Tear-stained face
Limbs torn apart
Cold, dead eyes
And a shattered heart
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After Jill Tumbled
You’ve all heard the story
They went up the hill
To fetch some water
Twins, Jack and Jill
But do you what happened next, do you?
Ha! I didn’t think you knew!
Well Jack broke his crown
And Jill broke her leg
But trust me, that’s not the end.
She crawled to the doctor that wonderful Jill,
Up the hill and around the bend
When she reached the market, she called to the town,
“Help! My brother has broken his crown!”
And so, doctors rushed to the hill
And young Jack owes it all to his twin sister Jill
So now you know the end of the story,
Now you know Jill, in all of her glory.
Angry
Frustrated
Irritated
Furious
Fuming
Cross
Mad is not the only word you can use
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Jake and Lily by Jerry Spinelli
Jake and Lily is the exciting tale of two siblings. It is about a boy and girl who are twins; Jake and Lily. The two of them share a special power. They are connected, and so they are never lost. But when Jake starts hanging out with some of the neighborhood boys, Lily feel left out. She tries making new friends, but feels that she won’t be able to be without Jake. It is up to the two of them to clean up the messes they make, fix things they have broken, and most importantly, find out who they are.
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The Color Maker
Ginger was a magic maker. She made magic potions, magic creatures, and magic spells. One cold afternoon, Ginger realized she was done with her dreary town. She was done with the gloomy skies and black and white buildings. She wanted color. She wanted a rainbow.
Ginger rushed to her laboratory in the attic. She got out a jar of paprika and dumped it all in a bowl. She grabbed a bag of fruit and threw in an orange, peel and all! Ginger took from her tiny black fridge a bottle of mustard. She squeezed the bottle until there was nothing left, and then tossed it aside. In went a jar of green bell peppers, a splash of blue food coloring, a bunch of grapes, and some purple Gatorade. Then Ginger began to stir her concoction. She got out a long wooden spoon and started to spin it around in the pot. For seven days she did this. Each day the mixture turned a different color. Red on Sunday, orange on Monday, yellow on Tuesday, and so on. Once Ginger finished, she set down her spoon.
“My creation is finished!” she exclaimed. “I must find someone to test it on.” Ginger threw open her cabinets and grabbed a glass. She took a ladle and filled the glass to the brim. It shimmered and gleamed in the tall glass. The potion looked as if there actually was a rainbow in the glass. Ginger then pushed open the trap door with her foot and scrambled down the ladder with the glass in her hand. She rushed from her garage in to the house, slamming the door behind her.
Ginger wandered around the house opening bedroom doors and peeking in closets. She saw that her family was nowhere to be found. Ginger sighed.
“I guess I’ll try it myself.” She held the glass to her lips and took a small sip.
“Mmmm! Yummy!” she said aloud. Ginger looked down. She was gleaming. She was full of color. Her lab coat was blue, her winter boots were bright purple, and her hair was flaming red. She had dazzling green eyes and a bright yellow shirt with orange stripes. Ginger smiled and stepped out on to her front porch.
Ginger walked down the sidewalk. She was changing things. Suddenly there were spots, stripes, and color everywhere! Ginger was halfway through town when she realized something. Her glass was no longer empty. It was half full. Half full with murky, black, goo. All of the darkness had been sucked in to the cup! Ginger kept walking, and she finally returned home. The town was now beautiful. Ginger went up to her newly colored lab. She took the glass full of goo and put it in to a cabinet… just in case.
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Matilda by Roald Dahl
An important event in Roald Dahl’s Matilda, is when Matilda attends Crunchem Hall Primary School. This event is important to the story because it is where Matilda meets her teacher, Miss Honey. Miss Honey is astonished by Matilda’s exceptional abilities, and I can infer she will be a very important character later in the book. Another effect of Matilda going to school is that Miss Honey decides she wants to help strengthen Matilda’s education. Considering Matilda is at a high school level in a kindergarten class, that is very good.
I believe one of the causes of Matilda attending Crunchem is plain out that it is the law. Children must go to school. I can also infer Matilda’s parents wanted to get rid of her.
Matilda by Roald Dahl is an interesting book about an amazing young girl. I am excited to read more about Matilda, Miss Honey, Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood, and all the other funny characters in this lovely book.
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Fairy Tale Poem
Cinderella lost her shoe
And Little Bo lost her sheep
The cow jumped over the moon and cried moo
While Sleeping Beauty fell asleep
Jack fell down the hill
An Hansel was almost a pie
Humpty Dumpty wrote his will
And “WOLF!” the little boy cried
The Little Mermaid took a dive
And Tinkerbelle took a fly
I now must go and join them
I bid you all a goodbye.
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Snowman Snow Day
The wispy white snowflakes tumble down. You hop out of your bed and peer eagerly out your bedroom window. Then you race down the stairs, waking the once quiet house. You shove the key into the lock, yank open the door, and step out into the winter wonderland.
You dance in the snow, and soon you hear your mom calling you inside for breakfast. You race back upstairs, and shove down your eggs. Then you change from your silky pajamas to your fleece and long sleeved shirt. You zip up your snowsuit, and throw a scarf around your neck. You pull on mittens and toss a hat on your head. You are ready for the icy yard that lies beyond the front door.
Now that you are out in the cold, you decide to make a snowman. First, you take a chunk of frost and use it as a bowling ball, your front yard being the lane. It quickly gathers snow and gains speed as you push the heavy ball around the lawn.
You do this twice more, each time the ball gathering less flakes. Then, you stack the boulder-sized balls on top of each other from largest to smallest. Next, you find two sticks, six rocks, and one carrot (which your refrigerator is happy to lend to you). Finally, you place the rocks as eyes and a mouth, the sticks as arms, and give your snowman a carrot nose.
You step back, gaze at your creation, and think to yourself, “It’s amazing what you can do with a little snow.”
How does a monkey find food to eat?
And how much does an eagle weigh?
When you go to the store and by dozens of bottles
How much does the clerk make you pay?
How do you decide what to eat for lunch?
And how do climb a steep hill?
Most of these have not yet been answered,
And most of them never will.
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New Year’s Eve
This year New Year’s Eve was pretty low key for my family. We stayed at my house, which is small but cozy. My grandma and her friend Mr. Joe came over. We all played poker with poker chips my brother got for Christmas. We also played phase 10 and had lots of fun. Then we all held hands and counted down from five, watching the ball drop on TV. Then my brother and I ran around trying to see who could be the first one to touch the TV, beds, banister, etc. in 2013. i had lots of fun this year and I am sure I will year after year after year.