A Trip to the Zoo

I wrote a spelling story and I had to use six adverbs and eight spelling words. This story is realistic fiction.

When Ben woke up the next morning he remembered how much fun he had going to the zoo. Yesterday, when Ben was handing in his math homework, his teacher announced that they would be going on a field trip to Lincoln Park Zoo.

After the announcement, everyone in the room went bezerkers. Anna Hallway started screaming at the top of her lungs, Jeremy Bonjo started dancing, and Julia Vero (well you get the point). Everyone except Ben. Ben thought it was a little over the top because all it is is just going to see animals (geez).

2 hours later, Ben stepped on the bus that smelled suspiciously like smoke, (blame the bus driver) and headed off to the zoo. Ben brought a notebook and pencils because his teacher told them they would be taking notes on the animals we saw.

But when they reached their final destination it was much larger than Ben had expected. Maybe this wasn’t going to be so bad he thought. The first animal they saw was the monkeys. They swung from branch to branch enthusiastically. Ben thought they were funny. The second animal they saw were the seals. His mom had given him 2 dollars to spend and he used those 2 dollars to buy fish for the seals. He threw the fish into the air and the seals caught the fish in their mouths and quickly ate them. Third they saw pandas. A sign told them that these were some of the only pandas on earth. One panda slowly lumbered over to some bamboo and gnawed on it.

Fourth, we saw some giraffes. Ben got to touch them. Two kids fought over whether or not they should feed a giraffe a sausage. The giraffe awkwardly walked over to a tree and munched on the leaves. Last, they saw a snake. He was a diamond back rattle snake. He could snatch up a rat so fast you would miss it if you blinked. You had to keep him inside his cage because he was poisonous.

So at breakfast Ben’s mom said, “What did you do yesterday?” And Ben told her about how he went on a field trip and all of that. Though he didn’t tell her about him not wanting to go to the zoo because she was zoologist.

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giraffe photo credit: Sum_of_Marc via photopin cc

On Strike

This is a story I wrote back in January for spelling homework. I had to use spelling words in a story. The spelling words are bold.

One day the number ten was walking along a sentence when he stumbled over a wrong decimal point. Forty saw him and said “four hevens sakes are you okay?” “I’m fine.” said ten. “I just hate it when kids put wrong decimals.” And the two numbers walked all across number city. Until they met ninety wheeling her bike back to her garage and then asked her, “Why are you wheeling your bike instead of riding it?” and ninety said “Oh, that, nothing much, I just ran over a wrong decimal point.”

“Really, I stumbled over a wrong decimal point!” said ten. “I just hate it when kids use wrong punctuation” and the three walked and wheeled around number city.

On two thousand thirteen ten’s dad walked in. Ten asked him why he had a bruse on his knee and he replied “I couldn’t keep my New Year’s Eve resolution by trying to be more careful on the sidewalk but today I tripped and brused my knee.”

“But pop, it isn’t our fault it’s the kid’s fault” said ten. “They keep on putting wrong decimal points.”

So, kids have you learned your lesson? If not here it is. Never put wrong decimal points!

Oh, look, now the numbers are on strike!
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Mammoth Cave

This post is dedicated to Teresa in San Francisco who is wondering why I haven’t written in a long time.

For spring break I went to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. It is the biggest cave in the world. It stretches 400 miles and is still growing. My family went there and we took a simple tour because we just came back from North Carolina (see post about Duke and UNC). One of the most interesting things about Mammoth Cave is that during the War of 1812 the British stopped ships from delivering gun powder to America so they had to make their own gun powder. The Americans mined salt peter in Mammoth Cave to make gun powder so they can use it to fight the war.

Another interesting fact is that someone found a dead body inside the cave. The interesting thing is that he still had his organs, muscles and even some berries left in his stomach. This is able to happen because the cave preserved his body because the temperature and climate stays the same 24/7. They named him Lost John.