my free choce writing 3

       The T Force vs The Demon Squid 

 The story starts at the edge of the galaxy where an evil wizard was conducting magic experiments. He found a way to make terrifying creatures from stardust such as the crocowolf (a wolf and crocodile), the bearrilla (a bear and a gorilla), and the flaming lizardasaurous (a lizard and a dinosaur on fire). But worst of all was the demon squid. “Haha” said the wizard, “with these creatures I will take over the galaxy” but then the squid ate him and all the other creatures then set off to find more stuff to eat. The squid travelled the galaxy eating planets, moons and even darth vader's death star. It finally came to earth and the avengers tried to stop it but they all got eaten too (well……..What did you expect? That thing already ate 3,000,000 planets). Earth was doomed so the prime minister called THE T FORCE (that's right they’re back!!!).  They are me, my dog Turbo, Kirsty and Jack. They threw a bunch of fireballs and laser blasts then Jack turned into a dinosaur and blasted an enormous stream of green fire. Turbo grew to the size of the moon which meant he could take on the fight against the Demon Squid.  He wasn’t as big as the squid but he was fast and was able to bite off the tentacles of the squid one by one.  The Demon Squid was now a giant blob with no limbs. Kirsty was her own one man support crew cheering on Jack and Turbo but then it lashed out its tounge and swallowed them whole (yeah you would think it would have been full by now).  It was now all up to Troy. “It’s all up to me” said Troy (hey I just said that said the narrator). “How about you have a taste of your own medicine” said Troy as he went into cartoon mode and so his head grew and grew until it was bigger than the squid itself.  He then took one giant bite and swallowed the Demon Squid whole. Troy then realized he didn’t like the taste of squid and barfed up everything the squid had eaten back into its rightful place. The evil wizard then thought it was best not to try that again.   The End.       

Things I learnt about hornets

Although we don't have many hornets in New Zealand.
They are in Asia and sometimes attack bee hives.
But luckily bees have a defense mechanism to get rid of them.
They let the hornet come into their hive then they tell each other by shaking their abdomen,
that they will then swarm the hornet  in large numbers.
They do not sting the hornet, instead they all vibrate to heat it up until it dies,
because the bees can survive 118 degrees fahrenheit (47.7 degrees Celsius) but the hornets
can only survive 115 degrees fahrenheit (46.1 degrees Celsius).
So the bee hive is safe again.         

why Poppies on ANZAC day?

The reason we have poppies on Anzac Day is because
the red poppy or Flanders poppy (its proper name)
was one of the first plants to grow
in the mud and dirt of Flanders in Belgium
after the fighting during WWI of 1914-18. 
It became a symbol for us
to remember those who fought in the war
and died on the battlefields.

 

life in a pandemic

Life in a pandemic has been hard. It's changed the way I learn, sleep and even think because I can't go to school, town or my friends house to socialize. I am missing out on my weekly swimming lessons and this winter there is also no league for us to play as a team. Home school is very different and hard sometimes to concentrate and stay on task as I’m used to home being where I play.  I have to battle the urge to get up and play when I should be doing my school work.  I have trouble going to bed early enough because it doesn’t really feel like a school night so then I sleep in too much in the morning and makes me feel tired which makes it hard to do school work too. It gets kind of boreing but I am quite lucky that my family has a big chunk of farmland so I can bike around and get some exercise. I sometimes miss my friends but it's ok because every week we have a google hangout so we can talk to each other. I am also helping out with jobs around the house like getting the mail and paper on my bike.  I have also done a lot of cooking and made tea a couple of times like tuna pasta bake, baked bean quiche and last but not least a great big cheesy lasagna that lasted for two nights. So in conclusion I guess it's not all bad.