Warriors #1 into the wild

My favorite series of books is warriors. It's about four clans of cats.  A clan of cats is a group of cats that live together and do different roles.  There many roles in the clan: apprentice, warriors, deputy, elders, and the leader.  Apprentices hunt for the clan.  Warriors fight for the clan.  Elders raise the kittens.  The Leader leads the cats and the deputy is a warrior who is second in command to the leader.  All leaders have star as their last name and all the apprentices have paw.

Into the Wild, the first book, there are four clans.  Shadow clan, the strongest clan. They don't care about what they eat, they eat whatever they can find.  River clan, invades the thunder clan the most.  There is also the Wind clan, who was driven out of their territory by Shadow clan.  And finally Thunder clan, the main character's clan.

The book revolves around the Shadow clan demanding the right to hunt in every other clans territory.  The River clan says OK, but the Thunder clan refuses.  A war breaks out between the two clans.  Fire Paw the main character leads Thunder clan in the battle against the Shadow clan.  Fire Paw begins as an apprentice, his mentor is Blue Star, the leader of the clan.  Fire Paw's best friend is Gray Paw, his mentor is Lion Heart, who dies in battle.  His other friend is Raven Paw, is mentored by Tiger Claw who betrays the clan and kills the old deputy Red tail.

That is the end of the blog.



By Kyle Li

Hammurabi's laws

Ever since the creation of the city Mesopotamia,  The place was ruled by an Assyrian named Hammurabi, the sixth Amorite king. He made a lot of laws, which many believed was fair. Anyway, now on to the laws,(There is 282 in total).

1. If a carpenter builds a house that is not sturdy and falls down on the owner, he shall be put to death.
2. If a slave says to his master, "You are not my master!" He shall have his ears cut off.
3. If a Son strikes his father, his hands shall be cut off.
4. If a slave attempts to escape and is caught, whoever caught and returned him shall receive a shekel.
5. If someone steals somebody else's child, he shall be put to death
6. If someone stabs out someone else's eye, that person shall also have his eye gouged out.
7. If somebody knocks out someone else's tooth, the same will happen to that person.
8. If someone is caught stealing he shall be executed.

I think that is enough, I think these laws are not good. Because instead of killing someone all because of a robbery, today's punishments is just putting him in jail.

Humans and their Stages.

Humans have evolved their height, their talents, and the way the've looked like for many, many, millennia. The first human to ever walk the earth lived in Africa, A hominid named Australopithecus/Lucy. It was only 3 ft tall, and died shortly after she was brought to earth. In 1974 Dr. Donald Johansen discovered her skeleton, and Johansen was the one who called the skeleton Lucy, because he was listening to a song With the name Lucy involved, plus Johansen discovered she was a female, one that ,lived 3 million years back. Now, the next human species ever found, was a bit taller. Not only were bones of humans found, but even art! In 1940, a group of mexican boys found a cave with a strange painting of bison, also, there was this one that had a very detailed bison, and a stickman that looked like a bipedal bird. It was probably art for a special event, or a tragic story, there were art of red handprints, similar to the ways of showing how somebody dies in one of crug's stories from "The Croods" A movie that will be released many years from now. Anyway, back to fossils, this fossil was found with tools. A human that was smarter, and bigger than Lucy. He was known as the Homo halibis. A human that used stone tools. Then, another one was called the Homo Erectus. Very big guy, he wielded very complex tools, like heavy stone axes, it was easy to get food. He was also found with others, which were the same species. So there is a theory that they travelled in groups, making getting food easier. Also, he was the first to use fire. Which made it easier to avoid disease, and eating meat. Soon on, Otzi was found in 1991. He was frozen and had an arrow sticking out of him. So he may have fought another tribe before he died. It was proven he lived in the ice age because he was more dressed than the other fossils before him. And the final stage is the Homo sapien sapien. The modern humans. Us.

Humans and the way they changed.

Humans have been living around, soon after the day the dinosaurs died out. The first human was a female, a belief is that this one was the reason humans and apes are related. Its name was Lucy, nicknamed by a scientist, because he was constantly listening to a song by the Beatles, a song named "Lucy in the sky with diamonds.". An unusual fact is, this fossil was only 3 feet high. But then, the next fossil was four feet high. This fossil, was believed to already evolved to have 2 free hands, letting it be able to  hold its young, find food and take it home easily, and defend itself without dropping its food. But then, the third one travelled in groups. Letting hunting down animals become easier. They also made tools out of stone. eventually, the ice age came. Humans started making warmer clothes out of animal hide, they moved to wearing leather shoes, and also, we should know about Ozti. The ice man. He was found in 1991 in an icy mountain, frozen solid. We believe he may have fought another tribe before he died, an arrow was seen sticking out of his shoulder. In fact, we found out he lived during the ice age because of his skin, and clothes. In fact, we have even seen art in caves that are still here today. This sort of art was found in mexico in the 1940s. By some boys. People were still shorter back then in WWII. If you go into a tank, the cabin is actually kind of narrow. So if you ask me, I guess people are going to be REALLY tall in the future.

The witches

Have you ever thought all of Roald Dahl's books were filled with excitement, humor, and surprises that were appropriate for kids? Think again when you have read a book called The Witches. The book starts off as a Norwegian boy at about age 8 raised by his grandmother(The boy's parents died from their car falling into a ravine.) who tells him about witches, how they exist, not like the ones we know of that wear black hats and cloaks, and ride brooms. Instead, the real ones are like real women, they look like them, they also have ordinary lives. Except with their children killing personalities, and a few differences from ordinary women:
1. They do not grow a single hair on their heads, so they wear wigs.
2. They do not have toes at the end of their wide feet, but they have to deal with wearing tight high heels.
3. They always wear gloves until they go to bed, they have fingers as curvy as a cat's.
4. Their spit is blue.
5. A clean child is very smelly to them. Due to stink waves.

Soon after, the boy is told about 5 children who vanished all because of the witches. 2 of them from a woman and 3 others with unknown reasons. But what they had in common was that a strange lady was always seen outside the house. And then, the next evening, before going back to England, his grandmother tells him about the leader of all the witches. The Grand high witch of all witches. A witch that actually has a mask. Concealing her rotten, scary, face. It is unknown where her lair is. But one thing is known that she is EXTREMELY high in money. The next day, they leave for England and they settle in their old house in kent. But then, the boy meets a witch. And he stays in a tree until past his supper time. Soon, in the easter holidays they go to hotel magnificent. And in the ballroom, he decides to train his pet mice. But the room is later, filled with women the boy later discovers that they ARE WITCHES! And he even sees the grand high witch! She comes up with the idea of a formula that turns people into mice! And then, A fat boy named bruno jenkins is the 1st victim. Then, the boy becomes the next one. But unlike how any other children would have reacted, he actually enjoyed being one. Especially with getting the mouse maker bottle. Later at dinner, he pours the entire content of mouse maker into the soup, later turning every single witch into mice. The boy and his grandmother later go back to Norway, where she explains to the boy about what the grand high witch's name and address was. And where she lived. And now, there would be a new ruler. But What will happen next? It will be a mystery.

Animal farm

Animal farm is a book that is written by the author George Orwell. It was a book Matilda,(Who you should remember in my last blog) read. What's more, it says actually pigs are the smartest animals on a farm. It also tells me that even animals could be very power-hungry. So the story begins by the oldest pig on the farm, old mayor gathers every animal on the farm, the pigs, the sheep, the geese, the horses, etc. He teaches them about a childhood song called "Beasts of England". A song about how it would be  like if  all humanity was gone. Including the cruel farmer Mr. jones. Soon after that,  old mayor dies 3 days later. And then, a rebellion planned by the animals starts. They vanquish Jones from the farm, and destroy his things. Then, they put up a flag denouncing the battle of cow's shed. A hoof and a horn printed on the green tablecloth flag. Soon, 7 commandments are put on the board.

1. Animals shall never sleep in human beds.
2. Anything with 2 legs=bad anything with 4 or flies,=good.
3. All animals are equal.
4. Animals shall not kill each other.
5. Animals shall not drink.
6. Animals shall never sleep in human beds.
7. No animals shall wear clothes.

Snowball, a pig sets up the schedule for when the animals get up, to when the animals go to sleep. And a long time later, snowball comes up with the idea for a windmill. But then, dogs charge in and chase out snowball into a hole. Napoleon, another pig then becomes the leader. But soon bad things happen as the windmill is knocked down, it is discovered something urinated in the drinking pool, many other bad things. And a few animals confess they were in league with snowball, whom was a secret agent of Mr. Jones and are slaughtered by the cruel napoleon. Soon, Beasts of England is banned, weird things happen on the board with the 7 commandments. And it changes to 5 commandments that are different than before! But the bad luck did not stop after that. Frederick, another mean farmer declares war on the animals, and many are killed, and the windmill burnt down. But the animals still fought hard enough to repel Frederick. Boxer, a hardworking horse known to say 2 things: "Comrade Napoleon is always right", and I'll work harder".was hit in the knee, and hoof. And his 12th birthday was nearing. But the cruel napoleon sends him to be killed. As he wants animals that can work still. But later, squealer, the pig that sends out the news says that boxer died in the hospital. Which was a lie. Man, pigs are smart but they are evil too! Years pass, and many animals pass away. Moses the lazy raven returns, and continues to tell lies about sugar land, a place in the high skies. Will the bad luck go on in the animal farm? Will the farm be able to survive? Will napoleon do more evils? Read the book to find out.

Matilda

Matilda is a funny, and great book written by the author Roald Dahl. It teaches me a lot about that reading can take you to new places. It is about a five year old very smart and amazing girl who could already talk at age one and a half! But unlike any other parents, her mom and dad said she was a chatterbox, and how girls at age one should be seen, not heard. And a few other things that sets her parents apart from ordinary ones is, they hardly have any books, and they always eat dinner in front of the TV. Now, Matilda does these pranks on her family hopefully to teach them a lesson, and to teach them not to be so abusive towards their daughter. but maybe because of bad luck, they are only temporary, then she expects school to be different, but there is 200 pounds of a kid hating headmistress named the trunchbull, who picks on little kids including Matilda! Eventually, she finds she has a special power against the headmistress. What is the power? How will Matilda teach her a lesson? Read the book to find out.