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1999... (M)

2013年04月18日
公開
46

I wrenched my brush through my hair, muttering about my crazy uncle's new invention. "What stupid hair-comber?!" I muttered, stuffing my mobile into my shoulder-bag and slinging the bag over my chest. My Uncle Albert was always inventing new things and they were crazy. Today we were going to have Sunday lunch with him. At the metal table, I was getting stuffed with salad. My Uncle Alert's (let's just miss out the 'b' in Albert alright?) feeding invention was stuffing me without stopping. I banged my fist on the off button and pushed the machine away. "I'm full. Going to go explore!" I exclaimed, trying to sound upbeat. I slipped upstairs and wailed regrettably about agreeing to Sunday lunch. That was when I saw it... There were some bricks that were pushed out of an open wall! Of course, being the most curious person on earth, I crept in. Under a dusty, purple cloth, was a time-travelling machine! Running my fingers over the detailed patterns, I gasped. My hand pressed the 'ON' button uncontrollably and sped it's way across the years. I was so curious about why my dad left my me to my mum that I pressed year 1999, the year before I was born. I shuffled into the space and... Shouting and slamming filled the dull, smelly flat and a lady with red eyes walked in. I hesitated, not knowing whether she could see me or not. She walked right past me and picked up the phone. "Hello? Yes, it's Mrs Javina. ......Uh huh, so I have to check my baby today? Do I want to tell my husband? No no, it's fine. Thanks, bye.". I screamed with shock, my dad upset my mum so much and didn't notice her tummy? I stormed out the flat, half expecting her to follow and ask what I thought I was doing but I half didn't. I tucked myself into a burger that I nicked from McDonalds and thought how much I disliked my dad. Then, I realised how tiring time-travelling had been and fell into a deep sleep. I woke up to the sound of a sorrowful voice, almost begging and pleading; suddenly, I recognised it as my mum's voice! I stared at her puffy eyes and runny mascara and I felt a pang of guilt for the times I shouted at her. "Stop! She has a baby! She has me! Stop shouting!" I shouted, desperate to be heard, I wanted to help her get over it. Then, I realised I could! I ran all the way to my Uncle's house and knocked on the glass door. No one came. I sneaked into the open window and saw a handsome young man fiddling with the time machine. I pressed 'ON' and pressed 2013, glad my Uncle had already made that year. As soon as I stepped in, I obviously became visible since my Uncle stared at me then shouted something. Too late because I was beginning to feel my energy being drawn out of me again... I was standing outside the room again and the wall was still open. It felt like I had been there for ages! I shut the wall and hurried downstairs, worried they'd have called the police but everything was the way it was when I went upstairs. They were chatting about architecture and I felt my head spin when I heard the word 'area' and 'perimeter'. I kept my balance and asked my mum if we could go home. She sighed, finished a mouthful, then waved goodbye to Uncle Alert. Silent, she ushered me into the car. On the way home, I mentioned my dad. She started crying but we managed it safely back home. I kept talking to her about him and eventually, she spilt it out. She phoned a counsellor and she said she felt better after telling it to someone. Since then, I never miss out the 'b' from Albert; I always help my mum and go along with her plans; I study harder and get A+ to fill my mum with pride. It was the work of that machine. Where should I go next time?...

Beach Girls- A little bit of sweetness (M)

2013年04月11日
公開
38

That very Saturday morning, it was precisely 32 degrees. It's always been hot this summer and I'm glad we've got a month or so still of this hotness. My head was rested on a pile of pink and blue sweet wrappers. I sucked another sweet then, bored, added the wrapper to my pile. Annoyed, I swept the pile off the table and into the bin. I always eat sweet things when I'm annoyed, frustrated, upset or angry. Mum wouldn't let me go to the beach because of the birthday party (mine) which was 2 hours away. She told me I had to either tidy my room to pass the time or do nothing. You can guess my choice. Lunch was silent. I still had another hour to wait with my stomach full of cauliflower cheese! I prodded my lunch and every so often, forked a piece of cheesy cauliflower and lifted the unappetizing lunch to my mouth and chewed it. I checked my mobile for any texts from Ffion, Zonnie and Jess(she said she hadn't dumped me! Unlikely!). There was one from Ffrench Ffion(that's what she's called on the texting) saying 'Beach Gals, m8s 4ever!'. I smiled as I read her text then saw one from American Amazon (that's what Zonnie's called) saying, 'Can't wait, can u? How r u coping?'. I ran upstairs and fell on the bed, sending a text message as I did, 'Can't cope. Can u? Have a doze. Zzzzzzzzz...'. I closed my eyes and fell asleep. Out at the beach for my party, Jess has been giggling around Zonnie and ignoring me. Ffion has gotten to the bottom. "It's always like that," she whispered in her soft French accent "She didn't tell you but I'm not her true friend. Miss Gazillona, that is Amazon, is famous. I'm surprised you don't recognise her. She bought me, she bought me to be her friend!". I was entranced! So Zonnie was Amazon Gazillona! I pulled Ffion towards Sweet Sweet and smiled. As I entered the shop of sweet things, I asked for a Twin Ice-Cream on Chocolate. Ffion smiled and said, "I would like a Marshy Cream at Lunar Landing please." . Shocked, I stared at Ffion. She texted, 'I have been here. M8s 4ever!'. We had our sweetness and it calmed our confusion. I would like to order a little bit of sweetness please!

Beach Girls! (M)

2013年04月08日
公開
21

It was 38 degrees precisely when I realised I was late. My friends were waiting at the beach, all prepared for our usual gossip. I jumped off my wheelie chair and pulled my hair into a messy bun. My wavy brown hair looked like a volcano that had been frozen as it burst. I pulled on my shorts and a pale pink jacket then ran off with my iPod in one hand and my sun-shaped shoulder bag nicely on me. "Hey Jen! Late entrance, hey?" my best friend, Jessica (I call her Jess) exclaimed, pulling me into a BFF hug. I hugged her back, then lay down on the towel. My volcano hair was spread on the sand. The warm sun shone down on my legs. I kicked off my high tops and dug my toes into the sand. Jess rolled her eyes and texted something on her mobile. I listened to my iPod and music flew into my ears. Jess said something but I didn't hear. She pointed to her red blackberry and mouthed something. I unzipped my bag and rummaged about for my iPhone 3 and read the text. It said, 'Beach Girl, beach babe! U really fit in!' and I replied with three words, 'Beach Gal 4ever!'. Jess waved a sun-creamed hand and walked off. I had absolutely NO idea what I had done wrong. Still sunbathing, I saw a girl with blonde, frizzy hair chatting to another girl. I seemed to have borrowed some bravery from Jess and I walked over to them. The blonde-haired girl glared at me and demanded "What are you doing? Can't you see we're have a best friends talk?" . I felt myself blushing furiously and I said, "It's just that my friend who used to be my best friend left me just because she thinks I fit into the beach to much. I was wondering.." I began when the girl who glared at me smiled! "Oh yes! Sure sure! I'm Amazon but you can call me Zonnie as that's what Ffion calls me. This girl here's Ffion. We make the Beach Girls and it's only going to be us three." she interrupted. Such a mood changer! I smiled at Ffion and slipped my hands into Ffion and Zonnie's then pulled them into the sea for a paddle. The Beach Girls, just us three. My name is Jennifer Beachae and I belong by the beach. My house is just around the corner and I will stay here forever.

The Eternity Sisters-Spring and Winter Orbs (M)

2013年04月06日
公開
34

Sunshine slurped her frapuccino contentedly. Her fraternal twin, Luna was stroking their cat, Gala. Mr and Mrs Galaxy were downstairs minding there own business. The family was waiting for the Universa family to arrive for the big barbeque. Ding Dong! "Skye! Star!" Luna and Sunshine squealed, leaving the boringness behind them and welcoming there best friends. Skye and Star were identical twins and they had made the best(est) of friends with Luna and Sunshine. Together, they formed the 'Twinny Twin Twin!' group. As the four girls settled on the top bunk, Sunny's bed, they chanted their 'Twinny Twin Twin' poem. "Identical or not. Fraternal or what. Twinny Twin Twin includes only us!". When everyone had settled down, Skye and Star began to show off the necklaces they each got. Star had a star-shaped pendant and smaller, there was a glossy, flat, blue piece like the sky. Skye had one too but the other way round so that the star pendant was smaller. "Father mad one for you guys too. Luna, you get a silver moon and a smaller sun while Sunshine, it's just vice versa like me and Star." Skye said. After the serious talk, the twins started to talk about hair, nails..etc. "Sausages! My fave!" Skye exclaimed, eyeing her father to try and remind him about the pendant necklaces. After the big barbeque, when the girls were about to zoom upstairs, Luna was called back. Anxiously, Luna walked over to Mr Love without once looking back... "My dear, I have a present for you. I expect that my daughters have told you two about it." Mr Love reached in his pocket and brought out a dark blue, velvety box that kept the things inside it cool. "Open it when you're alone. Listen to what it has to say about the new you." he said. Luna turned and ran outside to her 'Night' den. She opened the exquisite box and saw a necklace with a silver moon and a small gold sun beside it. She gaped at the beautifulness of it. Her pale fingers stroked the velvet and then stroked the silver. She put it on and her fingers stroked the silver clasp before putting the box into her handbag. "You are now renamed Luna Eternity and the Oracle seeks you and the other Eternity Sisters.". Luna smiled, knowing she and her twin and friends would now be united like they wanted. Sunshine was called next, the same thing happened as she opened the red, velvety box. What she heard was that her name was to be renamed Solia(Sol) Eternity. The Oracle seeks her as well. As soon as she was upstairs, the four new sisters hugged and smiled. Suddenly, an image formed on each of their main pendants. A beautiful lady called Nineve appeared. "Luna, Solia(Sol), Caelumia(Caelum) and Estelle Eternity, the Oracle seeks you now. We need the Orbs of Spring and Winter now to help keep the seasons alive. We have found its' surroundings but to get there, step into this portal". The sisters had nothing to do but to go, so they did... As the mist cleared, Solia was the first to step out and notice the things different about them. For one, Luna's black hair had become silver and also knee-length. She was wearing a silver robe that was decorated with white fur. Estelle's was similar and her usual brown hair was now just like Luna's but shorter and she was wearing a less sparkling robe. Inside, they were wearing silver, floaty dresses that seemed to adjust the thickness and length when it felt the weather. It was now obvious that Luna and Estelle were now bonded, they're delicate features more obviously identical than usual. Nineve left a sparkle on Luna's pendant which seemed to make it out that she would be more leading than star. Solia was wearing a sparkling gold-coloured robe decorated with white fur. Her dress inside was a bright, sunny yellow despite the newly adjusted thickness. Caelumia was wearing a light blue robe with white fur and a sparkle. Her dress inside was the colour of a perfect spring-day sky blue. Solia noticed the sparkle and jealously flick her new short gold hair in Caelumia's face. That was when she realised it was not as long as 'normal'! Caelumia's brown shoulder-length hair was starting to get covered in delicate snowflakes. Although all was silent, everyone knew who was bonded with who and who was the lead. The snowflakes drifted down and the awkward silence was broken by the sound of horse hooves. The beautiful woman, Nineve arrived, riding on an elegant coach. She welcomed the sisters aboard and they took their places next to their partner. Estelle and Luna chatted and giggled, glad to be bonded together. Luna would lead but Estelle would be right there to help. Meanwhile, in the seats behind them, was silence. No huddling together to get warm, no chatting about the adventure, no nothing. Solia was still jealous of not being the leader while Caelumia was annoyed she couldn't be chatting with her twin or Luna. Solia was the last person she wanted to be with as they both shared bold features and bossy personalities. All Solia knew was that she'd be there to point every single mistake Caelumia made and laugh about it. All Caelumia knew was that she wouldn't share the reward with Solia since she would have to do the work on her own. Luna and Estelle had figured that they would be after the Winter orb in a freezing winter while Solia and Caelumia would be stepping into wilting spring. There was a portal ahead and Nineve explained everything and shooed Caelumia and Solia into the spring portal. Nineve wished them luck and reminded them to do what they were doing when they see the beast. Already in winter, Luna and Estelle set off. They giggled and joked on the way. Following what the pendant said. It was like playing hot or cold except with glowing and not glowing. Soon, they were led into a dark cave. They rested for the night and got woken up by a big white yeti! They saw the orb on a necklace around the yeti's neck and tried to explain what they needed. Estelle remembered what Nineve had said and whispered it to Luna. They found it hard to whisper secrets, giggle about cringes and swoon about boys with a giant yeti in front of them. Eventually, they managed it and got the yeti to join in. The mother yeti was much bigger and more frightening than the baby yeti. Instead, the mother yeti rewarded them the orb since they managed to cheer the baby yeti up. It had been sick so the mother was pleased. Giggling, they took turns to carry the orb all the way back. Mean whilst, Caelumia was led to a cave where a grizzly bear was. The orb hung on it's neck. "We want the orb!" demanded Solia, pleased to be one step ahead of Caelumia. The female bear woke and decided that they were two be her two babies. Caelumia groaned, clutching her mobile tightly. She wanted to phone for help but there was no signal. Suddenly, Caelumia remembered what Nineve told her to do. She immediately started whining and arguing with Solia. Solia was reminded and for the first time in that journey, was cooperative. The bear found their arguing really irritating so gave them the orb to try to soothe them. They stopped for a while, then, on Caelumia's signal, they started whining about wanting to go away. Really annoyed, the bear threw them out the cave and actually, coincidently, to the meeting place. Nineve, Luna and Estelle were already there. Solia and Caelumia's jealousy softened a little, but still, there was silence until they were each given a winter and spring charm each to go on there new charm bracelets as well. Back at home, no time had gone past. No one believed it was true until Luna showed them their new charm bracelets and charm. Now that Spring and Winter's power's are restored, the four Eternity Sisters await their next two orbs. Join them at The Eternity Sisters-Summer and Autumn Orbs.

Dragon Rider-Is this Easter ruined? (M)

2013年04月01日
公開
35

Elian swung his body off his dragon, Aurora. He patted her fiery scales and hurried into the forest to find some wood. Mean whilst, Longfang landed with a thump. His heavy, black eyelids were literally propped up with two twigs. Kira, his dragon rider, took away the twigs and allowed him to sleep. She rubbed her hands together while projecting her thoughts to Aurora, 'Where's Elian?'. Just as Aurora was about to answer, two great, big dragons landed noisily behind them. "Ra! Kira! Fang! How are you?" Pell exclaimed. Nolita silently slipped off Firestorm and gave him an affectionate pat. Pell jumped off Shadow and gave shout towards the woods to call Elian back. The four dragons, the day dragon called Firestorm, the night dragon called Shadow, the dusk dragon called Longfang(Fang) and the dawn dragon called Aurora(Ra) sat up to await the wood. Elian dropped the wood on the soil and the dragons blew some fire to keep them warm. That night would be a good night. At dawn, Ra roared to wake everyone up. Elian opened an eyelid and saw an amber eye staring down at him. "Ahhhhhhhh!" he yelled, waking everyone up. Kira moaned about Fang not saying it was day yet and snuggled back under Fang's ebony wings. Pell patted Shadow and stretched while Nolita still stayed silent. Pell checked his black mobile phone and grinned. "It's Easter Sunday so wake up!" he shouted in Kira's ear. Kira sat up abruptly and smiled. Her chocolate-coloured hair was a bird nest while she shared everyone some tinned baked beans. After their cold breakfast, Nolita ran to the stream by herself. When Elian noticed she had disappeared, everyone rode their dragons into the sapphire blue sky. Pell stayed by their camp in case Nolita came back. Shadow paced around, anxious to not have Firestorm around. At the stream, Elian caught sight of Nolita, her hands dipped in the cool water. "There! Down there by the stream!" he shouted, gripping Ra's ridges tight. All the dragons dived down towards the stream and everything that went by was a blur of colour. Elian went pale to see Nolita touching the deep water and in a heartbeat, he was falling down...down...down.... "Mama! I want you! I want to go back home!" Nolita cried down the phone. She had never spent an Easter on her own. Tears slid down her cheeks like snails on a leaf, leaving a wet trail behind them. Just as she was about to hear her mother's answer, she saw a blur of red falling down towards her. "Ahhhhhhhh!" she screamed and she dropped her phone into the stream. She watched her soothing conversation float away and felt anger wash over her. She dipped her shaking hands into the water and began to wash them roughly. She then marched over to the limp body and gasped when she recognised him as Elian... "Nolita! Elian! Is everything alright?" Kira asked, hidden behind a blur of orange. Ra was down like a lightning bolt and beside her rider in a heartbeat. She gave a roar of anger and flame burst out from in between her fangs. Ra stalked towards Nolita angrily and flame flooded out of her mouth like a warning sign. Nolita shrunk back mouse-like and squealed. "Ra! Don't! Noli! Come here! Behind me!" Kira ordered, hands waving about like a maniac. Nolita ran like the wind behind Kira and jumped onto Fang. Fang winced at the sudden pang of weight but flew Nolita back to the camp with Firestorm beside them. That afternoon, Kira went to check on Elian and Ra who were in a wooden house that was there resting area. Holding a plate of fried eggs and hot baked beans on toast. She held a carton of orange juice in the other hand and was balancing a plate of dead chicken for Ra. "Elian? Are you feeling better? I 've got the best lunch we could manage for you. Ra? You've got some chicken." Kira said as she entered the wooden house. Elian was propped up against the straw bed and feathery pillow. He thanked Kira weakly and ate up his lunch and his drink. Ra gulped down the chicken in one. Kira helped Elian outside and there was Nolita, looking guilty and sad. "I ruined everyone's Easter so sorry Elian!" she burst out. Elian smiled, "You didn't, I had the best present that I wouldn't have had if you had really ruined it, the care from all of you was my present.".

NeWsFlAsH KiDs! (M)

2013年03月25日
公開
32

Newsflash kids, Melody Zhu here reporting to you about the latest news. Garfield Primary has had a visit from the Metropolitan Police. The Brilliant Badgers came back from a lesson and into their classroom to find....A MESS! There was a police who was wearing a normal button-up t-shirt standing in the mess. All the Badgers were curious to know what exactly had happened. Over to you Cyzye. Ok, thank you Melody. Lying on the floor were 6 suspicious objects, a blue dice on the number 6, a bag, a garden gnome, a footprint, a recorder and 3 bits of masking tape taped into the shape of a triangle! Perhaps something's missing from inside? We will find out soon. All the children have been asked to write a precise and clear report on their suspicions, the objects and what's going on. We have asked for a few opinions from the kids. 'I think the police or the teacher is naturally suspicious because they were the only ones near our class when the crime happened.' Nourdine Benzelmat, 'We cannot be sure who it is until we have found enough evidence. The area is rather messy so I highly suspect that this criminal is a clumsy person.' Melody Zhu. Right, well back to you Melody to find out what happened next. Thank you Cyzye. I think that the 2 opinions are both quite right and now we are going to find out what happened next. The police collected up the children's reports and said he'd give it to the chief inspector when he/she came but this mysterious person never did come. The police took the reports and said he thinks the chief inspector is just round the corner and that he'd go and give the children's reports to him. Then, he said he'd come back with good news but instead, he packed his bag, collected the objects and left the classroom with their reports. All the children found this highly suspicious and noticed that the note saying there had been a crime had not been taken off from their door. The classroom looked normal once the police left so no one would believe there had been a crime. What will happen next? We will be expecting good news next time. Goodbye!

ALIVE (M)

2013年03月18日
公開
42

"Tea's ready!" Mrs Black called, taking the plates and cutlery into the living room. Ivy Black, her eldest daughter, gave no response at all. Thalia Black, her youngest daughter skipped into the living room and shook Ivy. Ivy opened her grey, misty eyes and silently took out her earplugs. She had been listening to Smoke, her favourite band, and stroking her cat, Smoke(named after her favourite band). As she ate her dinner, she thought about what the members of Smoke had said on the radio today, 'It's the day! All the spirits and elements will come alive if you don't take out the ruby from the gold! The location is far so hurry! Stop dawdling and go!'. She finished her dinner and waited in her room for her family to go to sleep. She would go that very night, alone..... At 11:00, all was still. Ivy pulled on her warm coat and some NIKE trainers and tiptoed downstairs. She opened the door as silently as possible but it screeched loudly. Ivy froze, she heard her sister stir. Then, all was silent once again. Ivy pulled the door shut behind her and set off on her journey. The wind came rushing down from the sky chaotically; forcing everything down. As Ivy took another step, a tree broke and rolled towards her, tripping her up. Taking this chance, the wind blew harder. It pressed her down, forcing her to stay down. The trees old branches scratched her coat and clothes, leaving them torn and ripped. Everything happened in a split-second and Ivy Black, for the first time in her 13 years of life, felt scared. Unlucky 13. The tree threw her against the brick wall and set off, on its way. Ivy thought it was all over and just as she was about to scramble up and away, something invisible grabbed her clammy hands. She screamed, being wrenched back against the hard wall. Something tapped her shoulder and she turned to see that it was her own shadow! It's slender, grey fingers reached out towards her and before Ivy could run, caught her neck! It strangled her, enjoying her every second of pain. As she was about to lose her life, a different shadow tapped her shadow and took it away. Ivy ran like she had never ran before! As fast as a lion, as fast as a cheetah, faster than all the living things' speed put together. Her dark brown hair whitened until it was like smoke. Her smoky hair trailed behind her like a silver dragon. She fell onto the yellowing grass and cried out. Silvery tears slid down her smooth cheeks. Sobbing, Ivy thought of her warm, cosy bed, the white, soft pillow. How she missed home! She wanted to go back terribly much, but she was worried she'd see her family dead. "Ivy Black. Go home." a strange but kind-sounding voice whispered. Though she didn't know who it was, Ivy took its advice and ran like the wind back home. In front of the black, glossy door Ivy stood. Hesitating, she stepped back. A rush of wind blew against her back, freezing her back where her clothes were ripped. She hadn't brought the key so, plucking up the courage, her fingers curled around the door knocker. She took a deep breath. Ivy sighed, dropping her pale hand. Observing the cold, gold door knocker, she noticed a glinting ruby attached to it. '....take out the ruby from the gold....' 'Gold, ruby.' she thought, bringing those thoughts together. She had no time to think that this was not far away. Her sweaty hand grasped the ruby and pulled it out of the door just in time before midnight. All the rushing stopped. Everything was stock still....SHE'D DONE IT! She saw a shaped part in the ruby and used it to unlock the door. Fixing it back on, she slipped into the calm house and into home. Epilogue Ivy Black(21), Oscar Hunt(25), May Hunt(5) and April Hunt(4) sit calm in there normal little house. They have 2 cats: Black and Hunt and a kitten: Ghost. May Hunt and April Hunt fuss over Ghost, Ivy Black over Black and Hunt. Oscar Hunt doesn't really fuss over cats, but he does over his wife and daughters. Ivy Black recalls Smoke and that peculiar night often and even has to sleep with Ghost on that date every year. Next generation, a new, happy Hunt family.

Dancing Strawberry's Mini Diary (Dancy's Mini Diary) (M)

2013年03月12日
公開
39

Thursday 18th of October 3:00 Hello, I'm Dancing Strawberry! I have an owner called Strawberry, do you know that? Today, she cut out some pieces of paper and clipped them together to make my diary! I started writing this as soon as she left to go to her Parents' Evening with kind Mrs Strawberry(or whatever owner's mum is called!). I have two baby strawberries, Jumping Jack and Berry Dancer. They're favourite food is sprinkles in milk. Humans seem to eat us! They're strawberry-cannibals! Yeah, owner doesn't eat living strawberries but then, she's only come across me and my babies. Oh, Jack and Berry are hungry. I'll go and feed them the sprinkled milk owner left us. Bye! Thursday 4:32 I'm back and owner's back! She came to see us and we had a chat. She also showed us her paper foldings, she says that the Chinese are really good at them. Owner folded a chatterbox and tested me on it. My fate, it seems, is that I'll find Jumping Strawberry(my lost love) again. She said his name might even be Jumpy(my dream berrylove's name)! She cut out more paper for me and taught me how to fold a strawberry, showing me her one which she'd folded especially for me. Oh my! Look at the time! My darlings will be wanting their honey-milk now! And I want my marshmallow-cream! Bye! Friday 9:00am Menu: Starter: *Bread and mayo *Leafy lettuce Main: *Noodles with maple leaves *Chips, garlic bread and Peanuts(selection) *Leafy Congee Dessert: *Sprinkles on ice-cream *Chocolate marshmallows *Cheesecake with/without watermelon Drinks: *Honey-milk *Silky Syrup squash(SSS) *Marshmallow cream on cocoa *Sprinkles in milk *Coconut milk with honey *Sparkling raindrops *Water *Fizzy7s Hi! I just decided to stick in the menu of the Ready Berry Restaurant that I take my babies and owner to quite often. She always goes for bread and mayo, selection, cheesecake with watermelon and Fizzy7s. I usually go for Leafy Lettuce, (the main always changes), sprinkles on ice-cream and Marshmallow cream on cocoa. Berry Dancer=Bread and Mayo, noodles, chocolate marshmallows and Silky Syrup Squash. Jumping Jack=Bread & Mayo, selection, cheesecake(only) and Sparkling raindrops. Oh, maybe the menu was too big, I've finished my 1st diary! Well, see you in my next diary! Byeeeeeeeee! Love, Dancy(Dancing Strawberry), Berry and Jack! xxxxxxxxxxxx

Strawberry's Diary (3) (M)

2013年03月04日
公開
38

(The last time I wrote about this story/diary was the 2013/01/13) Wednesday 17th of October 2011, 5:54 pm Hello, I'm Strawberry! I'm sorry I'm late but I had to go and buy my new diary, we bought extras for the next time I have to start a new diary. Remember last time what I said about the school trip? Well, after we got home, I went and checked on Dancing Strawberry straightaway. Mum looked guilty but I didn't see anything wrong with Dancing Strawberry, Berry Dancer and Jumping Jack. Then, as I picked them up, they started squeaking! Oh, I almost dropped them, they could speak(in squeak-language)! Mum said she fed them some sprinkles according to the colour of their eyes and it happened! She thought I was angry but I was delighted! I still am! Oh, mum's calling for supper, gotta go! Still Wednesday, 11:00 pm Hey, you know, if I fed them sprinkles again, do you think they would be able to write? You know something wierd, I love strawberries on anything or even on their own and it's also the same with sprinkles but I must be so full that my mouth doesn't water! Anyway, I was doing my homework and I took a bath today which is why I'm writing here so late. That means, I can't expirement now unless.... Actually, I can do that. I'll tell you the plan when I've done it. Be back in a tick! Still Wednesday, 11:20 pm Sorry it took so long, I've got the sprinkles in my hand now but I HAVE to tell you what happened. I snuck downstairs into the kitchen and got the three sprinkles and when I was about to leave, I tripped! Mum must have heard so she came rushing downstairs with a torch and a bat in her hand. She must have thought I was a burglar! The only thing I thought of was to pretend I was sleepwalking. I shut my eyes, feeling all tense. I got up and started walking anywhere. I felt light being shone on my face because you know you see red when there's light on your face and you've got your eyes shut. Anyway, she led me back upstairs and stayed with me for a while. That's why the whole thing got delayed. Now that she's left, I can try my experiment... Thursday 3:10 pm Heya! It's after school now and it's my parent's evening so I'm just here waiting for my mum to come out, I wish it good news. The experiment was cool, my strawberries can write! I told her in squeaks about diaries and she said back to me in squeaks she will start one! I cut out mini diaries from one of mine so she can write a diary too! Oh great! I've run out of pages! Well, see you and you might hear from Dancing Strawberry! Love, Strawberry xxx (and Dancing Strawberry, Berry Dancer and Jumping Jack! xxx) P.S. Don't forget to look out for Dancing Strawberries Diary! xxxxxx

Clever Critters, Bella's ballet dream (Scribbler) (M)

2013年02月03日
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44

"Point your paws, arabesque, close in at third position then demi-plié. Very miaow Bella, very miaow." Miss Kit-Cat exclaimed, meowing at the dance solo in delight. Bella, one of her most prided kittens blushed bright pink. As soon as the paw-shaped clock showed eight in the morning, all the kitten ballet dancers put their collars back on, took off their ballet shoes and hurried out of the hall. Only Bella and another kitten called Posy stayed in the hall. They waved goodbye to Miss Kit-Cat and sat at the stage, waiting for the children to have their lesson. The girls ran in, wearing their hair in neat buns and a long coat over their leotards. When they took off their coats, they all ran over to cuddle Bella and Posy. The girls put on their pointe shoes and tiptoed to the barre. Bella watched them dance daintily with their pointe shoes and sighed. How she longed for a pair of pointe shoes. Posy wasn't looking at all, she was eating the breakfast one of the girls called Nephele left for Bella. After the girls had gone, Bella took a wander around the community centre, looking for scraps to save for lunch. She and Posy were cats that didn't have owners, but they did have ballet dreams and Bella was determined to fulfil hers. That afternoon, Bella, Posy and the other kittens hurried into the hall. Bella had butterflies in her tummy. Today, she was going to ask Miss Kit-Cat about pointe shoes. It was a big decision for she would get really embarrassed if Miss Kit-Cat said she was wrong. After the lesson, she swished her tail about nervously and asked Miss Kit-Cat, " Miaow miaow. Meow know about ballet shoes, for kittens like us I mean. When......when are we going to get...meow know...pointe shoes?" . "Pointes? No no no, that's for humans, not cats!" Miss Kit-Cat exclaimed, adjusting her pink collar. Then, she took off her ballet shoes and stalked away. The rest of the cats walked off, leaving Posy to comfort Bella. "What's the matter B? I thought you were over not having an owner." Posy asked, through a mouthful of tuna that she found in the corner of the fridge. Bella sighed, "It's not about owners and stuff, it's about pointes! Nephele and the others get pointe shoes but Miss Kit-Cat said not pointes for kittens!" Bella cried, wetting her fur that she had just cleaned before the lesson and she walked away. The next day at eight am, Bella was already sat on the windowsill. She hadn't attended ballet that morning so she didn't know where Posy was. Nephele and the girls came running in to warm up. Nephele tiptoed to Bella and handed her a pair of pointe shoes but kitten-sized. "I saw these on my kitten dancer doll this morning. Here, you want them?" Nephele asked, pushing the shoes towards Bella. Bella meowed excitedly, and tried to put them on. Nephele tied the ribbons for her and smiled. Bella wondered about the breakfast she would usually give her and Posy to eat. Where was it? Nephele just tiptoed to the barre. When the lesson finished, Nephele's mother, Mrs Elixa came to pick Nephele up. She whispered something to Nephele and Nephele nodded. Mrs Elixa walked over to Bella, who was trying an arabesque in her dream shoes, and stroked Bella. Bella closed in to third and did a demi-plié like Miss Kit-Cat taught her and then looked up with a pair of adoring blue eyes at Mrs Elixa. Mrs Elixa cooed and cuddled Bella before walking away to talk to Nephele's teacher. They had a little discussion and before Bella could do her dance routine again, Nephele had picked her up and was carrying her towards their car. 'No way!' thought Bella, 'Two dreams fulfilled in one! Kitty Kool!'. She then lived her happy life with Nephele, falling over in her pointes quite often.

遭小偷

2013年01月22日
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41

早上,媽咪一如往常地帶兩姐妹去上學,回來的路上,還盤算著等一下要去買菜....,就在到達家門口的時候,媽咪簡直不敢相信自己的眼睛,我們家,門上的玻璃,破了,媽咪透過破掉的玻璃往裡面看,裡面是一片狼藉。 啊,我們遭小偷了,就在媽咪送小朋友上學的二十分鐘,小偷就闖進來了!!媽咪害怕得去敲鄰居的門,只有Chris爺爺在家,可是他重感冒,只能告訴媽咪說,就進去然後打電話報警!媽咪硬著頭皮開了門,先到處看了一下,好,確定沒有人在裡面,就打電話報警,警察說一個小時之內會到。好,媽咪再想想,接下來呢?該怎麼辦? 對,通知爸比,媽咪去找了Karan阿姨,可是她不在家,還好回來的路上遇到了Carol阿姨,借媽咪手機發email,不過,不知道爸比什麼時候那看到。接著,警察來做筆錄,沒多久,換採證的警察來,可惜,根據她們的說法,雖然她們都很看重這種案件,但是小偷戴了手套,又沒有目擊證人,她們也只能看看附近有不良記錄的人,試著比對可能的嫌犯而已。 接著,媽咪又試著聯絡爸比,沒有爸比的電話,好,鎮定,找到爺爺奶奶家的電話,請爺爺通知爸比,讓爸比打電話回家。果然這個比較有用,爸比很快地回電話,媽咪終於可以鬆懈下來,告訴爸比這裡發生的一切。 門上打破的玻璃,仲介很快地派人來修理,雖然玻璃不是馬上可以有,但是至少先釘上一塊木板在後面,不然,這家裡可就真的是完全不安全了,媽咪還在想,是要保命去住旅館呢,還是死守四行倉庫,謝謝Karan阿姨自告奮勇說晚上要來陪我們,不過,木板釘上以後,鎖門就有點意義了,門也不再只是純裝飾,謝謝叔叔的幫忙,還真的一個小時之內就趕到啊!! 雖然驚魂未定,但是,媽咪畢竟是家裡的大人,為了不嚇到圓咪和阿貝,媽咪也只能強作鎮定,繼續一天的行程,接貝貝,帶貝貝跳舞,帶姐姐彈琴等等,希望忙碌的行程可以幫助媽咪暫時忘記害怕。 小姐妹兩個,因為媽咪只是輕描淡寫地帶過,著重在她們晚上沒有電視可以看,倒是沒有太害怕安全的問題,只是抱怨小偷太過分,怎麽可以偷走我們的電腦,那台Epad還是阿嬤送給圓咪的禮物呢!不過,姐妹都有小驚喜,就是小偷太注重想找值錢的東西,看到小朋友的東西就略過,爸比裝滿了筆的鉛筆盒,媽咪裝滿了零食紙屑的包包,全給倒了個遍,可是姐姐卡通圖案的鉛筆盒,裝著姐姐的零用錢,妹妹的卡片裡夾著Chris爺爺給的聖誕節禮金,都沒有被找到。而媽咪也是慶幸,還好早上打算順便去買菜,把皮夾給帶了出去,不然回到家,沒錢沒卡,這幾天的日子就不知道怎麼過了!!分享著這小小的“不幸中的大幸”,也沖淡一些我們的恐懼吧! 只是經過這次經驗,我們就學到要更加小心,注意居家的安全,隨時注意周圍環境可疑的人,另外,小偷這次上門之後,應該可以放過我們家一陣子了吧?

The Mystery on the Beach (Scribbler)(M)

2013年01月20日
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41

Professor Polly sat dumbstruck on the sand, "This was not the kind of discovery I expected!". She looked, once again, into the dark hole. She shut her eyes tight and took a deep breath. "I will seriously regret this." she murmured under her breath, and jumped into the hole... It was pitch black in the hole and it seemed never-ending. Polly screamed her head off but after a while, she gave up. Just as she fully relaxed, she landed with BUMP! A wet, slippery tongue licked her cheek and was followed by a friendly bark. Polly opened her eyes to find Bounty with his pink tongue hanging out and Robbie holding something shiny. Polly wiped a bead of sweat off her eyebrow and gave a sigh of relief. "What have you got there Robbie?" she asked. "It's a Dumortierite Quartz. It comes from Namibia, it is opaque, it is in the shape of a Round Cabochon......", Robbie blabbered on about the midnight blue gemstone while Professor Polly started to smile. "It's treasure! We're going to be millionaires!" she sang, picking up Bounty happily. Robbie stopped her in her tracks, "But it's not the thing we're looking for." Polly ignored him and reached in her backpack for her extendable ladder and balanced it at the very top of the hole. She climbed on, with Bounty now in her backpack. Robbie started climbing too. Once at the top, Polly exclaimed, "We may not have the dinosaur fossil you've all been waiting for but we have the Dumortierite Quartz! Come see!" and with that, they started a totally new project as architects, gemstones.

Strawberry's diary (2) (M)

2013年01月13日
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42

(Last time I wrote about this story/diary was 2011/10/31) Monday 15th of November 2011 am, just before school, Hello, I'm Strawberry. Remember me? I've managed to get the exact same diary as last time. Anyway, before I came to write here, I checked on Dancing Strawberry, she drank a lot of water and her dancing seemed weak. I'm worried about her, maybe she can't last any longer, maybe, she's going to die! I've realized that ....... sorry, can't finish, mum's calling me to go to school. Still Monday, after school, I checked on Dancing Strawberry today and I found her with a jumping strawberry and it looked like a boy one! Beside them were two little strawberries, one dancing one and one jumping one. I'll name the dancing one, Berry Dancer. I'll name the father Jumping Strawberry and the little one Jumping Jack. I'm delighted! Tuesday 16th of October, after school, Jumping Strawberry has disappeared! Poor Dancing Strawberry has to take care of Jumping Jack and Berry Dancer herself! I mean, I'll help of course but when I'm at school, she'll have to do it on her own. Oh! Maybe mum will agree to help! Gotta go talk to her, I'll be a minute. One hour later, Sorry I'm late! I asked mum and she said yes, she'd love to! I showed her Dancing Strawberry, Berry Dancer and Jumping Jack and also explained how to take care of her. I left them in the kitchen with her and peeked in from the doorway to see how they got along. They seemed to get along just fine. Afterwards, they jumped and danced on her and played with her. After fifty-five minutes, I went in and brought MY strawberries back to my strawberry room. Kinda Tuesday, kinda Wednesday, tell you what, it's midnight, I am writing in here because tomorrow morning, I have to go to school early for my school trip. There won't be any time to write. Tomorrow will be the first time Dancing Strawberry and her cute little strawberries get together with my mum. Oh no! This the last page of my diary. Look, I'll buy a new diary tomorrow after school, which will be 5:45 because of the school trip. Hope the new diary will start with good news! Byeeee! Love Strawberry xxx(p.s. love from Dancing Strawberry, Berry Dancer, Jumping Jack and perhaps, just maybe, Jumping Strawberry too xxx)

Moving (T&A)(M)

2013年01月12日
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39

Tara stuffed her medal-alarm-clock into her rucksack and sighed. Her mother, Mrs Bailey had decided to move houses. She said that this old house wasn't too good, it not only seemed like it was going to crumble to pieces, it was also far from school and Horseland, where Tara learned horse riding. Anna, mean-whilst, was watching TV with tears in her eyes, she said that this TV was the biggest she'd ever seen! Mr and Mrs Bailey had finished packing and were now happily snoring away. Tara put her last belonging, including her riding things, into her suitcase. She walked across the landing and woke her parents up. Mr Bailey sat up and stretched, waking Mrs Bailey during this process. "Well, let's get the things downstairs. We'll be leaving in the afternoon." Mr Bailey yawned and quickly found some clothes to wear. Mrs Bailey reached into her box and pulled out a grey dress, then turned to change. When it got to the afternoon, Tara's eyes were red and puffy, sad about having to leave the house, thinking it would be unwanted and lonely. Anna nose was bright red and she had hugged the TV about a hundred times. Only Mr and Mrs Bailey were excited. They had had already put the luggage in their dark blue MOUNTAINEER. Tara climbed with a blank expression on her face. She helped Anna in, STILL with a blank expression on her face. The ride seemed like it would never end until the car suddenly came to a halt. Tara felt the sudden jolt and sat up, desperate to get out and into the fresh air. Anna woke up with a start, but during her sleep, she still hadn't forgotten about moving. Tara pushed open the car door and jumped out of the car with Anna hot on her heels. The fresh air was lovely but now she would have to face the new house. The new house was made of those tiny stones and the outside walls were painted white. Red roses climbed up the walls, decorating it, but also filling it with a feeling of nature. The door was painted a glossy red and the roof was painted with a darker shade of red. Trees and flowers surrounded the house. Tara and Anna gasped in amazement, both asking in unison "Is this our house?" . They stepped in. The inside walls were a wonderful peachy color and the windows were shiny clean. Tara was shown her room and she thought it was beautiful. It wasn't like her rich friend's room but it was cosy. Tara smelled the wonderful scent of roses and knew immediately that she was going to love it here.

Got to Dance Young (T&A)(M)

2012年12月28日
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23

It was the first day back at school and Tara was in a rush. She had been practicing for the dance competition the past few days and because of that, hadn't been able to slot in her morning runs. Tara had been practicing hard and she always went to bed late because she'd been reading some books about 'Got to Dance Young', the 'Got to Dance' competition for kids. because of her late nights, she had overslept that morning. Tara buttoned up her white shirt and pulled on her grey tights. Then, she pulled on a grey skirt which covered up the top half of her tights and also completed their school uniform. Downstairs, Tara's mum, Mrs Bailey pulled Tara's chocolate brown, wavy hair into a ponytail. Tara, meanwhile, had been finishing the last of her cereal with Anna, who had not watched TV because 'The M&M's' were only on on weekends and holidays. When they finished their breakfast, they pulled on their thick, woolly coats, because the autumn term had begun, and set off for school. Tara walked to school with Anna ONLY on Wednesdays because of WOW, Walk On Wednesday. They would earn a WOW badge that way. That day though, was a Tuesday so they hurried to the bus stop. The bus to Houston had only just arrived so they were lucky. Tara wasn't quite eleven yet so she and Anna could just walk on without needing to pay with an Oyster card. She and Anna found themselves a seat each and both settled down to read. Tara reached in her book bag for her 'Got to Dance Young' book one. She flipped through the thick book to the chapter she was on, Chapter twelve. Finally, they arrived at Tara and Anna's school, Satine Primary School. Days passed, all nearly exactly the same as each other. Finally, it was Friday, the last day for practicing in front of the class. Their class would cheer them on and help them improve. Tara and her best friends, Rosa, Delphie, and Kate were representing their class in the competition. Their was an audition and it seemed Tara and her best friends were great at dancing. At break-time, Tara showed them the checklist she had printed out from her 'Got to Dance Young' book and also brought the book out. She gave them each a checklist of what they would need to bring on the day and shared the printed out checklist to say what their dance would need to have to win all the judges hearts. "Number one, Style. We've got that! Let's tick it off!" Kate, the soloist of their dance exclaimed. Holly, one of their best friends sat down on the bench beside her. "Number two, Creativity. Hmmmm...." Delphie read out and bit her lip. Everyone thought about that. 'Did they have creativity? Was their dance creative?' thought Tara, tapping her fingers on the book anxiously. "You may not know it but I do! Even though I'm not in the group, I think your dance is creative!" Holly chipped in, breaking the silence, her bright smile somehow let the others suddenly remember all the really creative parts. "Number three, Expression." Rosa read. "Cross. We can work on that in the studio after school." Tara immediately answered." "Number four, Feeling." Holly said. "Cross!" the others chorused. "Number five, Timing with the Music." Tara read. "Tick!" they exclaimed. "Number six, Confidence. Middle!" they all exclaimed together. "Great!" Tara exclaimed, consulting their results with the others. Everyone was pleased to hear they only had to work on the confidence, feeling and expression. Otherwise it was perfect. School whizzed by quickly, soon it was home-time. The four of them waved to their classmates as they skipped away to the dance studio near their school. Kate switched on the music and they practiced away. When Tara announced practice was over, she called everyone together to have a chat. "Our confidence is good. Kate, your soloing is perfect. The confidence, that is. Everyone, we must express our feelings, let it out in our expression! Our feeling and expression are stiff. Work on it. Monday's our big day." and with that, everyone was dismissed. They had many practices at the studio and on their morning practice on Sunday, it was a disaster. Kate was soloing well when she fell and sprained her ankle and twisted her wrist. They called the doctor and he said she must rest for a week even if it meant taking time off school. That meant...NO SOLOIST! Everyone gawped. Terrified at the news. Tara went to help Kate, while asking her who she thinks should solo. Instead, Kate gave Tara £2. Enough to buy an ice pack. Tara knew what Kate wanted and left. Kate called together a huddle when Tara went to the nearest Drug store to buy an ice pack for Kate. "Guys, Tara's best suited for the solo part. What do you think?" Kate suggested. Everyone else nodded in agreement. "She also can dance your part like the easiest thing in the world. I agree, let Tara become the soloist." Delphie added. When Tara came back, she was shocked at the news. "You want ME to dance the solo?" she exclaimed. Kate nodded and took the ice pack off Tara. Kate balanced it on her ankle and smiled. "You'll win the competition for us.". That afternoon, the dance had been altered a little since it wasn't a even amount of dancers anymore. Tara danced the solo very well but the expression and feeling was still really stiff with everyone. Tara and the others hoped that they would suddenly be perfect with the expression and feeling on the day. That night, Tara had an early night. She still checked on their costumes before she went to bed though. She would have to wear Kate's costume now, since she was the soloist. Lucky she and Kate's size were basically the same. She had a nightmare about losing the competition and was glad when she woke up that morning. Everyone gathered at Tara's house and they took turns using the bathroom, getting their hair done by Mrs Bailey, and as for changing into their smooth silver tight suit with a connected very mini skirt(Tara's(used to be Kate's) suit was gold), they could could change together. When everyone finished changing, they lay a blanket over their clothes and had some toast and fruit for breakfast. Mrs Bailey drove them all to the competition and Anna came too. It was a bit of a squash but they managed it. At the competition, a kind looking lady asked them their group name and their names. "We're called 'Gold 'n' Silver'." Tara replied. Then, everyone told the lady their names. The lady told them they were going last and showed them to their seats backstage. They waited until it was their go. When they were on stage, Tara and the rest of the group exclaimed "Gold 'n' Silver!" and the music started. Everyone let the music flow into their bodies and their bodies seemed to take over. When their dance was over, there was a little break. Tara and her group did a bit more waiting and the results were announced. "Today's dancers were excellent and it was hard to decide but here are the results. Third place goes to.... Sbatacular!". There was a lot of clapping. "Second place goes to...... Catwalk!". There was more clapping. "Now, first place goes too.........Gold 'n' Silver for their excellent everything especially their expression and feeling!". Now the whole audience cheered, whooped and clapped. Tara, Delphie and Rosa could not believe their ears! In the audience, Kate cheered the loudest. Tara, Rosa and Delphie went on stage to collect their trophies and smiled, speechless with amazement. Back home, Tara's trophy shone in the sunlight, placed on the shelf.

Neighprise! (Tara and Anna)(M)

2012年12月11日
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44

Ever since having been to Mushroom Village, which was only a few days ago, mum had been full of surprises. Tara double-clicked the left click and scrolled down the page. "There are lots of Spring activities." she commented. She was on the Bookholic website. It was mainly aimed at people who loved books. There were quizzes about/from books and authors, book reviews and many other things. Occasionally, if there were really big events, the website would tell you. You had to have an account though and that was what Tara had. Anna switched on the radio and it blared on about some singer for a few minutes. Soon, Tara was still busy reading some free books that you could read on Bookaholic. Just as Anna was thinking about switching off the radio for it was boring, it started a song! Tara ran downstairs from her room to the living room and started dancing "This is my favorite singer! Well, the only singer I know but, still!" . Anna decided to check out what Tara had been doing upstairs so she tiptoed upstairs holding her Miley Cyrus CD. Tara's room had two bookshelves full of books, a box of antique books, a bunk bed, a wardrobe, a lamp, a table with some books, a laptop, a radio and her diary on it. Anna saw the laptop was open and the radio was on. She slid into the chair that had two cushions propped on it and scanned the laptop screen. "Spring events......horse riding club eighty percent off at Horseland at Texas.......Easter eggs hunt all over Texas, New York, Washington DC and Kentucky FOR FREE..." Anna read, eyebrows frowning in concentration. "I have an idea!" she exclaimed, just not quite loud enough for Tara to hear. The next day at breakfast, Anna scoffed some toast into her mouth and washed it down with orange juice. When Tara came downstairs, she was pretty surprised that Anna wasn't taking her time in front of the TV and eating cereal. Anna and her mum had decided to take Tara to Horseland for some riding lessons since it was one of her hobbies! Tara though, had a silent and awkward breakfast, for someone who doesn't know what's going on, it's pretty normal. After her morning meadow run, she felt exhausted and huddled up in her room by the radiator reading her favorite horse book. It was time to go to Horseland so Anna and their mum knocked on Tara's door to get her. Tara was so absorbed in her book she didn't hear them, so Anna turned the door handle and went in. Before Tara could shut her book and put it back in the bookshelf, they caught sight of the title of the book, 'Everything about Horses and Horseland' and in small print at the bottom, it said 'Horseland= best horse riding teaching and stable.'. Anna and mum smiled when they saw the title and ushered Tara into the car. It was about half an hour drive there and Tara had been told to shut her eyes when there was an approximately three minutes drive away. When they got to Horseland, Tara was still not allowed to open her eyes. "Where are we?" Tara asked, finally getting impatient. Sensing her daughter could not wait any longer, Mrs Bailey told the truth "About 1 minute left." . Tara sighed and allowed herself to be half dragged and half pulled behind them. Yellow hay crunched beneath their feet as the walked in the stables towards their friendly coach. Tara heard horse sounds but then told herself she'd been reading too many books about horses. "Open you eyes now!" Mrs Bailey and Anna instructed both excitedly and bossily. Tara opened her eyes slowly to find herself in a stable with horses, her mum, Anna, kids and a very friendly looking coach. Her coach said, "I'll be your coach for the next two terms. Welcome to Horseland!" .

Tomato face! (Tara and Anna) (1) (M)

2012年12月08日
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43

A ray of sunshine shone through a gap in the sky-blue curtains. Tara turned her back on the window and yawned. It was the holidays and she was not going forget THAT easily! Her gold-medal-like(it was meant to look like a gold medal)alarm clock vibrated and the sound of people cheering burst out. Tara groaned as she waved her hand about, trying to get her clock. Lazily, she gave up and pulled the duvet over her head. Her mum, who had suspected that Tara was still in her morning daze, left the breakfast to cool as she walked upstairs to wake Tara up. Tara could never get up in the mornings when it was the holidays and her mum would have to help. Tara heard muffled footsteps combined with quiet cheering. Knowing this meant 'get up' time, she threw the duvet off her body and sat up. Looking up, she found her mum giving her 'the look'. Tara sighed and made her bed without complaining. She was already feeling 100 times livelier so she tore her sister, Anna's, fairy brush through her own wavy, chocolate, brown hair and pulled it back into a messy ponytail. Tara's hair was pretty in color but hard to tie. In the blink of an eye, the alarm clock stopped cheering, mum had disappeared, dad had gone to work and Tara was all dressed! She zoomed down the stairs and hurried to the big living room that always smelt of roses. Anna was in her usual place in front of the TV, on the floor and had a half-eaten bowl of cereal on her lap. "Morning!" cheered Tara as she joined Anna with a plate of eggs and bacon. Anna mumbled something, but Tara couldn't hear what it was because Anna had her spoon in her mouth. "I can't believe you didn't have eggs and bacon today! We only get it in the holidays!" Tara exclaimed through a mouthful of bacon. Anna shrugged off the comment and pointed to the table, chewing and swallowing frantically. "Mummy said that you can chose orange juice or hot chocolate. That fairy mug is my hot choc." the TV addict, Anna explained, tearing her eyes off her favorite cartoon, 'The M&Ms'. "Great!" Tara replied, glancing at the table. She guessed her mum was upstairs, enjoying not having to take them to school. She finished her plate of scrumptious breakfast and washed it down with juice. That afternoon, the sun was out so Mrs Bailey, their mum, decided to take them to Mushroom Village. It was a great and exciting play area. That week, since Mushroom Village was seasonal, was the week in each season that you could go in for free! Everyday in the mornings, even if there was school, Tara would go for a run in the meadow nearby. Wearing her white flowy dress, which she always wore for the run(or her blue dress)because it made her feel like a dainty little fairy, she pulled on her ballet pumps and opened the door. 'I would never miss my morning meadow runs for anything.' she thought as she stepped outside. When she got back home, she changed into some jeans and a sleeveless blue top. Now, she was all set for the Mushroom Village play! When they got to Mushroom Village, a lady stood outside for the check in. She had a badge pinned to her jacket that read her name. Tara caught sight of her and squinted, trying to make out the lady's name. Finally, they were at the front in the queue. It was much easier to read now, Velma Evans. "Can I take your names?" Velma asked, politely nudging Tara to get her attention. Tara flushed, "Huh? Oh..Tara Bailey." she replied, her voice coming out quietly. Anna smiled one of her award-winning smiles and answered loudly, clearly and confidently "I'm Anna Bailey." . They were each given a blue sticker and told when the blue stickers had to go. The hour whizzed past quite quickly and Tara and Anna had only even explored 3/16 of the massive play area. They half-walked, half-stumbled over to Mrs Bailey. They were sweating and though they were red-faced and panting, they had smiles on their faces. The two of them had what seemed like tomato faces! Next stop, home!

My ballet exam (M)

2012年12月06日
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Dear Diary, Today was my ballet exam! It was this afternoon at 12:30, only, we had to arrive 1 hour before our exam. I was in a group with Georgia. She has a younger sister(Nadia) that is 2 years younger than Georgia, an older sister(Freya) that is 2 years older than Georgia and last of all, an older brother(I don't know his name) that is 2 years older than Freya. Everyone in her family has blonde hair, apart from her brother who has brown hair. All the girls in their family, apart from their mum, has really long hair. Me and Georgia wore lilac leotards, pale pink tights and our leather ballet shoes. We also had a navy-colored character dress and a pair of black, pink-strapped character shoes that were the cuban heel ones. That was for later for the character. We also had a color ribbon pinned on our leotards. I was pink, Georgia was blue. These colors weren't choose-able. Just too bad we weren't allowed to wear our knickers! The examiner was called Mrs Quinn. She looked kind of old. We also had a pianist called Garreth. He wasn't the best at the piano(he slipped notes)! Ms Quinn wasn't very smiley, mum pointed out that most examiners weren't smiley. Then I told her out of ten, ten being the smiley-est examiner I've had and 0 being the un-smiley-est , she was a 3. The exam room was long and narrow, not actually TOO narrow. It was like a long rectangle. It had a stage, a piano(how else would Garreth play for us?) , a barre, a notice board and a table & chair(how and where else would the examiner sit and give us points?). After the exam, the other girls in our grade, but had their exams an hour later than ours, had arrived. They were Amy and Alexandra. In there group, there was also a boy called Sebastian. Amy and Alexandra were really nervous and they kept asking us if the examiner, Ms Quinn, was nice. Well, I hope I get distinction and good luck to the other girls too! Melody

Tornado (1) (M)

2012年11月24日
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One early December morning, a cheerful chirrup woke the world. Everyone's first thought was different, things like 'It's too early!' or 'Zzzzzzz..' perhaps even 'I love December!'! Even though, everyone's thoughts are at least the same as 1 other person's. I know a person who has a totally different thought to everyone in the world, 'Early birds get the worms!' and her name's Season. "Early birds get the worms!" Season exclaimed, throwing her duvet on the patterned carpet. She made her bed quickly and drew open the curtains. Happily, she breathed on the already misty window and drew a happy face with her stubby pink finger. Reluctantly, Mrs and Mr Virgo sat up on their king-sized bed. "Late birds get the soil." they answered sleepily. It was a tradition to answer when one said 'Early birds get the worms.'. They dragged themselves out of bed, looking out the window as they passed it. "Bad weather." Mr Virgo commented, changing quickly and tightening his tie. Mrs Virgo suddenly screamed, she zoomed back into their room and started to pack her things into her bright pink suitcase. "What's the matter old girl?" Mr Virgo asked making the bed. Just as Mrs Virgo opened her mouth to speak, Season burst into their room crying "Tornado!". A few minutes later, they were all packed to set off on the airplane to Canada. Mrs Virgo handed Season a beautiful necklace with an opal in it. Without uttering a word, Season fastened the necklace. She felt the coldness of the metal settle down on her chest. A single slippery, silky tear slid down her cheek. On the airplane, everyone was silent and even a ghost could feel the tension in the air. When they were high up in the sky, they saw it. The tornado. Twisting tornado. Twirling tornado. Everyone screamed and the windows shattered. A few people were sucked out of their seats, flying helplessly towards the monstrous tornado. Guess what? Yep, you've guessed it, that unique girl I was talking about, Season? She was one of the poor people. Her necklace shone suddenly and began vibrating on her chest, she clutched it tight and wept as the wind swept her into the dark cold tornado. No one knew her now.... To be continued...