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"//Revenge of Nature//" by Room 303 Third Grade Class

Nature Met about abuse by humans.

Frail flames had FLARED fizzled failed FIRED by Nature.

One final fire sent on a mission to return Chicago to its Natural State. The final fire sparked in a battered old barn.

Nobody arrived to stop Him.

An orange fluffy cub nibbling at the city. Partners assist-- Trees, River, and Wind

An orange fluffy LION DEVOURING the city. He brightens to see people running in fear.

Finally all was destroyed. He calls out for Rain.

"Mission Accomplished." The cow gets the blame!

//Mooooo-hooooooooooo.//



//Fire's Revenge// by Allison and Lucija

I am destroying the miniature city

Hurting people

scaring them

red, orange, yellow

light and my filthy smoke

I saw people running like cheetahs to the lake

buried themselves into the ground

Thought they would be protected but NO I will destroy homes, buildings, and barns with my revenge

Wahahahahahaaa!

//The Attack of the Fire// by Violeta and Sherley

As the flames cross the part of the city that keeps flaming Fire looked mad to destroy people to ashes.

Some people look safe on boats. Fire tries to melt people and buildings down

Smoke and ashes. It was night so it was hard to see with the fire.

Click, Clack, Crash!

//Flames of Terror// Bella, Hannah, and Effie

We smell, we smell the burn of smoke, like pollution whisking through air.

Ashes, Ashes.

All consumed in flames Firenadoes, boats whished from side to side as we watch cinders fall from the sky.

We hear screams of terror, "EEK! EEK!" Fire grows more fearless and strong, like the horrific devil

Many lives are gone The Great Fire burns to flames.


 * I, Chicago, will not let it die this way!**

//Biggest Fire has Gone Mad// Farnaz and Hailey

The Fire looked in the bushes, like a sly fox. People of Chicago were littering Right then the fire went mad.

Fire decided to tear down the city, like a paper ripped.

DON. DON, DONNN!

That night fire started a battle. People thought the fire was steam when they knew it wasn't, they started to scream

People vaulted into Michigan Lake.

Steaming smoke as dark as midnight. The blend was perfect.

Buildings afire, flamed towered People on land running as fast as they could. Fire was burning down the rest of Chicago wood.

Buildings in ashes. Fire making big flashes. People upset that fire caused death.

People on boats screaming for their lives, and bees buzzing -- a bear crashing their hives.

Flashes of flames made the splash of water grow. Rain came to wash away the flames, and make them flow.

Fire was happy -- city destroyed. If the cow were alive, it would have been annoyed!

//Hades Gone Mad// by Ben

I'm sending fire. whhhooossshhh!

Locating a big, red barn.

Found a barn, Mrs. O'Leary's

Fire launches like a torpedo in the sea hitting a battleship.

Fire grows bigger, bigger BIGGER

People escape to the Lake. "Darn Poseidon!" Roared Lighter.

Bye-bye buildings,

bye-bye.

//The Termination of Chicago// by James, Bernardo, and Aiden

I was in a dark, scary barn that the fire thought was perfect.

Fire went Northeast and destroyed six buildings.

Kaboom!

Fire struck the Opera House. People startled and running, as scared as a mouse.

Ding! Dong! Firefighters found the fire.

Fire grows bigger and bigger until BOOM! It demolished the Palmer House.

Giant clouds of smoke everywhere. Hot smoky fire not letting anyone be refreshed.

People on boats shaking in fear. Fire a giant tiger mauling the city.

When all was gone, fire cried, "NO MORE! It will take years to repair."

The moment he said that, rain put him out.

Fire was nervous, nature was enraged. And I (the cow) took the blame.

//Fire's Revenge// by Julia and Raphael

Fiery flames destroying me. Revenge is finally coming.

I am afraid the fire is furious. I'm collapsing into pieces.

FWOOSH! Hot! Hot! Hot! Fire's scheme is working.

Fire's flames are destroying me. WOOSH!

I must get to the water or die.

I'm as hot as fire, but the water is cool.

Water is no match for the fire. Fire is fast. I can't move.

I'm a pile of ashes.

I must get my revenge. You'll see, you'll see SSSSsssss...

//The Curse of the Harbor// by Ali, Gabriel, and Daniel

Fire reached the harbor crackling with heat.

Sail boat captains in fear seek safety scrambling like panicked fish in a whirlpool.

Fire uses wind to jump in to the boats.

Fire continues to consume the Chicago Harbor. Boat by boat, building by building, the harbor sits in rubble, from the horrible blaze.

//Let's Burn the Harbor// by Casey and Matthew

Fiery flames happily ignite Chicago's harbor as people run to the harbor to dash into boats.

As the people sail away, they watch the city burn as far as the eye can see.

As people scream and shriek, the fire laughs. HAHA and kills.

More people die, more buildings burn to the ground, full of ashes like a tree full of leaves.

As people leave, filled with horror, Fire laughs hard as he turns into a big flaming dragon, and flies full of rage through the entire downtown.

// Fire // By Harrison Schneider

I’m **burning** wooden buildings. BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!! I am heading north following the city of Chicago.

I am **angry**. People polluted the city. I see more wooden buildings and more people running away. My face is as **mad** as the **Devil**. You people are as nasty nasty nasty nasty as **Garbage**.

Ccraaacckkklllleee!!!!

//The Chicago Fire// by Vanessa

I'm burning big, wooden buildings Boom! Boom! Boom!

I'm heading North following the city of Chicago.

I'm very angry people polluted the city.

I see more wooden buildings, more people running away.

My face is as mad as the devil.

//It's The End// by Hussain

I was sleeping like a log in my bed when I heard an alarm

I took my trunk and ran outside like lightning.

I heard a crowd of people screaming. It got louder.

BaBoom! BaBoom!

I ran with the crowd. I was choking, like a pillow was suffocating me.

Too late. Fire was spreading all over me.

I fell to the ground. Weakly. Hands and legs are black. Rips in my pants. Leather suitcase burned. Papers ripped.

Everything was ruined. Ruined. Ruined.

//Lincoln Park// by Cody

In the year of 1871 people gathered in Lincoln Park. a big, dark, smoky cemetery filled with filthy people putting up filthy tents

People so poor surrounded by dead trees, drier than a desert.

So dry. People could not find cool, fresh water

Chirp, chirp, cough, cough The sounds of birds fill the smoky sky

People could not survive

Lincoln Park so dead. People so dirty.



//After the Inferno// by Jonathan

**After the inferno movement froze for two days.** **Days went by like a lightning strike.** **When the days ended, rebuilding began.**

**WOOSH! WOOSH!**

**People rush to get their tools.** **Wrecked buildings whisper,** **“You can do it, don’t give up,** **Chicago will rise again!”**

**Goods, goods come here, there, everywhere.** **Businesses reopen; items are sold.**

**Rebuilding, Rebuilding, Rebuilding…** **BAM! BAM!** **Pounding hammers.**

**Lost families everywhere.**

**Tired, but with determination** **stronger than steel on a giant, tall building.**

**Years later, Chicago will be running normally.** **Just like the newspaper said, “CHICAGO SHALL RISE AGAIN!”**

//Peace Once More// by Florina

Deep Down on Earth it is peaceful.

Wind blows a slight breeze between the boats

Water flows, while I shine from high up in space ... //shing, shing.//

Smoke covered my face as the fire was full of rage.

I whisper to the water, "All the buildings have turned to ashes." Fire burns. All the boats head to safety. No harm comes to them.

When the city cools down the rebuildig begins.

A new Chicago!

//After Nature's Revenge// by Jeroen

After my revenge on Chicago that mauled buildings, I killed over 300 men, women, and children.

I feel so guilty.

I made trees turn to shavings living people to ashes on that raging day.

But hope returned with people from all over the globe. They all came together for a better city waiting to be rebuilt.

Men working every second, rebuilding one-third of the city.

William Le Baron Jenney designed towers and skyscrapers.

People used metal and brick, not wood. No other fire would sizzle as much as the big fire could.

After two years of building, it all paid off. Wood city turned into the Metropolis of Illinois.

//The Rich Lady// by Yoli, Kelly, and Karla

After the fire you could see a sunset

Birds see from above the rich lady. Tweet tweet.

As she stands above the smudged ground her hand holds a golden circle with four crosses

The rich lady is helpful, like Jane Addams.

All of the tenements are destroyed by the fire.

Her dress is as black as night. She could hear birds tweeting as she drops a coin in the box so people would not suffer.

You could smell smoke from the fire last night.

She was sad for people who passed away.

//The Furious Fire// by Maggie, Nicole, and Sarah

On October 9th 1871, after the furious fire was over, and houses in Chicago were destroyed.

A lady dressed as black as the night was wandering, as she noticed a box, "Help by donating money to rebuild Chicago."

She dug through her big bag, searching for loose change. She dropped 75c in the box. Clink, Clink.

The lady walked away as silent as her shadow. thinking how helpful she was, donating money to rebuild Chicago.