Another Place, Another Time
March 18th, 2009 by 
tinakamo
What is the mystery of this picture? Harris Burdick titled it “Another Place, Another Time” with the caption, “If there was an answer he’d find it there.” Use your imagination to tell us the story…
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March 18th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I think that these men are on an inventure to do some thing inportent for there state.
March 18th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
I think these men are traveling to a different state to do something about the war maybe. I even think a storm is going to happen because of the clouds in the picture.
March 19th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
I think the kids are going to a different country becuase there is a castle in the back ground.
March 19th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
I think the kids are goingon an adventure like Tom Sawyer…sounds scary.
March 19th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
It looks like these kids are on something that they invented and that we do not use now anymore.
March 20th, 2009 at 10:29 am
I think that the people are going to sail the ocean to look for something sacred.
March 20th, 2009 at 10:32 am
It looks like there are going
to sail to a different place.
March 20th, 2009 at 10:35 am
It looks like the people are on a train track that’s leading them to the ocean.It also looks like Harris Burdick is traveling to another place and maybe that’s why he was never found.
March 20th, 2009 at 10:36 am
I think that the kids are riding in their invention that they made to a different place to save someone or something.(if Harris Burdick was still alive and he was blogging with us I would ask him if I could read one of his books.)
April 2nd, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I think harris burdick might have tricked the other man that he gave the pictures to and he maybe cut his hair or something like that…this sounds like we could make a mystery book series out of these pictures one day!
April 3rd, 2009 at 2:59 pm
I think the story about this picture is a good story that Nancy Drew could probably solve. The story gets kind of SCARY! When the man disappeared, well I think someone killed him.
April 4th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Chaeana,
I agree with you, it does kind of sound like Nancy Drew.
April 6th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I dont rily think that these pepole are kids you guys I think that they are men on a mition for some thing.
April 6th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Hey could someone tell me what that scary thing that you guys
were talking about is?
April 7th, 2009 at 6:13 am
It looks like the kids are going
to fall off their thing.I wonder
how long it took to draw the
picture.
April 7th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Maia,
Do you mean the Harris Burtick story or the picture on the blog? If it’s the story it’s that he disappeared. If it’s about the picture,it’s like Nancy Drew(a mystery.)
April 16th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Here’s my beginning. Want to add on?
He wouldn’t stop until he found a way home. They were strangers together from different times and places and although they had become friends, they needed to get home. But they couldn’t, not until he figured out how to power this odd vessel.
April 17th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Can I add on Mrs.Nakamoto?
They could not find out where they were going. Then they spotted the castle in the background, but they wanted to get off of the vessel to get to the castle to ask for directions. Then find their way home.
April 17th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
I’ll add on.
There he sat, thinking about how to power this vessel that appeared out of nowhere. He felt a jerk and
they were off.
April 17th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Shall I add on now?
After they set off they came to a bridge crossing the sea. At the end of the bridge they saw land. After a little while they came upon the land and they thought they were in a new country.
April 17th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Gosh, I can’t help but add to this too!
Although it looked like a castle from afar, they were surprised that instead, it was an old factory, abandoned and no longer functioning. Where were all the people of this once populated city? Where were all the trees and plants?
April 21st, 2009 at 8:58 am
May I add on?
When they got to the city they saw the factory. When they came into the factory they saw bats, mice, and a lonely wolf. When they walked up to the wolf the wolf was pouncing on a mouse.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:04 am
I’m adding
As they walked through the place where the forest once ruled the strangers saw something slimy and and fat.It had 9 eyes,7 feet ,4 noses and 10 arms!One of the boys fell and stumbled back.Suddenly the ground started to rumble. It wasn’t rumbling. It was moving! The strangers started to get separated from each other! “John,Lisa!”Dan,Toby!”
April 21st, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I’m adding
They all went looking for each other then one saw the monster and he was running for his life.
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Nice Tanner,
The boy ran so fast that he crashed in to a tree.He looked up and saw that the branches were sparkling.Then a pile of the sparkling things fell on him and all of a sudden something happend.He grew feathers and he now had glasses on him!Before you knew it he was yelling,”THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING!”The chanting stopped but instead of changing in to himself again he grew a fancy hairstyle and had sparkly clothes on.He was in front of a big crowd singing,”I ai’nt nothing but a hound dog”.The singing did’nt last long.Then he changed in to an eight year-old boy typing on the computer.John was cooking,Lisa was feeding her rabbit and Daivid was in his room.”What is going on here?”Toby thought.He walked to his calendear ,looked at it and said”I’m in ANOTHER PLACE,ANOTHER TIME!
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:04 pm
I’M ADDING!
He ran,and ran until he came
to a cave. He was wondering where that HIDIOUS monster came from until…..ROAR! “OH NO! here comes the monster!”
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:22 pm
I will add on?
The monster kept on chasing them
then the monster triped on a log and the monster all most ate them but shir enough they
ran away just in time!
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Can I add again?
After the monster got confused
and dizzy. They went on the other side of the cave and saw more monsters but they had mini
aliens that were different gates
one of them led to a bridge
onther one led to a HUGE rocket
ship.Some one pllleeeaaassseee countinue this story.
April 27th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
I think that they are rescuing one of their moms or dads in the SCARY CaTsLe covered up in the fog. Its pritty scaarryy that kids are on train tracks on water into fog.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Then suddenly one of the kids had a flash back to when they were safe and sound. Then a tear began to fall from her eye. “I wish we were back at home but you guys had to go in the backyard and find that hole leading to the beach and you told me to come to. What a huge mistake that was”. All of a sudden one of them said what happend to “we’re all in this together?”
May 4th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
All of a sudden ROOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR! They looked all around…
May 4th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
There was a big lion and they all were running one got caught and its breath smelled like roten meat.One of them noticed one of them were one missing and turned around and they looked but they didnt find any thing.
May 14th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
The big lion noticed them from
far away so he leaped all the
way and then the same monster
from the cave showed up and beat
the lion up.
May 15th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
The monster smieled as it turned into a dog.
It licked toby’s face.
Then the rest of the monsters started leaping out of nowhere and turning into dogs too.
Then they turned around.
they were in Lisas backyard with her dog scamp.
Dan woke up and felt like he had had the best dream ever.
But his dreams didn’t end there.
He went back to THE OTHER PLACE AT THE OTHER TIME!!!
Then they went to…ANOTHER DIFFERENT TIME!!!
Now hey were in the world war as 1 of the soilders started scolding them.
Dan wasn’t listening to them.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Then the soilder led them to a
creapy castel with bats flying
over it and warewolfs gaurding
it and a huge black and green
dragon there was a sign that
said H_ _t_d _ou_ _ Danger beware come inside if you dare!
May 21st, 2009 at 7:21 pm
They decided to go inside so one of them in there pockets
he just noticed he had apocket
knife so just in case some creapy monster with cold blood
would probly POP out of no where he couild sherly enough he could sdab it but just before
he could say lets go in some cold blood creapy monster POP out of no where he chased him
all over the haunted house
untill they got caught in a bone cage but he remebered he
had his pocket knife so he started cutting it all you could
hear was click click click the bone cage was finaly open as for the cold bloded monster he got caught by his own trap.
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:08 pm
When they left they heard a bark they looked behind a tree a brown and black puppy with a small scar by his eye and spots like a dalmation except only a few only on his back. Showed up it seemed to like one of the boys like he was his traineror owner and boy reckenised the dog. Then he knew why the puppy was barking.
June 19th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
It wanted to show them a way to get out of there as fast as possible.
But on the’re way out Toby got caught in a trap! HELP ME! He yelled. You guys go and follow the dog I’ll help Toby! said John.