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A mysterious place it was. Instead of soft green grass, and tall, sturdy trees, there stood square hard blocks and rough stone grounds. Crickets never chirped, she didn’t even know if there were any. The only true thing was the sky. That was what she loved. How it changed every so often, its soft clouds that she would imagine being curled up on, warmed by the heat of the yellow-white sun.

She was terrified of the night. Scary things came out at that time. Tall things that stood on legs. She envied them. They were not afraid of the night, they had legs to run away on. Point-ears, as my granny called them lurked in the night time shadows. They too had legs, four of them! Their long tails swished as they walked. That was nothing. She was afraid of the eyes. Some were blue or green, maybe yellow but the all had the same menacing look to them. Wild barks replaced the crickets, though no one has ever seen the maker of the sound, and lived.

As she slithered onward a strange rumbling shook the ground. Seconds later lights like two bright eyes glowed yellow. Closer the eyes moved, blinding her. Suddenly she entered a place of peace, she was no longer worried or scared, or alive. she had finally gotten on top of that cloud.

Look out for more chapters of Snake! -Hattie

I had found that the gate to the forbidden zone was not latched, and attempted to close it my self. My Index finger brushed a leaf. Less than a millisecond later shooting pain shot through my finger, like a paper cut on the inside, that was covered in lemon juice and salt. My finger turned red and many white dots appeared. Soon Ingrid ran up and questioned me as I shook my hand vigorously. I ran into the main part of the yard and into the house. I thought it would die down, but after a few minutes the pain still blazed through my finger, so I told my dad. My dad told me to talk to mom. We tried to put cold water on it but it was far too painful, still. Anti itch cream was plopped on to the nettle sting. It soothed the pain slightly. Enough to hold on to things, like rope, or a dog. -Hattie

During our time in Iceland, I experienced many natural wonders. One of them includes the Aurora Borealis. Our hotel was in the middle of nowhere, but it was a nice. It had 2 twin beds and a queen bed. On one of the beds there was an animal fur decoration. My my sister and I draped it around our shoulders and wore it like a cloak. As we played as our dad stood outside and watched the sky. He called us out when the sky grew faint green stripes. They sometimes became clear and rippling and moving across the sky. Eventually we went back inside ready for a long drive tomorrow. Though some 15 minutes later, gasps and screams of excitement and shock came from outside. My dad got out of bed, my sister and I searched for our shoes, and our mom followed us out. We all stood underneath the night sky, faint green strips dancing above our heads. After a few minutes with nothing exciting happening, my sister decided to head back in. My mom told me to go get a coat. When I returned, the sky started to sparkle and dance with green and purple light. It rippled through the night. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. As the shimmering light died away, we returned to our warm beds, ready for tomorrows adventures. -Hattie

Hi. I’m Hattie. I’m an eleven year old girl from a suburb of Chicago. I’m writing to you from Pennsylvania. Why? In order to understand we need to go back in time. Well not really. I’ll explain, you listen. March 9, 2019, Oak Park, Illinois. My dad has a sabbatical year, a year where he’s paid to not go to work. Weird right? Any-hoo, he applied for two jobs. One in Rome, Italy. One in Melbourne, Australia. He got the Australian one. YAY!! So we are going around the world. Here’s the route. Home (Chicago) then Pennsylvania to New York. Then we fly to Iceland, then England to Wales, back to England then Paris, Malta, Italy, Thailand and finally Australia. My Mom wanted me to start this blog as a way for me to keep in touch. That concludes my first blog post. BYE!!!!!!!