If Mrs. Hill married a gorilla, her children would…
They would eat bananas for breakfast, lunch and dinner, salads and nuts for snacks and insects for dessert. Her children would smell of hay because they would sleep in a bed of hay and have banana breath from eating all of those bananas. Before bedtime, she would hose them off in the backyard. They would dream of picking bananas in the jungle.
Her children’s arms would be hairy and their legs wouldn’t. They would be fantastic climbers and help her out when things get stuck in trees. They would make loud noises and pound their chests. They would play with cats because they are like dogs and make great pets.
She would take them camping because gorilla’s need fresh air. Her backyard would be fenced so they would be safe. It would need to be reinforced or it would break from their strength. She would plant many trees for them to climb.
Mrs. Hill would live in a mansion because she would be rich and famous from marrying a gorilla. People would want to make a television show out of her life story. Her housekeepers would help her tidy up the mess left behind the gorilla kids and husband.
At school, her children would speak gorilla, and their teachers would have trouble teaching them English. So, they would bring in a sign language instructor to help them communicate with each other.
Her children might get bullied because they would look different, but Mrs. Hill would teach them to: ignore, report, walk away, ask for help, inform, become friends or make new friends and stand up for themselves…but…never ever bully them back!
Written together by the grade 3 and 4 students in Mrs. Hill’s classroom.
