Showing posts with label Betty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Betty. Show all posts

Friday, 20 June 2014

To This Day... By Shane Koyczan.

When I was a kid,
I used to think that pork chops and karate chops were the same thing,
I thought they were both pork chops,
And because my grandmother thought it was cute,
And because they were my favourite,
She let me keep doing it.

Not really a big deal...

One day,
Before I realized fat kids are not designed to climb trees
I fell out of a tree
And bruised the right side of my body,

I didn’t want to tell my grandmother about it,
Because I was afraid I’d get in trouble,
For playing somewhere that I shouldn’t have been...

A few days later the gym teacher noticed the bruise,
And I got sent to the principal’s office,
From there I was sent to another small room
With a really nice lady
Who asked me all kinds of questions
About my life at home,

I saw no reason to lie...
As far as I was concerned,
Life was pretty good
I told her, “Whenever I’m sad my grandmother gives me karate chops”

This led to a full scale investigation
And I was removed from the house for three days,
Until they finally decided to ask how I got the bruises...

News of this silly little story quickly spread through the school
And I earned my first nickname,

Pork Chop….

To this day,
I hate pork chops….

I’m not the only kid,
Who grew up this way,
Surrounded by people who used to say,
That rhyme about sticks and stones,
As if broken bones,
Hurt more than the names we got called,
And we got called them all,
So broken heart strings bled the blues,
Don’t tell me that hurts less than a broken bone,
That an ingrown life,
Is something surgeons can cut away,
That there’s no way for it to metastasize,

It does….

She was eight years old,
Our first day of grade three,
When she got called ugly,
We both got moved to the back of the class,
So we would stop get bombarded by spit balls,
But the school halls were a battleground,
Or learn to stay still like statues giving no clues that we were there,
In grade five they taped a sign to her desk,
That read beware of dog….

To this day,
Despite a loving husband,
She doesn’t think she’s beautiful,
Because of a birthmark,
That takes up a little less than half of her face,
Kids used to say she looks like a wrong answer,
That someone tried to erase,
But couldn’t quite get the job done,
And they’ll never understand,
That she’s raising two kids,
Whose definition of beauty,
Begins with the word mom,
Because they see her heart,
Before they see her skin,
Because she’s only ever always been amazing,

He...
Was a broken branch,
Grafted onto a different family tree,
Adopted,
Not because his parents opted for a different destiny,
He was three when he became a mixed drink,
Of one part left alone,
And two parts tragedy,
Started therapy in 8th grade,
Had a personality made up of tests and pills,
Lived like the uphills were mountains,
And the downhills were cliffs,
A tidal wave of anti depressants,
And an adolescence of being called popper,
One part because of the pills,
Ninety nine parts because of the cruelty,
He tried to kill himself in grade ten,
When a kid who could still go home to mom and dad,
Had the audacity to tell him “get over it” as if depression,

To this day,

And if a kid breaks in a school,
And no one around chooses to hear,
Do they make a sound?
All of these were miles ahead of who we were,
We were freaks,
Lobster claw boys and bearded ladies,
Oddities,
And yes,
Some of us fell,

That all of this..
This is just debris,
Leftover when we finally decide to smash all the things we thought,
We used to be,
Because there’s something inside you,
That made you keep trying,
Despite everyone who told you to quit,
You built a cast around your broken heart,
And signed it yourself,
You signed it,
“They were wrong”
Because how can you hold your ground,
If everyone around you wants to bury you beneath it,
You have to believe that they were wrong,

They have to be wrong,

Why else would we still be here?
We are not abandoned cars stalled out and,
Sitting empty on a highway,
And if in some way we are,
Don’t worry,
We only got out to walk and get gas,
We are graduating members from the class of Go Away, We Made It,
Not the faded echoes of voices crying out,
Names will never hurt me,

Of course,
They did,

But our lives will only ever always,
Continue to be,
A balancing act,
And more to do with beauty...

Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Bye Bye

To Catton Grove Primary School


It is the end then... Year 6 is over. Being at my school, Catton Grove Primary School, it has been a pleasure. I am going to miss everyone so much. I hope all the staff and children have lots and lots of fun. I am going to miss just everything about the school! I just can’t explain it any better! (Can’t think, too sad!)I hope everyone has a great time learning, having fun and other things (I couldn't think of anything else. *Smiles*). I don’t know really what else to say, just I am really sad to leave and I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO HIGH SCHOOL! (No offense...) I will be back though Catton Grove! Muhahaha! (*Evil Laugh*)


Much love from your very amazing, awesome, smart, cleaver, brilliant, talente... okay I’ll stop. Much love from one of your special pupils,
Betty
xxx


(It doesn't end. Bye bye my great young friend, Noah. Will never forget you and your amazing family! I am sure you will enjoy your new school! Lots of love,
Betty.
xxxxxxxxxxxx)

Friday, 5 July 2013

Timmy's Amazing Adventure

Timmy was brutally kicking a strong green tree. The other children around the village were staring at him, as if he came from a magical place were pixies lived. Spiky ears, like an elf's, poked out from the side of his round head. A bulbous nose spread across his furious face. He was as short as a rubbish bin. Spiky as a pine cone, his hair was reaching up to the sky. Timmy was 10 years old, but he looked like a 5 year old because of his dinky height. Tiny Timmy was his nickname.


Never Ending village was where Timmy lived.
All of the houses looked boringly identical and there was no school, consequently, Timmy spent all day sitting in the quiet woods, because he felt like he did not fit in.


One day a kind old lady who had a long pointed nose, thought to herself that unusual boy, who had those spiked ears and that round face, looks like a goblin. The kind old lady once again studied the boy who looked like a goblin and thought again. She judged that maybe he was just a strange looking little boy or perhaps he was a mythical  creature. She stayed positioned there for about 5 minutes. So while the kind old lady stared for a few minutes more, a plan materialized. A genius plan. The plan was to go to the quiet library and search for descriptions and pictures about goblins. Even though the old lady's back hurt when she walked for more than a mile, she was still convinced she had to take a visit to the library. 

 Whilst the the old lady was strolling  slowly up to the library, Timmy began to feel like everyone was laughing at him again. He was miserable in the village. Finally the Old lady got to the library and started reading in the magical creatures section. The old lady all of a sudden encountered a heavy thick book, that had facts about goblins inside. The description of the goblin was exactly the same as the tiny Timmy! So the old lady hurried back as fast as she could back to Never Ending village. 

When the old lady spotted the goblin boy, she quickly explained what she had found out. Timmy was so surprised! He had to go to the forest to find his family! So before Tiny Timmy withdrew to pack his bags, Timmy the goblin gave the old lady a massive cuddle and with his long spiky hair, he tickled the old ladies chin and said "thank you" . The kind old lady wished Timmy good luck on his search for his family and watched him as he scurried away. 



while Timmy took a long stroll through the town, everybody was muttering beneath there breath. Timmy ran as fast as he could towards the forest crying his eyes out like a little baby. Suddenly Timmy reached the forest it was  different than usualDark,murky,cold with a heavy fog laying on the green bumpy forest floor. With black vicious crows observing every move I made.

I was starving, so I stopped at the nearest place it was a huge castle, with bright colors. I thought that I had been knocked out or I  was bonkers . Consequently I dawdled through the huge doors meanwhile I observed an old man slumped over a wooden table eating, without speaking he pushed a bowl full of delicious goodies in my direction,I nodded in thanks and ate, leaving the bowl clean.

Without speaking the old man rose from the table ushering me out of a door, which lead me on to a windy pathway into another deeper part of the forest.


While walking through the mystical forest, Timmy saw a group of people huddled together whispering things Timmy could not make out, so he wandered over and asked what they were doing so deep in the forest. 
They answered, "We're the brotherhood of wisdom. we know everyone who goes into the forest and every one who goes out."
"Have you ever came across a human and a goblin?"  Asked Timmy curiously.
With a wave of realization, one of the brothers took a deep breath, "Are you Timmy?"
He confirmed that he was.
"Aha, I saw them go through along time ago. They had an evil looking giant with them. They were limping, their wrists chained together. The giant forcing them to go faster with an iron fist." 
"Where did they go?"
"I assume they went to the slave asylum where rat henchmen whips you all day, its the only place deep in the forest."
"What do you do there?"

Almost unable to walk with weariness, Timmy trudged forward after two continuous days walking. But he persevered, determined to find his family. Almost about to collapse, Timmy observed a decayed building in the corner of is vision...



Ahead of Timmy stood a dark, grimy slave asylum with barred windows and mold covered doors. Suddenly the repulsive rat foot soldiers  attacked him with there claws that were as sharp as daggers. One devious rat pounced from behind and cut Timmy's ear off, as a result his pointy ear landed in the rats hairy body, causing blood and guts to cover the walls. Timmy, being as tiny as he was, only needed to reach to grasp his ear. Smothering the scratched side with the rats blood, Timmy stuck his ear back on.


At that moment Timmy heard a shuffling noise behind him, however before  he could turn around a rat leaped onto him. Brutally forcing Timmy into the rancid cell, the rat applied a chain around his leg. Slowly, his eyes equip to the darkness and could just make out the figures of some prisoners lurking in the corner of the decrepit, damp cell. 
"Wh...who are you?" asked Timmy anxiously.


"Our names are Mr and Mrs Grean." Said the two figures. 
"Well that is very funny."Laughed Timmy.
"Because my name is Timmy Grean."
It took Timmy about 2 seconds to realize that the two people were his parents.
"Mum,Dad?" queried Timmy.
"Son!" They exclaimed while tears trickled down their grubby cheeks.
This was an extremely beautiful moment for the family.Timmy never remembered seeing his parents before, and he studied their faces carefully.
They all gave each other a colossal cuddle.
Timmy's  parents were going to tell him why they had left him...


... "I am not sure if you have seen him, but  upstairs, in a golden throne sits a very greedy giant," whispered his mother. Glowing, the candle that she was holding above her face flickered. She continued, "He had found a mine, however this mine was not an ordinary mine, because deep beneath the ground, hidden beneath the rocks, lay thousands of tons of glittering gold. He only knew this, because he had listened very carefully to his school teacher. To his disappointment, he could not get to the gold, therefore he had to think of a resolution. Just then it struck him, goblins had very long, pointed claws, especially made for digging up tough terrains. Although he knew that the goblin species had almost died out, he had a good feeling that there had to be some, somewhere, still alive. Because he was also extremely lazy, he hired hundreds of rats to find a goblin to work for him. 

"Not long afterwards, the news had spread that hundreds of rats, with sharp swords and long spears were marching in and out of towns and forests searching for goblins. As soon as we heard, we hurried out of home, to escape from being captured.  Unfortunately, as we were running, we were spotted, spotted by the rats. We ran as fast as we could. But they scurried after us. Dangerous spears came flying like eagles towards us, barely missing our heads.  We had been running for what seemed like hours, when I suddenly realized I was having a baby! I swung my head around sharply. Luckily for us, we had lost the rats, although that was what I thought. I lay down slowly on the grass.  An owl hooted from the tree tops and the moon stared down at me and it was at that moment that you were born.

"Suddenly from out of the gloom stepped the rats. Evil sneers illuminated their faces and their eyes had a glint of cruelty burning like a flame inside them. I placed you carefully in your elder sister Darcy's arms. I told her to run, run like she had never run before and never to come back. She ran. Some of the rats followed her. She didn't stop. A rat flung a spear at her and I tried to warn her, but I was to late. It caught her in the back and blood spilled out of it! She placed you gently in a dense hedge out of sight and fell to the floor, dead." She paused and a cold, wet tear trickled down her face, onto the gloomy floor.

"I and your father were then captured and taken back here, where we work all day, every day, digging for gold. At night we are flung carelessly in here and ready to do it all again the next morning." She finished and took a deep breath. She hugged Timmy warmly, like he never had been hugged before and blew out the burning candle, where they were left in total darkness.


Timmy and his family laid for while staring at the bleak, grimy walls which reached up wards, straight like soldiers. With a rush of excitement Timmy stood up, he loudly cried.
"That's it. It's just the perfect plan!" 
The goblin boy announced that they would dig a long tunnel that would lead out to freedom. Timmy learnt his head on the smooth grey rock.
smooth rock. Gently closing his eyes, they were going to wait till dark to dig just in case anybody caught what they were doing.
Timmy and his father woke 4 hours later, it was  9 o'clock this was the perfect time to stat digging, Timmy thought to himself so
Timmy and his father woke up his exhausted mother.
"It's time, sh I don't want to hear the slightest sound." Timmy whispered to his family. 
They all started to dig, Timmy leading with his razor sharp claws and teeth that twinkled in the light of their mother's tearful eyes.


As the claws broke the surface, Timmy and his family clambered out of the hole they had dug.There was nothing to be seen except for gnarled, bulky trees, with sunlight dappled on the ground. They were finally free from the evil giants clutches, they felt elated. 

Suddenly the rat footmen scarpered out of the tunnel. As soon as Timmy saw the footmen he shouted,"RUN!"  

Rapidly, they scrambled until they came to a massive field. As they looked around they saw a purple dragon chained to a tree. Timmy's mum cried, "Let's try to help it." So they  ran across the field with the footmen far behind them. Timmy and his family thought the dragon would be fierce, when they got to the dragon it said politely, "Hello my name is Mona.  Are you the family that got caught by that horrid giant?" 
Timmy replied,"I didn't, the others did but there's more things to worry about, the rat footmen are after us!
Mona asked, "What's your name young man?" 
Timmy gulped and muttered,"My name is Timmy." 
"Did you say Timmy?" Mona asked .
This time Timmy had more courage and boldy replied, "Yes." 
Mona explained, "I'll give you a deal Timmy. You set me free and I'll help you to escape from the rat footmen." 
Timmy and his family were discussing the deal but didn't have much time because the rat footmen were already out of the crumbling tunnel. Timmy spotted them and told his parents. They all turned around and answered,"Deal." Now they were shaking more than ever.


"Quick then get on the my back before the rat footmen get closer." Yelled  Mona. Timmy helped his family get on to Mona, even though he is so small. 
Mona said, "Look the rat footmen. What should we do to them?"
"Leave them, they are only rats." Timmy's mum said .
Timmy yelled, "Burn them, burn them, burn them please!"
"Good plan! I just might do that!" said Mona. Mona knew that good friends do stuff for each other, so Mona made a plan in her head.

Mona looked down to see if the rat footmen had gone yet, it was in luck that they had not gone, so Mona got ready. Timmy watch Mona. He saw the boiling hot, fire burn the tiny rats. He laughed alot but inside his body he felt sorry as well

After all the fun Timmy's mum told him how much she had missed him. Timmy's mum told Mona that they needed to get home because they have not been home since Timmy was born. So Mona did the right thing and helped them get home.



As Mona, Timmy, his mum and dad glided though the air, Mona's glimmering scales reflected down on a small village. 


Just then Timmy's mum realized that it was their village! '
'Timmy this is our village that we had to escape from,'' she said. The village looked very old and the houses were made out of giant mushrooms that had bright red spots on. The trees looked like broccoli because they were  healthy and the people were as small as ants.
''Mum, our village looks lovey from here, don't you agree?'' Timmy asked.
''Yes it does, Timmy,'' she replied.


Mona herd Timmy and his mum talking so she swung down to the ground and landed safe and sound.
All of a sudden the villager came swarming over to them and one old man asked, ''Is your name Timmy little boy?" The man laid his eyes on Timmy's mother. "My daughter! You're alive!" She ran to him excitedly, taking Timmy with her.
''Welcome back,'' they all said, and the celebrations began.
"The mushroom hall is officially open for a party!" and the rumpus began.


The next day Timmy spoke to Mona. "Will you stay with us? You can live in the Toadstool castle," Timmy pleaded.
"I'd love to Timmy, but first I want to get that brutal giant - he must pay for what he did to my family..."
They hugged and Timmy was swept into the air like a juggling ball as Mona looped through the air. 

The village gathered and cheered as the brave dragon flew off though the fluffy fresh clouds.

Timmy and his parents strolled to their home to begin their lives together.

And Timmy never let his mum and dad go again.