In death valley moving stones have puzzled all who see them since 19. The moving rocks are both big and small and form the same cause.Nobody knew what caused them to move. Many theories were sprung from these moving rocks. Some thought that it was super strong winds. Other thought it was Ice rafts. Some even thought it was a U.F.O. Richard Norris investigated what it was. He revealed that it was “rare winter storms that drop about 1 1/2 inches of rain and 7 inches of snow on in late November. The desert trans into a shallow lake. Light winds during the night moved it”(The wind also moved ice and it moved the stones).The stones would move about 15 feet a sec wile this natural phonon occurred.
I think that it neat that it was water that caused the rocks to move. It was shocking how it moved the rocks. The author was unbiased and I like how it described the natural phonon.

today we planted seeds: h=0in l=0 f=0 this applies to all

Day 2: 2a 5cm, 3 l, 0f. 4A 1cm L0 F0. Rest are

Twas thrilling, and the slimy toads
Did fire and gamble in the wave
All flimsy were the burrow homes ,
And the mum rats outraged.

“Beware the Jawbreaker my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the glub glub bird, and shun
The furious Bandit scratch!”

He took his worper sword in hand;
Long time the maxim foe he sought—
So rested he by the Dumb dumb tree
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in tuffish thought he stood,
The Jawbreaker, with eyes of flame,
Came wishing through the tubing wood,
And bubbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The worper blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galoping back.

“And hast thou slain the Jawbreaker?
Come to my arms, my beaming boy!
O fabulous day! Hooray! Hooray!”
He chortled in his joy.

Twas thrilling, and the slimy toads
Did fire and gamble in the wave
All flimsy were the burrow homes ,
And the mum rats outraged.

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How can the plastic bag which is so small, so light, and seen everywhere be such a threat to our beautiful earth? Well when you consider that Americans used 32 million tons of plastic waste in 2012 alone, it is easy to see how much harm can be done. Not to mention the fact that only 9% of this waste was recycled. These little grocery conveniences are filling our landfills and take 10 to 20 years just to decompose. This is even a greater problem when you consider that the bags are largely made from natural gas–gas that took millions of years to create and can not be renewed once used up. There’s no doubt that these plastic bags have become a problem, but is banning the bags really the best solution? I think we can do better than that. Continue reading →

Cyrano de Bergerac was a great sword fighter and poet. As a fencer, he won most of his duels–this brought him both respect and hate. As a hero France, he fought in the battle opposing the Spanish. He watched many of his comrades die in battle,  but he never gave up.

In addition to his bravery on the field, he also helped his friends. As an example, he was able to help Christian win the love of Roxane. Although his good friend, Christian,  died in battle fighting boldly for the French, Cyrano had made it possible for their love to happen.

Even though Cyrano fought well and played matchmaker at times, he also made many enemies. One time was when the play ’La Clorise’ was playing, and he interrupted the play by making Montfleury get off the stage. He knew that he was making more enemies, but he never stopped. Cyrano seemed to live by the saying, “We are defined by our enemies as much as we are by our friends.”

Ultimately, it was one of his enemies who dropped some wood on his head by “accident” and Cyrano suffered a grave wound. While having this wound he went to visit his cousin, Roxane. This was the last visit he would ever make to see Roxane. Cyrano died with a sword swishing in the air and appearing to fight death itself. Even though nobody can see death,  we can see that Cyrano fought for his life up to the very end. But finally, Cyrano has lost the duel with death, and he was sent into the next world with a kiss from Roxane.

Although Cyrano had many good qualities, Cyrano was not without his faults. He had a huge nose; it was as big as a stone you would find in a creek. Many thought it was fake, but he never took it off. Eventually when Cyrano passed away, while examining the body, we tried to pull off his nose, but it wouldn’t budge. So once again, Cyrano proved to hold on to all.

We will miss our friend and hope to see many more good men like him.

The men saw the figures coming down the hill. They were each silently praying to themselves. “Let it be my men. I will prove that I will make good on my promise. ”

The figures got closer. They could now see it wasn’t men coming at all. It was wolves.

The wolves had beady, yellow eyes. You could see they were hungering for blood. They were speeding right toward them. The men were paralyzed by the tree, and even more paralyzed by fear. But then an amazing twist of events happened. The wolves sped past the mean and jumped over the fallen tree. The men heard the sound of hooves racing off. The wolves were on the attack for a fleeing elk. In the distance Geog and Urlich could hear snarling and a short struggle. Soon they heard the savage feasting of the wolves.

The men tried not to breath, but their efforts were futile. They could hear the wolves turn away from their feast and start to prowl back toward the men. The wolves hunger had not been satisfied, and they knew there was more prey nearby.  They were sniffing the blood that slowly came from the men’s wounds. The men looked at each other and knew that the elk’s fate would soon be their own. Each man closed his eyes and could only wait. But suddenly the soft sounds of the wolves were interrupted with a blast of rifle fire and the lead wolf’s body fell between the men. Their men had arrived.