Hou Yi Shooting the Suns

Hou Yi Shooting the Suns

Long long ago, there were ten suns in the sky. They were shiny and naughty. They played in the sky all day long. It was so hot that plants could hardly survive. People were hungry and thirsty, and many people died. Then, a hero appeared. His name was Hou Yi. Hou Yi used a bow and arrow to shoot  nine of the ten suns down. The earth cooled down and people were very thankful to Hou Yi. Finally, Hou Yi lived a happy life with Chang’ e. 

Ron, China, USTKid, 2018

Mum's Word

Mum’s Word

One day, a small mouse looks  out of his room. He sees a hamburger. He says, “I will get eat and have it.” But he remembers his mom’s words,“ Always wait before you get food.” So he waits in his room.

         Then he hears a quiet “Meow” and  he knows a cat is there. He says, “I am happy. Listen to my mom and learn to wait .”

He waits for an hour, and he hears a quiet “woof, woof .” “It Is dog !” the mouse thinks. “If the dog is there, the cat won’t be there.” He runs out of his room but he meets cat.

When the cat finishes her breakfast, she says,“I am happy I listened  to my mum and learned a second language."

Doris, China, USTKid, 2018

The Tortoise and the Hare (sequel)

  The Tortoise And The Hare (sequel )

    The hare was very nervous about the last race; he thought  the tortoise would never pass  him, but the tortoise just had passed him, and then he won the race. This time, the hare wanted to race him again, he swore that he would never rest in the race, so he went to find the tortoise. Later, he found the tortoise. “Let’s race again,” said the hare. “Okay,” said the tortoise. Two days later, they both went  to the race. “The race is about to begin!” said the referee. Before the referee could count down, the tortoise grabbed the hare’s tail. “Three, two, one, go!” said the referee. The tortoise quickly climbed up the hare’s back. When the hare was ahead of the finished line, the tortoise jumped up, and flew over the finished line. 

“The tortoise won again!” said the referee. The tortoise used his wisdom to win the race.
 Keven, China, USTKid, 2018

Never Trust a Stranger

 Never Trust a Stranger

       Once upon a time there was a city called Megopolis. There animals can talk, but still some clever carnivores can trick prey to their home and----EAT THEM!! But this story is about a clever mouse who tricked the cat who wanted to eat her.

       It all began when it was  Monday morning; “Wake UP Rosa!” cried a loud voice. A little mouse came down the stairs dragging a red hood behind; her name was Rosa but everyone called  her Little Red Riding Hood. She is a cute mouse who had a curly long tail and red fur (it’s dyed) and of course a red coat; this morning her mom called her because her gran is sick, so Rosa is going to send her some oatmeal cookies. She opened the door and said goodbye to her mom and walked out; as she turned the corner a lizard ran toward her; he picked up her basket and snarled, "What’s in the basket?” “Oh nothing,” said Rosa. But the lizard already began to open the basket; suddenly a cat with a hat walked by and said, “Stop that right now!” The cat was bigger then the lizard so the lizard had to go; “Curse you cat, I will get you next time.” The lizard snarled, but the cat turned to Rosa. He asked her address, but clever Rosa didn’t tell him;  she told him a dog's address. When she got to her grandma’s house she found out the dog was with her. Rosa give her gran the cookies but the dog refused to have some;  she let out a burp and said, “I  already had a snack.”

      And that’s the story about Rosa and her clever idea.

Pandora, China, USTKid, 2018

Mr. Dong and the Wolves

Mr. Dong  and the Wolves

   Once upon a time, There was a farmer, Mr. Dong. One day, he walked by a road, there was a wolf. The wolf saw Mr. Dong. ”Help ! Help!” he said. Mr. Dong saw it. He was afraid. But he saw the wolf was dying. So he said, ”Don’t worry! I will help you!” He put the wolf in the bag, and walked home.

When he walked beside a forest, the wolf jumped out of the bag. He yelled, "Stupid    human! I’m going to eat you! Ha! Ha! Ha!” Mr. Dong was angry. "I help you, but you want to kill me? You are so evil! I’m so angry.” At last, Mr. Dong killed  the wolf.

This story tells us, don’t believe the dangerous people. We must protect our safety.

David, USTKid, 2018

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I have established this blog, because my son, who used to patiently type these onto blogs, is grown and busy. Also, he has most of the control of the other blog, as he was the one who was using it, and I need to be able to control this one as I put more onto it. Mostly, these days, I'm getting Chinese ones. But more will come. It's a lifelong project.

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