tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33945682674908802042024-03-23T09:53:30.249-04:00Polliwog Pages Kids WriteYvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.comBlogger295125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-84746974202846642012023-02-28T13:43:00.002-05:002023-02-28T14:42:58.760-05:00Tracker Fun, Tracker Company <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6e5oLBUsxRikJd6-8Aso8hNIpRptbfz7uhZnL0HcGytf1ORQ9Ud0voiZpZa-TfSM6DnDuFcbX3XpaUZOaNkl4rKGHkuiwpIGqkBIu-F8qKUqfMNeGaVB9YSlWrGlBMVSPmmAckLl9EA8cICMzr8g3YRwnYvol1pV3PESKp8FGhk1eTX8xKZ_wwDlQg/s2560/71-NKg1YUYL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="2560" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6e5oLBUsxRikJd6-8Aso8hNIpRptbfz7uhZnL0HcGytf1ORQ9Ud0voiZpZa-TfSM6DnDuFcbX3XpaUZOaNkl4rKGHkuiwpIGqkBIu-F8qKUqfMNeGaVB9YSlWrGlBMVSPmmAckLl9EA8cICMzr8g3YRwnYvol1pV3PESKp8FGhk1eTX8xKZ_wwDlQg/s320/71-NKg1YUYL.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tracker Fun, Tracker Company </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(A Christmas Comic)</div><div style="text-align: center;">by</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jeremy Andrew Blake</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(age 5)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Tracker was-Not-found.</div><div>He has't to go out.....</div><div>It was him.</div><div>He was Lost. he need's A home.</div><div>He's alone. a Box of him.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>"A REAL TRACKER!"</div><div>I wanted Tracker for Christmas.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Ok. I will do this. What is your pup??"</div><div><br /></div><div>"Mine is Tracker. there were cloth's </div><div>for Tracker. JUST FOR YOU!" a house,</div><div>a FOOD, a bowl, and FOOD."</div><div><br /></div><div>I adopt Tracker. It was Fun! all Day</div><div>but FUN, good, and Nice and Neat.</div><div>I loved adopting him. </div><div><br /></div><div>"thanks" said Tracker.</div><div><br /></div><div>"your welcome" says Jeremy.</div><div><br /></div><div>My Dog IS G-OODDD.</div><div><br /></div><div>I put the cloths on and he LOVED it.</div><div>Cute dog and loved.</div><div><br /></div><div>"My house!! I love your house."</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>OH NO!</div><div><br /></div><div>Now my pup is ---- sad. </div><div><br /></div><div>"Can he help me?" He can!</div><div><br /></div><div>"But I'm turning into a dog!"</div><div>Still my dog is sad today.</div><div>I got <span style="font-size: xx-small;">small</span> and Tracker got <span style="font-size: x-large;">BIG! </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div>OH NO, AGAIN! </div><div><br /></div><div>Tracker's eye Fell out! </div><div>"I will keep you."</div><div><br /></div><div> --- fixed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then, I will keep you. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>THE END.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>If you are between the ages of 4-12,
<div>(or know someone who likes to write stories)</div>
<div>I would like to post your story here.</div>
<div>Send me an email. I'd love to read your story!</div>
Signed, <div>Wiggles the Polliwog</div>Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-68521091159682186502022-11-25T06:13:00.005-05:002022-11-25T11:50:45.214-05:00The Elf Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4v-nOIqBIvv9OpxokZRaV6fhJM0MgEKull5BEtrUEn2GY3x6sf0g9lhNuM-fN9zZrRMxPACNhep_um4mprXF93QtdEoK6kp28H_WpgIWKOmv66O9n7iWTQD-4qGv5HgCncKJVixPaSA2mUKcQkaY_sPLwNjdMBbmtUy_kE9FzhVGeBPDBgH0bWsO9Q/s275/images.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4v-nOIqBIvv9OpxokZRaV6fhJM0MgEKull5BEtrUEn2GY3x6sf0g9lhNuM-fN9zZrRMxPACNhep_um4mprXF93QtdEoK6kp28H_WpgIWKOmv66O9n7iWTQD-4qGv5HgCncKJVixPaSA2mUKcQkaY_sPLwNjdMBbmtUy_kE9FzhVGeBPDBgH0bWsO9Q/s1600/images.jpeg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Elf home </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>by</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Kenzi Meserve</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>(age 8) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div>BOOM! BOOM! There was a storm in Elf City.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mom! Mom! Said Elfie. There is thunder.</div><div><br /></div><div>"It is ok" said Mama Elf. Let's go watch TV it will make you feel better.</div><div><br /></div><div>When they were watching tv they saw lightning and then it struck a tree and the tree fell on a power line. Then the elf's tv turned off. </div><div><br /></div><div>Help Help! said Elfie.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's ok said Mom Elf It's ok the power just went off. We can do something else like hide and seek in the dark. </div><div><br /></div><div>Won't it be hard to find asked Elfie?</div><div><br /></div><div>It will be fun because you can hide in the dark and nobody will be able to see you.</div><div><br /></div><div>But who will count said Elfie?</div><div><br /></div><div>I will count said Mom Elf. Ok - go hide - 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10- ready or not here I come.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then she started looking for him - she looked behind the couch and behind the tv - she looked under the bed and then out of the darkness Elfie yelled BOOOOOO! </div><div><br /></div><div>AHHHHH - Mom Elf screamed - you scared me!</div><div><br /></div><div>HaHaHa laughed Elfie. </div><div><br /></div><div>What should we do next said Mom Elf? We should read a bedtime book.</div><div><br /></div><div>Let's read my favorite story said Elfie "Goodnight Fox!" </div><div><br /></div><div>Ok said Mom Elf.</div><div><br /></div><div>They read the story and Mom Elf said it is time for bed Elfie.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ok Mom said Elfie and they both fell asleep happily ever after. </div><div><br /></div><div>The End</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>(original and self-edited) </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>If you are between the ages of 4-12,
<div>(or know someone who likes to write stories)</div>
<div>I would like to post your story here.</div>
<div>Send me an email. I'd love to read your story!</div>
Signed, <div>Wiggles the Polliwog</div>Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-6494478671218124122022-04-05T09:36:00.004-04:002022-04-05T09:44:35.611-04:00All about Camping<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKO1Z85o-Ykzrh3Efbqnt0HpCOTURbPTREp5N0F5ZuBpDIQziHN7MXODNlk3YhUt14EJB9of4vPMOYiO_qHyNjOtkJmA9pTgvUP4oAppbJEJjNDiQgCnemh2ugpvPaKVgLa8znyc0SGRL2lFlwPJtYR8AMhV9Pvg9EiL7xO9384Op6JzaEsA_pbYI8AA/s450/campfire-marshmallow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="450" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKO1Z85o-Ykzrh3Efbqnt0HpCOTURbPTREp5N0F5ZuBpDIQziHN7MXODNlk3YhUt14EJB9of4vPMOYiO_qHyNjOtkJmA9pTgvUP4oAppbJEJjNDiQgCnemh2ugpvPaKVgLa8znyc0SGRL2lFlwPJtYR8AMhV9Pvg9EiL7xO9384Op6JzaEsA_pbYI8AA/s320/campfire-marshmallow.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">All about Camping</span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">by</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nathan Wiggin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(age 7)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's fun to go camping. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">I like to go camping in the woods.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">I would go fishing, roast marshmellows, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and sleep.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the woods, I would probably see frogs,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">bears, and snakes. At night, I would hear</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">crickets, frogs, and nightingales. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">There are so many things you can do! </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>(original and self-edited) </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>If you are between the ages of 4-12,
<div>(or know someone who likes to write stories)</div>
<div>I would like to post your story here.</div>
<div>Send me an email. I'd love to read your story!</div>
Signed, <div>Wiggles the Polliwog</div>Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-31400413893367829512022-03-11T11:59:00.001-05:002022-03-11T12:09:13.625-05:00The Monster at the End of the Story <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoAGXRLGYwOmJA07bTxFMfuYr56pc3EfwkzJeHCB5aEGO3GhRIx65-CZqwPfbAJ_0NK_mQ5gvs_Pzil2gwx6d2Vg_2-Ysgc1BIVIn6Zl2Rx3ZZsJ9uvTdYdYFx-z80SiEmWGfltsm_r1ZVfqapjfkBMmwP_r4Sm2CZlgWJ8G_6BOPaCOpZ1vIdWS59Pw=s480" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoAGXRLGYwOmJA07bTxFMfuYr56pc3EfwkzJeHCB5aEGO3GhRIx65-CZqwPfbAJ_0NK_mQ5gvs_Pzil2gwx6d2Vg_2-Ysgc1BIVIn6Zl2Rx3ZZsJ9uvTdYdYFx-z80SiEmWGfltsm_r1ZVfqapjfkBMmwP_r4Sm2CZlgWJ8G_6BOPaCOpZ1vIdWS59Pw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-0184a1cc-7fff-e33f-4db7-63a5a21970c2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">THE MONSER of the end of the store </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">(wat walle drim)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by Jeremy Blake (age 4) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(translation below) </span></p><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">toDAy it wAs A Gost. It CAMe</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Drop Drop sead the water</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">CLOSE your iees to see it</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was walle today?</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Evaaaaaa sead walle</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Eva was off toDay! But why? </span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Walles skard today? </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">AAAAAAA sead walle!</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WallE CHAKT EVAS engene! </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He open evas engen</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">No skard He DiD it.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I told je sead Walle! </span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yesterday is GOOD DAY </span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ACHO sead Walle</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">O NO its skard Hes sPOKy todAy</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">No No its Not sKArD sead WALLEY</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">No yor not WaLLey, your WALLe Opsy!</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Good job WaLLe sead Eva</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hapley AFter After </span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">tHe enD</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>(original and unedited) </b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>(translated by Yvonne Blake) </b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>(Translation) </div><div>"The Monster at the End of the Story" </div><div>(What Wall-E Dreamed) </div><div><br /></div><div>Today, a ghost came. "Drop, drop," said the water.</div><div>Close your eyes to see it. Was it Wall-E? </div><div>"Evaaaaa!" said Wall-E. </div><div>Eva was off today, but why? </div><div>Wall-E was scared today. "Aaaaaaa!" said Wall-E </div><div>Wall-E checked Eva's engine. Wall-E opened Eva's engine. </div><div>He was not scared. He did it! </div><div>"I told ya!" said Wall-E.</div><div>Yesterday was a good day.</div><div>"Achoo!" said Wall-E.</div><div>O no! It's scary today. He's spooky. </div><div>"No, no, it's not scary," said Wall Eye.</div><div>"You're not Wall Eye, you're Wall-E!"</div><div>"Oops!" </div><div>"Good job, Wall-E" said Eva.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>If you are between the ages of 4-12,
<div>(or know someone who likes to write stories)</div>
<div>I would like to post your story here.</div>
<div>Send me an email. I'd love to read your story!</div>
Signed, <div>Wiggles the Polliwog</div>Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-47645776878376754622022-02-10T13:36:00.002-05:002022-02-10T13:37:45.421-05:00The Wind<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrgt8KKjqr1J_Sk-GNd8SmKStkPp2fblKIjC_YvdQS_80ALu_xOTaxqJw9X3Tq3T-OeSKUNzdzhWPIZOEUiE8DOe4buz1II-QiFDNZvKxqQ_F0VonC9qXP5eYtdOx9LCwNapVszRGMUeRwfcUByqcGxmtxVAy3cooAI1-d1frGdijd9Z8jiVeOLccycA=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="800" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrgt8KKjqr1J_Sk-GNd8SmKStkPp2fblKIjC_YvdQS_80ALu_xOTaxqJw9X3Tq3T-OeSKUNzdzhWPIZOEUiE8DOe4buz1II-QiFDNZvKxqQ_F0VonC9qXP5eYtdOx9LCwNapVszRGMUeRwfcUByqcGxmtxVAy3cooAI1-d1frGdijd9Z8jiVeOLccycA=w448-h242" width="448" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Wind</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">by</div><div style="text-align: center;">Elijah Oakes, age 7</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am at home. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The wind is blowing hard. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is carrying snow. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The trees shake, the ground quakes </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and the house is covered in snow. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's ten degrees outside.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> In my warm house, we eat our dinner </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">while we wonder about hibernation. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How do the animals survive? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's super snowy and outside </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">our bird feeder has no birds. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is not fun outside. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After dinner, I brush my teeth </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">as I get ready for bed </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and then take one last look outside. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I fall asleep listening </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to the sound of the wind. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>(original, edited by mother)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>If you are between the ages of 4-12,
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Signed, <div>Wiggles the Polliwog</div>Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-34004939578618055342021-11-13T16:36:00.002-05:002021-11-14T16:48:18.389-05:00<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-b92f49d8-7fff-a914-7080-1248f8c041e5"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 36pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IDDJIyB9EZQ/YZGDhEHEhTI/AAAAAAAAeUw/krWRDkgKEU8FPWnavGwxOEUBlrSj9CNnQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/cave-2529256_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: 25.3333px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-indent: 48px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IDDJIyB9EZQ/YZGDhEHEhTI/AAAAAAAAeUw/krWRDkgKEU8FPWnavGwxOEUBlrSj9CNnQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/cave-2529256_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 36pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Harley vs. the Dragon</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by Malcolm Blake</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Harley and his steed, Hiken, trot down the red-carpet through the village, to the palace. He was going to earn his silver leader sword from the king! Just then a fire-breathing dragon steals the King of Horkeyenp’s crown! “I need my best troop to get my crown back!,” said the king. Harley stepped forward, ready to take his troop to battle.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Harley is ready for the adventure! His troop galloped over Skull-Shark Desert and through Death-V</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19pt; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">alley. “We’re here,” said Harley, “Mount Lavalk.” “ I hope we get back in time for the ceremony,” thought Harley as they entered the dragon’s cave. As they got deeper in the cave it got warmer….</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At last they got to the center where the nest was. Just then a shadow covered them. The dragon was back! Before he entered, he tried to set everyone on fire! Ha, Ha, Ha! He missed everyone! Ha, Ha, Ha! They fought for a while. Fire! Sword! Sword! Bow! Claws! Sword! Fire! Fire! So…. “Uh-Oh!” said Harley. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It turns out Mount Lavalk was a volcano! Boom!!!! The sound struck Harley so hard it stunned him!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When he woke, he saw the crown - and the Dragon’s weak spot! Sword!!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The End!</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>(Original and Dictated)</div><div><br /></div>If you are between the ages of 4-12,
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Signed, <div>Wiggles the Polliwog</div>Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-51498501459817001172021-08-14T06:00:00.019-04:002021-10-03T17:10:43.820-04:00My Spider<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EuIHvc2tmjQ/YRMDkGJpZMI/AAAAAAAAdWo/9cYrHv4EP80rX0OaJ9EWbO-mek915G-VwCLcBGAsYHQ/s602/main-qimg-318cfd95c54f67a57fe8d2072747ab4b.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="602" height="221" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EuIHvc2tmjQ/YRMDkGJpZMI/AAAAAAAAdWo/9cYrHv4EP80rX0OaJ9EWbO-mek915G-VwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/main-qimg-318cfd95c54f67a57fe8d2072747ab4b.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My Spider</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">by </div><div style="text-align: center;">Evelyn Webber</div><div style="text-align: center;">(age 12)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hello, I am a spider,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm a hugger, not a biter.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Any other causes I cannot see</div><div style="text-align: center;">For there are so many legs on me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd rather give you a great big hug</div><div style="text-align: center;">Than eat a moth, butterfly, or bug.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My friends they call me Spidy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">And say I'm rather tidy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In my cage I sleep and eat in different places,</div><div style="text-align: center;">And also have fun bug chases!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I like to dance when I'm happy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">But when I'm scared I can get snappy. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>(original poem)</div><div><br /></div>If you are between the ages of 4-12,
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<div>I would like to post your story here.</div>
<div>Send me an email. I'd love to read your story!</div>
Signed, <div>Wiggles the Polliwog</div>Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-70602786549529784742021-08-11T14:11:00.000-04:002021-08-11T14:11:08.884-04:00My Garden<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QkmLdAdOqgQ/YRL-lbi0BhI/AAAAAAAAdWY/AwvQYP-rfMksPW88tLMrRSm1aF4D9ifEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s450/2095322-bigthumbnail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="450" height="252" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QkmLdAdOqgQ/YRL-lbi0BhI/AAAAAAAAdWY/AwvQYP-rfMksPW88tLMrRSm1aF4D9ifEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/2095322-bigthumbnail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>My Garden </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">by </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Audrey Blake</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(age 8)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In my garden there are roses, marygolds, violets, and buttercups.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The fairies and butterflies fly around.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The bees buss everywhere.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The hummingbirds hum.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Everyone comes to see.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are all kinds of flowers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The butterflies are different too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is very crowded.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love my garden, but it is all beautiful. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mZDotkSdAbM/YRQSC72DmgI/AAAAAAAAdXA/A1Y7lpt1eTstZFN0iRqee-toV6tT3EdFgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20210811_073840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1800" height="251" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mZDotkSdAbM/YRQSC72DmgI/AAAAAAAAdXA/A1Y7lpt1eTstZFN0iRqee-toV6tT3EdFgCLcBGAsYHQ/w220-h251/20210811_073840.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>(original and self-edited) </div><div><br /></div>If you are between the ages of 4-12,
<div>(or know someone who likes to write stories)</div>
<div>I would like to post your story here.</div>
<div>Send me an email. I'd love to read your story!</div>
Signed, <div>Wiggles the Polliwog</div>Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-17828266774562271602020-07-18T00:30:00.003-04:002020-07-18T09:09:52.541-04:00Jingee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XBwdiWO6XnI/XxL0d2XJRPI/AAAAAAAAY24/YHEP3fpWBLk7wzwoCs2hve9lTq2iDd4TgCLcBGAsYHQ/s728/artistic-dream-child-fantasy-wallpaper-preview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="728" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XBwdiWO6XnI/XxL0d2XJRPI/AAAAAAAAY24/YHEP3fpWBLk7wzwoCs2hve9lTq2iDd4TgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/artistic-dream-child-fantasy-wallpaper-preview.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-130e3093-7fff-ebb7-b29f-14a6713c8641"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jingee</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><font face="Arial"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Gervais Blake (age 5)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></font></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once there was a girl named Jingee. She climbed up a big hill. She had a lot of fun with her friends. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There was a really, really, really big monster. He had a belly that looked like a humongous pig, and his head was as big as a house. His legs were as long as a skyscraper. He almost stepped on Jingee! </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jingee was a superhero. So Jingee flew in the air and smashed the monster’s head. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The moon came up and they went to bed. And Jingee’s bed looked like a monster. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">THE END</span></p><div><br /></div></span></div><div>(assisted by her grandmother)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>If you are between the ages of 4-12,
<div>(or know someone who likes to write stories)</div>
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His name was Mystalee. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">He hid in the tree to escape the skeletons. </span></p></span></div></blockquote><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">He made thousands of potions until he had enough to defeat the skeletons. </span></p></span></div></blockquote><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The chief skeleton chomped one of Mystalee’s potions. The chief skeleton could breathe fire. </span></p></span></div></blockquote><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eventually, Mystalee defeated all of the skeletons, </span></p></span></div></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and he was free! </span></p></span></div></blockquote><div> </div><div><span><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">THE END!!! </span></p></span></div></blockquote><div><span><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>(assisted by his grandmother)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>If you are between the ages of 4-12,
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Wiggles the Polliwog</div>
Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-37905542841161202020-04-18T00:30:00.000-04:002020-04-18T00:30:03.515-04:00Beside the Pond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wiggles the Polliwog</div>
Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-5211679610943763102020-04-11T00:30:00.000-04:002020-04-11T00:30:05.530-04:00The Ghostcoons<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Once upon a time, there was a middle-aged 45-year-old woman named Bess, who had just bought an old house on a hill in a town called Swampland. The man that owned the house before her told her that</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> it </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">used to be an old robber hideout.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After she finished cleaning out the acorns in the cupboards</span><span style="font-size: medium;">, s</span><span style="font-size: medium;">he thought to herself</span><span style="font-size: medium;">, "B</span><span style="font-size: medium;">etter go take care of those raccoons</span><span style="font-size: medium;">."</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> She sighed. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As </span><span style="font-size: medium;">she walked up the creaky attic steps, she heard the raccoons again. Bess made it to the trapdoor that led to the attic. She opened the door and climbed out into the attic. She looked </span><span style="font-size: medium;">around</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> at the old trunks and dusty boxes. Bess walked up to an old green trunk that all the rattling noises seemed to come from.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She ran down the stairs, all the way to town</span><span style="font-size: medium;">, r</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ight up to the </span><span style="font-size: medium;">sheriff</span><span style="font-size: medium;">"s office. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">"</span><span style="font-size: medium;">You've got to help me!</span><span style="font-size: medium;">"</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> she shrieked. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">"</span><span style="font-size: medium;">There is a ghost in my attic!</span><span style="font-size: medium;">"</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Now, now," said the sheriff. "There's got to be a logical </span><span style="font-size: medium;">explanation</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> for this. <wbr></wbr>I'll come with you to investigate this 'ghost' <wbr></wbr>business."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So the sheriff drove Bess back to her house. They got out of the car and walked carefully up the steps into the house, past the kitchen through the door,<u> </u>up the attic steps, and into the attic</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They froze. "Now, Bess," said the sheriff. "There's no such thing as a g-g-ghost," he whispered. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The sheriff walked up to the trunk, paused for a moment, and lifted the lid. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">But nothing came out. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The only thing that was in there was an old white sheet. But wait a minute, the sheet was breathing. Bess yanked off the sheet, and under were two raccoons. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"So it was raccoons," laughed Bess.</span></span><br />
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Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-33479410692935161602020-04-04T15:40:00.000-04:002020-04-04T15:40:18.687-04:00Axolotls<br />
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Axolotls are salamanders. They keep their baby bodies even when they are adults.<br />
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Salamanders are called "fire lizards." The Mexicans call axolotls "walking fish." They are also called "water beasts." The Aztecs called them "water dogs."<br />
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Axolotls live in Mexico in Lake Xchimilco. They live underwater. Axolotls can swim 10 miles per hour. Their gills absorb oxygen. Pollution makes axolotls die. They are endangered animals.<br />
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Axolotls have feathery gills. They have a long tail like a fish. They have a cute smile. Axolotls can grow 9-18 inches long. They weigh about 10 ounces. They can grow new body parts. Axolotls don't have any eyelids.<br />
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Axolotls can be golden, gray, pink, and brown with golden dots. Wild axolotls are dark and can change colors to camouflage. White axolotls have pink gills. Black ones have blue gills.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Axolotls suck food like a vacuum cleaner. They eat worms, insects, and small fish. </span></div>
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Some people keep axolotls as pets. I want a pet axolotl because they are so cute!</div>
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Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-57878899751054011342020-02-13T13:03:00.003-05:002020-02-13T13:03:36.079-05:00The Camp-Out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: garamond, times new roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><i>Dear Laurel, </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif;"> I am having a camp out with Lilee, Aileen, and Tawny. </span><span style="font-family: garamond, times new roman, serif;">At Camp </span></span><span style="font-family: garamond, times new roman, serif; font-size: medium;">Kanesatake. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">June 14 - June 16. </span><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">It would be great if you could </span><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">join us.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Tents will be provided. If you can come</span><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">,</span><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;"> could you bring some pancake mix for everyone? </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Y</span><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">our best friend, </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Laurel</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> couldn't wait. She </span><span style="font-size: medium;">loved to be outside. She liked to climb trees, go fishing, and stargaze. </span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After a long car ride, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">her dad </span><span style="font-size: medium;">finally got to the campground. She stepped out of the car and heard birds chirping. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">The sun was shining brightly through the trees. On one side</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">,</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"> she saw a forest</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">. O</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">n the other side,</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"> she saw a sparkling river. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Laurel spotted Cadence by the river sitting at a picnic table. She </span><span style="font-size: medium;">said "goodbye" to her dad and </span><span style="font-size: medium;">headed over to say, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">"</span><span style="font-size: medium;">hello.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif;">"Hi, Cadence! Where is everyone else?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif;">"They're at the campsite finishing setting up." She pointed to a path between two tall pines. "Wanna head over?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">"Actually<u>,</u> I need to use the restroom." </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">After being </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">relieved</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">, Laurel </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">looked around for Cadence, but she wasn't there. Laurel thought she must have gone ahead, so she </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">gathered her baggage and set off </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">for</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"> the trail</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">When she got to </span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">a </span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">fork in the road, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">s</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">he set her bags down and took a quick drink of water. <i>I wonder which path I should take. The one on the right looks a little overgrown. The one on the left looks more used. I think I'll take the left path. </i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">The sun was just beginning to set</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"> and the trees hanging over the path made it look dark. </span><i style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;">I better hurry. I don't want to get stuck in the dark. All by myself. Alone.</i><i style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;"> </i><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"> An owl hooted.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"> Suddenly, a twig snapped. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">Cautiously</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"> Laurel scanned her surroundings. Seeing nothing she shouldered her bags and continued down the darkening path. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">Suddenly, she saw something out of the corner of her eye. She stopped and made sure her eyes weren't playing tricks on her. They weren't. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">Laurel's feet couldn't mo</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">ve as she watched the shadowy figure step from tree to tree coming closer and closer. Suddenly she couldn't see it anymore. </span><i style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;">Where did it go? Should I hide or run for help? Should I just stay where I am and hope it didn't see me? </i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! CADENCE YOU </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">SCARED ME!"</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><i>"</i></span> Sorry, I wouldn't let you get lost. </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I wouldn't want you to miss out on the s'</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">mores<i>."</i></span></div>
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Wiggles the Polliwog</div>
Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-18343516042393518322020-01-11T00:30:00.000-05:002020-01-11T00:30:06.064-05:00God is the One!<br />
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God is the only God</div>
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He can never be defeated</div>
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God can do anything.</div>
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He is the one that sends you life.</div>
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God is strong</div>
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He is the one that saves your life!</div>
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Wiggles the Polliwog</div>
Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-84222160973524969722020-01-04T00:30:00.000-05:002020-01-04T06:46:48.746-05:00Temujin and Borte<br />
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Long ago, far away</div>
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For two people, twas a special day.</div>
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Nine-year old Temujin was meeting his wife-</div>
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To-be for the very first time in his life!</div>
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Her name was Borte, she was near his age.</div>
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At least that's what I heard from the local sage.</div>
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Several years passed, then Temujin came</div>
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And asked Borte's father to give him his dame.</div>
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Borte gave a delighted sigh,</div>
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Her family said goodbye,</div>
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As away they went riding.</div>
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Borte's eyes brightly shining!</div>
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Poor Borte! This way it could not stay,</div>
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For an enemy tribe kidnapped her one day,</div>
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And took the poor dear far away.</div>
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O Borte! She feared and she hoped,</div>
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She poked and she moped!</div>
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Until, one night, as she lay</div>
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"Where is Borte? We are under attack!"</div>
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Then someone came in with a sack.</div>
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"Get into the cart . . . it's outside. Hurry!"</div>
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Then out they went in a hurried flurry.</div>
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Into the cart they leaped,</div>
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All crowded together and heaped,</div>
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Most were cowards on their part.)</div>
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When Borte heard a lot of noise</div>
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And recognized her husband's voice</div>
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Calling her name. O how sweet it sounded!</div>
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And out of the cart she bounded!</div>
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On she rain, into the fray,</div>
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As over and over Temujin would say,</div>
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"Borte! Borte! I am here!"</div>
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Oh, How sweet those sounds to hear!</div>
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She found his horse and</div>
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Grasped the reigns and</div>
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He looked down. In a moment</div>
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They were in each others' arms,</div>
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Free from all cares, fears and alarms.</div>
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And Borte lived happily</div>
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Ever after with Temujin.</div>
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This happened in the Middle Ages.</div>
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Don't ask me how I know, ask the sages!</div>
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Note: <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Temujin is more known as </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Genghis Khan.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </span><br />
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Signed, <br />
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Wiggles the Polliwog</div>
Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-26112189123346540942019-11-16T00:30:00.000-05:002019-11-16T06:08:25.454-05:00A Mysterious Note<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A-. B- ! C-@ D-# F-; G-$ H-% I-... J-^ K-& L-* M-( N-)<br />
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Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-9687761415624951482019-11-02T00:30:00.000-04:002019-11-02T00:30:01.894-04:00Lulu the Caterpillar<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">She is a hornworm. She is green. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She has a red horn. She has 16 dots</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that look like eyes. She has cute</span></div>
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Signed, <br />
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Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-37297680997336408232019-10-19T00:30:00.000-04:002019-10-24T20:21:16.703-04:00A Psalm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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All everywhere you go, </div>
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<span id="E56" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E56" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once upon a time there was a ship. This ship was carrying cargo to another land far away. The Great Titan was carrying gold! Pirate Jones was the captain of the Great Titan. He had golden buttons on his vest. He had a slash around his golden t-shirt. More golden buttons were on his hat, which also had a white feather. And there were cannons on the Great Titan! </span></div>
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<span id="E60" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E60" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the sailors, named Johnson, saw something unusual in the water. It was black and gray and a little reddish. It had at what looked like long tentacles. He also saw something that looked like fireflies in the water. Then there was a little dot between the firefly circles. And then the tentacles came nearer and the lights came nearer. They came nearer and nearer, closer and closer. Then the tentacles got out of the water. Then the tentacles almost smashed the ship, sending the crew to Davy Jones’s locker! </span></div>
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<span id="E64" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E64" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The colossal destroyer was a giant squid with red eyes. Its beak was orange, and it had frightening glowing suction cups. It was 60 feet from head to the end of its tentacles. It was as big as a blue whale, dangerous and ferocious, as tall as half of a skyscraper. </span></div>
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<span id="E68" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E68" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Johnson and Jason were two American rescuers that grew up together in a church. They wore sapphire helmets and golden armor. They were sent to help the cargo ship get out of danger. They were trying to get the cargo ship from America to Germany. </span></div>
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<span id="E72" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E72" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Captain Jones was the captain of the Great Titan. He wore a blue vest, with a white collar around his neck and golden shoes. He had blue and black curly hair and light skin. He was a good man - happy, young, and strong. He served in the army before he became a captain.</span></div>
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<span id="E76" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E76" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jonathan was a crew mate on the ship. He was very strong, with brown eyes and dark skin. He was happy as he got on to the boat. He also served in the military before he became a crew mate on the ship. </span></div>
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<span id="E80" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E80" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This was in 1955, just as the Vietnam War was beginning. The rescue boat had a life preserver in it. And it had a couple of weapons. The boat drifted away from America in a storm. There was a golden treasure chest in the ship that had gold and sapphire in it. They were bringing the chest from America to Germany, but nobody knew for sure what was inside of it. </span></div>
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<span id="E84" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E84" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ship had a big pole with cool signs on the flag. It had five rooms on the wooden ship. There were crates of food on board, and jugs and jugs of water. And each bedroom had a toilet and a sink. And there was a part of the ship that had a little compartment that had the golden treasure chest. The Great Titan was huge sailboat, but they invented a motor that made it go faster.</span></div>
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<span id="E88" is="qowt-word-run" named-flow="FLOW-4" qowt-eid="E88" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was a dangerous night. You could barely see through the fog. On the ship there were five people: Captain Jones, Jonathan, two crew mates, and one Chinese prisoner. They were sailing to America to bring some packages and put their bad guy in prison. They heard a little beep </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">coming from something under the water. Then a sub surfaced very quickly, hitting the ship right in the front. It came up and up, sinking the ship in only an hour. The crew had no chance. The crew mates got out of the ship and into the sub where it was silent. </span></div>
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<span id="E92" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E92" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A man came up to them. He was very stern. The man threw them in a prison with metal walls from head to toe. They saw him talking about something, but they didn’t know what he was talking about. The books on the sub had something inside of them that nobody would tell them about. But the captain knew what was in them. It was a bright light that would shine from ocean to ocean. </span></div>
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<span id="E96" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E96" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jonathan tried to escape from the metal prison. Bang! He bumped into the wall and fell. The other crew mates didn’t what caused Jonathan not answer. Jonathan saw in his dream a weird person that had green skin. He told Jonathan that his skin was not really green. He said that he put mushed leaves on his skin. After that his dream disappeared. A dog and a man came in the room and gave them one chance to do whatever he said. </span></div>
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<span id="E100" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E100" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was a stormy night again. The five people, except for the Chinese prisoner, went up and tried to raise the flag. On the second morning, it was sunny. It was a tiny bit windy. They raised the flag. You could barely see Germany. Jason saw a person in the water in a tiny boat. It came closer and closer. Then they figured that it was Captain Jones! Then they let him on the ship. Then Captain Jones was the captain of the ship. </span></div>
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<span id="E104" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E104" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There was a new sailor that comes onto Captain Jones’s new ship. The lonely sailor came to the Vietnam War, and he drove a camouflage tank. He became the second captain on Captain Jones’s ship. </span></div>
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<span id="E108" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E108" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When they thought about the Vietnam War, they had an idea. Their idea was that they could put tiny boats in the water and send them out to help the American side of the war. They were having a bit of a party on the ship. They were having chocolates and everything you could wish. They were sending people on the tiny boats. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The biggest boat they sent had a tank on it that said “405B” on its side. In that tank there was a bunch of controls. There was one army dog with five people on the biggest ship. </span></div>
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<span id="E116" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E116" style="display: inline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the Vietnam War, there would be terrors on every corner. There would be shooting and people knocking down walls and tanks driving over trees. At the emergency base, there were ten jails and five people in the jails.There was one sloppy cat that would sit around and drink milk. Every day there would be a soldier that would have to feed the cat. Sometimes that cat would go to the tank and go “Meow” every time the tank would fire. </span><br />
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(dictated to his mother, age 7, for Writing Challenge)<br />
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Wiggles the Polliwog</div>
Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-18764055416006844362019-09-14T07:01:00.000-04:002019-09-14T07:19:08.171-04:00"A Very Buggy Day"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Very Buggy Day</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(age 5)</span></div>
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I Went to Augusta</div>
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There was a museum</div>
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I saw a tarantula and so many butterflies</div>
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and two horn bugs.</div>
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I held a Praying mantis! </div>
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(original and self-edited - asked for help with spelling)<br />
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(or know someone who likes to write stories)</div>
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I would like to post your story here.</div>
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Send me an email. I'd love to read your story!</div>
Signed, <br />
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Wiggles the Polliwog</div>
Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-42579129599554302152019-09-07T00:30:00.000-04:002019-09-07T05:54:50.103-04:00Elijah's Fun<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Elijah's Fun</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><i>ThursdAy, August 29th</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I WEnt TO A FAir</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I WAs TErriFiED On tHE roLrcostr</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>tHE FAris WEL is Fun</i></span><br />
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(original and unedited)<br />
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If you are between the ages of 4-12,
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I would like to post your story here.</div>
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Send me an email. I'd love to read your story!</div>
Signed, <br />
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Wiggles the Polliwog</div>
Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394568267490880204.post-75321512402624615222019-06-22T00:30:00.000-04:002019-06-22T06:11:05.615-04:00The Hairy Caterpillar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Hairy Caterpillar</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">by</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Jayse Bickel</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">(age 12)</span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Once upon a time, there was a girl named Bianca who was mortally afraid of b</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>ugs, of all shapes and sizes. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-weight: bold;">One day in early June, as she was walking</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-weight: bold;"> home from school</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-weight: bold;">, s</span><b style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia, serif;">he saw a </b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><b>humongous</b></span><b style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia, serif;"> hairy caterpillar on the sidewalk.</b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Bianca </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>screamed very long and lou</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>d. "Bianca's</b></span></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia, serif;"> feet couldn't move as she watched the caterpillar coming closer and closer." </b><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></b>
<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">And then, Splat! </span></b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Her little brother accidentally stomped on the caterpillar, and everything was fi</span><span style="color: #073763;">ne.</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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(Assignment for Lesson #12 - Climax)<br />
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If you are between the ages of 4-12,<br />
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(or know someone who likes to write stories)</div>
<div>
I would like to post your story here.</div>
<div>
Send me an email. I'd love to read your story!</div>
Signed, <br />
<div>
Wiggles the Polliwog</div>
Yvonne Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710596077769759997noreply@blogger.com0