The Pink Porcupine's Problem
By Kristin

    Once there was a porcupine named Prickles that was pink. That was his problem. He got teased at the animal school, because everyone else was their animal' s normal color. (except the Chameloen, of course.) Then one day, as he was strolling around town, he noticed that the people were leaving from the People School. Well, he thought, they look mighty colorful. Then he got a idea. Maybe he could buy the people threads and mosey on down to people school, so he could not be laughed at. He went to the clothing store, and he checked out the bell bottoms for size A-9 in the left hand corner of the old fashioned store. He found the bell bottoms he wanted (Brown leather with spikes) and a thin tank top.(Brown also)
Prickles went home.

    The next day, he woke up to a bright sunny morning. "What a nice day to show off my new clothes!" he said, as a morning call. He sat up straight and he leapt out of bed. ( He didn' t have difficulty though, his bed was made for spikes) And he grabbed his new clothes of the rack in his bare closet, and made his way to the bathroom to change. When he was in his new threads, he ran all the way to the people school. When he got there the bell rang. He ran inside and held out his arms for his dramatic entrance. "HA HA!"  All the kids yelled. "IT'S A PORCUPINE!" Prickles was stunned. He thought his plan would work! He left the building in tears. When he got to his regular school , he burst in , and said, "Laugh all you want," and he ran to his desk.

    "He painted himself brown with spikes," they all whispered. "No, I did not!"  Prickles said in frustration. His threads were getting to hot so he took his them off and he told them the story. They asked him where they could get them. They decided to make a pink porcupine day. Everyone would dress up in the human threads. Prickles was overjoyed. And from that day on, no animal laughed at a Pink Porcupine.