GREAT DISCOVERY ...a story

GREAT DISCOVERY

- Rescue of the aliens - 

We had landed on a hard, rocky planet with a lot of craters. We started looking around and found that  one of the craters was more than a mile deep ! Me and Mary (my space partner) decided to explore the deep, dark hole, so we put on our latest-technology suction boots and waddled down the hole. 

When we reached the bottom, I picked up some strange stones for study, and then we got out our brushing machine. Just as I started brushing the dust , it cracked some of the stone and we saw a strange kind of A,B,C,D  writing on it. It was very hard to read it because of the curly-wurly lines on the stone. I brushed the A,B,C,D and guess what !!! 

A green flash came and the floor started to crack ...slowly and more slowly. We could hear a loud, buzzing sound under our feet. There was a loud 'SNAP' ! And we fell at 15 MPH ! We were tumbling down and one of the cold stones I had collected was thrown.  

When we got to see properly, we saw a large slimy puddle. We were going to land in it ! SPLASH ! SPLASH ! SPLASH ! We landed in the sticky gel. We had to do our highest jumps to get out so that we would not be trapped. The walls of the hole were filled with paint-like splats. 

They felt like goo. We got out our spades to dig out some of the goo, but just then an odd SQUISHY sound came and the goo transformed into an ALIEN !! And many more little aliens came out of the goo. 

The master alien had a white furry hood and the rest of them were the colour of dark tree barks. Their body was very skinny. Their eyes were small and green. Their hands had suction pads at the tips of their fingers. The master's antennas were covered with the hood.

The master alien spoke in a squeaky, robotic voice, "W-e   a-r-e   t-i-r-e-d   o-f   l-i-v-i-n-g   h-e-r-e!"

I was scared at first but then I said, "Ok. Let's go !"

"H-o-w?"

"Don't worry. I have a plan". 

I got a gas pipe from my backpack and sprayed it. Because of the gas, a small volcano exploded , the land tilted and made it into a staircase for us.

The alien master thanked me with a golden trophy. It was shaped like a GOO SPLAT. Mary drove us back to earth in our spaceship.

My second poem - WAR

After visiting the Tower of London poppy exhibition, I was trying to find on internet why poppies are used for rememberence. I came across the poem "Flanders Field" and understood the story behind it. My mum explained the meaning of the poem to me.

We also read the poem that was written as an answer to it. Both poems were very touching.

I was very inspired by these poems and I wanted to write of my own. I ripped a paper and quickly wrote a short poem. My mom and dad liked it very much . I also showed it to my teachers in school and read it to the whole school in assembly!!

 This is my second poem called - WAR

I shoot you on the shoulder

 Then you start to shiver,

We should not be a fool

And be determined to rule

War makes people die

And other people cry

We will be happy to see

World become war-free.

Poppies at Tower of London

Yesterday, I visited the Tower of London with my parents and my friend Priyanshi. We went to see the Poppy art installation which is there to mark the centenary of World War 1. This means that it is now 100 years since World war 1 began.

 

We went with my mum in the tube, on metropolitan line. I really like travelling by underground trains in London. We played with my Transformers in the train, since our station was a long way from home. Then we met my Dad near his office and walked with him to the Tower of London. There was a lot of crowd to see the Poppy exhibition.

We were lucky because just when we reached we got to hear the bugels play a tune on the speakers. They only play it once every hour, I think. I thought they were playing the national anthem of Britain, but later Priyanshi's dad told us that it was "Last Post" played for fallen soldiers.....even in other parts of the world.

When we got closer it was still crowded, so my dad had to lift us on his shoulders so that we could see better. Finally we got to the front and could see clearly.

IT WAS MIND-BLOWING !!!

 

 

 

It looked like a millions of poppies were spread all around the Tower ! The theme was 'Sea of blood' and it looked like blood was flowing out of the window and spreading on the ground.

It looked very beautiful, but at the same time, we could understand that 'War is not a good thing'. Dad told me that there were more than 800,000 poppies - for as many soldiers that have died in the past hundred years. It made me feel very angry and depressed.

When we went to a grass pitch near Tower bridge we got a better view. Mum told me that thousands of volunteers had worked day and night to create this scene !

Our visit made me think a lot about Wars.

I am trying to read understand more about World Wars and life during War.