BOOK REPORT - MUMMIES IN THE MORNING

MUMMIES IN THE MORNING

Chapter 1 : Meow!

Jack and Annie gazed up at a very tall oak tree. Late-morning sunlight lit the woods. It was almost time for lunch. Annie grabbed onto the rope ladder and started climbing. Jack tiptoed over to a clump of bushes. He pushed aside a small branch. Jack went back to the big oak tree. He grabbed onto the rope ladder and climbed up. Annie was looking at the books scattered around the tree house. Annie picked up the book about castles. The castle book had taken Jack and Annie back to the time of knights. Annie held up a book about ancient Egypt. Jack turned to the page with the bookmark. There was a picture of a pyramid. Going troward the pyramid was a long parade. Four huge cows with horns were pulling a sled. On the sled was a long gold box. Many egyptians were walking behind the sled. At the end of the parade was a sleek black cat. “Let’s go there,” whispered Annie. “Okay,” he said. “But hold the Pennsylvania book. In case we went to come right back here. Annie found the book with the picture of their hometown in it. Then Jack pointed to the pyramid picture in the Egypt book. He cleared his throat and said, “I wish we could go to this place.”
“Meow!” A black cat was perched on a branch. Right outside the window. The cat was staring at Jack and Annie. “It’s the cat in the Egypt book,” whispered Annie. Just then the wind started to blow. The leaves began to shake. The wind whistled louder. The leaves shook harder. Jack closed his eyes as the tree house started to spin. It spun faster and faster! And faster! Suddenly everything was still. Absolutly still. Jack opened his eyes. Hot bright sunlight bearly blinded him. “Me-ow!”

Chapter 2 : Oh,Man. Mummies!

Jack and Annie looked out teh window. The tree house was perched on the top of a palm tree. A patch of green surrounded by a sandy desert. “Meow!” Jack and Annie lokked down. The black cat was sitting at the base of the tree. Jack leaned forward and looked down. The cat was running away from the palm trees. Toward a giantpyramid in the desert. A parade was going toward the pyramid. The same parade as in the Egypt book. Jack looked down at the Egypt book. He read the words under the picture : When a royal person died, a grand funeral procession took place. Family, servants, and mourners followed the coffin. The coffin was called a saecophagus. It was pulled on a sled by four oxen. “It’s an Egyptian funeral,” said Jack. He reached in to his backpack and pulled out his notebook. Jack always kept notes. And he wrote : coffin called sarcophagus. “There probably a mummy in that gold box,” Annie called up. “We’re in ancient Egypt.”
Whenhe got to the ground, he and Annie took off across the sand. But as they ran a strange thing happened. The closer they got to the parade, the harder it was to see it. Then suddenly it was gone. “Mirage. It happens in the desert all the time,” said Jack. “It looks like something’s there. But it just turns out to be the sunlight reflecting through heat.” The cat started to slink away. He walked along the base of the piramid and slid around a corner. They dashed around the corner-just in time to see the cat disappear throught a hole in the pyramid.

Chapter 3 : It’s Alive

Jack and Annie peeked through the hole. They saw a long hallway. Burning torches lit the walls. Dark shadows loomed. He pulled out the Egypt book and turned to the section on pyramids. He read the caption aloud : Pyramids were sometimes called Houses of the Dead. They were nearly all solid stone, except for the burial chambers deep inside. The hallway was silent. Floor,ceiling, walls-everything was stone. The floor slanted up from where they stood. Jack started up the slanting floor of the hallway. The hallway went on and on. Jack opened the Egypt book again. The book showed a picture of the inside of the pyramid. “The burial chamber is in the middle of the pyramid. See?” Jack said. He pointed to the picture. “It seems to be straight ahead.”
“Eee-eee!” A strange cry shot through the pyramid. Jack dropped the Egypt book. Out of the shadows flew a white figure. It swooshed toward them. A mummy! “It’s alive!” Annie shouted.

Chapter 4 : Back from the Dead

Jack pulled Annie down. The white figure moved swiftly past them. Then disappeared into the shadows. “A mummy,” said Annie. “Back from the dead!” “F-forget it,” stammered jack. “Mummies aren’t alive.” He picked up the Egypt book. Annie lifted something from the floor. It was a gold stick. About a foot long. A dog’s head was carved on one end. “It lokks like a scepter,” said jack. “That was no mummy,” said Jack. “It was a person. A real person.” Jack flipped through the book. At last he found a picture of a person in a pyramid. He read : Tomb robbers often carried off the treasure burried with mummies. False passages were sometimes built to stop the robbers. “No live mummy,” he said. “Just a tomb robber.” Jack started writing in his notebook : Tomb Robber. He kept writing : tomb robber tried to steal. Jack felt a whoosh of cold air. He looked up. A wave of terror went through him. Another figure was moving slowly toward them. It wasn’t a tomb robber. It was a lady. A beutiful Egyptian lady. The lady stopped in front of them. Jack held out the scepter. His hand was trembling. The scepter passed right throug the lady’s hand. She was made of air.

Chapter 5 : The Ghost-Queen

“A ghost,” Annie whispered. The ghost began to speak. she spoken in a hollow, echoing voice. “I am Hitepi,” she said. “Queen of the Nile. Is it true that you have come to help me?” “Yes,” said Annie. “Some must find my Book of the Dead,” she said. “I need it to go on to the Next Life.” “My brother hid the Book of the Dead. So tomb robbers would not steal it,” said theghost-queen. “Then he carved this secret message on the wall, telling me how to find it.” She pointed to the wall. She squinted at the wall. “What do these tiny pictures mean?” The ghost-queen smiled sadly. “Alas, my brother forgot my strange problem. I can not see clearly that which is close to my eyes. I have not been able to read his mesaage for a thousand years.” “But perhaps you will describe the hieroglyphs on these walls,” said the gost-queen. “It’s the ancient Egyptian way of writing. It’s like writing with pictures.”

Chapter 6 : The Writing on the Wall

Jack and Annie squinted at the pyramid wall. A serie of tiny pictures were carved into the stone. “There are four pictures here,”Jack told the ghost-queen. “Describe them to me, Jack. One at a time, please,”she said. Jack studied the first picture. “The first one is like stairs.” Jack studied the second picture. “The second one has a long box on the bottom,” he said. He drew it in the air. It could be a boat, Jack said. Jack and Annie studied the next picture. “The third one is like thing that holds flowers,” said Annie. “Or a thing that holds water,’ said Jack. “Like a jug?” asked the ghost-queen.Jack and Annie studied the last picture. “And the last one looks like a pole that droops,” said Annie. “Like a curve stick,” said Jack. “But one side is shorter than the other.” “A foled cloth,”said the ghost-queen. Jack wrote the words in gis notebook. “So what does the message mean?” he asked the ghost-queen. “Come,” she said. She held out her hand. “Come to my burial chambers.”

Chapter 7 : The Scroll

Jack and Annie followed the ghost-queen. Deeper into the pyramid. Until they came to some stairs. The ghost-queen floated up the stairs. Jack and Annie followed. The ghost-queen floated right through a wooden door. Jack and Annie pushed on the door. On the other side of the room was a small wooden boat. Jack and Annie went over to the boat. They looked inside it. He reached into the boat and lifted out a clay jug. Jack looked inside the jug. Jack felt down inside the jug. “It feels like a big napkin,” he said. Jack reached into the jug and pulled out the folded cloth. It was wrapped around an ancient-looking scroll. Jack slowly unrolled the scroll. It was covered with wonderful hieroglyphs. “The Book of the Dead!” whispered Annie.”We found it. We found her book.” “Queen Hutepi!” called Annie. “We have it! We found your Book of the Dead!” Silence. There was still no sign of the ghost-queen. Annie took Jack by the arm. They walked together. Across the room, to the glowing gold box. They stopped in front of the box. And they peered inside.

Chapter 8 : The Mummies

A real mummy. Bandages were still warpped around the bald skull. But most of the bandages had come off the face. It was Hutepi. Queen of the Nile. Jack pulled out the Egypt book and flipped to a picture of a mummy. He read loud : Ancient Egyptians tried to protect the body so it would last forever. First it was dried out with salt. He kept reading : Next it was covered with oil. Then it was wrapped tightly in bandages. The brain was removes by--. Annie dashed out of the room. Jack started down the hallway. It was just like other hallway. “Annie!”he called.”Jack!” She was running through the hallway toward him.

Chapter 9 : Follow the Leader

It was pitch dark. They felt their way through the darkeness. To the top of the stairs. They leaned against the wooden door and pushed. It wouldn’t budge. They pushed harder. No use. They stood together at the top of the stairs. Listening to the silence. “Meow.” “Follow him!” cried jack. “He’s going away from us.” They followed the sound. Finally they saw a lightr at the end of the tunnel. They rushed forward-out into the bright sunlight. The cat was bounding away. Over the sand. Jack and Annie set off for the palm trees. It was a long hot walk back. Once they were inside the tree house, Jack reached for the book about Pennsylvania. He pointed to the picture of Frog Creek. “I wish we could go there!” he shouted. The wind was already blowing hard. The tree house started to spin. It spun faster and faster. Then everything was strill. Absolutely still.

Chapter 10 : Another Clue

Jack had almost forgotten abour M. Would they ever meet the mysterious M? The person who seemed to own all the books in the tree house? The letter M! It shimmered in the sunlight. This proved the tree house belonged to M. But just then their mother’s voice came from the distance. They ran right into their mom. She was making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

BOOK REPORT - PIRATES PAST NOON

PIRATES PAST NOON

Chapter 1 : Too Late

Jack started ouut his bedroom window. The rain kept falling.’’The TV said it wold stop by noon,’’said Annie. But we must go to the tree house,’’ said Annie. Jack get his medalion and bookmark then Annie ran to took out there rain gear. Jack put the medalion, bookmark, notebook and his pensil into his backpack. Jack liked to take notes about important things. Until they came to the tallest oak tree in the woods, they looked up. Tucked between two branches was the tree house. It looked dark and lonely against the stormy sky. Inside the tree house it was chilly and damp. But the books were dry. They were all neatly stacked along the wall. Annie pick up a castle book on top of one stack. Annie held up the book with picture of their hometown in it. Frog creek, pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania book had brought them back home at the end of each of their adventures.
“Look”, Annie pointed to an open book lying in the corner. “I don’t remember a book being open.” Annie picked up the book. She stared at the picture on the page. Jack saw a sunny beach. A big green parrot sitting in a palm tree. And a ship sailing on a blue sea. Annie pointed to the picture. “I wish we were there instead of here,” she said. Sitting on a branch outside the window lwdge of the tree house was a green parrot. Exactly like the parrot in the picture. Suddenly the wind started to whistle. The wind blew harder. The leaves shook. The tree house started to spin. Faster and faster. Jack squeezed his eyes shut. Then everything was still.

Chapter 2 : The Bright Blue Sea

Jack felt hot sunlight streaming into the tree house. He smelled saltwater. He heard the sound of waves. He and Annie looked out the window. The tree house was in a palm tree. Beyond was a bright blue sea. A tall sailing ship was on the horizon. Polly (the parrot) was flying in circles above the tree house. Then she swooped down to the ocean. “come on,let’s follow her! Let’s go in the water!” said Annie.
As soon as Annie hit the sand, she ran toward the ocean. Jack watched her wade into the water. The water was warm and clear. Jack could see shells and tiny fishes. He shielded his eyes against the sun. And peered out at the sea. The tall sailing ship seemed a bit closer. Jack glanced around. No sign of Polly. When Jack looked out at the sea again, the ship seemed even closer. Now Jack could see its flag. The flag was black. With a skull and crossbones. Jack ran to his backpack. Annie followed. He grabbed the book from his backpack. He look at the cover. “Pirates of the Carribbean,” Jack read aloud.

Chapter 3 : Three Men in a Boat

“we’ve come to the time of pirates!” Jack said. Jach flipped to the picture that showed the parrot, the sea and the ship. He read the caption under the picture : Three hundred years ago, pirates raided Spanish treasure ships in the Caribbean Sea. He grabbed his notebook and pencil from his pack. He wrote : Pirates of the Carribbean . He turned to the next page. There was a picture of a pirate flag. He read : The skull-and-crossbones flag was called the Jolly Roger. Jack drawing the Jolly Roger flag.
Jack saw the rowboat coming toward the shore. Jack jump up. His glasses fell off. Jack saw something glinting in the sand. He reached for it. It was his glasses. He snatched them up. And he took off running. “Hurry! They’re coming!” Annie was at the top of the rope ladder. Jack looked back at the sea. The pirates were closer to the shore. Suddenly Jack saw the pirate book. In all the confusion he had forgotten it. It was still propped in the sand. Jack grabbed the book. Jack shoved the book into his backpack. Suddenly a giant wave carried the roeboat right onto the beach. Three big pirates splashed onto the sand. They had knives in their teeth. They had pistols in their belts. They charged toward Jack.

Chapter 4 : Vile Booty

Jack started to run across the hot sand. He ran as fast as he could. Before Jack knew it, the biggest pirate had grabbed him! Jack heard Annie Yelling. He saw her comming down the rope ladder.Annie charged up to the biggest pirate. She hit the pirate with her fist and kicked him. But the pirate just growled. Then he grabbed her, too. And with his giant hands, he held Jack and Annie as if they were two kittens. Cap’n Bones laughed loudy. Then he turned to the other two. Two pirates started up the ladder to the tree house. “what do you spy, Pinky?” shouted Cap’n Bones. “Books, Cap’n!” Pinky shouted down. “What about you, Stinky?” Cap’n Bones roared. “Just books, Cap’n!” shouted Stinky. “Another book!” roared Cap’n Bones. “That’s vile booty!”
Pinky leaned out the tree house window. He held the medallion. It glimmered in the sunlight. Cap’n Bones dropped Jack and Annie. He caught the medallion as it fell. “Gold! Gold! Gold!” he cried. Cap’n Bones threw back his head and laughed horribly. He grabbed two of his pistols. He shot them into the air. Pinky and Stinky howled like wolves.

Chapter 5 : The Kid’s Treasure

Jack and Annie watched in horror. The gold-greedy pirates seemed to have lost their minds. Cap’n Bones grinned his black-toothed grin. “Tell old Bones where the rest is,” he growled. “ Or prepare to meet thy doom.” I know it’s on this island. I have a map. He reached into a belt pouch and pulled out a torn piece of paper. He waves it at Jack and Annie. Cap’n Bones gave Jack and Annie a dark look. “Read it,” he growled. “Okay,” said Jack. “I’ll read it to you.” He looked at the map. “It says, The gold doth lie beneth the whale’s eye.” Jack and Annie were tossed into the rowboat. Waves splashed the sides. The sky ahead was dark wirh thunderclouds. A strong wind had started to blow. Annie pointed to the shore. Polly the parrot was flying over the sand. “She wants to help us,” whispered Annie. But the winds were too strong. Polly turned around and flew back to the island.

Chapter 6 : The Whale’s Eye

The rowboat tossed from side to side. The waves were huge. Dark fins cut through the water. Sharks. One zoomed right by the boat. Soon the rowboat pulled alongside the ship. Annie and Jack hauled onto the deck. Everywhere they lokked, Jack and Annie saw pirates. Some were dancing. Some were drinking. Many were fighting with swords or with thwir fists. A couple of pirates grabbed Jack and Annie. And threw them in the ship’s cabin. Then locked the door. Jack reached into his pack and pulled out the pirate book. He flipped through the pages. He lokked for information to help them.
He found a picture of pirates burying a treasure chest. Together they read the words under the picture. Captain Kidd was a famous pirate. It is said that he buried a treasure chest on a deserted island. The chest was filled with gold and jewels. Annie lokked out the round window. “And Captain Kidd’s treasure is buried somewhere on the island,” she said. Jack took out his notebook and pencil. He wrote : Captain Kidd’s treasure on island .
“Ja-ack,” Annie said. “Guess what I see?” said Annie. “ A whale. A huge whale. As big as a football field.” Jack jumped up and looked out the window with her. “Where?” Jack asked. “There! The island is shaped like a giant whale!” Now Jack could see it. “See the whale’s back?” said Annie. The slope of the island lokked like the back of a whale. “See his spout?” said Annie. The palm tree that held the tree house looked like the spout of the wahle. “See his eye?” said Annie. A big black rock looked like the eye of the whale. “The gold doth lie beneath the whale’s eye,” whispered Jack. “Wow.”

Chapter 7 : Gale’s a-Blowin

“So the treasure must be under that rock,” said Annie. “Now we just have to get back to the island. We’ll show Cap’n Bones where the treasure is. Then while all the pirates are digging, we’ll sneak up to the tree house,” Said Jack. “Cap’n Bones, sir!” he shouted. “We’re ready to tell the truth, sir,” said jack. “We can’t just tell you. We have to show you,” said Annie. Cap’n Bones gave Annie and Jack a long hard look. “You’ll need a rope,” said jack. “And Shovels,” said Annie. Back in the rowboat, Jack saw the sky had grown even darker with clouds. The waves were bigger. The wind was howling. “Okay, lubbers,” Cap’n Bones said. “Now show us where the treasure is.” “There,” said Annie. She pointed at the black rock near the tip of the island. Under taht rock,” said Jack. Cap’n Bones dragged Jack and Annie down the beach to the black rock.

Chapter 8 : Dig, Gogs, Dig

Pinky and Stinky tied their rope around the big rock. The wind howled. The two pirates pulled. And pulled. And pulled. “Cap’n! We got it!” shouted Pinky.they staeted pulling the rock across the sand. Pinky and Stinky started to dig. The wind blew even harder. There was going to be a thunderstorm. “Oww! I got sand in my eyes!” Pinky whined. “Oww! My back hurts! Stinky cried. “Dig for more of these, you swine!” Cap’n Bones said.
Polly was back! She was circling above them! “Go back!” she squawkwd. Stinky and Pinky looked up at the parrot. They scowled. “The bird’s warning us!” shouted Pinky. “We’ve got to get to the ship before it’s too latre!” The two pirates threw down their shovels. They started running toward the rowboat. They got to the rowboat and pushed it into the sea. Pinky and Stinky jumped into the boat. They started rowing. “Wait!” Cap’n Bones let go of Jack and Annie. He ran into water. He hauled himself into the rowboat. Then the three pirates disappeared into the spray of the waves. Just then the storm broke over the island. The wind howled. Rain fell in buckets. “Wait! I have to get the medallion!” shouted Jack. He ran to the hole dug by the pirates. He lokked down in it. Even in the dreary light, the medallion was shinning. Big, fat raindrops were falling into the hole, washing away the sand. Jack saw a patch of wood. Then the rain cleared away more sand. And Jack sawthe top of and old trunk.
“I found it! I found it!” cried Jack. “I found the treasure chest!” “Forget the treasure chest!” said Annie. “We have to go now! The storm’s getting worse!” “Go back!” squawaked Polly. Jack lokked at the parrot. She was perched on the black rock. Okay. It was definitely time to go. Jack took one last look at the treasure chest. He clutched the gold medallion. Then he took off, running toward the tree house. Annie was already holding the Pennsylvania book. She pointed to the picture of Frog Creek. “I wish we could go there!” she shouted. The wind was already blowing hard. The tree house started to spin. It spun faster and faster. Then everything was strill. Absolutely still.

Chapter 9 : The Mysterious M

Jack opened his eyes. Rain was dripping from the leaves of the tree. They back in Frog Creek. “Polly’s gone,” said Annie sadly. “I was hoping she might come back with us.” Jack took out the pirate book. Then Jack put the gold medallion beside the bookmark with the letter M. Next he went down onto his knees. And ran his finger over the shimmering M on the floor. “We didn’t find any M’s on this trip,” he said. “Or the Mperson,” said Annie. Squawk! The parrot swoodhed into the tree house.Polly lokked straight at Jack. Slowly Polly raised her bright green wings. They grew bigger and bigger until they spread out like huge green cape. Polly was not a parrot any longer. In her place was a beautiful old woman with long white hir and piercing eyes. She wore a green feathered cape. Neither Jack nor Annie could speak. They were too amazed. “Hello, jack. Hello, Annie,” the old woman said. “ My name is Morgan le Fay.”

Chapter 10 : Treasure Again

Annie found her voice first. “The M person,” She whispered. “Well, I am King Arthur’s sister,” said Morgan. “You’re from Camelot,” said Jack. “I’ve read about Camelot.” “Most call me an enchantress. But I’m also a librarian,” said Morgan. And I’ve come to the 20th century, your time, to collect books. You are lucky to be born in a time with so many books. Jack handed the gold medallion to Morgan. “You were all these things to help us?” asked Jack to Morgan. “Yes, but I must go home now. The people in Camelot need my help.” Annie had been right, throght Jack. Forget the treasure chest. They had treasure at home. A ton of it. Everywhere.

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Barbie As The Island Princess - I Need To Know



Where is the land I come from ?
Who lives where I was born?
Why do my memories start with a storm?
What if I have a family
Somewhere beyond the sea
Could there be someone there missing me?
Tell me, Why I'm not sleeping and my heart is leaping
Inside me, Could this be one of those times when your feelings decide?
Why does he look through circles?
Why does he hide his feet?
Why do I feel so shy when we meet?
Is this the tree he sleeps in?
What can he see from there?
Could there be new horizons to share?
All these, Questions keep turning and churning and burning
Inside me, What are these feelings I feel when he's here by my side?
I need to know these answers
I need to find my way
Seize my tomorrow, Learn my yesterday
I need to take these chances
Let all my feelings show
Can't tell what's waiting
Still I need to go, I need to know
Isn't she just amazing
Daring and bold and sure
Different from girls that I've met before
Do you think she might like me?
How do I look tonight?
I just want everything to be right
All these, questions keep turning and churning and burning
Inside me , What are these feelings I feel when she's here by my side
I need to know these answers
I need to find my way
Seize my tomorrow
Learn my yesterday
I need to take these chances
Let all my feelings show
Can't tell what's waiting
Still I need to go
I need to know


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