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Ariel Jennings was a very simple girl; she liked to read books and stay in the Woodsdale library all day long. She aced all her tests and then went home to her family, where things got less easy for her. You see, her father had left her mother when she was three and her mother was gone eight a.m to nine p.m every day, even on Saturdays, doing God knows what with her time. Sometimes Ariel thought she was a witch, cooking up potions and boiling up babies in her spare time. But in the time her Mother was at home, she graced Ariel with her witchy spells and tarot cards, telling Ariel her aura and what her birthday meant to the stars. Hence the time alone, before her mother came home when it was dark, Ariel spent more time in the library at the end of her street, Penningday Rd. Sure, it was a bit dusty and a wide majority of the books were based of the same time as Pride and Prejudice, but she’d been a fan of the old place since she was five. On Halloween in 2006 Ariel got home from

Pobble Writing Engine puffing between his hands, my best friend Jackson let a disgruntled groan of protest as the engine came to a purring stop beneath us. Anne looked up from her book and stared around then pointed at a nearby island and spoke, “the engine’s dead. Take out the oars and we’ll paddle there.” Anne’s plus one; her sister Bethany’s face contorted into a sort of dismay. “Who made you the Captain?” Her sister said. “Shut up, it’s not like anyone else would have said anything.” Anne opened her book back up and placed her holographic bookmark in the last page, as Jackson hastily whipped out the oars and handed one to me. “Hold up!” I protested. “It’s Anne’s idea, why am I one paddling?” “Because you’re not doing anything else, are you?” Anne looked up slightly and Bethany rolled her eyes at her sisters remark. “Well, neither are you.” I stared at her book and her relaxed position. Jackson paddled slowly. “Excuse me?” Anne picked up her bookmark and shoved it in

He turned around before he sat and brushed off the pebbles on the small bump in his narrow mountain path. A single swipe of the Wanderer's wobble wrinkled hands was enough for him to call it a clean seat. A gust of wind swept past and he croaked out in dismay. His back bent from decades of wear; he could almost hear it cracking down on him. The pointed mountains were looming like tall pencils blocking her deadly path. there was no anxiety in the air though; the Wandered had walked this path a million times. CRACK!!  Lighting tumbled down and it was his time to go now.

Nursery Rhyme Meanings Nursery rhymes are a broadly known subject from adults, and children around the world. The rhymes can come from America, England, France, anywhere. They can come from the 1700’s, 1800’s and the 1900’s or older, or younger. Nursery Rhymes played quite a big part in my childhood, I remember singing Ring a Ring o’ Rosies when I was way younger. Nursery rhymes come from a wide array of different places, times and they all have different meanings. I’m going to go through some of the darkest of them. Mary Mary Quite Contrary In 1744 Mary Mary Quite Contrary was written, and from then to now it’s been a popular rhyme amongst children, even though its meaning is far from children friendly. The rhyme starts with lines about how Mary is contrary, which is referring to Mary the 1st of England, who was against the countries wishes, making her ‘quite contrary’. The other lines refer to ‘Silver Bells and Cockleshells’ which were some of Mary’s known torture weapo

A dozen men lie, A few lucky men stirred. Blood leaks deeply, And gunshots are heard. The men, they are held, The red poppies bloom. The red flowers swirl, And the air is heavy; filled with the weight of gloom. A dozen men lie, A few lucky men stir, This war is now over, The poppies hold the men, like a wailing silencer.

Praying mantis,                       (4) Very beautiful stealth,                   (6) Preying, catching, attack!             (6) Watching quietly from the leaves,        (8) Deadly mantis.                      (4)