First School Day at RFIS

I got up about 6:30 to eat breakfast and then went into the van.   We went to the new school and when we got there I went and looked for Nate who is in my grade.   The first class was math, and there I got to see what their math book looked like. The second class was I think called social studies or something.   Then it was French I and I got to see if I could understand what they were saying.   Then it was English and finally lunch.   I was pretty hungry after I ate my lunch so Desi gave the rest of hers to me.   We did choir after lunch and got to see some movies.   Then it was bible and after that, PE.   I got to run the 1600 meters in 13min. and 22 sec.   I was kina've winded after that since I wasn't used to running.   I stayed after school to help Lyle work on his plot and then Went to the movie at night called, Tangle.

at the roaring river

   This Saturday Caleb, Josh, Papa, and me went to a river which is 30 minutes out of town.   On the way we saw the presidents mansion on top of a hill.   The place was really nice and we had to pay 3000 francs for all of us which is about 3 dollars and a third.   There was no one else who came.   The water was really clear but icy icy cold.   We swam in the damp because it was rapid lower down and not as deep.   When Josh, Caleb, and I walked upstream we saw a boat stuck under a log.  So we got it free and went down the rapids by poling.   It was really strong.   We had a great time.   

Thievery in the Kitchen

     No one knew that there was a cookie missing during spring break.   One Saturday morning Mama was about to go into the kitchen, but Caleb started asking her questions.   While Caleb was inquiring, Lyle snuck through the kitchen doorway and took the huge chocolate chip cookie that was going to be for Timothy on his birthday.  

     When Mama found out, she thought it was Admiratio because he was finishing something in his mouth.   Tim found out about the cookie incident and knew it wasn’t Admiratio because he had fed him that morning.   He then investigated.   When Tim walked through the kitchen door, he saw a crumb that had fallen into the sink.   He knew that Admiratio wouldn’t go up there because of the faucet.

    Next morning Tim got up early and put a big cookie near the place where Lyle usually went to get a drink of water in the morning.   The detective hid and waited.   At 6:00 a.m. Lyle came down and saw the cookie near his cup.   He thought to himself how lucky he was since there was another cookie just at hand.   When he was about to eat it, Caleb came and asked if he could have half of it because Lyle had gotten the bigger piece of the other stolen cookie.   Before they had secretly finished it, Tim came out and told how naughty they were.   When they heard this, they knew they were in trouble.   As soon as everybody was up, the brilliant detective told the story, and Caleb and Lyle had to pay him twenty tokens for stealing.

Fishing at a Pond

Last Thursday we (caleb, abel, sera, sarah, jessica, me, and our mothers) went to a fish pond near the lake in Lubumbashi.   I caught the biggest and another, Abel caught five, Caleb caught four, and Jessica caught two.

Kindness Pays

Kindness Pays

By

Timothy W. Carlson

      Gemsboks, who are compassionate and helpful antelopes, can kill a predator with one stab.   One day a playful leopard was crouching in the jungle and suddenly found himself in pain and stress because he had stepped on a thorn.   He was in the forest near Goma and needed help.   He then tried to call someone but wasn’t successful.   Haggle went to a pasture and found a Gemsbok feeding on the grass.   The leopard then asked if the Gemsbok could help him.   The Gemsbok thought for a while and commanded that if he tried to attack him he would stab him with his horn.   The leopard responded, “Yes, I will leave you alone”.   So the Gemsbok, Orlando, agreed and skillfully pulled out the thorn in no time.   When this happened Hiporuth was king.

     Now there was a very naughty fawn that went into a farmer’s property and gobbled all the cabbage one night.   The farmer’s son, who had suspiciously found fresh tracks that morning, discovered it was a gemsbok’s footprint.   So he found Orlando and captured him, falsely accusing him of taking the cabbages.   Meanwhile, the leopard who had been captured was being whipped and starved to make him angry.   While Orlando was in need of a miracle, he began praying and shouting in the pit, “Help I’m innocent”.   Then one morning Orlando was thrown into an arena where Haggle had been set free because Hiporuth wanted blood.   Bloodthirsty Haggle opened his mouth, roared, and then he charged…….

     The leopard suddenly stopped and recognized the gemsbok, who was set to fight.   He walked up and greeted his own friend again.   Orlando was surprised, relieved and also grateful.   While the king was angry, he also marveled at the sight.   Then because the farmer lost some of his food, the furiously Orlando sent the foolish fawn to dig for the farmer until he had repaid him.    Kindness compensates.      

                                      

This a Very Harsh Oath

The Hippocratic Oath

     I swear that I will use my life to find new remedies for diseases and illnesses.   That if someone dies because of one of my concoctions I will cut off an arm, a leg, and an ear.   And if I make a useful remedy then I will be paid five thousand dollars, a new car, and a new house.   If I disobey then I will be killed.

At the Painting Place

This Sunday Josh Caleb and I went to the place that we painted during Christmas break.   They have a well which they hand dug in about three days and is about 20 feet.   They built some nice bathrooms and showers.   Well we went there to play soccer so while their food was cooking we played soccer on the roadway .   It was pretty even teams though they had this really big buff guy which you could see they veins popping out.   Caleb and Josh's team won.   They were all really muscular because of all the work thay had been doing.

Alliteration Poems

The terrific tiny Tim tipped the tall tank.
The terrified tiger tasted his own blood.
An angry adder attacked an ass.
Lyle loved and liked little Lydia.
A brown bear bore through the back of a buggy.

Fine!

Finally the pond which we have been working on is complete...I wonder if the dirt will hold?   Papa might want to check a few places but we are finally finished.   We are thinking of putting tilapia in it.  The first fish Lipgut and Ferahgo are going to be put in it.   I caught Lipgut and a Congolese caught Ferahgo which Caleb named.   When I caught Lipgut I tried to take out the hook but ripped his lower lip open.   So thats why I called him that name. 

No Turning Away

Timothy Carlson

1/28/11

3 point Persuasive

5 Paragraph Essay

No Turning Away

     “Please fasten your seatbelts because we are about to start taxing for take-off,” said the attendant.   Going from one country to another for breaks and school quarters is always fun because I can see many things.   I love watching mountains and lakes flying past as I make the descend.   Flying  to different countries helps put more knowledge in my life than if I had just stayed in the United States.   My three favorite countries are United States, South Africa, and Congo.

     My  first favorite country is the United States.   While there, I have been given huge, red strawberries.   In the Colorado mountains, it is ideal for going mountain biking.   In the winter, it almost snows many days.   Last, I just like to shoot guns without being harassed.

     The second country I favor is South Africa.   Getting up early to go on an early ride in the biggest game park is exciting.   There are really enjoyable and exciting amusement parks where I can ride on a crazy fast rollercoaster or go on a log ride.    Going shopping  in the biggest mall in Africa is delightful, because it has so many different things to view.   Walking in the mountains and breathing in the fresh air makes me feel like I am in heaven.

     Finally , the Democratic Republic of Congo is my last favorite.   Having privacy in walled in compounds is pleasant if I am having a party.   Eating the many exotic fruits is a treat.   The people there are very friendly and wave back whenever I wave.   Driving out of town is fun on weekends instead of just staying home.

     I am very blessed because I have gone to all these countries.   I am always for seeing new things when I travel.   United States, South Africa, and Congo all have nice airports, nice people, and beautiful landscapes.   No one can turn me away from these countries.         

 

Tree
beautiful, shade
heated by the sun
rhythmically, dutifully
It matches with creation
Car
dusty, old
cobwebbed by spiders
finally, eventually
Vehicle pulled to the dump
Admiratio
tired, content
sleeping on my chair
happily, drowsily
He dreams with a happy heart.

Through the Community

Out in the village, the dirt roads mingle with the dust, covered huts.   The orange, clay bricks and brown thatched roofs, harden in the sultry sun.   Scattered mano trees stand out from tall, wavy grass.   The goat poop and kwanga overwhelms the tangy, smell of the pineapples on small bamboo tables outside under the spreading flaboyont trees.   Clucking chickens and laughing children swarm though the community of Kundulungu.

Found a Chamealion

This Sunday Papa, Mama, Caleb, and I went to go pick guavas at a mission that I don't know how to spell.   But Caleb and I went ahead and started to explore because there was no guavas ripe yet.   I was walking when I saw something move on the grass....   It was a green with a little bit of torquise and blue here and there.   I picked it up and showed Mama and Papa.   They thought it was really cool that I found a chamelean.   They said that we should not keep it because it would probably die.   We didn't have a camera so we didn't take a picture.   Papa is thinking of building a fish pond in the piapia orchard in our yard.   It is going to be big.   Papa thinks we should put some tilapia in it.  Two more weeks from thursday until Benjamin, Desiree, and Lyle come back!

Garden

Tomatoes are dead
Bought seeds to grow
Planting watermellon
My first time
How good a farmer am I?

Paratrooper on a tree
Why do you not get down?
How did you get up?
Why are  you so lean?

Oh, pedestrian
I've broken my leg.
I was trooping from a plane.
Could you buy me a hamburger

Similes

The shark's fin was like a arm just cut off!
The river was like a stallion just let loose!

Bio Poetry

Timothy
Funny,
Helpful,
Exuberent,
Wishes to invent
Dreams of making the world better
Wants to become a millionare
Who wonders about what's in space
Fears defeat
Likes playing multiplayer
Loves to play board games
Believes in one God
Who loves his family
Chooses Swiss chocolate
Enjoys going fishing
Excites at the arrival of brothers and sisters
Plans to go to college
And wants to live long

Bully
Annoying bird
White and black with curved beak
Dark shadow across the blue sky
Caw-Caw

What am I?

Simile Poetry

Hippos when they surface
Under the jungle canopy
are like a cloud
about to burst