By: Lydia. M.C.
Once upon a time,
There was a little girl named Katy, she is about ten. Her little sister Emily is seven and her little brother Eric is seven. Emily and Eric are twins!
And her mom her little sister and her little brother were very poor they only had enough for two small meals’ a day. So one-day Katy’s mom told her that she needed to go to the market. And she needed Katy to watch her brother and sister until she got home from the market. After a little while Katy’s mom got home she had bought five loafs of bread!! The next day while Katy was out picking flowers for her mom she saw a horse but it had a horn on her head! A unicorn! She said. Then Katy noticed that she has two colts behind her! A hunter is trying to hunt us down to make us tell where we hid thousands of jewels. That the fairy queen gave to us to hide from the hunter. And now he is trying to catch us to make us tell were we hid the jewels!…

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She asked herself sadly. Hmmm, she thought. Maybe, if I tell her that I must to go back to fairyland… but wait how will I get back to fairyland
wonderd.
She had been there for a very long before she had learned how to fly, and after awhile she did not really want to leave. Then she remembered how much fun it was in fairyland, and how she loved her home.
Then remembering how the giant lifted a door, she pushed it up and flew away!
But once she was back to the woods it began to rain, and her wings were getting wet.
She So she looked around a little bit, and saw a big pile of leaves so she made a little house like thing out of them and stayed there for awhile. When it stopped she flew strait home.

The End

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I read a book called Childhood of Famous Americans Daniel Boone Young Hunter and Tracker. It is by Augusta Stevenson.
Daniel Boone was a famous hunter and a war hero. He moved around a lot. He lived in places like Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Mississippi. He didn’t like staying in one place for a long time.
He went to visit Indian country and one of his Indian friends invited him to have a challenge like throwing tomahawks into a target and running races. He won all of them and his friend couldn’t stand the thought of any white man beating him and almost threw a tomahawk at him. He had to go back again and lose on purpose so he would be safe outside his home.
When he was only 13 years old he was hunting and didn’t come home for three days in the winter. He shot stuff with his gun that he got when he was 12. His mom thought that maybe he got lost and died. He made his own little house and covered it with animal skins, and said that he liked it better than his home. They had to find him because they thought he was lost.
I liked this book. If someone else loves reading, I think they will like it too. It was very interesting. I learned that Daniel Boone fought against the Indians when they tried to start a war. That seemed like something he wouldn’t do when he was friends with so many Indians. But it was his job to fight for his country.

Moreover, she was always very helpful. However, one -day she heard someone cry for help! She rushed to the edge of fairyland, and saw one of her little friends holding on to the edge the cloud!
After she pulled her up, she was so close to the edge that she fell off! She fluttered down like a butterfly with wet wings.
Then something huge picked her up and put her in a jar. You have to understand that fairies (even small ones,) can sense feelings so she knew that the giant did not mean to scare her.
The giant set her down very gently in the jar and went to her house. She put her in a little cage and gave her a spoon full of honey, a little bit of chocolate and a little cloth for a blanket
Hmm this giant seems to know a lot about what fairies like, she thought to herself.
ill bet she is not going to be able to understand me. She thought. However, what if she can understand maybe shell let me go. How will I get back to fairyland? She asked herself. Moreover, just then she saw a
Pixie man looking for her!
However, he did not see her, she screamed and rattled the cage but it was no uFinally, she gave up if he doesn’t see her how will she get out. How will I ever get out of here?

to be continued

I’m not the first to jump on the bandwagon, but read this at your own risk. This poor mum finds her children painfully boring and is not ashamed to proclaim it to all who will listen.
I tried to resist clicking on the article when I first heard about it. I wanted to maintain some doubt in my mind about the writer’s motivation. I was hoping that she just had a bad day (somebody send that woman some chocolate!) or that she was flippantly confessing a character flaw and people were misreading her.
But after reading it, I couldn’t give her the benefit of the doubt. She made herself crystal clear. She is unabashedly bored silly by her children and all activities related to motherhood. She is glad that her children have finally learned this and now leave her alone.
I’ll admit that sometimes I don’t feel like doing all the things that a Perfect Mom does. We don’t play cards or board games nearly enough – hardly ever! I sometimes sigh about stopping what I’m working on to admire yet another creation or amusing antic. I roll my eyes at messy activities. My kids have never done papier mache.
This may be natural and common. We all feel this way sometimes, right?
But I’ll call such an attitude what is: sin. And I’ll repent. And then, with God’s grace, I’ll rejoice in the blessings He has given me.

We have a hilarious book called The Stinky Cheese Man And Other Fairly Stupid Tales . On the title page Jack (Jack and the bean stock) the narrator says
“I know. I know.
The page is upside down.
I meant to do that.
Who ever looks at that
dedication stuff anyhow?
If you really want to read
it you can always stand on your head.”

Here is the introduction:

A long time ago people used to tell magical stories of wonder and enchantment. Those were called Fairy Tales. Those stories are not in this book. The stories in this book are almost Fairy Tales. But not quite. The stories in this book are Fairly stupid Tales. I mean what else would you call “Goldilocks and the three elephants”? This girl walking through the forest smells peanut porridge cooking. She decides to break into the elephants ‘ house, eat the porridge, sit in the chairs, and sleep in the beds. Bu when she gets in the house she can’t climb up on baby elephants chair because it’s to big. And she can’t climb up on papa elephant’s chair Because it’s much to big. So she goes home. The End. And if you don’t think that’s fairly stupid you should go read “Little Red Running Shorts” or “The Stinky Cheese Man.” In fact, you should definintely go read those stories now, Because the rest of the introduction just goes on and doesn’t really say anything. I stuck it on the end here to fill up the rest of the page and make it look like I really knew what I was talking about So stop reading now. I mean it. Quit reading. Turn the page. If you read this last sentence, it won’t tell you anything.

That is the introduction and here are my two favorite stories:

Proverbs 26 has a lot of my favorite verses in it. One thing I like is that it tells how bad and worthless a fool is an then it says “Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.” and then it says “The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.”
I high-lighted some of my favorite verses.

1 As snow in summer and rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool. Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow, So a curse without cause shall not alight.

3 A whip for the horse, A bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the fool’s back.

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

6 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

7 Like the legs of the lame that hang limp Is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

8 Like one who binds a stone in a sling is he who gives honor to a fool.

9 Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

10 The great God who formed everything gives the fool his hire and the transgressor his wages.

11 As a dog returns to his own vomit, So a fool repeats his folly.

12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13 The lazy man says,“There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion is in the streets!”

14 As a door turns on its hinges, So does the lazy man on his bed.

15 The lazy man buries his hand in the bowl; It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

16 The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.

17 He who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a dog by the ears.

18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death

19 Is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, “I was only joking!” (or “just kidding”)

20 Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases.

21 As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

22 The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles,And they go down into the inmost body.

23 Fervent lips with a wicked heart Are like earthenware covered with silver dross.

24 He who hates, disguises it with his lips, And lays up deceit within himself;

25 When he speaks kindly, do not believe him,For there are seven abominations in his heart;

26 Though his hatred is covered by deceit, His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly

27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

28 A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it, And a flattering mouth works ruin.

For part of bible every day we read a chapter of proverbs today we read chapter 26 because it is the 26th.