Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, is a fictional adventure book that takes place in a forest in Canada. The illustrated 20^th anniversary edition is 188 pages. Hatchet is about a boy named Brian Robeson going to Canada to see his dad. His mom gives him a hatchet because it might help him where his dad works. During his flight, the pilot gets a heart attack and dies. Brian is now by himself, because it is a two-seater plane. He crashes in a lake. He needs to find food, help, and make a fire. While he makes shelter and finds berries, he encounters many different animals. One animal scares him. He throws his hatchet and it makes a spark on his cave wall, which gives him the idea of how to make a fire.

Later, he figures out how to catch fish with a spear, which he made with his hatchet. While Brian is looking for good wood for a bow, he hears a motor. He runs back and takes some of his fire and puts it on his bonfire; but, he is too late and the plane leaves. Brian makes a bow using his shoelace as the string. Now that he has a bow, he hunts for meat. He finds small birds, but he cannot see them until they fly off. They have great camouflage, so by the time he attacks, the bird is gone. Brian figures out a way to see the bird and attack it before it flies off. After he finds food, shelter, and fire, a big tornado hits the forest. Everything is destroyed. Now, it is two months since the plane crash.

This book got me thinking about if I am in the wild, will there be mosquitoes and food out there. I like the way he rethinks every single thing that he does wrong and then he has to redo it with a different approach. I liked the idea of how he was a city boy and still survived for two months in the forest alone with his hatchet.

My favorite quote from the book is:

“My name is Brian Robeson,” he said. Then he saw that his stew was done, the peach whip almost done, and he waved to it with his hand. “Would you like something to eat?”

The person who told me about this book liked it very much, so I gave it a shot. I recommend this book if you like a little action and fiction. If you can get Hatchet please give it a try. I think the reading level for this book is around fourth grade to seventh grade.

Spider Story

The spider is red with black and white dots. It is about as long as two pennies. It’s about 3 inches wide and 3 inches tall including the legs.

It has a flat, hard back and a fuzzy tummy. He has four fangs, two on the top and two on the bottom. The top ones are poisonous and the bottom ones are sharp.

If the legs break or fall off, then the legs will grow back.

One day, when the spider was about to go into a house to build his first web, a stray cat ate him. But, the spider was still alive.

The spider felt sad because he did not build a web. Then, he built his first web in the cat. The cat did not like this web in his body. So, the cat spat him out in her hair ball.

When he found a house to build a web and find a mate, the people were not home. He thought, “This is a great house because nobody is here to bother me.” But, he also thought he might not find a mate.

The next day, he built a web the size of a grown human’s hand!

There she was… a lady spider…the best one around. She had bright blue eyes and a white body like fluffy snow. She was the one. Of course, she was going to be hard to get. So, the male spider built one huge web the size of two human hands!

The female spider loved him. She laid 1,000 eggs! They lived happily ever after with 200 spider lings.

The End

old games

Hello friends and other people. I would like to ask you people out there "What is your favorite game that is old?" Mine are Pacman and chess.

Little Red Riding Hood – Michael’s Version

Once upon a time, there was a little girl. Her name was Robin Hood. Noooo…..her name was really Little Red Riding Hood. Her uncle was Robin Hood.

One day, she made chocolate chip cookies for her grandma. She had made three chocolate chip cookies the size of her face.

Later that day, she dropped two of her cookies in a bush because she was scared of something in the forest, and dropped the last one by a tree. It turns out that the thing she was afraid of was the big bad wolf. The wolf had killed a bird and left a bloody trail.

Little Red Riding Hood stuck her body inside a tree because she was frightened. Then she stuck her head out to see if the wolf was still there.

This tree had powers to get her to her grandma’s house by teleportation. So, off she went!

When she got to her grandma’s house, the grandma asked, “Why are you here!?!” She said, “I made you some chocolate chip cookies.” The grandma asked, “Where are they!?!” Little Red Riding Hood said, “The big bad wolf ate them.” Of course, the grandma could see through lies. So, the grandma was very angry. She said, “Little Red Riding Hood, tell me the truth. Where are my cookies!?!” Little Red Riding Hood said,” I dropped them in the forest.” The grandma was mad because she had no cookies to eat. Then they made chocolate chip cookies at grandma’s house.

The End

Cool Game

Hey, y'all, this might be my last blog for months. I thought this game was pretty fun. The pictures might not be the best. I want the truth when you comment. It is fine if you say you don't like it.

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Bunnies

Once upon a time, there was a bunny named Little.
He had three brothers.
He told them about a carrot bush.
Then they all went to go get carrots.
One of the brothers said that carrot bushes don’t exist.
Then another one of his brothers found a new carrot bush.
They took all the carrots out and went home for dinner.
They ate all their carrots and were full.
The next morning, they wanted some carrots for breakfast.
They went to the bushes and there were five carrots left.
All of them thought the carrots grew magically.
It grew five carrots every day.
So every morning, the bunnies went to get carrots.
Until one day….
There was a big mean bunny named Josh from a different famly.
He ate all the carrots that were in the bush.
The bunnies were very sad.
Then the next morning, the bunnies went to get carrots and all of the carrots were gone.
They thought Josh ate them.

A long time ago, they found a big carrot and they called it the “King of the Carrots” and it was the god of the carrots or so they thought.
They asked the great god if he could make more carrots for them because they were sooooo hungry.
So the god said he will give them carrots if they gave hime a bunny tail.
If they did, they would have hundreds and hundreds of carrots.
The god said they can make carrot soup, carrot salad, carrot pie, carrot cake, and much more.
They were thinking of whose tail they were going to give.
Then they said “Let’s give Josh’s tail.”
They thought and thought about how to get his tail.
Then Daddy bunny came home with Mommy bunny.
Then all the boys told them about the carrots and mean old Josh.
Then Mommy bunny, Daddy bunny, and all the boys had a great idea.
All of them made a bunny trap and captured Josh’s tail.
Then they gave it to the great god of carrots and the god gave them hundreds and hundreds of carrots.
Then they made carrot soup, carrot salad, carrot pie, carrot cake, and much more.

THE END

P.S. I wrote this story and painted the picture.

Mini Clip

Mini clip is a website that has fun games. My favorite game is Club Penguin. First you chose the color that you want your penguin to be. After that you play. If you wait for about 30 days, then you can be a spy and a tour guide. You can play games to get coins. I have been a member before and it is very fun. I hope you will join soon.