If I Were President by Georgia

George Washington
Abraham Lincoln

Mount Vernon, George Washinton's home. Take a virtual tour here.

Washington Memorial

Graves of George and Martha Washington

Mount Rushmore

Abraham Lincoln's childhood home. To see a tour of his later home click here.

Lincoln Memorial

If I were President I would make lower taxes and make things in stores cheaper. I would tell people to not litter, not to use cars so much. I would make a holiday called Don't use a lot of electricity day.

To help people I would make people give food to food pantries, try to make schools better, and help those who can't read . Also I would have no junky toys in stores.

A law that I would make would allow kids to go to bed at 9:30 or later if they are watching a movie. Parents would have to read their kids bedtime stories.

Jokes for President's Day

Which President had the biggest family?

George Washington because he was the Father of our Country.

Why do pictures of George Washington always show him standing?

Because he would never lie!

Why is Abraham Linclon's picture on the penny?

Because he had so much sense!

Which side of hte White House is white?

The outside.

What I thought about the book.

I learned a lot about music in this book. One place I went was here to listen to taps and reveille. These were songs Louis played at Camp Kookooskoos. I also went to Classics for kids and learned about Bach, Beethoven and Mozart because Louis thought he would be able to play like them if he could get rid of his webbed feet. He had Sam Beaver cut his webs so he could play like he had fingers.

It made my heart tingle when Louis found Serena and got married. I learned about discrimination and that it's bad. This reminds me of Martin Luter King Jr. Just because people are different they shouldn't be discriminated.

Another thing we did was learn about trumpeter swans. They are rare and sound like this.

Trumpet of the Swan

With this book I had to not talk for an hour. Mom made me not talk for one hour because Louis can't trumpet. She wanted me to feel what Louis feels. It was really hard because I couldn't tell anyone anything. I also had to write my own newspaper article. I had to do this because there was a newspaper article in a chapter about how Louis' Dad stole the trumpet from a music store. My article was about a dog biting a kid.

If you read this book I'm telling you it's a awesome book. Louis is a baby Trumpeter Swan and he can't trumpet so, his dad stole a trumpet from a music store and Louis is learning a few notes.

P.S.Happy New year!

Dear Kaya

Dear Kaya,

It must have been scary being captured. You were brave because you escaped from the raiders. If I was you I wouldn't leave my sister alone. It would make me feel bad. I hope you get your horse back. My mom made American Dolls of you and the rest of them.

Love,

Josie

The End Chapters 21 and 22

Pretty soon it was time to leave the fair. Wilbur begged Templeton to climb up the wall and get the egg sac. He didn't want to but then Wilbur said I will let you eat from now on. Templeton got it and Wilbur stuck it in his mouth because Lurvy and Zuckerman were coming. Wilbur said his goodbyes to Charlotte. Charlotte couldn't come with them because she was too weak and she was going to die. Charlotte lifted her leg the best she could. The next day Charlotte died.

Back at the barn Wilbur took good care of the baby spiders all winter. Then, it was spring. All the new babies were born. It was fun. Pretty soon all the baby spiders were floating away on silk! Wilbur shouted Where are you going? But 3 of the spiders stayed. One of them was named Joy the second Aranea the third Nellie. It almost made me cry. I bet Wilbur felt sad and glad at the same time. That is the way I felt.

The End.

Chapters 19 and 20 almost done

The next morning Charlotte told Wilbur what she was making. Wilbur asked if it was a play thing. No way said Charlotte. Then Wilbur asked if there was eggs in it. Charlotte said yes. It was her Egg Sac. Charlotte said there was five hundred and fourteen. Wilbur was amazed! Charlotte called it her magnum opus. Charlotte said it was made of the toughest material she had. It also was water proof. Wilbur asked if Charlotte was really going to have five hundred and 14 eggs and she said yes if nothing happened. “They won’t hatch until next spring” said Charlotte. Wilbur noticed that Charlotte’s voice sounded sad. Wilbur asked Charlotte why are you so down-hearted? She said she was sad because she wasn’t ever going to see her children. Wilbur didn’t understand he thought having all those babies would be wonderful to have around next spring.

At the fair the other pig had an award taped on his pen. They were all really sad. But then the speakers said “Special announcement!” It was that Wilbur got an award and he passed out. Mr. Zuckerman told Lurvy to get a pail of water. Everyone was trying to wake him up and he finally did when Templeton bit his tail. It made me feel happy that Wilbur got an award because he must have felt very proud.