The Great Pencil Escape

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THE GREAT PENCIL ESCAPE A coloring book Story by Lola Skipper Brought to life by The PARAGRAPH Project

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This book was produced in partnership with The Brier Creek Publishing Hangar and Lulu.com. The Brier Creek Publishing Hangar is a pilot program at Brier Creek Elementary that affords its students the opportunity to publish professional quality books. For more information on how to set up a similar program in your child's school, please visit www.lulu.com/aspiringauthors.

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THE GREATPENCIL ESCAPEA coloring bookStory by Lola SkipperBrought to life by The PARAGRAPH Project

THE GREATPENCIL ESCAPE

Story by Lola Skipper

Brought to life by The PARAGRAPH Project

Text © 2008 Lola Skipper

Illustration © 2008 The PARAGRAPH Project

© 2008 All rights reserved.

Printed in the United States of America

Published by The Brier Creek Publishing Hangar

Editorial Director: Valerie Hemmerly

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First published in 2008.

No part of this publication may be used or reproduced, stored

in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means,

electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise,

without prior permission from the publisher.

FIRST EDITION

This book began in the mind of a third grader and was brought to life with the

help of her teacher and The PARAGRAPH Project. As a company that rejects the

notion that only specialized degrees and years of industry experience lead to

brilliant ideas, The PARAGRAPH Project was honored to help turn a little girl’s

imagination into a fun storybook that can be shared with people throughout the

world. This book is a testament to the creative spirit that lives within all of us.

We hope you enjoy it.

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My name is Lola and

I’m in the third grade.

I want to tell you a story

about my favorite pencil,

Wilson. Of course, I didn’t

always know his name

was Wilson. In fact, I didn’t

even know he could talk.

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It all started one day last

fall when I came home

from my aunt’s house and

sat at my desk to do some

homework. It was just

like any other normal day.

But this day I realized my

favorite pencil was gone!

I wondered aloud, “Where

has that pencil gone? Has

it grown arms and legs and

run away?”

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It was my favorite

pencil because it looked

different from any other

pencil in my pencil cup.

It had bright, swirly colors

all over it. All the other

pencils looked plain and

boring but this one looked

fun and free-spirited.

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Ha! Ha!

Suddenly, I looked out

my window and caught a

faint glimpse of my pencil

dancing in the sunlight.

He yelled, “Ha, ha! You’ll

never catch me!”

I was shocked! Not only

could my pencil run but

he could talk! Quietly I

raced down the stairs,

my heart pounding, flung

open the door calling to

mom saying that I was

going out to play. To the

pencil I shouted, “I’ll

catch you!”

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I chased him all over

town and into a bakery.

I asked the chef behind

the counter if she had seen

a pencil running around.

She looked at me as if I

was crazy, shrugged her

shoulders and said, “no.”

Then, out of the corner of

my eye I saw him standing

on top of a birthday cake

pretending to be one of

the candles. Once he saw

me look at him, he jumped

off and ran out the door.

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I followed him into

a doctor’s office across

the street. He ran past

the woman at the counter

looking for a place to hide.

I lost sight of him for a

brief second. I went down

the hall and peered into

one of the rooms and

saw him. My favorite

pencil was sitting in

a glass jar with all the

tongue depressors.

He was way too colorful

to hide in there.

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So he climbed out and ran

as fast as he could down

the street to the Chinese

restaurant. There were

lots of people eating

dinner and with all the

commotion I was afraid

I wouldn’t be able to

find him. I thought I had

lost him for good. All of

a sudden, I heard a loud

scream. A man just realized

that one of his chopsticks

was actually a pencil… my

pencil! He dropped the

pencil on the floor and it

rushed out the door.

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I screamed one more time,

“Come back, come back!”

It was too late. My pencil

had hopped onto the bus

and it sped off into the

distance.

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A few weeks later, I got

a letter in the mail. It was

from my pencil. He told

me he was sorry he ran

away. Wilson was tired of

being stuffed into a pencil

cup all day and wanted to

find a place where pencils

could run around and be

free. I don’t know the name

of that place, but it sounds

like fun. He gets to play

with other pencils all day

long. His favorite game

is hide-and-seek. But he’s

still not very good at it.

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I’m sad Wilson left but

I’m happy he is having

fun. I also realized that

I shouldn’t have chased

after him. I have lots of

nice pencils at home.

I should enjoy all of

them. Spending so

much time chasing

one pencil was foolish.

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The End.

This book was produced in partnership with The Brier Creek Publishing Hangar

and Lulu.com. The Brier Creek Publishing Hangar is a pilot program at Brier Creek

Elementary that affords its students the opportunity to publish professional

quality books. For more information on how to set up a similar program

in your child's school, please visit www.lulu.com/aspiringauthors.

THE GREAT PENCIL ESCAPEStory by Lola Skipper | Brought to life by The PARAGRAPH Project