The 2nd Ark

by Richard Peck

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It had been a long night for Samson, and the tears hadn’t stopped flowing for hours. Still wrapped in his plaid pajamas, he had been scooped up by the large blue alien hands and carried away from his screaming parents. He thrashed at the thick bodied being with every insult he knew, including the ever classic, “snot sucking kumquat!” as he was carried aboard the massive starship that seemed to have crushed a few houses in its landing.

Samson was locked in a small cage in a room on the ship. On his right, was a cage that held, to samson’s surprise, a polar bear, and on his right, a cage holding a lion. As he looked around the room in amazment, he saw more cages, all of different sives. A squirel, a zebra, a platypus, an elephant, and many others.

His scanning eyes found a small port hole on the white walls, through which he saw Earth from a thousand miles away. Soon the window was no more than a drop of black ink as his new unkown home sailed away into space.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

  1. The 2nd Ark

    Richard Peck's Buddy Icon Richard Peck

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    What do the words Kumquat, Platypus, starship, ink, and plaid have in common, I ask myself. Simple! A mad kid in pajamas forced to board the 2nd “Noah’s Arch” that heads off into space!!!

  2. The 2nd Ark

    //miss mia//'s Buddy Icon //miss mia//

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    WOW ! amazing. haha…. i read the challenge you kno, and thought to myself, i need to read a story with these words in it. i can only imagine how hard it would be to put together a story like that. and now here i sit dumbfounded. good job.

  3. The 2nd Ark

    Richard Peck's Buddy Icon Richard Peck

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Thank-you Mia!

  4. The 2nd Ark

    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted 11 months ago

    Haha, great job, Mr. Peck! Isn’t it “ark” though?

  5. The 2nd Ark

    Laine P. Grey's Buddy Icon Laine P. Grey

    Posted 11 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Teehee.

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