The five barefoot children squeal with laughter and chase each other around a huge, jagged red rock. The wind kicks up dust and blows the tumbleweed. Then a little girl screams in terror.
The kids stop playing, and their giggles turn into shrieks of horror.
The ground rumbles and rolls before heaving violently. The children scurry every which way in panic. They don't know what to do or where to go. The earth cracks open, and the ground directly under their feet tilts so steeply that the fear-stricken children slide toward a gaping hole.
Clawing desperately at the dirt, they tumble into the darkness. The little gap-toothed boy with the silver bull-shaped belt buckle is the last to slip away. With cruel swiftness, the ground closes up. All that marks the spot where the kids are swallowed up is the top third of the red rock.
A long time passes before construction begins on a building. The workers decide not to removed the jagged boulder, so they build the foundation around it. The building is two stories tall, with white stucco walls and red barrel tile. It is called Red Rock Elementary.
Over the years, the spirits of the five children find joy and comfort inside the walls of the school. They thrive from the creative energy of its students and teachers. But then the peace becomes shattered by the roar of bulldozers and the crashing of walls.
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Stories From Other Books (the kind you hold)
DiversosThese are stories or poems that I have found from either books or other online websites. I can't give credit to any of them because I can't remember where I got them from, but they aren't mine. I wrote all of them down a long time ago, and I'll put...
