Piano Recital- gulp!

I had a piano recital.  It was scary-  gulp.
I played Bill Grogan's goat, There Is A Green Hill Far Away, Largo, Mexican hand clap (Chipanecas), and Barn Dance.
Sister Mattern(my piano teacher) served Peanut-Butter "Rice Krispie" treats and cubed watermelon and cantaloupe.
Then she gave me and her other students a porcelain figure of Mozart. It was funny because it was only his head.  It's called a "bust".
POSTED BY THE ONE AND ONLY MUSICAL... DORATHY ELIZABETH                                                                                                                DOTSON!!!!!!!!!!

Anne Frank Ballet

We( That is to say, S, C, A, Me, and Aunt Mary) went to a ballet of part of the life of Anne Frank.  It was very sad, as some ballets are.
It was mostly about their life in the attic before the concentration camp.  I really liked it.
I wish I could have taken pictures.
Posted by Dorathy!

Girl's Clubs

My mom and I go to a Girl's Club.  We learn about famous women such as Molly Pitcher, Amelia Earhart, and Helen Keller.  This time we learned about Emily Dickinson, a famous poet.  I lead the discussion.  Some questions I asked were:
How are you like or unlike Emily? What do you think about her?

Since it was St. Patrick's Day, my mom brought green Jell-O, which was quickly eaten.  We also had strawberries and bananas in a strawberry cream dip.

I also have a different Girl's Club, called the "Literary Girls". My mom and I are always in charge. We practice plays and share stories and play games. It is a lot of fun.

A Day at the Zoo

We went on a field trip to the zoo.  It was so fun!  
We went there with Hannah, Seneca, Leah, Mara, and Amber.  
Leah brought her toy sea lion in a homemade aquarium made out of a box.  
Me and Leah sang "Eye of the Tiger".  
We had a big, expensive lunch with things Mom usually doesn't buy, like Lay's potato chips- a big bag- and cheese bagels.
We got to the zoo store.  Each of us picked a necklace, and Mom got a zoo medicine cup to take "Professor Cayenne" in.
IT WAS AWESOME, I WISH YOU COULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!!!!!!!! 
As always:D POSTED BY DORATHY!

Teamers: A story of dreams, faith, friendship, love, and teamwork

Once upon a time, there was a land not very different from ours. But instead of people, there were creatures-  Chararanas. So many Chararanas, it would take years to tell you about all of them.  There were Cealas, Aellas, Socceras, Sapphiras.  Half had good intentions, half not.
The good Chararanas were all in teams of six, with different names,describing the team's intentions, or their personalities: Team Courage, Team Solar, Team Sport.  But they all came together and vanquished all evil, and this is how:

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In the city, some Chararana teams bumped in to each other(literally) and decided to vanquish all evil.  Little did they know, their real battle, intertwined with personal destiny and fate, had only begun...

"In a world of good and bad,
Only one thing to be said,
One must defeat the other, 
Friend to friend,
Sister to brother, 
Fill with love for one another,
If we're smart,
The good will win..."  Team Courage sang, cleaning up their little room shared by all the teams, which at times got very messy.  Everyone was singing now...
"If we all decide we want to know,
Soon the battle will be done,
For if we stick together,
No matter what the cost,
Soon the good side will have won,
And the evil side has lost."  
"Wow," said a Tennara named Dentin.  "Look at this place.  Clean as a whistle!  What do you think, Joe?  Joe?  Joe! I said what do you think!"
"Perfect," breathed Joe, a Soccera.
"Glad you think so, Joe," said Dentin. "Only I think it would be better if there was wallpaper-" Joe cut him off.
"What are you talking about?"  Asked Joe.
"What are you talking about?" Dentin answered.
"You first."
"The room, silly."
"I was talking about her," Joe said softly, a dreamy expression coming onto his face as he gazed at Sapphira.  "She's beautiful!" He sighed.  Sapphira walked right by the bed they were sitting on, causing him to faint.
"Ah, Joe," Grinned Dentin. "Silly old guy."


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In a world of good and bad,
Only one thing to be said, 
One must defeat the other,
Friend to friend,
Sister to brother,
Fill with love for one another,
If we're smart,
The good will win," sang Joe as he emptied the trash.  "I wonder why everyone thinks doing all this is necessary.  All I ever dreamed of is elsewhere.  Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Grandma.  Santa Fe, here I come!"  Joe sang the chorus:
"If we all decide we want to know,
Soon the battle will be done,
For if we stick together,
No matter what the cost,
Soon the good side will have won,
And the evil side has lost."


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You  know, I think Sapphira's got herself a boyfriend," Whispered Emralid with glee.
"You evil-  Don't poke fun at her!"  Starlia exclaimed.
"Look," giggled Emralid.
Starlia looked and saw Joe with that dreamy expression on his face again, staring at- you guessed it- Sapphira.  Ceala glanced over and scowled.
"If he hasn't anything better to do than empty the trash, I'll give him something to do."  And with that, she strode over to Joe with great authority.  Glancing at Joe and chuckling to herself, Sapphira resumed sweeping.
"In a world of good and bad..."

The whole world will know!  The whole wide world, Joe- Joe?  RRRRRR!"
Joe was in his dreamy state again, and Dentin didn't like it.  He was leading a big strike with all the teams, and his team was starting it!  And Joe was
3rd-In-Command in Team Sport, Dentin's team!
"JOE!  GET UP, YOU LOUSY DREAM HEAD!  GET UP, CURSE YOU!  BLAST IT ALL, GET UP NOW, Y-YOU!!!!!!!!"  Poor Joe.  Dentin's not going to appreciate this when Joe does get out of his dream state.
Later...




What will it take to stop this?  Are we ready?" Asked Dentin on top of the fountain in the middle of the now deserted inn the Teams had been living in.
"YES!!"  Came the outcry.
"Even if the odds are against it, will we do it?"
"YES!!"
"Now say this oath:
I,                                        ,  (your name) promise to carry on with this strike until we win."
"I promise..." (Et cetera) Echoed the rest.
"After all, if you've got 100 voices singing, who can  hear a lousy whistle blow?"
Challenged Joe.
"Hear, hear!"  Starlia said.


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Santa Fe Train:   $3,598,698 per ticket?  This is ridiculous!  I need $2,594,432 more for just one ticket!  Ah well.  I can't take Sapphira with me then," marveled Joe, looking at travel papers.

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    6/29/33      Sapphira      

"In a world of good and bad,
Only one thing to be said,
One must defeat the other,
Friend to friend,
Sister to brother,
Fill with love for one another,
If we're smart, 
The good will win.
If we all decide we want to know,
Soon the battle will be done,
For if we stick together, 
No matter what the cost,
Soon the good side will have won,
And the evil side has lost," Sapphira wrote in her journal.
"Ever since I made that old prophecy into a song, if our teams had a theme song, it wuold would be this.  Joe is falling in love with me, and I must say I am doing likewise.  In 2 days we will go on the strike.  If this sounds crazy, you're right.  Quote: 'There is no such thing as an organized life'.  Sadly, Miestra Fablo is right.  Life is a crazy ordeal, there is no escape." 


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This is the day!  We'll get those thieves!"  Dentin proclaimed.  "Even if we get hurt, will we stop?"
"NO!!!"  Everyone shouted.
"In a world of good and bad,
Only one thing to be said,
One must defeat the other,
Friend to friend,
Sister to brother,
If we're smart,
The good will win.
If we all decide we want to know,
Soon the battle will be done,
For if we stick together,
No matter what the cost, 
Soon the good side will have won,
And the evil side has lost,"  sang everyone, Sapphira loudest of all.
They opened the enemy's doors... and fought.
Starlia....
"Huh-huh-huh-huh," panted Starlia, running from Electo, a man with spiky yellow hair in a ponytail and electric weapons.
Where is my sling? She thought desperately.  Everyone knew Starlia was good with marbles...
Sapphira....
"Take that!" Sapphira shouted at Statica,  Electo's wife. "And that and that and that..
                                                 
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Thank you for driving the thief Chararana away.  Here is the reward money, all $2,594,432," said some Chararana police.
"Thanks," said Dentin, awed.


And I love you,
So much I can't say...
Romantic music played on the stereo in the dining room where Sapphira and Joe were eating.  They almost kissed, but Sapphira's watch beeped it was bedtime.
"Goodnight," they said at the same time.

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Good-bye, Sapphira," whispered Joe. "I'm off to Santa Fe!"  And with that, he grabbed his savings and the reward money, and ran off into the night...

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Has anyone seen Joe?"   Sapphira sounded worried.
"Or the money?"  Complained Oriana, limping over with a stubbed toe.
"No Joe or money?" Dentin said, every syllable trembling with rage.  "He's gone and bought a ticket to Santa Fe!"
Sapphira couldn't even think about Joe for weeks.

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Knock, knock, knock.
"Who would think of knocking here?"  Oriana grumbled but opened the door nonetheless.  She gasped.  The thieves were back!!!!!!!


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Mom!  Dad!  Grandma!  Grandpa!"  Joe seemed half-hearted.
"Dear, are you sure this is what you want?"  Asked Joe's mom, reading Joe's mind, as always.
"No," said Joe.  "Someone else I love more..."

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Hi-yahh!"   Sapphira yelled, presently kicking down Statica. "You are going dow-ooon!  Woo-ooh!"
 Meanwhile, Oriana didn't seem very happy.  "Electo, you rotten- you stinking-   ooh!" She said, chasing Electo.   Electo had knocked out Siusan, 3rd in her team, and was about to start on Dentin...

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Joe raced to the old inn, to find Amycuss (Statica's sister) chasing Sapphira.
Just when Amycuss cornered Sapphira,  Amycuss fell, knife sticking out, to reveal Joe.  And he was positively furious.
"J-J-Joe?"  Sapphira stammered, breathless.
"Come on, Sapphira," he shouted.  "We've got a promise to keep!"

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So, the teams defeated the thieves.
And Joe (a.k.a Mr. Blockhead) and Sapphira got married as soon as possible.  No, literally!  As soon as they defeated the thieves,  Joe proposed marriage with a lovely sapphire ring.  And what do you think she said?
"Yes, Joe!"

The Marriage:
Therefore I pronounce you Chararana and wife," said the priest.
After awhile, almost everyone was gone.  Then, soft singing came from the back rows...
"In a world of good and bad..."  Sapphira turned her head.
"Only one thing to be said..."  Joe and Sapphira sung along.
"One must defeat the other,
Friend to friend, 
Sister to brother,
If we're smart,
The good will win!"
"Teams!"  Exclaimed a teary Sapphira...
 The End, Almost 
At the reception, Ceala created an expertly made wedding cake.
Sapphira's bouquet was geraniums, lilacs, rhododendrons, and forget-me-nots.
When Ceala caught the bouquet, she and Dentin looked at each-other meaningfully and winked...


THE END!!!!!!!!!