A plan!

We were at the zoo today. It was slightly plain, till I saw a giraffe, he looked so sad and lonely. Mom called " we're going home. "That night in bed I thought of the giraffe. I had to save him! So I packed. I dressed myself in a pink tutu( no one would recognize me) I soon got there and somehow got in. I walked very quietly then I drilled a hole in the gate. I saved him and took him to the park to live there. The next day I told my teacher at school. Sadly, I got scolded!

My simile poem

Syria war

I'm a child experiencing the war in Syria, I wish there was peace between the fighters. It all started over something as stupid as " lack in political freedom" or " high unemployment ". Well I guess it is kind of a good reason. It's been going on for about 5 years and it's been predicted that it will go on for another 5-10 years. There's been a lot of bombing. I'm really scared to be honest with you, in front of my family and friends I put on a brave face but inside I'm scared. I wish I could make peace. 

Beautiful Nightmare

I was in a plane on my way to Indonesia. Suddenly the door of the plane opened and I fell out. I fell through branches. Someone started running to me, chasing me. I ran to. I was running faster and faster. Why were they chasing me? Soon I found myself tripping over a rock. But I think I lost them. I didn't know where i was.  I looked up. What I saw in front of me was extraordinary! I heard a sound. Then suddenly I woke up. It was all a dream! No wonder it seemed so unrealistic!

 

 

Hurdles

Lined up, I stared at the hurdles in front of me... ready for me. I was waiting for the race to start and my heart was beating like a drum. Suddenly we were all running towards the first hurdle...I was jumping over the 4th hurdle before I knew it. I was in the lead. I had just jumped over the 5th hurdle. I could see the finish line, then....my foot started to hurt, I had knocked down the hurdle. The paramedic suspected a broken ankle but I had to finish. Limping I continued. I came last but triumphed. 

100WC Challenge 4 - Winter

Winter is my favorite season... Picture this, a row of fluffy pillows and a warm fleece blanket for me to lie underneath, watching a good movie, in fact my favorite movie..Twilight. The fire in the fireplace heats up the room and I love the crackling sound of wood burning. I sip on my piping hot milo and watch the sparks fly between the wolves and the vampires on the screen.  And when I take a long breath through my nose, I smell the sweet smell of the potato chips roasting in the oven..... I really do love winter.

A in an informal settlement.

Outside the wind was howling causing the iron sheets of the shack to shake and make a deep disturbing  sound. I closed my eyes to try and sleep again but was interrupted by my mom shouting, " MUST GET MORE ALCOHOL!" She is an alcoholic and it's actually really hard for me. She doesn't have enough money to buy more alcohol, she hasn't had a drink in a week or two, dad was forced to lock her up in the nearest toilet, all the neighbors are complaining but we had to,we kept her away from alcohol, she threatened to kill us... Dad said just to ignore her, so usually I block my ears by covering them with my hands, but today when I did it all I could hear was my stomach growling with hunger. I stood up and grabbed the text book which I still had to give to Sebabatso  who had to study from it. I stuffed it in my bag and pulled a old, baggy sweater over my head, I grabbed my socks since I have no shoes.  Today I had to walk to school, i usually go on the taxi, but today all the of them were full. I walked into class and squeezed into a seat at the table where there was already eight others kids seated. That day we had to write a letter to children from the other classes telling them stuff about ourselves. I just started with the first sentence: "I am a 13 year old girl named  Dinie", when we heard gunshots...Mrs. Nosibusiso shouted for everyone to fall flat on the ground. Then its hit me, the gangs were fighting again. In the distance I could hear the police sirens. An hour went by but we all lay still, not making a sound, afraid we would be hurt. We all went home immediately, but when I got home it was already dark and silent, but why wasn't mom screaming? I ran into the house, I couldn't find dad anywhere. I felt a cold chill go down my spine. I heard a dog bark, and then then I heard more gunshots.

Flight 554

 I woke up to sound of the pilot of the airplane frantically shouting, "MAYDAY, MAYDAY!" Something was very wrong! I ran to the front part of the plane to see what was going on. I registered two things at the same time, one: smoke coming out of the right engine and two: the plane was busy falling! Then I heard the voice of the air-traffic controller saying, "flight 554,stay calm and get ready to.....when the connection broke, for a second there was silence. Then all we could hear were branches breaking as we crashed through the trees.

100WC Challenge 2 - All The Confusion

While flicking through the channels on the TV, something caught my eye...it was a statue of three men who appeared to be talking. I was amazed by the clothes they were wearing, two of the men were barefoot and wearing robes. The third man was wearing a smart suit and they appeared to be in China because there were lanterns in the background. The three men looked like leaders and maybe they were talking about World Peace...no wonder they looked worried! Suddenly I heard mom shout "Switch off the tv and come clean your room!"

The Singing Inspector

We were all sitting in the big room. Because Raymond, the singing inspector, told us to and we did  as we were told. He was terrifying, he looked liked a hunting man, with his huge knickerbockers and his thick stockings, he had blue eyes and golden hair. He was very hateful, the big and the little boys were lucky and got to stay in class, they did no singing... We all had to do singing exercises like, doh, ray,me and stuff like that. Benny and Charles had to sing, but the only song they knew  was pretty Polly. When they sang it was hard not to laugh, they sang very strangely. But I could tell mr R was getting mad, the next second he shouted, WASTE OF TIME, WASTE OF TIME,  two worthless idiots in a singing class, send them out. Then he called me, I sang and wasn't sent out, which was a relief, then he called Gladys Armstrong and Iris, I could tell Iris was really nervous, she was even shaking. Then he called Winnie and Gladys Long to help Iris and Gladys and he even called them paralyzed mutes! 

First weeks in grade 5

My first few weeks of grade 5 were really fun. We have went to a few places and I really enjoyed all of the them. I really liked the first outing we went to, the beach outing. I also really enjoy the africaans work we do. My Best friends and I play together everyday and we do stuff like play 1 2 3 block. I also love my new teacher, she is very nice. Every Monday at second break I go to marimbas and we learn a lot of fun songs. I hope the rest of the year is just as fun.🤓