Santa letter

Dear Mr Claus,

I have believed in you my whole life, but lately I've heard that you're not real. People say that you watch me at night to see if I'm bad or not, do you really watch me? Also people say that you come down chimneys you can't get out at the bottom of my chimney so how do you get in? Santa, can you please eat my cookies and drink my milk they have been out there from three Christmases ago.


 Santa can I please get a long legged and long sleeved wetsuit for Christmas because I really want one because I want to get better at surfing. Can I also have a longboard because my neighbors have their own, and I want to be able to ride with them instead of using their longboards.       


I want a pool also because its getting really hot and I want to be able to be at my house and cool of in the pool. I also like the water and I want to try new tricks on my surfboard in the pool.

Your sincerely
Benjamin Laidlaw

Third world

Third world countries are the poor countries and first world countries are countries like USA and Western Europe. Third, second and first world countries are grouped by social, economic and political problems. Afghanistan is a third world because 40% of the country live in poverty with 2/3 of them $2 US a day which is $2.42 New Zealand dollars. 

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A rose by a different name still smells as sweet  

A rose by a different name still smells as sweet is the famous words spoken by Juliet in romeo and Juliet by William Shakespear in the play they speak in english. The play was based on a star crossed lover. People think that william Shake spear was wrong about the quote. 

 The quote means it doesn't matter what its called, it matters what it is. William Shakespear died when he was fifty two years old

Juliet:

O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

Romeo:

[Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?

Juliet:

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.

Romeo:

I take thee at thy word:
Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized;
Henceforth I never will be Romeo.

New Uniform

1. Comfort 
2. light 
3. Looks good
4. Quality 
5. Cheap
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
   

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Before the Maoris and European came to New Zealand 80% of the land was covered with forest now most of it is chopped down or is getting chopped down. This is my story of being a tree. I was a twenty five year old pine tree when they chopped me down in my home in the  northern east of the north island But I got chopped down and sent to the port of tauranga which is in the Mount New Zealand.

I stayed at the Port of Tauranga for three days in triangle stacks so that I wouldn't fall down. Some of my friends got chopped down to and were next to me.On the first day I saw my friend Jack get shipped to kaurau to go threw a wood chipper and get turned into paper. On the second day I saw three other friends get shipped to China. And on the third day it was my turn.

A big crane came down and picked the log that was on top and put it on a shipped then it picked up me and put me on the ship. Next minute we are all getting shipped to Asia and made into tables,

which you could be using right now!!!  

Vegetable Scenery

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Curling is a sport which is played on ice in a rink the object of the game is to get the curling stone closest to a certain point. Curling is played by four players per team. One person slide the curling stone/rock and the two other use the brush/brooms to smoothen the ground to make the stone go further. The people who play this sport have special shoes that helps them not fall over. Curling is part of the inaugural winter games which is held every four years.

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