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One day in Holland, on November 22nd, 1765, there was a family of four people - a 12-year old boy named Willem, another boy, 13 years old named Pieter, a doctor, 41 yrs. old, named Henk, and a teaacher, 41 yrs. old, named Katrina. This family was very brilliant and every Friday they would set up an assembly of dancers. At that time of year this Dutch family decided to have the assembly inside instead of outside. (This family wasn't sure of their last name, because their grandfather had died before he thought up a name. Their old name was, "Bading.")
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Chapter I: A Weird Walk in the Woods
One day at 2:30, Willem and Pieter went for a walk in the woods. Immediately Pieter spotted a tree with different colored marks etched in a circle on it. It looked at Pieter as if it were a rainbow, or one-hundred different colored crayons. Willem decided to be the person to figure out which it was, so he ran as fast as he could. When he got to the tree, a birch tree, he could see that one hundred and one butterflies were sitting in a circle and three hummingbirds were circling the tree at one hundred miles per hour! Quickly Willem tried to touch the tree, but then eight Dutch dancers came out of the tree, which was without doors. Willem didn't know how, but they just walked out of the tree! "Pieter!" cried Willem. "Help!" he cried even louder. "What!" asked Pieter after running as fast as he could over to the tree. "I - I don't know - ow what thi - this is!" shouted Willem frightfully. "What is?" asked Pieter. "I don't see anything." "Let's go home!" cried Willem.
Chapter II: An Unwelcome Visitor
Willem and Pieter went home, and when they did reach home it was nearly 5:00. Pieter and Katrina made spagetti, and Willem and Henk set the table and made asmall salad filled with lettuce and tomatoes. In five minutes dinner was ready. Willem, Pieter, Henk, and Katrina sat down, said a prayer, and ate their delicious dinner.
The next day Henk decided to walk in the woods. Henk was thinking of when he was a kid, when all of the sudden he started getting this clear picture in his mind about a kid he had known. Then he started seeing a picture of a man planning tricks to pull on kids. Just at that very moment, he saw that very man standing in front of him. "Who, Who are you?" Henk questioned. "Are you new?" "Are you good?" "Are you bad?" "Henk went on. Feeling wierd about saying that, Henk just simply asked, "Will you give me some identification?" "I realy can't." the man tried to say. But all that came out of his mouth was, "George, San Francisco, 24 years old. I work for Salmon Fu Shoe." Henk couldn't wait to see what this man did for a living. "Working for Salmon Fu Shoe? What a person to work for!" Henk thought. "What do you do for a living?" Henk asked. "Do you promise not to tell?" the man asked. "No." Henk whispered. Not noticing that Henk said "no" and thinking that he said "yes", the man said, "Hurting kids, and I am trying to urge the police to stop helping kids find their mothers, but they won't listen." "Why would you do that?" Henk questioned. "Well, I saw some kids and I think their names are Willem and Pieter. Yes, that was it! Willem and Pieter were tricked by a 3-D movie in the middle of the woods. And that was how I got started. Wasn't that a good joke?" "George, Willem and Pieter are my sons!" Henk cried
Chapter III: The Plan
Henk ran home and warned the rest of his family to be careful of Mr. George San Francisco. Then the Badings decided to have a meeting about being careful of him. "I know!" Katrina shouted. "We can stay out of the woods and we will stay inside all day!" "But what about the assembly?" asked Pieter. "I have an idea!" cried Pieter. "If Mr. San Francisco comes to the assembly, we will have the Dutch dancers dress up as monsters or mean creatures so that Mr. San Francisco will be afraid. We will also have the police come and watch so we can trap him on his way out. And then the police can capture him and take him to jail." "GRRRR-EAT!" Willem shouted. "I can hardly wait!" cried Katrina. "Let's have dinner!" Henk said cheerfully. "Let's have a vote!" Pieter suggested. "O.K.!" everyone shouted. "I'll hold it," Willem cried. "Who wants macaroni and cheese?" "Who wants - " "Willem, you must ask for five things to vote for first." Pieter complained. "O.K.," Willem said. "What vote, I mean what to have, Katrina?" "Pancakes." said Katrina. "What do you want, Henk?" "Macaroni and cheese." said Henk. "I want spagetti," said Willem. "What do you want, Pieter?" "Bacon and eggs," Pieter shouted." "Why did you shout?" asked Katrina. "I don't know," Pieter cried. "Who has any other suggestions" "Soup!" cried Henk. "Let's vote, Willem." Pieter said. "O.K." said Willem. "Who wants Pancakes?" asked Willem. "Who wants Macaroni and cheese?" "Who wants spaghetti?" "Who wants Bacon and eggs?" "Who wants soup?" "Soup wins!" cried Willem. "Katrina and I will make soup." said Henk. "willem and Pieter will make salads," said Henk. Again this night dinner was ready in five minutes. Henk, Katrina, Pieter, and Willem, sat down, said a prayer, and ate. Willem and Pieter went to bed right away and Katrina and Henk cleared off the dishes and went to bed.
Chapter IV
The next morning Willem and Katrina got up at 5:00 a.m. to make a net to trap George San Francisco. Henk and Pieter got up at 5:30 a.m. and make scary masks for the Dutch dancers. At 7:00 a.m. everything for the trick was set. At 8:00 a.m. They started the assembly and sure enough there was Mr. San Francisco. At first Mr. Ssan Francsico wasn't scared, but when those masks started moving they looked real. George leaped into the air and before he could say "oops" he was caught in the trap. The police caught him. And that was the end of Mr. G.F.S.
The End
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