Hi Geoff said Mrs. Fletcher.

Hi Mrs. Fletcher! said Geoff

I heard from Joe that you
have lived all over the world.
Is that true, Geoff?

Yes, AND JOE
TOLD YOU THAT?

Yes and we have a country
project coming up.  You and your
family can work on the project
together. Ok, Geoff?

Can I tell you a secret?

Sure, anything.

I am an orphan.

You are? That means
you have been lying to
Joe for the whole day.

No, not exactly.
I did live in all
these different
places, but I was
with different families.
I am in the foster care
system.  I am hoping that
this family becomes my
permanent family!

I did not want to tell Joe
because I thought that he
would think I was different
and would not want to be
my friend anymore,
Mrs. Fletcher.

Geoff, it’s okay.
Everyone is different.
And you should go tell Joe.
I think he would still want
to be your friend.
He is nice and very respectful
of what people think,
so I think you would be fine.

GULP.
Ok, I am
going to talk to Joe.

to be continued…

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I was testing for my black belt.  I was super scared at the beginning of this test.  In the middle of the test I was actually less scared.  At the end of the test I was super duper scared that I would fail the test for my black belt.  But I was super happy that I did it any way.

Hi, my name is Joe.
What’s your name?

Hi Joe.
My name is Geoff
but instead of a J it’s
spelled with a G.
I am the new kid.

Well Geoff do you want to
go the park after school
and I can show you around
North Hampton? said Joe.

Sure.  I would love
you to show me around
the new town said Geoff.

Ok, I will show you around
where my house is after
school.  Is that ok? said Joe.

Yes that’s fine. said Geoff

Here is a picture of our school.
We are the North Hampton
School Jaguars. Is that cool? asks Joe.

Yes! It’s super cool.
I would have been a
Viking if I did not
move to North Hampton.

That means you used
to live in Greenland. Right Geoff?

You are right Joe.
I did live in
Greenland for a little.

A little Geoff?
Did you move a lot?

I was born in Hong Kong.
That is part of China.
We moved all around the world.

Yes! Now we
can be friends forever!

I know!  This is probably
my favorite one of all
the spots I have ever lived
in my entire life.
You are my best friend
out of people I have met.

Yes, I am super glad that
you liked North Hampton
a lot!  Oh, here’s our school.
And you are my best friend too!

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My favorite room in the house is one of the guest rooms because when there is heat it will be my bedroom. Dad said so.  My brother wants to be in the room across from me. There is a door that would separate us from the rest of the house.  The room is big and I will have a lot of room to put my stuff.  I can hear anything that is on the TV downstairs if I am bored.  If Jacob is in the other room I can help him get dressed.  I will have no room for stuff that will pile up in my closet.

If I were a turtle living in a pond, I would eat little fish that swim by me.  I would see birds that see me and try to get me.  When the bird was 10 feet away I would dive into the water.  I would try to hold my breath longer than any other turtle.  My friends would be big fish and turtles, but not big turtles who would bother me.  I would leave the pond a lot to eat flies and stuff.  I would invent basketshell and I would be the best at it.  Basketshell is like basketball but for turtles.  I would also make shellccer which is like soccer, shellkey which is like hockey, and shellcross which is like lacrosse.  And they would become famous games.  I would invent the biggest house in the whole water world and what the turtle would think is the whole world.

A mystery is a story where you figure out what is weird and try to solve it.  People who solve the problems are called detectives.  People who are involved in the mystery are called suspects.  The detectives uncover more problems while trying to figure out what is weird.  Some mysteries are easy to solve and some mysteries are hard to solve.  Clues help the detectives solve the mystery.  The detectives usually get distracted on their cases.  The surroundings usually distract the detective.  The suspects also distract the detective.  What makes a mystery special is sometimes you can figure out what is going to happen and sometimes you can’t.

 

I was turning 5 and birthday party I was already 5 on New Years. Eve.  Jacob that what my name is. 

There are three things I think are important about Aesop:

1. He made stories and was wise.
2. He learned to speak in code
3. He got sold two times as a slave.

The two things I think are important about fables:

1. That they teach lessons.
2. That they live on forever.

I still wonder about:

1. Did Ancient Greece invent any famous food?

I think a mystery is when someone has a problem and they need som one to solve it for them. For an example the blackbird bandit in my book club some one needs help with a problem. That’s what I  think a mystery is.