Half+of+an+Iguana

Half of an Iguana Mackenzie H

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Once there was an Iguana. This Iguana was sitting under a tree eating pie. He looked at his pie and noticed something. His pie wasn’t whole anymore! So he wondered, what is this part of a whole called? He went into town and asked what a part of a whole was called. 500 people said that it was called a fraction. So the Iguana went back to his pie. He looked at it and wondered, "Is there more than one kind of fraction?" So he cut up his pie some more and realized it was an eighth of the pie. He then had an idea! Pies weren't the only thing in the world that were fractions! So the Iguana walked around and tried to find more fractions. He came across a flower that was missing petals. It was 6/8 of the flower!

So then the Iguana walked on. He came across tons of fractions like 2/5 of a log, 1/4 of a tree, a bee that was1/3 black, and a tadpole that was 1/2 formed into a frog. But the Iguana was starting to get bored. Not to mention hungry. He walked to a nearby pizza place and ate some pizza. when he was full, he looked at his pizza. It was 1/3 eaten! There really were fractions everywhere!



The Iguana was still hungry, though. So he went home to make a banana and leaf sandwich with extra crickets. He got home and started to make his sandwich when he realized that 1/3 of his sandwich was leaves! It was another fraction! The fractions wouldn't leave him alone! They were following him everywhere! He ran out the door, ran back in to get his sandwich, and ran back out. He ran to the movie theater and watched a movie. But halfway through the movie, the theater caught on fire! And it happened through half the movie! It was another fraction! Were fractions bad luck?

He ran out in panic(with everybody else), but he wasn't running away from the fire. He was running away from the fractions. When he first learned about the fractions, he was anxious to learn about them, but now they were scaring him! Did the fractions have something against him? Was there an ancient curse that caused the fractions to curse him for the rest of his life? He doubted it, but he wanted to know why the fractions were bad luck.

As the Iguana was sitting on a bench, he thought about all these fractions. These fractions were obviously out to get him. He went to his friend Spike's house. His door was locked and there was a note. The Iguana looked at it. Spike was in Brazil! Maybe he was being haunted by fractions too and was in Brazil to get away. These fractions were ruining his life! He wished that the fractions would just disappear! He looked up in the sky where it was half the moon. Half the moon? Another fraction!!! He ran into the nearby post office, hoping that the fractions wouldn't find him. The post office worker looked at him and said, “Iguana, right?" He asked. "I have a letter for you.” He gave the Iguana a letter. Iguana opened it. He read it. It said, Dear Iguana, half our family has gotten stepped on by cows. Sincerely, Mom. Iguana couldn't believe it! Half of his family was dead! Wait, half of his family?! That was another fraction! AHHHHH!!!!

As the Iguana was walking home sad, he came across a piece of cricket pie. It had his name all over it. Literally. His name was printed all over the piece of pie! “Oh no.” He thought. “It's a fraction!!” He stomped on the pie of pie until it was dust and ran away in terror. Then out of nowhere, a piece of pie hit him in the face. A person was pointing and laughing. AHHHHHH! The fractions were out to get him! He ran home, locked the door, then ran upstairs to his closet, dove in, and locked the door. He was sure the fractions wouldn't find him in there. He hid in his closet for about 5 minutes when he picked up a dead flower. Wait… this flower was missing petals! FRACTIONS!!! He tried to run out but slammed into the door. He unlocked the door and ran out. He got to his feet and realized he was still holding the flower! He dropped it and ran. He ran out his door and stubbed his toe on a tree stump. He thought, “Wait, this is half a tree! He just stubbed his toe on half a tree!” he was so scared he dropped his tail. He looked back. He had never dropped his tail before. Since he had no tail, he was a fraction! But fractions are scary! He wasn’t scary! But then he realized something. Fractions weren’t so scary. Maybe they weren't trying to scare him. Maybe they were exited that he was learning about them. Maybe they wanted him to be one of them so they made him drop his tail. He was now half of an Iguana.