FOX 47

I arrived at the school at 5:02, just after the time we were allowed to come. I grabbed all of our purchased decorations, including $30 worth of vines, fake colorful flowers from Wal-Mart, and exquisite silk butterflies. Walking inside, I passed through the sophomore hallway and realized in three short hours this hallway would go through a complete transformation into a huge Scrabble game. I turned the corner and headed towards our hallway. The walls were extremely white now, but we have to turn them into a jungle from Jumanji? We definitely had a challenge ahead of us.
We started with the leaves, carefully tracing, drawing, and cutting while others taped them up. Some worked on vines and trees while others drew animals with care. The hall was slowing beginning to turn green. Next we started hanging green streamers on the doorways, on the ceiling, and around the trees.... basically everywhere. We were also crumpling green paper to make vines, which were a different shade than the streamers. Things were really getting put together now. With only an hour left, the flowers and butterflies were put up to add a pop of color to the very green hallway. Also, the “Jumanji” sign being made from cardboard was almost done. We continued working, adding little touches, until there was only a half an hour left. Panic began setting in. People were rushing everywhere. No one had any tape. We couldn’t find the green roll of paper. The side hallway wasn’t finished and wasn’t very close to being done. But we managed to pull everything together, got everything put into place, and got “Welcome to the Jungle” playing just before the eight o’clock deadline. This was definitely the best hallway we’ve decorated, but did we win? Guess we’ll have to wait until Monday morning to find out.

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