Midnight Train Ride

After reading The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg, the students wrote about going on a midnight train ride of their own. Spelling and grammar have not been changed (for your enjoyment!).

Gabriel

One snowy night, on a Christmas train, eating candys that are brown and white, tasting like chocolate, when I came on the train with my friends Collin and Karl and Trae and Harrison, and that's all. I was having a good time. The animals I sou where nocturnal. Like racoons, owls, wolves, and others. I love the train ride! It was so fun!! But when I got home it was time to go to bed. 

Cash

One dark night I heard a train sound. It was the polar express! I went through mountains as if we would scrape the moon. Me and my brother and my sister had candies as white as snow. We also had hot chocolate as hot as fire. We had marshmellows as white as snow. We where so tired. Then we reached the North Pole. The Elf's clothes where as red as fire. Santas beard was as white as snow. I wished for a silver bell. Then I went home. Then in the morning I did have the silver bell! I opened my first present. It was the silver bell!

Katie

One snowy night on the Polar Express...
One night I was in my bed sleeping. I hrd a train. I ran out the dor. I hrd a man yelled, "Allaboard!" I ran to him. He said, "Well, are you comeing?" I hold his hand. I was haveing fun! 

Jentri

One snowy night on the Polar Express I had hot choclat. I saw my friends Elise, Julie, and Jessica and Whitney C. and Whitney M. and Emma. All the sudden I saw a santa claus. He had a sack of tois. It was big!!!! In his sack was a guitar, a toy train and a book and a tuns of paints. Lots and lots and lots of glue, crans, and sisrs and also my teacher miss Norman. 

Harrison

Tonight is Christmas. I hoppe I git all the presintn's I wot. I hrd a big wisl comeing from outside. I got up fast. I wat outside a gi yes. All aboard! The gi yes. I wat to the gi hee sed, "Come wair to the north pll of coars." Norh pll yes! Is this a drem? No! This is not! Got it? Yes sr. "Now git on the train," sed the man. I got the train. It was mt. The train staring to move. I sat down. I herd a ow, then I so a coyote on the train. I whnt of the coyote. I fel of the coyote. I got bak up. The coyote fell off the train. 

Karl

One snowy night on the Polar Express. It is called thunder cars. I at candys and gingerbread. Chandler and Gabriel , Payton and Seth and Tavish. He sed or you cumen? Hon hon if you or. Then get on the train. 

The Rideing in The Moon by Ethan

Wunts a pon a tim on Christmas eve I tho a sawand wood come. That you rood not hear but I did hear a sawnd. I heard steem and smoce. I lookt owt of my window and I seed a train.

Chapter 2

On the Train
We eated ice cream as white as snow. And thar was cheldrn. Ol cind of cheldren from ol of difint curch ys. We god up mountens. We got to the North peel. 

The Santa Fe by Gage

The ride of life was when the Santa fe came to pick me up. I asked the conductor, "Where shall this train go?" And the man said, "The North Pole of course." "It takes so long to git there. Perhaps I should." "I takes so long you will have dreams of the Santa fe going to space." "Well," the man said. "Well what?" I said. "Are you gonna come?" the man said. "Hmmmmm," I said very quit. Yes, I said. As long as I get home for basketball practice. "OK," the man said very happy. When I went in I saw a lot of people. I know lots of them. Most where from my school. There was Jentri, chandler, Julie, Kauai, everybody was there! I had lots of hot coco. I have to say it was as hot as fire. I met a girl named Kasandra. She was dark and tall like me. The Santa fe went trhough the woods, mountains, forest. That old man was right. It is bu tgoing to space. I think skip stuff. We can get to the good part. Wehn we reached the north pole and it was my turn to go on Santa's lap. The next day I went in my stocking and got a bell from Santa's slay. 

The Ride of Life by Payton

I wint on the Polar Express! And there wre more kids then I thont there wre. And we had hot chocolate. It was as fick as mealtd chocolate bos and as rich to. 

The Train in the Midle of the Night by Aaron

It was a fogy night win a train kam past my home. It was snosy. Ol my my friends wr ther. E vin my bes friend Chandler and Kaeden and Parker. And Seth. And Payton. It get bumby. It smeld maky. It had mem kids. Very kikb eveba da ya wr bles because. The train stopd buy the blys flas. I so a Kapl foxs. I eat a hot collit ben the trait leb like a chodit. The stem lookd like shaw. I so a rabit and win I got to the Aosin wodr the in gip bok down. 

One Scary Night in the Woods by Jessica

One spoocy night in the hous thar wusint a wrod to be spockin. And I hrrd a sownd and I went down stars and I soae a chran! The man said allabrod he showted. Wellcome to the polar express. I hoped on and I saoe a bunch of chilldrun on. I said where are we going? He said to the North poll of cors. How do we get thar? Throo the oshin and go throo the woods and then we are thar. And then the bars came in. And tossed a pancake to everyone and had hot choclet. It was the best thing I ever had! And then it got verey qighit and then a woolf climd in. And I said ohno. The cnoducb came and three kids hoped out! Ans then the woolfs chased them. One of them said run run run! Then the woolfs stoped casing them. They whrer glad. Then they fowned a hous. They went in. They foneol coyotes. Then they fownd the polar express. They hoped on agen. 

The Night Before Christmas by Whitney M.

It wus a dorc night. A train was at my frent door. I ran into the tran. My family and cusins whr in the tran. The tran stortid going. We wint in the woods. Ther whr wolves. The wolves whr hawling a the moon. The rabits and owls hid from or trane as it was going biye. We went on mawtins and sow raccoons and som bats. Morgan, my sister, spotid som elvs. We whr at the nothpol naw. The cunductr sed that the frst gift of Christmas wood be given. I asct the cunductr hoo gits the frst gift. Santu whill pic one of you. That wus his ansr. We so Santu in the mitl of tawn whth the elfs. Win the ranedir so us thay dawnst all urawnd. We got in line so Santu cood pick one of us to get the frst gift of Christmas. Sant pict me! I sat on his lap. He asct me if I was good this yer. I nodid. I told Santu wut I wontid to git for Christmas. I sed that I wontid a set of Littlist Pet Shops. He gave me one. Then we hedid home on the trane. Win we got home I wint strate to bed.I was dremeing of wut I whood get on Christmas day. Whin I woce up in the morning I got evrething I wantid for Christmas. The end. 

Trae

One snowy night on the Polar Express I saw wolves and the moon. It was like a car on a roller coaster. I ate a gingerbread man. 

Collin

One snowy night I went on the Polar Express with my friend. I saw reindeer. It was fun. We got to eat hot chocolate. Ther was toys on the Polar Express. We went on the mountain. Then we got cookies and we ate all of them in one minot. It was fun. Then I got home. The fire was on. It was red as fire.

Whitney C.

One suprisingly night I hred a souwnd. I went down sters and opend the door and I saw a train. I got on the train and then I ate candy. I dranek hot chocolate. It was yummy! I saw coyotes and wolves. I went throw the woods. I went down steep hills. Finllye we where there. I got the frist giveft of Christmas. I asckt for a bell. When I got back on the train the kids asckt if they could see the bell. I put my hand in my pocket. "The bell is gone," I toled the kids. One kid said, "Lets go outside." The train started to go. We could not go outside. I was so sad and it was oh moste my stop but I told the driver to go back. He whent back. I whent to finde Santa. I saw coyotes but I did not stop. I was so sleepey. I felo sleep. Coyotes came. I woke up. I was so scerd. One boy came. He tride to get me. I ran away. Finllye I found Santa. He told me I had lost the bell for ever. I had to camp. I saw coyotes at night. My mom and dad came to finde me. I saw them when I wocke up. I ran away. A girl came and got me. I ran away. 

Julie

I was fasta sleep in my bed at night. I hrd a sownd out my whindoe. It was a sqieex. I cood not go to sleep that night. I went down stars to look what it was. It was a train!! I was happy that night. But I asks whar are we going. To the North Poul of cors. In my hed I thot it was funny. How cood we go to the North Poul of cors. It was wheard. My friend said ther is no such thing of Santa. I now he was rong! Was I rong or was he rong? Our house is qiite as a mose. I cood not hear a mose. 

Maris

I saw the Polar Express one night. It was fun. I saw reindeer. It was fun. We got to have hot chocolate. I saw ginger bread man. Then we got to have cookies. It was fun. We watht mooves. It was fun. We got to have pop corn. It was fun. We got to have stickers. 

Riding with my Cousins and Friends by Kauai

I woke up. And I went to my bed room door. I went down sters. I saw a train. It was called the Fire ball. A lot of kids were on the train. I told the kids. "It's the NorthPole." I saw my cousins and my friends. I saw Gage and Collin. We drank hot chawcklit. We went on a bridge. It broke! But we made it. We went down steip hills. We saw Santa and elfs and Mrs. Claoss. I saw some wolves. And reindeer. And I went home. O woke up. And what did I see? Elfs! 

Seth

One foggy night I went on a train. It was midnight. I was going to the North Poll. I got the first gift of Christmas. I got a special gift. It was gold. I was so surprised that he had it in his bag, I saw elfs get on the train and I saw some randeer get on the train with the elfs! I felt good. Wehn we were going back to are houses, the train broke down. We had to fix it. It was not fun. When it was fixt I fell off the train. It did not feel good. It fellt bad. I had to run to kech up with the train. My leggs were sore. I could never get home. It was a true life time. 

The Ride of Life by Tavish

I whnt on u chran. It whus fun. I sull wofs. It was skere! I whnt on a brown tran. Then I whnt in the jungl. I sall Santu. It was fun! I sall elf's to! Then I got skerd ugen. We got on u difrint tran. I got on u blak tran. I at shrimp. 

Emma

The train was shaped as a candy cain and it was like a zoo and I was shie to deth and do you no that I soo 100 Elfes when we got there? The man cold out on the bord he shaotid on the Polar Express. I whokd out the window and I flaed. It was a zoo because it was nowzee!

Chandler

Riding with my cousin Kaden and my friend Aaron and Collin and Ethan and Harrison and Payton. and a guy yelld all aboard!!!!!! He call the man. We whent to him. He said "Well, are you guys coming?" "Were?" I declared. Well to the north Pole of course.When we got there we got off the train. He said, "Santa will giv the fist prezint there," he said. Who will git the frst prazint, we all yelld. "He will choos one of you," he said. "Look," Payton said. "An Elf." "Yes," said the man. "There are lots of them."