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Story Contest: Daring Rescues

Did anybuggy besides Marty notice that this issue of Cricket is filled with daring rescues? City-kid Kirk rescues his old smokechasing grandfather. Ali is clever enough to rescue his beloved monkey, Layla. Sean O’Halloran braves faerie magic to free his wife, Molly. Polish doctors fake a typhus epidemic to save villagers from the Nazis. Even raccoons rescue their kits. So Marty suggested this was a great time for Cricket to come to the rescue with a new story contest--about a rescue, of course.

Will you story take place in modern times or in the past, or maybe even the future? Who will be the daring hero--a person, an animal, or maybe some other kind of creature entirely? What obstacles will your hero overcome? A secret code? A fortified castle? A magic spell? Whom will he or she rescue, and from what kind of danger or evil villain? The choice, as always, is yours.

So rescue everybuggy from running out of exciting stories to read this spring by sending us your best story of 350 words or less about a rescue. Marty will be leading a brigade of valiant buggies to rescue your stories from the Cricket Country mailbox when they arrive.

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    1. Your contest entry must be your very own original work. Ideas and words should not be copied.
    2. If you're 14 years old or younger, your entry must be signed by your parent or guardian, saying it is your own original work, that no help was given, and granting Cricket permission to publish prizewinning entries in the July/August 2010 issue or on our Web site. If you're older than 14, you must sign your own work, verifying that it is original.
    3. Be sure to include your name, age, and full address on your entry.
    4. Only one entry per person, please.
    5. If you want your work returned, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for each entry.
    6. Incomplete entries cannot be considered. Your entry will be incomplete if you forget to include your age or a signature verifying that your work is original.
    7. Your entry must be received by 25 March 2010.
    8. Send entries to:

      Cricket League
      P.O. Box 300
      Peru, IL 61354