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A Pirate’s Message

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A Pirate’s Message
By: Brian Lin

My name is Flamengo Jake Ravenclaw. And if you are reading this message, it means I am already dead. I’m writing this because I have hidden my treasure on Diamond Island and if you are lucky, you can follow my map and instructions and maybe good fortune will befall on you, but be careful this journey won’t be an easy one. First let me tell you about myself so that my legacy lives on.
Now I am going to tell about myself. My name is Flamengo Jake Ravenclaw. I am mean and scary. Nobody can fight me because I’m too strong. My father, Rake de Santos Ravenclaw, is the captain of the pirate crew called Flamengo. I think this is how I got my name.
Diamond Island is located on the north side of Germany. Now I’ll tell you the latitude and longitude location. 54.5167° N, 8.6369° E. The island is rare, but if you are reading this, it means the island is waiting for you to go there and dig out the treasure. However, this search for the treasure is not only easy, it is difficult and hard. It lies between your life… Dead or Alive.
There are many legends about Diamond Island and let me tell you, they are true. First of all in the forest, there is a old woman. She is nice and kind. She asked me to help her get a cup of water, well, that time I was a kind young kid. I did everything she said. After a day, she gave me a basket of eggs. The old woman told me to throw them behind my shoulders on my way home. I did what she told me. And I realized that the talking eggs were diamonds inside. I got more eggs with diamond inside because the woman said so.
If you are brave enough to try and find my buried treasure you will not be disappointed. My treasure is funny, but be sure not to laugh at anything you see. If you disobeyed my conditions, you will regret what you find after all. My treasure is from the famous science lab of Germany. It was invented by Karl Benz. The German inventor. After I become older, I became more and more evil. I tried to steal the eggs, and of course, they chased me. On my ship, I putted the eggs in a golden treasure box. And I arrived at a island that did not exists on the map. I buried the treasure. No one knows about it. This message is left for you… the trail is is followed by my treasure instructions. The soldiers who were chasing me was furious. They killed me… good luck…

You can follow my map trail and read my map instructions, but be careful about the measurements. 1 centimeter wrong, it would not leads to the treasure. Also, a reminder, to find my treasure, you must have patience.
Good luck and watch out for the river that is rushing water out when you stop by the east bay of Diamond Island.

Sincerely,
Flamengo Jake Ravenclaw

This is my Pirate’s Message 🙂 thanks!

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Aztec Adventure Story

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The Life Of the Ballgame
By: Brian Lin

One day, at Darren’s house, Jerry, Morgan, and Darren and I were all busy testing Jerry’s new invention, The Time Machine. Then, an Aztec Tenochtitlan picture accidently touched the time machine.
“AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!” We all shouted.
I saw a few branches in front of my face. It took a few seconds to realize that we are in a tree.
“Where are we?” Darren asked.
“Tenochtitlan” Morgan Shouted.
“What?” said Jerry.
“Tenochtitlan is the Capital of the ancient Aztecs!” I said.
“What a beautiful place!” Said Darren.
“Let’s get out of here.” Said Jerry
When we climbed down from the tree, we heard someone yelling, “Capture them!” We turned and looked.
“An Eagle Warrior!”
We stood still, so does the eagle warrior.
“What’s wrong with the wearing of the eagle warrior! murmured Jerry. “We would be bloody if we touched the clothes that is made out of sharp stones.
“And the feathers everywhere!” whispered Darren.
“Look at his shoe! its made out of woods” I said.
“I think we better start running.” said Morgan
We ran, and the Eagle Warrior shot spears and arrows but he missed. Morgan tripped and fell down to the ground. The Aztec warrior caught Morgan and tied him up with a rope, turned around, and started walking back.
“What should we do?” Darren asked.
“I think we should go after the Aztecs and save Morgan,” said Jerry. “Or trade Morgan back with something.”
“What thing should we trade for?” I asked, “I have nothing interesting for the Aztec people, and I left my backpack downstairs!”
“Maybe we should look for something” Jerry suggested.
“What should we look for?”
“Gold or diamonds?”
“It will take forever for you to find golds or stuff like that,” Darren replied. “And you know, Aztec people are not interested in things like that.”
“Or maybe just say where we came from and half the chance, they would give Morgan back.” I suggested.
We gathered our ideas together and chose the one that we think it would work. “The Aztec Ballgame.”
We arrived at the ballgame court and it was 200 feet long and 30 feet wide at its center section. It is shaped like an capital “I.” This shape represented the universe.
Suddenly, a six-inch round rubber ball (which symbolized the sun) went flying with rocket speed towards us. It hit Jerry in the stomach. Hard.
“Ouch!” Jerry shouted, “Who did that?”
The Aztec ballplayers came rushing towards us. Darren shivered.
“Let’s play the ballgame,” said Jerry. “If we win, give Morgan back to us, if we lose, then you can capture us.”
“Who is Morgan?” The Aztec ballplayers asked.
“Our friend, who you guys just captured a few hours ago.”
“Alright, Let’s start the game!” they said.
“Wait.” Said Darren, “I don’t even know what the rules are and how to play.”
“Ok, now this is what you wear. A headdress, a hacha, a yoke to protect your waist, these wooden shoes, palma, manopla, yuguito. And here are the rules. You only can use your waist to hit the ball through the hoop that is large enough to accommodate the six-inch rubber ball. No hands, no feet or stuff like that, only your waist,” explained one of the Aztecs.
We wore the uniforms. The game had now begun. It was 3 on 3. The score kept tied until the jaguars got a point. The score was 1-0. Just one time, just one time, Darren shoot the ball into the hoop. The score was 2-1.
“Yeah!” Jerry and I yelled at the same time.
Five more minutes were left, the score was 9-7. I’m glad that we practiced the Aztec Ballgame at recess.
Jerry and I scored 2 more lucky goals to make the score tie. Finally! Darren scored the final goal as he hit the ball through the hoop with his waist.
“Now, give us back Morgan!” I yelled.
Two Aztec Warriors walked with Morgan to the ballcourt. “You’re free now,” they said.
We ran back to the forest and went up to the tree that we came from and put a picture of Taipei on top of the time machine. The wind blowed so hard. I opened my eyes and looked around. We were on the high speed rail, heading for Kaohsiung.
“What a day! We shouted together. “I bet we are going to be the role model of our Aztec project.
The End

This is my Aztec Adventure story. We learned MANY facts at Social Studies class and made a story with MANY facts in it. Enjoy reading it!!!