A discovery of priceless inheritance.

Peter looked at the pencil curiously. It was interesting to look at- colorful, with unique designs on it. He picked it up and examined it. He looked upon the thing from every single direction, silently admiring the gorgeous patterns. It was a pencil from the past, from his great-grandparents. They had left it to him in their will, the reason for which he didn't know. Maybe because it was of historical significance, maybe something else..? That's when it happened. Just as he was running his hands down one of the patterns, it started to slowly, come off. Curious as he was, excitement oozed through his veins. Before he realized it, he had subconsciously removed all of the patterns.

What was left now was a normal brown pencil, but - but - but.. The pencil had something written on it! As Peter peered at it, he made out an address, and a code - 0194. At first he was scared, but of course, not for long. But anyone who knew him would be certain that he wont give up a mystery - not even in his worst dreams. So, the next early morning, after making sure his parents were fast asleep and the coast was clear, he changed into his tracks and an off white t-shirt, along with his sneakers. He tiptoed towards the door, quietly opened it, and slid out under the blueish sky.

After around half an hour of walking he finally arrived at the address.  But all he saw was a deserted house at the end of a deserted street. He was looking around when a green light flashed through what seemed to be a mailbox. As he curiously and cautiously walked towards it, he concluded that it was some sort of password machine. "The code", the quick on his feet boy wondered. He entered the digits-0194. For a few endless seconds nothing happened. But just as he was turning away, the sound of turning gears, to his pleasure, entered his ears. He quickly spun around on his feet, to see the doors slide open. 

Now he was more excited than ever. He went in, to see nothing but an ordinary house. A living room, two bedrooms, a washroom and a kitchen. He was dismayed. "All of this cant have been for nothing" he thought, going to sit on the comfortable looking sofa. Only that it wasn't so comfortable when he sat down on it. It tripped. Peter fell with a thud but got up. And that was when he
saw it. A brown trapdoor where the sofa had been! A very-very secret trapdoor.

"Yay! for once luck is on my side!" Peter exclaimed as he advanced towards the trapdoor and pulled it open post a small feeling of being scared. His hopes were high again. After thinking for a brief second, he went down the trapdoor. Presented before his eyes was an astonishing sight, a room, full of nothing but-riches! The shine of the riches almost acted as a light. There was gold, diamond, ruby, sapphire, pearls, you name it and it was there. They seemed dusty, as if from the past, but were pure.

Peter was over the moon He phoned his parents, (who had woken up by now) determined not to leave. First his parents were a bait angry because he sneaked out, but they came eventually. As it turned out, they also phoned the cops on their way. Officer Walsh after a short examination by his team, confirmed that the riches were very old, like his great grandparents. The cops took most of the riches for research, but a quarter was awarded to the Peter Swiftson and his family. 

The family too was delighted. They bought a nice, big house with a swimming pool and a luxurious car as they always wanted. Peter continued his school and his detective work side by side. He had truly made a priceless discovery.

Book review of 'Totally True Adventures Apollo 13' by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

The Plot of the Book

‘Totally true adventures Apollo 13’ by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is a book telling the scintillating tale of the mission Apollo 13, in which things went very wrong due to a blast. It tells how bravely the astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise managed everything, and focused on their only goal, to reach home.

The book also tells about how they managed to eat and drink, entertain themselves etc. in the space shuttle. It tells about the three parts of the ship, command, service and lunar modules.

My Take on the Book

I really liked this book as I am a space enthusiast, and while reading this book I went on an imaginary space mission myself. I also found it really informative because I want to become an astronaut when I grow up, and this book told me good points about how they ate and drank in space etc.

What I learnt from this book

This book has many important lessons. From the incident where they had lost so much water that they could not take more than 6 ounces (1 glass) of water a day, I learnt that we should not at all be wasting water. Only they could understand how precious water was.

Also, I learnt to work hard from them, they were awake for more than 16 hours, and only slept when the doctor ordered them to. And they were constantly at work.

Another important lesson I learnt is that not to panic, because the way they handled things so calmly impresses me. If I would have been in their place, I cannot fathom how I would have reacted.

 All in all, I really enjoyed the book and recommend it to all.

A Spooky Haunting Midnight Adventure

Once, there lived a wonderful, adventurous child Freg who really loved having midnight adventures because he liked to discover new and haunted places.

It was a dark, quite, scary night, and he was getting really excited to go out and explore the places outside his society, Hoodwoods. So he quickly thought about the idea of exploring some place out of his society. He quickly pulled his pyjamas and ran down the dark staircase in a way to tell other people that he was just on for a night jog. But did he himself know where was he going? He only knew that he has to reach to bed before his parents were up, so he thought to explore something nearby only.

He quickly ran down the ramp, ignoring smirks, but at last the society guards on the night shift stopped him there and started to inquire as if he was a criminal. All of them asked him questions simultaneously, so he could barely understand anything out of it.

But he somehow sneaked out of his society and was able to see a massive castle covered in dark black light with a scary, haunted top. At that moment, he got scared but then he realised that he loves to have adventures and this might probably be the most scariest.

He reached the front of the door, still a bit scared but also confident about his scariest journey. Suddenly the door slammed open at the speed of wind which made Freg shiver slightly.When he entered inside, still thinking to quit, the door shut closed and got locked.Till then, he was already aware that something creepy is in there but he had no option except for going ahead. He tiptoed waiting for the next thing to come and terrify him.

Now, Freg was covered by a circle of green fire which looked like it was never going to end. He was thinking of a way by which he could escape but his mind was totally confused. Suddenly a sound started coming from the fire. It sounded like somebody was shouting from the fire and he told

"There is only one way to escape, and that is...HAHAHA!!"

Freg was really screaming loud, praying that somebody would come to help him.

Then, he saw something what looked like a small snake inside the fire. The snake was heading to him as though its going to finish him off. Its shiny blue eyes were gleaming and surely was staring him.He didn't have any empty chamber left in his mind, to think of something and he started feeling dizzy.

Suddenly, a bald scary man appeared and he started muttering words , constantly focussing something, he was dressed up in a different sort of clothes, Freg  was not at all able to get a clear look at him. Then a thin, high pitched voice started echoing the castle.The voice said ,

"A way to escape, if you get it you will be out."

He clutched the snake tightly with his fist and started observing him point to point.

That's when he saw that I tiny piece of parchment was tied on its tail which read, the key to victory.
He certainly knew that there was something related to the snake. Suddenly, the voice soar high and told , you are a smart boy.

The snake bit him, and he was teleported to a very dark room, but he realised he was just at home.
When he told his parents about it, they exchanged shocked looks. His mother said,

"It's just lack of sleep and nothing else, my child."

So, he also had starting believing that it was a dream he became normal again.