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2021-22 6th Grade Public Purpose Books

Dear Danny! Hey!!! It's me! Stuffy! Remember? The stuffed dog you loved! Well, when you left me at Goodwill,  I got shipped halfway across the country, and I'm now in a carnival, and now one's won me!!!! The games aren't that hard right? - Your stuffed friend, Stuffy

&nbsp;Dear Danny.&nbsp;Saying hi here, yep, I learned super awesome English over the years. Actually my friend dinosaur, yes that's his name, he taught me how to write and say this. Anyway, back to the point, you left me at Goodwill, 15 YEARS ago. Now I'm at the park getting drooled on. Come save me. -Your friend Dino&nbsp;

Dear Danny. Hey. It’s me Boxy, you probably thought you would never see me, but here I am!!! Writing to you. We used to have the best adventures together, but then you tried to ride me in a river, which obviously didn’t work and you should have listened to your mother. Anyway, I’m not your old Amazon box travel friend anymore! I’m now a rocket ship at some other kids house!&nbsp; -You're too cool to be true friend, Boxy

Seriously, it's crazy isn't it? Danny left his toys 15 years ago. He is now an adult, not playing with toys anymore. So, he sent them to Goodwill for other kids to have, but they all ended up in places not many people wouldn't&nbsp; expect them to be in. They are now sending letters, telling how they are now!&nbsp;

&nbsp; Dear Danny. HEY, yea you! Remember the toy you gave a horrible name, that's me, T-Rex, the t-rex. I'm still in Goodwill, 15 YEARS LATER, and I can't pick up a single thing because of my tiny arms! So come get me otta here!!!! I feel like a beached whale with no one to help me!!!&nbsp;- T-Rex who needs a new name

Excitedly,&nbsp;when Danny opened these&nbsp;letters, he was surprised. He had never thought about his toys since he was 7. Now he is 22. So, he decided to find his toys again. One by one he went to the park, Goodwill, to the carnival, to the other park, and somehow went to the kids house. He got all his toys back, and finally the toys were home. They all lived happily ever after

I decided to write this story plot because I love The Day The Crayons Quit. It is one of my favorite books and I love how it shows the life of an object that you would never know what their life is like. They also communicate with letters, and it was unique and different. Then I thought of Toy Story, and how it does the exact same thing, but the toys are alive and talking. So I mashed them together, and BOOM, this story was made. Also, if anyone is wondering, I did this font for most of the story because it was very retro and it reminded me of arcade games. I happen to have many arcade games in my house. So I hope you enjoyed Toys' Lives. -Author, Gray

Dear Danny. We'd be talking right now if it wasn't for you who left me, so I have to write. I used to be your favorite toy, but then you put me in Goodwill! Or that's where I thought I was going until your mom put me outside! I was so confused when I got there, so I asked a rock, he said I was also just a rock and I couldn't be in Goodwill!!! You lied to me!!! Now 15 years later I'm a painted rock in some park, and I am all by myself. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-Your mad friend, Roxy

Dedication to: Lynn Proctor David Proctor Beckett Proctor Blue Butters Calhoun

Welcoming you to a story about a boy named Danny who had some toys but he had given them up years ago. It all started with a letter.

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