"What? The dragon eggs have been stolen!" shouted Tugawuka.
"But by whom. That is the question." said Wellington (who was influenced by Shakespeare).
"I know." suggested Cleopatra. "We can ask Osiris."
"Osiris is just a fictional god." said Napoleon.
"The only real god is Jesus Christ!" shouted Cortez.
"God doesn't exist." argued Leonardo da Vinci.
"Quiet. I didn't take you into the future for you to argue like teenagers." scolded Einstein. Tugawuka put up a hand. "Yes, Tugawuka?" asked Einstein.
"I have heard about an ancient Japanese legend." (At this, Einstein snorted in laughter) "of the riddling monk, who gives a riddle that leads to the answer to the question you ask."
"To the airships!" shouted Leonardo.
"Yes. To the airships." agreed Einstein.
After three long weeks of arguing about Gods, everyone was relieved to see the riddling monk pop his head out of the bushes and say, "catastrophe, Orleans, rightful, tiny, earring snake."
"The dragon eggs," began Cleopatra, but the riddling monk cut her off.
"Told you," he sang. It was getting dark.
Finally, Einstein burst out with the words, "I've got it, it's an acrostic! Cortes, hand them over." Cortes looked side to side, shivered, and then ran into the darkness.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Impressionist waterfall
I made this painting of a waterfall when I was traveling to Madrid on train using brushes. Funny I didn't think of myself as the painter.
Location:Artist Declan
Friday, May 20, 2011
Accident in the canoe
Yesterday I went canoeing on the river Orbe and had an accident. Jennifer and I went down a foaming white rapid which had a big, flat rock down the end.
Evan and Callum just zipped by, but no we had to be the unlucky ones who hit the rock full on, tumbled out of the canoe while it peacefully floated away.
Evan and Callum caught the canoe and pulled them both on to dry land. I panicked and Jennifer swam me back to shore.
After that incident you could find me very nervous before each rapid.
In the next rapid Evan and Callum were really, really stuck. They had managed to get themselves in to a position where the front of the canoe was wedged in a triangle of rocks same for the back. The canoe was also leaning. Eventually they managed to get themselves out of the position and keep canoeing.
The gorge that we were in was a beautiful green with mountains and hills covered in forest and fabulous stone beaches that were perfect for lunch (and a bite of chocolate). There was even the rare fish that could be from the length of a finger to the length of a tire.
Evan and Callum just zipped by, but no we had to be the unlucky ones who hit the rock full on, tumbled out of the canoe while it peacefully floated away.
Evan and Callum caught the canoe and pulled them both on to dry land. I panicked and Jennifer swam me back to shore.
After that incident you could find me very nervous before each rapid.
In the next rapid Evan and Callum were really, really stuck. They had managed to get themselves in to a position where the front of the canoe was wedged in a triangle of rocks same for the back. The canoe was also leaning. Eventually they managed to get themselves out of the position and keep canoeing.
The gorge that we were in was a beautiful green with mountains and hills covered in forest and fabulous stone beaches that were perfect for lunch (and a bite of chocolate). There was even the rare fish that could be from the length of a finger to the length of a tire.
Location:Orbe river
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Ingame
"This game is too easy", Max said, as he shot the last bug on space invaders. Then, his mum came in and said it was five minutes till bed. She was a tall, blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman, nothing like the dark haired, dark-eyed and sleek boy in front of her.
Then, when she had left the room, he felt himself whizzing.
He had gone into the computer game.
He was in a spaceship, shooting at the terrifying bugs before him, he needed to escape. NOW!!
The bugs were shooting back now. One of the laser bullets hit him. He only had two lives left. He needed help. He would die if he did not have help. He needed help! Then his mind clicked back to reality when a bullet hit him.
Then, a clown in a bowler hat appeared and said, "I can get you out."
"How?" Max asked automatically.
The clown said, "It doesn't matter. Quickly!"
He lunged himself at the clown, and just as he lost his last life he returned home. Then he got on his pyjamas and went to bed and to sleep.
Then, when she had left the room, he felt himself whizzing.
He had gone into the computer game.
He was in a spaceship, shooting at the terrifying bugs before him, he needed to escape. NOW!!
The bugs were shooting back now. One of the laser bullets hit him. He only had two lives left. He needed help. He would die if he did not have help. He needed help! Then his mind clicked back to reality when a bullet hit him.
Then, a clown in a bowler hat appeared and said, "I can get you out."
"How?" Max asked automatically.
The clown said, "It doesn't matter. Quickly!"
He lunged himself at the clown, and just as he lost his last life he returned home. Then he got on his pyjamas and went to bed and to sleep.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The wyverns attack
"Faster", shouted the Captain at Max, who was tired, starved and dehydrated. "You are a courageous, healthy, strong and agile man. Make use of that. Forward march!"
The small group had been travelling from Rome for two weeks. They were nearly at a settlement to the north named Manarola. The were going to help the little settlement defend against the wyverns, which troubled the villagers of every settlement in the area of the mountains of Roar.
Now Max could see some stone buildings and what looked like a breakwater covered in moss. Then the captain called the order to move faster.
It was nearly dusk now and they needed to get to Manarola quickly before the wyverns came.
The wyverns were like huge dragons, which were dull brown, and were carnivores. They were very sleek with spikes on their wings. Already the shadows of the surrounding hills were beginning to loom.
Then there was the suffocated cry of a wyvern and now Max could see bright scarlet fire on one of the buildings. He could see more wyverns coming.
The Captain shouted, "guns ready!". Giovanni shot leaving a whirl of smoke disappearing into the wind. A wyvern fell from the already choatic sky. The group ran shooting, not caring if what they were hurting was friend or foe. When they got there, they joined the circle of defenders and helped them.
They had finally reached their destination.
The small group had been travelling from Rome for two weeks. They were nearly at a settlement to the north named Manarola. The were going to help the little settlement defend against the wyverns, which troubled the villagers of every settlement in the area of the mountains of Roar.
Now Max could see some stone buildings and what looked like a breakwater covered in moss. Then the captain called the order to move faster.
It was nearly dusk now and they needed to get to Manarola quickly before the wyverns came.
The wyverns were like huge dragons, which were dull brown, and were carnivores. They were very sleek with spikes on their wings. Already the shadows of the surrounding hills were beginning to loom.
Then there was the suffocated cry of a wyvern and now Max could see bright scarlet fire on one of the buildings. He could see more wyverns coming.
The Captain shouted, "guns ready!". Giovanni shot leaving a whirl of smoke disappearing into the wind. A wyvern fell from the already choatic sky. The group ran shooting, not caring if what they were hurting was friend or foe. When they got there, they joined the circle of defenders and helped them.
They had finally reached their destination.
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