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Clockwork Magic (M)

2012年11月03日
公開
42

(Inspired by Philip Pullman's 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' ) Lila handed her father the screw and he screwed the last nail in tightly with his scruffy, dirty hands. The two stood back to admire the newly made clockwork. Lila wound up the sparkly, beautiful bluebird and held it in her hands excitedly. It chirruped cheerfully and when it stopped, it started to flap it's wings sapphire like wings. "Drop it." her father said, trying to control his excitement but only succeeding in spilling his coffee. Lila stared at him, horrified about dropping the delicate, precious thing as if it were a crystal, but beautiful sapphire blue. Not daring to disobey her father though, she whispered something to the clockwork blue bird and sighing, she dropped it. But she heard no crash or sound of a spring bouncing out. Finally, daring to look, she saw the bluebird flapping it's wings to keep itself from falling quickly. The clockwork bird was actually gliding down because of the flapping wings! The house was filled with cheers. "This is the best one you've made! That's why today's the best day ever!". Her father chuckled and wiped his tears away happily. He hugged her tightly, "So will I be the one who makes this day perfect?" he replied joyfully, "I've been thinking about your studies," Lila fell silent, "and I've made a terribly big decision.....I'm going to teach you how to make clockwork!". The house was filled with cheers again. Clockwork magic.

The Loch Ness Adventure (Scribbler)(M)

2012年10月30日
公開
42

"I can't look!" shrieked Dylan and he shut his eyes tight. Luke's mind was whirling and he couldn't think what to do. So, he shut his eyes like Dylan and hid behind his rucksack. The boat shook. His rucksack wobbled and fell on Luke's head. Slowly, Luke opened his eyes and saw two beady red eyes glaring down at them. Dylan was flicking frantically in a book about the Loch Ness monster, desperately trying to dodge the fishy breath of the it. Luke switched on his emergency torch and suddenly felt thankful that his mother made him bring his emergency rucksack. He shone the torch at the monster, not knowing what to expect. Emerald green scales glittered and the Loch Ness monster opened it's jaw, showing off his sharp yellow teeth. It's long thick neck curled around the boat and threw the boat back on land. The Loch Ness monster threw back it's head and gave a terrifying roar. Dylan trembled and tried to recite the speech he learned from the book calmly. "O' m..mighty one, O' powerful one, we b..b..beg for you forgiveness. We are sorry to have a..a..awakened you from y..your sleep. Now w..w..we shall leave you, s..so please go rest in p..p..peace.". Seeing Dylan struggle on his own, Luke tried to chant along, though he kept making mistakes as he had not learned the speech. Finally, the Loch Ness monster gave one last mighty roar and fell heavily into the dark murky depths of the lake, resting. A big cloud of smoke wafted up from the lake where the Loch Ness monster had fallen asleep. "Wow! He's big. I wonder what a baby monster looks like?" Luke asked picking up his rucksack and re-adjusting the straps. "That WAS a baby Loch Ness monster!" Dylan answered, brushing the dust off his Loch Ness book. Luke gasped in shock, "Lucky we met a baby one then. I wonder what an adult one looks like?" . Dylan was immediately reminded of that photo of the adult Loch Ness monster and he shivered, "You wouldn't want to know.".

Beth's Dream Come True (My imaginary life for Beth Tweddle) (M)

2012年09月22日
公開
38

Chapter 1 "Look, Miss Bethy Wethy is practicing gymnastics again!" Charlotte sniggered as she and Gruella sauntered off in the other directon. Beth wobbled mid-cartwheel and fell to the ground. She clenched her fists and walked slowly towards Charlotte and her little gang. They chattered on while struggling with the latest make up. Suddenly, Charlotte froze while her group split up evenly on her both sides. "Hello. How are you? Not doing well with your make up are you?! Well, don't you dare mention even one bad thing about gymnastics!" Beth shouted, her neat hair slowly falling out of her bun. "Yeah? Well, you just mention one good thing about gymnastics!" Charlotte yelled back. The two girls both gave each other a death glare...DING DING. The bell sounded for the end of recess, it's ear-piercing ding broke the silence of the group. The teacher strode over and eyed Beth's uniform, sighing, she walked off. Beth wrenched her hair bobble out, letting her chocolate brown hair loose, and hissed, "You want to one good thing gymnastics? It makes people look better than others who have make up on." and with that, she threw her bobble down. Chapter 2 "You won't believe what Charlotte did today!" Beth exclaimed, flopping down on her peach pink beanbag that afternoon. She kicked off her dirty black school shoes and tucked a strand of her beautiful brown hair behind her ear and revealing her clean-ish, heart-shaped, delicate, little face. Her well-kept, shiny heart earings glistened in the sunlight. "Mmmm?", her mother answered, stirring the cake mixture halfheartedly. Beth immediatly started to complain about her day at Wilsford Primary. "Tara has been teased like this before. She said it was life!" Mrs Tweddle replied, carefully placing the cake mixture in the oven. "Really?" Beth asked. "Really." Mrs Tweddle confirmed. Suddenly, Mr Tweddle burst into the living room panting. "Switch on the Olympics dear. It's basketball now!" he panted, reaching for a drink. "Dad! It's rude to interrupt!" Beth exclaimed, but she still switched on the TV obediently. Chapter 3 The whole family squashed on to the sofa to wath the basketball finals to find that it had finished! Beth sat up when she heard the reporter announce that gymnastics was next. Her family slowly slipped away to finish their work but Beth didn't notice. Tara was on! Chapter 4 At the dinner table, Beth described each move that Tara had performed with detail. But neither Mrs Tweddle nor Mr Tweddle was listening! They were all busying their things while finishing off their spaghetti bolognese. Beth didn't notice once again, that they weren't paying attention. Chapter 5 That night, Beth brushed her teeth carefully and flossed it. Then, she had a quick, warm shower. Her hair was soaked and her fringe covered her face like a pair of curtains. Her clean hair smelt of lavenders and her fresh pyjamas smelt of home and roses. She lay down on her comfortable pillow and dreamt of herself becoming a strong gymnast like Tara Evans. She dreamt that noone could hurt her physically anymore. The next morning, she woke up to find her pillow was damp. 'It was a dream,', she thought, 'And I so wanted it to be real!'. The rest of her normal early morning snooze was spent on sobbing, her tears still streaming down her face, she got up and splashed her face with cold water. Afterwards, she made a vow to control her temper and let herself be strong like in her dreams. Chapter 6 Beth trained hard and soon was a teen. She was a qualified gymnast! She was strong like Tara. She was calm like Tara. She was a qualified gymnast like Tara. She hadn't been in the Olympics, not like Tara. Still though, she trained hard for her dreams to come true. Epilogue Beth Tweddle stood waiting for the music to start, her heart beating fast. She was in the London Olympics! From the crowds point of view, she was as cool as a cucumber. They watched in amazement as Beth Tweddle spun and cartwheeled, backflipped and frontflipped, jumped and leaped and finished with a smile on her face. This talented girl won gold medal! In the crowds, a familiar face was seen smiling and cheering, it was Tara Evans! It was Beth's dream come true!

curriculum evening

2012年09月20日
公開
38

時間過得真快,没想到有眨眼,媽咪竟然已經要參加第五次這種課程介紹了(哦噢,要訂正一下,應該是第六次,下午還多去了一次貝貝班上的),只要明年再參加一次,小學部分媽咪就算搜集齊了吧! 不過,雖然說課程進度是政府規定的,但是教材和内容還是每個老師自己設計和決定的,所以,我們做家長的,也就要努力地,每年來參加這個會議,聽聽老師今年的計劃,需要做家長的在家裡和在學校裡分别做哪些配合囉! 今年圓咪的老師是Mrs.Vokins,據說,可是學校裡的“名師”,媽咪也想聽聽看這位老師上起課來是怎麽樣的。哇!!不知道是不是老師們認爲家長到了Yr 5,應該什麽都了解了,兩個老師說話的速度真的是跟機關槍有得比,然後連内容也是精簡加精減,幾乎是標題讀完就完了,然後就讓大家發問。預計一個小時的會議,只用了不到二十分鐘,算是媽咪開過最有效率的一個會吧?!媽咪下樓離開的時候,副校長才拿着簽到單來要給出席家長簽名而已,還問媽咪爲什麽要先離開,知道我們已經開完會時,哈哈,看來,驚訝老師效率的,不是只有媽咪嘛∼∼ 不過,雖然時間短,倒也說明没有什麽太多變化,我們就只要繼續以前的就可以了,除了回家作業多了,需要我們多看住一點,其他的,大概就是要我們開始參觀中學了吧?! 哈哈,圓咪啊,那我們也就照舊囉,該寫的功課寫寫,該準備的考試繼續準備,琴照彈,舞照跳,用用力力也開開心心地過你的Yr 5吧!!

The sky

2012年09月13日
公開
43

'"If I were too paint the sky, I would never get bored. That's because the sky is constantly changing it's beautiful colours."' Mr Oakley(Tom, an old man) sighed. He remembered Rachel, his beloved wife telling him about skies and colours. 'Why did Rachel have to go?' he thought, sadly. He'll never see her in the world again. Tom gently touched the faded colours on the old wall. Plaster was peeling off and it made an awful mess on the tatty floor. He tried to leave Rachel's room to be, let nature do the room good, but, too often found himself cleaning it. But, Tom never repainted it. He never stayed out in his little garden to sit and gaze at the sky. No, that would be doing something that would easily remind him of Rachel's death. He would never talk or do something if it was connnected to Rachel's death. That day, 40 years ago, Rachel had carefully balanced a big pot of sky blue paint next to the clean hole in the ceiling that allowed her to climb down the ladder to get downstairs. What she didn't know, was that her cup of tea was beneath the pot of paint! The pot wobbled and it crashed onto her head! She immediatly lost her balance and fell from the ladder. Knowing that death was creeping to her head and heart, she smiled weakily and whispered, "To the garden. Please Tom." and she then let herself be carried to the garden. She took one last gaze at the beautiful sky and fell into a sleep she could never wake up from. Eversince that day, Tom had always been upset. The old grandfather clock ticked in Tom's dark room. He walked silently towards the window to check that the blackouts were fixed firm, because war was breaking out, and then he lit the new candle and sat down on his wooden chair. The candlelight showed up a few things like the matted carpet with a woven dog bed in the middle and a cotton quilt draped carelessly over the straw mattress. It wasn't the most comfortable bed. Tom picked up Rachel's tatty will and read it again, for the 5th time that day. It was Rachel's death day and his own birthday. 'Typical,', he thought, 'Rachel must hate me to want to die on my birthday,' though he knew that wasn't true, 'I'm 81 startin' now. Thas an awful old age for a man like me. Rachie's nearly 78.'. Tom smiled, and muttered to himself, "I won't do me no 'arm to sit out and look at the gorgeous sky for once." and walked slowly, with a woozy smile fixed on his face, towards the garden. As he sat down, all kinds of thoughts about the sky whirled in his head. He gazed lovingly at the sky, suddenly feeling tired. 'I'm so sleepy. It wouldn't hurt to take 40 winks in the back yard.' he thought, slowly shutting his heavy eyelids. Just like that, he died of old age and a bit of broken heart, during the war, with a smile on his old wrinkly face. Epilogue In his dream, some angels carried him up to heaven. There, standing in front of him, was HIS angel, Rachel. Tears welled up in his eyes and, soon, they came streaming out. The cleaners saw the puddle and hurried over to mop it up. "Rachel!" he cried, wiping away his tears with the handkerchief Rachel lent him. He swept her into a ginormous hug and kissed her joyfully. "I hope this dream will never end!" he exclaimed, examining the new silk pyjamas that Rachel was wearing. "It never will!" Rachel replied, smiling and rejoicing with him, "It's not a dream. I waited 40, nearly 41, years for you to come! Come along and paint the sky with me!" dragging him to pick a paint pot and then pulling him to a part of the sky where the paint was old. The two of them skipped of and, together, they painted a rainbow.

I am a Year 5 student now!

2012年09月11日
公開
43

I am a Year 5 student now! Last Wednesday, I became a Year 5. Everything was new. The teacher, our class and even our classmates! For us, this is like a totally new year. But, obviously it's not a real new year. This is called a school academic year. Anyway, for every new year, you get a new teacher. This could be a new teacher or one you've had before. We've got a new teacher. She used to be Miss Yates but now she is Mrs Vokins! She is also our school Yr3&4 school gymnastics team teacher. When I was in Yr4, I got chosen to be in the school gymnastics team along with my friend Milly. Miss Kennedy is teaching Foxes I like Mrs Vokins and I will enjoy having her as my teacher(although she makes a big fuss about having to be extra neat). When we change year groups, we also change classrooms. In every year group, we have two classes. The Year 5 ones are Foxes and Badgers. Natalie, Maria, Briony and I are in Badgers whereas Milly and Anise are in Foxes(will explain separations in next paragraph). Our classroom is bigger than Foxes'. It has more space and a bigger 'Reading Corner'. Our classroom has got good cold drinking water that's delicious. I think it's the best classroom I've ever been in! Now, when it's the start of every two years, we mix the two classes together and so there will be some people from each class together in their new year. So, that's why, me and my friends have been separated as you can see in the paragraph above. So, I have made some new friends. We have voted for the new school council for our class, and, surprisingly, the girl that has the most votes(Kristen) used to be a Woodpecker(Year4) and the boy that has the most votes(Jaden) used to be an Owl(Year4)! I enjoy being in these new, changed for I have already made 5 new friends, Alice, Amy-Louise, Anjili, Ayler and Tharsha! I think I will love the rest of this academic year!

The Sprite Sisters, music competition(M)

2012年08月08日
公開
40

"Last one upstairs is a slug!" Ariel (7)shouted as she raced up the stairs. "Hey! You cheated!" Marina(12) exclaimed as she chased Ariel, quickly overtaking her. Ash(10) and Flame(13) were down in the garden, swinging on the tyre swing. Silently, they listened to Ariel and Marina rushing up the stairs to brush their teeth. Flame and Ash were already finished. The smell of pancakes soon wafted past Ash's nose. "Flame! It's pancakes today!" Ash exclaimed, jumping off the tyre. Flame followed her, still in thought of the concert. She wondered how her sisters could be so cheerful with music competition FINAL the next day! That morning, when everyone(Marilyn(grandma)Ottalie(mum)Colin(dad) the sprite sisters) was sitting at the table Ottalie announced some news, "Today, I'd like us too relax. Don't worry about the music competition. You were good enough to get in the finals and me and your dad are very proud. Today, just chill.". The kitchen buzzed with excitment. Everyone was planning what games to play. Soon, when they'd all finished a delicious meal of pancakes and syrup with milk or, for the adults, coffee, everyone rushed off to entertain themselves. "Flame, Ash, Ariel! How about a game of Monopoly?" Marina suggested, eying the new board game on her bed. "Yay! Fabfantastic! Ash and Flame would love to too!" Ariel exclaimed, answering for them. "Chill, Flame. The competition's tomorrow. How about we play it in my room?" Ash said, grinning. The four of them ran across the landing to Ash's room. The day passed quickly and it was soon time to go to bed. Flame hadn't had the best day like all her other sisters had. She inhaled slowly and stared up at the ceiling, trying to get to sleep. Her ceiling was a fiery red, the other walls were white but at the bottom were beautifully painted fires with finely painted flames and sparks. The next day, the girls carefully put their instruments in the car. They had breakfast in absolute silence, everyone nervous and excited. The drive to the competition was slow and silent too. The girls got out of the car and carried their instruments out too. Mrs Sprite/Ottalie and grandma/Marilyn stepped out too. Mr Sprite/Colin went to park the car. Inside the church hall, Ottalie, Colin and Marilyn wished the girls luck and went to take their places. The Sprite Sisters hurried backstage to find they were going last! Time passed quickly, and soon, they were on. They took they're positions and started playing, suddenly, Ash's cello string snapped and it cut her face! They stopped playing and a lady came to fix the cello string and put a plaster on Ash's cut. They started playing from the beginning of the piece again. Soon, the audience was entranced. When a man collected the judges' score, he announced, "The winner of the 'Little Musicians' final are....The Sprite Sisters!"! The girls, their parents, their grandma, all went home happily!

There's room for two (M)

2012年07月20日
公開
41

"Fine! I'm going to a different school on Thursday anyway! And guess what? It's Monday today!" Florence shouted. She stormed back into school. "Good afternoon Afra Neroy, German." Miss Alery said. "Guten Tag Miss Alery." Afra answered, sounding bored. "Good afternoon Flo Maguire, Japanese." "Hiya Sarah Alery!" Florence replied, snorting. "On your best behaviour please Florence. Also it's kon-nichi wa." Miss Alery boomed across at her. Flo nodded. The teacher droned on about work, "........work.......test next week...." 'What a world.' thought Flo. On Thursday, Flo was really sad and lonely but she didn't show it. After all, she had broken up with her best friend, Gingella/Ginger. At playtimes she would sit on her own thinking 'Who needs friends? They just leave you in the end." Time passed really quickly and soon, it was the end of the day and everyone knew she was leaving. Lots came up to Flo and said 'Goodbye/Tschus/Sayonara' but she didn't reply. Her parents had no idea that she was planning on leaving this school. Flo had booked this and visited the school by herself. She packed everything that belonged to her. It was a boarding school. She scribbled a note explaining everything and left a photo of herself. Flo opened a tiny bottle and dropped a tear from each eye into each tiny bottle and screwed the cork lid back on, leaving it on the table for her parents. She was a softie inside. She took her luggage down stairs to meet the cab waiting for her. 'Bye mum. Bye dad. Meet you when I'm older.' she thought as tears silently slid down her perfect heart shaped face. The cab drove further and further away from her house. At Osar High, she acted as snobbish, annoying and naughty as usual. She didn't want friends and simply ignored all those(just Natalie)who wanted to be her friend. She'd always say, "There's only room for for one. One only and that's me." One day, Natalie went to the cinema and happened to be watching the same movie as Flo and sitting next to Flo. On the way there they didn't talk to each other even though Natalie tried to start a conversation. During the movie, Flo had a think about being friends with Natalie. She told herself to let go of what happened between herself and Ginger and to move on. She made her decision and hoped whatever happens next is good. After the movie, she told Natalie, "I should let go. Let's be friends!" . Natalie ran about, whooping in delight. "There's always room for two. That's you and me!" Flo gladly replied and they skipped home. Together.

V&A Musume of childhood

2012年06月07日
公開
31

話說昨天我們去了V&A博物館之後,雖然是滿開心的,可是媽咪就是心有不甘,明明雜誌上說的是玩偶表演,為什麽沒有呢?而且其他的展示品也不對啊!就算是女王登基紀念,也不是臨時才知道的,怎麽可能上個月的介紹還登錯呢?於是媽咪回家的第一件事就是查查看,到底玩偶表演的地方在哪裡? 沒想到,原來V&A有另外一個兒童博物館!!難怪,我們以前就覺得奇怪,都說那個V&A多麽適合小朋友,我們去的時候就不覺得啊,每次都嘛是大人比較多,小孩也是有啦,但是說那些展品有多適合小孩,那個真的只能說是培養有氣質的小孩,應該更多的小孩寧願去博物館中間的小公園跑跑跳跳吧?所以,當媽咪發現錯誤的時候,立刻當機立斷,決定第二天再次前往V&A兒童博物館,確認一下,雜誌是不是對的!(好啦,這個理由太無聊,應該說帶小朋友去玩才對啦!!) 早上,我們再度跳上地鐵,前往傳說中最適合小朋友的博物館。因為我們從來沒有來過,一下車還有點兒不知道該往哪個方向走,還好媽咪眼尖,看到前面有個背著背包(包裡還露出了水壺和蘋果,一看就是午餐)又帶著孩子的媽咪,嗯∼∼看來,我們應該有一致的目的地,跟著這個媽咪走就對了。 果然,那個媽咪是往兒童博物館,我們當然也就跟著進去。哇!!一進門,圓咪和貝貝的眼睛已經亮了起來,果然,是個兒童博物館,進門就是活潑的手工展品,完全吸引小朋友的目光,親切的工作人員,笑瞇瞇地歡迎著小朋友,裡面喧鬧嘈雜的聲音,也讓小朋友迫不及待地想進去一探究竟。好了好了,貝貝啊,你總得讓媽咪停好你的推車吧?! 入門兩側,各有三層樓,展覽的全是古今中外的玩具,兒童服裝等等,但是不像一般博物館就是讓大家參觀,這裡有很多的小小遊戲區,讓小朋友可以隨時停下來玩。我們雖然說是一邊走一邊看,不過媽咪經常是一站就是半個小時,不是圓咪發現了什麼有趣的玩具,就是貝貝想玩一下什麼設施,博物館其實不大,不過,只能說,舉步維艱啊!! 第一次,貝貝玩到忘記午睡的事情,圓咪玩到跑去問工作人員什麼時候才會抽獎,在裡面,竟然待到了博物館要關門!!是的,連媽咪的記錄都破了,逛博物館逛到人家“關門”,姐妹倆才只好依依不捨地踏上歸途,還一直問媽咪什麼時候可以再來,以後可不可以每次放假都來.....,直到上了地鐵,兩個人睡成小豬.... 哈哈,還好媽咪昨天晚上不服輸的精神,不但解答了媽咪心中的疑惑,也替小姐妹又找到一個好玩的地方,看來,以後我們的假期,又多了一個選擇囉∼∼

V&A Museum

2012年06月06日
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媽咪在雜誌上看到介紹說V&A博物館現在有玩偶展覽,圓咪也覺得很有趣,所以我們就決定今天去博物館“玩”。 V&A呢,算是藝術博物館吧!!我們以前去過一次,因為展覽品都是藝術品,所以不像科學博物館那麼好玩,畢竟小孩子嘛,只能看不能摸的,就是比較沒有興趣,今天要不是為了玩偶,大概也不會來吧?! 進入V&A,媽咪就直接找工作人員問清楚,小朋友的活動區在哪裡(因為我們以前來過,就沒看到有給小朋友的活動區啊?),然後我們就直奔那裡準備看玩偶秀了∼∼ 哦哦!!我們是找到了小朋友活動區,可是,怎麽是做皇冠然後照相,不是畫玩偶呢?是因為Diamond Jubilee的原因嗎?哎呀,都來了,就做吧!圓咪和貝貝各拿了一套勞作組,我們就開始囉!! 貝貝先畫完,媽咪就帶貝貝先去照相,本來媽咪以為是房間裡面有很多種背景讓我們自己照,原來是有工作人員幫忙用設定好的背景來照(這時媽咪有心跳了一下,哇!該不會要錢吧?這樣我們還是回家自己照好了!)。貝貝一個人,有點緊張,所以不敢dress up,只是很害羞地默默照完就走了。後來姐姐也畫完之後,有伴就有膽量,兩個人可high了,挑衣服,選背景,嘰嘰喳喳地討論,剛好博物館的攝影師(不是這邊拍照活動的工作人員,是拍博物館宣傳照片的專門攝影師)也來了,還請媽咪簽同意書要求拍兩姐妹並且可以放在博物館的宣傳品上,呵呵,當然好囉,最好下次我們來的時候就可以看到小姐妹的照片在什麼廣告上,我們還可以拿一張回去留念呢!! 拍完照,工作人員要把照片寄給媽咪,媽咪把爸比的email也寫上,嘿嘿,這樣爸比就可以也收到照片,爸比應該會很驚喜吧?!我們的女兒變女王囉∼∼ 接著,我們就去參觀服裝展,從一百多年以前的衣服一直到現在,圓咪對這些漂亮衣服超感興趣,在每個年代選自己最喜歡的款式,還說將來要設計衣服,哈哈,好好好,圓咪啊,這個媽咪當年沒有實現的願望,就看你以後會不會實現吧?! 美好的天氣讓我們有在中庭的花園廣場駐足,小朋友還是喜歡跑跑跳跳的,剛才在裡面看藝術品被工作人員不停勸告,不要靠太近,不要摸,憋了半天的精力,在這裡都盡情地發洩出來,跑吧!跳吧!寶貝們,享受你們的陽光和你們的美好時光吧!! 回家的路上,媽咪問小姐妹,下次還要不要來這個博物館啊?終於這次姐妹點了頭(以前除了自然科學博物館,其他的可是都興趣缺缺,好像勉強陪爸爸媽媽一樣),還說原來這裡很好玩,是爸比都不會玩(哇!這下子竟然變成爸比的錯了?爸比真的是躺著也中槍啊!!),以後可以可以放假都來玩?呵呵,好好好,只要你們喜歡,我們每次放假都來玩,好不好?