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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Kids Speak Out
Tell Me A Story
If I could see through walls, I... “If I could see through walls, I would want to find all kinds of treasure and see if I can find my hamster that ran through a crack by the dishwasher.” Lexi Rhine, 9 (WINNER) Fourth grade Mooreland Elementary “If I could see through walls, I would use my powers for good to see bank robbers and call the cops. I would grow up and become a cop. Also, I would help older people if something gets stolen.” Kyle Clark, 9 (WINNER) Fourth grade Fishing Creek Elementary “If I could see through walls, I would be so happy that I can do that because I would be so famous that I will go in the newspaper.” Dagoveon Washington, 9 (WINNER) Fourth grade Crestview Elementary
the walls to make sure nobody stole from the bank. After that crime, I was very famous for looking through walls.” Mykala Wilt, 9 Fourth grade Carroll Elementary “If I could see through walls, I would use that power to see if there was a way I could help people.” Khaliese M., 9 Fourth grade Crestview Elementary “If I could see through walls, I would see through the walls of stadiums to see sports games. And to see if my favorite teams were winning games.” Austin Orris, 9 Fourth grade Crestview Elementary
“If I could see through walls, I would look in tall buildings and look at all the cool stuff “If I could see through walls, I would look they have in there and I could see through in my friend’s house and see if she would big hotels. If I could see underwater, I could have enough time to play. But it would be see all the creatures in the ocean.” nice to have a jet pack, too.” Joey, 9 Abigail Good, 9 Fourth grade Fourth grade Crestview Elementary Fishing Creek Elementary
“If I could see through walls, I would be a guard for the bank. I would look through the walls. I would make sure nobody steals anything. One night, there was a noise coming from the wall of the bank. I ran inside and found a note that said ‘You lose.’ The next day, I heard another rustling noise in the bank. I ran in so fast, I landed on the thief. He went to jail. I always look through
“If I could see through walls, I would see if Mom and Dad were awake and if they weren’t, I would sneak downstairs and get some snacks and play with my Pokemon figures very quietly and watch TV very quietly and have fun.” Sarah Sheperd, 9 Fourth grade Crestview Elementary
How you can get involved with Kids Speak Out Want To See Your Name Here? Hey, kids! How would you like to get your story published in Kids Speak Out? Just write a short story on one of our prompts and send it to The Sentinel. You can also draw a picture to go with your story. Each week, The Sentinel will publish some of the stories we receive in KidsWorld and on www.cumberlink. com. Only the top three essay writers, published on this page, will receive KidsWorld T-shirts. To claim T-shirts, visit The Sentinel during normal business hours. You must be 5 to 13 years old to enter. Stories must be 150 words or less. Be sure to include your full name, age, address, school and grade. Mail your entry to “Kids Speak Out,” The Sentinel, 457 E. North St., Carlisle, PA 17013, drop it off at either Sentinel office or mail it to frontdoor@cumberlink.com with the subject “KidsWorld.”
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Legend of the lake on the mountain A Mohawk tale BY Amy Friedman Illustrated by Jillian Gilliland
Perched high above the Bay of Quinte on Canada’s Lake Ontario is the beautiful and mysterious Lake on the Mountain. Fathomless and fed by secret springs, the water level never varies, and for hundreds of years it has been a sacred place to the Mohawk Indians. Long ago, before the land we know existed, Sky Woman lived high above it. One day, she fell from the sky. And soon after, she gave birth to a daughter. But the child did not live long. Sky Woman buried her, and from her body three sisters were born: Corn and Beans and Squash, the great sustainers of life. The Mohawk people believed that the spirit of the sisters lived forever in this lake, which they called Onokenoga -“Lake of the Gods.” They often visited the lake to make offerings to the Three Sisters. They offered thanks, and they requested blessings -- for a successful hunt, a bountiful harvest and plentiful fish. And the Three Sisters not only provided, they carried the Mohawks’ humble messages of praise and gratitude to Manitto, the Great Creator. The Three Sisters also occasionally interceded in the affairs of human beings. This was true when, once upon a time, there lived a Mohawk maiden named Tayouroughay, who was the daughter of a chief. The maiden was so lovely, with lively eyes, jet-black hair and a gentle, generous nature, that all the braves fell in love with her. But the chief had selected a brave to marry her. He was called Annosothka. Tayouroughay did not love Annosothka. In truth, although she told no one, her heart belonged to a young man called Gowanda. She told no one because he was an enemy of her tribe whom they had captured. While Gowanda was a prisoner, Tayouroughay fell in love with him, and he with her. Secretly they came up with a plan to run away and spend their lives together. And so, one day before dawn, Tayouroughay set Gowanda free. They planned to meet late that night, under cover of darkness by the waterfall on the edge of the sacred lake. But when the sun rose and the people saw Gowanda had escaped, the cry went out to capture him. Tayouroughay stood looking down the winding path at the sunbathed Bay of Quinte. She shaded her eyes from the rising sun and watched as one canoe came around a corner, followed by another and another, until there were 40 canoes gathered to chase the runaway prisoner. Tayouroughay prayed her beloved Gowanda was safe, and then she saw him -- handsome, strong and swift, he paddled steadily until his canoe touched the pebbly shore of an island, and there he hid from his enemies’ canoes among the tall, waving grass. Tayouroughay waited patiently for the day to pass. She watched as the sun began to set and the moon rose into the sky. She listened to the call of the whippoorwills and watched the reflections of the trees mirrored in the still lake. As fireflies glittered on the shore, the people gave up the chase for Gowanda. They pulled to shore and began their favorite festivities. Everyone danced -- men and maidens and children -- and Tayouroughay, keeping her secret, went down to join them for a while so she would not arouse suspicion. Meanwhile, under the cover of darkness and the noise of the dancing, Gowanda had scaled the embankment and reached the edge of the lake by the waterfall, and there he waited for his love. Annosothka watched as Tayouroughay climbed the path back up to the lake, and so he followed her. He approached her and looked her in the eye. “I have told you three times that I love you,” he said, “and I’ve come now to take you away.” Her father, who had gone to retrieve Tayouroughay with Annosothka, stood beside him. “I give you to him, daughter,” the chief said. Tayouroughay knew she could not marry this man. She looked across the lake to the place where Gowanda was waiting in the shadows of the trees. Suddenly, she ran to the edge of the lake, jumped into a canoe and paddled away. Her paddle flashed in the moonlight; her canoe quivered wildly. She was breathless with excitement and fear, but then, when she was in the center of the lake, she heard the sound of Annosothka’s canoe behind her. He was rapidly gaining on her. “Gowanda!” she cried. In the distance she saw her only love run to shore. He opened his arms to welcome her. But it was too late. Annosothka would soon have her in his grasp, and so she stood and leaped into the water by the waterfall. Gowanda nearly went mad with despair. Hoping he would somehow find her in those deep, dark waters, he dived in too. All that night the chief and his men searched the water, but they knew the search was useless. Tayouroughay was lost, and so was their enemy. The Three Sisters saw all this. They saw Tayouroughay slip from the lake over the waterfall into the bay below. They saw Gowanda lost in the lake on the mountain. They took pity on the star-crossed lovers, whom the gods had condemned to wander for eternity separated by the limestone wall between the bay and the lake on the mountain because they had violated the sacred waters. They led Gowanda to a place in that lake where a limestone wall kept the lake from crashing to the bay below and there they showed him a tiny hole. Gowanda worked at that hole until he could squeeze through and join his beloved. And so they were, thanks to the Three Sisters, free at last, and their spirits remained together forever after.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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Gifts to the World
Books That Make a Difference
The power of stories In 2007, about a year after he graduated from college, businessman Kevin McCaffrey went to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa to help people. Terrible fighting there had hurt many women and children. He wanted to help the women in the Congo earn money so they could become independent and safe. People kept telling him, “Remember, these women have no real skills. They can’t read or write, and they can’t do arithmetic.� People didn’t see how these women could be independent. But Kevin watched the women put on wonderful plays. He said, “They were fantastic storytellers.� He got an idea that these women and others could help create children’s books to bring income to their communities.
Forty boys and girls and 20 young women in Bangladesh made up stories about Shuba, a river dolphin. Dot-to-Dot workshop leaders took the storytellers on a boat to see the Ganges River dolphins. Learning about this special animal gave the group more pride in their community.
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“Shuba and the Cyclone� is based on stories by students in Bangladesh. It tells about a young dolphin who gets torn from her family when a cyclone blows over the river. But she keeps fighting to get home.
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Chris (Boom!) Wiser and Rob (Dr. Rock) Martin make up the band Sugar Free Allstars. Their latest CD is “All on a Sunday Afternoon.� Chris sings lead vocals and plays keyboard and saxophone. Rob sings and plays percussion, or rhythm Rob and Chris instruments. Chris grew up in Oklahoma. He started playing the saxophone when he was in the seventh grade and joined the school band. Rob MOVED TO /KLAHOMA WHEN HE WAS (E TOOK MUSIC LESSONS FROM the time he was 6. Chris and Rob met in a jazz band in college. They donate their performances in many concerts raising money for charitable causes, including special-needs adults, libraries for the blind and children with hearing problems. from The Mini Page Š 2012 Universal Uclick
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We all have so much to be thankful for. Have you ever imagined how you could give back? It can be hard to know what to do to help. But even kids and people in trouble have the power to change things. To learn more about helping others, The Mini Page talked with the founder of a book publisher that helps people and animals.
Supersport: Cody Zeller
Height: 7-0 Weight: 240 Hometown: Washington, Ind.
Cody Zeller is used to the hype and high hopes that swirl around Indiana University basketball. It’s a good thing. After his stellar freshman season, some publications list Zeller as preseason National Player of the Year and Indiana as an NCAA title contender. That’s a tall order — but Zeller is tall, talented and TOUGH ,AST YEAR HE LED THE (OOSIERS TO A RECORD AND paced his team in scoring (15.6 points per game), blocks (42), rebounding (6.6 rebounds per game) and field-goal percentage (62.3 percent). Cody, who played on three state high school title teams, is adding to the FAMILY LEGACY "ROTHER ,UKE PLAYED AT .OTRE $AME AND BROTHER 4YLER IS IN the NBA after an all-star career at North Carolina. Cody also expects to play in the NBA. But this season he’s helping create more Hoosier hysteria.
In the first book project, Kevin and a group of writers worked with a charity in Tanzania called AfricAid. They helped students write stories around the idea, “On My Way to School.� To carry on with this good work, Kevin and writers and editors founded a publishing company called Dot-toDot Children’s Books. They chose endangered species as the theme, or main idea, for the new books. Different groups of women and children were chosen to tell stories about endangered animals in their area.
More About Books That Help Growing the story Dot-to-Dot Children’s Books works with charities in several countries to find groups who need special help. Dot-to-Dot writers hold special classes, or workshops, to help teach people in the groups how to tell stories. Many workshop students can write down their stories, but some cannot read or write. People in the class make up several stories about one animal. Professional writers and artists then take parts of the class’ stories and turn them into one big story. For example, one person in the class might make up a great description of an animal character. Another person might come up with something fun the animal could do. A third person might create a lovely description of a habitat. Professional writers take all these parts and turn them into a whole book.
Girls in Bolivia often have trouble going to school because they spend most of the day carrying water for the family. Diseases from unclean water make many kids sick, so boys often miss school too. The group Water For People helps communities get clean water so kids can go to school. photos courtesy Dot-to-Dot Children’s Books
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“Yara’s Amazing Nose� is based on stories by volunteers in an environmental group in Bolivia called The Green Corps. It is about a strange-looking animal called a tapir (TAE-per). Its nose changes how it lives in its environment.
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“The Snow Leopard Dream� is based on stories by students in Afghanistan. In it, a girl must conquer her fears when she makes friends with a snow leopard.
Endangered animals
The Mini Page thanks Kevin McCaffrey, executive director, Dot-to-Dot Children’s Books, for help with this issue.
Before they start writing, students learn about the endangered animals in their area. Often, the storytellers are so poor that they may never have traveled far from their village. They may have never seen the animals living nearby. For example, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, workshop leaders took a group of students and teachers to see gorillas in a sanctuary. These students had never been on a field trip before. Many of them had never even been in a car. They were the first group of students to ever come to the sanctuary to see the gorillas. Now, other students come to learn and appreciate these great animals.
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These students from the Democratic Republic of the Congo include orphans, refugees, victims of violence and hospital patients.
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Helping the communities
“Ndeze and Ndakasi’s New Home� is by students in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. In it, two gorilla orphans find a new home.
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Helping More Groups Dot-to-Dot Children’s Books involves women and children because studies have shown that when women and children are helped, the whole community benefits. Storytellers are given rewards such as school supplies. Most workshops end with a creative writing contest. Prizes vary from country to country. For example, in Rwanda, the top prize was a set of rulers and protractors. In Bangladesh, the top prize was a chicken.
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These snow leopard storytellers were in a school sponsored by Help the Afghan Children (HTAC). When HTAC started creating schools for girls, it had to do it in secret because the Taliban, a group in Afghanistan, used violence against girls if they caught them going to school. In “When Honey the Tiger Flew,� a young tiger in Cambodia is trying to find food. Just as she catches a fish, a bird steals it and flies away. But the tiger does find food.
These Cambodian women were rescued from slavery by the Somaly Mam Foundation’s Voices for Change Program.
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Words that remind us of books that help are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally. See if you can find: ANIMAL, ASIA, BOOKS, CHARITY, CHILDREN, DOT, ENDANGERED, GIRLS, IDEA, KIDS, LEARN, PUBLISHER, SCHOOL, SPECIES, STORIES, STORYTELLING, TAPIR, TELL, TRIP, WAR, WORKSHOP, WRITE. What animal Would you Write about?
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