French Toothbrush

Tomorrow, I am going to France, to see my grandmother and I am going to buy a french toothbrush to add to my growing collection.

Here are some images of french toothbrushes. Which one is your favorite?
 

Word of the week

My word of the week is.................................................................. PARSNIP!

Meaning:

Noun A long tapering cream-colored root with a sweet flavor. The widely cultivated Eurasian plant (Pastinaca sativa) of the parsley family that yields this root.

Do YOU like PARSNIPS?

Zips are cool!

In my opinion zips are cool- absolutely awesome! I think this, because they seem almost magic, I mean the just zip up. Personally, I find that zips are taken for granted, because they are used in everyday life, however they just seem to be under appreciated. Think back, when did you last use a zip? I bet it was in the last 12 hours maximum and I also bet you didn't think wow- zips are cool, I could not cope without them-when you used it.

Facts about zips:

Travelling salesman and part-time inventor Whitcomb L. Judson, invented the ziper on August 29th, 1893.

It was first used on shoes.

Whitcomb displayed it at the World Fair, Chicago 1893, however the public largely ignored it.

The term "zipper" was coined as an onomatopoeia by B. F. Goodrich, whose company started marketing galoshes featuring the fastener in 1923.


Regrettably, Whitcomb Judson died in 1909, and never heard the term, or saw the success of his invention.

I think I will start a campaign to make zips appreciated more. I hope you appreciate your zip more than you did before you read this,


      A big zip appreciator

End of year vids with iPads so much fun but no ideas comment if  you have any 3 2 1 and action (:

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Hamelin was a happy place. The children

played on the road with a skipping rope. The butcher, baker and the dressmaker had a good job. Suddenly one morning the butcher screamed she ran out side she shouted Rats invaded my shop. Ever body ran home ever one-shouted rats in my house. They went in the mayor’s house and ate his food. The mayor said who ever gets rid of the rat i will give a bag of gold. At your Service said the pied piper I will take the rats out of town and have the bag of gold.

100 Word Count (Hunger Games Version)

100 Word Challenge. (Hunger Games Version)

It’s been a day since I entered the arena and I’m starting to feel the pain of hunger strike my stomach as I sit in this tree. Scaring me to nearly fall, a voice booms from above. “Two tributes can win if they are from the same district.” I wasn't really bothered about Peeta after he made me look weak. So what about him. As I stand up, I lose balance and fall on my right arm. Suddenly the pain in my arm made me scream. Quickly, I covered my mouth with my good hand. I start see something in the bushes. “Katniss!” It was Peeta.

Poems!

Hi! Here are some poems from the book:

My cat is in love with the goldfish, and the website:

 

http://www.poetry4kids.com/poems

. My cat is in love with the goldfish.

He’s practically head over heels.

He cannot hold back his emotions

or mask the affection he feels.

He’ll bring her big bundles of roses.

He’ll give her these syrupy notes

declaring undying devotion,

embellished with cute little quotes.

He’ll pen the most passionate poems

a pussy could possibly write,

then sit by her bowl in the evening

promptly proceed to recite.

He’ll whisper such sickly sweet nothings

whilst barely averting his gaze.

He’ll sing serenades in her honour,

whose verses are bursting with praise.

Yes, my cat’s so in love with the goldfish,

yet the chance of romance are poor,

for, alas, the love is one-sided...

the fish loves the tabby next door.

. I love you, I love you, I love you, I do. But don’t get excited I love monkeys too.

. I wish I had your picture, it would be very nice.

I’d hang it in the attic, to scare away the mice.

. The owl and the pussycat,

went out to sea.

The owl ate the pussycat,

oh, deary me.

. Dear Daddy, I’m so lonely.

I’m living with a Beast -

It’s true he owns a castle

Where EVERY meal’s a feast,

But shadows in the mirror

Are full of gloom and sorrow...

PLEASE come and save your daughter

And take me home tomorrow.

Dear Dad, Perhaps my letter

Has somehow gone astray.

I’m STILL inside this palace, I’m STILL locked up all day.

The Beast is coming closer,

I hear him snort and roar...

Please take me home TOMORROW

(As I have asked before.)

Dear Father, STILL no answer,

No sign of help at all.

The Beast is big and grumpy,

He prowls around the hall,

He growls around the garden,

He dribbles when he chews...

Please take me home THIS MINUTE,

Before I’m next week’s news.

Dear Sir, It’s been a fortnight

Since first I sent a note.

It’s time you gave the answer

To all the things I wrote.

The Beast is keen on dancing,

He likes to twirl and bow,

He spins me round the bathroom...

Please take me home RIGHT NOW.

Dear Daddy, Scrap the rescue,

don’t try to set me free,

I kissed the Beast last Thursday

And we’re as happy as can be.

my fangs are sharp and spiky,

My fur is blue and green,

And Beasty seems quite handsome

Now I’m a monster too... xxxxx

.Today I managed something

that I've never done before.

I turned in this week's spelling quiz

and got a perfect score.

Although my score was perfect

it appears I'm not too bright.

I got a perfect zero;

not a single answer right.

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(My teacher said to write a poem and make it nice and long. I did exactly what she asked, so what did I do wrong?)

Brandon Branson's Backpack

Brandon Branson's backpack
is unusually large.
He drags it into school
the way a tugboat drags a barge.

The main compartment holds
about a hundred hardback books.
The outside has a zillion
little pockets, straps, and hooks.

It holds his new harmonica
plus three or four kazoos,
his binder and his lunchbox
and an extra pair of shoes.

A CD player, headphones,
and a TV with remote,
a telephone, computer,
and his winter hat and coat.

His skateboard and his scooter
have their own equipment rack.
It even has a space to park
his bicycle in back.

A teacher found it in the hall
today at 9:15.
She looked around for Brandon,
who was nowhere to be seen.

She got some other teachers,
who considered it and frowned,
then groaned and moaned and pulled
and dragged it off to Lost and Found.

They struggled through the doorway
feeling out of breath and strained,
and all of them were curious
to see what it contained.

They cautiously unzipped it,
and they pulled it open wide,
and there was Brandon Branson
napping happily inside.

  --Kenn Nesbitt

The Pig by Roald Dahl

In England once there lived a big
And wonderfully clever pig.
To everybody it was plain
That Piggy had a massive brain.
He worked out sums inside his head,
There was no book he hadn't read.
He knew what made an airplane fly,
He knew how engines worked and why.
He knew all this, but in the end
One question drove him round the bend:
He simply couldn't puzzle out
What LIFE was really all about.
What was the reason for his birth?
Why was he placed upon this earth?
His giant brain went round and round.
Alas, no answer could be found.
Till suddenly one wondrous night.
All in a flash he saw the light.
He jumped up like a ballet dancer
And yelled, "By gum, I've got the answer!"
"They want my bacon slice by slice
"To sell at a tremendous price!
"They want my tender juicy chops
"To put in all the butcher's shops!
"They want my pork to make a roast
"And that's the part'll cost the most!
"They want my sausages in strings!
"They even want my chitterlings!
"The butcher's shop! The carving knife!
"That is the reason for my life!"
Such thoughts as these are not designed
To give a pig great piece of mind.
Next morning, in comes Farmer Bland,
A pail of pigswill in his hand,
And piggy with a mighty roar,
Bashes the farmer to the floor…
Now comes the rather grizzly bit
So let's not make too much of it,
Except that you must understand
That Piggy did eat Farmer Bland,
He ate him up from head to toe,
Chewing the pieces nice and slow.
It took an hour to reach the feet,
Because there was so much to eat,
And when he finished, Pig, of course,
Felt absolutely no remorse.
Slowly he scratched his brainy head
And with a little smile he said,
"I had a fairly powerful hunch
"That he might have me for his lunch.
"And so, because I feared the worst,
"I thought I'd better eat him first." 

Football
Football is the best sport in the world
I love playing football.
It is better than anything else
In the future I would like to be a football player.

Who will win the Champions League?
-Borussia Dortmund!
-Bayern Munich!

 ( Borussia Dortmund for me! )