This is a video I made to introduce Austria as a tourist destination with LEGOs, The LEGOs will be visiting some popular Austrian locations and the video will talk about each of them.
Cheetah’s Cabin- Chapter 2
By Rose
First things first, Sandstorm thought, I need to know more about cabins and people-talk. “I will learn People-talk!” Sandstorm declared to nobody in particular, so he set off to learn more about people-talk. He walked, “if I got to now the cabin better, maybe it would help,” He said. So, he found the fireplace, and the table, and the bathroom and the pantry and then, the bedroom and the study room! In there, he found some very curious things indeed, books! Although he did not know that, when he opened one, there was people talk written all over it, and he decided to try puzzle it out, so he started where it was only too logical to start, at the beginning.
He closed the book the front said “Great Expectations” he read very slowly, “Gee-arr-eeh, no Gee-arr-aay, no, it’s the eeh and the aay, Gee-arr-eeh-aay? No, that doesn’t sound right either what about Grr-ehay no, no, Grr-ehh-ahh, no, I’ll try the last letter then, Grr-ehh-ahh-tee, or Grr-eeh-aay-tuh, I remember when it wasn’t winter vacation, the cheetah school teacher said that in some words I have to say the last vowel sound, Grr-aay-tuh? Grraaytuh, Great! I did it! The first one is great! Let’s try the next one, bring it on! Eeh-eks-pea-eeh-cee-tee-aay-tee-aii-ouu-enn-sss, this one is long, eeh-kcs-puh-eeh-cuh-tuh-aay-tuh-eee-uun-nuh-sss? The tuh-eee-uun-nuh part sounds weird. Oh! I overheard my teacher say to another cub in a different class that when you have tuh-eee-uun-nuh and sss-eee-uun-nuh, you make the shun sound! So, it is eeh-kcs-puh-eeh-cuh-tuh-aay-shun-sss! Eehkcspuheehcuhtuhaayshunsss, Expectations! That means the front says Great Expectations! What does that mean? My teacher said if you don’t know you have to look it up in a dictionary! Let’s see where the dictionary is. Oh, I found it! G-r-e-a-t,”
1, an amount more than normal
2, of ability much more than normal
3, showing something is the most important
4, very good
e-x-p-e-c-t-a-t-i-o-n
1, believing very strongly that something will happen in the future
He closed the dictionary with a thud and said “Great Expectations” slowly and clearly, then looked on the cover again, and read “bi chh-arr-ell-sss dih-kuh-enn-sss. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens!” then he remembered a different teacher telling older cubs to keep a reading log, so he looked around and found a pen and notebook and decided to use it. He gripped it in his mouth and moved his head trying his best to imitate writing January 16, only, it did not make marks, so he said,
“Maybe it’s broken,” and tossed it to the floor, looking for another one. All he found was the packet of pens because the photographer’s family had sent a whole packet of them. On the back it showed a picture of how to use the pen.
“Hmmm,” Sandstorm said, “maybe this.” He picked up the pen and patted it and patted it, then batted it and batted it. Finally, he tossed it to the ground in defeat. Just then, with a click, the pen revealed its secret. Now he picked it up once more and wrote:
December, 16
Today I red a book called Great Expectations. It is ritten by Charles Dickens. Who is he? I will reed de first chapter. I want to now watt it is about. I hop it is about cheetahs. I wonder watt de cheetah is called. -Sandstorm 9 o clok in de morning. Der is a snostorm outside and I cant get out of de cabin.
Dear Mr. Tintin
From: Jackson
To: Colligator
RE: Santa
Place Written: my backyard
Time: 3:45 PM
Date: December 13, 2020
Day: Sunday
Mood: Happy-Excited
Dear Colligator:
How are you doing? I am doing good, did you know it is almost Christmas? What do you want? Here is my wish list:
1 peanut butter
2 Kong
3 a bone
4 a ball
5 a pool to play in
6 a gigamantic typewriter
7 play with you
Do you like the list, I hope Santa won’t have to work overtime to arrange it all. I will make extra snacks for Santa so that he will be able to deliver the presents to everyone. He will get,
1 milk bone
2 a plate of dog treats
3 a big Kong full of peanut butter and squeeze cheese and cottage cheese all mixed together
4 a jar of dog food
5 a dead rat from outside(if I can catch one)
6 worms(if I can catch one)
Do you like my list of food? Do you think Santa will like it? I hope he will.
-Jackson
Bear and Donut Stay Afloat
By Lily Liu
Bear and Donut wanted to go floating! But there was a problem.
“I don’t have a float!” Bear said, “How will we go floating without a float?”
“Don’t worry, I don’t have a float either. You can use me as a float! I can hold you, and I can float, so you can ride me!” Donut exclaimed.
So Bear and Donut went floating, with Bear sitting on top of Donut.
“You’ll never have to worry, Bear. You have me! Donut.”
The river was only a mile away, but a mile was still a lot for Donut to walk.
“My legs are getting tired,” Donut sighed, “Bear, can you walk?”
“All right, I can walk. you can ride me.”
So Bear walked the other half of the mile to Glorious Day River. “Now we can float! It is such a glorious da— it’s not day anymore!” Bear gasped.
Even if it was not day, Bear and Donut went floating, and soon they were asleep.
Donut woke up to the sound of rushing water. “Oh no! Bear it’s a waterfall!” Donut shouted.
“Oh no!” Bear’s eyes popped open.
“Huh? River rafting? Donut! Are you trying to trick me?” Bear asked.
“No, I’m not! There was a waterfall, and we were Donut-rafting and you were on top of me and suddenly we were all back at my house and I was so relieved!” Donut said.
“Donut!” Bear laughed. “It was just a dream!”
“Let’s go real rafting!” Bear stood up and blew up his rideable dolphin floatie.
“Yeah, let’s!” Donut agreed and stood up too. Donut and blew up his otter floatie.
So the two went rafting, and never again did this strange dream pop up. And they never ever saw that waterfall again.
Beep Bop
By Lily Liu
Beep bop. Beep bop.
“Thank you. We’ll be on our way.”
Beep bop.
“They’ve never had a case like this today.”
Beep bop.
Four tires went POP!
Bop beep. Bop beep.
“Thanks, a lot.”
Bop beep.
“Sometimes, we use a robot.”
Bop beep. He threw the old tires into a heap.
Rhyme Time
By Lily Liu
“You know I really like to rhyme,
But we don’t have any—”
“Time?”
Tow Business
By Lily Liu
The tow truck, in such a hurry,
Made the ground grumble.
It went so fast it looked so blurry,
And then the ground started to rumble!
We watched the tow truck as it stopped,
And out the driver came.
There was never a time when four tires popped,
So today was not the same!
Book Review for Space Case Written By Stuart Gibbs
By Lily Liu
What do you think it is like to be the first people to live on the moon? Here’s what Dashiell Gibson would say:
– Space food is terrible.
– The space-toilets are even worse than space food.
– Life on the moon is dry, dusty, and boring.
– I’d rather go home.
For twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson, or Dash, life on the moon is a bore. Or not…. One morning, early morning at 2:00 AM, Dash overhears Moon Base Alpha’s doctor, Dr. Holtz, and he’s talking to someone in the men’s bathroom. Dashiell cannot hear the other end of the conversation, so he assumes Dr. Holtz is talking on the phone, but why at 2:00 AM? Well, next thing you know, Dr. Holtz is dead, brain dead. Dash is afraid worst has come to worst, and there is a killer loose on the moon! When he attempts to explain this to the moon base commander, Nina Stack, “Nina the Machina”, she dismisses his idea and thinks otherwise. Then, in the middle of all this chaos, two very helpful things happen. Dash is assigned to welcome new lunarnaut, Kira Howard, the daughter of Dr. Maxwell Howard who is also a new lunarnaut. Second, when he returns to his room, he meets someone from security called Zan Perfonic, who claims to be a good friend of Dr. Holtz. Also, she agrees that he was murdered and will help Dash find out the murderer. Kira, who has overheard Dash, helps too. But who could have done it? For one thing, Dr. Holtz is well liked. For another point, there are 25 people on the moon, could it be Lars Sjoberg, a multimillionaire. He and his family are about the most annoying people, forget on the moon, maybe even on earth. The killer could be Nina the Machina, Daphne Merritt Lars, Sonja, Patton, or Lily! As the story continues they find more clues. Could it be, Dr. Timothy Marquez, Dr. Chang Kowalski, “Chang Hi tech”. Whoever the murderer is, they’d better watch out! Dashiell is on the case no matter what Nina the Machina says. Can Dashiell succeed or will he get murdered as well? And can Dashiell figure out who murdered Dr. Holtz?
We like Space Case, because it is a funny and interesting murder mystery on the lunar surface almost 20 years in the future. It features diverse characters with differing personality.
– Dashiell Gibson: who is sometimes pessimistic and is not the kind who will break too may rules.
– Violet Gibson: Dashiell’s younger sister who is friends with Kamoze and Inez. She is energetic, and she likes eating waffles and blueberries, singing, and watching Squirrel Squad.
– Dr. Rose Harris: mother of Violet Gibson and Dashiell Gibson.
– Dr. Stephen Gibson: Father of Dashiell and Violet Gibson. Dr. Gibson doesn’t get to do much with Dashiell because of the limited space on the moon.
– Kira Howard: who has an enthusiasm trespassing into places she’s not supposed to go, especially when she sees no reason not to go.
– Dr. Maxwell Howard: who is staring into space with a hundred other ideas all the time, so he ignores his daughter a lot.
– Inez Marquez: a seven-year-old who is friends with Violet and Kamoze.
– Rodrigo Marquez: “Roddy” who is a VR addict and will not stop talking about it. Roddy likes playing video games so much that he often hogs the VR.
– Cesar Marquez: oldest child in the Marquez family, who uses his size to threaten his younger brother, though sometimes he needs help from the Sjoberg twins Patton and Lily.
– Dr. Timothy Marquez: who is an incompetent base psychiatrist, so may people in Moon Base Alpha dread their one-on-one meetings with him.
– Dr. Ilina Brahmaputra-Marquez: an Astrophysicist in Space Case, Spaced Out, and Waste Of Space.
– Kamoze Iwanyi: a seven-year-old who is friends with Violet and Inez.
– Dr. Sheri Goldstein: Moon Base Botanist who spends most of her time in the greenhouse caring for plants.
– Dr. Mfuzi Iwanyi: who is an Astronomer and a strict rule-follower.
– Dr. Jennifer Kim: a Geologist who has a very meek and quiet personality, and although she talks at about a regular frequency, it seems like a lot less since she makes everything seem like it’s her fault and usually talks in an apologetic tone.
– Dr. Shenzu Alvarez: water extraction specialist who likes playing practical jokes on people.
– Sjoberg family: a family of multimillionaire jerks: Lily, Patton, Lars, and Sonja Sjoberg.
– Dr. Viktor Balnikov: a Russian Astrophysicist in Moon Base Alpha.
– Dr. Ronald Holtz: base doctor that got murdered in Space Case.
– Dr. Chang Kowalski: a Geochemist that has an IQ matching Albert Einstein’s
– Garth Grisan: maintenance worker that works for the military.
– Nina Stack: base commander who, like Grisan, works for the military. Nina is called “Nina The Machina” by younger children like Violet or Inez.
– Dr. Daphne Merritt: base roboticist whose personality is the opposite from Nina’s. Dr. Merritt a best friend to all the children except Cesar, Lily, and Patton.
– Zan Perfonic: when Dashiell first meets Zan, she says she works for security.
The Cheetah’s Cabin – Chapter one
By Rose Liu
In Rogge Cloof nature reserve, there was a snowstorm taking place. A cheetah named Sandstorm was cold. He wanted a cabin!! He decided to hunt one down, not knowing that you don’t hunt cabins down. He prowled up and down and all around until he found a sign that said, “This way to Bullseye Cabin,” and one end of the sign was pointy. The point was pointing towards a cluster of trees. Sandstorm didn’t understand the sign. All he knew was it had cabin written on part of it, and it was pointing somewhere. “I wish I learned more of people-talk; I can’t understand!” He put his paws on his head and tugged at his ears a little. Finally, he declared, “I can’t understand, but I have an idea. I will follow the pointy sign!” He picked up his paws and tramped and tramped, till he got to a clearing and there, standing tall, with a sign beside it, his cabin!
The photographer opened the door. The weather report had said there was going to be a blizzard soon. He needed more firewood. “Good grief, this is Africa! Not the north pole. And there’s already a snowstorm! Good grief!” he thought. Then he went back inside, climbed up the ladder to his room and walked to his wardrobe. Fortunately, he remembered The Great Snowstorm of 1989 and had some snow gear hidden away in a chest in the back of his closet. He dusted off the chest and tugged out all his bulky gear. He put on his snow pants, under jacket, extra socks, parka, snow boots, snowshoes, gloves, hat, and scarf. He shuffled to he ladder and grabbed on, but it was too slippery, and his mitten was sliding off, so he waved his arms and legs around and around to try and stay on but then, his mitten slipped down and he came falling down. He landed with a thump and picked himself up and dusted himself off. “I really should install some stairs,” he grumbled. Then he grabbed his phone and camera and one extra mitten and one extra scarf for the phone and the camera to keep warm. Then he shuffled outside, because when you’re that bundled-up and must hold a bundled-up camera and a bundled-up phone in your bundled-up hands, it is impossible not to slowly shuffle.
That was when he saw the cheetah, slowly stalking. He quickly snapped a picture, just as the cheetah disappeared into the snow. He went to the shed and grabbed his big bobsled. Then he held on to the string and tugged it out of the shed. He had forgotten to lock the cabin door.
As soon as the photographer was out of sight, Sandstorm dashed over and tugged the door open and dashed in and slammed the door on the cold, cold, snow.
A Change Of Plan
It was a beautiful sunny day,
As we drove along in our van.
Rose suggested, “I think there’s a faster way!”
And so we changed our plan.
Prickly cacti stood all around,
And suddenly, we stopped.
We heard and exploding sound,
Because all the tires had popped!