Easter

We just celebrated Easter a few weeks ago. Easter is when we eat Easter eggs, mmmm... we know that Easter is celebrated for two reasons. The first is when Lord Christ went to heaven and the second is to celebrate the start of spring. "We need not worry about the crops", said a farmer in the early times.

Birds used to stay on the trees as they lay eggs so the people made easter eggs. They also made Easter rabbits as the rabbits would come out in spring. This is the real Easter. But Jesus Christ went to heaven on the same day so people worship Lord Christ on the same day.

A birthday party

A birthday party is when a friend invites his/her friends to his/her party. They have meeting before to decide who is called to the party. On the 14th of April it was my friend R.B's birthday in the Bowling Co. I was so excited ! I went shopping the day before for his present. In his birthday party, we bowled and ate a lot. We also went for video games next door.

From all this we learnt that a birthday is not always for fun. They are also reunions of old and new friends.

If I were a dog

If I were a dog, I would be called a "Man's best friend". I would have eaten titbits of meat from my owner's plate and drink water from the tap. I wouldn't sleep on the road but in a warm cosy bed. I I would get to stroll out on week days and week ends. And when I get to know that there is food coming, I would wag my tail. All this only if I were a pet dog.

Description of a dustbin

This is a dustbin. People don't use it much but it is a tribute to cleanliness. People used to love using dustbins in the 19th and the 20th century but now dustbins are history. Nobody remembers them sometimes even me !

People just chuck garbage on the roads. It's mainly in India - the poor people eat from garbage bins and rich people throw everything dirty on to the road. Nobody cares about using dustbins. Dustbins are meant for clean and green cities. People throw away everything on the road and the road has to take all the effort to take the dirt to the dustbins. Sometimes it is impossible.

Many people have set up anti-dirt clubs but it's useless. A dustbin is meant for throwing of garbage but people don't listen. It's very sad.

The assembly in school

On friday during assembly, we heard that it was our principal's birthday. We were extremely happy on hearing this. S Sir took a lot of trouble to teach the choir boys, our principal, Mr. P M's birthday song. Then we saw the birthday cake and everybody broke out in song "Happy birthday Sir" when our principal cut the cake. When we were going back to our classroom, each of us got a chocolate biscuit. I was very pleased.

My favourite games

My favourite games are chess and basketball. I like basketball because bouncing the ball is lots of fun. I like chess as it's a mindbender and also because you have to think before you make a move. Otherwise you will lose. That doesn't really matter because both ways you get the same benefit - You learn more.

Basketball is fun because of the speed it takes to get past the other team.The other team has to be strong as well if you want to go past them. I like these games because they make you think about where to move and how to make the perfect traps.

So long, it has been good to talk to you. See you later alligator.

My first week in Class 3

Hello. Let me tell you about my first week in Class 3. On the first day of school I found out that I had been separated from my best friend V. I wasn't very sad because I thought he would play with me but I was wrong because he started hitting me. So I made new friends. They are A, R, R and M.

So you see, my friend V is very jealous as I have so many friends and he has only one friend P G. P G was one of my friends too but not any more. Our teacher Mrs. F makes us laugh a lot by making jokes about every one. I like many subjects as well. My top 5 are
1. Science
2. E.V.S.
3. Mental Math
4. Math
5. P.T.

So far my week has been very good and I want the rest of the term to be as good.

A visit to the zoo

It was a sunny Saturday morning when I went to the zoo. All the animals were in a peaceful mood until .... Roar ! The king of the forest was angry. He hadn't got his steak. So all the people in the zoo were running about trying to take pictures of the lion. The crocodiles got scared. Oh! What a sight. You should have seen the faces of the people.

Who do we see now ? Merman the giraffe! All those spots !! The zebras should not be missed out. Very nice animals who are always polite to you. The hippo is very gentle but the people were upseting it by teasing, taking photos and throwing stones.

Well it's time to go now. Have a good day and good luck with your visit to the zoo.

The nice things in Barrackpore (Part 1)

When I went to Barrackpore which in the heart of Bengal, I stayed in a gigantic jute mill over 230 years old ! Which is where I saw a 210 year old railway bridge with excellent quality of wood. So rusted was the machinery that it looked like it was going to fall off. I was very pleased..

The good things I do in School

I read the Englist literature text book when needed. I like to write too but not too much. I like to help people who are nice to me. As the saying - "Tit for Tat". I don't like to fight or get hit. I don't like to abuse people. It's very rude. You can make friends be being disciplined. It's good to know that we are learning manners. We can learn manners by behaving nicely and asking our parents.

Please be eco-friendly and do not pollute the school. Throw garbage in the dustbin. You can always do well if you "Never give up and never give in".

My visit to the Race course

It was fun as the bus was speeding up. My friend showed me his grandmother's house. In the race course, first we saw a horse getting a glucose injection. It was very painful, I am sure. The horses get it after each race. Horses are very gentle. We rode on a retired horse. We ate and drank. It was sad that we couldn't see them in the pool. The visit was really exciting and we learnt that silence can be golden and that field trips are exciting.

My incredible week continues

Thursday...

I reached school today and found a giant standing at the front door. He was about 7 feet tall. "Hi! Iam the new boy in this school, " he said. "This is my first day."I could not believe it! I told him....

"Don't worry, I'll take you to the school captain. He'll say whether he can take you in or you will have to go to another school". He said "No!!! I have eaten up the captain, prinicpal and and all the children. I saved the naughtiest one - You !!!"I sighed and said "Can I teach you the 2nd std. subjects". He said "Yes. I have done Std 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10. I only need to finish Std 2." "Fine", I said. He was a slow person and took 1 hour for each subject. 6 subjects so 6 hours !

Friday...

Today all the pictures we drew in art class came to life. Miss drew an airplane and it flew around the room. Then Shinchan drew a palace and there was a magnificent palace in the classroom. Doreamon drew a cat and there was a cat too.

Then our Miss whispered something under her breath and all the pictures came back on the pages. All of us looked glum. Then she showed us how to cross the road etc.. which was fun again

Saturday…

A weekend at last !!! I stepped into the garden to relax. Suddenly a spaceship landed right in front of me. An alien with eyes as big as basketballs came out. “Iam hungry,” he said. “I have come to your planet in search of books to eat”.“Books are not food,” I said. “That’s the craziest thing I ever heard,” said the alien. “ I love a good book! Right now I am craving or a big fat science book”. He started walking…to the bookshelf. Luckily I had left my science books in school. I said “Text books are even tastier”. How about a nice Hindi book or an English literature book?”. “Ok” he said. He gobbled up both in about 63 seconds. Of course the sad robot came to my rescue. He said “ Please take me. I cannot cook but I can save you from danger”. So now he protects me.

My incredible week

Monday......

Today was the strangest day of my whole life. When I woke up, it was raining inside my room. I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and the toothpaste was black instead of white. Everything was the opposite...My mom told me not to go to school ! I went with my friend to watch a movie. The theatre did not charge us money for the tickets; it was free ! But when we went inside they were showing Discovery channel instead of the movie. So I came home to watch T.V. But you won't believe it, the T.V. wasn't there. There was a b b bl black h h hole in it's place. It was the worst day in my life

Tuesday...

If you thought Monday was strange think again. This morning a robot was in my kitchen. "What are you doing here ?" I asked. "Making a cheeseburger" he answered. "A cheeseburger?" I asked. "Thats not a proper breakfast. Why don't you make an omelette?". The robot beeped. His metal head spun around, and then.... he screeched and said "I can only use my memory to make things and the only thing I know to make in my list of food items is a cheeseburger. Do not disturb me". "Hello. This is my house and you will do what I say or you can leave" I said. He left sadly.

Wednesday …

Today, on the way to school, I saw a troupe of wild monkeys! I waved. They waved back. I stuck out my tongue. They stuck out their tongues. I started to run. They started to run too.Then I found the monkey repellent spray. I picked it up and sprayed it on my body and threw it down. The monkeys did the same and they blacked out and fell unconscious. So I dropped them in the jungle and I was late for school.

Children's Day (Bal Divas)

We celebrate Children's day on Chacha Nehru's birthday. it is dedicated to children as Chahca Nehru loved children. So he called it Children's day or Bal divas. We celebrate it by playing games and winning prizes.

"Happy Bal Divas !"

His father was Motilal Nehru and he was a lawyer. Pandit Nehru's father spent lavishly on his birthdays. Pandit Nehru was impressed by his tutors. He liked to play tennis, cricket aand go horse riding. He met Mahatma Gandhi in a conference. He was born in 1889 and was brought up in Anand Bhavan. he went to Harrows school in England.

Pandit Nehru made the first speech of freedom at midnight on the 15th of August 1947.

My friendly match

I was happy that I was in the football team. I had my first match on saturday. It was 6:30 am when we reached my school. We left school at 6:59 am and reached St mary's ICSE school at 7:15 am. The first two matches were a success; the third we lost 2/1. We played against St Mary's ICSE. All the people were cheering "Campion ! Campion !" and saying " 9 10 11 12, St Mary's go to hell !". It sent shivers down my spine.

We were about to leave when the pest control people came. Ugh ! We stayed calm and quiet after the match even though some of us were fouled because this was a friendly match

If I were a dolphin...

If I were a dolphin I would always play races, true and false. We dolphins play this by taking a thing and hitting it on the black and white pads. White means truth and black means false. So if you are a dolphin, come play with me. I will be waiting for you...

You came at last so I'll show you where we get food from. We eat carp and shrimp. We do like this fisherman. He shares food with us

Little lamb

The Tumtum Tree

Once upon a time when humans loved animals , a little lamb wanted to explore the world. She ran away from her family by setting a small soft alarm for midnight. She reached an inn with a signboard "ONLY FOR ANIMALS". She had her food and slept. The next morning she found out that she almost reached her destination which was the Amazon forest where she wanted to make friends and live freely.

But on her way there she fell into a pit and got severely hurt. So she had to stay there until an ape came to help her. He pulled her out and she thanked him and went on her journey. She soon reached the Amazon forest and was exhausted. She slept for a while and dreamt she was playing with toucans, piranhas and anacondas.

I love my country India

My country India is famous for her monuments and caves. Our national animal the tiger prowls among the unknown forests and jungles. All of us live together though there are some terrorism problems. We have different religions, languages and different state capitals.

Our capital is New Delhi. We got freed from the British in 1947 as Mahatma Gandhi fought against the British. Mahatma Gandhi's monkeys tell us not to speak evil, hear evil or see evil.

Another saviour vanquished the evil East India Company in 1857. His name was Mangal Pandey.

A Seminole's story

Long ago in the land of Sweden there lived a young boy called Seminole. Seminole came from a family of magicians and was a great magician himself. Seminole loved to travel to different stars, planets, and constellations. He knew a lot about space.

One day he had to go for a meeting on Uranus because it was full of methane. Methane is very inflammable and dangerous. All the space doctors had asked Seminole to help stop the spread of methane gas in space.

Since Seminole came from a family of magicians he had a magic cloak. He quickly wrapped his magic cloak around him and muttered his magic spells “Abracadabra take me to space, Abracadabra to save the human race” and he was launched into space. He found Uranus very easily and took care of the problem in an instant.

On his way back a strong space wind blew and alas, his magic cloak flew away. Seminole was worried, “how will I get home?” he thought. Then he remembered just in time what his Daddy said to him. He said, “Son if ever you get lost in space, you must use the Big Dipper as a boat, break off the handle and use it as an oar. ” So he did just that.

Seminole searched through Pleiades and Canus Major and other constellations. After all that searching, he found the Big Dipper. He broke off the handle and used it as an oar to row back to earth. It was a tiring and long journey, but he made it home safely. He stuck back the handle of the big dipper and off it went into space where it belonged.

The next day when Seminole told his friends and dad about his adventure they were amazed and told him that he was a clever boy indeed.

Jabberwocky

Twas brillig and the slithy toves
did gyre and gimble in the wabe
all mimsy were the borogoves
and the mome raths outgrabe

Beware the jabberwock my son
the jaws that bite
the claws that catch
beware the jujub bird and shun
the frumious bandersnatch !

He took his vorpal sword in hand
long time the manxome foe he sought
so rested he by the tumtum tree
and stood awhile in thought.

I chose these few lines from my favourite poem which is also the poem I chose for the blog.
I like this poem as it is scary and I like the novel very much.