Help!

"I love this forest and I love Mars, we are so happy here," said Mr.Bunny. "I know but it's getting late to go to work, we have lots of carrots and lettuces to harvest," said Mr.Turtle. "Wait I want to see my children play." "Oh well, I'll see you there."

"The police reported five missing animals, where could they be?" said Melchor. "I don't know," said Mr.Bunny, "it's the first time that something like this happens."If more missing people are reported you should stay with them at home but there's no problem now, they could be camping in the tall pines." "Okay, call me if someone else is reported missing." Don't worry, I'll protect all of you residents of this beautiful forest."

Many stores were seeing their security's video tape because the missing people were last heard to be in a store. There was something strange there, something like a dragon.

"Yes, a dragon!" said Melchor. "Someone needs to react rapidly," said Mr.Turtle. "We don't have enough bunnys to help us harvest the crops and there is only a small amount of food." "I am going to be the hero, I am going to get this dragon and send him far away to Pluto," said Melchor.

Melchor started to investigate. He once saw the dragon that was kidnapping the bunnys and he followed the dragon to a weird cave. Melchor had discovered that Gerferd, a terrible monster ordered the dragon named Elliot to bring him bunnys for his dinner.

Melchor was spying Gerferd when Gerferd came up to him and said "What are you doing in my cave? If I see you again I would kill you and I would destroy your planet completely." " But you need to stop taking our rabbits, find food somewhere else!" said Melchor. "You dont talk to me again. Bye forever !!!!" Gerferd screamed.

Melchor went running away, he was afraid that Gerferd would kill him. Even though Melchor was away from Gerferd he could see everything Elliot and Gerferd were doing because he had supervision.

Melchor decided to dress up as a Dragon so he could win Lucifer's attention and then it would be easier to get to Gerferd. Melchor could change Elliot's way of thinking so Elliot became a good person. Melchor and Elliot now worked together to send Gerferd to Pluto where he could be very far away and never to return.

"Hurry up Elliot!" Melchor said. "I am coming," Elliot responded. "We are so lucky that Gerferd is asleep so we need to act rapidly," said Melchor. "Ok, I´ll get the high speed traveling spacecraft."

"Got it. Now place him carefully without waking him up." Elliot said. "One, two, three. All ready, now turn this spacecraft on and say goodbye." "Bye Gerfered" said Elliot. "Ha, ha, ha... there he goes never to return." Melchor said happily.

Now Gerferd was living alone in Pluto and there was happiness in the forest and in Mars. There wasn't such a dramatic loss of people in this forest of Mars again.

Through the Hot Sahara

I just read an interesting article about people in Africa that travel through the Sahara desert to trade salt for gold or gold for salt. The first thing that amazed me was that the journey was 450 miles, I think that is pretty long!! The temperatures are really high, I dont understand how a human being could walk across the Sahara wrapped with robes and turbans all around his body. I would never do that kind of trips. Those Africans need to be very srong to support the high temperatues and the lack of fresh water. Another thing that surprised me when I was reading the article was that it said that camels could last a whole month without water, I wouldnt last even a day without water.

I think that Africans are such great workers because the Europeans once had them as slaves so they learned how to work hard and how to win their independence by working together. I would honor Africans because they are people that suffered very much and they got discrimanted by others especially the Europeans. Africans need to have rights as everyone does and they need to be respected even if they are people very different from you.

If you are buying salt in Timbuktu, Africa, it's good to think how much work the people needed to do to find this salt. This happens as well with king crabs of freezing oceans, many people die in this jobs and they need to suffer very much but at the end they dont gain the money they deserve. Miners and camel-drivers make a living by the markup price or the money they gain when they sell the good to another person. For example, if you buy a bag of salt by 2 dollars and you sell it by 4 dollars, the money you gain is 2 dollars.

I think this is an unfair system of selling goods across the Sahara because you work more than what you gain. The system should be that you work the same than what you gain. Many people also have an unfair working system but we cant do anything about it, they choose the job that they want to do.

There is a good thing happening and it is that there is forming a new way of selling goods through lorries. I think it is a great opportunity for miners and camel-drivers because camels take a month to cross the Sahara but lorries, or trucks, only take a week. I dont think that people will continue walking across the Sahara, this tradition will disappear in a few years because so many people will be shipping their products in lorries or by boats through rivers such as the Niger River.

Joey Pigza.

I have been reading a book in Spanish class called Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, it talks about the hyperactivity of kids. This story makes me think that how could a child be so hyperactivity when he is trying to control himself. Sometimes you do things that you don't really think of and it may cause you problems. This doesn't only happen in hyperactivity but with normal persons like when you hurt someone's feelings and you didn't knew that this person felt bad and that what you said was wrong. This is a lesson for everyone: to think before acting because if you don't think well what you do, it would sometimes result in great damage.
I think that Joey wants to grab the attention doing this strange things such as swallowing a key but he just brings more problems. Joey needs someone that would make him feel important and that would give him love so he recognize what he really is. If I was her mom or teacher I would have maid sure that he has at least one friend to hang with, a sport or an art where he can express his feelings. I wouldn't keep Joey from not doing things that his classmates or other people can do because then he will feel terrible and he would like to grab the attention again. I wouldn't fix hyperactivity with drugs because then that person will be sad all day long and it is like there wasn't any more solutions to the problem and there really is.
I really don't know the exact explanation of how Joey acts the way he does, I just think that this problem or sickness passed from generation to generation because his grandmother and dad had also hyperactivity. Maybe when Joey was baby he played too much or had another similar problem that could affect him with hyperactivity for a long period of time. The only thing that I am sure of is that kids with hyperactivity want to grab everyone's attention.
Joey makes me think of a special boy in school that I know, he is not the way he wants to be and he is always grabbing the whole school's attention. This kid that I know says weird words from a sudden and he laughs all day long. One time a person told me that this kid hopped on the library's tables and danced. Kids like him and Joey need great parents that would teach him manners and how to behave properly. This kid wants to be popular and cool but nobody likes him, he is known in the whole school for the stupid things he does. He talks to strangers and says whatever he has in mind.
I would like to study more things about hyperactivity because I would have like to handle this strange boy and help others that have the same problem. Maybe later on I would become a psychologist or something, I have the talent to go well with kids.

A Terrible Holiday

Once I lived a terrible holiday, it was December in a farm in Panama. I was with all my family including 1 cousins, uncles, parents, and grandfathers. We had a great week in the farm and all what we did was ride in motorcycle. The farm was very 2 pleasant, relaxing, and urban. We had a stream that flowed near by and sometimes we went there to have a very cold bath. Other times we did picnics and we also went to find adventure walking or swimming along the stream. Every day in the early morning we went to the barn to feed the pigs and to milk the cows. My uncle worked at the farm in the morning, in the afternoon, and in the evening. He also 4 jogs, he travels, and he cooks.
5 No, this is not the terrible thing, it all started when my dad decided to skate. He said that he was a skater in the university and he knew how to handle the skateboard really good. My cousin that was a skater, tried it first. 6 Picking up speed, he balanced himself moving from one side to the other. My cousin was a professional. Then, it was my dad's turn, he wasn't nervous at all but I was. My dad hopped on top of the skate and headed to the end of the steep street. I saw that something wasn't right, few seconds later my dad was in the ground all scratched and hurt. His problem was that the skate couldn't support his weight, and he didn't balanced side to side as my cousin did.
We picked him up very carefully and we went very fast to the farm to heal him. This was very bad because it was Christmas eve and the next day we were going on a trip to a nearby island. For me it was very sad seeing my dad in those terrible conditions while I was having fun.
7 Whenever we were going to the beach, I stayed with him to make some company.
Me and some other family members took care of my dad for the rest of the vacations and believe me that is not so cool. 8 Back in Cartagena, my dad was healthy again.

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Cartagena during this season...

In October people have a very mean way of thinking. The city gets noisy and very disorganized because of Halloween. One thing that is very common during this time is a type of firework that we call "buscapie" which means feet finder. People of all ages light them for fun especially at nights were they cant be seen so much. I don't know why October is so violent in Cartagena, people start kidnapping, stealing, and killing others. I always prefer to stay at home relaxed seeing movies or something like that. I had known about people in school that have been victims of robberies where they get fooled by robbers, we always need to have some security rules such as not talking to strangers, not giving out your personal information and not being with people that you suspect from. It is also important to call the police and know it's number when something happens to you or you are the witness of some case.
In October the candidates of miss arrive to Cartagena when the new miss will be elected so there is also some a source of disorder in that. We are famous for the carnivals, parades and parties that we make. Each representative is on a wagon decorated with many things and she is disguised as something typical of it's region. Because we have beaches and bays we also make water parades where each candidate waves at people from a boat. In all this "parties" Cartagena residents and other people throw water and flower to other people, sometimes they throw things worst than that. The participants also enjoy Cartagena's hotels and beaches while they have pictures taken.
All this things would make this beautiful city a mess but we also have a major problem that is that the tide is getting higher and higher every day. The streets are almost not transitory and in every corner you would find a big "lake" of water. Maybe this has to do with "el ni?o" when the climate is kind of crazy.
The making of the movie written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez also affects Cartagena because there are many famous actresses and actors in the city. People are making castings so they could be an extra or something. In the movie Cartagena should look like if it was in the 1800's so the streets of downtown Cartagena had been changed, there are like tents around the streets. Women are dressed with long dresses and men are dressed with jackets and ties.
Some times there is a lot of traffic because of the new transport of fast buses that is going to be called Transcaribe. The city is redoing the streets so the buses can have it's own path.
There are other many things that are affecting Cartagena but this are the main ones.

Problems

I like to solve problems making a compromise where the people in the problem give up something but at the end they are all happy. Sometimes a bad habit is to say bad words but this is very difficult because in Cartagena we do that a lot. Other bad habits is to kick or punch the person, I only do that with my sister that is 11 years old. When I am under pressure I often use the strategy of walking from the person and leaving them discussing alone. A strategy that I sometimes use when I have time to reflect is to think first what I am going say or do and then act. This helps a lot and it would be good that I could do this when I am under pressure.

I had a problem very recently with a friend when we were in tennis classes. I had finished doing the laps around the court when I asked my friend this stupid question: "isn't that shirt a pajamas? Because I have one that is very similar and it is a pajama..." She told me "don't be so rude!! You are so bad educated!!!" and she gave me a frown. I was in shock, I didn't know that it would be such a thing, but she was right. This person told what had happened to a friend so I was left like trash. I felt really bad about what I have done. I didn't need to ask her that kind of question, it was my mistake. I try to fix my mistake by offering her some water and treating her like if nothing had happened. I think this person is really cool and I hope that she still likes me after this situation because I like us to be friends for ever. I learned that I need to think what I am going to say not one time but two or three times. Also I need to say:"would I like someone to tell me that?" and if not I wont tell her what I was thinking.