Ms. N's Book Group: you have been reading Julie Andrews Edwards' book, The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles. As you know, the story is about three kids who go on a fantastic (meaning full of fantasy) journey to find the last of the mystical Whangdoodles. The kids come upon places and beings and new ideas -- all with strange names. YOUR CHALLENGE is to create a Whangdoodle Dictionary so the rest of us can better understand this great book. Please post your terms and their definitions in the Comment section below. Good luck, Whangdoodlers!
- Mr. Bolger and Ms. N
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Splintercat- He is evil and traps people in his home. He comes when someone is alone and puts on their scrappy cap!
ReplyDeleteBy:Megan
Gyascutus-
ReplyDeleteA collosal bird that is huge with dumb instincts that acts first and thinks later.
Sidewinders-
ReplyDeleteThe Whangdoodle's private guard with nasty reputations. They are the shape of a cannon with funnel like noses and five legs.
Jolly Boat-noun
ReplyDeleteA boat that is powered by laughter. You need to make up jokes to make it run.
Prock-noun
ReplyDeleteThe Prock is a person who guards the Whangdoodle and sends out all of the nasty things to try to get everyone who is trying to visit the Whandoodle to be sacared and run away.
Whiffle Bird- The Whiffle bird is a very big bird who shouts when there is danger "MAYDAY, MAYDAY!!" She gets attached to one person and helps them through the journey.
ReplyDeleteBrainstrain- The brainstrain is a train that to get get it moving you have to use your brain.
ReplyDeleteDear Megan, Julia, and Joe,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed looking at your dictionary. I'm worried about what Mark might write, but that's nothing new :)
I can't help but make some connections: for example, the Sidewinders make me think of that kind-of dumb guard who Mrs. Frisby encounters when she first attempts to enter the rosebush in the Rats of NIMH. He isn't evil, but he's not very smart.
The Prock reminds me a little of Cout Olaf.
The Whiffle Bird reminds me of the ostrich (?) in "Up".
The Gyascutus reminds me a little of Sheen in Jimmy Neutron. He's not huge, and he doesn't really have dumb instincts, but he sure acts before he thinks!
The Brainstrain and the Jolly Boat make me think of the sleigh in "Elf" because the seigh runs on people's faith in Santa.
The Splintercat: Hmm. I can't think of anything for the Spintercat. Can you?
- Mr. Bolger
The parade
ReplyDeleteBy Erika
Once in a far away land their lived a young painter who made a big mistake. A 30 year old man came in and asked him to paint rainbows all over the pavement. So he explained why. My basement is a mess. So I am going to make it into a happy room. Then the 30 year old man left. So, he left his work for the big day tomorrow. The next day he went into his shop and found the colors of the rainbow. He went to the man’s house, the man was not awake. He remained asleep for another hour. Then his dog woke up and saw the painter outside. The dog barked as loud as he has ever heard. The painter was amazed. The man got up and said come in the basement is this way. At five o’clock when he was finished the man let him out the door and the man said he wouldn’t look at it until it was completely finished. The next day he found a bracelet on the street. He picked it up and put it around his wrist and from then on he called it his lucky bracelet. The next day the dog knew to obey and wait. That day he let him in he finished the basement. Before he gave him his payment he checked the basement and it was a … MESS!! He said “what did you do”. The painter said, “I did what you told me to do”. This is not what I wanted at all. I didn’t say any suns or clouds around I just said rainbows.
“Well you didn’t make it very specific”, said the painter.
So, he left and the man complained to the mayor. The painter came to the court and you contained some bad work so you may not have your job. So the mayor gave him some raisins and some melted chocolate so he could dip it in that came every day for the rest of his life.
The fourteenth day that he had it he got very sick and died so they buried him by a railroad and had a parade celebration every year.
The End