Monday, December 28, 2009

The story of the Greedy Little Hippo

By Becky Wood

there was a greedy hippo. He ate everything insight. from cheese to peas chips and cake, he always ate a bite.

now hippo he was selfish. he ate everybodys food

he ate the cats the dogs the cows. he was very very rude

One morning after breakfast he jumped into a lake

one big splash and he was stuck

that was a big mistake. mister hippo was angry

the hippo sank real deep he began to shout

"help.please im sinking. Wont anyone help me?"

the animals pulled and pulled as had as they could and he popped out he then ran past all of them and then ate everything on their table. "suckers " he shouted in their faces

then the animals thought to themselves no your the sucker. we made that pie out of mud and soap so you get sick

then hippo felt on inside

^strange

those cotton headed scootin tootins poisoned my food he thought

he then got so mad that we went up to each of the animals looked them in the eye and swallowed each of them whole.

that was the end of hippos problems.

the end

Reading Response Questions and Answers.

yeah think about that for a while. deep meanings hidden in there

do you need the after reading reveiw questions? well here they are!

1. in what ways was hippo similar to Hitler? what were their differneces.

1 answer) hippo and hitler had blue eyes and were a tad chubby around the middle. not to mention their eating habits

2. what made hippo jump in the lake? (ex. depression, severe anger, he just wanted to swim, he slipped ect.) explain your answer

2) he wasnt depressed otherwise he wouldnt have gotten help from his friends. obviously he just wanted a swim but didnt realize he was raised by wolves and never learned to swim like all the other hippos

3. on page four hippo eats several of his peers. have you ever considered eating your peers? how do you think this would feel/taste. explain in detail

3) i can honestly say i have never considered eating any of my peers. have however considered eating my sister. she ate my cocoa puffs. big mistake. i imagine she would taste gross the same way she looks!

4. hippo never had a real name. does this effect the book? is this why hippo was sad did he feel he didnt have a true identity

4) i dont think hippo was too bothered by the fact he had no real name. especially when u consider that none of the other animals he ate had real names. or perhaps we never learn the names of the animals including hippo to protect his identity.

5. If you were hippo how would you have resolved his problem. would you have done things the same or differently?

5) i would have done the exact same thing

6. If you were one of the animals that got ate. how would you have gone about getting back at hippo.

6) i would have previously eaten some type of poison so that when he ate me it would be inside him too and he would inevitably gotten sick and probably died jsut like the rest of us. or i would have called up my uncle lion and had him attack him

7.. If the moon was made of ribs would ye eat it?

7) i would and then id wash it down with a nice tall glass of bud weiser

8. How has this story changed your outlook on life? has your outlook on nameless hippos changed or remained the same?

8) completely changed my outlook on life. i will never again judge a hippo for being nameless.




next year ill come out with a squeekuel!!!

Friday, December 11, 2009

Lumber Jack Day 2009

Friday morning, we all woke up and put on our flannel and mustaches to prepare for lumberjack day. Noah and I matched, we should have gotten our family pictures taken. School was fun. We hot glued pennies to the floor, and found bubble wrap in the recycling bin, so we saved it! After school our adventures began. We had to wait for Korey to get dressed and sharpen his axes, so we listen to Puff daddy destroy the Police and Hymnals. When he got there, we made horrible pancakes, but we can flip them! It went downhill after Todd brought chocolate chips that were all formed together, we tried to axe them apart. We went to take them to Becky's house, but she wasn't home and her dad answered the door to four lumberjacks - one with an axe - which Korey stashed immediately. We thus proceeded to Wal Mart because the parking lot was full. We saw 32 people wearing camoflauge with one lap around the store. We went to starbucks and everyone's minds were blown with liquid captain crunch (it doesn't scrape the roof of your mouth!). Our cupholders were full of mysterious gingerale, so we left it for Mr. Bob Evans in his mail box. Then we went and punched wendy's..We kept driving to find nativity scenes, which we found along with a good drummer we heard outside, whose house we approached to tell him he was a good drummer. We went to my old house, and I was pushed to the front door, which was answered with a tour of the house. The guy asked us if we wanted to see the attic. We also saw a snow cannon, and a santa on a mortocycle with an eye patch. We wrapped the night up by admiring Todd's lights and sounds on his house. Korey tried axeing a pumpkin, it was very anitclimatic. We all watched it's a wonderful life, and Becky looked like Coolio. What a night!

Emily's Dream

Two nights ago I dreamt that I was at Becky's house and her mom came inside and was like "Guess What I found out in the woods? A PANDA! And so we took the Panda in. Her family fell in love with it, so they kicked Matt out of the house and gave the panda his room with new bunkbeds. The panda was a teenager, so it was really moody, and we couldn't be around it sometimes. Then one day we had to call Peoria Zoo to have them come over because the Panda locked himself in his room.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Birthdays, LockDowns and Wendys.

Today is Brittany Spears' Birthday, the Christmas Eve of Becky's Birthday. We celebrated with puppy chow, and made everyone that ate some sing happy birthday or toxic to her. There was a drill today, and we all had to hide like Darth Vader was in our school. Miss Nieuwkoop is afraid of the dark so she brought a lamp, and we sang Raffi songs to calm her down. Mrs. Roller didnt hear when the drill was over, so her whole class sat in a dark closet for an hour. Korey gave us Bracelets. Beckys has a Dolphin on it, because her heart is full of dolphins. I kept thinking mine was a candy bracelet and tried eating it. Mrs. Oakes was gone again, and Wendy's opened. All leading up to giving Becky the best birthday ever. When we went to Wendy's the lady asked me if I wanted a Chocolate or Vanilla Frosty. Was she kidding? What is this world coming to with Vanilla Frosties and all. I told her to try me. She also charged me thirty cents for a water, since she ripped me off, I ripped wendys off and got a soda instead. It reminded me of the time we all went to Jimmy John's and I brought my own coke to save money, and when I picked Becky up she also had a coke in her hand. I'm glad she understands. There were lots of scary people there, Zach said "He's seen bigger...ladies" though. Zach is demanding that we miss him when he's gone. I would have if he wouldn't have said that. He also drove in the middle of the road, and called it "merging." Abby confessed that she skated alone every Saturday as a child, we all laughed at her. We are going to participate in Mrs. Lights Splenda game. You try and ask for as many Splendas at Mcdonalds with an absurd reason. Her husband holds the record, He ordered a Cheeseburger and Fries and Nineteen Splendas, when asked what he needed that many Splendas for, he said his wife was Swedish, and said OK. I also made a new goal today, to get pictures in as many nativity scenes as possible. About three more hours to Becky's an ADULT! I hope it snows, we asked mystery google.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Gym Class Heros

Today was Pickle Ball Day. We did a Scantron test, it was hard so I filled in every single bubble. I hope the Scantron Machine Breaks. All i learned is that pickle ball is named after a dog named pickles. I have a dog named Goat, it has identity problems. I wonder if the moon is bigger than our school. I also tried on this girl named Brittany's stretchy shirt. It looked like it would fit a dog. It would probably fit pickles. The shirt felt like tissue paper. Tomorrow is CartWheel Wednesday! YAY! 

PE - The Story Continues:
We eat powdered donuts while we were supposed to run, Emily's pockets are filled. We made up a game where its only rules were "Be Careful what you wish for and Don't take any wooden Nickels". Becky did 13 pull ups just to get Pancakes. Mrs. Menold told us if we didn't straddle the line someone was going to get shot. Then Sammy Bolliger showed off 172 times, we counted. I love PE. 

Calm before the Storm


My mom said today is The Calm Before the Storm Day, also footsie pajama day. Tomorrow it is suppose to snow 56 inches 100%. I was mad today, Shelly (the mean yelly lady from Pizza Hut) came ten minutes late with NO CHEESE! Zach got us free chips with mice in them, they chewed through the bag. Target was fun...well they didn't have Hanukkah party supplies or boy footsie pajamas but they did have awesome Red Balls. Emily is going to cut her feet off tonight, they are too claustrophobic. 11:11 I wish there will be snow. We joined club us today, it is a very exclusive club. They are cleaning the kitchen now! I'm watching!

Mrs. Graves Birthday (The Saga)

Part One:
Mrs. Oakes said, "what's on the screen is just the beginning..our conversations are so much  more." She also keeps babies in her closet. Save us! But today in Fashions she didnt watch us, so we made jewelry out of kix. Tomorrow is Mrs. Graves Birthday. Don't tell her but we are making a fondue cake. 

Part Two:
Today was Mrs. Graves Birthday, we made her a cake with Cheese and Eggs on it. Mrs. Roller thought we put Broccoli in her cake. She also admitted to beating people emotionally. So does Mr. Hinman, he jumped on a table and yelled at poopface telling him to grab a mop, a broom, or a pitchfork (whatever that means). He also made an announcement telling us to quit "Jacking around", Mrs. Graves thought that was powerful. My dad asked how to delete people on facebook, but then listened to his Smooth Jazz playlist that has no smooth jazz. Yesterday Emily's dad burnt a pizza for two hours! It shattered on the ground! There is a child molester in my neighborhood, he drives a focus and a dell. He will go far in life. Abby is going to marry Dilan over XBox Live, their color is clementine. 

A Lesson from Big Hands Man

(March 18th 2009)
Yesterday was a strange day. First off, a horrible stench made us run outside by ourselves in PE. Next PE we are driving to MCdonalds and eating while we "run". Becky didn't wear a heart monitor but she was in for 11 min. oof. Abby rode a short bus, but she is in denial. We also saw Michael Scofield steal a car. Mrs. Oakes said she was dragged by a horse when she was a girl, and Miss eve told us she would sell her baby for crack, our teachers have cool emotional baggage. Mrs. Gonigam watches Rock Of Love and kicked a girl without a leg in high school, though she said she deserved it. Big hands man came to school today, he ripped up a twenty dollar bill, told us asians work harder and all white people want to be on american idol. Luke told us you can use banana peels as wine glasses. Abby just made fun of a kid wearing sunglasses, when there is something really wrong with his eyes. Way to go Abby. A Michael Phelps truck just drove by. 

Journal Entries

We went to LaGondola and there were two men in business suits with breifcases on their lunch break. They were playing YuGiOh. Dad thinks they are Amish.

One day Tremong got Vandalized. All the cars were broken into. They broke into Kristens car and took everything but a penny! Abby got her papers moved, they even stole Marshalls cookies. Next time we'll poison the cookies. I also got my CD collection stolen another time, even the mix CDs including "merry christmas Leslie" They took everything but Christmas with the Mmm Bop Mamas. Becky went to a wedding where the gifts were stolen including a homeade quilt.

Fondue Friday!

We heard that Noah was fondueing with Mrs. Graves, without us. So, we demanded to have a Fondue Friday at her house and ever since then it has become tradition. We watch Oprah and learn about things we shouldn't know. Jaela learns about how things are "same" and "different".
We also learned about the things the Graves' do at night. One time Nolan left the party real mad and Jaela said "..and that's how you loose your kids." Dad fondued once, but he didn't have the patience or the etiquette. He stole everybodys sticks. He thinks it should be called Fun-do!

Creation of the blogosphere

Day One. Here goes nothing.