In class we were given a drawing of a wiggly line and we had to make a drawing out of it and write a story about that thing we drew. After we had to write a sequel, then make a paragraph to connect them.  We had to edit it for so long!

Chuck’s Adventure

Chuck is a beaver. He has been working very hard on building his new dam. He has been working tirelessly. Chuck has worked dawn through dusk for three days now. All he needs to do is decorate. One day he goes out to buy a wooden couch. When he gets back there is a poster on the small wooden door. It says,

“Swimming Contest for beavers. Winner gets new and improved dam, looser looses their dam. 8:00 am Sunday.”

Tomorrow?!” Chucks says aloud surprised. Chuck thinks about this. If he lost, he would have no no dam and would have to start all over again. Now if he wins, he gets a new luxury dam. Well, now he is done decorating, so his dam is complete. The problem is that it is already 8:00 pm! He has no time to practice at all. He thinks he is a good enough swimmer so he enters the contest.

 Chuck wakes up the next morning at 7:30! He only has half an hour to get ready. He rushes to comb his back, brush his teeth, and eat some fresh wood. He runs out the door.

 At the local pond there are 10 other contestants. They are all talking about how they think they will win the luxury dam because of their amazing swimming skills.. Chuck listens in.

Soon enough the loud speaker says,

“We have 11 contestants today! They are Gavin! Frank! Harold! Arnold! Billy! Kathy! Matt! Camron! Martha! Chuck! And Francis! 321 baaaa!” No one likes Francis. He is selfish and mean.

 About two minutes pass and the horn goes off again! The big voice says,

“Francis is the winner!”

Chuck looks behind him, there is no one. He doesn’t want to cry, but he just can not help it. He bursts out with tears. He worked so hard on his dam!

 The speaker says in a mocking voice, “Chuck loooosesss!”

 Chuck gets himself together and shouts as loud as he can, “Re-match! I did not get to practice! They put the posters up too late!” There were quiet whispers among the crowd.

“Re-match between Chuck and Francis at 1:00 today!” says the speaker beaver after a short pause.

Chuck goes home and thinks. If he practices he will be too tired. Chuck remembers this saying ; ‘Slow and steady wins the race.’ “Slow and steady wins the race” he mutters repeating it to himself. He will use that as advice.

At the re-match Francis is there. Same as last time, the horn blows. But no! This time Francis doesn’t move! Chuck’s plan is working perfectly. Chuck is going slow and steady. Francis thinks he will be able to catch up. But once he starts moving, Chuck is past the finish line.

“Chuck wins!!” Someone takes Chuck to his new luxury dam. But he still wonders who got his old dam.

It takes three weeks for Chuck to get it the way he wants it. He is so happy to have a perfect dam. He hopes he will have such a fun life in his dam. Three years later he is still living in his amazing dam.

His dam almost takes up the entire river! It is lined with jewels. He has butlers, and maids. Red carpets, and many beds. He had every thing he wanted. The problem is he did not feel satisfied. He feels selfish. He loves his life and wants everyone to experience it. But he can not sell it, he wants everyone to feel it at once, or it would not be fair . He also wanted to live normally in his old dam, his “home.” He misses home and interesting adventures. He decided to make his home a townhouse so all the beavers could live there.

 It takes 3 months to complete his idea. When it is finally done he gathers all the towns people. He releases the giant curtain.

 “Boff!” the curtain falls. The crowd cheers, knowing what it is for.

 8 days later Chuck packs up, says bye, and goes back home. As he is walking home he sees Francis, the beaver he beat in the swimming contest.

 “Hello, Francis. I just opened a townhouse.” Chuck says kindly.

 “I was just heading over there!” says Francis unusually kindly, but truthful.

 “Have fun! Bye!”

 “Bye!”

 Chuck is happy. The town is happy. Perfect ending, right!?

Or is it?

Tenement Inspectors. I like this because it was a fun trip.

Ellis Island Field Trip. I liked this because I like all the pictures.

Statue of Liberty. I liked the field trip, think about it, the Statue of Liberty.

Land of Liberty: The Play. I like this because the play was so fun!

Land of Liberty: The Preview. I like this because the same reason as Land of Liberty: The Play.

A Visitor From Nepal. I like this because it was really fun to hear the story.

A Busy Week. I like this because the whole week was SO fun!!!!!!!!!!!

I am Noelle. I found an amazing thing over winter break. I was cleaning out my Grandmother’s attic. I saw big trunk. It looked like it was super old. I opened it and saw some ancient looking stuff. I felt like a historian and a detective. I asked my grandma if she knew what it was and she did not know.  The fact that she had no idea of what it was is what got me interested. I think you should learn about the past because you will have fun and learn about people you do not know. You will find many interesting things including a old letter from 1905 about Ellis Island and the trunk I found the things in. Have fun learning about what I found!