Solarium’s, Human Microwave’s……..

Solarium’s are Thingy’s that you get onto and it tans you, artificially, but it is up to five times more likely to give you skin cancer than just the normal sun. Skin cancer is mainly caused by UV(Ultra Violet) rays from the sun, they travel all the way from the sun to your skin, and you don’t even feel it. To much exposure to UV rays damages skin cells and causes them to grow into a cancerous lump of…. of…. blearghhh. The most common form of skin cancer, Melanoma, is actually the most common among the 15 to 30 age group.

Theseus Visits the Labyrinth

Minos, a king, forced the Athenians to send a shipload of children to his island to feed his minotaur. The minotaur  was trapped at the end of a labyrinth. Many brave men had tried to kill the minotaur, but they either found the minotaur and got killed or didn’t find it and got lost in the labyrinth and starved. But, one time a warrior called Theseus went to the island and killed the minotaur and got out of the labyrinth by means of a long thread.

How People Lived in the Time of Ulysses

When Ulysses was a young man, he wanted to marry a princess. There were many kings in Greece at that time and this is how they lived, each king had his own kingdom, with his main town, walled with such huge walls that some people thought they had been built by giants. Some of the walls are still standing even now, as you are reading this, each king had his own palace, with courtyards and a long feasting hall. When they had meals, the King and Queen would sit on their cedar and ivory thrones at the farthest end of the hall. The King and Queen slept in their bedroom, the princesses had their chambers upstairs, and the young, unmarried princes had their rooms built separate in the courtyard.

Milo of Croton

Milo of Croton was a very very strong man who, obviously, lived in Croton. When he was little, he wanted to be strong so he practiced lifting big weights everyday. When he was a teenager he kept a pet calf, and every day he would carry it a few miles and by the time it had grown into an ox, Milo could carry it easily. Once, to please his friends, he carried a large ox 5 miles, and then, felling hungry, killed it with one blow of his fist, cooked it and ate it!!

The Boyhood of Ulysses

Once, on a beautiful island called Ithaca, a baby called Ulysses was born. His own people first called him Odysseus but the they changed it to Ulysses. When he was older he was very strong and a very good runner, so he won lots of races and stuff. Once his father and him and their dogs went on a hunting trip to look for a wild boar, the dogs soon picked up the scent and were on the boars trail until they found it. It was hiding behind some bushes, so Ulysses ran up and was just about to kill it, when the boar drove it’s sharp tusk into his thigh, but missed the bone. So Ulysses stuck his spear clean through the boar shoulder and killed it. He sang a magic song over his wound and the blood ceased to flow and soon he was quite healed of his wound, even though there was a long white scar.

Lego Man

Theres this man called Nathan Sawaya, who has a really cool job, he’s a certified Lego master builder, it means he plays… er, builds Lego all day and earns money for it! And believe it or not, he was a lawyer before he started his Lego job!! He even has his own exhibition to show off his Lego sculptures to his fans, and give some tips to other Lego builders. He said that the worst day of being a Lego artist is still better than the best day of being a lawyer.

Hey dad….. I have another job I want to do when I’m older.

Paul and Silas in Jail

Paul and Silas got thrown in jail because they did stuff the Jews didn’t like. In the middle of the night when Paul and Silas were singing hymns and praying, there was a big earthquake and all the doors flew open and the chains fell off!! Then the jailer woke up and was going to kill himself because he thought all the prisoners had all run away. Then Paul and Silas called out to him that they were still all there, then, the jailer and his family were baptized and Paul and Silas were releases and they lived happily…… ever…… after!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!