Leprechauns

In my PM class today I read the story The Night Before St. Patrick's Day.  In the book, two kids set up traps to catch a leprechaun and get his pot of gold.  After the story it was free choice time.  Two kids started to make leprechaun traps out of paper.  I offered up some of my treasure trash (assorted boxes, toilet paper rolls, cans and plastic containers that I collect because I am a bag lady) to help them out.  The idea caught on like wildfire and soon all the kids were busy making leprechaun traps.  Writer's Workshop time came and the kids still hadn't finished so I bargained that they could keep working on their traps if they agreed to write a note for the leprechaun.  The were hysterical my favorites were:

"Thr is a bollon pesis of gld in hr"  -  There is a billion pieces of gold in here

"Thar is a lot of gold in her and it is fre" - There is a lot of gold in here and it is free

"If you giv me yor gld I will giv you evn mor gold" - If you give me your gold I will give you even more gold.

"Tis is not a trp"  - This is not a trap.