Letter to Principal

Dear Mrs. Sigg,

I think that each student should be issued a laptop at the beginning of each school year. That way we wouldn’t need text books! So we could save trees! We could do our homework on it, and then send it to our teachers! We would never have missing homework again! And if you’re concerned about one of us breaking one, then just only give them to the 7th and 8th graders! That way we’d have a smaller chance of breaking one! (Please note: You should still let the 5th and 6th graders use them, just not take them home) Bringing a laptop home could also teach us responsibility. Don’t you want us to be more responsible? And finally, Home Laptops = Smart Students = Better Grades = Better KCA Scores = More Funding = Better Quality Teacher’s Lounge = Happy Teachers! So please, consider my idea.

-Conner

« Cats and Dogs

Cats and Dogs

Cats and dogs are not very similar animals; however, they do have some things in common. For instance, they are both, furry animals with claws, and they both make great pets (in my opinion, cats are better). They are also both cute when babies, and can be very entertaining at times. But for the most part, they are very different.

First of all, cats are carnivores. They need meat to survive, and cannot eat vegetation. Which means that they need to be better suited for hunting and eating. They have smaller heads than dogs, so they can fit into smaller places. And unlike dogs, their claws are retractable. This helps to catch prey and climb trees, as well as grooming themselves and their babies. And finally, they are usually a lot smarter than dogs. But don’t get me wrong, some breeds of dogs can be smart too. Like assistance dogs, the dogs that help the blind, and the hearing impaired. Or bloodhounds, they can remember a lot of smells. But I still choose cats over dogs.

Dogs are omnivores. They can eat meat or vegetation. They do not need to be as well adapted to hunting as cats, because they can eat berries. But they still have sharp teeth and claws in case they ever actually catch a squirrel. Their claws are not retractable like a cat’s claws. This is because they don’t groom themselves. Dogs are not always that smart compared to cats. But sometimes cats can be a little stupid too… okay, not really. But dogs are not all that stupid sometimes. Like when they finally outsmart the squirrel they have been chasing their whole life. But then again, they have never been able to figure out that their tails will never be caught by their own mouths.

So that’s pretty much all of the information that I have on the subject, thanks for reading it, THE END!

Letter to Principal »« Black Holes

Black Holes

Black holes, they suck things up, and spit energy out. It starts when a huge star has so much mass, that it has too much gravity. So all of its gravity makes the star collapse on itself and blow up! If there is enough dust left afterwards, then it comes together and makes a black hole!

A black hole has two parts: the singularity, which is the ball of energy at the center of the cloud, and the event horizon, which is the cloud around the ball of energy. The singularity is for storing all of the energy that you get when you suck up all of that matter all of the time. The event horizon is what sucks up all of that matter and sends it to the singularity, where it is converted into energy and stored for about ten years. Then it is spit out violently in an awesome light-show!

Black holes are what keep galaxies together. Galaxies are humongous clouds of stars (and several planets) held together by black holes. Unfortunately, our black hole and another galaxy’s black hole are moving towards each other due to their gravitational pull. So in a several billion years, that other black hole’s galaxy will crash into our galaxy, and since their galaxy is bigger, ours will be eaten. This process is called galactic cannibalism. But don’t worry, a billion years is a long time. To give you an idea about that, let me tell you this: a million seconds is approximately 14 days, a billion seconds is approximately 31 years. So a billion years, is a lot.

White holes are like black holes, except they don’t have an event horizon. White holes are also called “naked singularities” because that is technically what they are. But white holes are also different from black holes because they don’t suck anything in. They just glow a little and will probably absorb anything that touches them.

Well, that’s pretty much all that I can think to tell you about black holes for now. And just remember, if anything gets close to a black hole, it doesn’t rip, it only gets stretched.

Cats and Dogs »« Letter to Rick Riordan

Letter to Rick Riordan

Dear Rick Riordan,

You are the most awesome author ever!!!! I own all of the Percy Jackson books!!! I have read all of them at least six times!! It is really good!
So anyway, on the fifth book, I read on the last page that you said: as the first camp half-blood series draws to a close… So that means that you’ll make more, right? Although, it would not be the same without Percy, so I hope that the main character of the next book(s) is either Percy, or his kid(s).
How do you feel that your book is being made into a movie? Our school is actually having a party to honor your books and movie. It was on Feb. 2nd, we had Sun Chips, Shockerz, Candy hearts, Smarties, those hot jaw breakers, Goldfish, Bottled Water, Grape Juice, and Blue Cupcakes and Jellybeans! (Apollo, Zeus, Aphrodite, Athena, Ares, Poseidon, Dionysus, and Sally Jackson)
I read day and night, all of the time. Every spare second of my day, I am reading. I probably go through 3-5 books a week. So that’s like 20 books a month, and that’s like 200+ books a year! And out of all of the books I have ever read, Percy Jackson was my favorite series ever!
By the way, if it’s not too much trouble, could you send me an autographed copy of either the first book or the last book? That would be really cool!

Sincerely, Conner

PS. You’ll have to send it to my school if you decide to send me one.

Black Holes »« Parent Teacher Conference Presentation

Parent Teacher Conference Presentation

Letter to Rick Riordan »« One Day in Winter Break

One Day in Winter Break

One day during winter break, we had our cousins come over to have some fun. So we went over to Pioneer Ridge and started sledding. But when Amara and I decided to go first since we were the oldest, we accidentally went over a ramp that looked completely invisible because it blended in to the snow. So we ended up totally wiping out and she fell on top of me. Ouch. So then me and Eli took one of the sleds and went sledding. Then we discovered a much bigger hill over by the 5th grade hall. We probably hit 15 miles per hour on that hill. Only we couldn’t go down together because one of our sleds would always go faster than the other and then we would crash into each other. Anyway, after a while our dad told us to come home. So we got into the back of his pickup and he drove us home. But on the way he went to the Madison parking lot and drove around and slid in the snow. It was fun.
The next day, we went back for some more sledding. So we went down the ramp a few times and then we went to the big hill. Only this time we discovered a bigger ramp. And since we went really fast on that hill, when we hit, it we flew! We also noticed that on the second day, the snowplow had come by and scooped all of the snow off of the road, and that made a small pile of snow at the edge of the street. So if we didn’t wipe out on the way down, we went off of a mini-ramp and landed on the street and hurt our buts. So we always had to bail or hit the breaks before we got to the edge of the street. But the breaks usually got a ton of snow in your face. So we didn’t do that. Then, I got an idea. When my mom came to sled with us she brought our neighbors’ sled. So I got on a sled, Eli got on a sled, and Lyla and Amara got on the big sled. And I told them that we would have a race. Whoever got the farthest without wiping out, won! (And I did state that clearly for all of the contestants to hear) So we went down the hill. Lyla went and just barely made it to the edge of the street, I was right behind her, Eli fell off of the sled and skidded to about 1 foot behind me, and Amara dragged her feet on the way down so she placed behind Eli by about a foot. But then she crawled ahead of me and Eli so she would go the farthest. And that implies that she absolutely positively knew that this was a distance race. Anyway, so after she stopped, and we all knew that she had lost; she crawled ahead of Eli and me and said that she got 2nd and suddenly she was seriously convinced that she beat us. So we argued about it for five minutes. And then she wanted a rematch. So I said no, because she was just going to keep having rematches until she won one of them, and then we would want one but she wouldn’t let us. And I didn’t want that to happen. Then she got mad and told my mom. And Amara had told her that she had won the race because she had wiped out first. Because she thought that it was a speed race, not a distance one. (Remember, when she cheated, she crawled forward, and that means that she knew that it was distance, but she told my mom that she didn’t so that she could have a rematch. So Eli and I just left. Only they followed us, and when we tried to sled, they didn’t move out of our way, so we had to jump out of the sled. Then, when Amara tried to sled, we didn’t move out of her way. Only she didn’t bail, and she hit our sled and got smacked in the chest. Then she started crying. (And she’s thirteen) But Eli and I instantly knew that it was fake for two reasons. One: Amara and I played together as babies, and something in my subconscious knew that type of crying from a long time ago, and Eli is her younger sibling so I’m sure he felt the same way Two: Eli and me have known her for our whole lives, and Amara never cries unless she is faking. (She’s done it before) Anyway, my mom didn’t know that she was faking and gave her total sympathy. Amara had told my mom that we purposely whacked her in the throat on the way down. I may have known that she was hurt a little, but not nearly enough to make her cry. Then Lyla suddenly said that she wanted to go home. So her and Amara got in my mom’s minivan and went home. Finally. Then, for the rest of the day, we had 10x as much fun as before the girls left! But after a few hours my dad said that we had to go home. So we got to ride in the back of his pickup, again! When we got home we found out that Lyla and Amara had been playing with their tiniest animal stores or something, for the whole time we were sledding. So Eli and I played on our DS’s for the rest of the day. And at night, when we were talking, we realized that for our whole lives, every time we play with Amara, we end up arguing. And every time we don’t play with the girls, we have TONS of fun.
The next morning Amara had a half-cold. Because when we were out there the day before, she didn’t have a hat, only a hood, and under her snow pants, all she had was a short dress and some very thin tights. (Nothing under her coat either) So she had a scratchy voice. But she decided to blame that on her small injury the day before. But this time mom came to her senses and knew that it was the mini-cold, not her “injury”.
So in about an hour, their dad came to pick them up and we said goodbye. THE END!

Parent Teacher Conference Presentation »« Myself in fifteen years

Myself in fifteen years

Two more years of middle school, four years of high school, eight years of college, then a year of astronaut training in the NASA program. That’s me in fifteen years. If all goes accordingly, I should have a master’s degree in calculus, astronomy, astrophysics, physics, chemistry, and, a PHD in rocket science. In exactly fifteen years I would either be graduating from astronaut training, in a rocket, or at the ISS. (International Space Station) Anyway, I don’t see myself rich, yet, but only because I would probably be just starting out. But when and if I do get rich, I will not be one of those people that spend a lot of money on six or seven cars. Just one or two cars would be good enough. (Maybe three) And I know that most people think that being an astronaut is very dangerous, but think about it, the whole system of the ISS is really safe. The windows are almost 2 inches thick; you don’t do a spacewalk without a cord, and there is such a small chance of a meteor hitting you that there is almost none. And besides, in your free time, you can play zero gravity cards, zero gravity tag, and space I spy. Anyway, that is what I want to be doing in fifteen years. And if none of this happens, then I’ll just be a lawyer.

One Day in Winter Break »« 10 Pages of Brian’s Winter

10 Pages of Brian’s Winter

1. Why was Brian nervous about the coming of winter?
He would have to worry about getting a shelter and hunting for food in the middle of the cold winter.

2. If Betty hadn’t come to Brian’s rescue during the bear’s visit, what might have happened?
The bear would have attacked Brian and the bear probably would have killed him.

3. Based on what you know about the outdoors, do the events in this story seem believable? Explain.
Yes it does seem believable, because bears will go into your shelter if they are scavenging for food.

4. What theme does the relationship between Brian and Betty suggest?
That animals can be helpful, even when it dosn’t seem like it.

5. Write a paragraph that describes what Brian’s actions in the wilderness reveal about his character. Use details from the story to support your answer.
While Brian was in the wilderness, it showed that Brian was brave and not affraid. And that he liked to get the job done, no matter how hopeless it seemed.

(This was a school paper on 10 pages of a book called “Brian’s Winter” a sequel to Gary Paulsen’s: Hatchet)

Myself in fifteen years »« Greek Mythology

Greek Mythology

Cronus was the leader of the titans during the time before the gods. But when he got married, his wife wanted kids. When they had kids he realized that they were powerful so he decided to eat all 4 of them so they wouldn’t overthrow him. But his wife didn’t want him to be a supreme evil ruler forever. So instead of feeding him baby Zeus, she fed him a rock. Then, when baby Zeus grew up, he fed Cronus something to make him throw up the other siblings. Then, he and his siblings defeated Cronus and cut him up with his own scythe and scattered his remains into a big hole. So then, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades drew straws to see who got what part of the world. Poseidon got the ocean, Hades got the underworld, and Zeus got the sky. Then, Zeus married his sister: Hera and they had many, many, children. These were the Gods. The Greeks believed that they controlled the forces of nature.
And don’t blame them for thinking so weird, if you didn’t know about science, you would think the same way.

The Gods and Goddesses
Zeus: The god of the sky (and lighting).He was king of the gods and the ruler of Mount Olympus. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, and bull.

Poseidon: He was the god of the sea (and earthquakes). He created horses from sea foam. Nicknamed ‘Earth Shaker’ and ‘Storm Bringer’. His symbols are horses, sea foam, dolphins, and a trident.

Hades: God of the underworld (and wealth). His symbols are the Helm of Darkness, and the three-headed dog, Cerberus.

Hera: Goddess of marriage and childbirth. Zeus’s wife and sister. And she appears with peacock feathers often. Her symbols are the scepter and peacock.

Aphrodite: Goddess of love and beauty. Married to Hephaestus. Ares loves her. Known as the most beautiful of the Greek goddesses. Her symbols are the scepter and dove.

Apollo: God of light, truth, health, medicine, music, archery, poetry, and prophecies. He is also associated with the sun. Sometimes referred to as the most handsome of the gods. He is Artemis’s twin brother, and son of Zeus. His symbols are the bow and laurel.

Artemis: Goddess of the hunt and wild animals. Protector of the young. She is also associated with the moon. Artemis is a virgin goddess. She is Apollo’s twin sister and daughter of Zeus. Her symbols are the bow, dogs, and deer.

Ares: God of war, murder and bleeding. Brother of Athena, and is the son of Zeus. Loves Aphrodite. His symbols are vultures and a spear.

Athena: Goddess of wisdom, strategy, and reason. Sister of Ares, and is the daughter of Zeus. During a battle, Zeus’s thoughts were so strategic and complex, that she sprung from his head wearing full body armor. She is the wisest of the gods. Her symbols are the owl and olive tree.

Dionysus: God of wine, parties, festivals, craziness and happiness. He represents the intoxicating power of wine, and its social influences. His symbols are the grape vine and the ivy.

Hephaestus: God of fire and metal working with very weak legs. He was thrown off Mount Olympus as a baby by his mother because he was born ugly. He makes armor for the gods and other heroes like Achilles. Zeus and Hera are his parents. Married to Aphrodite, but she does not love him because he is ugly and, as a result, is cheating on him with Ares. (And he loves to embarrass when they are together.) His symbols are an axe, a hammer and a flame.

Hermes: God of travelers, flight, thieves, and mischief. Also makes a living as the messenger of the gods. He shows the way for the dead souls to Hades’s realm. He shows up in more myths than any other god or goddess. He has always loved to trick people and is very inventive. Hermes invented the lyre using a turtle shell and sinew. His symbols are the caduceus and winged boots.

Creatures

Echidna: Echidna was a very ugly snake lady who married a Titan named Typhon who was also ugly. They had triplets after Typhon was imprisoned. Echidna gave birth to Cerberus, The Hydra, and The Chimera. But she did this after Typhon was imprisoned, meaning she did not go back to have the other babies. Also meaning that she had to have had them all at once. I feel sorry for her.

Harpies: Harpies were colorful vultures with the heads of ladies. A Greek hero once found a man living in the mountains that could not eat because every time he laid out some food for dinner, the Harpies would swoop down, scratch at him, steal the food, and then fly away. So, they set a trap for them! They laid out a great feast, and then when the harpies came out to steal it, they shot arrows at them! (They missed a couple of times, but they just chased the harpies down and killed them all) And the man lived happily ever after!

Hydra: The Hydra was a nine headed serpent that spat poisonous acid out of its mouths. It was terrorizing the Argos Marshes so Hercules was sent to kill it as his second task for King Eurystheus. But every time he cut off one of its heads, two more would grow back. So he got a torch and burned each head stump after cutting it off, so no more heads could grow back. So then, he killed it!

Centaurs: Centaurs were half-human half-horse creatures who were actually really nice. They were gifted bowmen and runners. Once, Hercules met one during one of his tasks. The centaur was nice enough to invite him for tea! But the other centaurs were jealous and pelted them with rocks. So Hercules and the centaur had to kill them, adding another creature to the list of things that Hercules killed

Cerberus: Cerberus was Hades’s guard dog. He had 3 heads and he protected the underworld from people trying to bring back the dead. He also prevented the dead from leaving the underworld. One of Hercules’s tasks was to take Cerberus back and show him to the king.

Chimera: The Chimera was a goat with the head of a lion and the tail of a snake head. The snake head spat poison and the lion head spat fire. Hercules killed it. I can imagine that it must have been hard. If you were far away, it would spit poison. If you were close up, it would spit fire. Either way, it would probably kill you.

Medusa: Medusa was an ugly snake lady that could turn you to stone with one look. Her hair was made of snakes. (It added to the ugly effect) She was turned this way by Athena when she found Medusa and Poseidon flirting in one of her temples.

Minotaur: He was a half-bull half-man creature that inhabited the labyrinth. He was killed by a hero named Thesus. And that’s pretty much all you need to know, he is not that complicated.

Polyethimus: Polyethimus was a giant Cyclops who was a son of Poseidon. Odysseys and his men once ran into him, I’ll tell you what he did. When Odysseys and his ship landed on this island they went up to his cave and found his stock of food. But then Polyethimus came home and brought his sheep with him. He talked until he fell asleep, then the men came up with an idea. When he woke up, they jabbed a stick into his one eye and that made him partially blind. So when he opened the door (which was a giant rock, by the way) and the men hid below the sheep. So when Polyethimus felt the sheep he did not know that the men were escaping. Then the men left the island forever.

Heroes

Hercules: Hercules was born to a very large family. His dad was the god named Zeus. When he grew older him and his wife wanted to have children. But Hera was jealous of all of his successes so she made him go insane so he killed his kids and soon felt bad so he went to the temple of the gods to beg for forgiveness they told him to go to this king and do whatever he wants.

The first thing the king told Hercules to was go kill the lion that is torturing the king’s people. When he got to the lion, he fought it for hours and finally strangled it. When he brought it back to the king, he got scared.

The king next told him to go kill the Hydra that lives in the Argos Marshes along with His nephew. When he got there, he immediately started fighting the snake heads, but every time he would cut a head off two more would grow back. So, he got a torch, and when he cut off a head, he would burn the stump so no more heads would grow. When it died, Heracles put the edge of his bow and arrow in the poison the snake had and was going to use it for other tasks.

When he went back to King Eurystheus, he told Hercules that he had to bring him the stag with golden antlers, but he was not allowed to hurt the deer in any way. So for one year he was chasing the deer and could never really catch up to it. Hercules finally saw it standing still on a river bank when he caught up with it. Hercules was standing in a bush very quietly. When it reached down for a drink of water, Hercules put a net over it and tied its legs together. Then suddenly, the goddess Artemis was standing right in front of Hercules and asked him what he was doing with her stag. He told her that he was doing it for one of his tasks so she said as long as you promise to bring him back you can take him. Hercules thanked her and headed back to the king. When he got back to the king, he showed it to him and then safely returned it into the woods.

When he went back to the king, he told Hercules to capture the Wild Boar that lives in Arcadia and bring it back here, ALIVE. The next day, when he was on the way to the Wild Boar, he saw a Centaur. A Centaur has a horse body and a human head. The centaur was happy and invited Hercules to have a meal with him. But the other centaurs were disgusted with the two when they smelled the food since they weren’t invited. So, they started throwing things at them and Hercules got his bow and arrow and started shooting at them. Eventually, they gave up and went away. The next morning, Hercules left and started looking for the boar again. Then, after five days of looking for the Wild Boar, he finally saw tracks from the boar in snow on a mountain. Hercules followed the tracks until he could see the beast. He stood very quietly behind a rock. Then, he jumped out and tied it up in chains and brought it to the king.

Then, King Eurystheus told Hercules to go clean King Augeas stables. After that, the King told him that it is Imperative to have it done in one day. When he got to King Augeas he told him that King Eurystheus told him to come clean them up. King Augeas told him they haven’t been cleaned in years. So Hercules got up the next morning and started walking to the stables. When he got to the stables, he found that there was cow manure all over in the stables. Then, he had an idea! He was going to build a trench for the water from the river to go through the barn so the water could clean out the barn and the water would go out on the other side. When it was done cleaning, all the water went out to sea and Hercules reburied the trench so no more water could get back in. Right before Hercules left, King Augeas thanked him for what he had done. But, when Hercules got back to King Eurystheus was furious when he found out that he finished in one day so he thought of something even more difficult for him to do.

King Eurystheus told Hercules that he had to get rid of the Stymphalian Birds that live in Arcadia. Then, he told him that he has to get rid of them. So he started walking to Arcadia and he finally found where the birds lived. But, he couldn’t think of how to get rid of the birds so he prayed to the goddess Athena. She appeared and gave him a rattle to shake. She said that when he shook it, it would scare the birds and they would fly away. He did what she said and they flew away.

When he went back to the king for another task, he told him to go to the island of Crete and bring back fire breathing bull ALIVE. So he got on a boat and sailed to the island of Crete. When he got to the island, the bull saw Hercules and it charged at him. When the bull hit Hercules, he fell on the bulls back and he landed on its back. The bull tried bucking it off but Hercules was too strong to fall off. Eventually, the bull gave up and Hercules brought it back to the King.

When Hercules got back to the king, the king told him to bring back the flesh eating horses. So he went off on a journey to where the horses lived and when he got there, he was invited in by the owner of the horses. But that night, he told his men that he had heard that the owner fed his guests to the horses. So none of them slept that night out of premonition. The next morning, they snuck out and took the horses. But the other guy’s men were hot on there tails. So he asked one of his men to stay and watch the horses. So Hercules and his men fought and won, but his friend got eaten by the horses.

When Hercules got back to the king, he said that he had to go get the Amazon’s Queen’s Belt. After a long journey to the Amazons they finally made it. When he told her why he had come, she said that she was happy give them the Golden Belt. But one of the men had a false premonition about het, and killed her as she was giving it to Hercules. So there was a big battle and Hercules and his men killed all of the amazonians.

Another one of hercules’s tasks, was to take the cattle of Geryon. Geryon was a three headed ogre who had lots of cattle. So hercules sailed to his island, shot an arrow at him, took the cattle, and went back to the king. (I know, that was pretty short.)

The next task Hercules had to do was getting a Golden Apple and bring it back to the king. So when hercules found the tree, there was a dragon guarding them. So he asked Atlas what to do. Atlas was the person who held the sky up. He said that only he could pick the apples off of the tree. So hercules went and killed the dragon then Atlas had Hercules hold the sky up while Atlas was picking the apples, and when Atlas got back Hercules took the Apples and Atlas held onto the sky again. Then Hercules brought them back to the king.

His final task was to bring back Cerberus for the king to see. So he went to the underworld to ask hades if he could borrow Cerberus. Hades agreed, as long as he remembered to take him back. So Hercules carried Cerberus all of the way back to the king. (Remember, Cerberus was 50 feet tall and weighed more than 3 tons.) Anyway, hercules was done with his tasks so he left the king and lived a happy life.

Perseus: One day, a fisherman found a box floating in the ocean. Inside the box, was a woman and a baby. They had been put there by the woman’s dad. He had heard from a prophecy that he would be killed by his own grandson. But he did not want to kill him, so he just put them in a box in the ocean and hoped they would drown or starve. Anyway, the fisherman took them to king Polydectes, who was very generous. Perceus grew up to be very strong and brave. But he knew that King Polydectes wanted to marry his mother.
One day the king decided to send Perceus on a dangerous quest so that maybe Perceus’s mom would marry him. So he told Perceus to go and kill Medusa. He knew that many brave people had tried to kill her, and none had succeeded. Perceus knew this as well, but he could not refuse a challenge. So he set off for Medusa. Soon, the goddess Athena appeared and gave him a shiny shield. Then, Hermes came and gave him a sickle, winged boots and a bag. So he flew over to the cave/island that Medusa lived in and went inside. He used the shiny shield that Athena gave him to look at her and not be turned to stone. When he got close, he swung the sickle and cut her head off. Then he put it in the bag and flew home.
But on the way, he found a girl chained to a rock. She said that her name was Andromeda, and that her father had put her there as a sacrifice to the gods. A sea monster was scheduled to eat her any minute. Then, suddenly, a gigantic sea serpent rose from the ocean! But Perceus turned it to stone with his Medusa head! Then, he took her home and married her.
Many years later, Perceus was competing in the Olympics. But when he threw his discus, a cross breeze blew it off course and it hit a person in the audience. It was his grandfather! The prophecy had come true! He was killed by his own grandson!

Odysseus: Odysseus was part of the group of people in the Trojan horse. But when they decided to go home, that is when things got weird. Later on, on the way home, they ran out of food. So he had to stop at an island to see if it had food. When they got there, he sent 10 men out to see if anybody lived here. But when they didn’t return, he took 10 more men to go looking for them. They found a house and went inside. But Odysseus suspected something, so when he looked in the window and saw his men being turned into pigs, he just about lost it. There was a woman in there and she had a magic wand. She was using it to turn everyone into pigs! So he went in there and tricked her out of the wand. Then said that he wouldn’t give it back until she fixed his men. So she was forced to fix them. Then, she gave them some food and water and sent them on their way.
Later, they got low on food again. So they stopped on the next island that they saw. You would think that they would learn after the first island… So they got there and decided to go exploring. They found a cave with lots of food. But soon, a Cyclops came home and rolled a big rock across the door to keep his herd of sheep inside. He asked him what his name was so Odysseus said “Nobody”. So they talked for about 5 minutes but then the Cyclops ate one of the men. Then one of the men said that they should just kill the Cyclops. But then a smarter person said that they would never be able to move the rock. So instead, in the morning, they jabbed a stick into his eye, temporarily blinding him. Then, they hid under the sheep, so when he felt the sheep to make sure that they were sheep, not free meals, he never knew that they were escaping. Then they got into their ship and left the island. When he got back, he prayed to the goddess Athena for a disguise. So he became disguised as a poor person. Then, he went up to the palace but found out that his wife was holding a competition to find Odysseus. They had to do challenges so she could find out who was the real Odysseus. So they had to use Odysseus’s bow and arrow and shoot a hole through 12 axes. No one could even bend the bow string. But when Odysseus tried, he did it easily. So then she asked him to go into their room and move the bed. But then he said: I can’t, I built that bed into a tree in the corner of the room. So then she said: You are Odysseus! And his disguise melted away, and they lived happily ever after!

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Reader’s Theater:The Case of the Filched Feast Funds

Greek Mythology »« NEWSPAPER REPORT ON MY TRIP TO WORLDS OF FUN