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Helen Keller

My Birds

My Birds
November 12, 2009
By: Joey

I have two birds. Their names are Chloe and Papi. I got them as a present for the first day of school. They are zebra finches. They are very playful. Sometimes I let them out of their cage in my room so they can stretch their wings and get exercise. They eat a lot of food. I also give them treats when they are happy. My friend Yuri has zebra finches too. He has almost fifteen birds! That is because his had eggs. Mine will have them really soon. Yuri's birds had eggs every day but now they are getting old so they are not having as much. He also has four parakeets. Yuri's mother said he has a zoo! I can’t wait until I do!


When I first got my birds, I was walking home from school, and as I was opening the door to my house I herd chirping. I walked into my room to do homework, but the chirping got louder and louder. I really thought somebody was playing a trick on me. I slowly opened my bedroom door. My family was there and yelled SURPRISE! I screamed and almost fell. Then I saw a small little bird flying in a nice little cage. I went over and looked at the bird. I have always wanted a bird I said!

I looked at that small creature, in that small cage. I could not believe that it is all mine. I have wanted a bird for a year! My mother left a little note on the cage that said. Hi I am a zebra finch, what’s my name? I decided that I was going to name the bird Chloe. My Mother said if I wanted to get another bird and I said yes.

As we got to the pet store, we walked in and looked and picked out another zebra finch. I picked a boy. I told the lady who worked there that I wanted that one. She quickly opened the cage and grabbed him softly. She put him in a box and we went to the cash register. We gave the man at the cash register the money and then headed out the door. I thanked my mother about ten times.

As we pulled in our driveway, the car didn't even stop yet and I jumped out the door. I ran upstairs to my room. Then I slowly open my door, walked to the cage and put the bird in. I needed a name for him so I decided to name him Papi. While I was at the pet store, I got a few toys, treats, and a nice little straw house for them. I love my birds. Also as soon as I put Papi in the cage, they both flew together making this wonderful noise. Every day, I wake up to the sound of birds.

Christmas

Christmas
October 22, 2009
by Joey

''Roof Roof went my dog.'' I didn't care though, so I went back to bed. Then my eyes slowly opened and I yelled ''It's Christmas Eve! As I woke up my parents, my brother and sister walked in. Then my other brother and sister pulled up in their car and came to the living room. We ate breakfast and were very eager for tomorrow morning to open our presents. But after a couple hours, our family went to my grandparents house.

As we walked in, we could smell the food cooking. There was a blast of heat from the fireplace. When we saw everyone, we were all so excited. We hugged everybody and then lined up to get some food. We went to the kitchen and we could see the mashed potatoes, gravy, glazed ham, roast beef, whole turkey, whole chicken, and last but not least the fruit. On holidays, we always make an edible arrangement. By the end of the day, since we have such a big family, all of the food is gone. For dessert, there is ice cream sundaes, chocolate fountains with marshmallows and fruit to dip in and Klondike bars.

We went and said ''Hello'' to everybody. Everyone cheered but we had no idea why. Then somebody yelled ''Now we can eat!" We all went ''oh'' then got a nice plate of food. Then when we got our food, we would say a little prayer thanking that everybody is healthy, thankful for that day, and all of the food.

At about 9 o'clock, we would go home, because my cousin always said ''the earlier you go to bed, the faster you get presents.'' We loved presents so eventually we would go open family presents tonight. We could hear the sound of the wrapping paper ripping. We didn't want too but if we were really tired, my grandpa said to sleep. We loved our family, but we had to get some sleep. The next day would go to my cousins house for lunch and dinner. I got a lot of things for Christmas. I got money and everything on my list. I love Christmas. I also love my family.

What I Found In My Locker

What I Found In My Locker
Joey
September 17, 2009

A half eaten sandwich with ants all over
A bunch of spiders and webs
A piece of gum on the side of the wall
A bunch of crayons and markers scattered everywhere
A broken pencil in a corner
A bunch of pieces of candy from last Valentines day
A bitten apple molding brown and black
A side of soggy French fries I ate a week ago
A centipede climbing a wall
A report card I forgot to bring home
And one more thing, I must confess
A note from my teacher, clean this mess!

The First Day Of School

The First Day Of School
October 2, 2009
By Joey


I woke up to the smell of breakfast. I thought it smelled really good so I figured I would go see what it was. As I was going down the ladder from my top bunk, I got stuck in my blanket and fell down about five feet. Then my dog came over and bit my toe for no reason. I got mad and screamed. Before I went downstairs I had to feed my birds. As I was putting the food in the cage, they both pecked me and once again I screamed. After that, I took a quick shower. I got soap in my eyes and fell in the ground and moaned. I knew at this point it was going to be a bad day.

I went downstairs to go see what the mystery, great smelling, breakfast was. It was eggs, bacon, sausages, toast, and a big glass of orange juice. As the smell of that king meal hit my nose, I was starving! As i took the first bite, I said what a nice meal prepared just for me on the first day of school.

After breakfast I walked to school. Just as I was about ten feet away from the school when I remembered that I never got a snack. I looked at the time and it was 8:25 am. I ran as fast as I could home, back to school, and once again looked at the time. It was 8:45 am. I ran in the front door, signed in, then went to the classroom. I was out of breath. I walked upstairs and found the name tag that said Mrs. Sees on it. I opened the room and there was all my friends, and Mrs. Sees. I Found a seat next to my friends and said, '' hey, this isn't so bad."

Daniel's Halloween

Daniel's Halloween
October 30, 2009
Told by Joey

It was a warm night as Daniel started trick or treating. He was with is friend Paul and Daniel's costume was a marine. He had black and green paint on his face, and a green jacket. Daniel and Paul ran to the scariest house on the street. It had skeletons, Frankenstein, Dracula, and blood on the walkway. As they got to the staircase, a zombie popped out of nowhere. Everybody screamed in terror. As he knocked on the door, it slowly creaked open. Then Daniel yelled ''Trick Or Treat!''
After that first trick or treat, he knew it was going to be an awesome night. Daniel and Paul went to so many houses, they each had a full pillowcase filled with candy. That wasn't going to ruin there night, so they got another case. They had Hershey Chocolate, Kisses, Zagnuts, M&M's, Skittle's, Snickers, and Twix. Then they remembered the haunted house.
As they got to the haunted house, Daniel and Paul looked and saw flashing lights, smoke, dead animals, caskets with dead bodies inside, black cats, blood, and spider webs everywhere! Paul gasp. They slowly walked on the stone path. Then they were lost in the smoke. Daniel, cried Paul. Help, I cant see. Finally they found each other, in a bad way. They bumped heads and all there candy fell out. Quickly they picked up the candy and left!
Before they got to Daniel's house, were talking about how scary the haunted house was. Not the haunted house, the haunted path Daniel replied. Then Daniel remembered that he had to meet his family at a Halloween party! They both ran as fast as they could. When they got there, Daniel's mother was disappointed that he was late. So she took some candy as a punishment. There were so many things to do, such as pumpkin carvings, apple bobbing, and the candy booth.
The party was going to end in a couple of minutes, so there family left. On the way home, Daniel and Paul ate a lot of candy. Paul had to go, so Daniels Father dropped him off. Daniel started to feel sick, so he stopped eating candy. As they got home, Daniel and his siblings put all there candy together. It was like candy heaven! But as they got ready for bed Daniel thought of his Halloween night. He loved this one so much because he got the most candy out of all the years. Daniel stopped trick or treating at 9:30 pm.
The next day, after breakfast since it was the day after Halloween, Daniel got to eat one piece of candy. But as they went to the big bucket of candy, it was all gone. Nobody knew what to do. They wanted to know who ate it all. Even the wrappers were gone! Then they heard a screech. They ran around the house, and then Daniel found their dog in the corner scared, and vomiting all over. Then Daniel saw candy wrappers in the vomit. He solved a thirty second mystery.
Daniel chose this Halloween to talk about because of all the candy he got. But from this day, he still hasn't stopped trick or treating! In his childhood, he never had to do any tricks to get candy on Halloween. He just had to say one simple sentence, Trick Or Treat!

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