A Tale of Two Coins - Chapter 3

I get to go to my Grandma and Grandpa's house for Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!! I am happy. Well, I hope you like the third chapter of my book!

Chapter 3

Marisa did not like her uncle. She tried so hard to please him but he always found fault with what she said or did. She tried to make the best of things and when she was sad she would pull out the two coins and a tingle would rush through her.

She was not allowed to go outside. Sometimes she would feel as if she were going to go crazy if she couldn’t go outside and run. Despite her tries to please her uncle one day before she had quite turned eleven, her uncle called her to his den. Then he told her, “I am not used to being around children, and I have tried to be kind to you but you continue to disturb me. You are late for meals, you daydream when you should be doing your lessons. I have caught you prowling about more that once, as I’ve told you not to do. I am much too kind to turn you loose into the streets, so I will send you to a boarding school. I have looked into it and the best one I can find that would suit you is in Maryland, USA. You will be going there on Friday. That will be all child.”

According to her uncle’s word, the very next Friday her uncle’s driver took her to the train station. She was grateful to finally be able to go outside for the first time in a year.

On the week-long train ride to Maryland she didn’t know what to feel. Should she be sad about being sent away, or happy she was going to live in the United States of America? She decided to be happy, because it was of no use to be sad, for she never had any friends so she couldn’t miss them. She also was quite glad to get away from old Uncle Gilbert. She was ever so delighted at the idea of seeing and living in the United States. But most of all she was happy that she had the two coins!

Smarty Pants

A few days ago, when we were about to do our Bible reading time, my little brother Adam said to my mom,"What does selfish mean?" Mom said to him,"It means only thinking about yourself." Then my mom thought he might know are monthly memory verse because the verses we are learning are Philippians 2:3-11. Philippians 2:1 is, "Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind, regard one another as more important than yourselves." He can say that much and it is very sweet. He is 3 and will be four in December. Bye!!!!!!!!!!!

A Tale of Two Coins Chapter 2

Here is the second chapter of my book, A Tale of Two Coins.

Chapter 2

When Marisa saw the house she was to live in she was dumbfounded. “Is, is this my Uncle Gilbert’s house?” She asked the driver. “Of course,” he said. The outside was so beautiful she had to pinch herself to see if this was real. In fact she kept pinching herself all the way up the long walk to the door. But her spell of joy was soon ended for when she saw the inside of the house she was horrified. The house was as dark as a deep dungeon. All the curtains were drawn and only a few candles were lit. The driver only walked her to the door and then left her with a bang of the door. “And just when I thought it couldn’t get any darker,” Marisa said to herself. For the sunlight that came in from the open door was now gone. Marisa just stood there until her eyes adjusted to the little light there was. When she could see she didn’t move, she was too scared. She remembered the two coins packed safely in her bag. She remembered her mother and father. “They would not want me to be scared,” she said. Then to Marisa it felt as if her parents were right there with her.

She started to walk, she walked through many fine rooms and felt very brave. She walked into what she thought to be a parlor. There was a fireplace with warm red coals ever so slightly burning. As Marisa bent down beside the glowing coals, she felt a tingle of happiness run through her. But that moment was short lived. “You must be Marisa Bailey,” said a cold voice. Startled she stood up quickly, banging her head on the mantle. Marisa was very scared, for she could barley see the small man. Remembering the two coins and her parents she gained her courage and boldly answered, “Yes, sir.” She assumed this frail man was her Uncle Gilbert. “Well you sure are a clumsy girl aren’t you?” He didn’t wait for an answer. He hastily said, “Well come along, child, and I’ll show you your room. Dinner is at six, breakfast is at seven, and tea is at one. You are not to bother me at all. Now, here is your room. Stay in here and don’t go prowling about the house. See that you aren’t late for dinner.” And there he left her.

A Tale of Two Coins Chapter 1

I like to write short books. they never get published of course but I like doing it all the same. My latest book is called, A Tale of Two Coins. I made this one on the computer not by hand like I normally do. Something went wrong with the printer so we could not print it normally. I thought it would be fun to post it on my blog. It's my first chapter book, but it's still fairly short. Every once and a while I'll post a chapter or two. Here is the first chapter:

CHAPTER 1

Long ago in South America, there was a little town called Giffel, found in a place called Secret Valley. The Secret Valley was true to its name, for you would never see Giffel unless you were looking for it. In the mornings all of Giffel is drowned in a sea of mist. One day was a very special day for a girl named, Marisa. It was her 7th birthday. In celebration for Marisa’s birthday she received two coins. They each had a spot on them but Marisa did not care at all. She treasured them for way back then money was hard to come by and very few children had pocket money.


But it happened that some years later on her tenth birthday her mother, having hurried home after buying a small box of tea cakes for Marisa’s birthday had dropped the box of cakes on her way across the street. It was run over by a horse. Bending down to save the remaining tea cakes, she was not aware that another horse with a cart had been frightened. Running off like any horse would, it ran over poor Mrs. Bailey and left her lifeless.

Marisa got the news and, her father having died in war when she was nine, was left an orphan. Her uncle was her only living relative so her parents’ lawyer arranged for her to go live with him. Gathering her few possessions, including her prized coins, the trip began. Things were so different everywhere than in her little village in the valley. Everything was louder, bigger and brighter. The trip to her uncle’s was long. It seemed to Marisa that she rode for days.

The hired buggy she had been riding in for the last four hours slowed down. The driver stopped and dropped her off at a lonely, deserted stage stop. He said this was as far as he was told go. There he left her. Not knowing what to do or where to go, she sat down beside her bag and wept. Just then a motor car drove up! It stopped right by the scared Marisa. Then the old man driving the motor car asked her, “Are you Marisa Bailey?” She nodded, too scared to speak, which was unusual for Marisa was quite the talkative type. “Then hurry up and get in,” he said, as if he were in a rush. When she did not move he said, “I am here to take you to your Uncle Gilbert.” She did not quite know how she did it but she got into the motor car.

It felt as if she were in a dream for never in her lifehad she dreamed of riding in a motor car! She had never even seen a motor car but only heard of them, for the people of Giffel were too poor for such things as motor cars. The ride ended too quickly for Marisa. But many more surprises awaited her.

Bunny Name

Okay, I have chosen the name for my bunny. If you do not know about my bunny here is the story. My bunny's name is Taffy. We found out Taffy was not a girl, but a boy. The name Taffy just sounded too girly to me so I wanted a new name. Now I have the name. I chose the name, Peanut. Thank you for your comments that helped me decide! That's all for now.

Easy Ice Cream

The other day we made easy ice cream. Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

• one cup milk
• one cup half & half
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Other stuff:

• about 2 pounds of ice
• 1 cup coarse salt
• 1 0r 2 cups cold water
• one qt.-sized zip bag
• one gal.-sized zip bag
• mixing bowl
• mixing spoon
• duct tape
• towel

1. Check with a grownup before you do this.

2. In a bowl, mix milk, half and half, vanilla, and sugar.

3. pour mixture into qt.-sized bag.

4. squeeze out the extra air, and seal bag with duct tape so it dosen't leak.

5. put the qt.-sized bag into the gal.-sized bag and fill it with water,ice,and salt. the salt makes the ice cream get colder faster.

6. squeeze air out of the big bag and seal with duct tape also, so it wont leak.

7. now, gently toss the bag up and down, for about 10 minutes. (the longer you do it the firmer it gets) You can take turns with a friend. You should use a towel so your hands don't freeze.

8. Cut a corner of of the qt. sized bag and squeeze ice cream into bowl.

We used rock salt, and I doubled the recipe given here. Also, we put the ingredients into a gal. sized zip bag because we doubled it and then put it in a huge Tupperware bowl with a lid, and rocked it back and forth for a half of an hour. Bon Appetit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still don't know what I'm going to name my bunny, so please comment and tell me what name you like best, Freckles, or Peanut.