Larry the walrus

                             Larry the walrus

  It was any other day in the North pole, and Larry, a purple walrus, with tusks 3.6 ft long, was swimming in the water looking for food. When Larry went to surface, something terrible happened. Above Larry was a seven inches of solid ice, stretching over three miles.  Larry knew that he was in trouble. Larry tried to break the ice by pushing it, slamming it, and scratching it. But it just was too thick. Larry felt the last air bubble leave his lungs, and he could feel the darkness creeping in. He asked him self,”is this the end?” Continue reading →

We know why dogs are sloppy drinkers

dog-drinking-0eb3ffbd.jpg.885x491_q90_box-0,68,3408,1960_crop_detailThe way dogs and cats drink may be very efficient compared to other animals. Many scientists wanted to know how animals drink. They drink by sticking their tongues into water and making a spoon shape, then they lift the water to their mouths. Dogs drink water faster than cats because they like water more.

My classmate Xavier said,”there is no point to this article.” I agree with him. The author had no opinion.

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Crazy Dave

“Chirp chirp” went the birds in the bright sunlight. It was 7:30 am on a warm summer day, and Dave, a huge bald 43 year old man, was building a tree house for his pet rock, Dan. Dan was a round egg shaped rock with shiny green spots on it. The rock Dan, was Dave’s best friend, they went every where together, ever since Dave found Dan in a pile of sticks and straw.

Dave took Dan home he made him food, shelter, and his own car. Ever since Dave saw Dan he knew he was in love. Dave and Dan went to the grocery store one day and someone asked him, “why do you have an egg?” Dave flipped out he said, “this is no egg! This is a rock! The best rock in the world.” He turned his head marched away, angrily with Dan.

People thought Dave was crazy because he was caring around a pet rock. Dave didn’t think he was crazy, he thought the rock was alive, and he didn’t let anything that the people said bother him. It was pretty late at night when Dave went home with Dan, so they both went to bed. Dave tucked Dan in.

Dave was thirsty so we went downstairs to get some water. When Dan was walking down the stairs he heard a shaking noise. He ran upstairs and entered Dan’s room and Dan was dead; he was cracked in half. Dave dropped down on his knees and started to cry. “NOOOOOOO!”

Dave heard some thing downstairs. He rushed downstairs to see what made that noise. Dave found a cane to defend himself. When he got downstairs he saw a giant man-eating bird. The bird was around 12 ft tall with a long neck and seven green spots. Dave was terrified. He decided to call 911 but Dave did not know what the number for 911 was. After an hour or so he gave up on calling 911. Dave peeked around the corner and there was a huge hole in his wall, the bird was gone.

Dave looked outside and the bird was on his car. he scratched his head with confusion Dave did not know what to do, so he decided to ask the bird. When the bird saw Dave it looked at him, and then…”Whoosh!” It swooped Dave up and took off into the sky. Dave dangling from his feet was screaming the whole ride until it dropped Dave safely on the ground. Getting up, wiping off the dirt on this clothes, Dave saw the sticks he found Dan in. He looked at the nest and saw more rocks that looked like Dan. Dave looked at the rocks and looked at the bird. He just realized that the bird was Dan and that Dan wasn’t a rock it was an egg. Dave was so happy that Dan was grown up now. He decided to train Dan. Dave looked at Dan and said, “Let’s train you.”

da end.

Gopher Hunter

It was my 12th birthday, as I walked down the street, excited, smiling with joy, with my brand new birthday present. This was not just any birthday present, this was a 12 year old boy’s dream present.  It was the Daisy 1500 XL BB gun with high power scope. All boys have an urge to hunt and this was the weapon of choice for kids my age. It was even better than Xbox One.

Of course, I was on a mission to shoot something and shoot it good. I know that sounds sick, but I was overtaken with the fever and out of control.  I walked for about an hour and found nothing to shoot at but trees and abandoned house windows.  Finally I stumbled upon a house that had it yard littered with small mound of dirt. “Gophers!” I shouted.  The home owner stuck her head out of a window and screamed, “What are you doing in my   yard with that gun?” I quickly replied, “You have a serious gopher problem lady”. Minutes later, a deal was made to have me get rid of her pesky gophers for a small $5 fee. Just enough money to buy a new pack of BB ammo.

I stood there for an hour, with my scope stuck to my eye, as I waited for a gopher to pop his head out of the largest hole. Nothing popped up. I then remembered, gophers are nocturnal.  This job was going to take longer than I thought. I headed home to get some extra items, a chair, a head light, a sandwich and my dog, Lilly. Lilly was not a hunting dog, but she did hate gophers and she did a good job of making sure they never invaded our yard. Lily and I got back to the job, just as it was getting dark. We set up and waited for a gopher. My stomach started to growl, so I looked for my sandwich, I could not find it. That’s when I realized… It was gone. “Lily!”, “That was my sandwich!”, I yelled. Hours later, the job was a bust. No gophers, no food, and nothing shot, and no money made.

Lily and I walked home. I kept thinking that the gophers should have been there. Did they move out or what? It was after midnight when we got home. I opened the gate to my back yard and Lily went in first.  “Oh, no”, I whispered. My entire back yard was covered with fresh mounds of dirt, the gophers moved in. I yelled “Those darn! gophers!”

THE END

 

Scientists study anti -aging drugs for dogs.

Scientists Daniel has found out a drug that may stop dogs from aging. The drug stops mice from aging and getting diseases. This drug is called Rapaymcin but it may not help dogs from aging but it may help dogs from getting diseases. The only problem is the scientists don’t have money to pay for this research. They are hoping to get money from dog food companies.dogs-lives-be99e69c.jpg.885x491_q90_box-0,125,3000,1791_crop_detailI think this is awesome that the’re going to have a drug that will let your dog live longer.

My classmate Cole thinks this is great, letting dogs live longer and is a good idea .

the author has no opinion.

The big pumpkin

“Grow you stupid plant grow!” Bob shouted, Bob was a 14-year-old redheaded kid who wore overalls. He was shouting at his pumpkin to grow bigger so you could win the biggest pumpkin contest in October. Every year Bob lost the biggest pumpkin contest to this girl named Sally, he hated her. Bob’s pumpkin weighed 943 pounds he knew that it wasn’t big enough to win the contest. Last year’s pumpkin weighed 5243 pounds, it was Sally’s pumpkin she always wins. Bob wish he knew the secret to growing big pumpkins, he would win every year if he did. Bob did some research on how to get your pumpkin to grow really big. The website said “put C4 in it” or either scream at it “if you don’t grow bigger I will kill your family.” Bob had a feeling that this would work so we tried the C4 first…..       BOOM! The pumpkin flew everywhere the whole city was orange. Bob wiped his face off and looked around he said “uh oh.” Bob was in trouble and not only was he in trouble he knew that he had to regrow a pumpkin. Bob still had time to grow his pumpkin but not lots of time he had to hurry. Bob started shouting at his pumpkin “hurry up and grow or else I will kill your family.” Surprisingly it worked it grew in a week it was up to 1243 pounds. Bob knew that it still wasn’t big enough, he had to think of something fast because the contest is tomorrow. Bob decided he should start walking and thinking walking always helps him think. Bob wandered off into the woods until he tripped over a tree root and fell down a hill. Bob cut his leg pretty bad, he laid on the ground and started to cry, bob started to hear voices they said so you want the biggest pumpkin. Bob thought he was going crazy but all of a sudden a weird lady popped out of the bush and handed him a needle with a thick green liquid in it. The lady disappeared Bob did not know what just happened he kept the liquid and walked home with his hurt leg. When Bob arrived home his parents were standing outside by the pumpkin, they saw Bob’s leg and freaked out. One hour of pain passed on Bob’s leg was all patched up. It was 12:30pm and Bob could not go to sleep because he was wondering what the liquid was. The time came it was the time for the competition Bob wondered if he should inject the pumpkin with the green liquid he wondered would it grow. Bob thought it was worth the shot so he injected it. The pumpkin started to shake and It grew up to 5843 pounds. “It worked” Bob screamed bob loaded the pumpkin into his dads truck and brought it to competition stand. Sure enough Bob won the competition with 5843 pounds Sally’s pumpkin was only 5842 pounds. Bob was so happy and then… The pumpkin started to shake. It grew into a huge monstrous pumpkin It was around 100 feet tall and  60 feet wide it grew a face and breathed fire, it walked around and smashed houses and people. Bob looked up and saw the foot, it was heading towards him and… Splat… Bob woke up and he was at the bottom of the hill he fell down. The end.

 

History Summary unit 1

Great Britain became a powerful empire by getting resources from their colonies. Their most valuable colony was India because of their spices. Ireland  was fighting for their independence against Great Britain and  so was India. India got their Independence with help from Ghandi. Around the same time, China has become communist under Mao’s rule.

Duck

Neigh went the duck…it was a very confused duck. It had five eyes, eight beaks, one feather on its tail, and it neighed like a horse. This duck wasn’t just any duck. It was a messenger duck, with one of the most important messages ever. This message was for the unicorn king.

Since the duck only had one feather it could not fly so it had to walk to deliver its messages.

Unfortunately the unicorn king lived high above the planet on the biggest cloud in the sky and you had to have a golden ticket to enter the gate. The duck asked himself, “how am I going to go 4000 feet high without knowing how to fly?”.  A magical scroll appeared into thin air. The duck said to himself, quietly, in duck messenger language, “neigh, neigh, neigh, neigh” but what it really said in human language when he uncoded the message was “answer these monster’s riddles to gain the power to fly for 10 minutes.” Then the magic scroll puffed away into thin air. The duck was very confused he asked himself “monsters and riddles what monsters and riddles?”.

All of a sudden, a small mouse like creature appeared, the creature was green with one huge red eye. The mouse like creature said, “ here is my riddle”. The duck started to laugh at the top of his lungs, he sounded like a pig eating cheese. All of a sudden the mouse creature grew into a huge monstrous green mouse. The duck was shocked and scared. The mouse said, “who’s laughing now?”.

The duck had his beaks open wide with shock and said in a scared voice, “whats the riddle?”. The monster said, “what is 2 + 1?”. The duck said potato. The monster said, “lucky guess” and disappeared into thin air. The duck realized he had 30 more feathers but they were golden feathers. The wind picked up and another huge monster the size of a car appeared. It had 3 tails like whips, 3 eyes and 3 legs. The monster said, “what has 3 legs, 3 tails and 3 eyes?”. The duck answered “is it you?”. The monster got mad and disappeared into thin air. The duck had 30 more golden feathers. A loud noise started and the last monster appeared, it was the size of a mountain. The duck could not see its face, he could only see its hairy toes and hear its deep voice. The monster said, “what color are my eyes?”. The duck looked up and only saw clouds. The duck knew what to do. The duck started to fly, he hadn’t  flown in so long, ever since he lost his feathers to a dinosaur fight. The duck finally made it to the face of the monster. The monster had no eyes, it was a trick question. the duck said you have no eyes. The monster roared and vanished. The duck had 30 more feathers and a golden ticket. The duck flew up towards the unicorn king and gave him the letter that said …

Hi Bob I hope you are having a good time being king
sincerely grandma
p.s remember it’s your anniversary.

the end

Passenger Pigeons Have Died Out, But Scientists May Try to Make New Ones

In September 1914 at the Cincinnati zoo the last Passenger pigeon, Martha died and all Passenger pigeons went extinct. Scientists are deciding whether they should bring them back or not. The scientists almost have all the answers to the DNA situation. To bring back the pigeon they have to get DNA from the bird and give another close species the DNA and hope the baby is a Passenger pigeon. The reason they want to do this is because they want to bring back a nice bird.

passenger-pigeons-42b021ca.jpg.885x491_q90_box-0,0,2469,1370_crop_detail“There used to be more than 3 billion Passenger pigeons in the world”

I think the scientist should do this because it would not do any harm and it would be cool.The author has no opinion about this article. My dad thinks it is good that they are trying to brig back an extinct bird