Book Review 2-14 The Billy Goats Gruff

There is 3 goats in this forest. Their name is Gruff. They are very nice brothers. The youngest goat is Beanie. The middle goat is Berrie. The oldest goat is Biffer. In winter, there is less food in their home. Then, Biffer decided moving their house to eat a lot of food. They are training many days to climb to the mountain. At last, brothers can climb to the mountain. They entered the forest. When they saw green monster, Beanie and Berrie run away. Biffer knows that the monster is a rabbit. Beanie reached the bridge. If he can walk bridge, he can eat flesh food. When he walk there, troll appeared and tried to eat him. He told him that the goats which is bigger than him will come soon. He can get in. After that Berrie came and he also told him that the goat which is bigger than him will come soon. Finally, Biffer reached the bridge. Troll tried to eat him but he attacked him. Troll drown in the river. All of the animal can walk bridge. Biffer is strong goat in the world.
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osyogatu

I got up at 9 o'clock to go to take pictures with all of my father's family. We took nice picture. After that,we went to shrine. I got omikuji. That was nice. I also got wataame. I really wanted to get a ringoame but this year there is no ringoame shops. A few years ago, there is a nice ringoame shop. The shop sells nice candy. Small apples is covered with melt sugar. I will eat next year. I pick up omikuji. It was nice. This year, I will study hard and want to get nice score of TOEIC.

At noon, I went back my grand mother's house. I have no plans so I mailed my friends and so on. My father watched TV because Ozu high school play a soccer game. They won the game. On January 3rd, they will play next game. I want them to win. If they win, they are Best 8 team in Japan. After watching, he went to fishing the small river. He got 7 fish. I watched his appearance but I went back home soon because the outside is very cold. I can't stand it. At night, I went to bed earlier than yesterday. I want to sleep faster than my father because his snore is so loud.

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Osechi

A Happy New Year! How have you been? Today,I got up at 8. I said a happy new year to my grand mother. Today has uruu second. Have you ever heard that name? I haven't heard it. Means of this is the day to adjust a clock. When 9 o'clock will come, 8 o'clock 59 minutes 60second will appear. That phenomenon occur every 3 years. I am looking forward to watching news but there is no news. I am very sad. After that, I ate osechi which is made by my grand mother with my family. First,I drunk otoso. The youngest people has to drink it.The second youngest people,me, drink next. I ate osechi a lot.

At noon, my father's family gather and ate lunch together. I got money from my aunts to celebrate my 20 years old anniversary. I'm looking forward to wearing furisode on January 12th. After lunch, I read manga and play the game, I also wrote a post. At 3, I went to Kagoshima with my grand mother and aunts. I got some ice cream. I was very happy. At night, I ate sushi. My grand mother gave me to sushi for celebrate. After dinner, I went to bed. Today's dream call first dream in this year. I'm looking forward to seeing good dream. I hope so.

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Real

On December 31, I went to my grand mother's house with my family. She lives in Mimamata. My cousins live near her house. They have 4 cats in their house. The New Year's day,my cousin's family and my father's sister and her husband came to this house. My father has 2 younger sisters. One is dentist. She has 3 children,cousins. Their age are 22,19 and 14. I hardly meet them. Their cats are very cute. The day,mother of my cousin showed me a cute picture to me.The picture is real Tom and Jely. Do you know Tom and Jely? That is an animation of a cat and a mouse. The cat,Tom, always try to catch a mouse,Jely. Jely is clever so Tom can't catch him. However when they get in trouble,their team work is nice. Do you like it?

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Book Review 2- 13 Stories of Ghosts

There are 3 stories in this book. I will tell you first story. There is a Shiverham Hall. The hotel is for ghosts. Many guests came to the hotel. Mr. Quiver is very happy. The serves of hotel is so nice. He is proud of his job. One day, two men came into his hotel. They are not ghost. One of them is fat man. He is Mr. Slate. He wants to build the new hotel here. However, another man told him the hotel have many ghosts but Slate doesn't care about it. The night, he stayed the hotel to prove that there is no ghosts at this hotel.

The night, Mr. Quiver told the fact to staff so they tried to be frighten him. However, many ghosts tried, he doesn't care about it. They confused. The next day, he told another man to built a new hotel. However, a ghost came. The ghost is his aunt. He doesn't like his aunt. He doesn't be take care of his aunt and he escaped the hotel. Mr. Quiver told her that she can stay as long as she like.

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All Blacks

Do you know this team? All Blacks is most popular and famous rugby of New Zealand. When I was in NZ, I went some souvenir shops. There are a lot of goods of All Blacks. The team is strong. When they start the game, they do haka. Haka is traditional act of Maori. They treasure their culture. I bought a staff bare in NZ, the doll sing haka. The face is cute but the voice is so cool. I will give it to my friend.

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Yuzu

I went to my grand mother's house on December 30th. She is 71 years old and she likes play gateball. I went there at noon. I had lunch. I ate a lot because my grand mother serve so nice lunch. After lunch, I was walking to the forest with my father and brother. It was nice exercise for me. Before going back home, we went to grave near the house to say hello to my grand father. He had gone last year and I was very sad. After that, my brother found yuzu tree. He and my father tried to get some yuzu. They got 4 yuzu so today's bath is yuzuburo. I'm very happy.

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Important thig 2

What are you going to bring your travel to abroad? What is your most important thing? What do you put into your suitcase?

-Money
It is first time to use NZ money. At first, to buy something is difficult for me but few weeks later, I could buy by myself. I was very happy. I like buy some sweets in NZ because NZ's sweets are very nice. I will bring to Japan.

-Passport
I made passport in July. I had never been to abroad so I didn't have passport. My father goes to China or America as work so he has passport. He told me how to make it.

-Heart
Important thing is strong heart to ask someone or talk with someone. To have strong heart is to study English hard.

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Japanese?

This week is last week for me in NZ. That night, I went to Japanese bar with my host family and Jane's friend's family. The Japanese bar looked very interesting. The waiters are Chinese. I'm very sad. I want to meet Japanese. However, the chef appeared. At first, I was glad because he looked Japanese but he spoke English and found the man Chinese too. I was very sad. Jane told him that I am Japanese. He spoke to me in Japanese. He said that Good morning in Japanese. I was sad again. The dish is not delicious. He is funny men so his performance is big so it is dirty. Japanese do not like that!! I was very angry that day I miss Japan very much.

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! On December 23rd. I went to Uto city to help motituki for volunteer. I went there with my club member. I talked with elderly and play with children. I had a very good time in the morning. In the afternoon, I went shopping with my family. We bought sushi and cake. Today is party because my sister is coming home today. I was very happy to eat dinner with all of my family members. I ate nice Christmas cake. I don't want to get on a bathroom scale.

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Book review 2-12 Rumpelstiltskin

There is a miller who loves show off every thing true or false and boast every thing. He has a very beautiful daughter. One day, they met a nice King. Father told him that his daughter could spin straw into gold. Of course she can't but the King believed the fact. He invited her to his castle next day. She really wants to be a Queen. The next day, she went to the old castle. They went to the tiny room, stuffed with straw. He tested her ability. He told her that if she can't do spin straw into gold, she will die. The night, she cried because she will die. The next moment, one little man who riding on spoon came to her room. He told her that he can do it. She really pleased. However, he also told her that if he can do it for her, she will give him something. She gave him her necklace. The next day came. The King delight and he took another room and he has her do that again. The night, she also cried and a little man came. The day, she gave ring to him. The next day King took her another big room to spin straw into gold. The night she cried because he has nothing to give something to a little old man. He told her, if she has first children, he wants to him or her. She didn't want to do that but she promised because she thought that he will forget about this in the future. The next day, King prease and they married.

After that, she has very good time with her husband and gave birth a child. She was very happy. One day, a cold day, the old little man came to her house. He told her to hand the boy to him. She doesn't want to that so he gave her a chance. If she can know his name , she doesn't hand her child to him. He gave her 3days. First day, she told a lot of name for him what she knew. 2nd day she went to village and ask people's name. However, she couldn't find true answer. 3rd day night, she felt bad. At the dinner, her husband told a story. The day, he went to the forest and found a little man. He sung a song. His name is Rumpelstiltskin. She could know his name! The night, he came to her house. She told his name so he went away from her house. She was very happy.

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Santa game

One night, I was very boring so I tried to find flash games. This week is Christmas season. I was very happy to play Santa's game. I found many games. I will tell you some web sites. It is very fun. Please try it. If you like it, you will tell your friends! First game is to give presents for children as Santa. You can use up, side and down key. Please try to be good Santa. Second game is difficult game but it was very interesting.

SANTA 1

SANTA 2

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Grand father

The day I went to shopping with Jane's parents and Ella. The day is Sunday so I have no school. The day is also Margot's friend's birthday so she and Jane went to party for him. I and Ella have no plan so her parents came and went shopping with. Grand father is interesting old man. He is funny but his pronunciation is difficult for me to hear. However, grand mother is nice British English so I could talk and hear. I ate cute cookie. I told her about my grand father. He past so I can't go shopping with him. She said to me that today is your grand father too. I was very happy to hear that. After shopping, I went back home. Margot had already went back home. She looked very happy. Her friend was in there. He is so pretty. That night, Jane made dinner. The dish is turkey. It is first time to watch real turkey. It was delicious. I had very good time the day.

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Beer

Why don't you buy this beer? On December 7th, I worked as a part time job. Today's job is to sell beer of Santory, Kinmugi. Do you know it? It is famous beer and Rei Dan is character of this beer. I went to Yume Mart at Obiyama. Today's my boss is very cool man. I had been standing and ask to buy one. At first, I was very sad because I was lonely at the supermarket. Costumer didn't stop and didn't buy. I was very sad. However, I tried hard and tried to ask loud voice. In the afternoon, many people stop and bought beer. I was very happy. I could sell 20 packs in a day. I could sleep well that day.

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Important thigs in Japan

What is your important things? When you go travel somewhere in Japan, what will you bring there? What will you put into your bag?

-Charger
Charger of cell phone is important for me. Cell phone is important things for me because it can keep in touch with my friends and teacher. I can call friends and send e-mails to friends everywhere. However, battery of cell phone is most important things isn't it? If I want to call my friends at my grand mother's house, no battery can't call friends. To bring charger is important to go travel.

-Cosmetic
I always make up and go to school. To make up is etiquette of women, I think and also to make up is fashion of women. We make up and we want to be nice women. I have to bring cosmetic. We will buy new cosmetic sometimes because we want to try and know how to make up my self and how do I make up. We want to do nice make up. I'm studying about cosmetic.

-Keys
It is important things too. To forget to bring key of your house, you can't relax at home soon. Sometimes, I forgot to bring keys and went to school. I went back home and tried to get in. My mother is always in there but sometimes she goes to shopping so I can't get in. I am very sad.

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Takosu

In New Zealand, Jane made takosu for dinner. I helped her to cook dinner. I sliced the cheese. I looked how to make it. I had never eaten such a dish in Japan so it is interesting dish for me. It was very delicious. I put cheese, meat, lettuce into takosu shell. Takosu shell is like a potato chips. I like that taste. Jane also put avocado into it. I tried to eat but I don't like it. I really like takosu. I wanted to make it for my real family.

In December, I went to supermarket with my family in Japan. There is big one so there are a lot of goods from foreign countries. I found the takosu sell. I bought and made it for my family. I made it. It is not difficult to make it. I tried to remember how to make. I could making nice takosu at last. The taste is similar to Jane's. I was very happy. My mother loves it. I made it for my friends some day.

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Book Review 2-11 Snake Camp

The hero of this book is Stevie. He went to camp to learn about Viper which is new software. However, the camper have to go to forest. He doesn't like in wood because he hates bugs and poison ivy and snakes. He wondered that why he has to go to forest to study software.

Jordan who sat down next to Stevie talked to him about camp. He loves this camp and he really wants to get snakes. Stevie found the incredible fact that Viper has two means. One is name of new software program. The other is type of snake. He went to snake camp.

They arrived the forest. Tim who is instructor of snake camp told them about snake and he wanted them to get own snake. Stevie didn't want to that so he found good idea. He went back to the bus and he brought a shoe box. After that, children shown off their nice snake to each other. Next turn is Stevie. He said that I have rare snake so you can only see bad weather. Of course it is not true. Jordan wanted to see it and he asked a lot to him.

The night, Stevie hits good idea to make him believe. He went to kitchen and get green slime. He spread the slime to Jordan's bed. The next day, he yelled. Stevie told him that his rare snake went to your bed and it spread. Children scared of it but Jordan really wanted to see it.

After that, children went to room to eat breakfast except Stevie. He went to bed again. He didn't want to get up. However, he found the snake!! The snake is green and has cute eyes. He looked the snake. He likes the snake. He could touch it. After that, he took care of it. He talked with it. He decide the name of snake. It is Emerald. She laid 3 eggs. They became good friends.

Last day of camp came. Children's parents came to camp. Stevie's parents surprised at snake camp. They apologized his son. However, he was satisfied with his growth. Every children has to get back own snake which had got in wood during the camp. However, Tim told him that he found it at his room so he would get it back own home. He was very happy.

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Horse riding

The day is horse rinding! The event was planed to last week, but the weather was bad. Today, the weather is so nice. We went forest to ride a horse. I had never ridden a horse. It is first time to ride. I was very happy. I could ride a horse but the horse looked very old and tired. We had been ride each horses in line for 30 minutes in forest. The sight is nice but sometimes it scared. Sometimes, my horse stopped because he is tired so I was very confused but the staff helped me. He is very kind. I had a very good time I want to ride again. After that I played athletic with friends. It is very very scaly. I don't want to play again. However, some students tried again. I didn't believe it. I don't want to play.

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Soy sauce

Have you ever seen this strange drunk? What kind of juice do you think? It looked soy sauce but it is orange juice!? The color is black but it is orange juice. Do you believe it? I didn't believe it. Last weekend, my father bought it for my brother. My brother like strange new goods so he bought strange juice. It looked not juice. However, the taste is orange juice. It is not delicious but it is very interesting. If you want to buy it, you can get it at seven - eleven. Please try it!

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Pictures

I took some pictures.

-Police car

It looked different from Japanese police car and NZ police car. The color of car is interesting and strange. When I saw Police car, I scared of it. Of course I didn't do bad things but I scared of it. The NZ police car looked very cute. It is like a toy car.

-Vet

I found the hospital of animals in my way from home to school. The hospital looked very cute. The wall is drawn pictures of animals. My host family have a rabbit and a cat. One day, a rabbit had gone a day. I worried about her. I asked my mother that did she go to hospital? She answered me that she went to house of friends to play with children. I was very happy to hear that.

-Convenience store

There are some convenience stores in New Zealand but there is interesting things. The convenience store is always near gas station.

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Cafe in NZ

I ate this chocolate cake. It was very delicious and so sweet! In New Zealand, I went to cafe in University. I was surprised at this nice cafe. There is a lot of menu. The cafe is very clean. There are a lot of people. I went there with Nozomi. First time, I drunk cappuccino. It was so nice. Nozomi drunk hot chocolate. I had never drunk hot chocolate in Japan but I had drunk it in NZ. I love hot chocolate. I talked with her long time. Second time, I ate chocolate cake. Nozomi ate cake. We had very good time.

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Goal!

Do you like soccer? I like soccer very much. My brother had been belong to soccer club for 6years. He loves soccer very much. I can't play soccer but I like watching soccer game. I had never been to watch soccer game. I wanted to go. I like Syunsuke Nakamura. He is very cool. He is best player. By the way, do you know wining eleven? It is a game of soccer. I can play it but to play it is difficult. My brother told me how to play it. One day, I watched You Tube. I found the video. I was surprise! It is nice.

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White cat

When I saw You Tube, I found the video of cats. I like cats very much. I know many kind of cats. The cat is Scottish Fold. The type of cats have short ears and big eyes. They are from Scotland. They are very cute. The cat scared of height. Her voice is thin but very cute. I want help her!!

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Book Review 2-10 Stories of Santa

The book has 3 stories of Santa. I like Santa very much, I have been believed him for a long time. The first story is about toys. He works with a lot of tiny elves at his home of Santa's toy factory. There are many elves and they work hardly. Dennis opened letter, Babs examine the children who sent a letter to Santa. He know that children's behavior. Marco read letter, Betch write a list of Chiristmas presents. Peddy and Pig made toys. Alfie is always sleep while working. The night, he touched toymaker. It is not good action for him to touch that machine but he was boring and he wanted to play with it. He entered the toymaker and he didn't get out of there. The next day, The toymaker worked but it made a doll of Alfie. All of the toy are Alfie. It is not good but children ware very happy. Doll of Alfie become very famous doll next year. All of these stories made my heart worm.

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My favorite 3C

Sometimes when I have free time, I make sweets for my friends.

-Cheese cake
When I was elementary school student, I made cheese cake for kateihoumon. Do you know that? In May, new teacher will come to students' house and talk with parents. The teacher will go around children's house. It is very busy event for her or him, I think so I made some sweets for him. Every year I made it and he looked very happy. I was very happy too.

-Cookies
I like making cookies very much. I know good flour of cookies. Every Christmas, I made it. When I made it, I always gave it to my friends.

-Cream puff
I have never make cream puff but this year, I tried to cook. It is difficult to make, it looked very strange but I could make the cream puff so good! My family ate all of them. I will make it better next year!

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