Podkayne of Mars Pages 42-80

Summary: This section was basically about all the happenings on the ship the Tricorn en route to Earth. The section starts off with Podkayne trying to find money that Clark stole from her. These two cause a lot of trouble between themselves. They are the only two children riding first class, and some of the only martians as well. A problem that Clark and Podkayne run into is the gravity of other planets. Mars has a very low gravitational pull so the captain turns the gravity level in the gym to a more Earth-like number. Also in this section Clark and Podkayne meet some nice ladies. Their names are Mrs. Grew, Mrs. Girdie, and Mrs. Royer. The first two aren't in the section too much, but Mrs. Royer plays a big role. Podkayne does some chores for Mrs. Royer, who despises all martians, in exchange for some allowance. however after Podkayne refuses to rub her back she gossips about the two martian children to the whole ship. So now Podkayne's and Clark's reputation is tainted.
Quote: Mrs Royer: "What can you expect, dreadful people." This shows that Mrs. Royer isn't as nice and gentle as the kids thought she was. This also shows how much resentment Mrs. Royer has toward Martians for no apparent reason. She goes on to tell many people about how uneducated and undisciplined these hooligans are. This is important because it will give Podkayne and Clark a bad reputation among the other passsengers for the remainder of the trip.
Connection: My connection to this section is the movie Titanic. Which is about a passenger ship. This section was pretty boring and was just about the ride on the ship. This reminds me of Titanic because of the interactions between the passengers.

Podkayne of Mars Pages 1-48

Summary:This book is the story of a Masrsian girl named Podkayne and her little brother Clark. Life on Mars is extremely intelligent, Podkayne has an IQ of 145 and Clark that of 160. She states in the first chapter that she has always wanted to go to earth to visit. This is thousands of years in the future where humans no longer inhabit earth, but other parts of the solar system. At first Podkayne's dad refuses to make a voyage to the earth, but he later warms up to the idea and lets Clark and Podkayne travel there with their Uncle Tom. They pack everything up and begin the journey riding First-Class.
Quote: "he has an IQ of 160, opposed to my 145." This shows how intelegent life is on Mars in this set time period. This also shows that time has changed the human race. Both of these are going to play major roles throughout the book. It really helps illustrate what life must be like during that time. Life is so far beyond what it is now that people have inhabited other planets and Earth is more or less a vacation spot now. This quote shows all of these things.
Connection: My connection to this story, and in peticular its idea of humans inhabiting other areas of the galaxy, is Star Wars. In every area in Star Wars you see humans from Hans Solo to Luke Skywalker. In the book humans are inhabiting other areas too. Travel is another connection that can be made to Star Wars. In both stories people travel from planet to planet by giant space ships. So Star Wars and this book defineatly draw some comparisons.

Brians Winter pages 104-End

Summary: In the final section of Brians Winter the weather is now completely different, there is several feet of snow on the ground and it is below 0 dgrees outside. Brian makes some snow shoes out of branches so he can hunt in the deep snow. He hears a gunshot during the night and goes out to check what happened. He can't see anything, but the next day while exploring he realizes that it was actually pine trees snapping in half because all of their sap has frozen solid. Then another day while exploring he notices some strange tracks that look like sleds. He follows them and discovers a hut with native americans living in it. The book then ends before saying what happened to Brian, which kind of upset me.
Quote: " We saw your smoke about two weeks ago, but we figured we'd leave you alone." This is what the Native American says to Brian when he discovers their hut. This shows that Brian hasn't really been alone this whole time and that there were other people living in the woods. This is important because it shows how people survive in these woods every day. I wish that the Native Americans introduced themselves to Brian. It would have made for a much better story.
Connection. My connection to this story is the show Survivor Man. In this show a man travels into some knid of wilderness and has to survive for a week by himself. As the week progresses his survival gets easier and easier, much like Brian. Then he is rescued and goes home. I'm assuming that's what happens to Brian even though the book doesn't say so.

Brian's Winter Pages 53-103

Summary:In this section Brian creates the big bow, which he calls the war bow. He also creates a killing lance which he uses to kill a full grown moose. The weather in this section is also very different. It is now freezing cold and there is a few feet of snow on the ground. This causes Brian to winterize his hut. He also makes a vest out of rabbit skins and a jacket out of moose hide. He kills the moose early in the section and now has meat that he estimates will last him for months. Brian is the most comfortable he has ever been in the wilderness. He has a warm hut with a fire, a lot of meat, warm clothes, and actually seems happy.
Quote: "...grateful for all the good luck he'd had" Pg 95 This really sums up the section becuase Brian's luck is really changing and he is actually enjoying himself. He has all that he needs and wants and can make just about anything he could need. He is also really adjusting to the winter weather and has even made some friends with wolves and a skunk that scares away some bears for Brian. The thing that proves that Brian is getting some good luck is when he is attacked by a moose he shot and he survives with only a concussion.
Connection: My connection to the section is a movie called Into the Wild. Which is about a guy who goes to Alaska to survive in the wilderness. Like Brian he survives mostly on rabbits and fish until he shoots a moose. This is related to Brian because Brian shoots his first big game in this section. In the movie after he shoots the moose he feels really bad and pukes afterhe fails to use any of the meat that he killed an innocent moose for. Brian feels awful because the moose was minding its own business and Brian killed it.

Brian's Winter Pages 1-52

Summary- This book is the sequal to the best-selling book Hatchet. This story is what would've happened if Brian wasn't rescued and had to survive in the winter months. Up to this point in the book Brian is surviving in the late fall in the Canadian woods. He is mostly eating rabbits and foolbirds that he hunts with his light bow and fish that he catches in the lake. In this section he also gets his first taste of venison by eating the scraps of a slaughtered doe that some wolves left behind. After tasting the meat and seeing how long it lasts he decides that he needs to make a larger, heavier bow...he just isn't sure how to make it yet.
Quote- He awakened with a bulging stomach full of grease and something close to joy in his heart. Pg 48. This shows that things are looking up for Brian and that there is hope of him survivng in these cold months ahead. This quote comes from the part of the story where Brian first has the venison. This also shows that for the first time in a long while Brian is happy and feels positive. This is also what inspires Brian to build a bigger bow...with which I'm sure he'll bag a lot of game.
Connection- This section really reminds me of the hunger games. Just the aspect of a kid living and surviving on only his knowledge of the wild and his quick wits. Also the brutality of it all reminds me of the hunger games. In this section Brian encounters many a wolf and bear kind of like the attacking-dog things in the Hunger Games. The way Brian is skilled with a bow also reminds me of Catniss from the Hunger Games. He hits small birds and rabbits with precision like Catniss hits squirrels.

The Thief of Always Pages153-213(End)

After Jive dies Harvey walks up the stairs to the attic. The attic is creaky and old and in the far corner he hears a noise which he believes to be Mr. Hood. He is wrong and the creature is Carna. The beast is still very injured and it hobbles up to attack Harvey. He stumbles and falls. On the ceiling he sees some carving that look like a face. Then two boards form a mouth and the house begins to talk. Mr. Hood is not in the house; he is the house! Harvey is shocked as the house tells him that he can either stay and live forever or get eaten by Carna. Harvey makes a dash for it and just as Carna is about to strike Harvey puts out a kind hand towards the beast. It makes a soft purring sound and nestles into his hand. Then the beast obliterates because Harvey showed it love. He runs downstairs and Rictus in waiting for him, his face hald made out of dirt because of the houses weakening. He promises to give Harvey anything to stay, but Harvey just keeps walking. Rictus keeps making things appear, but Harvey knows they're all illusions. Then Harvey comes up with an idea; make the house use up all it's magic. Harvey begins to wish of hundreds of ridiculous things and with each new wish the house falls more and more apart. The house bellows that Harvey has one more wish before he will be taken captive. Harvey wish for all of the seasons to take place at once. There is a giant storm as each season fights with eachother for dominance. With this the house explodes and is reduced to rubble. Mrs. Griffin thanks Harvey for everything as she begins to fade away. Harvey is about to walk away when Rictus comes out of the rubble with an orb of magic telling Harvey that he will just rebuild the house, but Rictus is grabbed by a glowing hand from beneath the ground and it rips Rictus's head right off in a poof of smoke. Mr. Hood then takes on human form from the rubble. He is made out of wood and windows, but his magic is still powerful. Next hundred s of glowing orbs begin to float toward the lake and children pull themselves from the depths. Harvey leads Hood over to the lake (which is now a violent portal hungry for souls). Hood tries to throw Harvey in, but harvey is too quick and he thrusts Hood into the deadly spiral. Lulu and Wendell are waiting for him by the mist along with hundreds of other kids. They all agree to walk holding hands for as long as they can before they are each sent back to their own time. Once out of the fog Harvey is alone and passes out from exhaustion. He wakes up in his own bed with his parents being regularly aged. He brings them to the site of the house which is now a hill with kids playing on it. A man walks up to Harvey and tells Harvey's parents that everything abput the house is true. Harvey looks over at the man's wife and she waves. His wife is Lulu, all grown up. The man thanks him for everything and walks away.
Important Quote: At the last moment before the mist elcipsed them they looked around at eachother, and Harvey said, "Home..." Pg:204 This is the part of the story where Harvey has defeated Hood and he is going home. All of the children who were fish in the lake are now freed. They all decide to walk into the mist together and hold hands for as long as they can. This is an important part of the story because it is where the action starts to fall. This is when the problem is almost solved and everyone can go home. This part really gave me goosebumps because all of the kids are now freed and it's really symbolic how they all walk into the mist together.
Connection: My connection to this section is the last day of the school year. Everyone is "freed" from the "evil" of school and it might be the last time you see some of the people in your class for a while. Thats kind of what happens to the kids at the House. They are freed and they don't know if they will ever see any of the other kids ever again. And while the last day of school might not be that dramatic it kind of reminds me of this section.

Horror Story Questions

My inspiration for the story came from the Blair Witch Project with more people. In the movie three people walk into the Blair Woods and they get lost and eventually killed. Another inspiration was the woods behind my house. This was an inspiration because the woods are pretty creepy and you could easily get lost in them. The easiest part in the story to write was the summerization and creation of the characters. I found it very easy to create deep, detailed characters. I found the ending the hardest part to write. I actually had three different endings written before I wrote the one that I used. I was very satisfied with my writing. I'd probably give myself a 10. I was very suprised with how scary the story was and I actually scared myself at times. I think I'd deserve an A for this project because I feel like I was able to create good characters, a scary setting, and I was able to create drama and foreshadowing. I also feel like I followed a good plot line and followed the "What makes a good story" sheet well too. On my next writing project I will do most of the same things with the plot development and characters, but I don't think I'll make it as violent.

The Thief of Always pgs 123-152

Summary:Wendell and Harvey have found the mist leading to the Holiday House in the beginning of this section. When they get to the house Wendell is sucked into the magic and completely forgetswht he came there; to find Mr. Hood (who is not dead, but somewhere in the house) and to desrtoy the 4 keepers of the house; Jive, Rictus, Carna, and Marr. When they walk in the house Rictus is waiting for them and he is very fakely happy. Wendell starts eating, but Harvey knows that it's all just dust transformed by magic. The last remaining cat of the house shows Harvey a hidden door that he never saw before and down the stairs there is a box. Inside the box is Mrs. Griffin; beaten and bruised. She tells Harvey that she was the first ever kid in the house and that Mr. Hood made a deal with her that she would never die if she stayed in the house. At this point Marr is making her way down the stairs and is telling Harvey that she will transform him. When she grabs him nothing happens because Harvey is content with being himself. The magic then backtracks into Marr and because she doesn't dream she turns into a puddle. Then while walking up the stairs Jive is waiting for him with some pie. Harvey thinks the pie is poisoned so Jive eats it to prove it isn't. The keepers can't have food from the house because it causes their stomachs to turn to dust so Jive is reduced to pile of ash and dirt. Now Harvey just has to take care of Carna and Rictus,  then he can find Mr. Hood and ask him to give him his old live back.
Important Quote: "Harvey could see by the glazed look in Wendell's eyes that the House was already working its' subductive magic." Pg 126. This sentence is found when Harvey and Wendell return to the House. This is important because it shows how evil the magic of the House really is. It sucked Wendell right into it's trap. This is also where the reader realizes that Harvey will have to complete the mission of getting his real life back by himself. This happens right before the climax of the story and really gives the story an unique twist before it gets really intense. Even though before Wendell got back to the house he knew that he had to remain focused and destroy the House, he still got sucked in by the evil magic of the House and to me that's really scary.
Connection: This section kind of reminds me of Lord of the Rings. In the Lord of the Rings Frodo and Sam have to go to Middle Earth to destroy the evil ring forever. Even though they know it's dangerous they go there to do good. That's exactly what Wendell and Harvey do in this section. Wendell also gets suduced by the magic of the house, like Frodo by the power of the ring. Harvey has to destroy the House to get his old life back just like Frodo has to destroy the ring. The House also represents Middle Earth; an evil area that you have to go to bring back good.

The Thief of Always pages 51-122

By this point in the story you know that the Holiday house changes seasons during the day. Every night after Thanksgiving it's Christamas and the kids all get one present a day. The first night Harvey wishes for a model ark like the one his father built for him. When he gets it he takes it to the dark lake to float it, a fish scares him and he falls in, losing the ark and all the lead figurines inside it. A week or two pass and everyday is the same, but then one night Harvey meets Rictus's brother Jive. He is extremely persuasive and evil. He tells Harvey a plan to get Wendell back for the prank he pulled a  week before. He takes Harvey up onto the roof and introduces him to Marr, one of the four keepers of the house(the other three being Rictus, Jive, and Carna who we'll meet later). She is extremely obese and lives in the chimney. She changes Harvey into a vampire using a strange sort of magic. Harvey uses his new form to swoop in on Wendell and scare him, but the prank gets taken too far when Jive tells Harvey to drink Wendell's blood. Harvey does the right thing by not doing it, but this dissapoints Jive and Marr turns him back into a human. The next day when Harvey wakes up Lulu is missing and Wendell is running around like a madman. Wendell is trying to escape, but no matter which way he tries to walk through the mist wall he ends up back at the house. Harvey goes inside to interrogate Mrs. Griffin and he finds out that this place is haunted and that everybody is being watched 24/7 by the four keepers of the house. Even Mrs. Griffin is a slave. This makes Harvey want to escape even more. So he goes to meet Wendell outside at midnight to make their escape. Before he sees Wendell he finds out the fate of Lulu. When she comes out of the brush she is scaled, slimy, and has fins, she is turning into one of the fishes. She hands him three lead figures from his sunken ark and jumps into the lake. Then Harvey tries to make his escape. Him and Wendell decide that if they hold hands, one on each side of the wall then maybe they can find the way out. Just a couple of minutes into their plan they hear Mrs. Griffin yelling for them to return to the house, Carna is approaching. Carna is a 100 eyed, 1000 toothed monster who is told to dispose of the children who misbehave. Mrs. Griffin throws a blue cat into the mist just as Harvey has to go in. The cat leads the two boys out of the maze, but it also leads Carna out too, but the beast begins to die because it cannot survive in the real world. When Harvey finds his way home he finds out that each day that passed in the Holiday House was a year in the real world so his parents are old and are astonished to see their son who's been missing for thirty years. The search to find and stop the Holiday House is now on.
Important Quote: "For every day he spent in there, a year had gone by here in the real world." Pg. 112. This quote is found in the text after Harvey escapes from the Holiday House. However his return is bittered when he finds out that 31 years had passed while he was there. This quote is where the reader first realizes what kind of magic the House is using. This is also where he meets his parents for the first time in "thirty one" years.
Connection: This part of the story kind of reminds me of the Chilean miners. The miners were in a mine shaft for 69 days without seeing their family. While that might not be 31 years it is a long time to go without seeing sunlight or family. This is what Harvey experienced in this section. He didn't have any contact with the outside world for 31 years, just like the Chilean miners.

Switched Up Saturday

I woke up at about 10:30 on a Saturday morning, I was groggy so I went through my normal morning routine without noticing any differnences. Then when I saw "my" face in the mirror, only it wasn't my face it was the face of Rickie Fowler, my favorite professional golfer. I couldn't belive this and I shouted, my mom was grocery shopping, my dad was working, and my sister was at her friend's house so I figured I'd have a good hour or two to figure this out. When I walked outside my dog immidiately started barking at me and because my voice was different he didn't calm down when I told him it was ok. I didn't know what to do, but because I was "technically" over 16 I decided to go to play golf(I thought that if I was in the body of a pro golfer maybe I could play like one.) So I left a note saying that I went golfing with one of my friends. My driving job was rough to say the least, I was actually very suprised I didn't get pulled over. However when I got to the course I was crowded by peopleand the manager of the course told me I could play as much as I wanted for free. At this point I was praying I could play like a pro. After an eagle on the first hole I was pretty confident I had Rickie's golfing skills. I ended up shooting a -13, 59, a new course record. Once the word got out about Rickie Fowler playing at a local golf course my mom wanted to take me to see him. Kind of an awkward situation. Then I heard my phone ringing when I answered I heard my mom; "Oh my gosh Casey you're golfing at the same golf course as your favorite golfer, I can't believe it, have so much fun, bye!" When I got back to the clubhouse I saw on ESPN that Rickie Fowler had withdrawn from the current tournament he was leading. The manager looked at me and said, "Why would you quit, you were winning." I had no idea what to do so I went outside and standing before me was myself, my real body self. This confused me immensly. And then my body said, "So your the kid you took my body and cost me the tournament!" We then proceeded to drive around talking about what to do. He drove this time. We came to the idea that I, or Rickie Fowler in my body, would invite Rickie Fowler, or me in Rickie's body, over for dinner and then he could sleep in our camper and when we woke up we'd be back to normal. The plan went accordingly and when I woke up on Sunday I was myself. Then I thought it must have been a dream, there was no sign of Rickie anywhere, but when I saw a signed Puma golf hat I knew that it was not a dream at all.

Teh Thief of Always pages 1-50

Summary: The story opens in a town called Millsap, it is a grey, dark, foggy town especially in the cold boring month of February. Harvey Swick, a ten year old boy, is bored out of his mind and is feeling pretty depressed when all of the sudden a man named Rictus flies through the window into his room. Rictus is a short, skinny man who wears a fancy suit and glasses. He tells Harvey that he doesn't have to be bored because he can go to the Holiday House. He then disappears, but returns a couple of days later to take Harvey there. The actual house is located behind a huge stone wall that has no gate, you just walk through it. Upon arrival Harvey is stunned by the four story house and the beautiful yard with an enormous tree house. After he enters the house an old lady named Mrs. Griffin. She lays out dozens of platters of food for him and tells him about the creator of the house, Mr. Hood who is a solitary man who hasn't appeared in the story yet. Harvey then he calls his mother, who is suprisingly fine with him skipping school and staying there for as long as he wants, almost too fine with it. He then meets the two other kids living there; Lulu and Wendell. Lulu is quiet and almost a suspious character, Wendell on the other hand is full of energy and him and Harvey hit it off right away. Then Harvey goes to sleep and when he wakes up it's spring outside, then after lunch it's summer. The seasons change every day! Harvey then knows this is no ordinary place. He later explores and finds a huge lake far behind the house, unlike everything else it is dark and gloomy. He leaves quickly, that night, like every night, is Halloween, Harvey dresses up as a vampire and the backyard of the house turns into a very long street for the kids to walk on. All seems well in the Holiday House for now, but the way the author is foreshadowing it can't stay that way for long.
Important Quote: "The House is full of suprises. You'll see."  Pg #46. This quote provides foreshadowing that really makes the reader question what is going to happen later in the story. This is also the point in the story where the house seems to get a little bit creepier than earlier in the story. Up to this point in the story the house seems great, but after this quote and the events on halloween, the house doesn't seem quite as perfect.
Connection: My connection to this text is the scene in Harry Potter where the roof in the dining hall change seasons. In the story the weather and feeling of the House changes from season to season each day. In the morning it's either spring or winter depending on how early you wake up and by the end of the day it's Thanksgiving. In Harry Potter the ceiling of the dining hall can change to fit the particular season outside. This helps enhance the magic and wonder of the settings in both stories, but in the Thief of Always I have a feeling that it will be a much darker sort of magic.

Prompt #2 The Perfect Haunted House

I myself have been to one haunted house in my life, but from that adventure I have a pretty good idea what I would do if I made my own haunted house. I would start the house with a maze in a forest. I would only light the path with dim candles so that no one could see well. Then I would have screams going on in the distance and someone running around with a jason mask and a chainsaw with no chain. After they find their way through the maze they will have to get on a haunted hay ride. (I know it sounds lame, but hear me out) On the trailer with the hay there would be fake mangled limbs made of plastic and people that would jump out of the dark and try to climb aboard. Then when the ride is over they'd arrive to the house. The first room they'd walk into would be like a long hallway filled with candles and scary pictures. They would then walk into a hall of mirrors and there would be people in scary costumes walking behind them. Next there would be a kitchen with a bunch of creepy people dressed as zombies and they'd be cooking groos things like eyeball soup and brains. Also a must for my haunted house is scary music and clowns. I think I would have clowns walking about the house randomly. The scariest room in the house would be the barber shop room, in order to get into this room you'd have to walk through a narrow tunnel that would be filled with green slime. When you get into the barber shop a man would come running at you with a big gash on his face screaming. Then a zombie would slowly aproach you with a fake rusty knife. In order to get out of the house you have to walk through another dark hallway with no light, you'd have to feel your way out. In the hallway there'd be people grabbing you and ooze on the walls for you to grab as you navigate your way out. The last obsticle would be to get over a murky river. The only way over is a rickety old bridge that has people grabbing at you as you cross. Then you'd return safely to your car...hopefully.

Team Roles

The Most Dangerous Game

Helen- Connection or visualization video, how conflict shapes story

 

Alexa- Human experience, summary of literary devices

 

Eli- Plot summary, theme

 

Casey- Character summary, setting sets the mood

9/11 Entry

When the planes hit the world trade center and the pentagon I was in my preschool class. When my mom picked me up early. I was clueless and still pretty happy because all I knew was that I got to spend the rest of the day at my house watching the Wiggles. My mom seemed very different though, her and my neighbors sat in our kitchen and talked for a really long time, when I asked what happened the neighbor boy ,who at that time was 7, told me that a plane flew into a really important building. I was still confused, but many years later I know what happened and how big of a tradgedy it was. I always thought that we should of course be invading and going to war with whoever did this, but that wasn't Iraq so I never agreed with that, but I do think we need to take all actions possible to make sure anything like this  ever happens again.

Zombie Apocolypse Plan

On the night of December 20th I plan on sleeping with my Gerber hunting knife and a can of sliced peaches. I don't think that the world will end that night, but better safe than sorry. I don't think I'll get much sleep that night and I'm guessing that when I wake up I will turn on the news right away. If there are no stations and only static then I will put my Zombie survival plan into action. We have a crawl space below our house so that's where I will immidiately move all my stuff. The "ceiling" which is really our floor is about 4 feet high and the thing that makes this the perfect place to hide from brain-munching zombies is that there is only one entrance. So after the first day of moving in I expect to have the couch, my bed, and about a few weeks supply of food. I will also bring my dog and a bunch of candles down there to keep it light when I sleep, that's when it's not my turn to keep watch. After the food runs out, me and my family will have to go to the car and drive into toown for food and supplies, and to check for other survivors, this is Phase II, weapons are essential to this phase because I expect much resistance. After we all return, hopefully, we will load our new supplies in and repeat for as long as we can. After a couple of months or years I suspect there will be a lack of resources and we will have to pack up. This is Phase III, I hope we still have a car and gas at this point because this will be a lot harder without one. After we pack up the car we will head north to washington island, hopefully we still have one of our boats too, (I'm kinda banking on having most of our stuff). Once we get to the island I hope there will be many survivors and no zombies because zombies cannot swim. Then we will join the Island colony and periodically go back to the main-land for supplies, food, ext. Once settled on the island we will live happily ever after... Until the zombies figure out how to operate machinery like boats, then this plan will go down hill very fast.

Not an Average School Day

Ms. Trout was running late going into 4th hour Art class. She was always late, but this time she showed up almost 10 minutes after the bell rang. When she did show up she was dragging a box. She was out of breath and sweating, she placed the large cardboard box on the ground and then scurried out promising she'd return swiftly. Looks were exchanged between me and my classmates as the box began to slightly move, then quiver, then shake furiously. The taped cardboard flaps got pushed out and what emerged was not quite what we all expected...

Miss Penelope Trout began teaching at our school 4 years ago. She was 27 years old and she was very short, only about 5'3". She had a small mouse-like face and pink streaks in her jet-black hair. No one really knew where she came from or what she did before she started teaching at Pleasantville High School. I've heard rumors that she was an art professor at the Art Institute of Chicago, but then she got fired for unknown reasons. For the past couple of weeks she had been acting unusual, well... more unusual than usual. Anyway that's enough about Ms. Trout and it's time to get back to the unusual day at Pleasantville High...

...Out of the box popped what appeared to be Ms. Trout, but she never re-entered the room. "Ms. Trout" then said, "I am the real Ms. Trout, the lady that has been teaching you is a clone that is pretending to be me. She's been keeping me in the gym. but it's being cleaned so she brought me here, she thought I was still knocked out." Simultaniously all of our jaws dropped. Just as she was about to say something else, the clone re-entered the room. She looked around for a few seconds before she started to chase the real Ms . Trout around. They rolled around and got up, both arguing that they were not the clone. The rest of the students and I were stunned and confused to say the least. We decided to have a huddle and debate about how to find out who the imposter is. After about three minutes of talking, we came up with a fool-proof plan. I pulled out a bag of chocolate-covered cherries and handed each of them one. The first Ms. Trout immediatly ate the cherry and the sudents jumped on her while I called the police. Everybody knows Ms. Trout hates chocolate covered cherries.

Author Bio

Casey was born in a small town called the Shire to Jill Baggins and Steve Took. The people who inhabited the Shire were polite and simple folk called Hobbits. By the ripe old age of two, Casey was already doing puzzles, talking, and, like all hobbits, eating his weight in cake. Life was good in the Shire, but like most good things, it had to end. One pleasant afternoon around lunch time there was a disturbance in the village, orcs and goblins were raiding the Shire! Many hobbits want nothing to do with war or violence, so many ran. However Casey, his mother, his father, and his sister were the only ones that survived the attack. After thousands of miles of walking and riding ponies Casey and his family came across a strange land that the locals seemed to call Door County. Since that day Casey has changed a lot, he has grown far beyond the average hobbit's size and he attends school, but he still eats about the same amount. Casey is one of the last remaining hobbits.