Once upon a time there was a lone toothpick. His family was killed my the infamous Q-tip. He swore his vengeance against the Q-tip. Until one day he totally had a huge epic battle with a long green snake called aleshnashna. The victor was very unclear until the snakes head fell off. For no random reason. It just magically fell off like plop. I was all like whoa dude that was pretty dang rock-in. At that exact moment Q-tip came out and said "your coming with me" and Toothpick said nuh uh uh. Can't Touch this dun dun dun dun. dun dun. dun dun. Can't touch this. But by then he already touched it. Then they had an even epic-er battle and I was all like dude what happend and he was like. I won
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Hundredth Dove response
The Hundredth Dove response
Would you break a promise to a person you were obligated to serve? Or would you stay loyal and do as you were told? In the story “The Hundredth Dove” by: Jane Yolen, A man has to catch one-hundred doves for the kings wedding. The story starts off by introducing the main character, Hugh. He is a man that, I think, makes the best of what he has. He barley has anything, but he remains loyal to his master, The King. As I was saying, the story starts in a dreary tone. Like in an old horror movie, this made me wonder.
It made me ask myself, what can I pick off from what I’m reading now, to predict what would happen in the story farther into it. The reason being is because I like to make a list of options in my head about what could happen, what would possibly happen, and what will happen. The fact that it revealed everything right away, made this very easy for me to do. For example, I knew that he was going to complete his task at all means necessary because, in the second paragraph it explains how loyal he is to his king and also how he is a very skilled fowler.
Even the most skilled athletes and workhorses have bad luck. In the fourth paragraph, the author explains that he set out to catch as many doves possible in one day. The white dove slips out of the net and flies away. This is where I got the idea that the queen can turn into a dove because the same way the author described the queen as slim and fair, was the same way they described the white dove. That’s when I started to piece together the puzzle of the ending.
I guessed that the dove was magical when they said mythical creatures walked by him on the same day he caught and killed the white dove to complete his “chore.” Such as a hippocampus, gryphon, and unicorn, and before he killed it, she offered him three things. That’s when I knew what was going to happen exactly. I knew he killed the queen when there was no wedding figured out what was going to happen in the end before I read the end.
When it’s all said and done, the story was intriguing and the plot was creative. I liked the story a lot, but I was expecting more depth from such an attention getting story. Such as, more of a plot, and not such a rushed ending. In all honesty though I loved the book and I’m behind Hugh all the way on his decision.
Would you break a promise to a person you were obligated to serve? Or would you stay loyal and do as you were told? In the story “The Hundredth Dove” by: Jane Yolen, A man has to catch one-hundred doves for the kings wedding. The story starts off by introducing the main character, Hugh. He is a man that, I think, makes the best of what he has. He barley has anything, but he remains loyal to his master, The King. As I was saying, the story starts in a dreary tone. Like in an old horror movie, this made me wonder.
It made me ask myself, what can I pick off from what I’m reading now, to predict what would happen in the story farther into it. The reason being is because I like to make a list of options in my head about what could happen, what would possibly happen, and what will happen. The fact that it revealed everything right away, made this very easy for me to do. For example, I knew that he was going to complete his task at all means necessary because, in the second paragraph it explains how loyal he is to his king and also how he is a very skilled fowler.
Even the most skilled athletes and workhorses have bad luck. In the fourth paragraph, the author explains that he set out to catch as many doves possible in one day. The white dove slips out of the net and flies away. This is where I got the idea that the queen can turn into a dove because the same way the author described the queen as slim and fair, was the same way they described the white dove. That’s when I started to piece together the puzzle of the ending.
I guessed that the dove was magical when they said mythical creatures walked by him on the same day he caught and killed the white dove to complete his “chore.” Such as a hippocampus, gryphon, and unicorn, and before he killed it, she offered him three things. That’s when I knew what was going to happen exactly. I knew he killed the queen when there was no wedding figured out what was going to happen in the end before I read the end.
When it’s all said and done, the story was intriguing and the plot was creative. I liked the story a lot, but I was expecting more depth from such an attention getting story. Such as, more of a plot, and not such a rushed ending. In all honesty though I loved the book and I’m behind Hugh all the way on his decision.
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