By Catherine McCabe and with the help of Milkshake The story The Adventures of Milkshake and Catherine is about a young girl who finds a rock that talks. One evening Catherine was laying on her tramp and she finds a rock dressed as a cow. Then Catherine takes Milkshake to the pool for the day. They come across a lot of obstacles. “Five stars.” -New York Times “It’s a great book.” -J.K. Rolling

No part of this publication may be reproduces, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Catherine McCabe was born on August 18, 2000 and is nine. Catherine McCabe lives in Centennial, Colorado. She has 4 older brothers and is the youngest. She loves to do art and is a soccer player. Copyright© October 2009 Heissenbuttel Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved Published by Lenski Computer Systems Centennial, CO 80121

5 I dedicate this to my teacher Mrs. Heissenbuttel for helping me with this book. It has turned out great!! Then we adventured to the water spouts. Milkshake was so small that she could easily climb up the water spouts. She was so light that she slide down it and would splash comfortably into the water. Then we traveled to the hot tub. It was so hot for Milkshake that she turned bright red. Everybody had to get out of the pool because they were afraid that she would explode. We had a lot of laughs and giggles and from that day forward Milkshake and I were best buds!

41 One blazing hot day on a Friday after school I was board so I thought I would lay on my tramp to think about what I should do the rest of the day. It was so hot the sweat was dancing on my face. The day before it was a stormy rainy cold day and the wind was tossing around the leaves. It rained so hard that there were still puddles on the ground. While I lay thinking I heard a faint yell coming from a distance. It was like a fairy came and sprinkled magic dust on us and that I was in a whole other world. I yelled last one in the pool is a rotten egg. Splash. Sploosh! First we swam on the slides. I had to hold her by her swimsuit that I made for her so she would stay under control.. Luckily it did not rip, but it was close. She nearly drowned because she was so small and the water was really high for her.

2 3 I looked and saw nothing so I lay back down. I heard it again and then it was silent. I look down and there was a very small rock dressed as a cow drowning in a puddle and holding on to a stick. I asked him his name and he said Milkshake. Since I loved Milkshake so much I thought it would be exciting to go swimming together. The next morning we headed to the YMCA to go to the pool. We jumped in the car and drove away. We had to set Milkshake in a corner and put a strip of tape around her for safety because she kept on swerving. When we arrived at the recreational center a dead silence fell upon us as we gazed at the water slides and the spouts.