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Sammy the Zebra - Isa Hasan
Sammy the Zebra
By Isa Hasan
6th Grade
Once upon a time, there lived a boy named Christopher. He had flowing purple
hair and always wore a sparkling pink shirt. He was born with purple hair. Everyone in
his family had purple hair. He was also as short as a mouse. He was 12 years old and in
sixth grade. Christopher was a quiet boy. He spoke so quietly that nobody could ever
hear him.
Christopher lived in New York with his parents. His mom’s name was Jenny and
his dad was Charlie. He had a sister named Luna. Luna was 8 years old. They lived on
Argument Street in a giant, brick house.
Christopher had a pet zebra named Sammy. Sammy had stripes, but his stripes
were different than other zebras’ stripes. His stripes were black and red. The black was a
spooky closet at night. The red was as deep as blood.
“They wanted to take him home.”
Sammy was from a zoo in Capetown, South Africa. Once, when Christopher was
ten years old, he and his family visited Africa on vacation. While they were there, they
went to a zoo on Chooey Island. Suddenly, they saw Sammy. They wanted to take him
home. He was so small and he was all alone without a family. His mother and father had
been shot by hunters. They asked permission from the zoo to take Sammy back home.
The zoo agreed.
Christopher liked do do fun things. One of his fun things was to play games.
Mostly with Sammy. Christopher enjoyed playing hide and seek. He especially loved to
play with remote control cars. Sammy enjoyed playing chase with Christopher. Sammy
would say, “Can we play behind the trees?” Christopher would reply, “Sure!” Sammy
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