Extra Reading Diary - Nursery Rhymes

For this reading diary,  I am reading Nursery Rhymes.

Nursery Rhymes: Tales - I liked the different nursery rhymes.  I had actually known about the Solomon Grundy rhyme because he is a character in a video game that my boyfriend likes to play.

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Nursery Rhymes: Proverbs - I liked reading the different proverbs.  My favorite was the one called Monday's child.  I don't know why, I just liked reading it.

Nursery Rhymes: Songs, Part 1 - I liked reading the different songs that were on this page.  There were some that I didn't recognize and there were some that I did recognize like "Little Bo Peep" and "London Bridge".

Nursery Rhymes: Songs, Part 2 - These songs were interesting to read.  There were not as many that I recognized on this page, as I did the last.

Nursery Rhymes: Riddles - I liked the challenge of these riddles.  I didn't know that Humpty Dumpty was originally supposed to be a riddle.

Nursery Rhymes: Paradoxes - I had never read any of the different paradoxes that were included.  I thought it was a very interesting read.

Nursery Rhymes: Charms and Lullabies - I liked recognizing the different lullabies and charms that I had read previously.

Nursery Rhymes: Games - I remember playing a few of the games when I was younger.  I would be interested in finding out how to play the other games.

Storytelling Week 11

Alice was sick of all of this.  She couldn’t believe how incompetent the Queen and King were!  They were just doing whatever they wanted and didn’t even care about the people they were effecting! 

“Sentencing first then reading the verdict!”  The Queen declared with the pompous attitude that Alice was really getting sick of.

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“That is not how it goes!” Alice huffed.  “You have to hear the verdict before the sentencing!”

The Queen glared at Alice and started to turn a rather interesting shade of purple.  “OFF WITH HER HEAD!” She yelled at the top of her lungs.  All of the guards rushed towards Alice with hesitation.  Her head was hitting the ceiling of the huge courtroom.  How were they supposed to control someone who was as tall as the building they were in?  They also liked Alice.  She didn’t yell like the Queen and actually seemed to be kind.  They all gathered around Alice, looking up at her, unsure of what to do next. 

“Stop, stop, stop!” yelled Alice.  “This is not how it is supposed to be!  The Queen and King are the people that you are supposed to want to follow.  Not the people you HAVE to follow!  Everyone is supposed to have a ruler that they want ruling their kingdom.  Not a tyrant that does what he or she wants!”

Everyone in the courtroom looked around at each other, unsure of what to do next.  Then, one by one, all of the cards turned around and faced the Queen and King.

“You have controlled Wonderland enough!  We no longer want you to be the rulers of Wonderland!” one of the cards yelled out.

“Yeah! Enough!” Shouted everyone else in the room, including the animals in the jury box.  The King and Queen exchanged nervous glances.  Everyone could read their expressions, and it said What was going to happen next loud and clear. 

Suddenly, all of the cards charged for the King and Queen shouting at the top of their voices.  It was all chaos and confusion for a while after that.  But eventually, everything calmed down.  Everyone in the room stopped and turned to look at Alice.  “Well, what do we do now?” wondered Alice.

The white rabbit sat up on the stand where the King and Queen had been before they ran out the door.  “Anyone opposed to Alice becoming Queen of Wonderland, speak now.”  The room was quiet.  No one said anything.  “It is settled then.  Alice is the new Queen of Wonderland.”

The room erupted into cheers.  Someone gave Alice a piece of cake, where she became the same size as everyone else.  She then went and ruled Wonderland and Wonderland was the happiest it had been in a long time.  

Author's Note: While taking inspiration from the entire story of Alice in Wonderland, I mainly used Alice's Evidence (cont.).  I wanted to take the ending that we all know so well and change it so there is a different ending to the story.

Reading Diary B - Alice in Wonderland

For this reading diary, I am finishing reading Alice in Wonderland.

A Mad Tea Party - The march hare, the mad hatter and the dormouse were all sitting at a table under a tree.  They said there wasn't any room for Alice at the table when there was plenty of room.  Then the four of them began to banter back and forth.  Finally Alice said that she just simply did not understand them.

A Mad Tea Party (cont.) - The dormouse fell asleep again, and none of them could figure out why a raven was like a writing desk.  They continued to banter on together, making absolutely no sense.

A Mad Tea Party (end.) - The four of them still bantered on together, and then finally everybody except for Alice tried to see if they could put the Dormouse into a teapot.  Alice then found an interesting looking path, that she followed.  Before she knew it, she was in a beautiful garden.

The Queen's Croquet Ground - Alice saw three playing cards painting all of the white roses in the garden red.  The three cards heard that the Queen was coming and they became absolutely terrified.  Alice looked around and saw a parade of people.  First were soldiers, then the white rabbit, and then the King and Queen of Hearts.  The Queen became very angry about the white roses, and declared that the three cards should be beheaded.  She then invited Alice to play croquet.

The Queen's Croquet Ground (cont.) - This is the part of the story where Alice plays croquet with the Queen of Hearts.  Alice was very confused by all of it, but then she saw the Cheshire cat was there.

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The Queen's Croquet Ground (end.) - Alice was talking to the Cheshire cat and the King found the cat displeasing.  So he had the Queen order his head be cut off.  The executioner tried to behead the cat but it was hard because he did not have a body.

Who Stole The Tarts? - In this chapter, there is a trial of the Knave of Hearts who supposedly took the Queen's tarts.  The trial than turned into focusing on the Mad Hatter and his hats.

Who Stole The Tarts? (cont.) - The trial on the Mad Hatter was very confusing with a lot of people going around in circles.  Then suddenly, Alice heard her named being called to enter into the trial.

Alice's Evidence - Alice suddenly realized that she had grown quite a bit in the last few minutes and completely disrupted the court.  They tried Alice, then they tried to get her to leave the court.

Alice's Evidence (cont.) - The White Rabbit read a poem that the King thought proved someone was guilty.  The Queen then wanted Alice beheaded but since she had grown her full size by this point, she was not going to pay attention to the Queen.  Then Alice's sister woke her up saying she had been asleep for a while.

Reading Diary A - Alice in Wonderland

For this reading diary, I am reading Alice in Wonderland.

Down the Rabbit Hole - Alice was tired of watching after her sister, so she let her mind wander.  She was suddenly surprised when a white rabbit jumped in front of her and checked the time on a pocket watch!  She followed the rabbit down the rabbit hole it had scurried into.  The hole became a long tunnel and suddenly she was in a large room with different jars.  She wondered where she was because she was suddenly in a very curious place.

Down the Rabbit-Hole (cont.) - Alice was very confused as to where she was.  She looked down a passage and saw the white rabbit scurrying in front of her, so she followed the passage.  It led her to a room filled with locked doors.  She then saw a gold key, which unlocked one of the doors!  It led to a garden but sadly, she would not fit because the door was so small.  She thought it was no use trying to get into the door, but then she found a bottle that said "Drink Me".

Down the Rabbit-Hole (end.) - Suddenly Alice found herself only 10 inches high.  She went to go to the door, but she had forgotten the key on the table!  She tried to climb up, but she wasn't able to climb up.  Then she found a small cake labeled "Eat Me".  She ate the cake and started to grow.  She then struck the roof of the room!

Advice from the Caterpillar - "Who are you" asked the Caterpillar.  Alice wasn't very sure how to respond.  The caterpillar and alice went back and forth discussing who exactly she was.

Advice from the Caterpillar (cont.) - The young man asked Father William if it was ok for him to stand on his head at such an old age.  The young man asked the same thing about him somersaulting backwards time and time again.  Father williams said each time that because he was old, he did not have to worry about injuring something.

Advice from the Caterpillar (end.) - Alice was very much glad to finally back to a normal size.  She then suddenly found herself covered in green sea-leaves where a pigeon mistook her for a serpent.  The pigeon thought she was a serpent and not a little girl because she had a rather long neck, due to the mushroom.  She went on her way until she found the same mushroom and ate a little bit to make herself go down in size.

Pig and Pepper - A fish-footman and a frog-footman both pulled up to the house that was in front of Alice.  Alice tried to get into the house but the frog-footman said there was no point in knocking.  The ruckus in the house was so loud no one could hear her knocking.  The Duchess was cooking in the kitchen, and could not see anyone outside of the kitchen.

Pig and Pepper (cont.) - Alice said she didn't know a lot about cheshire cats, and the Duchess agreed with her.  The cook then started to throw everything in the kitchen at the Duchess.  The Duchess and the cook started fighting with each other and yelling at each other.  Alice cared for the little baby, because the Duchess had put the baby to the side.

Pig and Pepper (end.) - Alice set the pig down and it walked into the forest.  Alice asked the cheshire cat how was the way to go, and the cheshire said it was dependent upon where she wanted to go.  Alice started walking and then she saw the march hare.

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