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Saturday, August 29, 2015

George's Adventure

                         Chapter 1 The Book

So one day George a ten year old boy woke up and went down to breakfast. He ate it fast and burped. Then went out side to go play tennis with his friend Alex. They warmed up, (he had a Wilson racket and his friend had a Head racket.) They started playing and Alex was winning 30-15. But George came back and made it 40-40. They played back and forth for some time but then Alex took the game and they played a few more. But in the end George won and did a handshake with Alex.

Later he went out to the park and he met Alex there. Alex told George that he was good at tennis and he would be good at ping pong to. So the next morning he went down to ask his grandpa if he could play some ping pong with him "hey Stan you want to come play some ping pong with me?"
"Yeah sure George." so they went to the park and found a table "hey you want to serve first." said George
 "OK." said Stan so Stan served first and they started playing George played a top spin but it hit the net, "I suck at this." said George "no you don't ." said Stan " you just need to keep practicing." So they practiced some more and he started to get better then went to the library to go find a book on ping pong "excuse me, do you have a book on table tennis or ping pong?" he asked
"I am sorry but we don't have a book on table tennis or ping pong but you can go look at other sports" she replied
"Well ok thank you" and he went up to the sports section to look for table tennis. He found tennis, basketball, soccer, golf, wrestling, and then he found a book about ping pong! it was incredible it was so old 1832 he hurried downstairs to the librarian. "Here I found one" he said slapping the book on the desk
"oh be a little quieter please," then she looked down at the book "wow you found one" she said then she checked it out and he took it home.


 He read that you had to go down to the forest and find the paddle there. It would always make you hit it over the net onto the other side, even if  your opponent did a giant slam. So he told his friend Alex about this and in a week or so they said they would go and look for it. The days past slowly as George kept on searching on where, and how to find it. The book said that you would find some fairies there and you would have to answer them a riddle. But the next page was torn out. He looked everywhere for it, under his bed, on the shelves, under the couches, but couldn't find it.He went over to Alex's house, "hey Alex I can't find the page that has the riddle on it." So they looked but couldn't find it in Alex's house either. So they now wanted to go on the hike and look for the paddle and the riddle.

                              
Chapter 2 Getting Ready

But first they went outside to the park to play some ping pong.
so Alex served first and it was low to the net making it hard for George to get it, but George returned it with some top spin to the right corner Alex swung with his backhand over the net but he sliced it and it hit George's paddle and flew of it over his head. "Nice play" said George. "Thanks you too" said Alex.
Alex served again the same hard serve but this time George sliced it to the left corner, Alex caught it but he had to loft it, it went really high, George slammed it to the line and Alex had no chance, now George served it but it didn't go in, "Argh come on only if i had that magic paddle." said George " Yeah that would sure help" said Alex. They played some more but in the end Alex won, " When we find that paddle I'am going to have it" said George.

So later they went in for lunch they had pasta with meat balls. They went up to read the book after it said it would take two days to get there and two days to get back. They went in their backyard to pick some blackberries and dewberries.

"These are really good" said George "

Yeah they are" said Alex.

So later that day he said bye to Alex and went to bed. The next morning he went out to go to he sit-ups push-ups and pull-ups. he ate his break fast, it was eggs, and bacon, he looked around, it was hard to think that he was going to go on a big journey with his friend for four days! But anyway he went to Alex's house "hey Alex do you have a tent?" he asked

"I don't know i'll go ask my dad." he replied

"OK" said George

He thought how they were going to find the riddle to find the paddle and if they would but right then Alex came running back.

"Hey my dad has a tent and a mattress", said Alex

"Oh good well let's go then" replied George

"Wait we need to tell your parents" said Alex "I already told mine"

"Oh yeah", said George.

So they went to George's house.

"Hey dad, hi mom I am going on an adventure for a few days with Alex love you", said George.

"Wait honey I need to get you two some food, wait one minute", she said she prepared them with Peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

"Here you go darling now be safe", she said.

"Bye", said George.



Chapter 3 Slygon


So they went into the backyard and they started walking. "You think we will find the riddle?" asked Alex 

"Eh I really don't know, we might not even find the paddle." replied George " But I hope we do"

Then all of a sudden he tripped over a root and dropped everything he was carrying. 

"Are you ok" asked Alex

"Yeah", he said brushing himself off, then he looked up horror filled his face he was looking at a full grown python!

"Run" He yelled picking up the tent and running 

Alex was following at full speed, Alex was faster than he was so he was ahead and he also wasn't carrying the tent.

He looked over his shoulder, there was nothing to be seen.

"Stop" he called to Alex. Alex stopped.

"There - there's nothing there", he said sounding astonished but still breathing very fast.

"Do you think he is hiding?", asked Alex sounding alarmed.

"No...", something slithered behind them "I am right here"

They turned there it was the full grown python.

"Why are you here" slithered the snake

"U-um we-were here to f-f-find a m-m-m-magical p-p-paddle" George stuttered.

"Oh I can sss...certainly help you find it. Who are you?", asked ths snake.

"I am George and this is my friend Alex", he said pointing at his friend. "What is your name?"

"I am Sssslygon the python. I can tell you the forest riddle that may help you find the paddle you sssseek." 

High up
In a bed of needles
With cones of sssseeds
Where a sssly thief
Loving shiny treasure
Hid ssssomething that you need

George looked at Alex. He wasn't sure what the riddle meant, but he thought that they could figure it out later. It was getting dark and they needed to set up camp now.

"Thank you", called George to Slygon and the snake slithered away.

Chapter 4 Camping

Alex and George set up their camp quickly and started discussing the riddle. 

"Do you think it's in a tree?", asked Alex.

"Maybe, but what kind of thief has a bed of needles in a tree?"

"What if it's not a regular thief. What if it's a bird. Do you know any birds who like shiny treasure."

"There's this one bird it's all black and white. I think it's called a Magpie. Maybe it stole the paddle."

"I have a feeling that you are right.", said Alex. "Let's sleep on it and go search in the morning."

As they laid down in their tent a howling sound came from outside.

"A wolf", cried Alex, "let's close the tent door and howl back at him."

"Wouldn't that make him think there's a wolf in here. What if he thinks you're some kind of cute girl wolf and tries to tear down the tent."

"Very funny", said Alex, "well at least he will eat you first since you smell so much." 

"Do not," said George 

The howling came again closer this time. 

"We still have a fire outside, maybe we can make torches with branches and scare him away"

George and Alex grabbed some sticks and put them in the fire til they were burning. 

When the wolf came close they threw flaming branches at it and it ran off.

"Well we're safe for now", said George.

"Yeah, but we'll need to keep the fire going all night. Maybe we can take turns guarding the fire."

"I can go first", offered George as he sat down next to the fire. 

George kept on hearing howls throughout the night which woke him up whenever he started to fall asleep. He thought of the riddle and where they might find the magpie with the magic paddle. He looked at the fire and slowly his eyes started to close. The next thing he knew it it was morning and he was laying outside the tent.


Chapter 5 the pine

He went inside to wake up Alex. 

"Alex. Alex. Wake up. Wake up!"
"Uhhhh", said Alex "No no don't kill me! I am innocent! Help help!"

"Wake up!!" yelled George 

"Wha' oh it's just you. Good morning."

"What was happening there", said George "you were screaming for help".

"Oh it was the magpie it was trying to kill me, it was ginormous"

"the magpie! the one in the riddle that that's awesome" 

"Yeah it was in a pine tree"

"Well let's go and get it from the nest, but how are we supposed to get up the tree?" 


"Well I think we should try to make a ladder out of sticks and branches"

"yeah but how do we connect them?"

"We use the vines of course"

"the vines?"said George "oh yeah, the vines, you are right but couldn't we just use the vines and make a lasso and climb up?"

"That" said Alex "sounds so much better"

So they started to make a lasso and then went to look for a pine tree. They found a giant pine tree They lassoed it and George started climbing up.
"Woah this is awesome" he said "I feel like a monkey."

"do you see a nest?" asked Alex

"yes." replied George
"I see one ring, and a piece of paper," he called to Alex while picking them up "I also see a chest" He started climbing back down and then looked up and saw the magpie coming down at him. he climbed down faster"Help Help Alex!"

"Drop the stuff George I will catch them" called Alex
George dropped them and Alex caught them.
Alex started running, the magpie was after him now.
"SSSTOP." cried a familiar vioce
It was Slygon! The magpie looked at him.
"You, you want me to stop" said the magpie "I can eat you if I wanted to you know."

"Yesss I know that but you wouldn't try would you?" said Slygon

"Yes I would" said the magpie.
He flew at him, but the snake bit his heart and the magpie screamed and then layed down on the ground dead.



Chapter 6 The Changing paddle


"You saved us." cried Alex

"Well I sssee that you sssolved the riddle."

"Yes we have." said George

"Well open the chest." said Slygon
Alex opened the chest and took the paddle out.
It was amazing it was the best thing he had ever seen in his life.

"Say change to the paddle" said Slygon

"What?" said Alex

"Say change to the paddle." Slygon repeated

"Ok if you say so." said Alex "Change."
The paddle changed into a bow and an arrow.

"Wow, that is amazing." cried George

"Say change again." said Slygon

"Change again." said Alex
It changed into a sword a shining sword and a dagger.

"Woah, that is incredible" said Alex

"You can make it duplicate to you know." said Slygon

"Duplicate." said Alex to the Sword
It made a bow and arrows. George took the quiver with the arrows and the bow while Alex took the sword and the dagger

"Now that I have helped you, you need to help me."


Chapter 7 The Goblins


"I need you to help me fight the goblins." said Slygon

"We will help you to fight, now that we have these weapons." said George and Alex together

"Ok thank you very much." said Slygon "We need to go to the west, that is where the goblin base is, once we destroy them you can go back home." said Slygon

"How will we destroy the goblins when there are only three of us and like 50 of them?" asked George

"Ooh that is a good question, you will destroy the goblins with the magical powers of your weapons." replied Slygon

"Awesome, that is so cool, but how do we use the powers?" Asked George

"For the bow say fire and then say how many arrows you want to shoot, the arrows will always find a spot, the maximum arrows you can shoot is ten, you will never run out of arrows, but the sword and the dagger is different, you just swing it and it slices someone in half even through the steel, the knife you throw it and it hits him through the metal and he will
die then say come back knife." said Slygon

"Cool that is awesome." said George

"Let's go and have some fun." said Alex

"Ok follow me." said Slygon
They followed him for a long time into the forest until there was a clearing and a big fortress, there were to guards at the front door. They were really ugly with only a piece of clothing around the waist.
"George shoot them." said Slygon

"Fire two." said George
They both found there mark and they fell down with a grunt.
"Let's go forward." he said
They went and they took the goblins clubs and slammed at the door. Then ran backward.

"Who is that." said a low voice

"It's us." said Slygon in the same voice "Let us in."
The goblins opened the door and George yelled "FIRE TEN!"
Ten goblins fell down with arrows in their hearts.
"WHAT IS THIS!?" Screamed the goblin leader
Alex threw the knife and it hit the goblin leader. He screamed and then fell down.
"Come back knife." and it came back to him, around twenty more goblins came with raised clubs.
"Fire seven." said George
Seven goblins fell down but there were still 13 left.
George dropped back and Alex stepped forward. He threw his knife once more and another goblin fell. Then he slashed with his sword threw two and then did an overhead strike and sliced a goblin in two. Alex was fighting bravely but there were sitill al lot of goblins left so now Slygon stepped forward and started shooting shots of vemon at the goblins and the fell down holding their eyes while George shot eight more and Alex killed two more, and then they were all on the ground. At the ending Alex sliced up the last few goblins with poison in their eyes and everyone was finished.
"WE DID IT!" cried George and Alex together

"Thank you very much." said Slygon "You have helped me dearly, these goblins have always been fighting me but now they are dead."

"But won't there be more of them in their castle?" asked George

"Oh yes but they won't come this was." replied Slygon
Suddenly there was a rustle in the bushes and they saw a goblin on a horse riding quickly.
"It's a messenger!" yelled Alex "Shoot him George."

"Fire one." said George
The arrow shot through the air and hit a tree instead of the goblin.
"FIRE TEN!" yelled George
This time ten arrows went toward the goblin and only one of them hit him, this goblin was wearing armor so the arrow didn't penetrate as bad as it would have if he did not have armor on, it hurt him but he kept on riding.

"We have to get him, don't let him get away." said Alex

"Wait we will not be able to catch up with him on foot we will have to look in the fortress for some horses." said Slygon

"Ok but how do you keep up with us?" asked George

"Oh yes I forgot to tell you that I can keep up with you with my power speed I can slither faster than your horses." replied Slygon "So let's go and find some horses."




Chapter 8 The chase


They found some good horses and fast horses, George got a black stallion and Alex got a Secretariat horse. They got on their horses and they started riding while Slygon was up ahead slithering faster than the horses which was pretty incredible.
"Where do you think he is heading?" asked George

"I am guessing that he is going toward the goblin castle to tell them that the fortress was taken over." Slygon replied

"Is he faster than us?" asked Alex

"Well I can't answer that, but I am guessing that we might be going a little faster." said Slyon

"But if we do find him then we will go to the right and find the king George and tell him and he will bring his army and we will get them." said Slygon

"Hey that's my name!" cried George

"How much longer 'till the goblin castle." asked Alex

"Probably in about half a mile." said Slygon

"Hey look up ahead that's the goblin rider on the horse." said George "Should I shoot him."

"YES." shouted Alex

"Fire ten." said George
The goblin heard him and swerved to the right behind a tree and stopped his horse. The arrows swerved and they hit the horse.
"Darnit." said George

"Hey at least you killed the horse now we can catch up with him." said Alex

"Yeah but the castle is in sight right there and his horse might be able to ride for a few more minutes." said George

"Ok but his horse will go slower." pointed out Alex

"Ok let's go try to get him."

He was only about 100 meters away, they started to trot then they were galloping they were almost there.

"Don't shoot him we need to question him on how to get into the castle, that will be useful for the kinds army." said Slygon

"Ok I won't shoot him again." said George

They were right behind him now and all they could hear was the galloping of the horses hoof beats.

"HEY STOP OTHER WISE I WILL SHOOT YOU!" yelled George
The goblin rider started to slow down and then stopped.
He turned around and looked at the bow and the sword and knife.

"You found the magical paddle." said the goblin

"Ah whatever let's ride to the kings castle." said Slygon "Get on George's horse."

The goblin got on George's horse and they started riding to the right and they started to gallop through the forest and the horses kept on crunching twigs and making footsteps in the undergrowth. It was weird to have a goblin sitting behind you on the horse but in a while he got used to it. In a while they could see the castle and they saw the two guards at the drawbridge.

"Look up ahead the castle." said George

"Let me talk to the guardsss I will make them let us in." said Slygon
"Hello I am Ssslygon, these are friends of mine and I want to tell the king about something."

"What about that goblin there he is not aloud in the castle." said the castle guard firmly

"Oh he has information that is vital to the success against the goblin castle." replied Slygon

"Ok come in I will lead you to the king." said the guard

They went into the castle and saw many guards and many statues. Soon they went up this big spiral staircase it was about 200 steps!
Then there was this big door and George thought the king was behind it.
He was right the castle guards opened the big door and the king was sitting on his golden throne.

"Hello your majesty visitors." said the guard

"Ah and what brought you here Slygon." said king George

"Oh I have brought a goblin in to tell you the weaknesses of the castle." replied Slygon

"Oh you have done good, and who are those two." asked king George

"Oh these are young fellows that have found the magic paddle and will be willing to help your army in the war." replied Slygon

"YOU FOUND THE MAGIC PADDLE!?" cried the king in surprise

"yes we have m' lord." said George and Alex together speaking for the first time "But we could not have done it if Slygon did not kill the Magpie sir."

"Oh my gosh, that is crazy,ok let me calm down you said you had vital information against the goblin castle."




Chapter 9 the information

"Ok goblin what is your name." questioned the king

"My name is Graphigor," replied the goblin

"Ok now what is the biggest weakness to the castle." asked king George roughly

"I will never tell you the weaknesses of the castle." said Graphigor

"It is ok I will calm him down." said Slygon
Slygon started to hypnotize him.

"Tell me the weaknesses of the castle." said Slygon

"The goblins most fear cavalry, if you get a big party of cavalry then you will be able to take down the goblins, another weakness is archery if you get a lot of archers then the goblins will get hit easy because they have very little armor and all stay in a group with only clubs." said Graphigor

"There you go your majesty those are the weaknesses." said Slyglon

"Oh very good Slygon we will take them down easy now." said King George "Sir Alexander get the cavalry ready, and Sir Tarin get the archers ready we will go to battle."



Chapter 10 the battle



So after when all of the archers and cavalry were ready then they set off on a journey to the goblins castle.
George and Alex were riding on horses with Slygon and the king George at the front of the army.
George was caring his magic bow and arrows whale Alex was caring his sword and dagger.
They could see the castle now and the goblin guards saw them coming.
"THE KING AND HIS ARMY ARE COMING!" he screamed

"Hey do you think we can make siege and make everyone starve." asked George

"No the goblins cannot starve they are never hungry." replied Slygon

"Should I shoot the guards." asked George

"Yes you should." replied Slygon
George said "Fire two." he muttered
The goblins fell down with grunts.

"Cavalry charge." yelled the king

"Fire in the castle." yelled Sir Tiran
The archers had longbows and fired into the castle and a lot of screams were heard.
The cavalry started galloping at the gates but before they got there a giant troll just opened the gates.
Now the cavalry started charging faster and with their long lances they stabbed the troll. The troll screamed with pain he grabbed one of the horses and threw him as far as he could. Now that the horses were not moving the  riders urged them on without fear of getting thrown away. Then the archers shot at the troll and he screamed again. The lances were showing at the other end of the troll now and the troll had thrown five more riders.
At last the troll fell down and the riders pulled out the lances and galloped into the gates.
The goblins screamed with terror and they put up the white flag. They had surrendered. They had won.
"Yay we took over the goblins."

"Don't talk to fast they might start attacking after we force them out of the castle." said king George

"What do you mean they can't attack I thought they were afraid of the horsemen." said George

"They might be but still we should always be on are guard."
Suddenly they saw another of those big trolls with a big club.
This time the cavalry were not charging and had to run away to charge at him again.
The long bowmen fired again and with such speed from their big bows the arrows flew deep into the big trolls flesh.
The Troll screamed and hit a few of the cavalry and they went flying.
This was not going good but the Long bowmen now shot for the trolls eyes and then the troll could not see and he swished around with his club wildly and hit a few more knights.
But after this last fire of the long bowmen the troll fell down and squashed about ten knights.
The knights now started to gallop away and were out of range from the big trolls clubs.
Now the long bowmen shot at the other troll and he could not see and fell down dead on all of the little goblins.
"Hey now all of the goblins are dead and all of the trolls can we go back home now." asked George

"Hey you really want to go back home even though you are unbeatable with those weapons." replied king George

"Well there isn't much else to do is there." asked George

"Well you could go back home, but just don't let anyone get that bow from you and Alex don't let anyone get that sword and dagger." replied the king

"Ok we wont let anyone take these we will keep them safe." said George and Alex together."

"Ok I will send you back home with my magic." said the king
He started mumbling words that neither George or Alex could here but before they new it they were back in George's house.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Sir Francis Drake

After Christopher Colombus found the new world (the america's,) the Spanish wanted to go get the gold there. They got a lot of gold there and they became rich. The English also wanted gold so they went out to intercept the Spanish ships and get gold. They started intercepting them and the Spanish got mad.
Later though there was a man called Francis Drake.
He went with five ships to intercept the Spanish and he with his ship The Golden hind.
No English ship had been on the pacific ocean so when the Spanish ships saw it the welcomed them but Francis Drake fired and took the gold.
He took so much it was 20 tons of gold, silver, and gems.
Then when he got back Queen Elizabeth knighted him and he was called Sir Francis Drake.