The Voyage

Natalia Lee

Navigator & First Mate

        What an adventure it was!  An adventure so exciting it seemed like yesterday.  I’ll tell you my story.  Me?  I’m Natalia, former Navigator and 1^st mate on the Black Diamond.  Black Diamond was my crew’s ship.  Yes, we were explorers.  So, where should I start?  I’ll start at Gilder, my homeland, the first day of our voyage, the day where the big storm struck.

Fourth Grade Memories

    Fourth grade is over... time goes by fast!  I'm going to miss a lot of things, but the thing (actually, a person) I'm going to miss most is my English teacher Ms. Reynolds.  My four th grade class was 4b, I still remember not wanting to be in 4b!  Why?  Because in all my elementary life, I was a A class student, (K4a, K5a, 1a, 2a, 3a....) so naturally, I wanted to continue my "tradition".  But now, looking (and thinking) back, I realized that it would be very unwise to really, really hope and wish for 4a.  Fourth grade, 2010~2011, my first B class, was probably one of the best grades I've been to, thanks to Ms. Reynolds.  

    Ms. Reynolds, at the beginning of the year, was "allergic to students".  That made quarter 1 of 4b very funny.  I still remember hearing everyone chanting, "bless you!" whenever she sneezed, then, someone (a boy) would say, "you're allergic to students!"   

Hachi: a Dog's Story

     Last night my sister, mom, and I watched Hachi: A Dog's Story.  This movie is about an Akita from Japan whose cage fell out of the baggage cart in an American train station, where he is found by a professor named Parker Wilson. Parker decides to keep Hachi after asking many people for

adoptation.  

Ninja's Daily Life

       Ninja does almost the same things everyday, like a daily routine.  Ninja is afraid of water so we can't wash him.  I was kinda worried about him getting dirty but I found out that he WASHES himself.  He licks his front paws to rub his face, it's the cutest thing I ever saw an animal do!!  Sometimes he acts like a dog: he uses his back feet to scratch himself on the neck, and then he licks the bottom of his feet.  I have no idea why he does that, probably to clean his feet.  He also does some serious ear cleaning, he uses his back feet to rub his ears, inside and outside.  Ninja’s fur was very black, but now some white, grey, and golden-brown fur is sprouting on his body.  His ears have a little bit of white fur but his face his still pure black, with the little white dot on his forehead. 

Ninja’s Terrible Teeth

         Ninja’s teeth are a nightmare.  He bites everything, anytime, anywhere.  He bites cable, paper, tape, plastic, RUBBER, etc.  One time, he bit a hole through a very thick rubber bouncy horse.  My little sister was the first to spot him.  She started screaming at my mom, telling her that Ninja is biting the horse, but my mom didn't believe her.  She told my sister that it just looked like Ninja was biting the horse, and it was just smelling it.  But she said "But mom Ninja IS biting the horse!"  Then my mom looked up, and saw that Ninja really WAS biting the rubber.  But it was too late; the animal has already bitten a big chunk of the horse's ear.  You should have seen the rubber horse, it was just lying there, deflated. Then I scolded him: "Bad Ninja!" 

Ninja, Our New Family Member

    Ha! I have a bunny!!! I have a bunny!!! It’s name is Ninja, want to know why? Because the night I got him, I tried to pick him up but Ninja jumped out, also, his name’s Ninja ‘cause he’s so swift! I wanted to name him Oreo but “Ninja” fits perfectly well on him. He is a black little fur ball with a tiny white patch of white fur on his forehead, he's so cute! His fur is SUPER-SOFT and sometimes I wish I could use him as a pillow. I got him in Thursday, April 15th. It was my friend's birthday, it was very fun, but the best part was that you could take a bunny home!! My friend told me that she reserved Ninja just for me, and said that he was a little VIOLENT!! The other girls got different bunnies with different patterns; most of them were black and white.