Forward Emails (edition 2 and 3)

The Magic Paint
Once there was a girl who lived on the edge of a hill, alone only with her mother. Her father was buried on the bottom of the hill. The girl could see it out from her bedroom window. Everyday, she put a new flower on the grave and removed the dead or brown ones. With all the wear of the sea (and the girl hugging it) The stone was worn and tough. It also was a depressing color. So the girl saved seven nickles. (may I remind you they are very poor) and decided to buy some paint for the stone. With her nickles jingle jangling in her pocket, she went to the hardware store. All they had that she could afford was a teeny tiny size can of ugly brown paint. She would never waste her money on an ugly thing so she searched the store. They let her have an old plastic bucket for a nickle,and some drips of white paint for a penny (so she got a palm size of white paint). She went to the restaurant and they gave her old vegetable oil for a nickle.She grabbed a slender stick off the ground and poured her ingredients into the plastic pail and gave it a good stir.
she put some salt in there and a pinch of tooth paste in. She stirred it all up, but it was nothing. So, she gave it a hug and painted the stone. The paint never dried, but by the next week, the stone was gone.Maybe the paint dissolved it. She didn't know. Now nobody would know who her dad was.She glumly came home, disappointed.And when she walked through the door, She found her father sitting on the couch, petting the cat.She gave him a big hug and hid the paint can under her bed.

Nightmare Paint (the sequel to magic Paint)

Sofi and her friend, Tommy, wandered around the old reck site that sat on the side of a hill. Tommy's dad was part of the constuction crew so they were allowed on the site. Earlier that day, Tommy and Sophie were digging for old toys and stuff when they came across an empty coffin. It was odd to bury an empy coffin. There wasn't even a grave stone. So Tommy's dad left to bring the coffin who knows where. Sofi suggested they should search the house for stuff. There was a couple bowls in the kitchen, "They're worthless," Tommy said,"They are plastic and they still make these bowls today. They're identicle to our dishes." So they wandered to the living room and didn't find anything. They walked into the bathroom and found an icky hairbrush. "Now THAT'S worthless," Sofi said loudly. She tossed it out the window. They went through the house an found a doll who was clearly named Kiki,It said so on her tag. Sofi cuddled the doll, it was in great shape. One room last, the small bedroom. Sofi walked in first and held her nose. "EEEWWW! It smells like rotten eggs." Sofi said in disgust. Tommy walked in and his nose became stuffed. Sofi's eyes watered. "Weye id's domin' brom?" asked Tommy. Sofi found the source. A rotten paint can. She picked it up and was ready to toss it. Then Tommy said urgently,"Don't toss it! That's old fashion paint." "Its still wet." Sofi said in amazment. Tommy's stuffed nose became unstuffed.He opened the window and let the smell go out. After a while, Sofi mumbled,"Man am I sleepy.It's probably the paint." Tommy took a whiff of the paint and fell asleep. Tommy's head danced with the paint. The paint can grew eyes (this of course, is a dream.) and legs and pinched Tommy. Tommy ran into an old house and a giant bowling ball smashed it to pieces. He woke up, terrified. At the same time, Sofi dreamt she was playing baseball. She hit the ball through a window of an old house. She went in to retrieve it, and the building collasped on her. She woke up terrified and Tommy was already up. They remembered they were going to tear down the building. Tommy grabbed the paint and the two got out of there. Then the workers knocked down the building.The next day, Sofi took the paint to her house and hid it in her play shed and soon forgot about the paint.