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	<description>Voices of the Week: Poems and Stories from Young Writers</description>
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		<title>Real Magic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fairy tales are always liberating to a young mind—the colorful, distant lands and clear principles of valor and courage open the imagination to magical, alternative universes. But as time and age force our attention toward “real world” concerns, we lose sight of these fantastical possibilities. This week’s selection, a poem by KayCee from Del Valle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.badgerdog.org/badgerblog/2010/03/15/real-magic/</link>
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		<title>Metamorphosis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Burgers tend to sell themselves, but the idea of becoming a burger is a little harder to buy into (or bite into). Maria from Bluebonnet Trail Elementary, however, offers this excellent sales pitch on the perks of leaving behind your human life and moving into the realm of burger. Congratulations to Maria on her surprising [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.badgerdog.org/badgerblog/2010/03/08/metamorphosis/</link>
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		<title>Spring Coming Soon . . .</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alongside last week’s aberrant snow storm, we also get those reminder days—the days with just enough sunshine and warmth to signal the coming spring (which only means summer is closer than we’d like). This week’s Badgerblog selection by Aned from Smith Elementary reminds us what’s ahead as we leave behind the rain and snow to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.badgerdog.org/badgerblog/2010/03/01/spring-coming-soon/</link>
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		<title>Remember</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The cutting board that never lost its smell
The cast iron pans that gave my world flavor
Those rough hands that made my eggs so perfect
My dog days and scraped knees
My mud pies and dirty feet
My broken legs or future fears
She sat me down with open ears
Jared, eleventh grade, Del Valle High School



http://www.flickr.com/photos/carquestguy/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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		<link>http://www.badgerdog.org/badgerblog/2010/02/22/remember/</link>
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		<title>I Love You</title>
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Dear Umbrella,
You are so wonderful.
Will you marry me?
You are so cute.
I know you are a girl.
You smell like a strawberry.
Your hair is so cute.
Your body smells like a jasmine flower—
A flower called jasmine.
Can you kiss me?
You are my little star.
You are so nice.
I am going to see you next time.
I am going to bring you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.badgerdog.org/badgerblog/2010/02/14/i-love-you/</link>
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		<title>My Hot Ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was boiling outside one day when I decided to take a drive. I got in the car, and I turned it on and put on the air conditioner. It made my hair flow. I started to drive, and at first I went a little slow, then a little faster.
When I went faster, I rolled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.badgerdog.org/badgerblog/2010/02/08/my-hot-ride/</link>
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		<title>The Lone Soldier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the planet Naboo, Clone Trooper George of the 501st was on an important mission and armed with a rifle. But he aborted the mission. As he ran, he had no memory of anything that had happened, and yet he saw the future. He had a plan. He started his plan. It looked like this: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.badgerdog.org/badgerblog/2010/02/01/the-lone-soldier/</link>
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		<title>My Cousin Laura Has a Heart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My cousin Lauren has a heart because she is always nice. She is always like, “You want water?” She is only three years old, I think.
When someone falls or cries, she goes and says they hurt themselves. I love my cousin so much. She is like my little hero. We always play together.
When my cousin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.badgerdog.org/badgerblog/2010/01/25/my-cousin-laura-has-a-heart/</link>
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		<title>Tonya&#8217;s Hair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My aunt has hair as curly as two waves atop each other. It is as short as a cat’s tail. It is black like a crow’s feather. It smells like earth, just like her. When you smell it, you can also smell the cocoa butter on her neck. It is sweet.
I love to play with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.badgerdog.org/badgerblog/2010/01/18/tonyas-hair/</link>
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		<title>I Became</title>
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I became a butterfly who flies.
I became beautiful on a bright sea.
I became the son of someone.
I became clouds in the sky.
I became a clown in a circus.
I became a banana in a tree.
I became a monkey who likes bananas.
I became a fish in the ocean.
I became a flashlight for night.
I became paint with color.
Alondra, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.badgerdog.org/badgerblog/2010/01/11/i-became/</link>
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