Roxaboxen at Turtle Creek Farm
by Jack Walt
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This summer I went to a camp called Turtle Creek Farm. Every day, we went to the woods in the back of the camp and played Roxaboxen.
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Roxaboxen is a game where you have to use your imagination. Imagine you are living in the woods and you have to build a house out of sticks, rocks and pine trees. Sticks need to be long and strong. There has to be a space between three or more trees that are in a circle or a triangle. Pine trees are for roofs and rocks are for decorations.
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There are also stores in Roxaboxen. The stores are your houses and glass gems are money. Horses, cars and furniture are for sale! The first thing I bought in Roxaboxen was a really cool stump that was my chair and foot rest. I also bought a horse (they are really sticks with strings). I am saving my gems and I already have twenty. I need 10 more gems to purchase a car. So if you want to play Roxaboxen come to Turtle Creek Farm!
Right: Author and camper Jack Walt, ready to catch something!
The Turtle Creek Farm Alphabet Book
by Jack Walt
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A is for alpaca, spitting if you scare it, but it is very nice.
B is for baby bunnies hopping around the farm.
C is for crickets making noise on summer nights.
D is for deer running with their big antlers.
E is for eggs being laid on the farm.
F is for fish swimming in the pond.
G is for gems being spent at Roxaboxen.
H is for hay being eaten by goats.
I is for Indian statue standing in front of the teepee.
J is for John catching water snakes in the pond.
K is for Katydid making noise by rubbing their wings together.
L is for Llama who is watching kids run by.
M is for Miss Lucy taking care of the animals.
O is for Oscar who eats a lot of food.
P is for pinecones laying all over the farm.
Q is for queen bees flying around the flowers.
R is for Roxaboxen, the game we play in the woods.
S is for skeletons on the spooky trail.
T is for the tarantula which has never bitten anyone.
U is for unfortunately I cannot stay longer.
V is for vultures finding their prey.
W is for woods where we play Roxaboxen.
X is for Xtattic energy all day long.
Y is for YOU WILL LOVE THIS CAMP!
Z is for zillions of different insects.