Happy and Sad Times

If you want to see Mexican free-tailed bats fly out of the caves of Carlsbad caverns, then all you need to do is follow ALL of these simple rules of the bat flight program. All you’ve got to do while you’re waiting for the bats to come out is whisper and be as quiet as a mouse, or as possible as can be. You don’t want the bats to go in the wrong direction, do you? If you don’t you can’t take any photographs or any videos especialy if they have a flash with them. The last, but not least rule is that you have to be very quiet while the bats are flying out of the caves or it will lead them in the wrong direction. These rules apply for everybody that visits, especialy the Edgemere fourth graders! Please go! 

I woke up in the morning and I already felt older, do you know why?  Because it was my tenth birthday!  That day we decided that we were going to have my birthday at my house at seven o’ clock in the evening.  Later that day after school I got home and my grandma was making enchiladas for my birthday dinner.  My parents surprised me with one of my favorite gifts ever, a Playstation 3!  At 6:30 pm my aunt Annette arrived to our house along with my cousin Austin.  Half an hour later my uncle Peter showed up with my aunt Amber and my three cousins.  My grandma and my grandpa showed up shortly after.  I had a great time with all of my family there.  I was even surprised when my uncles Ricky and Cristian showed up.  Everybody gave me such nice gifts.  The gift that really stood out was the one that my uncle Peter gave me.  He gave me the real dolphin pin that they gave to him when he was in the U.S. Navy on submarines.  That was one of the best birthdays in my whole life! 

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.

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.

“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!

One evening at R.E.L Washington, Frankie, Joel, Adan, Willie, and I were the starting five in a basketball game against Loma Terrace. They had the ball and number fifteen was runing down the court as fast as a cheetah. I was running, trying to steal the ball when another person’s foot wrapped around mine and made me trip. I had my ring finger under my chest and when I hit the ground there was pain like you wouldn’t imagine! I could hear it pop as I slid across the brown hardwood floor. Everybody’s eyes were on me and the ball stopped bouncing. Coach Snyder sprinted towards me while I was in searing pain. “Aaaaahhh!” I groaned as I got up from the long painfull fall. Hey, look on the bright side, at least we won against an undefeated team!

Duke was a good dog. He had little brown puppy eyes, light brown and black hair (a German Shepard of course,) and a pointy little snout. One day in Van Horn, Texas, Adam and I were playing outside with his dog Duke. “Fetch!” Adam commanded. The stick was in the air going as fast as lightning! Next thing you see a big mouth come up, bring it down, and… starts playing with it? ” Duke!” we both said, “you dumb dog, your supposed to bring it back not try to eat it!” Then he looked at us as if trying to say, ” Please! Please! Please! Can I play with it?!” ” Fine, you can play with it while Adam and I go get a snack,” I exclaimed. “Yay!” he said with his little one foot jump. When we came back outside nothing was there. We went to go tell our parents, get fliers, and put them up all over the city. That week was so gloomy. It tuned out that nobody had found him, but if somebody did I know he’s in good hands.

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Max! Max! Max! A total slobber machine!

One cool spring day my Mom, my cousin Adam, and I were at my grandma’s house. Adam and I decided to go outside to play with my dog Max. I brought my book Follow My Leader with me to read.

“Let’s play basketball,” Adam said.

“Fine, but just for a little bit,” I told him. So I put my book down on the seat while Max was pacing around me. We played some basketball. When I got back to read, my book was gone!

“Max, did you get my book!” I shouted. I looked at him and he had the book in his mouth! “Max, don’t eat my-,” it was too late, he had eaten it. I was staring at him as he consumed my book. Now instead of Follow My Leader, it was follow my eater.

“Nooooooo!” I shouted, “Why would you eat paper Max, that’s for recycling bins!” I angrily clached the book from his mouth and tried to go inside. “Adam, move!” I commanded.

Adam teased me, “Ha! Ha! Max ate your book!”

“LEAVE ME ALONE!” I shouted.

“Fine,” Adam said.

So I went inside worrying that I would get grounded. “Mom look what Max did,” I yelled.

“Uh, oh” she sighed, “Was that a school book?!” she asked, “Because if it is you are grounded!”

“God, why do you have to be so mean?!” I shouted. I stormed outside. “I can’t believe I left my book outside so Max can eat!” I shouted to myself.

“Sorry,” Max seemed to say goofily with his little puppy eyes. It made me giggle a bit. “It’s okay, Max,” and I learned not to leave my book outside again.

Thank you Mrs. Barkley for being my second grade teacher! You always made me laugh just like my third and fourth grade teacher does. You also tried to run with us for every other Wellness. It was cool, because you gave us chocolate when we really behaved good and in the middle of our tests. We also won the pizza party, because you really encouraged us that we can get our laps done. The end of school party was awesome, because we played some games like duck, duck, goose! We also had Chick-Fil-A! I hope you come and visit this school again!