Wish Book Review

I've just read Wish written by Barbara O’Connor. This story is not real, it’s fiction and the story began in Colby, North Carolina and the main character is Charlie Reese. Heres the summary:

Wish by Barbara O'Connor

Charlie Reese is a girl who lives with a broken family. Her family does not care about her. Its because her mom and dad are always fighting and every time they fight, a swear word would come out of their mouths. Her dad always fights so much that people called him scrappy and in fact, he is now in jail because of his fondness of fighting. Despite this, she has been making the same wish since fourth grade. Since Charlie has an unstable family she was sent to live with her aunt Bertha and uncle Gus although she doesn't really know them. She hated the place and things and all and when she went to school everything seems to get even worse. Kids laugh at her, and Audrey Mitchell, a girl from class, shoved and kicked her. That is until she meets wishbone, a skinny brown and black stray dog who loves her so much and Howard a surprising up and down boy who became a true friend to Charlie. Soon Charlie gets in trouble and when she discovers her wish, it turned out that it is not what she needs after all. Soon she also finds her auntie and uncle caring and loving. But with the help of her loving aunt and uncle, a true friend and the dog of her life, she discovers what a true family is. In the story, I've learned what a true family is and just like Charlie with the help of her new family and friend, she learned what a family truly is. A family should be caring about each other and not fighting. Definitely no exchanging of swear words.

A Long Walk To Water Book Review

   The title of the book is A Long Walk To Water and the author is Linda Sue Park. And did you know that the book is based from a true story? This is a story about two characters Salva and Nya and they live in one country Africa Sudan. Although they live in the same country their stories didn't happen at the same time. Nya's story started in 2008 while Salva's was in 1985. Now I will summarize the stories of Nya and Salva below.

A Long Walk to Water

THE STORY OF NYA.

   Nya, a girl from Sudan travels from home to pond on foot, she collects water for herself and for her family. She walks eight hours a day. Nya lives in a village although they don’t stay there too often. Nya's tribe, the Nuer often fought with Dinka tribe and old and young people died so they moved to a camp near a big lake. What Nya liked about the camp was she doesn't need to walk for water, she just needs to dig for water but her mother hated the camp. They slept in a makeshift tent and Nya's father and brother need to go hunting and Nya's mother was afraid that they might run into Dinka's tribesmen and get hurt. Soon Nya's little sister Akeer got sick because of the water because it was brown and muddy. Soon they got back and Akeer got better then a Dinka man wanted to build a well. Nya was wondering why would a Dinka bring water to them. But it turns out that the man helping them is Salva, now fully grown.

THE STORY OF SALVA.

   Salva a boy from Sudan was at school listening to the teacher he was lucky to go to school until there was a gunfire nearby. Salva ran into some bushes, running away home. After so many years Salva had overcome the difficulty and had walked more than a mile. When he grew up he thought about helping Sudan and soon these thoughts became reality and he had helped his tribe the Dinka and also the Nuer. He did not quit and by his perseverance, Salva reached his goal.

   I soon learned in the book to never quit and not to give up because as soon as you try and try again you will eventually reach your goal.

Miffy's Adventure with Saki and Hana

Playing with Miffy toys with my sister Hana.

The Cats on the Farm

On an old farm a long time ago lived two cats named Cathy and Kathy. They live alone with their mother since the old farmer doesn’t work there anymore. Although they’re the only ones there, their mother always tells them not to wander off even if they really want too.

   One day they disobeyed their mother and went to wander off with no qualms and when they were almost hit by a car, the two kittens finally got the point. Now they want to go home, just then they saw a tractor and they thought it was going to the farm so they just rode it without a second thought.

   Soon they realized that it was going to a school rather than the farm but it was too late, the tractor had already reached the school so the two kittens tried to think of a plan but all they can think of is food since they were so hungry. “I think there is food in the school”, said Cathy. “Don’t be silly Cathy, there is no food in the school”, said Kathy. 

Kathy

   But they had no other choice but to go inside instead. When they saw the cafeteria door, it was completely ajar and they just went in smelling the yummy food and hearing the sound of munching and crunching, this makes the two kittens very hungry.

   A girl named Sammy saw the two poor kittens looking for food then the two kittens went straight to Sammy begging for food. Sammy already knew what to do. She gave them some food. The kittens became happier when the girl gave them food. Then the bell rang reminding them that it was time to go home. The two kittens followed Sammy home and when they saw the house guard dog looking like a severe brute they clutched on to Sammy tightly. The kittens reached the dining table and ate the leftover donuts. This made Sammy and the two kittens happy.

   Sammy loved Cathy and Kathy so much that she wants to get another kitten since she thinks she has insufficient kittens so she wants more but two is just perfect for her. She loved to feed the kittens, play with them, put them to bed and of course bringing them to school. And sometimes on Sundays, if the weather is sunny she would take the kittens to the park to have a picnic, a walk or to play. She loved them more than anything. 

Cathy

   One day the cat’s mother found out that the two naughty kittens escaped from the farm, she was so worried that she called the whole cat family and her animal friends to help find her kids. It was a perilous journey to find Cathy and Kathy until they got to the right location of Sammy’s house. The kittens were surprised to see their mother and everyone else in the backyard. “Oh, my poor kittens who obtained so many threateningly obstacles. Oh please come back home.” said their mother. “But we don’t want to mother, we like it here,” said Cathy and Kathy. Sammy began to sob but the two kittens had to go so they were dragged out of the house and back to the farm.

   Back at the farm, everyone was so glad except Cathy and Kathy, they were so sad that they did not eat their favorite meal. They did not want to play with the other kittens and they did not feel like playing but everyone was too happy to care. 

   Then their mother found out that they are too sad so she thought of a plan to cheer them up. “Listen up everyone I would like to set up a party dedicated to Cathy and Kathy and we need just one element to cheer them up which is… can you guess what it is?” 

   “Oh Oh!” a cat from the audience exclaims. “Strawberries!” he says. “A  mud bath?” a pig from the audience exclaims. “A nap!” a goat from the audience exclaims. 

   Everybody was exclaiming so loudly until the cat’s mother shouted silence. “Don’t you understand? The only thing is Sammy!” “Then let’s go get her and prepare the party!” The whole audience exclaims. 

   When the party was prepared Cathy and Kathy did not know that Sammy was there. “SURPRISE!” everybody shouted. “Here’s the main present!” the cat’s mother said.  When the two kittens opened the present they were shocked to see Sammy. “SAMMY!”, the two kittens exclaim. “We thought we were never going to see you again!” “And that’s not all”, said the kitten’s mother. “She is going to be the new owner of the Farm!” 

   And so from now on Sammy became the owner of the farm and the two kittens became happy and the farm has a neverending party. The End.

Emily And The Case Of The Disappearing City.

   Once there was a detective whose name is Emily and she is the best detective yet. Now one day she and her family went to a city for a vacation. It was time to relax but when they get to their location, there was no city! For a moment Emily thought that this was the wrong location but when she looked at the map it was the right one. And so she thought this was another mystery.

   “Are we lost?” asked Emily ’s big sister, she was the laziest of them all. Emily’s sister is always complaining and doesn’t help at all. “It should be here! It should be here!” Emily’s father said. “Oh, great we’re lost!” Emily’s mother said. Everyone except Emily was complaining in the car until Emily’s father said that it is getting late so it was time for them to go home.

   Emily could not believe that the trip was futile. And since it was a holiday, their mother said that they will have their vacation in another city so they went to the nearest city and found a hotel. They were so tired so they went to sleep except for Emily. She was still thinking about the city and a few hours later she left the hotel and drove her invisible car. This car is so magical that if you touch it you will be invisible too.

   When she got to the city there were dead trees, weird people, and haunted mansions. She got curious hence she went into the mansion and she saw a big cobra!  It was trying to squeeze her tight but Emily tried to free herself it but it was too late the snake trapped Emily so tight. Then the cobra’s tail accidentally bumped the sleeping spell which was lying on a desk near the snake that made the cobra and Emily very sleepy. She tried to stay awake and then the witch who lives there brought her to a scary bedroom and the witch locked her up. Then she realized that the mansion, the sleeping spell, and the snake were owned by the witch. It looks like Emily is refraining from being sleepy then she saw an open window so she jumped out. She asked the weird people outside but they don’t talk at all although they were in great abundance. She bumped into an old lady who welcomed her into her house as she told her a story about why the city became haunted.

   Then it was time to go home so Emily said goodbye and drove back in her invisible car and waved to the old lady who quickly waved back. Off she went as she passed the crevice of entrust thinking thoughtfully about the city. It stands for a reason that it was, first of all, a beautiful city until an earthquake destroyed and it killed so many people that it became a haunted city. When she went back to the hotel, her family was just waking up to go out for breakfast. They didn’t know that Emily went out and solved the mystery of the vanishing city. The End.

The Truth About Dinosaurs

   Millions of years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth. The time when dinosaurs dominated the Earth is called the Mesozoic era. That was the time before humans lived although not all dinosaurs lived in one period alone. They were born in different periods. The first period is the Triassic period, this was where the Herrerasaurus reigns. The next period is called the Jurrasic period. This was the time where Stegasaurus appeared. On the Cretaceous period, the king of the dinosaurs, T Rex was born and this was the end of the line.

Brachiosaurus

   The dinosaurs are extinct but some of their descendants are still around and this is in the form of birds. Paleontologists have discovered that dinosaurs evolved into birds like cockatoos and hummingbirds. We know why because birds lay eggs like dinosaurs and they have scaly feet although some characteristics of dinosaurs are not copied by birds like how they grate their food with their teeth and how they roar.

Velociraptor

   Dinosaurs are depicted in films but of course, they are not always true. I mean, dinosaurs didn’t live in the same period. The T Rex didn’t interact with the Mastodon which is a wooly mammoth. Humans and dinosaurs have a different period too. The movies about the dinosaurs have some truth in them too.

Supersaurus

   Today, even if we don’t see dinosaurs like a giant reptile, we can still see their fossils. Fossils are the bones of the dinosaurs that turned into stones. When a giant meteorite crashed down the Earth, clouds blocked the sun for months and this was a devastation for the dinosaurs. But small animals survived this pandemonium but most plants died and this was the time when dinosaurs disappeared. Today, paleontologists are digging evenly to uncover fossils. There is always a dinosaur fossil waiting to be uncovered. So loathe them or love them, dinosaurs are the best!

Caudipteryx

Mimi's Drawing

It’s storytime again and this time around it’s about a cute little girl who loves to draw and a teddy bear who magically appeared. I hope you like it. Mimi’s Drawing A girl named Mimi was a magnificent artist! She once won a drawing contest and received a package full of toys, isn’t that awesome?

The Teddy Bear

One day she wanted to draw again and this time she drew a teddy bear with brown fuzzy fur, cute little eyes, a mouth full of joy and a sniffly little nose, isn’t that cute? Then it was time for lunch so Mimi went down to eat but then her drawing, the teddy bear started to come out of the picture. Then the teddy bear heard footsteps and he doesn’t know who it is but it was just Mimi walking into her bedroom. She went inside her room and saw what happened, she shrieked in fright but the teddy bear said, “stop! I will pay you a compliment for making me.” “Alright then”, Mimi said, this time she was noble and brave. “And what is the compliment? asked Mimi. “What do you like to do?”, the teddy bear asked. “Well I like to go to the Run Around Amusement Park,” said Mimi. “Then that’s where I will treat you.” the teddy bear said. “But how?” said Mimi. “Don’t worry I will draw some money.” said the teddy bear. “You can draw too, that’s great!” Mimi said. “Teddy bear you must be very hungry, let’s go have lunch first,” said Mimi.

The Monster

After lunch, Mimi felt like drawing again and this time it was a monster and when the monster came out in a flash, it chases Mimi! But Mimi knew how to outrun the monster so she didn’t move a muscle and she started to crumble the drawing and gradually the monster disappeared. “I think it’s time to stop drawing,” Mimi said. The teddy bear overheard that and said to Mimi, “no don’t desert your drawings, I love them.” “You do?” asked Mimi. “Of course!” said the teddy bear. “Well I do love drawing,” said Mimi. “And it is also my passion so I guess I shall continue my dream,” said Mimi. So from then on, Mimi continued to draw but this time she drew cute little things. The End.

I hoped you like it, it's a silly story, anyway see you at the next storytime.

In The Dark

It’s story time again so this time you’ll be spooked a little maybe and scared!

In The Dark.

The Spooky Cave

It all started in a dark and spooky night, I was at home reading about cougars and I said, “how beautiful they are! I wish I could see one myself! Oh, but these big cats are hard to find. I wish I can see one.” Then I went downstairs and asked my mother if we can go out into the woods to see a cougar since I’ve always wanted to see one. My mother said, “not now darling, I’m busy.” So I went back to my room feeling miserable that we can’t see a cougar so I went back to reading. A few minutes later the phone rang. And on the phone was my friend and he said, “I really want to see a cougar in the wild too!”. “Well, my friend we both live near the woods so why don’t we sneak up when our parents are sleeping!” I said. “That’s great! I will get some of my toy weapons in case there’s a monster”, he replied back. “Of course there are no monsters in the woods!” I said. That’s when I put the phone down and waited until my parents are asleep. After few minutes I heard them snoring and I knew they were asleep so I sneaked out of the house and meet my friend.

The Monster

And believe it or not! My friend did get those weapons but they are made of plastic. “That’s not going to work,” I said. Anyway, after that, my friend and I walk to the woods when all of a sudden we saw a cave. “Look! a cave let’s go inside”, I said. “I’m too scared to go!”, my friend said. “Alright then I’ll direct you to stand guard here”, I said. So while my friend was guarding the cave I went in all by myself. It was so dark in the cave when all of a sudden I bumped into something big and hairy strong, fierce big wings and sharp teeth and big claws and big jaws. It was a monster! So I shrieked with fright and ran as fast as I could. I had to outrun the monster and so I shouted “help! help! somebody please help!” And guess what! My friend outside helped me and he said “you bad monster! Stop chasing my friend!”. The monster was ravenously hungry but my friend defeated the monster and subdued it. I didn’t expect that the toys will come in handy because it helps defeat the monster. Oh well, after that I heard a big bang and then rocks came falling down the cave. “Quick, run its about to collapse!” I said. So my friend and I ran out of the cave and from then on we never walk into the woods again and learned our lessons to always obey our parents. THE END.

I hope you like this story!

The Book

Welcome back to story time. I hope you like ghosts because this is a ghostly story. Enjoy!

THE BOOK

The Book

In the corner of my bedroom is a book that was never touched and was never read.
Since I’m not reading it, it’s getting old and dusty so I started reading it. On the first
page, it said, a girl was envious about the book, unfortunately, she tried to steal the
book and gradually she turned into a mist. The name of the girl was Samantha,
a girl standing right next to you.

The Ghost

And believe it or not! The girl from the book appeared right next to me and of course, I took fright at the apparition and then I called, Mama! Mama! Mama come rushing up the stairs to see what’s going on and gradually the apparition was fading and when Mama came into my room she didn’t see a thing. Anyway, I asked my mom to sleep with me tonight so the thing that I saw won’t bother me.

The Dream

But guess what! the next day there was no sign of my mother only the apparition and so then I called. Papa! Papa! Papa came into my room but the girl disappeared again so I told my Papa if I can sleep in his room. I slept peacefully that night but when I woke some things changed. First, my Mama disappeared and now my Papa. I took fright and thought that the apparition will chase me so I ran into a room full of ghosts and even worse the door was locked so then I cried for help. Help! Help! and I woke up wondering if that was a dream. And gradually I realized it was a dream after all but when Mama came into my room I was not pleased. She struts around my room and then she said this is my most favorite book and told me “I know you love books so I thought you will love it and read it all over again”. Well, I didn’t really like her surprise so I just put it on the shelves hoping someone would not read it. The End.

I hope you like this story you might get too spooked but don't worry, that won’t happen. I hope you sleep better at night!

A Mystery in the Library

It is storytime! The title is A Library Mystery, ok so I hope you're ready because this is going to be a mysterious and scary story.

A LIBRARY MYSTERY

I was in the library looking for books when all of the sudden books came falling down in aisle three so I went to see what was going on.

Floating books at aisle 3!

Miss Nada was there too looking quite surprised as all of the books were floating in mid-air. I asked what happened here, Miss Nada? But miss Nada flatly refuse to answer me and five minutes later she disappeared. I sorrowfully will miss Miss Nada but for now, I have a plight to investigate.

I saw a weird looking man with a wand and he makes all the books float in aisle eight and believe me I knew he was the thief. So I subdued the man, got his wand and tied him in a chair. Now tell me where miss Nada is! I shouted to the man. Miss Nada the librarian? the man said . Yes! That’s her! I said. Oh oh! cried the man. I must have accidentally used the disappearing spell! Here give me the wand I will try my best to bring Miss Nada back. I helped the man untie his hand and likkity spliit! Miss Nada was back. Miss Nada! I cried. I missed you! Um sorry about what I did, it was an accident, said the man. I was practicing my floating act when I accidentally used the vanishing spell. Well, said Miss Nada, it was certainly an accident so we will have to let you go you and you may practice here but clean up after you practice.

Trying to bring back Ms. Nada.

So from then on we now call this library the magical library.

The Magical Library

The End

I hope you like our short story, so goodbye until our next storytime bye-bye.

Spectacular Sagada

   Welcome to Sagada! So remember our trip to Atok, now it’s Sagada time!

   It’s my first time in Sagada and we went straight here from Atok. It was a long drive and on the way, it was like a drive in the forest because there were mountain trees, mountain rocks and lots of plants.

  After we booked our hotel, we went to a gift shop to buy some gifts and we also bought lemon pie and souvenirs. And about the lemon pie, it was delicious.

 

The delicious lemon pie!

   Yes, I know my blog looks boring but watch out because we’re taking action.

   The next day we went to Bomod-ok falls and it was a long walk. Along the way, we ate some snacks. The snack is totally amazing and there were two choices, savory lumpia, and sweet lumpia. Lumpia or turon is a type of snack here in the Philippines. It is a traditional food and my favorite too.

 

   And at last, we reached the falls. And believe me, the view is spectacular and you would feel like you’re on a rocky beach though there are some silly dirty things on the other side of the falls but it still is nice here. And the water was so cold too. I went swimming in the shallow part but my cousin went to the deeper part of the falls. But before that, I was with my cousin and SPLASH! we fell into the falls because we were not paying attention and we got wet so we swam instead.

Bomod-ok Falls

   Our next stop was Salt and Pepper diner and because we all got hungry after our adventure in the Bomod-ok falls. I ordered pasta and I have to tell you it was spectacular while the others didn’t like their food because the rice wasn’t cooked properly.

 

My Lunch!

Their Lunch!

  Then we went to see the hanging coffins and of course, we saw some coffins hanging on the rocks but the most interesting part is the story about the hanging coffins. We learned about the people who died centuries ago and why they hang the coffins. My Auntie keeps asking questions and it was about to rain and we got wet in the rain all because of lots of questions. And since it’s raining we decided to go home.

Hanging Coffins

 
   Oh well, I hope you like my big adventure from Atok to Sagada. I’ll be back there for sure because I had fun and there are still lots of spectacular places to see. That’s all for now. And I also have another cool fun story to tell, it’s coming out soon. The name of the story is a library mystery and like I said it’s fun scary epic story! All right then I need to end my blog now so bye bye!

The Ice Cream Truck

     I was at home playing with my dolls and ice cream truck and then I got an idea for my videos. I started to make a new one and I called it the ice cream truck. I had play-doh for the ice cream and I had lots of stuff dolls for the characters and of course my big ice cream truck. This ice cream truck was bought by my uncle Ron.  I really love the ice cream truck and Hana really likes it too!



     It was fun making it and I hope you'll enjoy watching this fun silly happy video! By the way, this is a two-part video, do not forget to watch the other video.

Playing Lego Bricks with Hana

     I made these lego buildings to play with Hana, it's one of her favorite toys. I play and look after her at the same time so she won't put the small bricks in her mouth.  It's fun taking care and playing with my sister that is why I made this video to show my care for her but she can't understand it yet. Maybe when she grows up and can see it, she will be happy that I've played with her.


     Do you have a baby sister or a brother too? Maybe you can show your love and care by playing with them too. I hope you like this video, bye until next time!

Adventure in Atok

We went to Atok in a cold and frosty morning. It was early in the morning, people were still sleeping. We travel to catch the sunrise and it was already blue hour when we get there and the sight was wonderful. We are going to three destinations, Northern Blossoms, Sakura Park and Lourdes Grotto. This is my second time here already and this article is about my two trips in Atok.

Sunrise

Northern Blossoms

At Northern Blossoms, there were flowers of all kinds like the snapdragons that open and shut when you hold its tip.

Snap Dragons

But I should tell you the best of all are the rose cabbages. The rose cabbages look so beautiful and the water or the dew on it makes them look sparkly. You can eat the cabbages too!

Rose Cabbages

When we went there the first time there were lots of flowers in the garden and lesser now because of the bad weather and the flowers get destroyed and some people accidentally step on them but I still really like the garden because the view is spectacular. You can see Mount Pulag across, some of my photos captured the mountain when I took a photo of the garden. By the way, my cousin, Ate Brax, almost slipped and her shoes got dirty and that was really funny so you should be careful too. I got my shoes wet too so you should always look where you’re going.

After all that it was time for breakfast, we ate at Northern Blossom itself. We had overflowing bread and coffee. I didn’t drink coffee because I’m still young so my cousin and I ate bread instead. The first time we went there, we had sauteed dried fish, longganisa, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, sweet potato and lots more. I would love to tell you more about the meal but I completely forgot. Anyway, maybe when you’ll go there, you can order their breakfast too.

Sakura Farm

After Northern Blossoms, we went to Sakura Farm but some of the cherry blossoms haven’t bloomed yet but there are still some flowers left. I really love cherry blossoms and my name is Sakura, cherry blossoms in Japanese. Here are my photos of the cherry blossoms.

And because we only ate bread, we ate breakfast at Sakura Farm instead with our packed meal. We had a breakfast picnic there and we run around afterward. By the way, I saw lots of animals the first time we went there but this time around  I only saw a goat.

Lourdes Grotto

Next, we went to Lourdes Grotto and it was a long walk. We saw some beautiful flowers along the way. My auntie bought me a bunny ear plant and I named it Spike. I haven’t bought any plant before so my Auntie Thet bought one for me this time.

We went inside a cave and climbed the rocks and my dad broke his glasses but I fixed it and we went inside the cave and climbed the rocks again but my cousin was really scared that time but she still climbed anyway.

The Grotto

The trip was awesome I hope you’ll have an amazing road trip to Atok too! Well, we have to cut this trip now because we are going to Sagada but that will be another story, bye!

Learning about Bees for Kids

     What do you know about bees? Bees are flying insects and they make honey. I know you already know these but let’s go to the fun facts to get to know more about these flying insects.

My drawing of a cute bee!

Fun Facts

• Male bees are called drones. 
• Male bees don’t have a stinger.
• When a bee stings, they will die afterward because their stings have little barbs. When it stings, the barb is ripped off from their tummy.
• Carpenter bees are not barbed so when they sting, they don’t die.
• Females bees are called worker and they maintain the beehive.
• A queen bee can lay 2,500 eggs a day.
• If the queen bee dies, the female bees will choose young larvae and they will feed it with a special food called royal jelly.
• Bee colonies are found in every continent except Antarctica, well probably because it’s cold there.
• One colony can produce 90 pounds of honey.
• A worker can only produce 1/12 teaspoon of honey.
• Smoke calm bees.
• Bees can see all the colors except the color red.

What does honey do?

     Honey can make you smarter, in fact, it’s the only insect food I’ve ever seen! Honey has minerals, vitamins, antioxidants and it also contains fructose and lots more. Fructose is a simple sugar found in fruits and vegetables.
   
     Honey can help you when you have a cough and cold and it can heal your wounds faster so honey is healthy to eat but be careful and don’t feed babies honey because it’s not safe for two years old so I told my mom not to feed my baby sister Hana because she might get sick.

     There are a lot of bees but only the honey bees make honey. Honey bees have two stomachs. One is where they store nectar called honey stomach then the other is where their food is digested. The sweet nectar from the honey stomach is delivered to the hive. From there, some of the workers chew on the nectar and puts the honey in the honeycombs. Then the beekeepers will harvest the honey and sell them or deliver them to stores.

     If I was a bee, I’d like to be the queen and lay as much as 2500 egg. Well, that’s the queen’s job anyway! Well, I hope you were able to learn something about the bees as much as I did!