A few days ago my family and I went to the old Summer Palace. At the gates there were two statues of traditional Chinese lions. In the picture next to this paragraph is me being eaten by a male lion. Inside the palace there were lots of pathways to walk around on. Mainly the paths were next to a lake, a man made giant lake. Me and the girls wanted to (and did for a while) play hide and go seek. Only when we were in the ruinswere we allowed to play hide and go seek.
You see that picture right underneath the other paragraph? That is a picture of the labyrinth. I loved wandering in it because I wanted to lose myself in it. Unfortunately, the walls were only up to my shoulders so if I did get lost in the labyrinth all I had to do was look around. Also I could climb on top of the walls so why bother to get lost? Because I like it. Once we got to the center it was time to go home. Even when I asked and tried to persuade my parents, even pleaded with them, I couldn't get them to let me show them the back garden.
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Yesterday we went to the Great Wall. About every 40 feet there were battle towers. To continue walking you have to go through those towers. The girls and I found a way to the top of most of those towers. Some you had to go to the top, others you couldn't go on top. That picture is one of the girls and me standing on top of a tower. Up there there are lots of bits and pieces of the battlements and a part of a wall.
This picture shows part of the great wall. Farther down it starts to slant up hill. That is where stairs start going up to the unrestored part. Only
I-out of my family -was able to walk to the top. My mom couldn't go because of her knee surgery, my dad tried to go up like me (and would have) if mom had not called to him to tell me to come down. My sisters, like my dad, tried but failed. I liked going to the great wall because to go up you had to run the gauntlet*then you could either walk or take a ski- lift- like-thing but closed in a cart.
*the gauntlet as in lots of salesmen and woman
this is Noah,
signing off.
3 comments:
Hi Noah,
We really enjoy reading about your journey in China. Can you tell us how to say "the Great Wall of China" in Chinese?
Do you ever get bored or is it always interesting?
The playground at Woodstock has been crowded with kids after school because the weather has been so sunny. Not much new news from the school.
Well, take care. Keep writing!
Ben and Cheryl
Hello Noah!
I wish I could go on the big elephant slide like you did. In school we finished our salt dough maps.We also made a diarama about either plateau indians or coastal indians. I hope you keep having fun in china!
Sincerely,
Sarah stone
Hi Ben and Cheryl, this is Noah. To say "Great Wall of China" in Chinese, it's "Zhongguo de Chang Cheng"!
Yes, I get bored a lot. I really just wish I had some friends to play with.
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