Bill climbed a hill. He saw a city below.

Bill climbed a hill by pulling on a string tied to a branch because the hill was a very steep hill. He climbed up when no one was looking. It took him just a short time to climb the hill because he used his string.

When he came to the top of the hill, he saw a city with a big sandbox in the middle with lots of children. There were two cities beside it with children running and some of them were playing leap-frog. This made one big, big, big city that was full of kids.

The End

Are You My Mother?

A mother bird sat on her egg, and her egg jumped. She thought the egg would hatch today and she also thought the bird would want to eat. So off she flew. The egg jumped, and jumped, and jumped, and jumped. And then, out came a baby bird. And he said, “Where is my mother? I must find her.”

He closed his eyes and walked with his eyes closed and then, down, down, down, he fell. He walked right past his mother and didn’t notice her but soon he came to a cat, then a hen, then a dog, then a cow. And they all said, “I’m not your mother.” He called to a car, a boat, a bulldozer, but they were not his mother. The bulldozer dropped him right in his nest and soon his mother came. His mother said, “Do you know who I am?” He said, “Yes, I know who you are, you’re not a cat, or a hen, or a dog, or a cow, or a car, or a boat, or a bulldozer, you are a bird and you are my mother!”

The End

The Bears’ Picnic

Father Bear says, “Mother Bear, put your apron away. We are going to go on a picnic today.”  So Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Little Bear go out to look for a picnic spot. The first spot was next to a train track and when they put down their things the smoke went on them so went to another spot. That spot was no good because there was too many people and when they left people kept hitting them with their food that they were throwing away. So they went across the river on a raft and they went to a spot that looked nice. Papa Bear said, “Lay out the picnic things, my dear!” But then all the garbage fell on them so they had to leave. The next spot was too high and a noisy jet flew over them. The next spot was on a cliff, and it started to rain and so Papa Bear went into a cave and Papa said, “It’s dry in here. And warm, too.” Mama Bear and Little Bear left the cave. Then lighting hit the cave and made it blast open. Mother Bear said, “It looks much much too warm for me!”  Papa Bear came running down and followed them and said, “I have the best picnic, you’ll see!” And he followed them all the way home, up the front steps, and into their house and said, “This is the kind of place I mean!”  And they had their picnic at home. The end.

We read the first part of “Rosie’s Special Surprise”

“She looked out over the woods and…”

Rosie was lost. Then a deer came up and she said, “Follow me.” And the deer led Nosy Rosie rabbit back home. Father Rabbit said that she would have her surprise tomorrow. Then she found out what the surprise is. The surprise was that Father Rabbit had left delicious chocolate on a rock! Then Nosy Rosie ate up all the chocolate!

The End

January 4, 2017

Dear Grandma and Grandpa,

Thank you for Candyland. I love it very much. I like playing with it. I bring it to play at the nursing home when Daddy says Yes. We also play it at home a lot. I wish I could play it with  you.

Your Granddaughter,

Emily