My thanksgiving story

The Journey
By Joshua John McKinnis


“Daddy, tell me a story!” Five-year-old Sandy Walker asked his father.

“All right, all right”, said the older of the two. “What would you like?”

“Tell me one I haven’t heard before. Please, oh please, Daddy!”

“Oh, all right. How about I tell you about your great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather’s journey?”

“Oh, yes, please.”

“Okay, now don’t interrupt, please.”



“It’s the big day! Come on, Ratter, let’s go!”

Twelve-year old Sandy Walker grabbed his cat, Ratter, and his luggage, then got his hat and shoes on. He ran to the dock, then got in line for a boat. A man checked his name off on a list, then Sandy ran aboard, where he was met by the captain.

“Welcome aboard shipmate. I see you’ve brought your cat. Good thinking. We need a good ratter.”

“Then you’ve got the right cat.” Sandy said. He was proud of Ratter.

At dawn, the passengers started arriving.

“Wow! One young boy whispered.

“Yep, the Mayflower’s a beautiful ship,” said the captain boastfully.

Soon Sandy hoisted the mainsails, and they were off.

Sandy’s shipmates were rough. One got hit in the eye with a rope five times without so much of a peep from him. They were also fearless, Sandy noted, except one. Tim was afraid of heights.

“Hey, Tim, check out the crow’s nest for me” called a sailor. Tim trembled.

“W-what?”

“Just pullin’ the old heartstrings, matey,” the other sailor said, laughing heartily.

The wind was picking up into a storm.

“All hands on deck!” shouted the captain. Sandy’s shipmates pulled down the sails so the ship wouldn’t break apart. Poor Tim was flung up to the top of the mast where he hung, shouting, “HELP!” until the storm subsided down to a peaceful lull.

Down below, the passengers were catching some sort of sickness.

“Disease! Famine!” called one.

“Help us!” cried another.

“Somethin’s goin’ on down there,” said a sailor.

“That’s one way to put it,” Tim said.

One foggy morning, Sandy heard the passengers having a sermon when someone shouted, “Land HO!”

Sandy looked out. He saw nothing at first. But suddenly an enormous stretch of land came into view.

Soon the cry was taken up.

“Land Ho! We’re here!”

Soon they gave a thankful prayer, for they had arrived in America!


“Thanks for the story, Dad,” said little Sandy. “Was it really true?”

“Of course it was. Now off to bed with you.”

That night little Sandy dreamed of his namesake, the sailor Sandy Walker, and the journey to America.

FINALLY, THE GREAT DAYS OF SUMMER ARE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe that summer is here already! But even though it is summer, Mom is still making us do school. Even though she's making us do work, we're still having fun. Bye for now, and remember, enjoy your work!

Computer Games Are Cool!

Yesterday me and my brother played on a computer game that we have that's called "Lego Star Wars 2". It's a game where you go through "Star Wars" movies 4 through 6, being all the characters in "Lego" minifigure form. After the movies, you go on bounty hunter missions. We love playing "Lego Star Wars 2".

An Easter Story

Hello folks! I had to write a story for school today, and I wrote one about a cat who sees the resurrection. My mom thought I should share it on my blog, so here it is!

I am a cat; sleek, slim, bright orange, and with claws as sharp as diamonds. This is my story.

I was creeping out of a deserted house when I saw a man being led away by soldiers. I decided to follow them. After a while we stopped at a tall building. It was guarded by even more soldiers. They shut the door before I could get inside and shooed me away.

The next day, I saw the man again. He was being nailed to a piece of wood that was sticking out of the ground. The man looked at me with eyes full of love and pain. All at once I knew who he was. And then, at that moment, he died. I turned around and ran.

Three days later, I was walking towards a tomb guarded by two soldiers. All at once, two illuminated, winged men appeared and rolled a boulder that was blocking the tomb entrance away. The soldiers immediately fell unconscious. Then the man who I had seen dying walked out of the tomb! I yowled for joy and snuggled against him. After that I went off to tell the other cats the good news.

That is my story. Thanks for listening.

What A Cool Morning We Had Today!

Hello, dudes. Today I had a dentist appointment. We went to a place that is new to me. At the dentist, there was a Nintendo Gamecube for entertainment. There was a game to go with it called Finding Nemo. My brother busied himself with trying to get it started up while I had my appointment. Then we went to a diner and had a good breakfast before we went home. I love going to places with my family.

What A Great Day For Finishing A Death Star, People!

Today I finished transforming a Darth Vader/ Death Star Transformer that I got for Christmas. I can`t believe that I finally got it together into the Death Star. I don`t know if I will transform him back into Darth Vader for fear of not being able to transform him into the Death Star again. Here`s a picture of him in Death Star mode. Like it?

What A Great Day Of Grammar It Is For A Rhyme, Folks!

Today in Grammar I was told to make a rhyme using come and gone. This is what I have written: While Christmas has gone With it`s snowy white days, Easter has come With God`s loving rays. Like it?