Morning Dew Montessori

Grade School Department

SY 2011-12

The Bottom of the Sea

It is the year 2010. King Triton lives at the bottom of the sea, in an ivory tower, among weeds and little stones. The sea is very dirty and King Triton and all the fish are very sick and sad. !h,dear. !h, dear. "hat can we do#$ says one little fish. %on$t worry, the king says, The fish can clean the water ith their fins and trash cans seat all the trash.$ So the m&lti'colored fish, the sea horses, the eels, the sharks, the dol(hins, the starfish, and the crabs clean and clean and clean the sea. The trash cans eat all the trash) all the (a(er, (lastic bags, and (lastic bottles, the old tins, and shoes. *inally, after twenty'five days, they finish the work. The water is clean and trans(arent, the seaweed is green, and the coral reefs are (ink. King Triton and the fish are not sick now. King Triton invites all the fish to a (arty at +),0 (m in the whale$s mo&th. -n eel (lays the keyboard, the sea horses (lay the violins, and the dol(hins (lay the tr&m(ets. Sebastian, the little crab, cond&cts the orchestra. They all lived ha((ily ever after.

............................................................ ' -da(ted from the story written by children /0th class,aged 10,three years of 1nglish,1223435 at Sco&la 1lementare -rcobaleno, 6ail&ngo, 7e(&blic of San 8ariano. It was s&bmitted for the 21st 6ent&ry fairy Tale) 91T Story 6om(etition.

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Grade School Department

SY 2011-12

:ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood

!nce &(on time, there$s a little girl who live in the woods with her mother. !ne day, :ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood$s mother says, :ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood< come here. Take this basket to yo&r grandmother. There are sandwiches and there is a cake in the basket. Be caref&l< There is a wolf in the forest and he is very dangero&s.= :ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood walks in the forest. There are many big trees and bea&tif&l flowers in the forest and the birds are singing. :ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood likes flowers and she (icks them. She doesn$t see the wolf hiding behind the tree. The wolf is thinking< The wolf meets :ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood. ;e says, ;ello$. ;ello,$ says :ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood. "here are yo& going# asks the wolf. I$m going to my grandmother$s cottage.$ !h< "here does she live#$ She lives in a cottage in the forest$ That$s nice. !K. >oodbye. See yo& later.$ Bye'bye<$ Bye'bye<$ res(onded the wolf. The wolf r&ns to >randmother$s cottage. ;e knocks on the door. "ho$s that#$ says >randmother. It$s me<$ "ho$s me#$ It$s :ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood<$ says the wolf. 6ome in, dear<$ The wolf gets into the grandmother$s cottage and tried to kill >randmother b&t she r&n and hides in the closet. The wolf gets into bed waiting for :ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood. :ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood dances and sings in the forest. -t last she comes to her grandmother$s cottage. She knocks on the door. "ho$s that#$says the wolf. It$s me.$ "ho$s me#$ It$s :ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood,$ says :ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood. 6ome in dear.$ :ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood goes into the cottage. She looks at the wolf in bed. "hat ears yo&$ve got, >randmother<$ I want to hear yo& my dear,$ says the wolf. "hat big eyes yo&$ve got grandmother<$ I want to see yo& my dear.$ "hat big teeth yo&$v e got, >randmother<$ I want to eat yo&, my dear<$ The wolf ?&m(s o&t of the bed and eats :ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood. - man comes in. ;e has an a@e. ;e kills the wolf. >randmother and :ittle 7ed 7iding ;ood r&ns o&t of the cottage.

Morning Dew Montessori

Grade School Department

SY 2011-12

English is a Crazy Lang age by 7ichard :ederer :et$s face it.., 1nglish is a craAy lang&age. There is no egg in egg(lant, nor ham in hamb&rger, neither a((le nor (ine in (inea((le. 1nglish m&ffins weren$t invented in 1ngland or *rench *ries in *rance. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren$t sweet, are meat. "e take 1ngland for granted. B&t if e@amine its (arado@es, we find that B&icksand can work slowly, bo@ing rings are sB&are and a g&inea (ig is neither from g&inea nor it is a (ig. -nd why is it that writers write b&t fingers don$t fing, grocers don$t groce and hammers don$t ham# If the (l&ral of tooth is teeth, why isn$t the (l&ral of booth beeth# !ne goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 miceC!ne mo&se, 2 miceCTherefore, one blo&se, 2 blice# %oesn$t it seem craAy that yo& can make amends b&t no one amend, that yo& comb thro&gh annals of history b&t not a single annal# If yo& have a b&ch of odds and ends yo& call it# If teachers ta&ght, why don$t (reachers (ra&ght# If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a h&manitarian eat# If yo& wrote a letter, (erha(s yo& bote yo&r tong&e# Sometimes I think all the 1nglish s(eakers sho&ld be committed to an asyl&m for the verbally insane. In what lang&age do (eo(le recite at a (lan and (lay at a recital# Shi( by a tr&ck and send a cargo by shi(# ;ave noses that r&n and feet that smell# Dark on driveways and drive on (arkways# ;ow can a Eslim chance= and a fat chance be the same, while a Ewise man= and Ewise g&y= are o((osite# ;ow can overlook and oversee be o((osites, while EB&ite a lot$ and B&ite a few= are alike# ;ow can the weather be Ehot and hell= one day and Ecold as hell= another# ;ave yo& ever noticed we talk abo&t certain things only when they are absent# ;ave yo& ever r&n into someone who was comb&b&lated, gr&nted, r&ly or (eccable# -nd where are all those (eo(le who are s(ring chickens or who wo&ld act&ally h&rt a fly# Fo& have to travel at the &niB&e l&nacy of a lang&age in which yo&r ho&se can b&rn &( as it b&rns down, in which yo& fill in a form by filling it o&t and in which an alarm clock goes off by going on. 1nglish was invented by (eo(le, not com(&ters, and it reflects that creativity of the h&man race /which of co&rse isn$t a race at all5. That is why, when the stars are o&t, they are visible, b&t when the lights are o&t, they are invisible. -nd why, when I wind &( my watch, I start it, b&t when I wind &( this essay, I end it# Gow I know why I fl&nked my 1nglish. It$s not my fa&lt, the silly lang&age doesn$t know whether it is coming or going.