Moments

=Pic Lit= There once was a prehistoric lizard. He was an ancient lizard that was too old to believe. His tongue, pink and slimy, darts rapidly in and out of his mouth. Its skin is rough and hard. Its eyes are small and brown. It slyly moves around so that it will not be noticed. Once it has found a good spot it will sit there motionlessly until something slithers by. Once something comes close enough it snaps it up with amazing speed. The lizard got the small insect before it even realized that he was there. It then intensely waits there for more food to come by. He just waits there nearly invisible to oncoming food.

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Shaping My Life

Bark! Bark! Bark! Went my dog at 3:20 in the morning. It seems that in my family if the dog does not wake you up in the morning something or someone else will. My name is Fruit Snacks and I come from a family with four siblings. My dad, sister, and I like to go running often. I have a large family that loves to do stuff such as softball and volleyball on the holidays. People say that I am a kind person and I also like hanging out with my friends. I also like to listen to music while doing my homework. One important event happened during Christmas. Normally on Christmas I do not get to see many of my relatives because they live far away. This year was different tough. For Christmas this year all of my cousins and relatives close to me were able to come down. This is nice because some of my relatives live in Texas, some live in Florida, and some seem to live farther away than the moon. Since we had so many cousins down we were able to have a lot more fun than other years. We decorated a Christmas tree that shined brighter than a freshly polished silver plate. There were also many presents in many different shapes and colors. Now whenever I think of Christmas I remember this time. When I think of this Christmas the song “time of your life” comes to mind. I think that this is because I had the time of my life that Christmas year. Last summer my family went white water rafting with some of my relatives. We went to Gatlinburg Tennessee. My parents rented a cabin that was about half of a mile from a pool. While in Tennessee we went to see the “synchronized fireflies. After a bit of watching, we realized that they were about as synchronized as my little cousins singing together. We watched the fireflies for a few hours and called it a night. The next day was the day we were to go white water rafting. We were on the fire for about 30 minutes, but it seemed like we were only n the river for five seconds. Although it seemed very short ir was super fun and enjoyable. In the end, it was a great experience and I would not mind going about next year. This experience reminds me of the song “it’s my life” because I only have now to enjoy this time so I better enjoy it while I can. The next experience happened on my first day of public school. It was the first day of seventh grade year and I was a frightened, scared, nervous kid. I had to get up at six in the morning just so that I could make the bus. When I got on the bus it was almost completely empty. It was empty like my wallet, empty like a graveyard on a cold day, empty like a beer can tossed off to the side of the road. When I got on the bus, I sat by myself until the bus ride was over and we were at school. Once I got to school I found my friend Matthew. I hung out with him until school started. Then classes started and I was once again by myself. After several classes school was over and I realized that is was not as bad as I had thought it was going to be. This event makes me think of the song “move along” because though this time all I could do was keep going and get through it. In the end, these events mean a lot to me, and they have made me the person I am today. In theses events, I have learned a lot of stuff that I may have never learned without experiencing them. For example, after going to school and being by myself, I learned that trying new things can be better than they seem. I have also become more mature and more understanding of how the world works. For example, after feeling along and by myself, I understand how other people feel when they are alone. I have also learned that even thought something seems scary at first it may be fun and enjoyable in the end.

Kingdom There once was a kingdom, majestic and gigantic, in need of a new home. They picked out a tall and strong man and sent him and his loving peaceful family into the overgrown and lonely forest. They traveled from sunny hot day until dark stormy night. Then one day they found the mysterious and unknown place. The best place there could be to build a kingdom. They built a home, safe and happy, and lived happily there for many years. They should have gone back and told the magnificent and handsome king that they had found this place, but they had gotten selfish and did not tell him. Then one sad and gloomy day the king’s men found them. The family rode away on fast and mighty horses and the king’s men followed them. After the family had been running from them for what must have been hundreds of years, they had finally escaped into a place that they would not be found. Here they settled down once again not sure what would happen next and very much not aware of what was to come for them. media type="custom" key="7783297"