Mad Libs

Did you love 'em or hate 'em as a kid? Or do you even remember them?

I loved them (big surprise from someone who enjoys writing, huh? :) In fact, I bought some a while ago at Books a Million but for some reason they didn't seem as funny as the ones we did as kids (Mary and Janiece probably remember one in our teenage years about Rex's buns?!?! We honestly did mean buns as in rolls - like bread.) Anywho, my girls have been participating in our libraries summer reading program "Catch the Reading Bug" and they brought home a Mad Lib activity sheet. Each of them had some things that sounded run of the mill, but each also had a few silly surprises. (italics denotes the words they had to fill in) Enjoy!

Backyard Surprise: A Buggy Mad-Lib by Kerrigan Derscheid
Yesterday I woke up early feeling a bit sad. But I still ate my regular breakfast of corn with a glass of medicine. Then I went outside to see if anything unusual had happened during the night. Help! The sky was now pink and the grass had turned into gooey water. Noise filled the air. It sounded like a thousand flies humming. Suddenly a giant grasshopper flew right by my head and when I look down, a two-foot long spider crawled over my foot. Yuck! Up in the tree was a group of bees hanging upside down eating grapefruit and peas. Over my head another group of ladybugs was flying loops through the sky. Even stranger, the biggest bug had a name tag, Tony, and he actually began talking to me. “We didn’t mean to scare you but we ran out of spaghetti and cheese. Believe it or not, those are our favorites.”

“I’ve got plenty,” I said. “And I’d be happy to share.” So I went inside my house to the bedroom and gathered everything together to put in a box for them to carry home. The bugs thanked me and left. Everything went back to normal. I felt pretty proud of myself until I turned around and saw a group of cats standing on the lawn, which was starting to turn a lovely shade of orange.

Backyard Surprise: A Buggy Mad-Libby Janae Derscheid
Yesterday I woke up early feeling a bit happy. But I still ate my regular breakfast of cereal with a glass of water. Then I went outside to see if anything unusual had happened during the night. Dude! The sky was now green and the grass had turned into ugly dogs. Noise filled the air. It sounded like a thousand cats humming. Suddenly a giant ant flew right by my head and when I look down, a two-foot long fly crawled over my foot. Yuck! Up in the tree was a group of caterpillars hanging upside down eating papayas and cucumbers. Over my head another group of fleas was flying loops through the sky. Even stranger, the biggest bug had a name tag, Anthony, and he actually began talking to me. “We didn’t mean to scare you but we ran out of chicken and bananas. Believe it or not, those are our favorites.”

“I’ve got plenty,” I said. “And I’d be happy to share.” So I went inside my house to the playroom and gathered everything together to put in a toaster for them to carry home. The bugs thanked me and left. Everything went back to normal. I felt pretty proud of myself until I turned around and saw a group of elephants standing on the lawn, which was starting to turn a lovely shade of purple.