Harry Potter is a very popular book written by J.K. Rowling. This book has had over 500 million copies sold, making it the most sold book ever. This is a very good book to read, with action, and twists through-out the series. This is one of my favourite books I’ve every read, and you will be hooked into the book immediately. This is arguably one of the best books every written, all in a 7 book series.

So that you understand this book, I will explain the basics to you. Harry Potter is an orphaned kid, stuck at his abusing aunt and uncles house. He looks like a normal kid (not including the lightning shaped scar on his forehead) but occasionally things will happen to him that science can’t explain. One time, he was getting chased by bullies by a school, when all of a sudden he was teleported onto the roof, but life would continue you normally for him. That is, until he got a letter from Hogwarts. His uncle upon seeing it, freaks out, and takes Harry all over to keep him from this school, but no matter where he goes, Harry keeps getting letter after letter after letter. Finally, the school sends Hagrid, a man 2 times the size of any other. Hagrid is nice to Harry, and tells him the truth. Harry is a wizard. From there, Harry goes to school, and learns about his fate being connected to the most powerful and evil wizard ever. Lord Voldemort. He will have to thwart his plans, or else the world will be under Voldemort’s control forever.

All in all, this is a very entertaining book, that you will not be able to put down. This book is written very well, and has the perfect amount of emotion, action, and magic. I would recommend this book to anyone, even adults. So if you ever need something to read, give this book a try. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter

If you haven’t heard, a couple days ago, there was a massive car accident Dallas Texas. It was -4 degrees Celsius, and raining, making for slippery, but invisible ice. As you know, this will make it impossible to stop in little amount of time, especially for something like a semi. This is the story of how 9 people have died in a car crash.

From what I can tell, it started when one person lost control. They skidded and stopped sideways, making it impossible for some to pass. Because they couldn’t stop, smaller trucks and cars would run into each other, blocking the road completely. At first it looked sort of funny, small cars bumping into each other not going very fast. However, the humor in it was soon gone as a semi truck came into view, going around 60-80 kph. As you can guess, this did not result in something good. The truck hurtled into the crash, destroying and pushing the cars in front of it. If you think that was bad enough. It wasn’t over. That’s right, another semi was coming, going faster than the last. Upon impact of the other vehicles, only death was to follow. One pickup truck did a full front flip, and many cars were wrecked.

In all this, 9 deaths are reported, and more is to be expected. All over the State of Texas, many accidents have been happening, this being the worst of them. This was a terrible incident, and this has changed many peoples lives. If you want to learn more about this crash, there is a lot of information on it on the internet, and here is a video on what happened. (BTW, this video has some bleeped out swearing)

Rocket League is a popular video game all over America of today. This game has over 10.5 million copies sold, and has a perfectional level of play. In this game, you can play with other people in a verity of sports based play. This is a family friendly game, and is rated everyone. This game is very fun to play, and is cool to learn to get better. There is lots of little tricks you can learn in this game, so you can always get better.

In this game, you control cars to score goals using a ball, or puck. This may sound boring, but when you start playing, you will quickly get addicted. When you start playing this game, it may seem like there isn’t much to learn in this game, just drive into a ball and watch it go flying through the air, right? But this game has much more to it then what you first see when playing. If you look at high level play (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfqG6jx5x9o) you can see that there is another layer to this game. Through time and practice, you can train yourself to learn how to do all this stuff. Things like air dribbling, flicking, and wavedashes will seem impossible at first, but you will eventually be able to do these things.

One thing this game has that is different then in some other games, is that not all things are know about the game. For example, at the start of the game, all sorts of new tricks were found (called mechanics). Mechanics like the musty flick, and the flip reset are some examples of this. New mechanics are being found all the time, and can change the way the game is played.

Rocket league is a really fun game to play, and is enjoyable for all levels of players. This game is a great game to get, and is really satisfying when you perfect them. This game is always changing, and fun to practice and play on, making this one of the best video games in the world.

A Day in Spring

There are many ways you can think of spring. You could think of it as a time of happiness or fun, but I like to think of spring as a new beginning. It is the time of year when flowers bloom, trees turn green, and animals come out after hibernation, after a cold, colourless winter. It is an achievement for people and animals alike because it means that you have gotten past another hard winter, and things are going to get easier. Spring is a beautiful time of year, and is so nice because of the bloom of plants, the birds and animals, and all the colour everywhere. 

Imagine this, it is a cool, breezy day, and you are going for a walk outside. Everywhere around you, trees are slowly turning green, flowers bloom all around you, and everything seems so bright. When you look around, and breathe the crisp spring air, you decide to explore. Splashing through icy puddles, you walk through the freshly budding trees, and smell the fresh air. While walking through the woods, you look up, and in the branches, birds of all colours are chirping happily in the trees. Bright blue jays, glowing orange orioles, and electrifying yellow goldfinches. You look down to see soft green grass, and lie down in it, looking at the cloudy blue sky. You watch the fluffy, pure white clouds, that seem to be cotton candy. You feel the warm sun on your body, and your eyelids slowly close…  

Waking up, you roll onto you stomach, you see a deer close by you. You examine the creamy brown coat, and the graceful way the deer walks on the moist, green grass. Getting up it runs away startled, bounding across the forest floor. You notice a particularly big oak try, towering in size, and you decide to climb it, digging you hands into the rough, brown bark. You climb up to a large, stable branch. At this height, you can see all around the forest, the hues of colour coming from the nearing sunset. As you marvel at the sunset, looking at the beautiful blends of orange, red, pink and purple, it reminds you of a painting, but seems to have an unnatural glow, that you cannot find in a one. You look around at the newly blooming trees, different colours everywhere from the glow of the final light. Looking up, you see the far away lights from the stars, as the daylight ebbs away. You slowly climb down the tree, digging into the jagged bark to slow yourself down. Jumping off, the soft dirt absorbs the impact, and makes you appreciate how much has changed since winter. It is not the same as it was 3 months ago.  

It will soon be possible to go swimming, and the hot summer will be here soon bringing sports like soccer and baseball back the communities. You know that it will soon be time to go camping, and fishing in the coming warmth. Fields will be planted and bring life to them. There will be a lot to look forward to in the coming spring. 

Why You Should Get a Dog

You may think dogs are just cute, furry animals, but there is a lot more to a dog then it is looks. Dogs have been found to be quite intelligent, and help people with their mental health, and physical health. It has been found that people with dogs have lower blood pressure, and it is even been shown to help with speech development. Dogs are a great pet to get, and they will always be there for you. It is defiantly worth it to get a dog.

It has been proven that dogs help your mental health. Things like self-esteem, stress levels, and confidence has been showed to improve. Young children also benefit from getting a dog. Young children with dogs are found to share more, and be less self-centered. It helps kids with social skills and confidence, along with speech development too. If you have a  dog, you know that they will make you feel better when you’re  stressed or sad. In fact, Dr. Thomas Lee, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School said,” I think the data are pretty compelling that people with dogs have better health.” This proves that dogs will benefit your mental health greatly.

Did you know that having a dog affects your physical health?  In fact, a study in Japan, with over 5000 people in it, showed that dog owners are 54% more likely to get the required activity, then people without dogs. Dogs have been found to reduce blood pressure, heart problems, and cholesterol levels. Because a dog requires you to walk them, and give them attention, dogs will keep you active. If you have higher blood pressure, it would be a great idea to get a dog, because it would help motivate you to get exercise, helping lower you blood pressure, and reducing your chances of heart attacks, and other health related problems. According to an article by Harvard Health Publishing, people with dogs are found to have lower blood pressure then people without, proving that getting a dog will help your health.

Did you know that dogs have been found to be very smart? In fact, according to an article by Harvard University, dogs are found to have over 530 million neurons in their cortex which is quite a bit for an animal. Dogs are very high in the animal intelligence rating and are roughly in the top 20 of intelligent animals. They are found to have the intelligence of a 2.5-year-old human making them very fast learners, that can be taught almost anything with time and patience. Dogs are very fast learners, and will be obedient to their owner, making them a great pet to choose.

As you can see, dogs have a lot more to them, then what you can see. Dogs are found to reduce stress lower blood pressure and will learn very easily. Dogs are very great animals to get, and will change your life. Because of all these qualities, you should defiantly get a dog.

What If 

What if you could control something with a thought? What if you could travel to worlds no one knew existed? We all know this is not possible, but what if it was? What if it is? 

… 

Charles always knew he was different from the other kids his age. He was the smartest, the best at sport’s, and hard working at any task he got. In fact, there were few things he wasn’t good at, and as you might guess this made the kids in his school envious and jealous, despite being a nice guy. 

Charles was short for his age, but fit, and very fast. He had long brown hair, parted to the side, and bright blue eyes that seemed too glow in the dark. He had a slender frame, but a strong body that made him excel at almost every physical activity. 

Despite his physical strengths, he had a few disadvantages in his life. First of all, his family was very poor, and often couldn’t pay the little amount of taxes that they had to pay. Also, his dad had left him and his mom while little Charles was only one year old, leaving his mom (Anne) to support them all by herself, which made her often stressed, and sad.  

Despite getting abandoned by Charles father, he could tell his mom still loved his father, and acted like it was natural for his father to leave, and in total, acted like he was not regular, but different than most people.  

Anyways, when Charles went to school, people found out about this, and teased him because of it. 

… 

When Charles left the school, he was getting bullied again; a pattern that seemed to happen every day. As he walked, the kids threw out insults like “freak,” and “loser,” but he didn’t care about what they said, he just wanted to get back to his home; if you could even call it a home.  

He finally made it past them and started running home, his house being a half mile away. As he jogged home, he thought about his day, which was as usual, not very good 

“I wish I didn’t have to go to school,” he muttered to himself. 

As he ran onto his yard, his eyes scanned over the dump of a house. His home consisted of a rundown house, with a cracked stone pathway that led to an old doorway. The house had leaks in many places, making the house rotten and very fragile. It was very old, making him surprised it hadn’t been torn down yet. 

When he walked in, his mom called out, climbing the stairs of the old basement, “You’re home! How was school?” 

“It was okay,” he mumbled. 

“You don’t sound like it was okay,” she replied. 

Looking up, he shot his mom a look, silently asking her to leave it alone.  

“Okay then. I decided you need something to take your mind off school,” she said. “We are going to Montauk,”  

Charles groaned, “Do I have to. The place we stayed last time was old, moldy, and there wasn’t even a shower.” 

His mother grimaced, “Come on, I’m doing this for you, besides, it’s the last place I saw your father, and it’s very important to me.” 

Looking at his mother’s face, he knew he couldn’t refuse. “Okay, I’ll come.” He said, though later, he would have done anything to stay at home. 

… 

After the final day of school, his mom rented a car, and drove they off to Montauk, a 2–hour drive from where they lived. Having nothing to do while they drove, Charles was bored out-of-his-mind. “There’s nothing to do,” He grumbled. 

“Try looking outside,” she replied, “It’s a beautiful day,” 

Knowing that complaining wouldn’t help, he sighed, rolling over to look out the window. Looking out one last time, he closed his eyes, and tried to sleep. 

… 

Charles woke up to the sound of his mom’s voice, telling him to wake up. He sat up, blinking his eyes a few times in disbelief, looking at the cabin they would be living in for the weekend. As his eyes scrolled over the cabin, his jaw dropped. 

… 

Now you need to understand. Don’t go ahead thinking this was a massive, two story cabin, with anything you could ever want in it, but rather just a smaller, one floor house. One that would probably be the size of the average house in America today. If you are wondering why he would be excited about being in a place like this, you have to remember the house he lived in. Compared to the house Charles usually lived in, the house looked like paradise, but now back to the story. 

… 

Charles walked around the cabin, not believing his eyes. There was a TV, two real beds, and even a back deck overlooking the ocean 

He ran to the entrance where his mom was unpacking her stuff. “Thank-you!” he said as he hugged his mom, “This is the best present I’ve ever gotten.” 

His mom smiled, a tear running down her cheek, “It’s the most I could do” She replied, “I feel terrible for making you put up with everything.” 

He started protesting, and then stopped when he heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” His mom called. The door opened and a tall, handsome man walked through. Charles looked over at his mom’s face to see what she was thinking, and when he looked, it was pale, and filled with disbelief. Then she ran up to the man and hugged him.  

After a moment, he said, “Forgive me Anne, I wish I didn’t have to leave, but you know why I had to. Now let me talk to my son, I have something important to tell him, and it is important if he is to be ready on time, cause if he isn’t, his death may be near. 

The End 

Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Jimmy. He was only 3 years old, but he managed to get into trouble a lot. For example, one time he was climbing a ladder onto the playground slide, when he tried to jump off! He only got a few cuts and bruises, but for a moment, we thought he might’ve broke a bone. Then another time, we were going for a walk down town, and when we looked around, he was gone! We found him across the street, without a cut or scrape. As you can see now, Jimmy had a knack for getting into trouble, and this may have come in hand the day he went to the beach…

Today was Sunday, and Jimmy’s family was getting ready to hit the beach. “Are you exited Jim Jim” his mother said, and in response, he slapped his mothers face. “Ouch!” she replied, “Don’t hit mommy in the face!” As a response, he slapped her again. His mother sighed, “Lets going then.”

Soon Jimmy was at the beach, and after getting slathered with sunscreen, he could finally get on the beach, but first. “Jimmy, don’t run off into the woods!” Looking back Jimmy gave a laugh of delight, and took into the woods at full speed.

“Laney,” his mothered said, “Go catch him!” His sister took off, determined to catch him before he could get hurt.

“Catch me, catch me,” Jimmy said climbing a tree. Laney started climbing the tree when; “Weeeeee” sang Jimmy as he jumped of the tree.

Laney watched in despair, knowing she could do nothing, and with a big CRUNCH, he hit the ground. He immediately started crying, sending out random gasps, of air, due to the loss of breath. Laney jumped of the tree and picked him up, running back to their car.

While Jimmy’s mother called the police, she and Laney had a silent agreement; they would never go to the beach again. At least, not in the near future.

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If I lived on an abandoned island, I would pretty scared. I would be all alone by myself, well at least the only human on the island. On the other hand, living on a tropical island would be pretty cool. A tropical beach, lush green forest, and a mountainous area would make a fun time, that is, if you could get over the carnivorous animals. In my mind, this would be a pretty scary occasion, although it would be pretty cool too. This makes me wonder if I could survive on a abandoned island, and if I could, what would my life be like?

If I got stranded on an abandoned island, the first thing I would look for, is a stream of fresh water. Without water, you can only survive for up to 3 or 4 days. Without water, and I would be dead very soon. After finding water, I would want to start looking for food, and shelter. Without food, I wouldn’t have any energy to survive, and without shelter, I would get very cold and beat up during rain storms, or windy days. I would build the shelter out of trees or logs, and make a roof out of leaves. This would make a stable shelter that could keep out rain. I would then get handfuls of leaves to make a bed. After the first night, I would try to make weapons out of stones, and get a fire pit going to give heat and light for warmth, and the ability to cook food. I would keep up this pattern, until I had a good operation going. After that, I would try to explore the island. I would want to look for animals, and anything else that I could find useful.

After time I think I would develop a pattern. I would wake up, and have some left-over meat or fruit for breakfast. I would wash off my clothes in the ocean, and go fishing. After, I would let my clothes dry, and eat some of the fish for the oncoming journey. After my clothes would dry, I would put them on, and pack some food and water along with my stone tools. I would head deeper into the woods, and look for anything new. I would look around for anything that I could use, and go gather some fruit, and hunt for wild meat. When the sun would start to go down, I would head back to my camp, and cook some of the food I gathered for a late supper. I would look out at the ocean to see if there were any signs of life, thinking about the previous life I had. I would turn around, and go back to my bed, getting rest for another hard day.

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If I could choose where I would like to go on vacation, I would have a few places I would want to go. I generally would like to go to places where it is tropical, and would have crystal clear beaches. Because of this, some of the places I would love to travel to are, Hawaii, Fiji, and Mexico. These are places where it is warm, and would be very fun to stay.

One place I would really like to go to, is Hawaii. With waterfalls, crystal clear beaches, and many fun activities, this is one of the places I would really like to travel too. Knowing that Hawaii is made of many islands, I would like to try boating to every one of them, and seeing the natural wonders there. With it’s many resorts and hotels, I would really like to travel out to Hawaii, and see all the wonders that are hid there.

Fiji is an island on the southern part of the Pacific Ocean. Fiji is a tiny island and country 2000 km northeast of New Zealand. Like Hawaii, it is an group of islands, and is a tropical region. Fiji is know for it’s beaches, and it’s many wonders hidden there. I would really like to go to Fiji, and look at all it has to offer.

Another place I would love to go to is Mexico. With its resorts, food, and old architecture (like the old Mayan temples) I really would like to go to Mexico. Mexico is a place where there are lots of cool things to tour, and is a fun place to relax. I want to go to Mexico, and do all the thigs available there.

I would really want to go to these 3 places, and see all that they have to show. These places are where I dream to go, and I hope I will be able to go one day. With all these places have to offer, I hope you can see why I would like to go there, and maybe I may have changed you mind on some of these places. I would love to go to any one of these places, and I hope I will be able to.