Mason Elementary School, Duluth, GA - 4th Grade

The Missing Microphone

Every night, at the end of his concert, Steve threw his microphone into the audience.  And every night whoever caught it, gave it back.  Until tonight.

Steve was a rock star who had lots of hit songs and the greatest fans in the world.  He was not your typical rock star.  He was short and bald headed and had buck teeth.  Most rock stars are good looking with long hair and seemed perfect in every way.  Maybe it was because he just looked ordinary that all his fans loved him so much.

He loved his guitar, and he loved his fans, but most of all Steve LOVED his custom made microphone.  A fan in Wisconsin sent it to him.  It looked like and ordinary microphone, but on the top of it, the fan had engraved a perfect replica of Steve's buck teeth.  Steve used it at every concert.

Like he did every night, tonight at the end of the concert, Steve threw the microphone into the audience, expecting an audience member to sing or shout "We live you Steve!" and give it back to him like they always did.  But tonight when tossed it out, he pulled back the cord and the microphone was gone.

BooBoo, a big fan of Steve's, is an old tall guy who smells like a rat.  He attended the concert and when Steve tossed the microphone to the crowd.  BooBoo caught it and took off with it.  The fans booed BooBoo, but he did not stop running until he was home. 

Steve called the police, but they said since Steve gave the microphone to someone in the crowd, that no crime had been committed and they could not get involved.  So Steve called his friend TooTah, a fat ninja private eye.  TooTah interviewed witnesses, followed the clues and went to see BooBoo.  When he found BooBoo and the microphone, he offered the tall, smelly guy a deal.  TooTah was willing to trade some bacon for the microphone.  BooBoo agreed and TooTah took the microphone back to Steve.

Steve was so excited to get his microphone back that he wrote a song about the adventure.  It's destined to become a HUGE hit!

What were the words to Steve's new big hit?  Why don't YOU write the words to it?  What about Steve's other fans?  You could write about the guy from Wisconsin, or even another story about BooBoo or TooTah.  Have fun!