hospital Joey woke up in a hospital bed. Great he thought now I’m in this stupid hospital again. This is supposed to be the hospital that only “special” people go to. Or at least that’s what his mom said. Then he heard a voice from outside. “Look I know this kid is well um… sort of off but-” “THAT KID? THAT KID? IS THAT HOW YOU ADDRESS ALL OF YOUR PATIENTS? THAT KID HAS A NAME. HIS NAME IS JOEY SANTIAGO AND THAT KID HAPPENS TO BE OUR SON! AND YOU MR… FACE SHALL NOT CALL HIM ANY LESS THAN JOEY SANTIOGO!” “Well, I’m sorry if I disturbed, you but your son-”. Joey’s dad glares at the doctor. - “Joey.” The doctor corrects. He has a very interesting case, um he actually doesn’t have asthma he has the… more like opposite of it. He can run for very long periods of time without stopping. How did this happen?” “Well, um he actually he ran away from home…” “Really? Why?” “I reckon that’s none of your business!” The doctor held his hands up in surrender. “I’m very sorry it was a personal question.” “Look, me and my wife had a little argument, Ok?” “Oh, ok well that’s nothing to be ashamed of, ” said the doctor. “Well are you going to keep him over night?” “We are going to have to just in case anything happens.” “Ok thank you for your help and sorry for yelling at you like that…Doctor.” “Your very welcome and it’s quite alright.” The next morning Joey was packing his things to go home. Maby, just maybe his parents would let him get the new video game that came out today. His mother walked in. “Hey, you ready to go?” “Yup” Joey said. Chapter 3 The Big News When they got home Joey went strait to his room to play his new video game. “Joey wait before you go to play your Xbox 360, me and my dad want to tell you something.” “Come on mom!” “This will only take a second!” Joey walked to the couch and plopped himself down. “Joey, We’ve been thinking…” “Uh huh?” Joey said. “What would you say if I told you we were going to… Disney land? In California?” “Woo hoo” Joey said sarcastically. “Can I go play my game now?” “Of course you can” His mother said. Why would they want to take me to Disney land? Why would I want to go to Disney land? Joey thought, do they think I’m stupid? Oh Joey to make up for me and your dad being stupid were going to waist our money on you and go to Disney Land! Joey walked into his room and turned on his computer to play his new video game. As the Xbox 360 turned on he thought about how much fun his parents think he’ll have at Disney Land. The 360 was on and the game was loading on the screen, Joey had to play while he could because tonight he had to start packing. Chapter 4: Flight Maybe it was just him but Joey and planes did not go together. Every time he got on a plane he seemed to just freak out. As Joey got out of the car the cold breeze sent a chill up his spine. “What if the plane runs out of fuel and crashes?” Joey said. “That is very highly unlikely, you see they fill up the tank when they land and we might stop on the way to refuel so the…” his dad kept going and going on abut how the first plane was made out of this material called paper Mache and had no cockpit. As they walked in, a baggage martial stepped in front of them. “Hey folks, you know that there might be a terrorist on the plane your flying on. And he might blow up the plane!” Joey almost did a flip. “What are you talking about!?” “I’m messing with you, smile a little bit it’s good for you kid” Joey ‘s dad stepped in. “How dare you go and try to scare a child like that! It’s very rude and childish!” “Well, I’m sorry if I frightened you. I will give you a five dollar discount on your baggage today sir” “Well, Ok” They passed through security, no problem. Slipped into McDonalds for a quick bite to eat. They were at the terminal in at least 30 minutes, and when there section and row were called they got on the plane. Joey got out his Nintendo dsi. “Hello, this is your captain speaking this flights length will be approximately 2,500 miles. The flight will be at least 6 hours long we ask you at this time to buckle your seatbelts and sit back in your seats as we begin accelerating. Thank you and have a very nice day and enjoy your flight. Thank you for flying American Airlines” Joey was holding on to the seat the whole time the plane was taking off. Chapter 5: Going Down About half way through the flight. The plane started shaking. “Um folks this is your pilot speaking, we are going to experience some turbulence here so we ask you to please fasten your seatbelts” “What’s turbulence mom?” Joey said. “It’s when the plane goes through wind streams high in the sky and the plane shakes.” “Oh” Joey said. Just then the planes altitude started to drop. Joey gripped the side of his chair and prayed that he was dreaming. The last thing he heard was the pilot “say brace for impact”. Then there was a crash. Chapter 3: Crash site Joey woke up in his seat. His seatbelt was still on. He un cliked it. He started to walk around. Did that really just happen? Joey thought. He started to look for his parents. "Mom? Dad? Where are you?" Joey screamed at the top of his lungs. "Looking for your mom and dad?" a crippley voice said. "Huh? wha... what? Joey stuttered. "Come with me About the Author My name is Joey Torres. I was born in Cleveland, Ohio. The reason I chose this topic is I read a week in the woods and it inspired me. My family lives in Lorain, Ohio. I live with my grandparents most of the time, but on the weekends I go to my mom’s house. I have 1 dog he is a German Shepard his name is Rocky. In the fall I like to bowl in a league. In the summer I like to play Baseball. I like to play black ops zombies in my spare time because it is awesome and bloody. My favorite part about making a book is the typing because I like typing.