The other day Christopher, Robert, Nathaniel, Veronica, and Anne were all practicing when Veronica came running out of the room and ran down the hallway saying blah blah blah and waving her arms like a bird. When she was asked why she said, she was trying to see how many times she could say blah in the time it took her to her room and then back again. I think she was just being silly.
The other day Veronica kept asking people how to spell certain words. When I asked her why she told me that she was writing a story. This is what she wrote.
Pepita
Once upon a time there was a King and Queen. Soon they had a child they named Pepita. Now readers you must know that Pepita did not know that she was a princess but she grew (and) when she was 4 or 5 she knew that she was a princess given by a fairy. She loved to play. The End
I added the (and) and some punctuation to make it a little more clear but other wise it is unedited. This is what it looks like straight from the scanner.
The two symbols at the bottom are fairy wings and a crown. I think it was pretty good!
Now an exclusive sneak peak at the next H.A.T.S. comic book.
And some concept art.
Looks like it should be pretty cool.
It is hard to drive when these trees are distracting from the road.
And these clouds clearly want you to stare at them while you run off the road… into more trees!
Think it’s a conspiracy? Probably, but the trees aren’t talking.
For his weekly comic Stephen gave us this.
We didn’t get it either.
Last night we watched this movie on Netflix.
We liked it but there were a few problems so we ended up giving it a four star rating and this review: 
Now some people say that there are no real space dinosaurs in this movie but, we think you should decide for yourself.
Nathaniel was doing a science experiment the other day, which was fairly interesting. He put syrup on the bottom of a cup and then added water. Because the syrup was denser than the water it caused it to sit on the top of the syrup instead of just becoming really gross water. He then added oil and the oil being the least dense of the three liquids floated on top of the water making three clear layers. He then did what any self-respecting scientist would do and threw in what seemed like random junk: a rock, two grapes, an ice cube, and a piece of cork. The rock sank to the bottom and the rest, being decreasing densities sank/floated to their perspective layers with the cork, being least dense, floating on the top layer, the oil. This is what it looked like.
Pretty cool right.
The other day we spotted this guy on our fence.![HPIM4047[1]](http://leagueofthelongbow.com/Blog-1/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/HPIM40471.jpg)
He sits there and on the telephone line along with another hawk, and we think they are nesting nearby. Another cool thing about living in Florida!
The other day Veronica was correctly answering Robert’s science questions. As it turns out, Veronica has been reading not only all the science books but also the dictionary, encyclopedia, and basically anything she can find. Pretty good for a six year old!
Nathaniel wants to be a writer so he wrote this short story.
Why Warthogs have Tusks
and other matters
A very long time ago, when the animals were still young, no one in the pig family had tusks. Now one day the smallest and weakest of the pig brothers the Pink Farm Pig went down to the pond to get some water because the pig was very thirsty. As he went he looked all around for Water Elephants. Water Elephants are what hippos were called when they still had tusks. They were mean practical jokers and liked to scare people. However as the pig did not see any Water Elephants he went down and stooped over to get a drink. At that moment a particularly mean Water Elephant named Po rose up from the water splashing and bellowing. This frightened the Pink Farm Pig who was very small. This scare made him run back to his home without getting any water. “This cannot go on,” said the Father Pig. “No father,” said the Bigger Black Pig. So the Bigger Black Pig went down to the pond and he thought,” I will not be fooled.” And he took a big stick in his mouth and started poking the water. But to his surprise the stick began to pull on him. In his shock he let go of the stick and once again the Water Elephant came up roaring and splashing and bellowing and chased the Bigger Black Pig away before he could even take a sip from the pond. ” This cannot go on,” said the Father Pig. ” No,” said his son the Boar. Now the Boar was the craftiest of all the pig brothers and so as he went he took with him two rocks and some whale oil. He was sure he would not be fooled. As soon as he reached the pond he poured the whale oil on it and then he took the two stones and hit them together which showered sparks on the oil and set it ablaze. Sadly however the Water Elephant was hiding in the forest behind the Boar so Po again ran out roaring and bellowing and chased the frightened Boar away. ” If this happens again someone must pay,” said the Father Pig angrily. “I agree father,” said the Warthog. This time the Warthog went down to the pond and stooped over to get a drink.And as he stooped, up came Po splashing and bellowing. The Warthog however was prepared. As soon as Po came up the Warthog reared up and kicked Po in the face smashing all Po’s teeth and knocked his tusks out. The Warthog took the tusks as a trophy, put them in his own mouth, and, bending down drank his fill. Forever after this the other animals jeered at Po and laughing said,” Hit Po hit Po and laughed hilariously for the other animals disliked Po as much as the Pigs for his nasty tricks. So hit Po soon became Hippo as a mark of shame and Po was never a problem again. And that is why Water Elephants are called Hippos and why Warthogs have tusks.
A writer is someone who writes. He might be on the right track! Now what to do with his spelling….
