(The underlined portions are what the kids filled in.)

 

Mad Lib, version #1:

 

 Backyard Surprise: a Buggy Mad-Lib

     Yesterday I woke up early feeling a bit disapponted. But I still ate my regular breakfast of brussel sprouts with a glass of water.  Then I went outside to see if anything unusua had happened during the night.  Surprise!  The sky was now red and the grass had turned into stinky bugs. Noise filled the air.  It sounded like a thousand hamburgers humming.  Suddenly, a giant beetle flew right past my head and when I looked down, a two-foot-long stinkbug crawled over my foot. Yuck!  Up in the tree was a group of red ants hanging upside down eating pineapple and broccoli.  Over my head another group of dragonflies was flying loops through the sky.  Even strange, the biggest bugs had a nametag, Smiley, and he actually began talking to me. "We didn't mean to scare you but we ran out of steak and crab legs.  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 bathroom and gathered everything together to put it in a bathtub 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 cheetahs on the lawn, which was starting to turn a lovely shade of blue.

 

Mad Lib, version #2:

 

 Backyard Surprise: a Buggy Mad-Lib

     Yesterday I woke up early feeling a bit mad. But I still ate my regular breakfast of watermelon with a glass of orange juice.  Then I went outside to see if anything unusua had happened during the night.  Yucky!  The sky was now blue and the grass had turned into large books. Noise filled the air.  It sounded like a thousand horses humming.  Suddenly, a giant butterfly flew right past my head and when I looked down, a two-foot-long scorpion crawled over my foot. Yuck!  Up in the tree was a group of hissing cockroaches hanging upside down eating apple and celery.  Over my head another group of ladybugs was flying loops through the sky.  Even strange, the biggest bugs had a nametag, Tootey, and he actually began talking to me. "We didn't mean to scare you but we ran out of fried chicken legs and crickets.  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 bathroom and gathered everything together to put it in a worm 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 zebras on the lawn, which was starting to turn a lovely shade of pink.

 

Mad Lib, version #3:

 

 Backyard Surprise: a Buggy Mad-Lib

     Yesterday I woke up early feeling a bit mad. But I still ate my regular breakfast of pizza with a glass of Mountain Dew.  Then I went outside to see if anything unusua had happened during the night.  Sweet!  The sky was now pink and the grass had turned into ugly chairs. Noise filled the air.  It sounded like a thousand books humming.  Suddenly, a giant caterpillar flew right past my head and when I looked down, a two-foot-long tick crawled over my foot. Yuck!  Up in the tree was a group of stink bugs hanging upside down eating coconut and carrots.  Over my head another group of ants was flying loops through the sky.  Even strange, the biggest bugs had a nametag, Chewbacca, and he actually began talking to me. "We didn't mean to scare you but we ran out of maccaroni and spaghetti.  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 bathroom and gathered everything together to put it in a tree 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 camels on the lawn, which was starting to turn a lovely shade of lime green.

 

Mad Lib, version #4:

 

 Backyard Surprise: a Buggy Mad-Lib

     Yesterday I woke up early feeling a bit mad. But I still ate my regular breakfast of apples with a glass of orange juice.  Then I went outside to see if anything unusua had happened during the night.  How Crazy!  The sky was now blue and the grass had turned into flowery trees. Noise filled the air.  It sounded like a thousand books humming.  Suddenly, a giant stinkbug flew right past my head and when I looked down, a two-foot-long butterfly crawled over my foot. Yuck!  Up in the tree was a group of ;adybugs hanging upside down eating bananas and broccoli.  Over my head another group of grasshopper was flying loops through the sky.  Even strange, the biggest bugs had a nametag, Bozo, and he actually began talking to me. "We didn't mean to scare you but we ran out of limes and chicken.  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 it in a dumpster 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 deer on the lawn, which was starting to turn a lovely shade of purple.

 

created 6/4/08.