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ALIVE (M)

2013年03月18日
公開
43

"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
40

(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
公開
47

"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
公開
39

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？

遭小偷

2013年01月22日
公開
43

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
公開
43

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
公開
44

(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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41

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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25

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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46

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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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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21

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...

parent evening

2012年11月22日
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今天晚上是parent evening，媽咪本來以為是正式的學制内學生才有的，没想到連貝貝的nursery都有，哈哈，這可是貝貝的第一次呢，不知道老師會跟媽咪說什麽呢？ 教室門口，一如往常地，擺著小朋友們的成果，媽咪拿起貝貝的profile來看，裡面記錄了很多老師和貝貝的對話，貝貝在學校做的事情，都是一些小紙條貼上去的，呵呵，看得出老師平常應該是經常拿著本子到處觀察記錄吧！按照上面的情形看來，貝貝似乎並不像媽咪早先擔心的那麽不會說話，而且，還可以和老師和其他小朋友對答如流呢！！ 見到老師，Mrs. Carslake先讓媽咪問有没有想知道的事情，媽咪也没有什麽特别擔心的，就想知道貝貝在學校懂不懂老師說的，和其他小朋友交往有没有問题而已。老師說，貝貝英文完全没有問题，所以她是被分配在第二組（第一組是屬於語言發展比較好，年紀比較大，比較早來上學的孩子；第三組則是不太懂英文的孩子）這樣算起來，貝貝和其他同時期入學的英國小孩就差不多，語言上没有落後太多嘛！！老師說，貝貝學東西很快，很聽話，老師的要求都能達到，喜歡和大人聊天勝過小孩，平常自由的活動總喜歡畫畫或看書，她並不害羞，有事情就會說，找她聊天也唧唧呱呱的，只是貝貝自己就不會去找人聊天。和小朋友玩没有問题，但是通常和比較安静的孩子玩，另外，也没有固定的玩伴，看不出和誰特别好，這一點倒是比較不像這個年紀的孩子，要媽咪看看是不是要幫她找個固定的同學，經常讓她們一起玩。 另外，老師說貝貝很愛笑，說什麽都笑瞇瞇的(嗯，這跟我們家的女霸王就有一點兒不同了），在學校裡整個就快樂，這是她們最希望看到的。 呵呵，好啊，這樣聽起來，貝貝在學校裡的情形挺好的，媽咪也總算可以放心了，唉，做媽的，永遠對小朋友在新環境能不能適應擔心。不過，聽老師這麽說，媽咪很開心，按照這個情形看來，明年貝貝正式上課的時候，大概就不會有大問题。 貝貝啊，那麽，你現在呢，就好好的享受你最快樂的學校時光，呵呵，套句你老姐的話，學校雖然是好玩，但是還是會功课愈來愈多，愈來愈辛苦的（這個是纯粹和自身經驗比較得來的，當然年紀越大，老師要求會越多，不過，看在我們這種亞洲教育環境下長大的人眼裡，哎呦，你們的壓力跟我們比，怎麽比啊？但是，這個也是單就學校而已啦，我們家的小朋友在家還是比較努力，壓力比較大的），所以明天，我們還是開開心心地上學，高高興興地去玩吧！