This book, “Treasure Island” is a book about pirates and treasure. It may not be mine or your most favorite book in the whole world but it is still a very good book and i suggest reading it. I’m going to be talking about the theme, which is usually when an author is trying to make points or teach a lesson. Not everyone will get the same “feel” when they read this book but I’m going to share what I thought of this book.

Basically in this book everyone wants this treasure that is buried somewhere on an island but they don’t know where it is. There are two sides, the pirates and the good guys. They can’t agree on anything and they keep attacking each other. What I get from this story is that even just a simple object can turn people against each other. (Usually when both parties want it) Another message in this book is that pirates cannot be trusted.

I think these messages were exactly what the author was trying to get across, and he showed it using one-legged pirates, buried treasure, and lets not forget the good guys from England!(because in movies and books someone is always from England incase you didn’t catch that little “joke”.) I hope you enjoyed my essay and I encourage you to read this book and maybe even watch the movie when your done! Comments and thoughts are always appreciated!

 

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is about a man named Hank Morgan how his life is completely changed. Hank Morgan lived in Connecticut and was your average person until one day he is transported to King Arthur’s Court. The customs were very different from his and so he decides he might as well make it better with the new ways of life in his time period.

At first King Arthur tried to hang Hank Morgan but he convinces the people of Camelot that he is a wizard and that he is better than the other wizard that they already had and his name was Merlin. Of course Hank was not actually a wizard but nobody knew who he was and what a magician was. So he tricked everyone with his little magic tricks and bluffs. King Arthur was very pleased with Hank so he made him his sorcerer. Hank Morgan soon went by the name of BOSS. Everyone obeyed Hank and if they didn’t he threw in a threat every now and then.

As Hank’s new life in 6th century England continued a lady named Sandy comes to Camelot and proclaims her mistress is being held captive be 3 ogres and King Arthur sends the BOSS to help Sandy retrieve her so-called mistress. Turns out that mistress was a pig. After that journey Hank Morgan really starts to fancy Sandy so they end up getting married and having a daughter named Hello-Central

The BOSS has bested Merlin many times and so Merlin gradually hates him more and more. Eventually he puts a spell on Hank which makes him sleep from the sixth century to the 19th century which is where he started. When he wakes up he is actually dying and as he dies, he is calling out for his wife and child, Sandy and Hello-Central.

This article is going to be about sprouts, beans, and seeds and why they are extremely healthy, and how to sprout. First of all there is a great amount of enzymes,vitamins,potassium, protein, and minerals in sprouts, seeds, and beans!

If sprouts give us protein that means healthier cells! The healthier our cells are, the more our body can fight diseases and infections, as well as healing wounds faster! Sprouts also have vitamins like vitamin C, A, B, & E. In order for your sprouts to give you all of those healthy things, you must not cook them.

If you are planning on buying spouts, make sure to get them ripe. Also make sure they are not cracked, moldy, or broken. Here’s some examples of sprouts/seeds/beans you could get:

• Adzuki beans
• Alfalfa sprouts
• Mung beans
• Sesame seeds
• Chinese Cabbage sprouts

If you would like to know how to grow sprouts, I suggest that you google it. It is possible for sprouts to go bad and if they do throw them out. They will have a stinky smell and taste bitter. Always make sure you check for bugs! After you are done sprouting it would be best to eat quickly or they will go bad. Also before you eat them stir them around in water to get the holes off. Putting your sprouts in the refrigerator will preserve your sprouts but not for very long. Hope you enjoyed this article about sprouting! Comment your thoughts, i’d love to hear from you! Thank you 🙂

     Once upon a time…

It was the year 1987. There was a girl, her name was Ginny and she was 15. One day she needed to make a call to her dear friend Lily so she dialed the number and the phone was ringing. It just so happened there was a storm outside and when Lily answered Ginny was electrocuted and time traveled to an unknown land and time period, but Ginny didn’t know that…

“Where am I?” Ginny said to herself. Ginny started to explore this unknown place… From what she could understand, she was in the woods. Instinctively she started searching for shelter along with some food and water. Ginny found a cave and thought it would be a good place to stay for the night. This cave was conveniently located close to water and many bushes with berries. As Ginny walked in the cave she heard something very odd, sounded like a grunt. “Must be some sort of animal,” Ginny said. She continued further and then she was startled half to death! There were cave people and Lily was being held hostage! Ginny didn’t have time to think about why there were cave people or why Lily was there, all she knew at this time was RUN!

As she was running from the cavemen through the woods they caught her very soon. They took her back to the cave and Ginny knew this was not good. “Please let me go!” Ginny said with fright. The cavemen were confused. “They don’t speak english, you have to use hand motions,” Said Lily. Ginny was beginning to calm down and said to Lily, “How long have you been here?” “Maybe about ten minutes,” said Lily. “Do you know how you got here?” Lily said. “I was in the middle of calling you and then all of a sudden I was here!” Said Ginny. “Just as I answered that call I also appeared here! Must have been that storm,” Lily replied. The cave people were still confused and just about had it with their commotion! The cave people made it clear that Ginny and Lily need to stop talking with some sort of noise. One of the cavemen brought in this dead deer and made an “mmm” sound. Both Lily and Ginny thought this, apparently was dinner. They didn’t even cook it! Ginny and Lily were forced to eat some and it was gross. When this so-called dinner was over, Ginny and Lily ended up staying the night at the cave.

Lily woke up and Ginny and the cave people were all asleep. She thought this was a perfect opportunity to escape! She quietly woke up Ginny and successfully snuck out of the cave! As they crept away Ginny and Lily started looking for some sort of road or sign of a town or city or something! Nothing was found and then both of them realized there were no cave people in 1987! Not only were the teleported but they were time traveled! Now this was bad, really bad. ” I know what we need! A flux capacitor! And lightning, and something with wheels that will go 88 miles per hour… Nevermind,” Said Ginny. ” No! that actually could work! Remember, we just learned in school how to build a car and we have both seen that movie a thousand times so we could probably build a flux capacitor and wait for a storm!” Said Lily with hope that they could actually get home. Ginny said, “That will take a long time but we can do it!”

*2 months later* “We cannot do it,” said Ginny with loss of hope. All they had managed to do in those 2 months was make some really bad wheels. Ginny and Lily decided there was no hope, they had to survive in the time of cave people. Also they made a pretty good shelter and managed fairly well on food and water. Ginny and Lily were no Doc Brown and Marty McFly.

“Ginny, wake up,” said a familiar voice. I woke up  realizing it was just a dream and saw my mom looking at me and thought I must have overslept big time because my mom never wakes me up! “Sweetie you overslept and missed your brothers big baseball game this morning. Must be because you stayed up till 3:00 in the morning last night watching Back to the Future 1,2, and 3, Oh well. You better get up and get dressed for the party,” My mom said. (That explains the dream) “What party?” I replied. “Your brother and his team won the championship! Too bad you missed it, but the least you can do is come to the party.” My mom left and I was so relieved that the dream had not been real.

The End