Article April 19, 2021 Issue

Lost and found

Hilary Harper-Wilcoxen

Gregory had a new rocket. It was a gift from his grandpa, and he couldn’t wait to fly it. The rocket was blue with red stripes, and Gregory was sure it would go all the way to the moon.

As soon as they could, Gregory and his mom took it out into the field near their house. The rocket went up, up, up, but when it came down, down, down, it disappeared into the woods. Gregory and his mom looked and looked, but they couldn’t find it anywhere.

“Let’s sit here on this log and pray,” Mom said after they’d been looking for a while.

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