Saturday, April 19, 2014
Magic upon Magic: I have made a couple of friends... NOT!!
I race to the Athena cabin, eager for answers. A girl with straight, brunette hair greets me, thrusting open the door while reading The Odyssey, barely making contact with me. I step inside carefully, covering myself with silvery gray, a whole bunch of owls, and geeks. Some of them are reading 5 inch thick books, some are doing what seems like math equations. Many numbers were put down on numerous sheets of paper. It even started to make my head go dizzy! ( Of course, we are filled with dyslexia and ADHD...) Not a single person looks up from their work as I come in. I say a couple of words. " Uh, guys? I need your help." Nobody looks up from their stack of books or math. So, I take my chances, use my magic to magnify my voice and yell,
"GUYS! I NEED YOUR HELP!!!"
For once, they look up from their work, but a couple of eyebrows are raised. " Well?" one of the campers say impatiently. " Hurry up! We're trying to prove that the theory of Evolution is true!" I raise my own eyebrow, unconvinced. " And how is that going to go throughout the world?" I ask. " Well, it's very simple..." and they start trailing off. By the time they had finished, my next activity had begun. In fast, when I left, no one seemed to notice that I had left and then they realized that they were running late for their next activity: Canoeing. Magna amet! I thought when I saw them. They were very red in the face and stamping their feet like a mad bull, in which this case, they were. I'll have to ask them during dinner or ask Chiron. I came back from races with the wood nymphs. Trees are fast, but I've beaten them a couple of times. Who knew? Back in the mortal world, trees were still. Whatever. This is Camp Half-Blood anyway. I continued with my activities, trying to focus on what to do instead of my questions for my quest. " Lo'Reena, focus!" my trainer for the pegasus yelled, snapping me out of my deep thinking. " You're more like an Athena kid today!" she joked. " Hmm." I said, fuming at the thought when the Athena kids started to hate me. I try my best to focus, but it's as hard as herding bulls. To be exact, trying to herd the hate of the Athena kids to me. Finally, the torture of the Athena kids end: Reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I turn the pages, as if the pages were to tell me an answer to my questions. I jog to the mess hall, where I smell BBQ sauce. Mm... It is making my mouth water. I rush to the table, waiting for the nymph to serve my food. She serves a smoking plate of BBQ wings and more deliciousness. I finish as fast as I had done yesterday and started humming Let it Go. Everyone started to hear me and joined in. " Don't let them know, don't let them see, be the good girl, you always have to be," Everyone slowly joins in. " Let it go, let it go, can't hold it back anymore. Let it go, let it go! Turn away and slam the door!" Chiron shakes his head as we sing along. He mutters, " I guess our campfire sing-along has already started..." Even Mr. D. couldn't suppress a small chuckle as we sang in the mess hall. " Here I stand! And here I stay! Let the storm rage on!!!! The cold never bothered me anyway." We all roll into fits of laughter as Chiron announces this as our campfire sing-along. We crowd around a fire and start singing. The flames were at a great height. Seemed like 15 feet high tonight. As we leave the campfire, I stop myself from the crowd that was streaming into their cabins. I walk up to Chiron, who was trotting along. " Ch-Chiron?" I nervously ask him. " Yes?" He asks. I take a deep breath and start on my questions.
Labels:
Lisa
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
The Art and Aspirations of a Commenter
I believe in the power of a free exchange of ideas. I also recognize that words or access to
some information can be of harm to others, intentionally or unintentionally. As a
commenter, I therefore aspire to participate responsibly in the great online conversation
by:
* treating all bloggers with respect.
* seeking first to understand what is being said.
* celebrating another's accomplishments.
* using school appropriate language.
* rephrasing ideas in the blog that made me think, made me feel, or helped me learn
to let the blogger know his/her voice has been heard.
* commenting specifically and positively, without criticism. If I disagree, I will
comment appropriately, politely stating my perspective.
* being mindful always that I may be a role model to my audience, especially if they
are younger than I.
* making no reference to, link to, and/or giving access to any information that may
be inappropriate for a school setting.
* asking at least one question in my comment with the hopes of continuing a
conversation and deepening thinking.
* using a triple check before submitting any comment: Would I be happy to have my
mother read this comment? My grandmother? My favorite teacher?