The Mystery of the Missing Meow

He doesn't play a part in the story but he IS the Mysterious Mr. Max.

A short story by Izland

On a bright summer day a young kitty named Meow sat near by a bluish green stream. With a whoosh the stream exploded, and she was sucked in! Luckily she loved water.

Meeoww! she cried.

She paddled frantically but it was no use.

Help! She mewed.

Then she found herself on a marble floor. A strange cat came up to her. It had no fur! Her little green eyes grew round.

She tried to say, Are you the rarooda cats whose voices were silenced long ago? But she couldn't.

One day later….she had explored the town a little, and she learned that they communicated by writing.

Then a medallion fell from the sky. The medallion spoke to her. You’re the right person to save these cats’ meows. As long as you keep me these cats will be able to meow.  But if you lose me, these cats will be silent again.  I’ve been looking for the right person for years.  I know you will be responsible enough to meet this challenge.

THE END

The highlight of my trip to St. Lous

The highlight of my trip to St. Louis was the City Museum. It was awesome! Here is a list of things that I liked about the City Museum:

1. The slide that went through ten stories.
You should lie down on a ten-story slide otherwise your clothes will stick and you won't go very fast. Don't worry about people coming down when you're still on the slide because there is a screen showing people when you're at the bottom.

Here is me going down the triangular slide. 

2. The metal hoop tunnels that take you a lot of places.
The metal hoop tunnels lead to other tunnels. They are made of a series of metal hoops, linked together. You can climb on the outside of it or the inside.

3. The huge, ginormous fish tank.
The fish tank had catfish in it and a bunch of snapping turtles. There's a sign on it saying to not put your fingers in. There's a giant fake whale where you can go inside and a lever in the whale where you can make the water flowing into the fish tank more or less. You can also see the fish tank from above.

4. The outside playground, especially the ball pit.
The outside playground has HUGE stuff to climb in like an old steam shovel ladder and there were even real airplanes when you got to the top. There's a Ferris wheel on the the roof and a real school bus on the roof too.

5. The real caves that went through every floor.
It can be a little scary. There are really tight tunnels and it's dark. There are only a couple of lights.

6. The gift shop that was tiled with money.
I went there with my class. Most of the grown ups in the group bought knee pads in the gift shop. There were dimes and nickles and quarters and pennies all tiled on the floor. I'm estimating there's about 1000 coins tiled on the floor in the gift shop.

7. The third floor.
The third floor is said to be haunted but it's really not scary at all. I'm not going to tell you the stories so you won't get scared and never go there. When I was on the third floor I didn't even know it was the third floor because I wasn't scared at all.  The world's biggest underpants are on the third floor, but the third floor can be a little creepy.

There are NO maps so you don't know where you're going, but the exit is pretty clear because it is the same way you came in. The bathrooms are hidden behind the stone mound.  You think it's a wall, but when you go around the corner you see a door to the bathroom.

I do not want to spoil it by telling you all about it. You'll just have to go there yourself. I really recommend going there. It's an awesome place.

21 Questions

1. What's the difference between kids and adults?

2. What does Pluto look like?

3. How long is the universe?

4. Are there other universes out there?

5. How can we stop pollution?

6. What is science?

7. Why is my cat Max so playful?

8. What is a bird's life span?

9. How do instruments make sounds?

10. Why do electric things stop working?

11. How DO electric things work?

12. How long did the oldest tree live?

13. Why do vinegar and baking soda react?

14. How did people invent language?

15. What came before the Big Bang?

16. Did the Big Bang happen in the universe?

17. Did the Big Bang create the universe?

18. Why do ceramic or glass shatter when it drops?

19. Why do humans need water?

20. Why are most vampires allergic to sun?

21. Who invented the first blog?

The tallest tower I ever built

When I built the tallest tower I had ever built I had to stand on a chair. It was taller than my dad and my mom! It was about a foot from the ceiling but then it started to sway. I tried to keep it up with my hands but you know how hard it is to keep up a block tower.

I made the tower out of Keva planks. I had never really used Keva planks before even though I had about 50 of them already. But then my uncle sent me 200 Keva planks and an instruction booklet with twenty buildings and instructions about how to build them.

Here is a picture of me building the tower when it wasn't quite done. It was so tall my mom had to finish it: