Abbie





Where I'm From By Abbie

I am from my mom, Beautiful, and fabulous I am from Jucie Couture, In their high-class glow in the dark IPhone covers I am from Ambercomie and Fitch, From the sweat shirts down to the skinny jeans I am from t-mobile to all the cool flipping phones, To the boring phones, well -- mostly just the Sidekick LX I am from my dog Twix, From the big BIG eyes, to the small body I am from my IPhone, to the cute penguins on my phone cover. I am from my mom's jokes: "knock knock", Not funny I am from the boat where my mom got married. I am from my awesome teacher Ms. Brooks I am from my best friend Kathrine all the way to Laura Butt mostly I'm from my mom, Beautiful and fabulous.

D&G (Enter two girls- D&G not saying the right words) ( D is not saying the right things and G is coming over to spend the night at D's mansion )

D: Did you hear about Kathy on the Lopez Tonight Show!?? ( Siting on a bean bag chair )

G: Yeah, I did!! But I don't get it. Why was she on the Lopez Tonight Show??

D: I will tell you the wall thing.

G: What??

D: I mean I will tell you the whole thong. I mean thing! Sorry.

G: It's okay.

D:Yeah. So before I tell you about Kathy. Do you want something to drink??

G: Yes, please.

D: Would you like a milkshake, smoothie, water, milk, juice, virgin strawberry daiquiri ? What ever you want my maid will get it for you.

G: I think I will have a virgin strawberry daiquiri, please.

D: That's my favorite drink! I will tell Lafounda. ( talks into the Intercom ) Lafounda, can you bring a virgin strawberry daiquiri?

Lafounda: Yes, ma'am. ( Lafounda comes in with a drink in her hand and gives it to G )

G: Thank you!!

Lafounda: You are welcome! ( Lafounda walks away )

D: So, about Kath- ( the door bell rings )

G: Who is it?

G: I don't know, lets go see.( D And G go down the stars to the door and see who it is )

D: Oh, hey, Dora and Boots!!! What's up?

Dora: Nothing much, we where just wondering if you guys wanted to see the Lady Gaga concert.

D: Well- ( G cuts in )

G: Why do you want to take us?

Dora: Well, It's me and Boot's birthday.

G: Oh, happy birthday!!!

Dora: Thanks!!

Boot's: Yeah, thanks! OO AH AH.

D: Let me ask my mom and dad. ( Walking to the living room ) Yeah, they said we can go. What time dose it stop? Ooops I'm mean what time does it start?

Dora: It starts at 6:01 to 11:11. That's in like 1 hour. But we have to go there early so we can get a seat.

G: That's like 5 hours. But okay, sounds good! (excited)

Dora: So, how about we pick you guys up at, like, 5:30?

D: Okay. ( 30 minutes go by )

5:01

D: G, we have to get ready for the concert!! ( starts doing her makeup and her hair )

G: Okay, I'm almost ready!

5:30

(Knock-knock)

D: I'll get it!

Dora: Hey, you guys ready to go??

D: Huhh- yeah, I'll go and get G, Hold on. ( D is going up stairs to get G )

D: Hey, huhh, Dora and Boots are here, So like are you ready?

G: Yeah I'll be right down, 'kay?

D: 'Kay.( D is going down the stairs to Dora and Boots )

D: She said she will be right down.

G: Okay, let's go! ( Coming down the stairs )

Dora: Alright. ( All are going out the door to her pink Hummer. )

G: Dang, girl, you've got a nice car!

Dora: Thanks! My dad got it for me. ( They get in the car and go to the concert, then they go home and go to bed. )

THE END

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Did you know that sometimes girls dressed up like boys to fight in the war? When you read this historical fiction story, you will find a person who is not a boy or a girl and who fights in the civil war. here is some vocabulary and phroses that you will need to know to understand this story __Underground rail road__ //was an informal network of secret routes and safe used by 19th century black slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists who were sympathetic to their cause.// __Pnuemomia__ //is an abnormal// //arousing swelling condition of the lung//

What is the historical setting for this story? This story takes place in 1862 in Virginia. During this time, the south part of the U.S. was fighting the north part of the U.S. because the south wanted slaves and the north didn't. In those days girls couldn't fight and only the boys could.

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The only person lest on the battlefield -- was me. All I could see was bodies on top of bodies on top of bodies, I didn’t know what to think excpet for how am I going to servive. As I walk across the Virginia felds to find help, I was thinking about who I am.

I am a 14 yeah old girl-boy, I didn’t really know what I was. I did know my name was Alex. I did know I was fighting in the war. I did know my family got cought hiding slaves in 1861. Now its 1862. I didn’t really know if I was a girl or a boy.

The battlefield was as quiet as a graveyard. It felt like there was demons atacking the world. It was like I was the only person on the planet, butt I wasnt. I found 3 Yankees solgers that mabe help me. As I was runing to them, they were geting ready to fire there guns, in till said " no! please don’t shot! I need help" " Im a sirviver of the battle of Hampton Roads in Virgina" The guy standing in the middle talked, " so are we, but I see you on the south, were the north" I stood and stared at him, and my toughts drifted away. How had I gotten here? I felt confused. Only a year ago I had been the butt of jokes in my small Virgina town. “ You look like a boy!” they would yell. “ Why don’t you lift up your dress so we can make sure you’re a girl?” I had been raised as a girl by my parents. They dressed me in dresses and tide my hair, but I was not a girl. I was not a boy! I was—I don’t know. A strang crature. A monster. A freak. So I had enlisted in the army, pretending to be a boy. They beleaved me. My parents didn’t wounder where I was because my parents are dead—hung for hiding slaves on the underground railroad. A gun shot startled me form my thoughts “son!” the Yankee solder yelled “ I asked you if you were going to defect!?” I yelled back “Yes!” The only reason I am on the south is because my parents are dead and I needed something to do. He yelled, “Come here boy.” On my way over I was thinking about how old they are, mabie like 20-28, I don’t know I was just thinking about it. I went up to the guy in the middle, “Alright, well take you to our majer first thing in the morning.” “You must be hungry, its 8:30, do you want some s moked white king salmon?" the guy said on the right. I was like really hungry and tierd, “Yes please.” I was thankful to be with the people I belong with. They were nicer to me then the southern solders. I want to support there cause. I beleave that everyone should free. My mom and dad gave there life to try to save slaves. Now I have to make sure that they don’t know im a girl. I could fight like my mom and dad fighted for slavery. As I slept I was dreaming about my best friend, and how shes a slave and how she got no food and no water. I saw her in my dream: she had chocolate colored skin, and she wore her hair in little braids. She always made jokes, witch sometimes got her in trouble! That’s when we lived in south Carolina. In my dream, she reached toward me and said, “ Thank you for going to the north.” When I woke up, I felt happy that I saw her. I went in to the kitchin to get some food. Then I saw the soldiers all nice. “ what’s your guys names? “ I asked “I’m John Baker, that’s Nat Carberry, and that’s Edwin McRobbie.” “ My name Is Alex Isaac.” “ Well do you want some bread and butter? ” asked John “ Huh yeah sure “ I ancerd back “ okay, we will leave in about 10 mins “ I nodded my head yes. There house was vary nice. “ You guys have a nice house ” I comented “ Thanks, I got married to a beautiful girl, her parents were vary wlthey, so they bought us this house, I went to war and I came back a mounth later and she was gone.” he told me “ what happened to her “ I asked “ I don’t know, the police think she got stolein.” John said “ I’m really sorry, what is her name? “ I asked “ Ashley, Ashley Baker “ said John After I ate it was time to go meet there major. I was really happy to meet him. It was about 8:00 am. “ our majors name is John Henninger Reagan, so you have to // // call him Major John “ Nat told me. I nodded my head. When I got out of the wagin I saw him, Major John. He had a black button coat wit h a nuther button coat on top, he had a black a //// nd white beard that goes about to thetop of his chest, a side wisck, and his long hair was pomaded prople to hid his bold spots. All 4 of us went up to him, I was cinda nurvus. “ Sir this is Alex Isaac. “ said Edwin “ Who? What dose he want? Asked Major John “ He wants to defect sir. “ Edwin said “ The war starts in 1 hour, Jack was founded dead In his bed last nigh form pneumonia, so I guess he can come fight with us. “ Major John said “ Oh thank you thank you thank you!, I mean thank you sir.” I said really loud. I was so happy I just could eat a worm! 5 more mins to go to war. On our way there the boys where making fun of my eyelashes, saying that there too long, like girls eyelashes Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000205 EndHTML:0000003865 StartFragment:0000002389 EndFragment:0000003829 SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/student/Documents/I%E2%80%99m%20not%20a%20boy%20or%20a%20girl.doc . I get really mad when people make fun of me. When I got out of the wagon I took my gun and shot at the south, like a lot. They couldn’t shot because I was shooting at them. Nothing could stop me. I was taking all my anger out on them. I hated how south wanted slavery and they killed my mom and dad for helping slaves escape and how I always got made fun of for looking like a boy and girl at the same I started yelling like a crazy monkey! 30 minutes past by, then I stopped, I saw the smoke raising from the ground like if you where in hell. It was incredible! I felt like I was free, but then this moment made me think of then I got here. Like here I am again, all alone, the only survivor. Then all of a sudden I heard cheering behind me. I turned back in s-l-o-w-m-o-s-h-e-n. It was my fighter people! They ran to me and put me on there shoulder and they all said “ you a hero!! ” I felt so happy

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Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000190 EndHTML:0000017383 StartFragment:0000006160 EndFragment:0000017347 SourceURL:file://localhost/Volumes/maloneya/Documents/The%20History%20of%20Pugs.doc The History of Pugs **By Abby Maloney, from __http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pug__** Are pugs a mixture of a pig and a dog? Pugs are an interesting kind of dog. In this research I will answer these questions and probably more; **What colors are pugs?** Pugs are black or whitish brownish **How come pugs snore all the time?** Common in short muzzled breeds; ESP is the obstruction of the dog’s airways. The standard snoring of a Pug is a degree of ESP in action, though more severe cases can be heard through sounds such as honking, gasping for air, and the blocking of the dog’s vocal box. ESP can be corrected through surgery. **Why do pugs have big eyes?** Pugs are very susceptible to eye problems, including cataracts, ulcers that can occur from a scratch or injury, dry eye, generalized progressive retinal atrophy, pigmentary keratitis, and other eye problems. **THE UPSIDE:** Pugs are lovable. Pugs are natural clowns. Pugs are relatively clean. Pugs are not aggressive, as a rule. Pugs travel well. Adult Pugs will relax with you. Pugs are adaptable to many situations. Pugs are usually great with children. Pugs are typically not big barkers. Pugs get along with almost all animals. **THE DOWNSIDE** **:** Pugs shed a LOT. Pugs can have health problems. Pugs can't tolerate extreme heat. Pug puppies are very active and hyper. Pugs are puppies until they are around 2-3 years old. Pugs should not be kept as outdoor dogs. Pugs can be difficult to housebreak. Pugs can become overweight easily. Pugs sneeze, snort, and snuffle. (Prepare to clean your glasses constantly!  Pugs snore loudly.