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Carlsbad Caverns

I have always wanted to go to Carlsbad Caverns, and guess where fourth grade is going on a field trip this year… Carlsbad caverns! In this entry I will be telling you the history of the caverns.

Jim White was a cowboy who discovered the caverns. When he was surveying a fence he saw a dark, black cloud moving in the sky, so he followed it and discovered a mysterious hole in the ground. He decided to go into the hole and discover it, but when he crawled into it he saw a bunch of bumps coming from the ground which are called stalagmites and spikes on the ceiling  which are called stalactites. Jim White had not discovered the whole cavern, or cave, so there is still an undiscovered part of the caverns.

Jubal’s Wish

Jubal’s Wish

This book is a book about a frog named Jubal and he packs a picnic and is so happy that he has a perfect day and that he is going to share with a friend or two. He asks everybody he wants to share with, but they don’t want to, so he goes and sits down, but a hand comes and picks him up. It was a wizard and he gave him a star for Jubal to make a wish. Does his wish come true?

This book reminds of when I wanted to play a game with my cousins just like Jubal wanted to have a picnic, and my cousins wouldn’t play with me so I made a wish so that they would play with me and it came true!

I do recommend this book, because it will really teach you a lesson to believe in your goals and to not give up on them either.

The Capital

“Mom are we in Austin yet ?” I asked my mom.”Yes,” she replied.

“Wooh! hoo!” I shouted with excitement.

My mom, my dad, my aunt, my uncle, Austin (my little cousin), and I were in the greenest city in Texas, Austin. We looked for my grandpa’s sister’s house. “Finally we are here!” my uncle gasped. “I feel as week as paper.”

When we got inside the house, it was about five ‘O clock. So we went to bed. Later, that day we woke up, got dressed, and went to the the Texas capital. I was a cheetah when I was getting in the car. Bang! I was so excited that I slammed the door.

When we got to the capital, we went straight in and asked for an informational tour. “Excuse me?” I asked. “May we have a tour?”

“Of course!” the man said.

“These wars on the ground are the ones we’ve lost,” he told us. “Why do you have the wars we lost, instead of the ones we won?” I asked. “That’s how it was made,” he explained. “Oh,” I said.

“Let’s go to the underground level,” he told us. “Cool! There’s an underground level, let’s go!” I shouted.

We took the elevator. “This used to be a basement where people worked, but it was too crowded so we made it into a exhibit.” he explained.

“Are we even underground?” I asked, ” because it doesn’t look like it.” Then I realized that the ground was slanted. “Never mind,” I told them.

There wasn’t that much history down there so we went to the exhibits instead. They had a lot of pictures of our governers from the past. They also showed the weapons that the soldiers in the Civil War used. I forgot what they were called, but most of them were swords.

Well, that was the end of the wicked white Capital of Texas. If you like Texas history, you might love the capital!