My Corner of the World

In a lesson, Anneena wants to write a play like a fairy tale. She started a play. The title is “The Castle Garden.”

Long, long ago and far, far away was a castle. The castle had a large garden with smart grassy paths and neat flower beds. In the castle lived King Charley and Princess Tara. King Charley said to Tara, “It’s time you had a husband.”  But, Tara doesn’t want a partner.

The king arbitrarily sent a lot of invitations to dukes, princes, and kings. He did this because he wants to decide on Tara’s husband and besides, he wants to be a richer king. Princess Tara was cross. “This is a silly plan. The king’s plan is much too fast,” she said. From the invitations a lot of kings and young men came up to the castle with treasures and valuable things for her.

The castle’s parking lot was always full.

However, she never wanted anything like expensive carpets, hand crafted silks and gold and silver chests.

She ran into the garden. Gardener Carl, who was working there, listened to her story. He understood her anger. “I have always loved you but you could never love me. I’m a gardener. I have no chance,” said Carl sadly. “I love you, too,” said Tara. “We will tell my father at once.”

She said a nice speech to King Charley. “Look at these seeds, Father. They mean more to me than gold, silk, and carpets.”

“Wait and see” is the last message from Anneena.

I like this story. The young girl Tara is a smart princess. She has good eyes and a pure mind. We need those things now, too. I believe Tara and Carl will get married with the nation’s blessing.

Note: The Castle Garden is Stage 6 of Floppy’s Phonics, part of the Oxford Reading Tree, by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta (Oxford University Press).

Gran came to stay. She brought presents for the children, little golf clubs, a keyboard.

She said, “Let’s have a band!” The band made a lot of noise and the children had a good time.

She takes the children to London by car. “Look after Gran! Try to stop her from getting into trouble,” said Mum.

They go to Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, and the Waxworks. The Waxworks has wax models of famous people. Gran dropped her bag. She bent down to pick it up and bumped into the waxworks. They began to fall over. She picked up the models and put the heads back on, but they looked strange. The heads are not right. Gran apologized to the watch woman. “I’m very sorry,” said Gran. “Never mind, Gran. We know you didn’t mean to knock them over. Thank you for a great day.”

This story is very interesting. I like it because Gran is a very cheerful, lively and fun-loving person. She is easygoing, but a little careless. She is a forward-thinking woman, I think.

If you read this book, you will like it.

Here are the places that Gran and the children go:

Trafalgar Square

Buckingham Palace

London Tower Bridge

Madame Tussauds Waxworks

Photos are from Wikipedia Commons.

Note: A Day in London is part of Stage 8 of the Oxford Reading Tree, by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta (Oxford University Press)