By Carolyn Frank
Fluffy and happy,
Joyful and fun,
Tends to be nappy,
My number one,
Have you guessed yet?
This clue will hit the homerun,
Super duper cute,
Life has just begun,
Energy is key,
When Puppies are having fun.
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You´re there on that cold rainy day
Not in your bed,
But
On the mats on that basketball floor
You´re getting ready to do your best
to fight, to win
To do the overall best
So on that cold rainy day your not in your Pjs
Your in your uniform
A skirt and top
Ready to win
Your watching the other teams fall and get injured
Then it's your turn, you're up next
And they´re calling us out
Were getting set up
Waiting for our music to play
Then it blares
¨Lions… Ding… Ding¨
And we started
Up in the air in a lib
Then before you know it
we´re a minute in
Y E L L Everybody Yell Maroon and Gray
The cheer is over and were moving on to the next song
Ok Ladies Now Let's Get In Formation
Were up in the air
people are tumbling every which way
And Flying
the craziest ways
Then It's over and we hit
Then were walking off
And showing spirit
Hoping that we scored high
Now we wait
Were all so nervous
Holding hands and praying the we won first place
The votes are in and there announcing all the categories
¨State College Junior High… First Place!¨
And were up jumping and screaming
And the day is over
And we´ll do it all again next week
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We walk down the path to the calm, quiet woods,
“Chirp, chirp, swoosh,” and there I stood.
The birds soared above and were flying free,
Here I stand under this budding spring tree.
We look around, shake some bird seed,
In hopes that it will attract a Chickadee.
They’re tiny birds with little white cheeks,
Fuzzy black heads and small little beaks.
As we “shake, shake, shake” the bag of seed,
We follow my grandfather as he leads.
We watch the tree branch as the birds do land,
We pour out some seeds as we hold out our hands.
We wait and wait, not making a sound,
Many minutes go by just looking around.
My arm’s getting tired from holding it out,
As the birds fly away, it’s making me doubt.
One tiny bird comes close, after waiting so long,
It lands on my finger and sings a sweet song.
I wanted to jump with joy, but it scares them away,
I had so much fun and I just wanted to stay.
By: Kota Smith
He rises up in fear
For the dragon is here
Its skin of crystal clear
He gave a startling sneer
He fled as fast as his steed could go
For there was the sun.
The dragon shys away from light
For the dragon didn't want to fight.
The man saw his fright
Leaping into the light,
A thorn stuck in his scales
Hurts just like a nail.
He walks up to the dragon mighty slow
He grasps the thorn as the dragon lets out a blow.
The dragon, very thankful
As they both part ways
But one day soon
Shall they meet again.
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Jumps and leaps, leaps, and prances
the gargoyle hits the ground
Splash!!!
gargoyle leaps on water
water splashes
splash splash splash
Swimming so quietly
there is no sound
Jump and leap,
leap,
and prances
the gargoyle hits the ground
In the beginning Master, Bad Boy hops on the Bad Boy Train with a briefcase full of Bad Boy (Btw bad boy is a bomb type of liquid where if you put water on it you and everyone dies) and gold. Soon Master Bone steals the package and takes it to the driver of the train who has wanted it for a while. The reason Master Bad Boy was on the train was to get the bad boy and gold to the president would hide it in a vault, because if the wrong person got in the world could end. Then Mr. Bone gives it to the conductor.
And then the conductor gets it and everyone gets eliminated/unlived/game ended/backstabbed.
The end.
The cats are now here
So everyone must fear
As they scream at your feet
they meow through the streets
Finding cat food to eats
While running around the planet
A large mass of fluff
Searching for stuff
To feed the growing army
Go out of your house
Dangling a mouse
And grab a cat for yourself
It sits in your chair
And sits on your hair
A loyal companion forever
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I hold the old, rusted key in my hand. I slowly turn it, and cautiously push the pale blue gate open, a small creak coming from it. I look around in admiration and see all the roses blooming around me. It’s dark, but yet I can still see a difference in the colors of the beautiful flowers. I look at my watch, to see it's 11:59. I look around in excitement, the wind making a cool whistling sound while blowing past me. And then… it’s Midnight… The rose garden suddenly becomes lit up, with fairy lights everywhere. Colored lights around the flower boxes. There is a strand of fake flower lights on the ground, creating a beautiful illuminating path. This is the moment I had been waiting for, seeing the Midnight Rose Garden.
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BANG BANG BANG CRACKLE CRACKLE
Those are the sounds from the Chaos Train. Ray Chaos Johnson enters the Chaos Train as the driver.
Bodthehan enters the train to deliver a package to where the train stops at Chaos Land. On his journey he fights villains, such as Electro Boy and Bye Bye Man. When he makes it to Chaos Land, Bodthehan delivers the package (a briefcase full of chaos) to the master. He warns the master not to open it.
The master still does.
They fight each other and then Bodhthehan has to use his magicals powers to stop the chaos from spreading.
The end.
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The petite girl over there. She looks like she has a perfect life, the perfect friends, and the perfect body. Inside she is struggling with an eating disorder, starving herself until she sometimes feels like she can’t even lift up her own hand.
The girl over there, with her makeup looking flawless, and looking like she has never had one skin problem in her life. Her friends call her ugly for her acne, so she spends an hour every time she has to be face to face with others, perfecting makeup to hide her skin.
The one over there, with the smile, smeared across his face, laughing with his friends. He has depression and is struggling, even though no one knows it, not his parents, or his friend since kindergarten.
The one over there, him jokingly teasing his friend. His father was abusing his mother last night, and he had to break them up, before finally calling 911.
“You never know what people are going through and sometimes the people with the biggest smiles are struggling the most, so be kind.” -Anonymous
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Hello humans. My name is Vin, and welcome back to “A Child Lectures You On . . .” In today’s edition, a child lectures you on books.This article is purely my opinion, and you may despise my opinion, but it is still my opinion.
First, for the good books. The best books are Lord of the Flies, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Fahrenheit 451,1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Scarlet Letter, The Odyssey, The Iliad, Island of the Blue Dolphins, My Side of the Mountain, What If, What If 2, How To, Les Miserables, all Harry Potter books after book two, and The Giver. So go and read all of these books. I promise they will change how you will see the world.
Now onto books I dislike (remember this is just my opinion). I dislike children's fantasy books (other than Kingdom of Wrenly, which is not terrible), but other than that, any book containing magic school children will anger me.
Here is why: the plot is like a train on a straight track on a sunny fogless day; you can see it coming from before you even open the book.
Next, every character fails to get priorities straight, your crush in class forgetting “National Hug Someone Who Probably Has a Crush On You Day" is less important than an Eldritch Lovecraftian horror coming to kill you, even if somehow Cthulhu's weakness is love.
Also a horror bent on destroying the earth will not change their mind based on what one sixth grader thinks, no matter how much they care about their friends.
Finally they make, in general, the worst decisions ever, and it feels like nothing is genuine; the character arcs feel forced, and It feels like you are just being told one story with different stuff.
So let me introduce you to my new children's fantasy story idea:
Hi, I am blob. My mom died in all world wars simultaneously, everyone in school bullies me and tries to sacrifice me to an Eldritch god so I would stop bothering them. Oh great, I am dating my crush, but oh no! She broke up with me because I sent her to the underworld. Now I have magic powers because my mom was a wizard. Oh no! It's Cthulhu; he is here to destroy the earth. It's time to scream friendship until he just leaves. I understand that sending my girlfriend to the underworld is wrong, do not ask why this revelation only took me ten and a half minutes. it's time to forget everything tomorrow.
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Chapter One
Aeryl drew his sword, crouching behind the pale yellow trunk of a sourbristle tree. He had snuck up on a wild hog eating a small fern. Aeryl was about to strike when he heard a shout behind him, followed by the muffled footsteps of a peryton.
“Aeryl!” the voice snapped. “What are you doing?” Aeryl whirled around to face the elf standing behind him. He quickly realized that the elf was the leader of the Stone Elves, Taegen, on his mount, Breeze.
Aeryl was quick to bow. “I’m out to hunt, sir.”
“Good,” Taegen nodded. Breeze flicked her ears. “I need to talk to you.” Taegen got off Breeze and fastened her reins to a sourbristle branch.
“Yes, sir?” Aeryl asked, fidgeting with a leaf.
“You’ve always been… behind in things, like your hunting skills, and such…” Taegen spoke carefully. “I need you to go on a quest to prove your worth within the other Stone Elves.” He said plainly.
Aeryl was stunned. Him? Go on a quest? “Sir, I don’t understand. If I’m behind, why would you send me, of all elves, to go on this quest?”
Taegen tensed, looking down at Aeryl. “You do not question your leader, Aeryl. You know better.” He snapped. “Come to my Ledge later. I will explain. All I can tell you now is that you will have a companion.” Taegen revealed. “Zentha.” He hopped onto Breeze and galloped away before Aeryl could ask anything else.
Zentha! Aeryl thought with giddy. Zentha had been his best friend since their Training. Now he was to go on a quest with her?
Aeryl followed the path back to Stone Cove, thinking about what kind of quest Taegen could possibly be sending him and Zentha on.
As he walked through the yellow and green forest of sourbristles, Aeryl finally heard the rushing waterfall of the Stone Cove mountain, and before long, he pushed open the green curtain of sourbristle leaves blocking off Stone Cove from the forest.
There were indentations in the mountain with overhangs poking out and leaves lining the insides. Some elves were relaxing in their Ledges, but others were down on the ground, walking in and out of the vine curtain, and doing chores like hunting, gathering fruit, or tending to the perytons, jackalopes, and cranes.
Aeryl saw Taegen’s Ledge: it was the biggest, with an elaborate vine of flowers drooping off of the overhang. There were rock stepping stones like all the other Ledges, but they were complete with moss padding.
Aeryl blew the Horn of Respect, which was a hollowed out peryton horn used to request access to the Leader’s Ledge.
“Welcome,” Taegen replied, signaling to Aeryl that he was allowed to come up. “I see that you obeyed my orders.”
“Yes, sir,” Aeryl replied, bowing, when he made it up to Taegen’s Ledge. It was very big inside, with moss covering the entire Ledge. Both Aeryl and Taegen were able to stand up completely inside, which was not usually the case with normal Ledges. There was a large stone throne towards the back, with pink, white, and yellow vine flowers twirling it.
“So, you came to know what your quest is?” Taegen asked, petting a small white crane chick on the armrest of his throne.
“That is correct, sir,” Aeryl confirmed with a respectful nod.
Taegen looked worried. “To prove your worth…” he paused, uncomfortable. “You need to journey across the land…and slay the most powerful dragon of them all.” Taegen took a deep breath. “Chil’aar.”
I just recently finished reading “It's not summer without you”!. (Btw I was SCREAMING at the ending!!!! Or more like just bouncing up and down, and trying to hold in my screams, because it was late at night.)
But anyway, if you do not have Etsy, I really recommend you get it, because the first thing you have to do is Search up “The Summer I Turned Pretty!!!!” Just to show you why, here are some of my favorite items that I will definitely be buying!
These bookmarks have a couple different options, which I love. My favorite one is probably the tan one that says “Cousins Beach” with a seashell.
(Btw, when it says $5.17, it means $5.17 for one bookmark. This is not a set. You put which one you want in the personalization.)
Check Out The Rest of the “It’s Not Summer Without You/The Summer I Turned Pretty” on Etsy here.
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Every Last Word
She might look just like all of the regular popular girls in her junior class, but Samantha McAllister has a secret that no one knows about. She has Purely-Obsessional OCD. It doesn’t help that her toxic friends will turn toxic at the sight of her with one wrong crush, one wrong preference, or one wrong sentence. But she ends up meeting a new friend, who introduces her to “Poet’s Corner.” Poet’s Corner is a hidden room, where poetry gets shared by a group of misfits. You can share any poetry you want there, without judgment, without toxic people. Sam instantly has an eye for a guitar-playing guy. She slowly starts to feel normal, until she finds an insane way to question herself yet again…
Holding up the Universe
Libby Strout was once named “America's Fattest Teen”, and had to get cut out of her house. But people can’t look past her weight, and she is still holding on to the fact that her mother had a sudden death. Libby now wants to try going back to high school again.
Now meet Jack. Jack has a secret. He can’t recognize faces. Sibling …he won’t recognize you right away. Parents, Friends, Teachers, Girlfriend… no… He uses clues about each person to get by. And other things, like crack jokes…always. Act charming toward everyone. And don't get too close to others,
These two are completely different, but when the two get dropped in group counseling and community service together because of an incident, they find out that the more time they spend next to each other, the less they feel lonely. “Because sometimes when you meet someone, It changes the world, theirs and yours.”
Breathing Room
Taking place in 1940, 13-year-old Evvy Hoffmeister gets dropped off at Loon Lake Sanatorium to get cured of tuberculosis (TB). Rules are strict, and it’s scary to not be able to see your family all of the time. But she starts feeling a little safer when she is put into a ward with other girls. Sarah, Pearl, and Dina. All completely different personalities, but the girls still have friendships. Even if there is a little hope, from a lot of people recovering, there is still a lot of fear, of tuberculosis being very deadly. But which one will she and her friends be? Because it all can’t go perfectly, there have to be some twists and turns along the way…
I wander through the dark forest, with leaves crunching beneath my feet, and wind whirling around me. In the distance, I see a circle of sun shining on the ground. I run as fast as I can. I hear a cracking sound in the distance, but I ignore it. Until I fall to the ground with a thud. I can feel my knees beginning to throb. My fingers tingle. I can feel a heavy weight on my leg, and realize a branch has broken off a tree, ripped off by the wind, and landed right on me. I grunt as I try to pick it up. It’s so quiet around me, and that means there is nobody else out here to help me lift it. I awkwardly twist my body and try again and again to lift it. I don’t have any way to tell the time for certain, but I’m pretty confident about my guess of having been trying to lift the heavy branch for more than fifteen minutes. I’m about to think that it’s hopeless and that I’m hopeless, but I realize maybe if I try rolling it off… I twist the side of my foot so now it’s facing the ground, and I slowly roll the branch down my leg, and past my foot. I get up from the ground and let out a sigh of relief. I begin jogging cautiously to the circle of light, ready to feel the warmth, the happiness, instead of the cold, sad, darkness.
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Book 1: The Dragonet Prophecy
MY OPINION
The first book is okay; it does a great job at introducing the characters. But as I was reading it, I was extremely bored.
SPOILER ALERT
The only parts that were really interesting was any of the parts that were
fighting, like when Kestrel chained up Tsunami, or when Clay almost drowned growing in the river.
SPOILER FREE
One of my personal favorite characters (Peril) was introduced into the book, so I guess it has that.
Rating: 6/10
Book 2: The Lost Heir
MY OPINION
Book two is 100 times better than the first book. I love Tsunami and finding out who she really is. I was entertained the whole time and I loved seeing the world through
her eyes.
SPOILER ALERT
I also loved meeting Anemone and I hated her mother/Tunami’s mother. However, I hated Whirlpool; he is very annoying and I am glad he died in the end.
SPOILER FREE
In the second book, another one of my favorite characters was introduced (Anemone) and I loved her very much. I have heard rumors about her later in the series, but I ignore them. The only problem with this book is how much Tunami gets mad at her friends.
Rating: 8/10
Book 3: The Hidden Kingdom
MY OPINION
The third book was a great way to see how Glory thought of everyone and the world. I love the journey that she goes through.
SPOILER ALERT
I love how Glory becomes queen of her tribe - they needed her and she desired them. Also I love her tribe but hate the rulers before Glory.
SPOILER FREE
In this book Glory goes through an amazing adventure, I really recommend this book. Anyone who stops at the second book is missing out.
Rating: 8/10
Book 4: A Dark Secret
MY OPINION
I absolutely do not like this book! It is so boring! I mean the end is great, but other than that, it’s pretty boring.
SPOILER ALERT
All Starflight does in the book is worry about himself and Sunny, not even wondering about the Hidden Kingdom of Night. He meets Fatespeaker (another one of my favorite characters), then they meet his father, and finally they find out what they are doing to the poor Rainwings.
SPOILER FREE
Even though I don’t like this book, I do have to say the ending is amazing and you have to read it before you read the fifth book.
Rating: 5/10
Book 5 The Brightest Night
MY OPINION
I love this book! It was my favorite book in the first arc. I love seeing how Sunny sees the world and goes on an adventure of her own.
SPOILER ALERT
I was so shocked to find out that Sunny was a hybrid! And her father is great. I wouldn't say he is one of my favorite characters, but he is great. I love that Sunny is the one who stops the war, and the prophecy finally comes true! This book is great, and it is an amazing way to wrap up the first arc.
SPOILER FREE
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes dragons and action, like me. The fifth book is amazing! It has so many plot twists and turns and I love it.
Rating: 9/10
Thank you for reading this! I hope you liked my review, and if you haven't read the series yet, I hope this makes you want to read it. Thank you for reading!
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The moon sits high in the sky
Perfect crescent and, perfect smile
A glow in the night
But no one’s around to see him, so he lets the clouds take control
And crys tears of misery as it gets cold
But everyone in there homes, falls asleep to the sound of the moon storm
The sun burns bright in the sky
Perfect gleam, extra shine
Sets fire to the night and changes it to day
But no one can look at her, so she lets the clouds take control
But little does she know that everyone loves her so
And sitting in there homes they wait for her to appear again
So the rain is there for quite sometime
Until a small girl goes outside
She whispers a greeting to the moon
Asking if he’ll be back soon
And while she waits for a response
she sings of love to the sun
Letting her know that they all want her back again
And maybe the moon will appear again
Or maybe he won’t
And maybe the sun will shine bright
Or maybe she’ll disappear
But the whole world heard the little girl
And now they know
That you should never look down on someone that you don’t even know
Tips of Joy
See the frost,
Tips of joy,
Chilly air
Cool enough to shatter into
Pieces of laughter, words breaking the tips
