Spring is in the Air!
by Katren Hepworth
New Life Appearing
It is finally spring, and I am glad! And for the new season, comes a surprising edition to the Kazette! It is going to appear every time I need it. Which I hope will not be every month!
Crime
On March 7th, a male neighbor of mine was taking out some pizza boxes across the street to the garbage, leaving his two daughters in his house. He noticed three male teenagers, walking around the corner. My neighbor threw out the garbage, and the teens where five feet from his face! They asked him for his money. Now, would a man take his wallet when he is taking out his trash? No! My neighbor told him so. Then, one of the boys punched him in the eye! My neighbor then punched him back, sending him to the ground. His two friends then punched him in the ribs, and ran off! My neighbor was going to chase after them, but remembered his two daughters where in the house, alone.
He walked inside, and called 9-1-1. Soon, police where searching for the teens, but nothing prospered. My neighbor told me, and the people living in our co-op in our yearly meeting (this year it was held on March 17). His black eye was all healed, not even a slight discoloration. He told us all this, to show us that we should be cautious, but not too cautious, because it could happen to us. We are thankful that he is all right, and we also thank him for warning us.
News
On Wednesday, the 18th of March, I entered one of my stories into two writing contests, one contest, is at
http://www.aadl.org/files/it's%20all%20write%20guidelines.pdf.
The other is at
http://www.goodstorycontest.com/Contest_Rules.html.
Please pray that I win, I would really appreciate it!
Thank you!
On March 8th, the writer of The Kazette turned 12! I am really happy! I went out shopping, for I got to pick out some clothes, as a present! I also got, beads, a video game, headphones and jack, bead box, a trip to Olive Garden for a dinner, a balloon, made out of K’s, and, was given a printed out ‘Published’ copy of my book, When Five Collide!
Humor
by Sheri Hepworth
Here it is, the first day of spring and we got a snowstorm! We woke this morning to a fresh layer of the white stuff. The kids knew, as soon as they woke up, that they were going out to shovel sidewalks for our neighbors. Caeley was, as always, eager to help her neighbors, but honestly eager to hopefully get ’caught’ by someone and get a small money offering.
I reminded her that she’d still have some spending money if she hadn’t bought hockey cards recently. (Carm and Tiff’s enthusiasm for the game has rubbed off on her and she collects cards like her older sisters.) I was playfully chiding her that the cards probably didn’t mean all that much to her; why she never played with them or dressed them up or anything.
Fast forward a few hours later. I was mixing and measuring ingredients for a carrot cake and the kids were lazing around in the kitchen. Caeley kept up a constant chatter about absolutely nothing. I realized too late that I’d added baking powder instead of baking soda and, a bit too harshly, asked that Caeley please just stop talking. I added that I wasn’t trying to be unkind or anything but I was quite convinced she was talking simply to hear the sound of her voice. I asked her to just not talk but to find something quiet to do somewhere other than in the kitchen. She walked away quietly.
No cake mixing is as important as how my little girl felt. I was guilty of rudeness. I felt awful. So, I washed my hands and went looking for my poor unappreciated little gem of a daughter. I was quite convinced I’d find her hunched over in the living room, feeling worse than a convict. Would she be willing to forgive me for being so rude to her?
I gave her a hug as she sat amongst some toys in the living room. I asked for her to forgive me and then inquired if she was upset with me. It was then that I took notice of what exactly the little fruitcake was up to. She proudly displayed a line up of Barbie doll gowns; with hockey cards peeking out from the necklines! "See?" she proudly announced. "I’m playing with my hockey cards. You said I didn’t even play dress up with them. So, now I am!"
It didn’t seem to bother me too much when five minutes later, she was blithering on in French just to irritate her younger brother!
Submissions
Book Reading Contest
Try to read at least seventy books in the year 2008, and when you finish, tell me by email. Send your name, your age, and your gender, along with the day you finished book #70 (or if you read more!), and I'll put it in the Kazette!
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Worth While Computers and Worth While Music, are run
by David Earl Hepworth.
Worth While Computers fixes your computers, Worth
While music gives you songs about the Lord.
Contact my editor to hear more!
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