What is sweet? Lollies are sweet
Like the rainbow, with their colours
What is sour? Sherbet is sour
Like sharks teeth on your tongue
What is healthy? Veggies and Fruit are
Some taste nice, while others don’t
What is yellow? Pineapple is Yellow
With its soft flesh inside
What is green? Kiwi fruit is green
The juice runs down your hands
What looks like the moon?
A Banana
What is yummy and contains rice?
Sushi contains rice along with other good-for-you stuff
What is soft, milky and melts in your mouth?
Chocolate!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
The New School Atmosphere
The door swung inward. I stood and breathed
The new school atmosphere.
We moved in from a town, in the country.
Not, as if anyone knew where it was.
I knew that it would be hard to make friends because,
Everybody, who was a somebody, knew everybody. Where we came from
I wasn’t here by myself. There were three of us.
Julia, was 12, I just turned 13. And Jack, well Jack, he was also 13.
Luckily, we were all in the same class.
We were all nervous. Jack was on my left, and Julia, on my right.
This was the way that we enter any school. Hand-in-hand.
As we walked, we felt like there were a million eyes staring at us.
We were kind of use to it by now.
We were like a team, Julia had the Brains, Jack had the style
While, I was outgoing, and the leader.
Our first class was English. I wasn’t good at that.
Julia was good at Maths, and also hated English.
While Jack was the best, we always copied his answers
We had a teacher called: Mrs. Roberston
She looked kind and generous, luckily, she didn’t ask us any questions.
We stuck together all day, what else would we do?
When we got to our knew home, I stopped and breathed
It smelt and felt like home.
I knew that we would enjoy being here.
The new school atmosphere.
We moved in from a town, in the country.
Not, as if anyone knew where it was.
I knew that it would be hard to make friends because,
Everybody, who was a somebody, knew everybody. Where we came from
I wasn’t here by myself. There were three of us.
Julia, was 12, I just turned 13. And Jack, well Jack, he was also 13.
Luckily, we were all in the same class.
We were all nervous. Jack was on my left, and Julia, on my right.
This was the way that we enter any school. Hand-in-hand.
As we walked, we felt like there were a million eyes staring at us.
We were kind of use to it by now.
We were like a team, Julia had the Brains, Jack had the style
While, I was outgoing, and the leader.
Our first class was English. I wasn’t good at that.
Julia was good at Maths, and also hated English.
While Jack was the best, we always copied his answers
We had a teacher called: Mrs. Roberston
She looked kind and generous, luckily, she didn’t ask us any questions.
We stuck together all day, what else would we do?
When we got to our knew home, I stopped and breathed
It smelt and felt like home.
I knew that we would enjoy being here.
The World is a Beautiful Place!
Can you hear the lorikeets or, the water rippling down the stream, how about, the animals talking to each other? These are some of the most beautiful things in the world.
There are many beautiful things, some, man-made and others natural. Diamonds, Rubies and Emeralds are found underground. We have to dig them up. In the sun, they shine like a rainbow, glitter like the clear stream and sound like the humming birds.
Pearls are found under the sea surface, in oysters. When you hold a pearl, they shine like the ocean, sound like the rippling waves and feel like the soft, cool breeze.
Nature can bring you fantastic beauty. Found in all parts of the world, there are many treasures to behold.
The springs in the rainforests, are trickling down their path, and fall down dramatically as they become the waterfall. Down, down, down, they go and start trickling once they hit the bottom.
There are many beautiful things, some, man-made and others natural. Diamonds, Rubies and Emeralds are found underground. We have to dig them up. In the sun, they shine like a rainbow, glitter like the clear stream and sound like the humming birds.
Pearls are found under the sea surface, in oysters. When you hold a pearl, they shine like the ocean, sound like the rippling waves and feel like the soft, cool breeze.
Nature can bring you fantastic beauty. Found in all parts of the world, there are many treasures to behold.
The springs in the rainforests, are trickling down their path, and fall down dramatically as they become the waterfall. Down, down, down, they go and start trickling once they hit the bottom.
The Slimy Intruder Travels South
This is a news report on "The Slimy Intrider Travels South"
The Giant Slug was caught yesterday migrating from the Heart of Brisbane, moving south, to Sydney.
The Giant Slug has been living in Brisbane for about 5 decades. He suddenly turned around from Brisbane Central and raced at an enormous speed, south.
Doctor Norris suggests “The Giant Slug, has caught sent of another Giant, female Slug and he has gone to join her.”
There are still no traces of the great Slimy intruder, and many people are on the lookout.
The Giant Slug was caught yesterday migrating from the Heart of Brisbane, moving south, to Sydney.
The Giant Slug has been living in Brisbane for about 5 decades. He suddenly turned around from Brisbane Central and raced at an enormous speed, south.
Doctor Norris suggests “The Giant Slug, has caught sent of another Giant, female Slug and he has gone to join her.”
There are still no traces of the great Slimy intruder, and many people are on the lookout.
The Two Car Theives
Luke: Why are we being followed?
John: Don’t look back; we need to get to the hideout! I can’t shake him!
Luke: Maybe we should call the Police.
John: And say what. We are two car thieves and we would like to report ourselves!
Luke: You said it boss! ‘dials 000 into mobile phone’
John: ’whispers’ That kid certainly has a way with me.
Luke: Police please. ‘pauses’ Hello, I am Luke and I am a car thief. I would like to
report myself and my partner. Could you please pick us up at the corner of
Carillon Street?
Police man: ‘on the other end of the mobile’ Could you please repeat that, I mean,
are you pulling my leg or what? Let me get this straight. You and your
partner are car thieves. You are calling the police station to come and
help you?
Luke: That’s right.
Police man: Why?
Luke: Because we are honest thieves and we don’t want to have to get into any
trouble for what we have done. Could you please hurry up because the owner
of this car is coming after us!
Police man: I will be meeting you guys at Carillion Street in 2 minutes.
Luke: Thanks. ‘call ends’
John: So, what’s happening, kid?
Luke: That policeman is picking us up at Carillion Street, in a few minutes.
John: Oh bother. Here we go again!
John: Don’t look back; we need to get to the hideout! I can’t shake him!
Luke: Maybe we should call the Police.
John: And say what. We are two car thieves and we would like to report ourselves!
Luke: You said it boss! ‘dials 000 into mobile phone’
John: ’whispers’ That kid certainly has a way with me.
Luke: Police please. ‘pauses’ Hello, I am Luke and I am a car thief. I would like to
report myself and my partner. Could you please pick us up at the corner of
Carillon Street?
Police man: ‘on the other end of the mobile’ Could you please repeat that, I mean,
are you pulling my leg or what? Let me get this straight. You and your
partner are car thieves. You are calling the police station to come and
help you?
Luke: That’s right.
Police man: Why?
Luke: Because we are honest thieves and we don’t want to have to get into any
trouble for what we have done. Could you please hurry up because the owner
of this car is coming after us!
Police man: I will be meeting you guys at Carillion Street in 2 minutes.
Luke: Thanks. ‘call ends’
John: So, what’s happening, kid?
Luke: That policeman is picking us up at Carillion Street, in a few minutes.
John: Oh bother. Here we go again!
Diary Entry in Space
I wrote this Diary entry to show people that we could be living in space with weird creatures because we are killing our planet.
1st of October 2020
Dear Space Diary,
Today is the first day that we, living humans are going to be living in space! I am writing this on the spaceship as we are coming out of Earth’s atmosphere. The reason for this dilemma, there are no more trees to sustain human life and movement. Some people wanted to stay on Earth, and we were not the only ship to go. It carried 500 people! There were still 50 000 more loads to be done, with only 20 spaceships!
Anyway, back to the story.... We were not allowed to bring any electronics; including mobile phones, cameras, computers or Wii! I was fortunate; they made a special exception to me... I was allowed to bring Cutie, my mate Cutie. Cutie is a Burmese Cat, with white fur, lilac ears, face, feet and tail. They made this exception because they needed to have the first cat in space. I was randomly chosen when I said to the space officer, “I will not go, I will have to leave my darling Cutie behind! My darling cat is the only thing that I could ever live for!”
The officer said, “Bring her here, and she will make herself be the first cat in SPACE!” I was so excited!
After leaving Earth, we could see a distant, giant space station. This would be our home for the next hundred years! When we first arrived at the Space Station, there were droids, just like the ones on Star Wars! This started to freak me out, but, I knew that this was not the end, nor the beginning of a hectic day! We unpacked our things in a tiny room that enlarged itself! I believe that it was pretty cool to have a room fit to the size that we wanted.
It was then time for lunch.
Lunch was more horrid, that what I thought it would have been. There were droids serving lunch. There was a choice between moulded Shepherd’s Pie or Bread and Water. The Pie didn’t look so bad, and I ate it all the same. When I went to sit at a table, I politely asked the gentleman if I may join him. As he did not answer, I sat down at the table. He grunted, and didn’t lift his head. Approximately 5 minutes later, the man raised his head, we was a Chewbacca. A Chewbacca is like a shaggy mat. She/he is about 2.5 meters tall, has dark brown fur and is known very well for ripping off arms of people that they don’t like!
I was about to walk off when the Chewbacca told me to sit down, in English! I was so surprised. The Chewbacca introduced himself as Magwar. He told me how he came to be upon this Space Station, and how he had not talked to me when I first sat down. He told me everything. About how bad it is out here in space, and how he has come to save me from any harm!
At first, I did not believe Magwar, but when he showed me a picture of me, and his special ID card, I knew that he was not a fraud. Magwar is his real name, but everybody calls him War. He is an agent on a special mission, to save me from the empire. He babbled on this for hours. He told me where his sleeping quarters are. They happened to be right next to mine!
Magwar and I became really great friends. It is time for lights out, and I hope to write more in you tomorrow!
Yours Truly,
Moonshadow
1st of October 2020
Dear Space Diary,
Today is the first day that we, living humans are going to be living in space! I am writing this on the spaceship as we are coming out of Earth’s atmosphere. The reason for this dilemma, there are no more trees to sustain human life and movement. Some people wanted to stay on Earth, and we were not the only ship to go. It carried 500 people! There were still 50 000 more loads to be done, with only 20 spaceships!
Anyway, back to the story.... We were not allowed to bring any electronics; including mobile phones, cameras, computers or Wii! I was fortunate; they made a special exception to me... I was allowed to bring Cutie, my mate Cutie. Cutie is a Burmese Cat, with white fur, lilac ears, face, feet and tail. They made this exception because they needed to have the first cat in space. I was randomly chosen when I said to the space officer, “I will not go, I will have to leave my darling Cutie behind! My darling cat is the only thing that I could ever live for!”
The officer said, “Bring her here, and she will make herself be the first cat in SPACE!” I was so excited!
After leaving Earth, we could see a distant, giant space station. This would be our home for the next hundred years! When we first arrived at the Space Station, there were droids, just like the ones on Star Wars! This started to freak me out, but, I knew that this was not the end, nor the beginning of a hectic day! We unpacked our things in a tiny room that enlarged itself! I believe that it was pretty cool to have a room fit to the size that we wanted.
It was then time for lunch.
Lunch was more horrid, that what I thought it would have been. There were droids serving lunch. There was a choice between moulded Shepherd’s Pie or Bread and Water. The Pie didn’t look so bad, and I ate it all the same. When I went to sit at a table, I politely asked the gentleman if I may join him. As he did not answer, I sat down at the table. He grunted, and didn’t lift his head. Approximately 5 minutes later, the man raised his head, we was a Chewbacca. A Chewbacca is like a shaggy mat. She/he is about 2.5 meters tall, has dark brown fur and is known very well for ripping off arms of people that they don’t like!
I was about to walk off when the Chewbacca told me to sit down, in English! I was so surprised. The Chewbacca introduced himself as Magwar. He told me how he came to be upon this Space Station, and how he had not talked to me when I first sat down. He told me everything. About how bad it is out here in space, and how he has come to save me from any harm!
At first, I did not believe Magwar, but when he showed me a picture of me, and his special ID card, I knew that he was not a fraud. Magwar is his real name, but everybody calls him War. He is an agent on a special mission, to save me from the empire. He babbled on this for hours. He told me where his sleeping quarters are. They happened to be right next to mine!
Magwar and I became really great friends. It is time for lights out, and I hope to write more in you tomorrow!
Yours Truly,
Moonshadow
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The Dark Hills Divide
Background Info. on Other Characters
Society – simple and passive, years behind the wall had blinded these people to the
world outside, but the wall had taken more than their freedom to experience
the outer world. Alexa thought it had stolen their ability to figure out the
truth. The people of Bridewell trusted everybody. They had a very safe
society. The first time suspicion was seen, (except for Pervis, about Alexa, of
course) was in the final chapters of the book. Their Income came from
repairing books.
Wall construction – 10 years to build – 42 feet high (12 metres)
Bridewell - 2 miles circumference (3.2 km long) 3 feet wide (1 metre)
Wall is 20 feet high (6 metres)
Summer Population =15 guards, 60 men, women and children.
Thomas Warvold
Brains of Bridewell. The birth of Warvold set in motion events that his death must now bring to a close. Warvold chose Alexa to accomplish this task. He was poisoned by Sebastian, an old man, mysterious, weary and crumpled. A great adventurer in his younger days and the stone looked into the future a talked of evil forces. Loved his wife and child and wanted to protect them from evil! He was late to fatherhood. He thought that the dark forces were from the Dark Hills, when it was the wall itself. Loves everybody, helps every one when he has the chance. Convicts should have been rehabilitated after 10 years of hard labour, into the Bridewell Society; instead, Warvold abandoned them back to Ainsworth and from there, to the Dark Hills.
Renny Warvold
Died 2 years after walls were completed, knew that Ganesh was Sebastian ‘criminal from Ainsworth who helped build the walls’, tall, slender, good teeth, mysterious, beautiful, fantastic artist (great at hiding details in Jocasta’s). Put glowing stones into pool, in the dark hills, that helped humans communicate to animals.
Nicholas Warvold
25 years old, born just prior to wall being built, mum died when 12.
James Daley
Alexa’s dad, mayor of Lathbury, unworried, kind, determined, generous, loves wife and daughter and very protective about Alexa, wife, town and wall. He is a pacifist.
On – Sebastian, he would be a low profile person!
Alexa Daley
12 years old, knowledgeable, intelligent, bright, sneaky, kind, always on her toes, causes trouble wherever she goes, spirited, courageous, willing, very active, energetic, brave, sweet and above all, adventurous and determined. Alexa has skinny arms, knobbly knees, sandy-coloured hair (which she keeps in a braid nearly all of the time), sparkling eyes and a sweet face. Stole a spyglass off her mother, hates Pervis for destroying spyglass. Good at chess, loves games and her dad. Very talkative, loves to help others and does not order others around. Sometimes felt alone, afraid, scared and upset, a thief, troublemaker and liar.
Pervis Krotcher
He worked with Warvold prior to the walls being built, important because, therefore, Pervis cannot be Sebastian.
I haven’t had a holiday in 20 years! He had a rough, unhappy childhood. (Aged over 40) Captain of the guards, jealous of Alexa, follows her around, mean, short and wiry, dark eyes, eyes reminded Alexa of a rat, stared a lot, has a moustache, energetic, unimportant (when young), beaten by drunk father and other kids. Hates everybody, loves no one, had no money.
Reason to change in Pervis’s attitude was Alexa’s father pointing out that Alexa will
lead Bridewell, with Nicholas, and he will serve under her.
Taken under the wing of Warvold, who taught him how to become Captain of the Guards, spent whole life watching over the city of Bridewell, very intelligent, smart, protects Alexa at end, becomes nice to her (her champion) and loves her for who she is.
Grayson
A Kind librarian who assisted Warvold in reading and leading the quiet lifestyle.
Sebastian/Ganesh
Ganesh – Heart of Bridewell. Towers over Pervis, piercing blue eyes, love Alexa? Held my hand, warm, big and safe, spoke with a wonderful deep voice, dry wit, amusing, sarcastic, Grandfatherly love, sentimental mayor of Turlock (in one year, Turlock went from 200 people to 1,000 people), restless and enjoys freedom (never married). He poisoned Warvold.
On - death of Warvold, Ganesh held Alexa tight, she had a downcast spirit so he sat quietly for a few minutes, hardly any words spoken.
On – Cats, I love these cats, so calm, gentle and patting. They were traitors to Bridewell.
On – Alexa, I know you love sneaking around the place, as long as no one gets hurt.
On – Pervis, he is very good at protecting Bridewell, his guards are always in top form, his reports are excellent, he works tirelessly and he is paranoid about the outside.
Sebastian – maybe a convict, somebody on the inside that knows more than what they are telling, someone who is looking for more power, disgruntled, crafty, giving orders, making men ready, brilliant serpent that he is vile criminal.
Life in the Forests Outside the Walls
Yipes – Small man, 1st test, fed Alexa and she spent overnight. Grayson and Warvold
had befriended him. Grayson named him from pictures they found in a book
Darius – wolf, 2nd test for Alexa
Malcolm – rabbit, 3rd test Alexa
Odessa – wolf, wife of Darius, lives with Sherwin
Sherwin – son of Darius, 2 month old when wall built and separated from father
Hawks – Patrol and bring information
Ander – grizzly bear, forest king, only hope is to bring down the wall
Murphy – squirrel, messenger between Alexa and Yipes, then onto Ander
Map – showed brown and black lines, brown – above ground, black – below ground (underneath)
Elyon – in the stones lies the answer why Elyon created us, why he created this place and where he has gone. Elyon is on the move, his return is imminent.
Stones – allows holder to communicate with animals, Yipes, Alexa, Warvold, 3 with Convicts.
Convicts
They were freed from Ainsworth after working hard for 10 years on the wall. They numbered 200 or so people. They were tired of living in tunnels and wanted to take over Bridewell and organise a trade route to Turlock and Lathbury. Said they were impatient to wait for Sebastian to give the order to invade. They wanted to do it now.
Other Questions
Do you know where the rock pool came from?
Do you have any idea what happened to Renny Warvold?
Who is Elyon?
Where can Elyon be found?
Other Books in the Series
Book 1: The Dark Hills Divide
Book 2: Beyond the valley of Thorns
Book 3: The Tenth City
Stargazer
Into the Mist
Society – simple and passive, years behind the wall had blinded these people to the
world outside, but the wall had taken more than their freedom to experience
the outer world. Alexa thought it had stolen their ability to figure out the
truth. The people of Bridewell trusted everybody. They had a very safe
society. The first time suspicion was seen, (except for Pervis, about Alexa, of
course) was in the final chapters of the book. Their Income came from
repairing books.
Wall construction – 10 years to build – 42 feet high (12 metres)
Bridewell - 2 miles circumference (3.2 km long) 3 feet wide (1 metre)
Wall is 20 feet high (6 metres)
Summer Population =15 guards, 60 men, women and children.
Thomas Warvold
Brains of Bridewell. The birth of Warvold set in motion events that his death must now bring to a close. Warvold chose Alexa to accomplish this task. He was poisoned by Sebastian, an old man, mysterious, weary and crumpled. A great adventurer in his younger days and the stone looked into the future a talked of evil forces. Loved his wife and child and wanted to protect them from evil! He was late to fatherhood. He thought that the dark forces were from the Dark Hills, when it was the wall itself. Loves everybody, helps every one when he has the chance. Convicts should have been rehabilitated after 10 years of hard labour, into the Bridewell Society; instead, Warvold abandoned them back to Ainsworth and from there, to the Dark Hills.
Renny Warvold
Died 2 years after walls were completed, knew that Ganesh was Sebastian ‘criminal from Ainsworth who helped build the walls’, tall, slender, good teeth, mysterious, beautiful, fantastic artist (great at hiding details in Jocasta’s). Put glowing stones into pool, in the dark hills, that helped humans communicate to animals.
Nicholas Warvold
25 years old, born just prior to wall being built, mum died when 12.
James Daley
Alexa’s dad, mayor of Lathbury, unworried, kind, determined, generous, loves wife and daughter and very protective about Alexa, wife, town and wall. He is a pacifist.
On – Sebastian, he would be a low profile person!
Alexa Daley
12 years old, knowledgeable, intelligent, bright, sneaky, kind, always on her toes, causes trouble wherever she goes, spirited, courageous, willing, very active, energetic, brave, sweet and above all, adventurous and determined. Alexa has skinny arms, knobbly knees, sandy-coloured hair (which she keeps in a braid nearly all of the time), sparkling eyes and a sweet face. Stole a spyglass off her mother, hates Pervis for destroying spyglass. Good at chess, loves games and her dad. Very talkative, loves to help others and does not order others around. Sometimes felt alone, afraid, scared and upset, a thief, troublemaker and liar.
Pervis Krotcher
He worked with Warvold prior to the walls being built, important because, therefore, Pervis cannot be Sebastian.
I haven’t had a holiday in 20 years! He had a rough, unhappy childhood. (Aged over 40) Captain of the guards, jealous of Alexa, follows her around, mean, short and wiry, dark eyes, eyes reminded Alexa of a rat, stared a lot, has a moustache, energetic, unimportant (when young), beaten by drunk father and other kids. Hates everybody, loves no one, had no money.
Reason to change in Pervis’s attitude was Alexa’s father pointing out that Alexa will
lead Bridewell, with Nicholas, and he will serve under her.
Taken under the wing of Warvold, who taught him how to become Captain of the Guards, spent whole life watching over the city of Bridewell, very intelligent, smart, protects Alexa at end, becomes nice to her (her champion) and loves her for who she is.
Grayson
A Kind librarian who assisted Warvold in reading and leading the quiet lifestyle.
Sebastian/Ganesh
Ganesh – Heart of Bridewell. Towers over Pervis, piercing blue eyes, love Alexa? Held my hand, warm, big and safe, spoke with a wonderful deep voice, dry wit, amusing, sarcastic, Grandfatherly love, sentimental mayor of Turlock (in one year, Turlock went from 200 people to 1,000 people), restless and enjoys freedom (never married). He poisoned Warvold.
On - death of Warvold, Ganesh held Alexa tight, she had a downcast spirit so he sat quietly for a few minutes, hardly any words spoken.
On – Cats, I love these cats, so calm, gentle and patting. They were traitors to Bridewell.
On – Alexa, I know you love sneaking around the place, as long as no one gets hurt.
On – Pervis, he is very good at protecting Bridewell, his guards are always in top form, his reports are excellent, he works tirelessly and he is paranoid about the outside.
Sebastian – maybe a convict, somebody on the inside that knows more than what they are telling, someone who is looking for more power, disgruntled, crafty, giving orders, making men ready, brilliant serpent that he is vile criminal.
Life in the Forests Outside the Walls
Yipes – Small man, 1st test, fed Alexa and she spent overnight. Grayson and Warvold
had befriended him. Grayson named him from pictures they found in a book
Darius – wolf, 2nd test for Alexa
Malcolm – rabbit, 3rd test Alexa
Odessa – wolf, wife of Darius, lives with Sherwin
Sherwin – son of Darius, 2 month old when wall built and separated from father
Hawks – Patrol and bring information
Ander – grizzly bear, forest king, only hope is to bring down the wall
Murphy – squirrel, messenger between Alexa and Yipes, then onto Ander
Map – showed brown and black lines, brown – above ground, black – below ground (underneath)
Elyon – in the stones lies the answer why Elyon created us, why he created this place and where he has gone. Elyon is on the move, his return is imminent.
Stones – allows holder to communicate with animals, Yipes, Alexa, Warvold, 3 with Convicts.
Convicts
They were freed from Ainsworth after working hard for 10 years on the wall. They numbered 200 or so people. They were tired of living in tunnels and wanted to take over Bridewell and organise a trade route to Turlock and Lathbury. Said they were impatient to wait for Sebastian to give the order to invade. They wanted to do it now.
Other Questions
Do you know where the rock pool came from?
Do you have any idea what happened to Renny Warvold?
Who is Elyon?
Where can Elyon be found?
Other Books in the Series
Book 1: The Dark Hills Divide
Book 2: Beyond the valley of Thorns
Book 3: The Tenth City
Stargazer
Into the Mist
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