Sorry again! (what song will I write this time?)

Soreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee so soreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee that I didn't post in so long.

I don't waaaaaaaant to make this sooooooooooooong too loooooooooooooooong so-

So Long!

I LOST TWO MORE TEETH!

My bottom right-side molar and the molar right next to it!
fun huh?

I am 11!

I turned 11 recently!

Me and two of my best friends, Athena and Jacqueline, had a hang-out/slumber party.

First we went to the Kroc Center in Salem, OR, and swam, then we went to the nearby Cold Stone Creamery, across from the City Center Street mall.

They sung 'Happy birthday' to me and I opened presents.

Then we observed the Playmobil and Calico Critters toys ant the neighboring Learning Palace at the mall, while mom got some Papa John's pizza next door.  Then, afterwards, she bought me some Calico Critters, the Yellow Labrador Dog Family, as another birthday present.

Then we went home, set up the hide-a-bed couch in the living room, and played.

We ate dinner: pizza!

The pizzas were Hawaiian, chicken, and cheese.
We also had some veggies.

Then we watched the Princess and the Frog, and went to bed.

Halfway through the night, Athena crawled under the hide-a-bed to sleep.

We all woke up at around seven, but Athena didn't come out till at least eight-thirty.

Friends- Chapter Eight

 Chapter 8
Thinacy receives an obnoxious letter 

"I never, ever, EVER want to do something like that again,"  gasped Thinacy, out of breath.
 
"How could a simple grenade explode that spooky superstore?" Chyta asked a red-faced Thinnalla, panting and leaning on a tree.
"It was from the 'Scariest Additions' section," Thinnalla answered shortly, in a no-nonsense tone.  "It was a 'Nuclear Grenade'.  The 'buy me!' note on the bottom of the stock rack said, 'surprise your enemies with this "grenade", it will do more harm then they think!' "
"Well, that makes sense," breathed Chyta.
"Well, after you're all done explaining," said Kimcy, "I, for one, think that Kimmie and Thinnalla take too much time and meaningless syllables to say.  And they don't really even sound like names.  What can we call them for short?"
"I think 'Kim' might be just right for Kimmie, " Chyta began, "but, on Thinnalla's part, I don't think anyone would like to be named 'Thin.'  Or 'Fat,' for that matter!"
Thinnalla nodded fiercely.
"Then how about 'Alla'?" Thinacy suggested plaintively.
"That sounds a lot better than 'Thin'," Thinnalla said appreciatively.
  Suddenly, everyone began to laugh.
"Kim and Alla, welcome to the group!" chortled Chyta amid giggles from the others.
Just then, a large, creamy brown envelope fell down.  It had no return address, no postage, no phone number or zip code, but only, in thick black ink, scrawling letters which said:  For Miss Thinacy Cobalt.  
"Huh?" said Chyta, cocking her head and lifting an eyebrow.
Kimcy took action, grabbing the envelope and reading the cursive writing with more comprehension than Chyta's old friend Belize, and shoving the letter into Thinacy's paws.
"It's for you,"  she said. 
"I've never received mail before, maybe it says something else," said Thinacy, but she curiously opened it nonetheless. 
A high-pitched scream, rather musical, emitted from the letter almost immediately.
Words could be discerned through the shrieking:
MISS COBALT LOOK IN THE BUSHES BEHIND YOU AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 IN THE EVENING TOMORROW THANK YOU
YOU WILL FIND A SURPRISING SURPRISE THERE THAT YOU UNDOUBTEDLY NEED AND HAVE BEEN MISSING YOU'RE WELCOME and it repeated on and on.
It became very monotonous. 
Fortunately, it shut up when they rolled out their sleeping bags that Kim and Alla had conjured with their magic wands.
But it woke them up at 6:00 sharp, reminding them about Thinacy's "surprising surprise". 
 At twelve in the afternoon they stopped.  The letter stopped screaming in the middle of it's "approximately".  Thinacy looked behind her.
 Sure enough, there was something moving in the bushes.
Thinacy walked bravely up to the bushes and peered inside.
"Delevine!"  She suddenly shrieked.




FIND THE NEXT PART, CHAPTER NINE, SOON













 

The Ring Of Fire
by Dorathy Dotson

It was a beautiful night, and all was still in Zheralin, capital city of Churebim. Milo and Ally sat together, under the moon. 

One may think this was nothing more than a romantic setting, but Milo and Ally
held an important secret they kept:  They were the chief sorcerer and sorceress of Plydon, a world of magic kept
concealed from the rest of civilization. As a result of the work of the evil  Emperor Xtyrran, Churebim was in danger. 

Their two friends, Otis and Erin, were out on a secret mission in Plydon, trying to find out Xtyrran's weakness, and they would be back tonight at midnight.  That was now only 5 minutes away, and Milo and Ally were eagerly awaiting their return of their companions.

"What do you think, Ally?"  Milo was asking anxiously, his well-cut blond hair erect with concern and fear. "If he has no weaknesses, what should we do?"

"I say we just do the best we can, strike when he least expects it, and go with the original plan!" She smacked a fist down, hard, on the grass, her short auburn hair tossed about by the wind.  Ally always was the forceful one.

"Shhh, here they come," said Milo, a finger to his lips.  He could sense when Otis was transporting, and Erin was with him.

Crack, bang!

And there they were, Erin and Otis, Otis' ginger Mohawk ruffled and Erin's long black hair messy. 

"We found out he's got a weakness- a bad one." Otis gasped for air.

"On the day of the eclipse, Xtyrran will be powerless," Erin added.

There was silence.

"The ring of fire eclipse?" questioned Ally.

"Yup." Otis nodded. "The ring of fire is when we strike."

LATER...

"Here we are," said Ally.

"Gulp," said Erin.

"Here goes," said Otis.

Milo said nothing, but had a rather determined look on his face.

They snuck into the castle of Emperor Xtyrran. 

"Why, again, is he powerless in 2 minutes?" Ally asked breathlessly as they
ran up the Emperor's many flights of stairs.

"He uses Dark Magic, powered by the sun," Otis began, but Ally cut him off.
"Why not strike at night, then?" she said.

"Because," said Otis, "The sun is still out for another part of the world at night.
"The eclipse, however, is for the whole world.   When even one part of the sun, one
fragment of his power, is gone, all his power is gone.  That is one of the drawbacks of Dark Magic!  Full power, or no power.  Such a risk he took!"

The eclipse had begun.

"Hurry!" hissed Milo. They ran.

They arrived at Xtyrran's room.  Erin bravely opened the door.

Xtyrran was...
lounged on a chair, eating grapes.

Ally cleared her throat,"Ahem!"

Xtyrran dropped his grapes, got to his feet, put out his hands, and shouted a killing spell.

Nothing happened.

He tried again.

Still nothing happened.

The Emperor reached for 4 of his daggers.  He threw one at Milo and pinned him down by his hair.  He threw one at Otis and pinned him down by his sleeve.  Xtyrran looked at Ally and Erin, trying to decide who was a bigger threat.

He made a mistake by pinning Ally down by her shirt.

Erin ran behind the Emperor, where in his concentration, he couldn't reach her.
Using a Freezing Enchantment, Erin paralyzed him.

She then grabbed his last dagger, slit his throat, and then freed her
friends.

They then transported home, the Emperor dead and Churebim, and Plydon, safe.
 
THE END!

Mom and Dad flew to HAWAII!

Mom and Dad went to Hawaii!  And left us at our cousins'.  Fun!

Tooth update

I LOST MY OTHER CANINE!!!!!  In a grape!

And my bottom left-side molar, too.
Dad took it out.

Anyways, just thought you'd like to know.


POSTED BY THE CANINE-LESS DORATHY!

Friends- Chapter seven

Chapter 7

They shop at the store of doom

"Okay, that was scary,"  admitted Chyta.
Thinacy was shivering harder than a naked mole rat outside in a  December blizzard, and Kimcy was still huffing shakily.
"A-a-alright, everybody," said Kimcy, rather quietly, "I know a clearing not far from here we can go to.  It's kind of like a forest oasis."
 "O-okay," Chyta and Thinacy agreed.
They started walking in the direction Kimcy pointed.
Ugh, thought Thinacy.  Oh how in the SunArmonian world did I get myself into this? 
Kimcy's thoughts were:   By the Lady Lamina, why oh why didn't I go home when I had the chance?
Chyta thought, Princess Gninthghil!   (Nin-thil)   WHAT is wrong with me?  Oh, those loony, raving idiots, falling in my birthday cake!
"I don't know about you, but personally I've had enough adventures for once!"  claimed Thinacy.
"Then go home!" suggested Chyta.
"I don't have one to go to anymore," said Thinacy softly.
"Oh."  Chyta was silent for the rest of the walk.
They reached a large bunch of trees.  "In here," said Kimcy.
In they went and...
"By the Princess Ria."  Chyta had never cursed before, but now seemed the perfect time to do it.
 Thinacy was speechless.
"This is your clearing?"  Chyta asked Kimcy, angrily.
"What happened?" Kimcy whispered, horrified. 
 It was not a clearing at all, but a LARGE HUMAN BUILDING!
They all dropped to the ground, stealthily.
The ground was dry and barren.  Smoke filled the air, as did the horrible stench of human.
Chyta shuddered.
Thinacy took one sniff and wrinkled her nose.  "Why'd you take us here, for Paradise's sake?"
Kimcy spoke in a hushed voice.  "This was where I lived, when I ran away from home... it was a beautiful oasis, blessed by Lady Rewolf and Lamina.  Who could have done such a thing, without getting cursed?"
Suddenly, an eerie song filled the air.
Thinacy stood up, her pupils growing wider and wider.  Her body turned more rigid, an unnatural smile coming on to her face and staying there.
"No!  Don't listen to it!" exclaimed Chyta through gritted teeth.  Chyta put her paws over her ears, Kimcy following pursuit. 
"Why not? What's wrong with a little... music?"said Thinacy.
Her voice had an un-Thinacy-ish twang to it.  It was almost like 3 Thinacies were talking at once.  She sounded more... ROBOT than human.
Kimcy took her paws off of her ears for a few seconds, stood up, and followed the how-Thinacy-turned-robotic procession: the pupils, the rigid body, the smile, the denial, the voice tripling.
It was all Chyta could do not to fall prey.
Then Chyta had an inspiration.  She army-crawled over to Thinacy's 'magic bag', searched for a while, and, finally, found a bit of spare paper.
She whispered a spell to it-  "Don't let any evil music take its heed on me."
"Evil supermarket," Chyta muttered.  "What next?"
She made earplugs out of it, stuck them in her ears, and pretended to succumb to the power.
The music stopped.  A voice as freaky as the music came on the loudspeaker on the outside of the store.
It was a HUMAN girl's voice.
"Come in," it said slowly, eagerly.
Chyta's friends walked jerkily towards the store.  Chyta followed suit.
Inside, at the front desk, sat 3 HUMAN women.
One was a Caucasian blonde with a hot pink dress, and two of the women were African-American, with long black hair, dark skin, and electric blue dresses, and were younger, about 16 years younger.
Chyta would notice later that the elder had pointed, if not yellow, teeth.
"My name is Chyarata, but call me Chy," said the blonde in the same eerie voice as came from the speaker. 
"Hello Chy," Thinacy and Kimcy said, one after the other.
 Chyta copied.  "Hello Chy."
"And this is Kimmie, and Thinnalla," said Chyarata, nodding to the African-Americans in turn.
Kimmie and Thinnalla each said, "Hi," in turn, when they were nodded to
Chyta noticed that while Kimmie and Thinnalla talked in the same voice as Kimcy and Thinacy,  Chy's voice sounded creepy and free talking as you please.
Maybe Chy had them under her spell, too?
Chyta shivered at the thought.
"Now, may I help you three young ladies?"  Chy leaned across the desk.  "Thinacy, Kimcy, and Chyta, wasn't it?"  She spoke with a French accent, pronouncing Chyta's name Shyta.
"We'd like to see some of the lovely objects..."  Thinacy began.
"...that you have for sale here," Kimcy finished.
"Please,"  added Chyta.
"Well well," sneered Chy, getting up from her swivel chair.
Chyta could see that, evidently, things were going Chy's way.
"Stay here, girls," she said confidently to Kimmie and Thinnalla.
"Yes Madame Chyarata,"  they said, and Chyta sensed a bit of fear and uncertainty in them.
She gave them a passing wink as she walked by, throwing them some paper earplugs.
They looked at the earplugs, and then at Chyta.
"Put them on," she whispered.
They put them on, and Chyta could see the spell go off them.
They waved their thanks to Chyta's back.
Chyta smiled, and walked quicker to catch up to Chy and the others.
"We'll start from the top and work our way down, I think," said Chy gleefully.
They got to the elevator.   They went in and Chy pushed the 5th Floor button.
Thinacy was reading a paper brochure that Chy had given her.
She was currently looking at the
ON THE FLOORS... page.
It said...

5th Floor

Potions and Poisons

4th Floor

Swords and  Spears

3rd Floor

Shields and Armor

2nd Floor

Bombs and Battle axes

1st Floor

Cannons and Magic

Ground Floor

Front desk, Scariest Additions* and Arena

*Note:  Scariest additions have three weeks until moved to their normal categories.  Any special requests ask Chyarata, front desk.

That was all that Chyta  read before Thinacy shooed her away.
"O-okay,"  muttered Chyta.  "Definitely the evil supermarket."  
Chyta tried to look as if she didn't know anything, but it was VERY hard.  
Theoretical explanations ran through her mind, each as silly as the last.
Fake brochure?  Magical trick?  Just a dream?  If it is, it's probably a nightmare.  Too sleepy to understand?  Eyes playing trick on me? Could I be reading it wrong?  How did I read it in the first place?  I can't read!  Can I?
Little did Chyta know, she could very well read, surpassing her own self-expectations.
And this is important later.
The music was playing on the speakers.  
By some even stranger power, Thinacy and Kimcy were showing even more severe signs of dislike such as  moving farther and farther away from each other on the elevator until they got to the top floor.  
"Chy is building on their old grudges," guessed Chyta.
She would never have imagined this, but Thinacy and Kimcy were actually buying things!
To destroy each other, Chyta guessed.
On the 5th floor, Thinacy bought a logic potion that would make anyone believe what the one who drank it said, and Kimcy bought an orange-grey potion that would make a person afraid of any particular thing they were thinking of at the moment.
On the 4th floor, Thinacy bought a bronze sword, and Kimcy a spear that you could light on fire.
On the 3rd floor, Thinacy bought a silver shield, and Kimcy a set of armor.
On the 2nd floor, Thinacy bought a hand grenade, and  Kimcy a huge battle axe called 'The Striker'.
On the 1st floor,  Thinacy bought an Antimatter Cannon, and Kimcy a disappearing spell.
On the Ground floor, Thinacy bought a flamethrower, and Kimcy a poisoned dagger. 
And worse, they asked Chy for advice!
Chyta tried to to follow pursuit, but she just couldn't bring herself to buy anything from this store of doom.
Thinacy and Kimcy started heading for the arena.  
Chyta had no choice but to follow.
"I'm going to have to watch my best friends kill each other," she gulped.
On the arena, Thinacy brought out her shield and sword.  Kimcy brought out her armor and spear.
Chyta stepped into the middle of the arena, laying aside the temporary hazards of what she was doing.
"Wait!" she called frantically, eyes flitting from Chy to her friends, to Chy again.  "You're my friends!  You're friends with each other!"
She turned to Kimcy.
"Why do you think the unicorn turned you into a lioness?  To kill your friend?  One who saved you countless times?"
Chyta didn't know where the words came from, or how she knew them, but they poured out nonetheless.
"What does it matter if she's ruined your plans or been obnoxious, or argued?  Don't all friends?  She's still your friend as much as I, and I know that the real Kimcy would never do such a thing!"
 Then she whirled on Thinacy.
"Thinacy!  What are you doing!  It's not like you have to fight!  Why do you think you found Kimcy?  To kill her?  The same who protected you from certain death?  What does it matter if she acts like a know-it-all or misunderstands you, or bosses you around sometimes?  Don't all friends?  She's still you're friend as much as I, and I know the real Thinacy in there would never do this!"
Thinacy and Kimcy looked befuddled for a moment, but perhaps that was only side affects of Chy's being dumbfounded.
Chyta was about to yell in triumph when two soft, unfamiliar voices behind her whispered:
"Shh, not yet."
It was Kimmie and Thinnalla, the two African-Americans.
"We're going to sneak up on her, can you cause a distraction?"  whispered Kimmie.
Chyta nodded joyfully.
They snuck out of the room, probably to help themselves to Chy's weapons.
Chy recovered at the same time.
She regained her usual plaque-caked smile.
"Nice try, Chyta, but I think you're just going to have to sit back and enjoy the show!"  Her accent was stronger than usual.
She said:  "Roperio!" and shot magical pink ropes out of a wand from the 1st floor, and they attempted to tie up Chyta, but Thinacy jumped in front of her and ate them.
"Tastes like chicken,"  she remarked, her mouth full.
Kimcy laughed, Chyta echoed.
Chy screamed in rage, advancing on them and trapping them in a corner.  She raised her wand, but before she could do anything, Kimmie and Thinnalla burst in with wands, guns, bombs and poisons.
"DISIARMIA!" they shouted, and Chy's wand flew out of her hands.
Chy attempted to grab it back, but Kimmie shot it out of the air with an AK-47, and it crumpled into a heap of useless melted metal.
If Chy's scream was horrible when Thinacy ate the ropes, this was 100% worse. 
"Traitors!" she yelped.
"Not so."  Thinnalla shook her head.  "You are the WORST AUNT EVER!"
 She threw a paralyzing potion at Chy, and Chy was... well, paralyzed.  
"Quick, out!" hissed Kimmie, ushering them out the front door.  "C'mon, Thinnalla!"
"Coming!" Thinnalla yelped.  She jumped out the door, throwing a grenade behind her.
3...2...1... and EXPLOSION!

FIND THE NEXT PART, CHAPTER EIGHT, SOON







 


 
  

Athena's Slumber Party

I got invited to a slumber party at Athena's on the 15th of March.
She was turning 11 this year.
Her real birthday was the 11th, but the 11th was on a Sunday so she had it on the 15th.
Which means Happy GOLDEN Birthday to my cousin Athena!
The other 4 people she invited were: Jacqueline, Taylor, Ayla, and Hannah.
I knew the first and second, but the latter two girls were Athena's school friends, and I'm homeschooled, so naturally I wouldn't know them.
But I got to know them, anyways.
I gave her: a Beanie Ball ( a Beanie Baby in the shape of a ball), a bracelet my sister Courtney made, Glow Sticks, a plush Jolteon (a kind of Pokemon), and a bag of Skittles.
She LOVES Skittles and Jolteons especially.  
So as you can imagine she was pretty happy!
Some of her other presents were: Pokemon cards, Pokemon cards, and a jewelry kit.
Saying Pokemon cards twice was NOT a mistake. 
Two of her friends gave her the same pack of Pokemon cards.
Funny!
Anyway we had a great time.
 
 

Jacqueline Playdate

Me and Jacqueline got a playdate on the 10th of March. 
We played with her forest animal figures, and drew a lot.
Then me, Jacqueline, her mom Jamie, and her brother Johnny, went to the Aquatic Center.
We had a LOT of fun.
How can you not have fun, though, playing with your best friend?
I wonder!
POSTED BY DORATHY DOTSON WHO LOVES HER FRIEND JACQUELINE!



 

Fun Playdate

On Saturday I had a really fun playdate.
 It started when I woke up, did my list, and ate two bowls of Cornflakes, and some grapes, for breakfast.
Then Athena and the other Bassetts picked me and Courtney up for clogging class.
We clogged to "Sway,"  "Friend in Me,"  "Uncle John," and  "Vacation".
My friend Jacqueline was there, too.

Afterwards, we (Me and Athena) listened to my Mp3 player and went to Athena's farm and played a "Bomber man" game.
Then, we went to my Grandma's house and had lots of fun playing, and had lots of snacks for lunch.
Me, Athena, and my other favorite cousin, Katie, had lots of fun playing.

As soon as it was time to go home, me and Athena drove home in the same car, and played all the way home.  Since it was a car pool,  the Bassett's car was at our house.  We had toast and green smoothie for dinner, then we went to bed. 

 
 

Friends- Chapter six

Chapter 6
Dinner goes bad




Well, then,"  said Chyta in her fake cheerful tone,  "About dinner?  It's dark out, with a lovely moon, I think we can risk it!"
"It feels like I haven't eaten for years!"
"I'm famished!"
 Thinacy and Kimcy agreed happily.
"Well then, how about..."  Chyta's eyes fell on a paw-made chicken coop no more than 3 feet away from them.
"...chicken?"
"Alright!"
"That sounds delicious!  But where will you get it?"  Thinacy queried, cheerfully.
Chyta pointed towards the chicken coop.
Thinacy backed away.  "Wouldn't that be, like, stealing?" She asked anxiously.
Chyta reflected for a moment.  She hadn't thought if it that way before!
"It doesn't look like anybody's home,"  she answered finally.  "C'mon!"
Half an hour later...  
"Boy. oh boy, did we catch a chicken!"  hooted Kimcy triumphantly, looking at Chyta expectantly, as if for attention.
"Yeah,"  said Thinacy half-heartedly, after returning with Kimcy.  "Something bad is going to happen,"  she predicted.  "I just know it!"
"Oh, what do you know," Kimcy said rudely, hardly noticing what she was saying.
"Well, I won't say 'I told you so,' " said Thinacy with an air of supreme generosity.
Kimcy looked at Chyta, her eyes begging for praise and attention, like a dog's.  "Can't you see just how annoying that little creep is?"  Kimcy said in an exasperated tone.
"Look, can't we just eat now?" chorused Chyta and Thinacy.
Just then they heard some commotion coming from the chicken coop.
They jumped in a bush, frightened.
A strangely womanly voice rang out.
"Here now, where's Penny...  no, now where is it... oh nice eggs, Betty, now... yes, now those are her paw-prints... now... no, not there... nor there, now... but where then?... ah now, there it is...  there they are now..."
"This 'woman' gives me the creeps,"  whispered Thinacy.
"She sure uses a lot of nows, doesn't she?"  Chyta shuddered.
"Do I know her!"  wondered Kimcy.  "I guess Penny's the chicken we killed..."
"Where is it?" Chyta asked quietly.
"Ah, now there's a good chicken... now, where did I put that... now, it wasn't there, no... do they got it?... no, now, I can't say that, now... well, now... you don't say, now, don't you... oh there it is, now, you naughty chicken..  AHA, now!"
The whatever-it-was turned toward them, sniffing, and found their bush, accident or not, and said, "Kimcy, I know you, now, and I know you're there!"
"WHAT?"  Kimcy whispered in here loudest whisper.  "But it CAN'T be- Tzelly!
"You've told me about her...  wait!  Isn't she your MOM?"  Wow...  Thinacy trailed off, in her most shocked tone.
Chyta was too amazed to say anything.
"MOM!"  Kimcy jumped out of the bushes into a young, beautiful, pure white she-wolf's arms.
"Will you come home now, Kimcy?"  Tzelly asked soothingly
Kimcy withdrew from Tzelly's outstretched arms.  "No," she said.
"Now, Kimcy,"  said Tzelly insistently.
"NO," said Kimcy firmly.  "I've made my decision.  This is my destiny.  I will not become a wolf again."
"Now, fine then," snarled Tzelly.  "I thought you'd come home peacefully, now.  You have chosen force!"
 She didn't much look like a threat- that is, until she pulled out a big gun.
"I brought this babe just in case," she growled threateningly.  She pronounced it "Bay-beh."
Thinacy gulped, and Kimcy hid behind Chyta.
"I am resisting the urge to say 'I told you so,' " whispered Thinacy.
"Now, this is my Time-pass gun," Tzelly sneered.  "I can switch it to Time-Go-Slow mode, or Time-Go-Fast mode, now.
"Time-Go-Slow makes you move so slow, that to move one mile would take a running cheetah 3 days, now!  Time-Go-Fast mode makes Time go so fast, now, that before you've gone three steps, you're an old creature!"
Kimcy turned almost as white as Tzelly, and Thinacy turned a blue paler than pale.
"Now Kimcy, I think I'll shoot you with Time-Go-Slow."  Tzelly revved up her gun.  But just when it shot, and Kimcy thought she was a goner, Thinacy rolled in front of Kimcy and spread out protectively.  Tzelly couldn't stop the speeding bullet.  It hit Thinacy.
"Thinacy,-" Kimcy started, but Thinacy cut her off.
" 'Now' we're even," she said through gritted teeth.
Tzelly was furious.
"I'll shoot you, now, with Time-Go-Fast, stupid blue creature!"  she said, full of rage.
Thinacy flinched and closed her eyes, waiting for the worst.
She heard the sound of a shot...
Only seconds later, a terrible smell reached Thinacy's nose.
She slowly opened her eyes and lowered her arms.  She could move normally again!
Thinacy looked for the source of the smell.  There, at her feet, was a rotting chicken.
Chyta had thrown the chicken in front of Thinacy, to catch the bullet, with perfect timing and accuracy!
Now it was rotten, because time, for the chicken, at passed so fast.
"Well, there goes dinner,"  joked Thinacy.
Howling with anger, Tzelly, her gun with her, ran into the forest.
There was two moment's silence.
"I'm still hungry," said Thinacy shortly.

FIND THE NEXT PART, CHAPTER SEVEN, SOON

More fun snow days!!!!

IT SNOWED AGAIN!!!!!  On the first day of March!
We woke up and found out that there was SNOW, glorious SNOW all over the ground!!!!!
It melted rather quickly, though. :(
Which meant slush.
Well, it was fun while it lasted.

POSTED BY DORATHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Capricious weather

today it SNOWED!  On leap day!  Right before March!  Weird, huh?

Friends- Chapter five

Chapter 5
Chyta becomes famous




Later, Chyta and her friends had run, panting, into the Forbidden Forest.
"Oh, man, now what?  I can barely see a thing!"  Kimcy complained.  She swiveled towards Thinacy.
"Um, Kimcy?"  Thinacy ventured doubtfully.  "When I first met you, you weren't wearing glasses, and you could see fine!"
Kimcy's delicate white face turned rather pink.  "Times change,"  she said, rather shortly.  "Now, Thinacy, I think it's time Chyta knew what we knew about her, which isn't much more than she knows about herself, but she should know it.  So, would you get out the book?"
 "What was that?"  Thinacy scratched her head.
"Just get out the book, will you?"
Thinacy rummaged in her leather pouch, and took out a large book bigger than the pouch itself.
"No, that's not it,"  Thinacy said, scowling at the book before dropping it back in, making an impossible CLUNKING noise, as if the bottom of the pouch was a long way off, and had other things in it...
"Uh...  guys?"  Chyta was starting to feel rather uncomfortable around these mysterious lionesses.  "How did you-"
Thinacy cut her off.  "Later," she simply said.
"THE BOOK, Thinacy,"  Kimcy reminded her, none too gently.
"Where is it..."  Thinacy threw random things out of her pouch, like a rubber ducky, a pack of "Go fish" cards, and a 50-pound weight ("why is that in there?"  asked Thinacy)  that accidentally hit Chyta on the head, until finally finding ("Aha! Here it is!" she exclaimed) a huge, million-page (literally) book with a worn-out leather binding.
Though no doubt very old, the book was beautiful and rather magnificent.
Large golden-and-red letters titled the book:
"ETH KOBO FO DENGLES"

With the silver-and-blue subheading:

 "Eth Nichtollic Soevrin,
 Euvmol Rofu"

 "What in the WORLD does that all mean?"  Chyta wondered, rubbing her smarting head.

 "THE BOOK OF LEGENDS,  The Nichtollic Version, Volume Four,"  Thinacy translated.

"How did you-"  Thinacy cut Chyta off. 

"I can read Nichtollic,"  She explained smoothly.  

"Oh,"  Chyta said sarcastically, rolling her eyes.  "That explains a lot."

"Glad you think so," said Thinacy politely, completely missing the point.  "Who's going to read, Kimcy?"

"You,"  Kimcy said with an air of superiority. 

"And why is that?"  Thinacy returned in the same tone, mimicking Kimcy.

"Because Chyta can't read, and I haven't  got my glasses,"  she retorted angrily.

"What story?"  asked Thinacy meekly.

"The one about Chyta, silly," Kimcy snapped.  "Look, just read, okay?"

"Ahem."  Thinacy cleared her throat.

" ' When the first Rainbow was made by...' blah, blah, blah'...and at the end of it was a pot of gold.  But in the pot of gold was a SunArmon creature, like a gray lioness with green eyes.  It lay among the gold pieces, with only 30 seconds to take in its surroundings, before disappearing to an unknown location'-"

"Ha!"  Interrupted Chyta.  "Unknown indeed!"

Thinacy glared at her before resuming to read..

" ' , never to be seen again.  Whether it has any siblings or look-alikes, relatives or family, is unknown-'" Thinacy slammed the book shut.

"That was no help!"  She wailed, frustrated.  "Sorry, Chyta, but I guess the rest of the world doesn't know any more than we do!"

"Ah, well.  Better keep moving then,"  said Chyta in a fake cheerful tone that hid her feelings inside:  bitter disappointment.

FIND THE NEXT PART, CHAPTER SIX, SOON 

 

Japanese School

There is an AWESOME Japanese school in Sheridan, for 4th to 12th grades.
They hold some Japanese traditions there, like wearing slippers or socks inside the building instead of shoes to keep the building clean. 
It is like a Japanese school with modern adjustments. 
They do not only speak Japanese ( English is their fluent language ),  but the teachers know it, and the students are taught it. 
I went there for a tour.
It was SO FUN!!! ( and I mean so,so, SO fun!!!)
 I have a friend who goes to school there 5 days a week named Emma Jaegar, who is in 4th grade.
The 4th and 5th grades combine classes, so I got to be with her.
This was my classes' order:
Spelling, Exercise P.E, Math, Snack Break, Social Studies,  Lunch, Playing P.E, Science, Japanese, leave.
I want to go to school there someday...


POSTED BY THE JAPANESE SCHOOL-LIKING DORATHY ELIZABETH  DOTSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas Pictures

 This is ALSO late- just not so much.   BY DORATHY!

Halloween Pictures

Sorry this is also a bit late.  Never mind it though.

Christopher's B-day/ BYU football

 This post is kind of ... well, late-coming.  It happened in October, but lazy, lazy me didn't want to post until we found the lost photos to ... well, kind of, help tell the story.  And I've found them.

                                Kids get their picture taken with Cosmo Cougar, the BYU mascot.
                                                    Steven, Jared, Cosmo, Me, Adam

                                                             Parents couldn't resist!
                                                              Mom, Cosmo, Aunt Mary

                                            " Steven and the birthday cupcake",  can he eat it?

                                                        Lunchtime before the big game!

                                                              "Yum.  Cupcakes!!!"

                                              Family picture taken by some nice passerby.

                                                                    Happy Me

                                                The two sisters... Laura Beth and Mary Cate!

                                      Sanford and Christopher: Big Brothers, Best Buds!

 

                                                                                                                                                                                "BYU against OSU,"  says Grandpa.  "2 horrible teams.  Now we'll just find out who's worse." 
                                    Wisdom of a beloved Grandpa just cannot be denied.        

                                                  The BYU cougars won, by the way.           

POSTED BY THE COUGAR FAN, DORATHY DOTSON!!!!!!!!!!!