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KidzEra is an awesome website to go on. It lets kids of all ages play, have fun and express themselves. I think it is a perfect place for kids that can’t get on Facebook and other social networking sites to have fun! Submitted by: jayjay7853
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Here at KidzEra HQ, we are also super excited for the return of summer!
KidzEra is an amazing magazine! It really gets kids to be creative and so much talent is shared. What I really just want would be more pages!! I can’t get enough of this magazine and I feel that it should show more things. Nevertheless, it is GREATTTT :) OH OH and shouldn’t there be a TeenzEra for high school students? :D
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I think that I would like to thank KidzEra for making such a wonderful site. I now even spend more time on KidzEra than work! Please let KidzEra continue the fun! And I had an idea: maybe KidzEra could make one more project and call it Goofiness. You could type in what happened to you that was so goofy. What do you think? Submitted by: SailorJupiter
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Panda T-shirt Story submitted by: kiama234
I looked at the grey clouds outside the glass window, my short cotton arms tired of hanging in the air. My neck-collar was being hung with a plastic hanger, my hollow body was getting cold, and my belly was graffiti-ed with cartoon pandas. Yes, I am a T-shirt. Cotton is my name, Cotton Converse Myers. Ding! Ding! Finally! A customer! He was heading my direction! Is this it? My chance to leave? His eyes looked tempted to buy me! He reached for the hanger, but I was wrong! He didn’t touch me. He felt and touched Nylon Ducky Myers, the most smallest baby jumpsuit in Myers! She wasn’t even branded! How could he choose that blue pale thing over me, an elegant white shirt with pandas?!
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Suddenly, a foreign woman walked in. She looked with squinty yet alert eyes, as if she was spying on the manager. She spotted a spider from the other end of the corridor, stood up and screamed,“AHHHHHH!! A spider!” Her scream echoed through the shop. Will this day ever end? Will I ever be sold? Probably not for a million years! I thought to myself. Then, in walked a tall, thin girl with a panda hat, a panda-like bag, a pair of panda shorts, panda earrings, panda printed shoes, panda sunglasses and a panda tattoo! Something didn’t look right on her—there was no panda T-shirt! I knew this was my chance. After all, that ragged singlet she was wearing didn’t fit her. It look so... so... what’s the word...UGLY! This is my chance, I thought to myself. She slowly slid towards me, took me off the hanger by my collar and said “Yes!! This is the one! My ultimate shirt!” “Such beautiful words!” I heard Nylon Zara Myers say. “Bye!” shouted Silk Gap Myers. “I will miss you... NOT!” Shouted my enemy, Snakeskin No-Brand Myers. “I’ll see you around sometime,” said my bestie, Polyester Converse Myers. I shouted: “I’ll miss you guys! I hope you get sold soon! Except for you, Snakeskin. You’re a coward.” I feel so happy! I love my life! I’m finally SOLD!!!! Letter
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Wash Wish Dish Story submitted by: creativegirlever
Once upon a time there was a hideous, old woman. She was a dowager and lost everything when her house was burnt to ashes in a terrible fire. The old woman was shattered about her loss. She decided to become a beggar so she could have enough food to eat. The widow found a dirty dish when she was out begging for food one day. She said to herself, “I will use this dish to beg.” She walked up the hill with the dish in her hands and she washed it in the well up on the grassy knoll near her begging spot. While she was washing the dish, it started to speak to her. It said, “I am a wishing dish. If you wish for something when you are washing me, your wishes will come true!” The widow was over the moon; she could not believe her ears. She kept on washing and wishing until she had her old house back and everything else she needed for a life filled with happiness and home comforts. The widow had a daughter called Diana, who made beautiful crafts, books and paintings. She sold them by her house in the field, near the town gates. It was next to the forest where there was a wonderful spring waterfall and big trees which gave ripe, juicy fruits. The forest was magnificent and quite spectacular. Anyone who stepped into it could feel and understand all of nature’s beauty, strength and power. Now, unfortunately, Diana was just as ugly as her mother. But she was very intelligent. She could read, write and create the most amazing things to sell. She could also cook wonderful sorts of food and kept her house spick and span. She was caring, thoughtful and kind to everyone. Diana was truly golden-hearted, but because of how she looked, nobody would marry her. The widow had asked the magic dish to make her daughter beautiful, but the dish said she would lose all her wonderful qualities if the old woman wished for beauty. The old woman loved her daughter’s golden heart too much to make this wish. One day, when the old woman was going for a walk, she overheard someone saying the prince was very sick and whoever could cure him would be offered his hand in marriage. This gave the old woman an idea. She immediately went to her daughter’s house and told her that she was to go to the palace and tell the king she could to cure the prince. “You shall go to the prince’s room where you will wash the wishing dish. You will wish for the prince to be cured of his illness. After that, you must tell the king that the prince is cured and ask for the prince’s hand in marriage as your reward.” Diana listened carefully to what her mother said and the following morning Diana set off for the palace. She wore a silky velvet cloak to hide her face so nobody could see how ugly and hideous she was. She took a brown basket which contained the enchanted dish and some food to eat on her long journey, as the palace was very far from where Diana lived. After a while, Diana stopped to eat her breakfast, then she kept walking...
to be continued...
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Yellow Cat submitted by: Rachelle C., Los Angeles, California Black Cat submitted by: Irena F., Grade 8, C.C.A. Baldi Middle School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Background Girl submitted by: Bo Ra H., Age 12, Bandung Alliance International School, Bandung, Indonesia Background Panda submitted by: Kathleen
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My problem is... I always try to impress my parents, but my brother gets all the glory. It makes me feel like I am not as good as my little brother. What should I do? It doesn’t matter, it’s up to you. Do you feel good about yourself? Then be happy if you do. If you want someone to praise you then ask for feedback and if someone gets all the glory then just be happy for them. So be happy and relax—your time is coming up anyway. Advice submitted by: ninjamafia21
Just to make you feel better, everyone is different and are good at different things. So no one is exactly better than someone, just good at something. Parents can often do that. My parents do that too but after a while they will change. Also go over some of the things that your parents might disapprove of and try to change. But really you shouldn’t change just because of someone else. Advice submitted by: 19licind
Join some things that your brother doesn’t want to do! Then you are able to shine in your own activity. Advice submitted by: suzymd
Try to help out more with the house work. :) Advice submitted by: Yxrulz
I have a crush on this girl. On Valentine’s Day, I bought her some chocolates and made a CD for her. I was too scared to tell her, so I wrote anonymous on the box, and stuffed them in her backpack. I told my friend about it and my friend ratted me out! I had to confess to my crush and she laughed, said goodbye, and walked away. Now it’s been a long time and when we have to talk to each other, it is EXTREMELY awkward. What should I do??? Well, she never really gave you a straight-up answer did she? As a fellow girl, I think it’s most probable that she thinks the pointed walking away was an answer. But there is a slim chance it wasn’t. Girls can have their awkward moments too; she might have just not known what to say. If nothing else, getting a straight answer out of her might help relieve the pressure a little. Give it a try. Also, you definitely don’t want to try to get her even after she said no, it’ll make her feel embarrassed and awkward. You’ll probably never get her if you try too hard... Advice submitted by: Katrey_kappa
She is probably not ready for someone to like her. Even if she likes you she may deny it to others as you would’ve right? So don’t take that the wrong way, OK? I felt really uncomfortable near the guy that liked me and I tried to avoid him. Don’t go too fast. She might be so surprised by the gift and the fact that you like her. Talk to her and become a friend and then a close friend. Try to break the silence or awkwardness by complimenting her or making some comments. Act normal around her as you would to anyone else. 12
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I’m always bored during like the weekends. I told my cousin that, but she says that’s how life is. But I don’t know....is there something fun to do when I have nothing to do?
If you’re a gamer... 1. Change the settings or backgrounds... but don’t stuff up your device. 2. If you know how to do this...like if you’re a technical person,just pull out some wires and make a whole new electronic thing (best not to). 3. Play it! If you’re a crafty person... 1. Make a collage of your photos. 2. Draw! Paint! Sketch! 3. Make a booklet of your pictures (if you want to, make a story out of them). I dunno, you might become a famous artist if you start showing it to other children. If you’re a bookworm... 1. Read! 2. Write a story. 3. Borrow some books from the library. I love manga comics (but NOT Pokemon)! If you’re a chatty person... 1. Go on Facebook, MSN, Twitter etc. 2. Talk to your toys. 3. Talk to your pet.
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Your cousin is wrong! I’m going to inspire you with my awesome, epic and cool three options for each personality.
If you’re a playful person... 1. Play with your pets or friends. 2. Jump on your bed (just be careful). 3. PLAY! Anyway, just do what you want, be free! I just play with my old toys, look at my baby photos, and play with stuff I used a lot a long time ago. Advice submitted by: kiama234
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1. You see two of your friends talking mysteriously in a corner. You: a) Run over and see what they are talking about. b) Walk past slowly and find out as much as you can by casually eavesdropping. c) Walk past and mind your own business. 2. You are walking down the hallway and your friend whispers a juicy secret into your ear. You: a) Find the closest person and spill the beans. b) Tell your best friend and no one else. c) Keep the secret—she knows she can confide in you. 3. You see your best friend read a note, gasp and throw it in the garbage. You: a) Run to the garbage and pull the note out. b) Walk casually to your friend and see what you can find out. c) Walk past the garbage and not give it a second thought. 4. You walk into school and your friend tells you that someone has been spreading rumors about you. You:
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a) Tell a bunch of friends a rumor about that girl. b) Tell your friend that she doesn’t know what she is talking about and say something mean about her. c) Thank your friend and forget about it. You know it’s not true and that is all that matters. 5. Your friend runs up to you in school and whispers a secret she just heard into your ear. You: a) Laugh and retort, “You just found out! Wow, I found that out WEEKS ago.” b) Reply, “Oh yeah! I heard about that!” c) Reply, “Hmm. So, are you going to the football game tonight?”
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You are a Head-Over-Heels Gossip.
You are a Wishy-Washy Gossip.
You are a Rare Gossip.
You know everything as it happens. When everyone is finding a secret out, you have known about it for weeks! You know everyone and about anyone. No one can tell you a secret because it will be around the school in a couple of minutes, thanks to you. One thing you need to remember is to hold your tongue because it often gets you into trouble.
You know a couple things but sometimes you are left in the gossip dust. You find things out at the same time as everyone else. You have usually heard the secret floating around once or twice. People tell you secrets and you usually keep them, but really juicy ones you have to tell a close friend. You are usually a good friend but you do feel on top of the world when you gossip occasionally!
You usually find things out last. When you do find out something, you are totally shocked. The good thing about you is you are a great secret keeper and an AMAZING friend. You have very high self-esteem and you take what people say about you lightly. Usually you really don’t care about the latest news and you brush rumors over the shoulder. You are rarely the center of attention and prefer not to be anyway.
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