The Journey of Poseidon
My canoe will make it all the way to Hudson Bay. I hope it sees Paul Bunyan and meets Babe the Blue Ox. Along the way, my canoeՉs journey will be filled with wildlife and adventure.
It was just an ordinary day at Hilling Elementary, when Roy NelsonՉs teacher announced something that woke him up. ՉWe will be designing canoes, class,Չ she said. Right away, Roy knew he wanted to name his canoe Poseidon! Roy designed Poseidon with waves and a sunset. A week later, the classes brought the canoes to Turtle River and sent them on their way!
So many birds flew past Poseidon. Everything astonished him, the colors, the noises, the animals, everything! A very kind little girl was skipping rocks, when she spotted Poseidon. The little girl picked Poseidon up, ՉHello, I'm Maddie!Չ she said ecstatically. Maddie loved the design on Poseidon. The little girl had heard that children around the world decorate canoes, so she knew that she had to put Poseidon back in the water.
Poseidon was going very slow because he just wanted to relax and take in the scenery. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a hawk came and swooped Poseidon up! He accidently dropped Poseidon on a shaky branch that didnՉt look like it was going to hold any longer. A cute squirrel named Mike hurried over to Poseidon, ՉWhat is this on my branch?Չ Mike asked to himself. Mike jumped on Poseidon, then the branch broke! Poseidon was back in the water, but so was Mike! Mike saw his friend, Arti flying above him, Arti picked Mike up, ՉThat was a fun ride, but it made me sick so, I'm going to ride away on my friend, here Arti!Չ he yelled. Poseidon had no idea what happened, but at least he was off that shaky branch.
Just as Poseidon was beginning to get used to everything, he ran into a rock! Poseidon could not do anything about it, so he must wait for help. Right as all hope seemed to be lost, a moose walked over to Poseidon. ՉYou sure seem like you need help there,Չ said the moose. The moose was friendly and picked him up and put him on the other side of the rock.
Poseidon saw a group of children walking on trails near him. It looked like the children were going to go in the water. Poseidon was so excited, it seemed like they were going to play with him! Instead, the kids only jumped and splashed in the water, not noticing Poseidon. Poseidon was very sad, but then a boy walked up to Poseidon and played with him. Poseidon was so happy. Poseidon slipped out of the boyՉs hands. He was back the way he was originally going. Poseidon still wanted to be played with, but he knew he had to finish his journey.
Poseidon soon began relaxing, he felt weird, strange, unusual. Poseidon then realized he was not in the water anymore; he was in Paul Bunyan's hands! ՉThis here is good firewood!Չ he shouted. Babe the Blue Ox was by his side, he looked worried. Paul Bunyan put Poseidon in his firewood pile. Babe was freaking out, he started charging at Poseidon! Babe grabbed Poseidon in his teeth and threw him to the Hudson Bay. Babe must have known that Poseidon had to get to the Hudson Bay, so Babe helped him.
After everything Poseidon ran into, he still managed to get to the Hudson Bay! Suddenly Poseidon was not in the water, again! Poseidon was caught in a fishing net! He could not see who caught him at first, then he knew, it was Roy! Roy was just as excited as Poseidon. Poseidon had an amazing adventure, all thanks to Roy Nelson!