by Erin Thompson

Created on: November 13, 2008

I do not remember much about my second grade teacher, I don't remember much about the friends I had, the games I played or the clothes I wore. I can't remember how tall I was, or whether I sat in the front or the back of the classroom. For me, school during that time was simply a place I would go to get out of the house. I didn't care about grades, or getting ahead. Like a baby opening its eyes for the first time, every day was a new adventure. I was full of curiosity and ready to take on the world. I do not recall many specifics, but there is one memory from my second grade experience that sticks out vividly.After reading "Pig Pig Grows up," and "Pig Pig Gets a Job" from a series appropriately called "Pig Pig," my teacher gave us an assignment. We had to either write the next book in the Pig Pig series, or create a variation on the series. I remember I was overwhelmed with excitement upon getting this assignment. My teacher gave us tablet paper, markers, and construction paper for the cover and let us go from there. I can remember the title, "Superbunny." It was about a lonesome Pig Pig, who had a secrethe was a superhero. Of course, my Pig Pig looked a lot like a black and white rabbit, inspired by my bunny Babs, I preferred it that way. Bunnies were much more friendly looking than pigs, at least in my eyes. But he looked pretty handsome on that bright yellow construction paper. He had a black collar, a red cape and was best friends with two dogs named Harley and Spencer (a husky and chow-chow I had for almost as long as I could remember).Obviously, I did not have much of a social life. I had one neighbor friend who I would talk to occasionally, but when I wasn't fighting with my brother and sister, I was left with my pets and my imagination. Superbunny, Harley and Spencer would go on adventures to rescue Princess Toadstool from the clutches of Shredder, who was tired of terrorizing reptile ninjas. On one occasion, they were burdened with fighting off an evil littering monster and Dr. Claw (Inspector Gadget was one of my favorites) in the same day.I was proud of Superbunny. Finally I had the opportunity to let my eight-year-old creativity go wild. And I must have enjoyed it, because five months later, I was still working on the Superbunny series. I would beg my mom to buy me construction paper so I could work on more stories. I kept them all in a Trapper Keeper (back when Trapper Keepers were cool) and would carry them around with my homework.One evening

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