Domanik Research Paper

Anna loves her family and figure skating and all of her friends at school.

One beautiful summer morning, Shayla the sheep was running around the grassy pasture with all of her best sheep friends and talking about life. All of a sudden, a sheep dog came running and chased them around. When they were in the other pen, Shayla said to her friends, "I wish I were a sheep dog." Her friends called her crazy.
The next morning, she tried being a sheep dog, but the other sheep were not afraid of another sheep. The other sheep laughed for a long time. Shayla felt so embarrassed, so she left.
She saw the beautiful horses, so she tried being a horse, because she thought nothing could go wrong. Shayla thought wrong, because at eating time, she spat out

the oats in front of all the horses. Again, she was extremely embarrassed.
Later that day, she went to the barn and saw a cat. Shayla said, "Wow, she is pretty." But it turned out the cat was a boy. But did Shayla care? No, she didn't, because she had been through worse. The cat just started to walk out the barn and climbed up a tree. Shayla tried to follow him, but she couldn't climb trees. The cat told all of his friends the entire story. She felt extremely embarrassed and useless. Full of embarrassment, she very slowly walked back to the pasture.
The next morning, the farmer came out to shear the sheep. He had a wool hat and a nice wool shirt. Shayla said to herself, "Wow. Is that wool? That is so cool! Maybe being a sheep is awesome after all." The other animals really wanted to be a sheep too.
Later that day, Shayla bravely told her friends the story. Her friends wondered if they could be cows. Shayla nervously said, "Bye, good luck."
When they got back, she heard some awesome, crazy stories. After a week, the farmer was missing at least forty out of one hundred sheep. After a month, Shayla had listened to many, many stories. The farm was one of the craziest farms in the world.

Grant was born on September 27, 2007. Grant became interested in reading and writing after he was asked to read the first book of Harry Potter, a few months before going to visit "The Making of Harry Potter" studio tour in London, England, in 2015.

It was a stormy, cold night in Jan, 3017 A.D. Four children were hiding from war. They went into the wall because it was safe.
One child stumbled on a weird, glowing cube. They said, "Huh! What is that?"
Brody, with all his might, ripped it out of the ground. Everyone peered at it.
Later, they found more! Altogether, they found four blocks. Brody ripped all of them with all of his might. After, they thought of a plan.
They ran to Professor Albert. On the way, they heard gunshots, explosions, and ear-splitting screams. They all thought, Is my family safe? Professor Albert was living in Cybertron, so they had to run through robots, killer death machines, and much more. They ran as fast as they could, and they finally reached him.
Professor Albert examined the blocks carefully. “Fantastic!” he exclaimed with joy. “I think these might be the mythical blocks from the legend of Mesopotamia over 6,000 years ago.”
The world had not been the same since 2100 A.D. Cybertron was the side of the world where technology ruled. They only cared about computers, cell phones, and online stuff. Families in Cybertron never spent time with one another. They were too busy to care. Coventry was the other side of the world that was only concerned with “all natural” and organic stuff. People there never trusted others. The two sides were so different that they had wars for close to a thousand years. Innocent people had been killed by soldiers trying to take over the other side.
The wall was a barrier between the two sides. It was made of old, abandoned warehouses. Inside, there were neglected and broken devices. People from each side often hid in the wall for protection. The children were able to play when there were no soldiers around.
“I got it!” Professor Albert shouted. “Once the blocks are assembled, a magical, bright light will shine into the sky. When people see it, they will be reminded of the importance of love and peace!”
Since Professor Albert’s hands were too big and shaky, he instructed the children how to carefully assemble the blocks. Then everything the professor predicted came true.
Over the next few days, people noticed the light all over the world. Gradually people started talking to each other and even trusted one another. After that, people from the two sides wanted to communicate with one another. They took the materials from the barrier and recycled them.
Thanks to the four children and Professor Albert, love and peace in the world was restored once again, and the two sides of the world were reunited.

Nora was born in January 2007. She lived in Ontario and then moved to Alberta. Nora loves gymnastics, and her favourite colour is blue. She has three younger sisters.

One hot day in the savannah, there lived an ungrateful elephant named Elizabeth. Elizabeth had a problem. She thought being an elephant was horrible because elephants are humongous.
One day, she had an idea. What if I try to be a lion? Lions are great because they are called the kings of the jungle, she thought, and off she went.
The herd of lions were in the middle of a feast, so she joined them. When she tried the meat, it was disgusting! So she went home.
Elizabeth was still not satisfied being an elephant, so she decided to be a zebra, because they have beautiful stripes. So she found a herd, and they were just finishing their break from running. When she joined them, they started running and so did she, but she tripped on her big feet and fell. She tried to get up, but she got trampled by all the other zebras. When they finally stopped, she got up and headed home, sad.
"Well, I better just give up . . . after I give it one more try!" said Elizabeth. "Hmmm, hey, look at the giraffes over there. I'm going to join them."
When Elizabeth got there, she saw them eating the freshest leaves from the top of the tree. Elizabeth stopped and thought to herself, What if this doesn't work? But it has to! I love leaves, so why not try. So Elizabeth skipped over to join them. She asked the giraffes if she could join them. Then the mother giraffe said in a soft voice, "Go ahead, dear, we don't mind."
"Thank you very much," said Elizabeth. So Elizabeth reached up and . . . realized, My neck is to short to reach the greenest leaves! "Thank you, Mrs. Giraffe, but I lost my apatite tonight.”
"No worries, dear," said Mother Giraffe. So Elizabeth walked home to go to bed.
Elizabeth had just closed her eyes when she heard a racket, so she got up and looked out her window and saw a humongous wildfire! Elizabeth ran outside and started to panic but stopped suddenly, realizing, I could use my trunk! So she ran over to her family watering hole and sucked up as much water as possible and squirted all the water onto the fire and repeated that several times until it was completely out. "Hooray for Elizabeth!" yelled the other animals, and suddenly she felt special.
Later that night, Elizabeth realized that she was special just the way she was and being an elephant was the best animal for her, and she never wanted to be anything else ever again.

Shae loves the colour blue, and her favourite food is watermelon. She has two pets. Shae likes to read and play.

Once on a sunny day in a backyard, Cream the rabbit thought to herself, I wish I was something different because no one likes me.
Then she tried to be a dog, but it didn't work because she couldn’t pant like a dog or bark. When she tried, she fell in a mud puddle. She didn't care, so her sisters laughed at her, and she ran away mad.
She tried to be a cat. She tried to meow, and she couldn't. Then she ran back to her sisters, and she yelled, "I’m a cat!" After that, her sister offered her a carrot pie, and then she licked the frosting. Her sister pushed the pie in her face. Then she stomped off madly. "You go to your room now!" Then Cream was happy, and she skipped off.
She went to the park with her friends. They all went to Cream's cabin, and they all got ready for a party. All of them yelled, "I'm soooo excited!" They all skipped to the party happily. They all had swimming suits on, and they all jumped into the pool, screaming, “Cannonball."
They all went back to Cream's cabin, and they all had supper at Cream's cabin. Then, for dessert, they had carrot cake, and they all had a sleepover at Cream's cabin.
They decided, “Let's all try to be a butterfly!” Then Cream tried, and she couldn't fly or collect nectar, and she felt embarrassed because her friends could all be butterflies and she couldn’t. Then her sister came in, and they said bye to their friends because they had to go home.
Then Cream and her sister met her friends at the park, and they played a quick game. Cream was “it,” and she tagged her friend and her friend was “it.” Her friend was about to tag Cream when her mom called her, and she went home.

Travis was born in 2007. He lives in Farmington, BC. Travis enjoys playing outside and loves playing hockey. He has a pet cat named Bart. Travis loves his family.

One day, I was playing outside. I heard this sound. It sounded like a deep growl. I went towards it and saw a gigantic, round shape that was brown. It looked like a bear, but I wasn't sure. I freaked out.
I ran to hide, but the next thing I knew, it was clawing at me! I felt this jabbing pain in my back. I thought I was going to die.
Then I woke up in the hospital. I was scared. There were scars all over my face. I looked around, and I saw Lane and my mom. They said I'd been in the hospital for three days.
After a couple of weeks, I went home and went to bed. I woke up when I heard this screeching on my window. I got up from my bed, looked out my window, and there it was: the bear! I couldn't fall asleep, so I went to lie on the couch.
When I woke up the next morning, I told my dad all about what had happened. He grabbed his gun, and he went looking for it behind our house. He saw something brown. He was getting ready to shoot it, when it tried to attack him. Bam! Dad shot his gun. He came to the house and told me the bear was dead. I was so happy, because tonight, I would be able to sleep.

Evany was born in Lethbridge, AB. She loves all animals but is especially fond of cats and kittens. Evany likes to play Minecraft and play outside racing her friends. Her favourite colour is teal, and her favourite food is seaweed. Evany enjoys reading and writing stories.

One day, a girl named Chloe was just walking down a path. It was pouring out, and all she had was a little umbrella. But then, she noticed that she was wearing a little metal keychain on her necklace. Suddenly, a huge stroke of lighting struck her, and she fell to the ground.
She awoke in curiosity. There were no bruises or scrapes. “Hmm,” she said. All that had really happened was her hair had static. So, she got up, fluffed up her hair, and wondered. Suddenly, she tripped over a tiny rock. “Ow!” she said. ''Phew, that could have gone worse," she said. She saw another big rock. She went to jump over it, but instead, she flew. "What's going on?" she said. She moved while she was in the air, and her hair had a lot of static. Chloe was scared. What's really going on? she thought. She jumped down and she went to see Dr. Spits.
''Doctor, what's wrong with me?" she asked.
"Not sure, Chloe. I'm so sorry," replied the doctor. So she went home in tears.
Her mom asked, "Oh my, why are you crying, pumpkin? Did you get cut?”
“No, I'm fine,” Chloe said, sniffle.
“No, you’re not fine. I just heard you sniffle," answered Mom. Suddenly, she sped like lightning into her room. Her mom called Dr. Spits. "Something's wrong with Chloe."
“I know,” said the doctor. “She came to me earlier.”
“What? She didn't tell me," Mom gasped. "Okay, bye. I'll go talk to her.”
“Talk to you later, bye."
"Chloe, something's wrong?” Mom inquired. “Tell me what's wrong."
“Fine. Somehow, I got struck by lighting!" Chloe yelled.
"Well, then, how are you not hurt?"
“That's the problem, I don't know."
“Hmm, well, something's wrong with you or you wouldn't be pouty. Well, everything does seem normal."
“I can fly, is that normal?”
“Calm down, I'm here, you’re fine. Listen, I'm gonna go pick some berries. Do you wanna come?” Mom asked.
“No!” screamed Chloe.
“Okay, okay, calm, remember?" Mom suggested. “I'll go by myself. See you later. Bye!"
So Mom went outside and the storm was still on, and she was always wearing metal bracelets. Suddenly, lighting struck. She fell. Chloe looked out the window. “Mom!” she screamed as she ran outside. “Mom, wake up! Mom!” Chloe dragged her inside.
As she woke, Chloe made her a nice cup of lavender tea. “Are you okay, Mom?"
“I feel fine,” replied Mom.
So from that day on, they never spoke of their powers. They lived their days at home, never speaking of anything ever again.

Katie likes the colour pink. She likes to swing, draw, and paint. Katie loves to sing. She lives in the Dawson Creek area, BC.

“My name is Sam the mermaid cat. I have a brother named Jeff. We are not good friends. In fact, I'm not even sure he knows that I'm his sister!" Sam said to the class. She knew what they were thinking, they loved it not!
It was recess and Sam was playing on the swing with her best friend, Kemp. "Sam, is that your brother going to the principal's office?" said Kemp.
"Yes!" said Sam. They jumped off the swing and ran to the principal, Mrs. T!
"Mrs. T! What's going on?" asked Kemp.
"Yeah!" said Sam.
"Your brother is suspended for destroying school property by painting on the walls," said Mrs. T.
Since Sam's brother got suspended, Sam has a lot of free time. It was the final month of suspension for Jeff. It was the school games. (The school games were when the entire school picked a team to compete for the school that they went to.) Sam and Kemp were on one team, and Jeff was on the other.
When the games started, Sam saw Jeff. Sam said, “Jeff, what are you doing here? You are suspended, and that's not our team jersey. Did you go to a different school?"
"Duh, and we're going to win!" said Jeff.
Sam ran over to her team and said, "Jeff went to another school!"
“What? Are you kidding? Oh my gosh, you aren't kidding," said Mom.
The first game was about to begin. The first game was sea soccer. Kemp won!
The next game was mission sea squad. Jeff won that game!
The next game was the big obstacle course. The first thing you needed to do was get past the field of squid ink. Then you had to swim over the jellyfish gorge. And then it was the two-hour ski hill race.
“Ready, set, go!'' Jeff was in the lead, and Kemp kicked him over. Kemp was now in the lead, but she couldn’t swim very well. “Help me, help me!" Kemp cried.
Sam swooped over and said, ''Give me your hand."
"What? You want me to cut off my hand?" said Kemp.
"No, I want you to grab my hand," said Sam.
The two friends went to the giant ski hill. Jeff was just about to win, but Sam swooped right over him and won the school games. Jeff was expelled, grounded, and home-schooled for the rest of his life.

Lily is ten years old, and her favourite sports are soccer and basketball. She has two kittens named Lola and Bree. Lily loves animals and holidays. She has great friends.

At a farm house near Seattle, Washington, just outside of a small town, there was a farm with a beautiful stallion roaming the fields. The stallion's name was Emma. Emma had trouble with the other animals because they were terrified of her. She always had trouble with Charlotte the chicken. Eventually, an idea came to mind, a good one . . . to be a new animal. She wanted to be different, so the other animals wouldn’t be scared of her. It was the perfect plan. So she thought until she decided to be. . . .
A Great Dane, because they are a strong and fierce, and there was a Great Dane on the farm. His name was Buster; he was scared of Emma too.
Later that day, Emma trotted to the house porch where Buster lay, very comfortable, and said, “Hey, Buster."
"Uhh, hi, please don't hurt me. I have been a very good dog, I promise."
"Oh no, silly, I would never hurt you. I just need to ask a question."
"Thank you, so what do you need?"
"All the animals in the barn are scared of me. I thought you could help me change into a Great Dane like you.”
"Ahh, are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm really sure."
"Sorry, but I have no time for such nonsense. I have to take care of the farm."
"Oh, okay."
Her plan A was an absolute failure. She only had a few more chances to make it work. "I know what! I can be a bald eagle." But there was a problem, Emma was big! And she couldn’t fly for a long period of time. So that was scratched out.
"Okay, this has to work or they will hate me forever. I can't let that happen." So she got to it. She decided to try to master the dairy cow. But that, of course, fails incredibly, just because she couldn't give milk.
Later that evening in the crisp air, Emma was strolling in the green fields. She felt sad. Then there was a big bang, she felt something was wrong. Emma ran across the field and saw a terrible accident happened.
The farmer had a heart attack. The wife needed to take him to the hospital, so she saddled up Emma the horse and rode to the hospital.
A few months later, Emma was trotting and saw all the animals making a scene. So she galloped away. A miracle happened! All the animals weren't scared, because when she took the farmer to the hospital, the animals saw that Emma was a nice horse, after all. At that moment, she realized, I like myself just the way I am, with my best friend, Charlotte.

Domanik has four sisters and five brothers.

He was born on February 8, 2006, and lives in Farmington, BC. Domanik likes to play video games and read books about dragons. He also loves the games Blockheads and Minecraft. Domanik’s family has four dogs, two cats, and two rats.

Once upon a time, there was a fourteen-year-old kid named Flig. He always wanted a pig, but he would never, ever be able to get a pig. He always knew that every time he would try to save up, he would get about three dollars and seventy-five cents.
One day, Flig found a flyer that said there was pigs for sale. He asked his mother for a pig, and she said no. He asked his father for a pig, and he said no. After that, he didn't know what to do. He thought, and he thought, but he still didn't know what to do.
After a few days, Flig had an idea. He was going to find a job, but since he lived in Villton, in the country, he needed someone to drive him to town so he could go to work. But he would have to ask his parents if he could have a job before he did anything else.
When he went to ask, his mother was the only one at home because his dad was at work. His mom said yes, he could have the job. He was so excited because now he could earn money to get his

pig.