Writings of the Turnbull Family
S. Turnbull (age 6)
The dirt is black. It is as light as a feather. It's dark brown like my eyes. Some things are tannish. I drop it and it sounds like rocks on the ground. It feels like rocks, too. I spread it around and some places are holes and some places are dirt. I love touching it because it feels so rocky. Thank you, Jesus, for dirt.
V. Turnbull (age 8)
My Sister
I am eight and she is just a little bit shorter than I am, although she is only six. Her clothes fit her perfectly, too. She has tan skin a little darker than mine. She has brown eyes that Daddy calls "eyes like deer." Her hair matches her eyes.
She has a charming, mellow voice. Sometimes she says "bother." She is saying it to be silly.
Some of her favorite things to do are playing the piano, doll house, drawing and coloring and playing on the computer. One of her favorite subjects in school is handwriting. Also some of her favorite sports are bike riding and climbing rocks. One of her favorite videos is Wallace and Gromit.
One of the things I like best about her is that she is my sister. Our common interests are drawing, math, songs and babies.
Slaves
"Ding, ding, ding,ding,ding!" That was how my sister called me when we were playing slaves. My slave name was "Sarah." My sister, my fellow slave, had a slave name, too. Her name was Maria. We got up that day and started to play slaves. Maria and I got dressed and dressed my sisters, too. We got an apple and a piece of shortbread for their breakfast. Then we took their pajamas upstairs and put them in their drawers.
Then Mommy came down and told us to start school. That didn't end our game of slaves, though, because we kept playing later in the day.
Today we also read a book about a slave named Esca, Marcus, his master, and their next door neighbor, Cottia.
Esca was a slave that used to be a gladiator. He fought against a man whose weapon was a deadly net. Marcus met Esca at a Saturnalia Game. Marcus saved Esca's life by giving the thumbs up signal, which meant that you wanted the slave to stay alive. Marcus also convinced others to save Esca's life, too.
Esca had a much worse life than Maria and me. Maria and I weren't even close to death when Esca was. I am glad that I got to be Sarah.
The Kitten that Thought It Was a Duckling
The Kitten that thought is was a duckling ate corn when the other ducklings ate corn, followed the duckling's mother when the others followed, and they were so attached to each other that the kitten even went into the pond with them.
For several days it went like this. Until one day when the kitten, while walking along with his mother duck, spied a mouse. And he couldn't help but to lick his lips. And then he just had to chase that mouse. So he ran, and the ducklings ran after . And the kitten caught the mouse and brought it to his mother for dinner and she liked it so much that they decided that they would live on it. And the kitten was just fine with this. And was very willing to catch mouse the rest of his life. And so they lived happily ever after.
This one is a family classic, written by Margaret in the old days, when she was six.
The Good Queens and the Bad Queens
Once upon a time, there lived a queen. Her daughter's name was Margaret. She was fifteen when her father died. Then at the age of fifteen, her mother died. She got married. She was crowned queen! She died of cancer. Many years later, her daughter Sophia was crowned queen! She died of the same thing. Sophia's daughter did not believe in God. She worshipped Baal. The people said she should be put in the Lion's Den. Many years later, she died. But queen after another worshipped Baal. But after those queens ruled, the next queen worshipped God. One after another worshipped God!
But after the queens that worshipped God ruled, the Queen of Persia heard about this and she captured Samaria. But soon the Queen of Persia became a Christian. She was sorry for what she did. She built Samaria up. Soon, Samaria was rising to the clouds. She herself lived in Samaria. Her husband let them use his wood from Persia to build homes. Samaria had many battles against Persia. She, the Queen of Persia, joined the Army soon. She was a hero but she soon died. But God was pleased with what she did. She fought many battles, until she was 999 years old. A statue in memory of her and all queens of Samaria was built. --The End