The last time that I wrote it totally slipped my mind that it was July and time for the new quote of the month. This is going to be short and simple. I made this up so here it goes.
Laugh everyday,
Smile all the time.
Next time I promise that I will write more and give you the next five pages. Right now I am in a hurry so write back next time.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
For Those Who Were Wondering ...
The last time that I wrote on my blog I was on page 87. Since then I have been working hard. I am now on page 103 in my book! I told a friend that once I got to page 100 I would share my book chapter by chapter on my blog. So here is the first chapter. There may be a few mistakes and this is not my last version so I will probably be making changes to this chapter.
Chapter One
Eliza
I slowly open my eyes to look off into the deep, blue ocean. The jewel on my necklace is shining brightly, almost as brightly as the sun. Little Harper and Jasper are playing in the water; their faces are bright and shining, just like the bright jewels they wear around their necks. James is leaning against a large rock babysitting Harper and Jasper while my family is sitting on a blanker about ten yards away.
My mom looks over and shouts to me, "Eliza! We have some clam chowder for you! It's going to get cold!" I sit up and wipe the sand off my jeans. This is one of the only things that are normal about our town. We always wear the same clothes that you would find in another town.
My town is different for many reasons; the main one is the most unexpected. My town is different because everyone wears a colored necklace to match the area that they stay in. When in the area the necklace shines brightly. When the person starts to leave that area the necklace grows dimmer and dimmer. If you get too far away from the area, the necklace will turn black. That is when the person dies.
My town is almost the size of Italy. There are five different regions: marsh, ocean or sea, sky, forest, and desert. I belong with the sea. The ocean and sea is the same thing but divided by the forest region. If I were to wander all the way to the desert the necklace would blacken and I would die.
I stand up and look at my friend, James. He is wearing a black shirt and faded jeans. He looks over at me and waves. I wave back and then walk over to the blanket my family is sitting on.
I look down at my calm chowder and frown, pushing is away. I'm not hungry. Justin, my older brother, loks at me with a puzzled look on his face. I shake my head and look at my little sister, Daisy, who is sitting on the blanket chattering away telling one of her almost-true stories. I love Daisy so much but sometimes she can talk too much. I tune into her voice, "And Jo fell and his head hit a little tiny goldfish and smashed it and the guts came out all over his face and Riley and I almost barfed but Sid laughed so hard she almost fell down too. And after that, that mean Mrs. Turler told us to stop playing around or would have to go back to you Mommy."
I laugh and Justin gives Daisy a big smile. Daisy takes a long, deep breath and continues, "Do you know Harper and Jasper? Well I do. James was supposed to be babysitting them so he had to leave them on their own to play in the water. I hears that ..." Daisy stops talking and looks up.
It's James. "I was just wondering if Eliza could come and help me set up for the water festival- that is after she's done, of course," he says looking at my clam chowder.
"Sure, I'll come help you, right now is you want me to!" I say quickly, it's the perfect excuse to not have to eat my clam chowder. I stand up again as Victoria runs over to us. Her blond hair flies behind her. The yellow shirt that she is wearing exposes the light of her necklace.
"I need to get going, too." Mom says, standing up to go and get some fish for the festival.
"I guess we finally get to learn to talk to seals tonight. Do you think that all of the seals are going to show up like everyone says? An I hears we get to dive under the water and search for the 'hidden mermaid treasure'," I say to Victoria when she has caught up.
"Yeah, and my mom's supposed to make a huge announcement. All I know is that my dad is super proud about it." Victoria says.
We reach to clearing where we are holding the festival. James quickly climbs up the ladder onto the four logs that make a square with nothing inside of it. He picks up a string of colorful lights and begins to tie them to the logs. He's being his normal self and taking the most risky job. Victoria and I decide to set up chairs and tables underneath him.
"You're right. He does look proud. I wander what the announcement is going to be," I tell her, tucking my brown hair behind my ear. She nods and rolls her eyes. I look over at her dad, across the beach trying to catch fish for the festival.
"He's been looking like that all week, like he saved a million people," Victoria says, rolling her eyes again. I laugh and pick up a chair to set up by the kids' table.
I turn toward my mom just in time to see her fall in the water, soaking her clothes. I hear Victoria laugh from behind me. I turn around to look at Victoria who is looking at my mom. My mom looks really mad. She picks up the bucket with two fish and marches into our house.
I turn around to put up some more chairs, trying not to laugh. Victoria is giggling really loud and the people around us turn to look. I turn around to hide my laughter from everyone around us. Suddenly I notice that it's not just VIctoria laughing, it's James, too. My laughter overcomes me and I start to giggle. Now everyone is looking at us.
Okay, now because I put my story on a PDF, I can't copy and paste. I have to look at the words in a split screen and retype it on here. Because of that I am only on page four. There are 23 pages in the chapter so I'm only going to go to five pages and then I'll end it until the next post. Hopefully by then I'll have figured out how to cut and paste a PDF.
Victoria's dad is trying to keep a straight face but it is obvious that he saw what happened. After I look at Victoria's dad I look at her younger sister, Hannah, who is laughing like the rest of us, we all saw her.
"That ...was ...so ...funny!" Hannah says, breathless from laughing so hard. She falls on the sand and clutches her stomach as she rolls back and forth. James' hand slips and he almost falls onto all of the chairs and tables. He catches himself and we start to laugh harder. James is the first to recover, then Victoria, and then me. Now Hannah is the only one giggling so we all look at her.
She's rolling on the ground laughing like someone is tickling her. Everyone is looking at her and I don't think she notices that everyone has stopped laughing. Suddenly she opens her eyes to look at us, still laughing and rolling on the ground.
Victoria walks over to her and stands over her with her hands on her hips. Hannah stops laughing and looks up at her, "Oh..," she says, beginning to blush in embarrassment.
So there is five pages for you. I'll write more later, but for now, farewell.
Chapter One
Eliza
I slowly open my eyes to look off into the deep, blue ocean. The jewel on my necklace is shining brightly, almost as brightly as the sun. Little Harper and Jasper are playing in the water; their faces are bright and shining, just like the bright jewels they wear around their necks. James is leaning against a large rock babysitting Harper and Jasper while my family is sitting on a blanker about ten yards away.
My mom looks over and shouts to me, "Eliza! We have some clam chowder for you! It's going to get cold!" I sit up and wipe the sand off my jeans. This is one of the only things that are normal about our town. We always wear the same clothes that you would find in another town.
My town is different for many reasons; the main one is the most unexpected. My town is different because everyone wears a colored necklace to match the area that they stay in. When in the area the necklace shines brightly. When the person starts to leave that area the necklace grows dimmer and dimmer. If you get too far away from the area, the necklace will turn black. That is when the person dies.
My town is almost the size of Italy. There are five different regions: marsh, ocean or sea, sky, forest, and desert. I belong with the sea. The ocean and sea is the same thing but divided by the forest region. If I were to wander all the way to the desert the necklace would blacken and I would die.
I stand up and look at my friend, James. He is wearing a black shirt and faded jeans. He looks over at me and waves. I wave back and then walk over to the blanket my family is sitting on.
I look down at my calm chowder and frown, pushing is away. I'm not hungry. Justin, my older brother, loks at me with a puzzled look on his face. I shake my head and look at my little sister, Daisy, who is sitting on the blanket chattering away telling one of her almost-true stories. I love Daisy so much but sometimes she can talk too much. I tune into her voice, "And Jo fell and his head hit a little tiny goldfish and smashed it and the guts came out all over his face and Riley and I almost barfed but Sid laughed so hard she almost fell down too. And after that, that mean Mrs. Turler told us to stop playing around or would have to go back to you Mommy."
I laugh and Justin gives Daisy a big smile. Daisy takes a long, deep breath and continues, "Do you know Harper and Jasper? Well I do. James was supposed to be babysitting them so he had to leave them on their own to play in the water. I hears that ..." Daisy stops talking and looks up.
It's James. "I was just wondering if Eliza could come and help me set up for the water festival- that is after she's done, of course," he says looking at my clam chowder.
"Sure, I'll come help you, right now is you want me to!" I say quickly, it's the perfect excuse to not have to eat my clam chowder. I stand up again as Victoria runs over to us. Her blond hair flies behind her. The yellow shirt that she is wearing exposes the light of her necklace.
"I need to get going, too." Mom says, standing up to go and get some fish for the festival.
"I guess we finally get to learn to talk to seals tonight. Do you think that all of the seals are going to show up like everyone says? An I hears we get to dive under the water and search for the 'hidden mermaid treasure'," I say to Victoria when she has caught up.
"Yeah, and my mom's supposed to make a huge announcement. All I know is that my dad is super proud about it." Victoria says.
We reach to clearing where we are holding the festival. James quickly climbs up the ladder onto the four logs that make a square with nothing inside of it. He picks up a string of colorful lights and begins to tie them to the logs. He's being his normal self and taking the most risky job. Victoria and I decide to set up chairs and tables underneath him.
"You're right. He does look proud. I wander what the announcement is going to be," I tell her, tucking my brown hair behind my ear. She nods and rolls her eyes. I look over at her dad, across the beach trying to catch fish for the festival.
"He's been looking like that all week, like he saved a million people," Victoria says, rolling her eyes again. I laugh and pick up a chair to set up by the kids' table.
I turn toward my mom just in time to see her fall in the water, soaking her clothes. I hear Victoria laugh from behind me. I turn around to look at Victoria who is looking at my mom. My mom looks really mad. She picks up the bucket with two fish and marches into our house.
I turn around to put up some more chairs, trying not to laugh. Victoria is giggling really loud and the people around us turn to look. I turn around to hide my laughter from everyone around us. Suddenly I notice that it's not just VIctoria laughing, it's James, too. My laughter overcomes me and I start to giggle. Now everyone is looking at us.
Okay, now because I put my story on a PDF, I can't copy and paste. I have to look at the words in a split screen and retype it on here. Because of that I am only on page four. There are 23 pages in the chapter so I'm only going to go to five pages and then I'll end it until the next post. Hopefully by then I'll have figured out how to cut and paste a PDF.
Victoria's dad is trying to keep a straight face but it is obvious that he saw what happened. After I look at Victoria's dad I look at her younger sister, Hannah, who is laughing like the rest of us, we all saw her.
"That ...was ...so ...funny!" Hannah says, breathless from laughing so hard. She falls on the sand and clutches her stomach as she rolls back and forth. James' hand slips and he almost falls onto all of the chairs and tables. He catches himself and we start to laugh harder. James is the first to recover, then Victoria, and then me. Now Hannah is the only one giggling so we all look at her.
She's rolling on the ground laughing like someone is tickling her. Everyone is looking at her and I don't think she notices that everyone has stopped laughing. Suddenly she opens her eyes to look at us, still laughing and rolling on the ground.
Victoria walks over to her and stands over her with her hands on her hips. Hannah stops laughing and looks up at her, "Oh..," she says, beginning to blush in embarrassment.
So there is five pages for you. I'll write more later, but for now, farewell.
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