Sherburne-Earlville Elementary School Newspaper
The Castles
Principal Mr. Douchinsky
Issue 4 2009-10
wore a cape and a long huge dress
like a wedding dress. The princes
by Riley W. 3-Lindridge
Most of the ancient castles have parts wore tights and shirts with puffed up
shoulders. The princesses wore ball
that are broken and walls that have
fallen. Many are in ruins now. Castles gowns and a tiara and necklaces with
jewels.
were built of rock, stone and sod.
Castles were built near lakes, around
the coasts or on the shores. They
had high towers and huge walls with
arched windows. The tall towers were
built as lookouts. They built them by
the coast so they could see if there
was an enemy attack ship coming.
Often they had moats that had
alligators in them. The guards carried
torches and raised the drawbridges by
People danced around huge
pulling chains.
campfires. They would sacrifice
There was usually a courtyard where animals on these bonfires.
Fortunetellers looked through the
the knights practiced fighting and
ashes to predict whether it was going
would have jousting tournaments.
to be a good or bad harvest. They
Small children played there too.
Cobblestone hallways led to bedrooms told stories around the fire. Stories of
Merlin ending the dark ages and tales
that opened onto balconies. Back
then, the kings were dressed in robes of King Arthur were told throughout
and the queen was almost gilded. She the land.
continued on page 2
There was a mess hall type kitchen
with a large dining room. Visitors
came from all around Europe, Asia
and once in a while Africa. There
was a party every night. They
had large feasts and ate until they
couldn’t eat any more. There was a
ballroom and they danced into the
night until the king said to go home.
“Bring out your dead, bring out
your dead”. By the time the plague
ended, it had wiped out a lot of
Scottish people.
In the dark ages, there was so much
torture. In the dungeon, they would
tie you with ropes and stretch you
until your limbs popped out of their
sockets. They also used rats as a
During a battle the King would lead torture. People were so afraid of rats
the army out. The knights would
that they would confess to anything
follow riding the horses. They wore or they would catch rabies from the
metal armor and threw spears and
rats and just die. Sometimes, where
shot arrows with a bow. During
the castles were shore built, they
wars the arrows were lit on fire. The drowned people. Also, people were
knights would slaughter everybody hung with chains on the wall until
but they usually died as well. The
they starved to death or died from
people would sacrifice themselves
some disease.
to save the king. The bodies laid out
in the fields for days and days, until Some people in Scotland still
they became part of the earth like
celebrate the old ways singing, “Let
dirt.
the spirits run free”. There are still
kings and queens but there lives
The black plague came and people are different. Many castles still
had to abandon their castles. Other remain. There are many books in
people started ransacking them and the Sherburne Library; there is also
moved in. Many people abandoned a DVD that tells you the history.
their villages.
Maybe you would enjoy reading
In the dark ages, people came in
more about historic castles and
from the country to find a safer life. looking at the pictures.
People were dying everywhere. Men
came with carts, calling out,
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SEVEN DANCING PRINCESSES COLORING PAGE
ILLUSTRATED BY MARLAYNA T.
5-DAVEY
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The
Princess
and the
Dragon
Tired out for the rest of the day and
night, the dragon slept camouflaged
on the roof blending into the
shingles.
She saw him on the ground
watching her. Alexie crept
Nataly P.
over where the dragon was
Once upon a time in a far, far away peacefully sitting in the
land, lived a beautiful princess
garden by the woods. He
named Alexie. She was a
looked hungry so she went
princess who had eighteen down to the kitchen to get
pets: three fish, six cats,
him food. He gobbled it up
four dogs and five birds,
all at once.
a cockatoo, a parrot, a
canary, and two finches.
Alexie’s father entered the stone
Ever since she was a little archway to the garden. The sight of
girl, she always wanted a
dragon.
by
Her father, the king, returned from
an adventure and he brought her
a horn that called dragons. In her
tower room, she went to her window
and blew it hard. She waited for a
dragon to come when suddenly one
flew over the trees. She was excited.
She ran outside to her balcony to
wave her hands. The dragon noticed
her and flew around doing tricks
in the sky. She was amazed at his
showing off.
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the roof and saw
no dragon. She
wondered if the
dragon had gone.
She was terribly
worried. No one
knew where the
dragon was.
Alexie’s father felt
the king scared the dragon off into
so bad that he went
the woods. Later, the dragon was
out to find the missing dragon. After
nowhere to be seen. Alexie’s father a long search, he found him. The
king returned home to offer her a
was not happy. He was concerned
that the dragon would bring danger pet dragon. Her heart was filled with
to his kingdom but his daughter was joy! She ran to her father, hugged
him and then went over to pet the
so happy since she had the dragon
dragon. They always ate together in
to play with.
the garden and lived happily ever
after!
The next morning, Alexie checked
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The Dragon and the Slayer
By Robert D’Loie
One day a dragon slayer cat, named
dog, had to go out and get food
for his kingdom. On the way, he
stopped by an old cave. He thought
it would be a good place to find
rocks for his collection. He went
in very deep until there was barely
any light. He lit a match and went
deeper into the cave. He found a
pink, sparkly, triangular rock. He
couldn’t pick it up; it was too heavy
but he tried with all his strength.
After a little while, he saw that the
rock moved. He saw that it was
connected to a long tail-like thing
with more rocks on top like scales.
He resumed his mission of gathering
the food. On his way back, he
wondered if the rocks were still
there. He went back inside the cave
to the place where he first saw the
rock. He found it. This time he felt a
little braver and much more curious.
Again, he lit a match so he could
see. The sparkly scale-like rocks
grew bigger and bigger. He went a
bit farther and saw a big shining
pink lump with the scales going
across it like a spine. He looked
around and saw a huge head and
four claws. It was a dragon! He was
surprised because he hadn’t seen
one for ten years.
Everyone thought that he had slayed
all the dragons in the country years
ago. He fell over in shock. It was
so beautiful. This creature was
dazzling. While he waited until
it woke up, he thought he might
not want to slay the last dragon.
This wasn’t long because when he
fell, he knocked into a stalactite,
which broke and landed on the
dragon’s head. She let out a bonerattling yawn. He walked in front
He heard a growl, got scared and ran of the dragon and saw long, curly
back outside.
eyelashes. This was the first time
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he had ever seen a girl dragon. She
stuck her tongue out and licked at
the same time the dragon slayer cat,
named dog, quickly leaped into the
shadows. Yummy! Yummy! Dragon
slayers were her favorite breakfast.
Her eyes opened wide so she could
see if she was dreaming. There was
nothing there so she closed her eyes
and tried to go back to sleep. She
couldn’t because she felt another
presence. She heard a rock shift and
her ears stood straight up to listen.
She got up and felt around with her
tongue. She found him and grabbed
him with her tongue. He did not
struggle but jumped off to the
ground. He tasted so good she had
to smile.
Pretty flowers in the spring
pink, purple, yellow, and green
blossoming.
Make a perfect posy
fruity buds spike and shoot.
Blooms smell like fresh air
and flowers pop up in my
garden...
everywhere!
-Breanna U. 5-Thomas
Love
Love is a flower
With all its color.
Love is a fire
With all its warmth.
Love is a bug
That gives you goose bumps.
Love is a bed
That is comfortable.
-Dalton H. 3-Lane
Illustrated by
Marlayna T. 5-Davey
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WHAT EVERY PRINCESS WANTS - A MODERN “GREEN” HAIRDRYER
Editors:
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Riley W.
3
Nataly P.
3
Dalton H.
3
Brandone D. 4
Marlayna T. 5
Breanna U. 5
Advisor:
Ms. Hammond
We try to preserve the
student’s voice during
editing.
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