Kyle Zhu

**Marking Period 1**

**Intro**

Hi my name is Kyle Zhu my nickname in 5th grade was "zookeeper" because my last name was Zhu. Ever since my nickname was zookeeper everybody started calling me that. I have dog named Angel and I had her for about 5 years and she had an accident like a year ago. I am 11 years old and my birthday is May 25, 2004. I have a lot of friends because I move a lot, I moved to 5 different houses in my life so, you would imagine on how many friends I would have and half of them I don't even remember and I had to have an annoying big brother through my entire life. My brother is 15 now and he is in high school and he is annoying. I was born in Philadelphia , then I moved to Missouri and then, I moved back here. The longest I've stayed in a school was for 3 years. Middle school hasn't been so bad lately. I think I'm going to live here for a long time so, I hope I get to stay here with all my friends. I always hate moving schools all the time. I had a best friend in Missouri but apparently we had to move. I was also in a lot of swim teams because I apparently have to be in a swim team.

**Florida**
I went to Florida for winter break. Before we left, a different person came from China because she didn't have a place to stay so we took her along on the vacation and we had a great time.You might wonder why did I go there in the winter. We went there because it doesn't snow in Florida and it's usually warm there. It was sometimes cold and sometimes warm but when we go on a water ride we always do it a the wrong time because before we go on it its warm but after we get off we're freezing cold. We had a lot of fun. We also met up with my old friends from Missouri. There was this new Harry Potter ride that we went on and I was pretty scared to go on it but once I got on it, it was super fun. After the first time I wanted to do it again but my friend had to come along but he did not want to, so we made him do it. The first drop came and he almost wet his pants. It looked like he was stunned or something and he was just screaming" I hate this ride!" His sister and I were laughing really hard and it was hilarious. After we were done he said he loved the ride and we were just like you were screaming on that ride. After we went to get butterbear. Butterbear is like root bear but its root beer from Harry Potter. We had like 5 cups of it, so we were freezing after we drank it. Soon enough it started raining and we just got even colder and it felt like I was about to freeze to death. I was also wearing shorts and short sleeves, good thing I was prepared with a jacket. The rain ruined the day so we couldn't ride anymore rides, so "boo hoo" . There is this other ride that we rode before but my friend haven't rode it before. It's a Jurassic Park ride and the only thing you do is go straight up and then you go straight down and we were in the front. I think he almost passed out. There is also this other ride that is called the Mummy and I closed my eyes for the whole ride for the first time then the second time I did it I closed my eyes for some of the ride. We had so much fun that day.

**Swim Meet**
There was one swim meet that I did really good in. My swim team is short for DST, it stands for the Delaware Swim Team. I swam a 100 free, 50 free, 100 back, 100 breast, and 50 fly. When you drop sec, it means that you swam faster than your other time. When you gain time it means that you swam slower than your other time. My 100 free I dropped 12 sec and I had no clue that I would go this fast . For the 50 free I dropped about 5 sec. For the 100 back I dropped about 5-9 sec. For my 100 breast I dropped 11 sec and I thought I was going to gain time but instead I dropped this much. For the 50 fly I only dropped 1 sec. I dropped in pretty much all my events. My coach was impressed with me because when I was in his group which was one of the higher groups but I was the slowest in that group so, that was why he was impressed. I didn't think I would drop in all my events because I didn't swim the whole entire summer so I thought I was going to be slower than last year, like a lot slower. I think that this was so far my best swim meet, so "YAY"!!!

**Marking Period 2**
**The Adventure**
Once upon a time, there were a group of animals that were on a camping trip. The dog´s name was Hairy, the cat´s name was Fur Ball, and the horse´s name was Fred. One day they were sitting around a campfire eating smores and telling scary stories but when it was the dog´s turn to tell his scary story, the horse had to go to the bathroom and the dog and the cat waited but he never came back so they waited until they heard a crunching noise and they thought it was Fred the horse, instead it was a group of hunters, so they ran. The cat ran up a tree but the dog could n´t climb trees, so he hid in a bush. The hunters were looking around and they found him but the cat wanted to save him but he did n´t want to risk his life so he waited until their backs were facing the cat so the cat could follow them into the truck. They put Hairy in a cage and the cat got into the back of the truck and tried to help the dog but could n´t unlock the cage door. Fur Ball tripped and fell and the hunters heard something and looked behind him and say the cat and they tried to put him in the cage but he resisted and scratched him and put fur Ball to sleep and when Fur Ball woke up he was in a pet store and could n´t find Hairy and got really scared and tried to escape but could n´t get out, so he waited. Years went by and still in the same cage until they opened his cage because a family wanted to see her and she thought this was her chance to get out so she took that chance and run right out of the cage and ran to the dogs section and tried looking for Hairy and saw his cage but he was n´t in there and thought maybe he was adopted so he asked other dogs and they said that he was adopted like a year ago. She asked¨Who adopted him¨ and the dogs said ¨ The Andersons¨ He headed to the Anderson´s house and saw that Hairy was happy with his new family and as soon as they left the house she would knock on the window and Hairy saw Fur Ball and opened the window and looked super surprised and and when he looked at her he thought of what his life was like when he was a stray with Fur Ball and started crying because he missed her and she started crying because she missed him. They both thought that Fred would never came back to them.

**Fred´s point of view**
When he was going to the bathroom he heard a bunch of hunters so he ran and hid and when the hunters were gone and Fred came back to the campfire and Fur Ball an Hairy were gone and started crying because he was alone and so he walked into the woods until he reached something and he did, he reached a farm with all sorts of animals so he thought that maybe Fur Ball and Hairy may be there so he walked into the farm and searched around for his two best friends and could n´t find them. There were a group of horses and Fred thought that they could help him find Hairy and Fur Ball instead they kicked him out and bullied him and he would just lie there on the ground crying because he thought that he will never find Hairy and Fur Ball. The farmer walked out to the farm and saw Fred on the ground all beat up and took him in and raised him and once he grew up he finally fit in with the rest of the horses and became Fred´s best friends and sometimes forget about Hairy and Fur Ball but when all the horses went to sleep he would go to his cage and try to sleep but he could n´t because every time he closed his eyes he would think of Hairy and Fur Ball. Even if he did fall asleep he would always have a dream about Hairy and Fur Ball. One day they were getting transferred to another farm but what Fred did n´t realize was that they were closer to the pet store Hairy and Fur Ball were at. When they arrived at the new farm he saw the pet store and thought that Hairy and Fur Ball would be there so when they were letting the horses through the gate, he had a chance to run and go look for him so he took that chance and ran as fast as he can. When he made it to the pet store, a lot of people were alarmed and someone called the animal department. When they arrived they had tranquilizers so the horse hurried and ran to the cat section and saw Fur Ball and asked him where Hairy was and she said that he was already adopted and soon enough he got shot with a tranquilizer and fell asleep and woke up back in the farm. He knew he could n´t sleep tonight. When he woke up he wanted go back to ask Fur Ball more questions about who adopted Hairy and he Fur ball said that ¨The Andersons adopted him." Once he got there he couldn't go through the front door so he figured he would go through the backyard and he saw a grave there and it said "R.I.P HAIRY" and so he started crying and walked slowly back home and on his way home, he wasn't really paying attention to the road and a big truck came by and ran him over and it was right next to the pet shop Fur Ball was in and she heard a whine and someone much have accidentally opened her cage and ran outside to see what happened. When she got outside she saw Fred on the ground still breathing but only a few minuets went by and she lost him. She went back into her cage feeling really lonely and years went by and nobody wanted to adopt her. Soon she got old and could barely eat, walk or even sleep. She would never forget her friends ever.

**The Mysterious Island**

**Chapter 1: Shipwrecked**
One day this family was going on a trip to Hawaii but since they did not want to take a plane they took a boat. It was a family of 5, 1 sister, 2 brothers and 2 parents. They were on the boat eating food and watching TV. Their parents went to sleep early and the littlest [Brian(only 5 years old )] was watching TV and heard that there was a big thunder storm outside and he started getting scared and tried to go to sleep. When he woke up there was water everywhere and his siblings and parents were still asleep. He tried to wake them up but they wouldn't wake up. So, he ran out to the deck and everyone was panicking and he got onto a lifeboat but he fell off the boat and started swimming and soon enough he ran out of energy and passed out. He woke up on an island not remembering anything. He got so mad because he doesn't know who he is, he doesn't even remember his own name. He waited for days trying to remember who he was. Soon he just stopped trying and started to try to survive in the wild. What he didn't know about the island, was that it was a very magical island full of mysterious animals that nobody has ever seen. He was trying to find water and food. He was so thirsty he thought he was going to pass out and was so hungry that he thought he was going to die. Soon enough he found a waterfall and started drinking and it was really foggy on the part of the island he was on so he had no idea where he was going. Soon he got tired so he rested a bit, soon he fell asleep. When he woke up, his vision was kinda blurry so he went over to the water fall and washed his face. When his vision wasn't so blurry anymore he realized that the fog had cleared up and saw this beautiful area of land and the sunny sky peaking out of the mountain. He saw some animals roaming through the valley and wanted to eat them but he had nothing to kill them with. He went into the woods and got two pieces of wood and tried to make a fire because it was kind of cold out there and he barely had any clothes on. So, he made a fire and started to warm up and wondered when he would get off the island and soon he fell asleep. When he woke up he started to climb the mountain and when he was climbing the mountain he tripped and hit his head on a piece of rock and got knocked out. When he woke up he remembered who he was and got so happy and sad at the same time because he remembered about his family and he thinks that they died and started crying, kept crying for hours and can't stop crying so he would cry as loud as he could because he thought that nobody was on this island with him. When he stopped crying he started climbing the mountain again. Once he reached the top he would go to edge of the mountain and take a deep breath and this made him feel better. He found rocks and thought about sharpening wood so he could make a spear, a bow, or a knife. He picked up as many rocks as he can and he saw a bag on the ground in the corner and thought that maybe he isn't alone on this island after all. He opened the bag and he saw a parachute in the bag because he seen one in the movies before and thought that he could jump off the cliff and parachute but he was kinda scared to do it. So he closed his eyes and jumped off and parachuted and he just realized that he was scared of heights and was screaming so loud that you could probably hear him from the other side of the island. Once he landed he was short of breath from screaming constantly and thought that he may have lost his voice. Once he got his breath back he started walking again and was thinking of trying to build a house. So he planned it out by drawing on the dirt with a stick. He remembered about making a spear to hunt so he took out the rocks he got from the mountain and got a big piece of wood and sharpened it and made a spear. He went out to the valley and tried to find some kind of animal to eat. He was hiding and when he was looking around he caught something by the corner of his eyes. It was some kind of deer with really strange antlers. He was aiming with his spear but he hesitated, and just stared at it. He had a really weird feeling, it was like he wanted to kill it but he also didn't want to kill it. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes and threw it and heard a big thump,t he opened his eyes and saw the deer lying on the floor groaning as if it was calling for help. So he took out his wooden knife and ended his misery and killed it. He cut open the deer's stomach and took out the meat and made a fire and cooked the meat. When the meat was cooked he started eating, he just used his bare hands and ate the meat. When he took the first bite he was so happy because it was so good. After he finished he went to sleep. When he woke up he felt really strong and full of energy, he started thinking that what if that deer was special and was not like the other kind of deer. Instead of climbing the mountains again, he went to explore more of the woods. While he was walking in the woods he saw something bright and it was shining into his eyes and started walking towards it, and it led him into a dark cave. He was standing outside of it just staring at it and was deciding whether or not he wanted to go in or keep exploring the woods.

**Marking Period 3**

**Chapter 2: Companions**
He decided to go into the cave because he thought that he could maybe find some supplies in the cave. He started to walk in and there was a cool breeze that seemed to be pulling him in. He looked behind him but he didn't seem to see the entrance that he came in from. He wanted to turn back but he couldn't seem to turn back. It was like he was being controlled by someone. He couldn't feel his legs but they were like moving by themselves. While he's walking he can see a light and its getting closer and closer. Eventually he reached the light and entered the light and walked into like a another world under the island with mysterious creatures, it was like dinosaurs were back alive. He saw this big castle on the other side so he started walking towards it. When he reached the entrance of the castle he heard laughter. He entered the door and started walking up the stairs and when he reached the top he saw like a bunch of warriors sitting around a big table. He didn't know what to say so he just said "Hi" nervously. They just gave him a nod. He started looking around the room and he saw a a group of kids playing some cards. There were two girls and two boys. He walked over to them and said "Hi" and they also just gave him a nod. The room all of a sudden got quiet and all just stared at him with confusion. They had no clue why he was here all by himself. The leader of the group spoke "What are you doing here?". Then Brian replied "I was in a shipwreck and I ended up on this island." The leader said "Where are your parents?". The boy replied " Dead". They all gasped and stated whispering to each other. One of the men said that they were going to go hunt soon and they asked Brian if he wanted to go or not. He said that he wanted to go. When they were preparing to go they gathered their gear, even the kids were going. One of the men asked if he wanted a spear or a bow. The boy said that he wanted a spear, so he gave him one and it was sharper than his other one. It could cut him just by touching it just a little. So, they headed out and stated walking deeper into the woods. When they saw this big furry animal Brian thought that it was a mammoth but he thought again and remembered that mammoths are extinct. So he thought it was just another strange animal. When they got close up Brian asked one of the men and they said that it was called a mammoth and he just was clueless and he was just so confused and he thought that if there's mammoths then there has to be dinosaurs around here. Then the leader told Brian and the other men to split into 4 groups and just surround the mammoth so that it wouldn't escape. When the leader gave the signal they all charged in and they all shot and stabbed and soon enough they killed it and then one of the men came up with a big knife and just jabbed right into it. They dragged the mammoth all the way back to camp and started to cook it. The group gave him a piece of meat and said to eat it because he needs energy for tomorrow because they are going on a very long trip up the mountains and it is known as "The Mountain of Peace" Brian asked on what the Mountain of Peace is and they said that it is a mountain where monks live and meditate for years and that is why it is called the Mountain of Peace because its so peaceful up there. When they all finished their meal they all went to sleep and Brian had a dream of when he was back home back with his family. He woke up before everybody else did and he tried to go back to sleep but he couldn't go back to sleep. Soon enough he fell asleep and everybody was up and ready for the trip. He was getting ready for the trip and all of a sudden he sees something shining in the bush and he walks over to it and reaches into the bush and it felt really smooth and soft and he pulls it out of the bush. It was a kid named Drew, he wanted to be called Drew McSmith. He wanted to tag along with the group and Brian said he would make sure with the leader and he said that he could tag along if he doesn't be annoying. Then we started the trip and he started to talk to Brian and asked if he was around here and he said that no he was from The United States of America and Drew said wow wheres that and he said I don't know anymore. Drew asked on where his parents are and he said their gone and Drew asked where did they go and he said in a better place now. And Drew said oh and he understood now and he said that he was sorry and Brian said it was fine and they kept walking with the group. It got dark so the group took a break and all of them went to sleep and Drew woke up in the middle of the night and he overheard the leader talking to one of the people in the group and he heard that the leader was going to try and kill Brian and Drew thought what will he do, run or help Brian and he decided to help Brian and he went back to camp and went back to sleep and pretended that nothing happened. When it was morning he looked over at Brian and he was still sleeping and he woke him up and told him to come over behind the bushes and he told him what he heard during the night but Brian didn't believe him at first but then he started to believe him and both of them was trying to come up with a plan and they thought of one it was to run away. They both agreed on it and they were going to pack their bags and run the opposite way. When they both packed their bags they ran and then the leaders told the group to go after them and bring them back alive. They ran as fast as they could but some how they were faster than them and they were catching up. Drew's legs were getting tired so he had to take a break but they didn't have time to rest.
**Marking Period 4**
Brian dragged Drew across the floor but they were catching up on them so they hid in the bushes but Drew's foot was peeking out of the bush and the they saw him and they dragged him out of the bush but he could not get up so the men picked him and asked Drew where his friend was and Drew would never give up his only friend in his life. So the men took Drew back to their home/base/sanctuary and they asked him questions but Drew McSmith would not give any information of Brian's whereabouts but what they didn't know was that Brian was with them the whole time. The men threaten Drew that they would put a tennis ball launcher in front of his face if he doesn't tell them where Brian is. Drew didn't tell where Brian is so they turned the machine and it just kept shooting tennis balls in his face repeatedly. When they stopped the machine they asked him the question again and Brian did not answer the question again so they turned it on again but they turned the speed up faster and the balls started hitting him in the face repeatedly. Drew yelled, "Stop!" he would tell them where he is so he told them but he lied about it and when they left the leader stayed there to make sure he doesn't escape. Brian came out of the shadows and knocked him out and untied Drew and Brian said thanks for not bailing him out. they were heading for the door but the group just got back and they looked angry. They saw him and they ran up the stairs to the roof but on the way up there they both grabbed really large blankets and jumped off the roof and they kind of glided but they hit the floor pretty hard. They didn't get hurt though so that's good. They looked back up at the roof where the men were still there and they just stood there thinking if they wanted to jump or not. Some jumped but some of them broke their ankles and couldn't run after them. Brian and Drew ran into the woods as fast as they could. Drew tripped again but he tripped right in front of him and then Drew tripped Brian. Drew was in pain because since they were running so fast Brain didn't have time to react and just kicked him really hard in the gut by accident. Since they weren't chasing them they could take a break. They were trying to make a fire for hours. At one moment they created FIRE. They were so excited they screamed so loud it echoed through the whole island. (I'm emphasizing) Brian looked through his bag and found some meat in it so they cooked above the fire. When it was finished they ate and they felt so relieved. Soon enough they fell asleep. Brian woke up in the middle of night because he heard something in the woods. He tried to go back to sleep but he heard something else again. Soon enough he heard people talking and he thought it sounded familiar. He thought that it was the men that were trying to catch them from before. After a while he heard them again but closer this time so he just had to go check it out. He wanted to be careful just in case so he stayed in the bushes and saw something far away so he looked closer. Turns out it was the men from before. He panicked and went back to camp where Drew was still sleeping as fast as he could so he could warn Drew. When he got there he woke him up and told him and Drew thought it was just a prank and all of a sudden one of the men spotted them and started chasing them again. Then started to believe him and ran and didn't even grab his equipment so Brian grabbed it for him and had to run with all the gear but he was much slower than Drew. The men were catching up on Brian so he just dropped all of his gear and ran and the men just stopped and bent down and picked up the gear and turned around and went back to their base. Drew came back to Brian and yelled at him because he dropped all of their gear. Brain explained to him that Drew just ran off expecting Brian to just pick up all their gear which weighs a ton. They were thinking about either going to the base to try and get their gear back or just keep moving and hopefully find something useful. They made a plan to make a boat and try and get off the island as soon as possible. They also made a plan to gather equipment before leaving. Luckily Brain always had a knife in his pocket and a spear strapped to his back so he wouldn't lose it. He would also keep an ax in his pants strapped on to his underwear. I mean it would smell really bad after a while but at least it still worked. It was a little dull though. They started to work on the boat. But the problem was that had to get some equipment from the base. They started to build the boat. First Brian told Drew to get some branches and some logs and Brian just went to get some vines so he could tie the branches and logs. When Drew was looking for some logs he encountered some men from the other fortress. Drew hid in the bushes and the men passed him and he tried to hold his breath because they might hear him breathing. Soon enough they left and went back to their base. Brian and Drew met up back on the beach and started building. Then, they heard some men talk from the woods. They sounded close to them. So, they hid in the bushes. The men came out of the forest and saw the boat, so they trashed the boat and pushed it out to sea and Brian and Drew wanted to fight them but they knew that if they did they would be badly hurt and taken back to the base. When they left Brian and Drew had to rebuild from scratch.