First Place - TRW Creative Writing Contest

It was a bright, cold day in April

and the clocks were striking thirteen

a cat was howling at the lazy sun

while the children waded into the warm arctic water

as their mothers watched and sipped warm coca-cola

the fathers were off at their normal jobs

fishing for pandas

the sun goes down quickly

as the iceberg community goes back to their homes

made of Lego's

as they greet their pet grizzly bears

and feed him walrus tongue and birds feet

then they settle in for their meal of fried worms

outside a flying seal pecks at the house

and the family laughs

and goes into their comfortable beds

made of marshmallows

while they count penguins

as they fall into a deep sleep

written by Eric, Ramapo High School