Hello everyone! The LEGO poll is closed! Mindstorms won! The next poll i'm putting on, is going to be, should I make my next story, (and maybe series) on Bengal Tigers, or North American River Otters. (You can look up both on Wikipedia). So, what's is going to be? Tigers or Otters? You vote!
Anyway, what am I forgetting here...yep. The verse of the day, from Bible Gateway! (again, that rhymes!)
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8.
Cool verse! Bye everyone! God bless you all!
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Hello everyone! Having a good day? THE BABYSITTING IS OVER for us. The dog, (who was a great dog) left, and so did the last foster kids we had. Remember the last blog post about them? "...and her pink underwear was on top of the toilet, under the vase..." Yep. It is calm at our house finally. Soon, I will post some stop-motion-animation videos that I made with my iPod touch 4, and the iMotion HD app. I will post them...when I know how... Here's the verse of the day, from Bible Gateway! (hey that rhymes!)
"If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you." James 1:5
Have a great day everyone! God bless you all!
"If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you." James 1:5
Have a great day everyone! God bless you all!
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
I GOT THE EMAIL TO THE SOCK AND THE SHOE PART TWO! Here's the verse of the day!
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8
SOCK AND SHOE! (this part is done by my younger brother - but not the youngest.)
“I hope we get out of under here alive” yelled the sock angrily. “Calm down sock, be patient - you will get out,” the shoe said. While they were talking, the mom that lived there had said to her son, “You need to clean under your bed.” “Ok, fine,” her son said, so the kid went up to clean, when he saw them. “WOW, Mom, my old baby stuff is under here - like my old shoe and sock!” the kid said. “Oh cool, I remember when you lost your other sock and shoe in the lake,” the mom said.
“Yes, yes, yes! The boy is grabbing us! We’re free!!!” the sock shouted. “NO, NO, NO! NOT THE WASHING MACHINE! NO!” the sock yelled. “I’LL SAVE YOU!” the shoe said.
“NO, NO, NO! NOT THE SHOE POLISH!” the shoe yelled.
“Just stay calm, sock!” the shoe yelled. “Mom, I think it will ruin the stuff if I polish the shoe and wash the sock - and anyway, they are kinda clean!” the kid said. “Oh, ok- just put them in my room!” the mom yelled to the kid.
The boy said, “Ok, sure,” so he brought them to the mom’s room and put them on the bed.
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8
SOCK AND SHOE! (this part is done by my younger brother - but not the youngest.)
“I hope we get out of under here alive” yelled the sock angrily. “Calm down sock, be patient - you will get out,” the shoe said. While they were talking, the mom that lived there had said to her son, “You need to clean under your bed.” “Ok, fine,” her son said, so the kid went up to clean, when he saw them. “WOW, Mom, my old baby stuff is under here - like my old shoe and sock!” the kid said. “Oh cool, I remember when you lost your other sock and shoe in the lake,” the mom said.
“Yes, yes, yes! The boy is grabbing us! We’re free!!!” the sock shouted. “NO, NO, NO! NOT THE WASHING MACHINE! NO!” the sock yelled. “I’LL SAVE YOU!” the shoe said.
“NO, NO, NO! NOT THE SHOE POLISH!” the shoe yelled.
“Just stay calm, sock!” the shoe yelled. “Mom, I think it will ruin the stuff if I polish the shoe and wash the sock - and anyway, they are kinda clean!” the kid said. “Oh, ok- just put them in my room!” the mom yelled to the kid.
The boy said, “Ok, sure,” so he brought them to the mom’s room and put them on the bed.
Monday, January 21, 2013
HI everyone sorry I haven't been here lately! We have been baby sitting a dog, and two kids. (Remember the last foster kids we had...well, it's them.) Here is the verse of the day, but from the You Version app for android!
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Have a great day everyone!
Monday, January 14, 2013
Hi everyone! When my email gets to me, I will have a new part of Mix-and-Match 1! By of course, my brother. I have had no emails on my blog address, except for Google Play...they email me all the time...telling me about magazines that are IN right now...which I don't use. So feel free to email me about anything at elijah@playthekeys.com. Here's the verse of the day!
"Believe in the LORD Jesus, and you will be saved. Acts 16:31"
Bye! Have a good day! God bless you all!
"Believe in the LORD Jesus, and you will be saved. Acts 16:31"
Bye! Have a good day! God bless you all!
Friday, January 11, 2013
Hello everyone! Tomorrow is a very big day for me and my youngest brother. We have our first spelling bee with lots of home-schoolers from all around NH! I'm so excited! Here's the first of the day!
“When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place. The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?” Psalm 118:5-6
Have a great day everyone! God bless you all!
“When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place. The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?” Psalm 118:5-6
Have a great day everyone! God bless you all!
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Hello everyone! Good morning! Here is the verse of the day...and also a little surprise...
“But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”” 1 Peter 1:15-16
Now, here is an old story that I made when I was six or seven. It will probably have some spelling issues or grammar issues, but it's still a pretty funny story! Here it is:
CARTER, BARTER, MARTER, FARTER, and MARTY.
1 First day…….
One day when the boys woke up, (except for Marty) they were ready for the first day of school. They ate their breakfast, got dressed, brushed their teeth and got their back packs."Five more minutes until the bus comes." Carter said.
Meanwhile, Marty and the boy's mom woke up."AAAAAAAAAAAA!" yelled Marty. "I need to get ready for school!"
His mother yelled,"MAAARRRRTTTYYY GET READY!" "ooooookkkkkkk!" Marty said. When he was ready, (five minutes later) the boys got on the bus. (except for marty.)
Marty's Mom had to drive him to school. When he got there, everybody was already in school so he had to be quiet. He went to his locker, opened it, and tripped on something which flung him in to his locker. The door closed. He was locked in his locker.
2 Locked in my locker…….
"OK, OK, OK, I am getting claustrophobic in here……… HELP!!!" Marty yelled. He hung a piece of paper out the hole of his locker that said on it: "HELP I'M LOCKED IN HERE!"
By the end of school, he finally got out because his teacher opened it for him. He noticed that he hadn't been in class so….. he had no homework! WRONG! His teacher gave him his home work and sent him home. Unfortunately, he needed to go"al ban`o" ("bathroom" in spanish he had learned the word the day before.) so he had to put down his homework and go in. When he came out….. he was surprised to see that the school was empty. He realized that when he was late, he was not on the list for bus because he was not on it that morning! So he found a phone and thought, "Well i'm old enough….. if nine is old enough….." and with that, he dialed: 603-111-2222. He had a pretty easy number to remember. His Mom picked him up in the car after he had called and then they want home.
3 Back Home - Finally!
When they got home, Marty's Mom felt sort of bad for Marty and mad at him at the same time. She felt like nothing went right for Marty but she knew that it would get better. Marty got in his PJS and went to bed after he had cereal for dinner. His Mom said "You have to be more careful about telling your teacher about if you were on the bus this morning. And you have to be careful of what you do there ok?" "ok." "Goodnight Marty." "Say goodnight to the boys for me please." "ok. Now goodnight."
When he got up he noticed that it wasn't day yet….. he went back to sleep. Next he woke up to "MARTY GET READY FOR SCHOOL!!!"
4 School room swap - oh great
So Marty came to school the next day and at lunch time he had a sort of bad thing happen to him, but he caused it. He had forgot his lunchbox on the bus, so unfortunately, he had no lunch. He saw someones lunchbox that looked like his and thought "The owner of this lunchbox will think that he lost his…… and i could have it!" (he said "it" out loud accidentally) He decided that it would be what he would do. So he went over, and snatched the lunchbox, went into the cafeteria and opened it and said "OH YEA HAM ON RYE, BABY!" and his teacher said "now Marty, don't yell or I WILL TELL YOUR MOM! QUIET!" Marty then said "O K! YOU STOP YELLING OR I WILL TELL YOUR MOM! HA! totally funny." but by the time he had finished, his teacher was on the phone and said "MS. NELLBELL!" (NELLBELL was Marty's last name) "YOUR KID IS REALLY QUITE DISRESPECTFUL, I WILL SAY!" and after that the only thing he remembered was being the only one on the bus and falling asleep. Next thing he knew, he was in his bed and noticed the fact that he could not open his door to get out because his mom did not want him to come out and she didn't think of what he might need to get out for. It was night and he needed to go. (you know what i mean) so he got out of his window and hid in a bush and went. And the worst part, he fell asleep down there. (in where he had went….. you know what i mean)
5 Back to a new room in the school
Marty got up and yelled "GROSS! wait……i slept down here? ok gross and wicked." Marty had no idea if he would get to go to school again (he did not get to go that day because he needed a bath and he thought that it was a good thing for him that he would not go to school). He wondered if his teacher would forgive him. He hoped not. Then he thought that it couldn't happen. He would go back to school - the same school. He hoped that he wouldn't go back to school but he knew, that he would have to the next day. He did. Luckily, he was happy in his new room. He had needed a younger kid room because he needed to stay in the same grade last year. He now had fun at school and liked his teacher and his teacher liked him. (the teacher had a son of her own that was like marty) The owner of the lunchbox that he had stolen found Marty in the cafeteria and Marty was eating out of it.(marty's lunch box had ended up in the dump some how.) The owner looked at Marty and then took the lunchbox. Luckily, Marty had not eaten any of the food or touched it. Then Marty remembered that he had stolen the lunchbox and realized that he now had no lunch. He had to get cafeteria food (which he hated). After the first day in his new room in school, he liked school way more than before. He and ms. Nellbell, after school, went and bought Marty a new lunchbox and went home.
6 Marty finds a friend
The next day, the owner of the lunchbox forgave him for stealing and made Marty feel guilty again. He now knew that he wouldn't do that again because he did not like feeling guilty. Anyway, at lunch he sat down, opened his lunchbox, and looked to see who was sitting next to him. He saw someone that looked sort of like Marty's teacher. Then asked, "Are you related to the teacher?" "Yes. I am her son actually" the boy replied. "How did ch'ya know?" the boy asked. "You're sort of like her." Marty said. Then, the bell rang. He went back to class and hoped to see that the boy he had met earlier was in the same class as him. The boy was right next to him and then he knew, that he had a best friend. At recess, he went out to play in the warn sunny day when he saw the boy come out to greet him. They both said hello to each other and then wondered what they should play. Then they thought "spies and people" would be the game they play. (They made it up) By the time school was over, they were hungry so they walked home together to get lunch. Marty said "I live on Moo St. Do you know that street?" "Yea! We both live on the weirdest named street in the world! MOO ST." the boy said. "Awesome. Now we can always walk to school together. You will wait at the end of the road and I will meet you there every morning." "Thats totally awesome!" the boy said. "By the way, my names Marty. Whats yours?" "My name is Robbert." "Nice to meet you Robbert" "Same to you Marty!" Robbert said. Then they walked home together. "I'm home now" Marty said. "See you tomorrow Robbert!" "Bye but wait a sec…..you live here!?" "Yea……whats wrong with that?" Marty asked. "I like, live next door!" Robbert yelled. "AWESOME NOW I HAVE A REAL FRIEND!" Marty yelled.
7 Colder in December - Christmas time
December was here and Marty could not wait for Christmas. The NellBells set up their Christmas stuff except for the tree. They needed a tree. So, they decided that on the next day, Christmas Eve, they would get a tree so it wouldn't die on Christmas. The NellBells got a little tree that needed lots and lots of water or else, it would die so they also bought a waterer thing that would water the tree when it needed to be. Christmas was here and the boys got up early to open their three gifts like Jesus got when he was born on that day…..except for Marty……He forgot to come down early. Anyway, the Brothers (except Marty) all got the same thing for their first gift. A toy train which all the boys loved. The other gifts were: a New Sled for each of them and a pet fish for each of them to add to their fish tanks. Then, the stockings where found and they found lots of trinkets and toys like tops, toy rings, bells, etc. in then. By the time the boys were done opening their gifts, Marty came down and opened his. He got the same kind of stuff like the others. Then surprisingly they heard a slight meow. They turned around to see what it was. They found what they had been hoping for all year. Their own kittens. They were so thankful and happy to find out that Robbert also got a kitten from Christmas so the six kittens could play together. Marty and his brothers had the best Christmas ever, and Marty had good friends, a cat, and good brothers. Marty then had everything he had ever dreamed of and had a great new year. The rest of his life, he remembered being locked in his locker and getting dropped out of his school room and he and his family lived happily together. "Oops…..I forgot to make a Christmas card for you….ah…ya…merry christmas then…..haha….oh dear…..".
“But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”” 1 Peter 1:15-16
Now, here is an old story that I made when I was six or seven. It will probably have some spelling issues or grammar issues, but it's still a pretty funny story! Here it is:
CARTER, BARTER, MARTER, FARTER, and MARTY.
1 First day…….
One day when the boys woke up, (except for Marty) they were ready for the first day of school. They ate their breakfast, got dressed, brushed their teeth and got their back packs."Five more minutes until the bus comes." Carter said.
Meanwhile, Marty and the boy's mom woke up."AAAAAAAAAAAA!" yelled Marty. "I need to get ready for school!"
His mother yelled,"MAAARRRRTTTYYY GET READY!" "ooooookkkkkkk!" Marty said. When he was ready, (five minutes later) the boys got on the bus. (except for marty.)
Marty's Mom had to drive him to school. When he got there, everybody was already in school so he had to be quiet. He went to his locker, opened it, and tripped on something which flung him in to his locker. The door closed. He was locked in his locker.
2 Locked in my locker…….
"OK, OK, OK, I am getting claustrophobic in here……… HELP!!!" Marty yelled. He hung a piece of paper out the hole of his locker that said on it: "HELP I'M LOCKED IN HERE!"
By the end of school, he finally got out because his teacher opened it for him. He noticed that he hadn't been in class so….. he had no homework! WRONG! His teacher gave him his home work and sent him home. Unfortunately, he needed to go"al ban`o" ("bathroom" in spanish he had learned the word the day before.) so he had to put down his homework and go in. When he came out….. he was surprised to see that the school was empty. He realized that when he was late, he was not on the list for bus because he was not on it that morning! So he found a phone and thought, "Well i'm old enough….. if nine is old enough….." and with that, he dialed: 603-111-2222. He had a pretty easy number to remember. His Mom picked him up in the car after he had called and then they want home.
3 Back Home - Finally!
When they got home, Marty's Mom felt sort of bad for Marty and mad at him at the same time. She felt like nothing went right for Marty but she knew that it would get better. Marty got in his PJS and went to bed after he had cereal for dinner. His Mom said "You have to be more careful about telling your teacher about if you were on the bus this morning. And you have to be careful of what you do there ok?" "ok." "Goodnight Marty." "Say goodnight to the boys for me please." "ok. Now goodnight."
When he got up he noticed that it wasn't day yet….. he went back to sleep. Next he woke up to "MARTY GET READY FOR SCHOOL!!!"
4 School room swap - oh great
So Marty came to school the next day and at lunch time he had a sort of bad thing happen to him, but he caused it. He had forgot his lunchbox on the bus, so unfortunately, he had no lunch. He saw someones lunchbox that looked like his and thought "The owner of this lunchbox will think that he lost his…… and i could have it!" (he said "it" out loud accidentally) He decided that it would be what he would do. So he went over, and snatched the lunchbox, went into the cafeteria and opened it and said "OH YEA HAM ON RYE, BABY!" and his teacher said "now Marty, don't yell or I WILL TELL YOUR MOM! QUIET!" Marty then said "O K! YOU STOP YELLING OR I WILL TELL YOUR MOM! HA! totally funny." but by the time he had finished, his teacher was on the phone and said "MS. NELLBELL!" (NELLBELL was Marty's last name) "YOUR KID IS REALLY QUITE DISRESPECTFUL, I WILL SAY!" and after that the only thing he remembered was being the only one on the bus and falling asleep. Next thing he knew, he was in his bed and noticed the fact that he could not open his door to get out because his mom did not want him to come out and she didn't think of what he might need to get out for. It was night and he needed to go. (you know what i mean) so he got out of his window and hid in a bush and went. And the worst part, he fell asleep down there. (in where he had went….. you know what i mean)
5 Back to a new room in the school
Marty got up and yelled "GROSS! wait……i slept down here? ok gross and wicked." Marty had no idea if he would get to go to school again (he did not get to go that day because he needed a bath and he thought that it was a good thing for him that he would not go to school). He wondered if his teacher would forgive him. He hoped not. Then he thought that it couldn't happen. He would go back to school - the same school. He hoped that he wouldn't go back to school but he knew, that he would have to the next day. He did. Luckily, he was happy in his new room. He had needed a younger kid room because he needed to stay in the same grade last year. He now had fun at school and liked his teacher and his teacher liked him. (the teacher had a son of her own that was like marty) The owner of the lunchbox that he had stolen found Marty in the cafeteria and Marty was eating out of it.(marty's lunch box had ended up in the dump some how.) The owner looked at Marty and then took the lunchbox. Luckily, Marty had not eaten any of the food or touched it. Then Marty remembered that he had stolen the lunchbox and realized that he now had no lunch. He had to get cafeteria food (which he hated). After the first day in his new room in school, he liked school way more than before. He and ms. Nellbell, after school, went and bought Marty a new lunchbox and went home.
6 Marty finds a friend
The next day, the owner of the lunchbox forgave him for stealing and made Marty feel guilty again. He now knew that he wouldn't do that again because he did not like feeling guilty. Anyway, at lunch he sat down, opened his lunchbox, and looked to see who was sitting next to him. He saw someone that looked sort of like Marty's teacher. Then asked, "Are you related to the teacher?" "Yes. I am her son actually" the boy replied. "How did ch'ya know?" the boy asked. "You're sort of like her." Marty said. Then, the bell rang. He went back to class and hoped to see that the boy he had met earlier was in the same class as him. The boy was right next to him and then he knew, that he had a best friend. At recess, he went out to play in the warn sunny day when he saw the boy come out to greet him. They both said hello to each other and then wondered what they should play. Then they thought "spies and people" would be the game they play. (They made it up) By the time school was over, they were hungry so they walked home together to get lunch. Marty said "I live on Moo St. Do you know that street?" "Yea! We both live on the weirdest named street in the world! MOO ST." the boy said. "Awesome. Now we can always walk to school together. You will wait at the end of the road and I will meet you there every morning." "Thats totally awesome!" the boy said. "By the way, my names Marty. Whats yours?" "My name is Robbert." "Nice to meet you Robbert" "Same to you Marty!" Robbert said. Then they walked home together. "I'm home now" Marty said. "See you tomorrow Robbert!" "Bye but wait a sec…..you live here!?" "Yea……whats wrong with that?" Marty asked. "I like, live next door!" Robbert yelled. "AWESOME NOW I HAVE A REAL FRIEND!" Marty yelled.
7 Colder in December - Christmas time
December was here and Marty could not wait for Christmas. The NellBells set up their Christmas stuff except for the tree. They needed a tree. So, they decided that on the next day, Christmas Eve, they would get a tree so it wouldn't die on Christmas. The NellBells got a little tree that needed lots and lots of water or else, it would die so they also bought a waterer thing that would water the tree when it needed to be. Christmas was here and the boys got up early to open their three gifts like Jesus got when he was born on that day…..except for Marty……He forgot to come down early. Anyway, the Brothers (except Marty) all got the same thing for their first gift. A toy train which all the boys loved. The other gifts were: a New Sled for each of them and a pet fish for each of them to add to their fish tanks. Then, the stockings where found and they found lots of trinkets and toys like tops, toy rings, bells, etc. in then. By the time the boys were done opening their gifts, Marty came down and opened his. He got the same kind of stuff like the others. Then surprisingly they heard a slight meow. They turned around to see what it was. They found what they had been hoping for all year. Their own kittens. They were so thankful and happy to find out that Robbert also got a kitten from Christmas so the six kittens could play together. Marty and his brothers had the best Christmas ever, and Marty had good friends, a cat, and good brothers. Marty then had everything he had ever dreamed of and had a great new year. The rest of his life, he remembered being locked in his locker and getting dropped out of his school room and he and his family lived happily together. "Oops…..I forgot to make a Christmas card for you….ah…ya…merry christmas then…..haha….oh dear…..".
Friday, January 4, 2013
Here is Mix-and-Match Part 1! My email is elijah@playthekeys.com.
Part 1
Once upon a time, a long, long, long, time ago, there lived a shoe, and a sock who had no owner to use them. “Why do we never get used?!” the sock asked angrily. “Well, we are trapped under this bed and no one will get us.” the shoe replied. “Could we try to get out ourselves?”
“Well, then the dog would eat you...”
“Oh yeah...well-well then I’ll give him a piece of my mind!”
“...He doesn’t speak sock.”
“WHY DO YOU ALWAYS TRY TO RAIN ON MY PARADE?!”
“Fine-fine go get eaten if you want to.”
“Buh-bye then.”
The shoe sighed. This sock has tried this so many times. Then, as the shoe expected, the sock came running back yelling, “HE’S ANGRY AND WANTS TO EAT ME!”
“I told you it was a bad idea sock.” the shoe said to him.
“Yeah I knew that mister know-it-all!”
“Hey, calm down! We have two main enemies. The dog, and the washing machine.”
Part 1
Once upon a time, a long, long, long, time ago, there lived a shoe, and a sock who had no owner to use them. “Why do we never get used?!” the sock asked angrily. “Well, we are trapped under this bed and no one will get us.” the shoe replied. “Could we try to get out ourselves?”
“Well, then the dog would eat you...”
“Oh yeah...well-well then I’ll give him a piece of my mind!”
“...He doesn’t speak sock.”
“WHY DO YOU ALWAYS TRY TO RAIN ON MY PARADE?!”
“Fine-fine go get eaten if you want to.”
“Buh-bye then.”
The shoe sighed. This sock has tried this so many times. Then, as the shoe expected, the sock came running back yelling, “HE’S ANGRY AND WANTS TO EAT ME!”
“I told you it was a bad idea sock.” the shoe said to him.
“Yeah I knew that mister know-it-all!”
“Hey, calm down! We have two main enemies. The dog, and the washing machine.”
The Lost Hunter
Here it is, the full version of, The Lost Hunter!
The Pack Book 2. The lost Hunter
Chapter 1
Rock woke up on a beautiful, crisp, sunny day with the scent of the pack in the air. Rock sighed happily. Another day would start in the wonderful pack. He trotted out into the clearing to see that all of the leaves on the trees had changed color, and looked so beautiful. He also saw Stem, the wolf he had rescued earlier in the summer. Now, Stem was almost ready to join Flower, his sister, in the Young Hunter’s cave. Stem was looking at a small, green, ball like thing attached to a small root. Rock walked up to it and asked Stem, “Do you know what is this Stem?”
“No, but it’s smooth, and sort of lumpy at the same time.” Stem replied. “I’m not sure either.” Rock said.
At that moment, Shadow called out for a meeting. “Hello everyone! Have a good night’s rest?” Most of the wolves nodded, but some of them didn’t. “I have an announcement to make.” He said. “The young hunter’s each will now have a helper, sort of like a mentor to help them get through training. The helpers will be hunters which will do most of their duties, with their young hunter. So, Flower, will you please come up here. Hmm. Maybe, Oak. Will you also come up here.” When both wolves came up, Shadow said, “Oak, are you ready to take and train a young hunter?”
“I-I think so.” He replied.
“Then may you teach Flower well, with the help of your Pack mates. You are a very skilled hunter. Teach her all you know.”
“I will” Oak said quietly.
Oak and Flower walked down the big rock together. Then Shadow kept going. “Also, Stem is ready to become, a young hunter!” The whole pack cheered. “Stem, please come up here. Also...Boulder. You come up here too. The wolves both walked up together. “Stem,” Shadow started. “Are you ready to take on the duties of a young hunter?”
“Yes I am!” Stem said bouncing up and down. “Boulder, are you ready to help Stem through his young hunter life?”
“Y-yes. I can do it.” Boulder said.
“Then, Boulder and Stem, congratulations. You too Oak, and Flower.”
After the meeting, the sun-rise hunting group went out. Only, Oak, Boulder, Flower, and Stem went out. Rock thought that he should say hello to Leaf. So, he went to look around the caves. She was no where to be found. “Shadow, where’s Leaf?”
“She’s not here?”
“Correct.”
“Sure?”
“Yes.”
Then Shadow checked all of the caves for himself. “You’re right!”
“We’d better find her!” Rock shouted.
Chapter 2
“Calm down!” Shadow told Rock. “She’s probably just hunting!”
“But don’t you need to tell the leader before you go out to hunt?” Rock asked.
“Y-yes...”
“Well then, where is she?!”
“Fine, Rock have it your way. I will send out some wolves.”
“Thank you Shadow!”
“Rock, Boulder, Meteor, and Oak! Go out to try to find Leaf!”
Everything sprang into action. Rock, Boulder, Meteor, and Oak, all went dashing off in different directions.
Rock’s heart was pounding as he ran through the woods. What would he do with out Leaf!
When the sun was at it’s highest point, there was still no sign of Leaf. How am I going to find her? Rock thought. She could be anywhere!
The sun was setting and Rock decided to go back to the caves to get a good nights rest. He would go out and try to find her again early the next morning. That night, he was shaking so much that he couldn’t fall asleep. He loved Leaf, but wondered if he would ever see her again. He finally went to sleep, but it wasn’t a peaceful sleep at all.
Chapter 3
When he woke up, he thought, Ah. I should go see Leaf - oh...right...
He got up, and went looking for Leaf. He came to a grassy field and thought, I think i’ve been here before... He was right. At this very field, if you looked out into the distance, was the big ugly colored block that he had rescued Stem from, so many weeks ago.
He went up closer to the ugly block. Sure enough, He could see Leaf inside. She was scratching at the clear part of the block, just as Stem had done. But Rock couldn’t go in this time. There was one of those scary, hairless, tall, things, guarding the door. He thought that he would have to let Leaf know he was going to get her, and then tell Shadow. He couldn’t do it alone this time. Not with the, scary hairless thing guarding the door.
Rock waited until the scary creature’s eyes closed just for a small time so that he could sneak around the house, find another clear part, and let Leaf know that he was going to get Shadow, to help her get out. It would all be very risky, and very scary.
Chapter 4
Rock ran fast though the woods back to the cave. “I know were Leaf is!” Rock called. “I’m coming!” Shadow called back. They both ran back to the big ugly block. “So, were is she?” Shadow asked. “She is in that block.”
“In the human house!?”
“...so that’s what they are called.”
“How are we going to do this Rock?”
“You’re the faster runner, so you will be the bait.”
“BAIT!”
“Yes...bait.”
Rock started telling Shadow what his plan was. When he was finished, Shadow walked slowly up to the house, pretending not to know that the humans were there. A human came out of a door, holding something behind his back. Shadow still, pretended not to know.
Then, out of nowhere, Rock came bursting out of the woods and towards the clear part of the block. He planned to just smash it like he did to rescue Stem. But then everything went wrong. When he went up to the clear part, Leaf wasn’t there! He banged at the clear part and could not smash it. Then, he heard an earsplitting boom. Then a yowl of pain. He ran back over to Shadow to see what happened. It turned out that the human was holding a hunting gun, and that he had just shot Shadow. Shadow was laying on the ground yipping faintly, in pain. “Rock, save yourself...ugh...I want you to go back to the cave. I am sorry I have to leave you.”
“No! Don’t leave me yet! Come on...just get up...you can do it...you can make it to the medicine cave...right?”
“No, Rock...I can’t. Tell Pebble I love her, and will miss her. Take good care of the pack son...” Then, slowly his eyes shut, and Rock dashed away, before the hunter could get him too.
Rock returned to the pack and decided that, he should yowl to get everyone back to the cave. He yowled as loud and long as he could, and then in a few seconds, all of the wolves came dashing as fast as their legs could go. “Wolves of the pack,” Rock called when he climbed to the top of the giant rock. “Shadow...has...died...from a hunter.” There were gasps of shock. “I told him to come with me to try to get Leaf...and he died from a hunter. It’s my fault he died. Also, Meteor, is the new leader of this pack. Meteor needs to pick a helper. Come on up meteor.” Rock was stepping down to the ground when meteor was at the top. “I will chose...Rock. Because his father was a good commander. I think you will be too.”
Chapter 5
Rock was blushing at the thought, of being leader someday. “Thank you Meteor!” Rock called. “Yeah Rock!” Pebble called out from the crowd. “Now,” Meteor started. “We have lost a leader, so we need to have the night in silence. We will not sleep. We will stay outside. Now, we need to send out a sun-set group. Oak, Boulder, Lea-...Leaf isn’t here...uh...Flower? Can Flower go Petal?”
“Of course she can! You’re leader now. You can have her go even if I don’t want her too.” Petal said.
“Oh, right. Thank you Petal. Sun-set group, you may head out.”
Later that evening, Rock was sitting in his divot in the cave. He thought about Shadow. He heard Meteor calling, “Time to come outside everyone!” The wolves all sat in silence. Rock saw some wolves that he had never seen before.
The next day, when the silence had ended, Rock went over to meet the other wolves. Rock saw the wolf that helped Petal give birth to Stem, and her name was Berry. “Nice to meet you Rock,” She was saying. “The only time i’ve seen you was when I was helping Petal give birth to Stem.”
“Nice to meet you too Berry!”
Rock had noticed that now, since he was at the pack, they had lost two wolves. Well, he still thought that he needed to find Leaf. So, he said to himself, “Yeah...I gotta find Leaf. What will I do without her if I can’t find her.”
Chapter 6
Leaf was panting as she hoped that someone would find her. She was in a hot, dark scary place where that sound of barking all around her. This place was the animal shelter. She had no idea why on earth she was in here. Of course, she had no idea where she was. “Anyone here,” Leaf called. “That could help me?” The barking stopped. “We are all trapped in an animal shelter,” A voice called.
“Oh...is that a good thing, or a bad thing...and i’m not even a dog!”
“Yes, yes I know your not a dog.”
“Well then, how do you know...you can’t even see me!”
“That’s what you think. Look to you right.” “Oh, wait...wait - oh! I see you!”
“And I see you.”
“May I ask - what is your name?” “My name is, Wind.”
“Cool! My name is Leaf.”
“I’ve been in here for days. Do you think, we can try to get out of here together?”
“Maybe...but first, how’d I get here?”
“I don’t know. But tell me, in your own words, what was it like?”
Leaf told him the story of how she got lost, and how she ended up in the house, and of course, how Rock had told her that he would save her, but was too late. Because, she was taken away in an ugly block that had wheels on it.
“Oh that was a human car.” Wind said.
“...so that’s what they are called.”
“Anyway, can you hep me try to get us outta here?”
“Yes.”
“Great!”
Chapter 7
Leaf and Wind were planning on their escape.
“Do you know how to open the latch on the cage?” Leaf asked wind.
“No...but I know someone who does! Hey, Blue!
A groggy low faint voice came from somewhere in the room.
“Y-yes?”
“Can you open the latches on our cages?”
“I could...if I was over there...”
“Well...um...”
“I have an idea!” Leaf joined the conversation.
“Since these are cages, and not crates, we can put our paws through the bottom!”
“Oh great idea Leaf!” Wind said happily.
Blue, started walking over to Leaf and Wind.
“G-great i-idea Leaf!” Blue said.
The wolf and two dogs worked together to help Blue unlock the latches. When they finally opened the latches, Blue, Leaf, and Wind, snuck out of the hot stuffy room, and entered, another room that had a human sitting in a chair, sleeping. They carefully snuck past him too, and tried to get out of the door. However, the automatic doors, didn’t work for the group. So, instead, Blue, Leaf, and Wind had to push on the doors to finally get them open. When they got outside, it was nighttime.
Lucky for them, there were no human cars passing. They dashed across the road.
Meanwhile, Rock had come back to the cave and was very depressed. Still no sign of Leaf he thought to himself. He howled in distress.
Leaf heard this howl, and knew who it was right away. She started following it.
“Guys!” Leaf said.
“I hear Rock!”
“Who is Rock?” Wind asked.
“Oh...someone from my Pack.”
Leaf howled back.
When Rock heard this, he jumped up into the air, and started calling Leaf right away. He ran and followed the noise. Soon, he picked up her scent. She was getting closer! Then, faintly in the dark, he saw her. She saw him. They both bounded up to each other. Face to face. “Rock!” Leaf called. “Leaf!” Rock called back. “Is it really you?” they both said at the same time. Then they both said, “Yes.” Then, they laughed at each other and at themselves. They looked at each other in the eyes. Leaf’s eyes twinkled. They got closer and closer to each other, slowly. Then, their muzzles almost touched. Then, after a little while, they both closed their eyes, and touched.
Chapter 8
A year later, on a warm sunny morning, the whole pack, was gathered around, to see something. That something, was a new baby pup. Who’s baby pup, you ask, well, it was Leaf’s and Rock’s baby of course. A cute little pup. Barking, very faintly. “What should we name him?” Leaf asked very faintly, (because of the just giving birth, you’d think that she was tired. And she was.) “Well...I did think, maybe...Spruce.”
“Well, yes that would be nice...”
“Do you like Spruce, Leaf?”
“Yes...”
Then Meteor called, “Welcome to the Pack Spruce!”
Spruce giggled and wiggled all over happily.
“Leaf?” Rock asked.
“Yes, Rock?”
“I never thought that from my old life, of always being lonely, and hunting by myself, would ever turn upside down, and come here to this wonderful place. And have a wonderful mate, and a wonderful pup. Just as I always wanted...”
The Pack Book 2. The lost Hunter
Chapter 1
Rock woke up on a beautiful, crisp, sunny day with the scent of the pack in the air. Rock sighed happily. Another day would start in the wonderful pack. He trotted out into the clearing to see that all of the leaves on the trees had changed color, and looked so beautiful. He also saw Stem, the wolf he had rescued earlier in the summer. Now, Stem was almost ready to join Flower, his sister, in the Young Hunter’s cave. Stem was looking at a small, green, ball like thing attached to a small root. Rock walked up to it and asked Stem, “Do you know what is this Stem?”
“No, but it’s smooth, and sort of lumpy at the same time.” Stem replied. “I’m not sure either.” Rock said.
At that moment, Shadow called out for a meeting. “Hello everyone! Have a good night’s rest?” Most of the wolves nodded, but some of them didn’t. “I have an announcement to make.” He said. “The young hunter’s each will now have a helper, sort of like a mentor to help them get through training. The helpers will be hunters which will do most of their duties, with their young hunter. So, Flower, will you please come up here. Hmm. Maybe, Oak. Will you also come up here.” When both wolves came up, Shadow said, “Oak, are you ready to take and train a young hunter?”
“I-I think so.” He replied.
“Then may you teach Flower well, with the help of your Pack mates. You are a very skilled hunter. Teach her all you know.”
“I will” Oak said quietly.
Oak and Flower walked down the big rock together. Then Shadow kept going. “Also, Stem is ready to become, a young hunter!” The whole pack cheered. “Stem, please come up here. Also...Boulder. You come up here too. The wolves both walked up together. “Stem,” Shadow started. “Are you ready to take on the duties of a young hunter?”
“Yes I am!” Stem said bouncing up and down. “Boulder, are you ready to help Stem through his young hunter life?”
“Y-yes. I can do it.” Boulder said.
“Then, Boulder and Stem, congratulations. You too Oak, and Flower.”
After the meeting, the sun-rise hunting group went out. Only, Oak, Boulder, Flower, and Stem went out. Rock thought that he should say hello to Leaf. So, he went to look around the caves. She was no where to be found. “Shadow, where’s Leaf?”
“She’s not here?”
“Correct.”
“Sure?”
“Yes.”
Then Shadow checked all of the caves for himself. “You’re right!”
“We’d better find her!” Rock shouted.
Chapter 2
“Calm down!” Shadow told Rock. “She’s probably just hunting!”
“But don’t you need to tell the leader before you go out to hunt?” Rock asked.
“Y-yes...”
“Well then, where is she?!”
“Fine, Rock have it your way. I will send out some wolves.”
“Thank you Shadow!”
“Rock, Boulder, Meteor, and Oak! Go out to try to find Leaf!”
Everything sprang into action. Rock, Boulder, Meteor, and Oak, all went dashing off in different directions.
Rock’s heart was pounding as he ran through the woods. What would he do with out Leaf!
When the sun was at it’s highest point, there was still no sign of Leaf. How am I going to find her? Rock thought. She could be anywhere!
The sun was setting and Rock decided to go back to the caves to get a good nights rest. He would go out and try to find her again early the next morning. That night, he was shaking so much that he couldn’t fall asleep. He loved Leaf, but wondered if he would ever see her again. He finally went to sleep, but it wasn’t a peaceful sleep at all.
Chapter 3
When he woke up, he thought, Ah. I should go see Leaf - oh...right...
He got up, and went looking for Leaf. He came to a grassy field and thought, I think i’ve been here before... He was right. At this very field, if you looked out into the distance, was the big ugly colored block that he had rescued Stem from, so many weeks ago.
He went up closer to the ugly block. Sure enough, He could see Leaf inside. She was scratching at the clear part of the block, just as Stem had done. But Rock couldn’t go in this time. There was one of those scary, hairless, tall, things, guarding the door. He thought that he would have to let Leaf know he was going to get her, and then tell Shadow. He couldn’t do it alone this time. Not with the, scary hairless thing guarding the door.
Rock waited until the scary creature’s eyes closed just for a small time so that he could sneak around the house, find another clear part, and let Leaf know that he was going to get Shadow, to help her get out. It would all be very risky, and very scary.
Chapter 4
Rock ran fast though the woods back to the cave. “I know were Leaf is!” Rock called. “I’m coming!” Shadow called back. They both ran back to the big ugly block. “So, were is she?” Shadow asked. “She is in that block.”
“In the human house!?”
“...so that’s what they are called.”
“How are we going to do this Rock?”
“You’re the faster runner, so you will be the bait.”
“BAIT!”
“Yes...bait.”
Rock started telling Shadow what his plan was. When he was finished, Shadow walked slowly up to the house, pretending not to know that the humans were there. A human came out of a door, holding something behind his back. Shadow still, pretended not to know.
Then, out of nowhere, Rock came bursting out of the woods and towards the clear part of the block. He planned to just smash it like he did to rescue Stem. But then everything went wrong. When he went up to the clear part, Leaf wasn’t there! He banged at the clear part and could not smash it. Then, he heard an earsplitting boom. Then a yowl of pain. He ran back over to Shadow to see what happened. It turned out that the human was holding a hunting gun, and that he had just shot Shadow. Shadow was laying on the ground yipping faintly, in pain. “Rock, save yourself...ugh...I want you to go back to the cave. I am sorry I have to leave you.”
“No! Don’t leave me yet! Come on...just get up...you can do it...you can make it to the medicine cave...right?”
“No, Rock...I can’t. Tell Pebble I love her, and will miss her. Take good care of the pack son...” Then, slowly his eyes shut, and Rock dashed away, before the hunter could get him too.
Rock returned to the pack and decided that, he should yowl to get everyone back to the cave. He yowled as loud and long as he could, and then in a few seconds, all of the wolves came dashing as fast as their legs could go. “Wolves of the pack,” Rock called when he climbed to the top of the giant rock. “Shadow...has...died...from a hunter.” There were gasps of shock. “I told him to come with me to try to get Leaf...and he died from a hunter. It’s my fault he died. Also, Meteor, is the new leader of this pack. Meteor needs to pick a helper. Come on up meteor.” Rock was stepping down to the ground when meteor was at the top. “I will chose...Rock. Because his father was a good commander. I think you will be too.”
Chapter 5
Rock was blushing at the thought, of being leader someday. “Thank you Meteor!” Rock called. “Yeah Rock!” Pebble called out from the crowd. “Now,” Meteor started. “We have lost a leader, so we need to have the night in silence. We will not sleep. We will stay outside. Now, we need to send out a sun-set group. Oak, Boulder, Lea-...Leaf isn’t here...uh...Flower? Can Flower go Petal?”
“Of course she can! You’re leader now. You can have her go even if I don’t want her too.” Petal said.
“Oh, right. Thank you Petal. Sun-set group, you may head out.”
Later that evening, Rock was sitting in his divot in the cave. He thought about Shadow. He heard Meteor calling, “Time to come outside everyone!” The wolves all sat in silence. Rock saw some wolves that he had never seen before.
The next day, when the silence had ended, Rock went over to meet the other wolves. Rock saw the wolf that helped Petal give birth to Stem, and her name was Berry. “Nice to meet you Rock,” She was saying. “The only time i’ve seen you was when I was helping Petal give birth to Stem.”
“Nice to meet you too Berry!”
Rock had noticed that now, since he was at the pack, they had lost two wolves. Well, he still thought that he needed to find Leaf. So, he said to himself, “Yeah...I gotta find Leaf. What will I do without her if I can’t find her.”
Chapter 6
Leaf was panting as she hoped that someone would find her. She was in a hot, dark scary place where that sound of barking all around her. This place was the animal shelter. She had no idea why on earth she was in here. Of course, she had no idea where she was. “Anyone here,” Leaf called. “That could help me?” The barking stopped. “We are all trapped in an animal shelter,” A voice called.
“Oh...is that a good thing, or a bad thing...and i’m not even a dog!”
“Yes, yes I know your not a dog.”
“Well then, how do you know...you can’t even see me!”
“That’s what you think. Look to you right.” “Oh, wait...wait - oh! I see you!”
“And I see you.”
“May I ask - what is your name?” “My name is, Wind.”
“Cool! My name is Leaf.”
“I’ve been in here for days. Do you think, we can try to get out of here together?”
“Maybe...but first, how’d I get here?”
“I don’t know. But tell me, in your own words, what was it like?”
Leaf told him the story of how she got lost, and how she ended up in the house, and of course, how Rock had told her that he would save her, but was too late. Because, she was taken away in an ugly block that had wheels on it.
“Oh that was a human car.” Wind said.
“...so that’s what they are called.”
“Anyway, can you hep me try to get us outta here?”
“Yes.”
“Great!”
Chapter 7
Leaf and Wind were planning on their escape.
“Do you know how to open the latch on the cage?” Leaf asked wind.
“No...but I know someone who does! Hey, Blue!
A groggy low faint voice came from somewhere in the room.
“Y-yes?”
“Can you open the latches on our cages?”
“I could...if I was over there...”
“Well...um...”
“I have an idea!” Leaf joined the conversation.
“Since these are cages, and not crates, we can put our paws through the bottom!”
“Oh great idea Leaf!” Wind said happily.
Blue, started walking over to Leaf and Wind.
“G-great i-idea Leaf!” Blue said.
The wolf and two dogs worked together to help Blue unlock the latches. When they finally opened the latches, Blue, Leaf, and Wind, snuck out of the hot stuffy room, and entered, another room that had a human sitting in a chair, sleeping. They carefully snuck past him too, and tried to get out of the door. However, the automatic doors, didn’t work for the group. So, instead, Blue, Leaf, and Wind had to push on the doors to finally get them open. When they got outside, it was nighttime.
Lucky for them, there were no human cars passing. They dashed across the road.
Meanwhile, Rock had come back to the cave and was very depressed. Still no sign of Leaf he thought to himself. He howled in distress.
Leaf heard this howl, and knew who it was right away. She started following it.
“Guys!” Leaf said.
“I hear Rock!”
“Who is Rock?” Wind asked.
“Oh...someone from my Pack.”
Leaf howled back.
When Rock heard this, he jumped up into the air, and started calling Leaf right away. He ran and followed the noise. Soon, he picked up her scent. She was getting closer! Then, faintly in the dark, he saw her. She saw him. They both bounded up to each other. Face to face. “Rock!” Leaf called. “Leaf!” Rock called back. “Is it really you?” they both said at the same time. Then they both said, “Yes.” Then, they laughed at each other and at themselves. They looked at each other in the eyes. Leaf’s eyes twinkled. They got closer and closer to each other, slowly. Then, their muzzles almost touched. Then, after a little while, they both closed their eyes, and touched.
Chapter 8
A year later, on a warm sunny morning, the whole pack, was gathered around, to see something. That something, was a new baby pup. Who’s baby pup, you ask, well, it was Leaf’s and Rock’s baby of course. A cute little pup. Barking, very faintly. “What should we name him?” Leaf asked very faintly, (because of the just giving birth, you’d think that she was tired. And she was.) “Well...I did think, maybe...Spruce.”
“Well, yes that would be nice...”
“Do you like Spruce, Leaf?”
“Yes...”
Then Meteor called, “Welcome to the Pack Spruce!”
Spruce giggled and wiggled all over happily.
“Leaf?” Rock asked.
“Yes, Rock?”
“I never thought that from my old life, of always being lonely, and hunting by myself, would ever turn upside down, and come here to this wonderful place. And have a wonderful mate, and a wonderful pup. Just as I always wanted...”
Hello everyone! Having a good morning? Since The Lost Hunter is finished, I wanted to try something else. I am going to start a story, and you (and by "you" I mean everyone) will get to email me, what you think would be best, for the next part. So, After I tell you the beginning, you can email me, and I will pick what story part, is picked, and put on this blog! (I will not post your email). When I can use the other computer, (the one I write stories on) I will tell you the beginning. Before that, here's the verse of the day!
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8.
One more thing, I am going to make new polls! Have a great day everyone! God bless you!
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8.
One more thing, I am going to make new polls! Have a great day everyone! God bless you!
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Hello everyone! I have made a new paper called, "The Lego Company", and it's about THE LEGO COMPANY...if you couldn't guess that... first, here's the verse of the day: “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12.
That was a really great verse for the new year! Now, here is THE LEGO COMPANY...
The Lego Company
Legos are plastic building blocks, invented by Ole Kirk Kristiansen. The first Lego Brick was made in Ole Kirk Kristiansen’s workshop, but now, Legos are made in Denmark, Hungary and Mexico.
Ole Kirk Kristiansen was inspired to make Lego Bricks by the“Kiddicraft” product which was invented by Hilary Page (1). Legos were first made by Ole in the year 1949 which were called “Automatic Binding Bricks”. A couple years later, Kirk Kristiansen renamed the “Automatic Binding Bricks”, now calling them: Lego Bricks. The word “Lego” comes from the Danish words, “Play well” which are pronounced, “Leg Godt”. Also, in Latin, “Leg Godt” means “I gather together”, and in Italian, the words mean “I connect” (2). When Ole Kirk Khristiansen died in 1958, his son, Godtfred Kirk Kristiansen inherited the job (2). Today the Lego company is still in the hands of the Kirk Kristiansen family (2).
Ole Kirk Christiansen first made Lego Bricks in his little workshop by hand with molds. But now, Legos are produced in factories in Denmark, Hungary and Mexico (2). Denmark is the main Lego headquarters (2). Legos are made in almost the same way that they were before, except in a quicker and more smooth production. First, melted plastic is put into Lego Brick - shaped molds. Then, the mold with Legos in them go through a cooling stage. After that, the Lego Bricks come out of the molds, go down a conveyor belt to be inspected. Normally, the Lego production is so accurate, that only 18 Lego Bricks out of one million Lego Bricks need to be discarded. Then, the finished Legos are packaged. Last, the Lego Bricks are shipped to all Lego Stores near you (2)!
Here are some fun facts about Lego Bricks! If all of the Lego Minifigures were chained together, it would stretch around the world, four times (3)! The Lego Company produces about 19 billion Lego bricks a year (1)! Children around the world spend 5 billion hours a year playing with Legos Bricks (3). One of the facts that I found, that I thought was cool, was the there are more than 915 million possible combinations for six two-by-four Lego Bricks (3)!
Lego Bricks are wonderful toys that let a child’s imagination run wild! I have spent many wonderful hours of my ten years of life playing with Lego Bricks, and having a blast! It looks like the old “Automatic Binding Bricks” , have really been catching on since they were first made! I look forward to playing with more Lego Bricks in my future.
(1) Alex. “Ten Neatest LEGO Facts and Links.” Jan. 8, 2008, http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/10-neatest-lego-facts-and-links/, Dec. 22, 2012
(2) Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. “Lego” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego, Dec. 22, 2012
(3) Barnes and Noble Booksellers. 1741 South Willow Street, Manchester, NH. “Lego Display Information.” Dec. 13, 2012
That was a really great verse for the new year! Now, here is THE LEGO COMPANY...
The Lego Company
Legos are plastic building blocks, invented by Ole Kirk Kristiansen. The first Lego Brick was made in Ole Kirk Kristiansen’s workshop, but now, Legos are made in Denmark, Hungary and Mexico.
Ole Kirk Kristiansen was inspired to make Lego Bricks by the“Kiddicraft” product which was invented by Hilary Page (1). Legos were first made by Ole in the year 1949 which were called “Automatic Binding Bricks”. A couple years later, Kirk Kristiansen renamed the “Automatic Binding Bricks”, now calling them: Lego Bricks. The word “Lego” comes from the Danish words, “Play well” which are pronounced, “Leg Godt”. Also, in Latin, “Leg Godt” means “I gather together”, and in Italian, the words mean “I connect” (2). When Ole Kirk Khristiansen died in 1958, his son, Godtfred Kirk Kristiansen inherited the job (2). Today the Lego company is still in the hands of the Kirk Kristiansen family (2).
Ole Kirk Christiansen first made Lego Bricks in his little workshop by hand with molds. But now, Legos are produced in factories in Denmark, Hungary and Mexico (2). Denmark is the main Lego headquarters (2). Legos are made in almost the same way that they were before, except in a quicker and more smooth production. First, melted plastic is put into Lego Brick - shaped molds. Then, the mold with Legos in them go through a cooling stage. After that, the Lego Bricks come out of the molds, go down a conveyor belt to be inspected. Normally, the Lego production is so accurate, that only 18 Lego Bricks out of one million Lego Bricks need to be discarded. Then, the finished Legos are packaged. Last, the Lego Bricks are shipped to all Lego Stores near you (2)!
Here are some fun facts about Lego Bricks! If all of the Lego Minifigures were chained together, it would stretch around the world, four times (3)! The Lego Company produces about 19 billion Lego bricks a year (1)! Children around the world spend 5 billion hours a year playing with Legos Bricks (3). One of the facts that I found, that I thought was cool, was the there are more than 915 million possible combinations for six two-by-four Lego Bricks (3)!
Lego Bricks are wonderful toys that let a child’s imagination run wild! I have spent many wonderful hours of my ten years of life playing with Lego Bricks, and having a blast! It looks like the old “Automatic Binding Bricks” , have really been catching on since they were first made! I look forward to playing with more Lego Bricks in my future.
(1) Alex. “Ten Neatest LEGO Facts and Links.” Jan. 8, 2008, http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/28/10-neatest-lego-facts-and-links/, Dec. 22, 2012
(2) Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. “Lego” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego, Dec. 22, 2012
(3) Barnes and Noble Booksellers. 1741 South Willow Street, Manchester, NH. “Lego Display Information.” Dec. 13, 2012
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