Sandy Sand Stone was the strongest rock on its mountain, but a glacier wiped it off and it began a long journey. As it fell and was carried by a river and ocean, it hit various surfaces and broke into smaller pieces. After going through the full rock cycle, it had been transformed into shale.

1. By: Carson Messick
HI I am a rock on a towering
mountain. My name is Sandy
Sand Stone. I am the strongest
rock the universe has ever known.
I am stronger than the strongest
rock. My mountain is bigger than
the biggest mountain. My life as a
rock is wonderful,
spectacular,and, epic all in one.
One day I was sitting on my
mountain when I heard a loud
rumbling noise. I thought it was a
storm but I was wrong. It was a
glacier! The glacier was as lazy as
a sloth so he could not see me. I
yelled but he just wiped me off
the mountain. While I was falling
I hit the mountain and spit into
pieces.
When I was falling I hit the
lake and it felt as though it was
made of steel. The river was
washing me away with fury and I
was going one hundred miles per

2. hour. While I was getting washed
away I hit a sharp corner and it
split me up even more...OUCH!
While I was traveling down the
lake some of me went into the
oxbow lake. I went to the delta
and my crushed up self went four
ways.
After a while the river
carried me into the ocean. When I
was in the ocean I hit a huge rock
and it busted me up even more.
But then it crushed me against a
mountain and shredded me up.
After the whole cycle I
turned into a shale. My cycle was
long but it was worth it.