The Real Story
A long time ago, before The Three Little Pigs story was invented, there was a different story, an experience. I know that I am blowing your mind about the other story, but this “other story” is a story about what really happened.
Once upon a… oh, skip that part. You know it already. One day, in a cottage in the woods three little wolves were born. The one was clueless. Another was very funny. The third one was very intelligent. They all had their own personalities. They were all very different.
But one day their tiny little cottage began to get too tight. The little wolves were now full grown wolves. So the intelligent one decided that they should build their own houses. So they had a meeting about the dangers and benefits of having their own houses.
They talked about everything at the meeting except the Mean Mad Pig. The Mean Mad Pig is the most horrendous thing that you would ever see, if you ever see it. The pig barely ever came out of its cave.
The three little wolves were once the happiest living creatures on the face of the planet, until the day of doom. It was sunny afternoon on the day that they have finished building their houses. They also built back-up houses in case of emergency. That was surprisingly the funny wolf’s idea.
The clueless wolf’s houses were made of clouds, so they were just made of thin, see-through, weak fog. The funny wolf’s houses were made of teeth and rocks that she had collected over time. And the intelligent pig made his houses out of indestructible, invisible glass.
Once they were all settled in their houses, they started to hear faint footsteps in the distance. Those footsteps then thundered into enormous, loud footsteps that shook the houses. The wolves were as frightened as ever. They started howling and screaming, but nothing seemed to scare of the monster before them. The intelligent wolf then recognized the dark figure as the Mean Mad Pig.
When the Mean Mad Pig was only 3 feet away from the house built with clouds that poorly hid the clueless wolf. With one swift swing of the tail, the Mean Mad Pig hit that house right down and the clouds rose back up to the sky. He did the same for that one back-up house once he noticed it. The clueless wolf had no idea what to do, until the funny wolf screamed for him to come into his flower house. The screaming gave away their hiding spots.
The Mean Mad Pig then fiercely walked over to the teeth houses and swung his tail and hit them both down. He got quite a bit scraped then, and he snorted with fury. The only houses standing were the glass houses. The funny wolf dragged the clueless wolf across the valley and into the back-up house made of indestructible glass. The Mean Mad Pig was very confused. He thought that the 3 wolves were just standing there, unprotected. The Mean Mad Pig didn’t know that they were standing inside invisible glass. So he tried swinging his tail and hitting the invisible houses, but it didn’t work. Instead, he had hurt his tail so much that he started to sprint back into the distance, wailing in a melancholy tone. For the rest of the day the three little wolves lived as happy as can be.
But the next day, the pig came back, not looking mean, not looking mad, just sad. The clueless and funny wolves both fainted, but the intelligent one took courage and spoke to the pig.
“Excuse me, Mr. M.M. Pig. Why are you looking so depressed?”
“I don’t have any friends, and when I attacked you yesterday I realised that being abominable doesn’t get me any,” he said. “Will you be my friend?” The wolf hesitated. Was the pig being truthful, or was this a sly scheme? But when the wolf looked into the pig’s eyes, he saw a mixture of sadness and hopefulness.
“Of course I will,” said thy brainy wolfiness. Then he woke up is “dead” siblings, as the funny one called it.
by Summer S. and by Mae B.
Picture Puzzle
This post is based after a blog challenge. I hope you can figure it out.
Matt Crux via Compfight 
Herr Olsen via Compfight 
Andreas Kay via Compfight 
Betsy Weber via Compfight
See Think Wonder- Machu Picchu
| Name: | Mae Basehore |
| Expedition Name | Text Title |
| Machu Picchu | Lost City |
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What do you SEE? (Describe what you see using WOW words) |
I saw enormous structures made completely out of stone, not perfectly cut pieces, yet they fit together so well that for around 600 years they stayed together without any mortar despite rain, tourist traffic, and yet it still stands! |
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What do you THINK? (As you are experiencing VR tell your audience in detail what you are thinking using sequence words. First, Next, Last) |
I thought about what amazing people the Maya must’ve been. I also thought about the spectacular architecture I was seeing and experiencing. |
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What do you WONDER? (During your expedition what are you wondering about? What questions come to your mind?) |
Were the Maya people thriving in any other places? |
Adapted from Veronica Vox Mansilla @ProjectZeroHGSE
| Text Connections |
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What did you SEE in the Expedition that you can CONNECT to the text? (Be sure to cite specific examples from the expedition and the text) |
I saw enormous stone structures that were also mentioned briefly in the text. I also saw the dense jungle that Hiram Bingham had to tediously climb through with the constant fear of being killed by snakes, and it really did seem like it would be terrifying in there for early explorers. |
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How do you THINK the Expedition enhanced your understanding of the text? (Be sure to use evidence from the text to support your response) |
So in the VR, I saw many young boys, and that reminded me of Bingham’s young guide. It amused me to think that any one of the people I saw could’ve had Bingham’s guide as an ancestor. |
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What do you still WONDER after experiencing the Expedition and reading the text? (Write a reflection to extend your thinking i.e. What are you still curious about? What more do you want to know?) |
I still wonder if the lost city of Vilcapampa is actually a place, and if it has been discovered yet? |
STUBC week 7 challenge 3
STUBC week 7 challenge 3
Insane Person’s reasoning for a negative footprint being better than not having a footprint.
- If you have a negative footprint, it at least means you have access to the internet, and that is better than to not have any access at all.
- Having a negative footprint means that you’re out there, and that someone could find you have a friend because you had a footprint at all.
- Having a negative footprint might get you in trouble with the police, and then you’d be in the newspaper, and then you’d be famous!
Shy Person’s reasoning for no footprint being better than a negative one.
- If you had no footprint at all, it would be hard for anyone to find any personal information on you, so then you would be safer.
- If you had no footprint, you would just be a innocent person, whereas if you had a negative footprint you could be guilty.
- If you had no footprint you’d be free to live a quiet, peaceful life, and if you had any footprint, you could be constantly bothered with visitors!
Ding-dong! “Oh no! now I have a footprint!”
Awesome Santa Game
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http://bunnyherolabs.com/santa/index.php
A Penny’s Tale: Chapter 1
Once upon a time, in the Philadelphia mint, a penny was born. He opened his eyes and looked around. He could feel himself moving on a conveyor belt. For about an hour he rode easily. He was beginning to think he would be there forever when PLOP! he fell into a box. It was dark inside, and he was scared. All of the pennies behind him were falling now, too. When the box was filled to the top, someone came over, closed the box, and carried it away. The penny decided to occupy itself by giving himself a name. These are the names that he thought of and what he thought of them:
| Name | What he thinks of it |
| Uwee | Neh. |
| Socc | P.U. |
| Juso | Too cool. |
| Wi faza | (: 🙂 (: 🙂 iPERFECTO! |
| Souf duj | Nah. |
| Opad bo | NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Now that he knew his name, Wi Faza decided to try and get to the top of the pile. Since he seemed to be the only living penny, it wasn’t too difficult. When he was done, he felt much more relaxed. His exertions had made him tired, however, so he decided to take a nap. The box was rocking gently back and forth, and he was soon fast asleep.
The Tale of the Three Porky Piggies
Once upon a time, on a warm day near the end of winter, there were three cold little pigs trotting through the melting snow in search of a dry spot to lay on and sunbathe. Two were dummies, one was smart. As the day got hotter, the smart pig began to worry.
“We should probably go find somewhere a little cooler, for the snow has all melted as far as we can see,” he said.
“Nonsense!” replied the others, and went back to resting.
“But if we stay here for too long, we will turn into pork!” argued the smart one, whose name, by the way, is Ethan. Since the others didn’t respond, Ethan went and looked for a nice, cool spot to rest. When he came back, he found his brothers, Joey and J.P. sizzled into pork. He sighed. Tying a rope around them he dragged them to the melted spot on the pond. He said to himself
“If I dunk the in the freezing water, not only will they become pigs again, the water will take away the crinkles.”
And so, holding as tightly as he could to the ropes, he kicked the pork into the water. In a few minutes, the water began to bubble, but Ethan didn’t pull them up. He knew that they weren’t coming back to life. They were only losing crinkles. When the water started rippling, he knew his brothers had come back to life and were squirming around in panic. Then he pulled them up. Since he had tied all four of their legs up, they were helpless. He dragged them away and tied them up, for as they were very dazed he was sure that if he let them go they would create panic in the valley.
A few hours later they started complaining.
“We’re hungry,” Ethan heard them say. He hoped they had came back to their senses as he brought them some slop. As they ate, they were yelling at Ethan for dunking and tieing them. When Ethan tried to explain, Joey and J.P. refused to listen, so Ethan made a cage for them and when humans saw Ethan’s clever strategy to keep animals together they tried it, and have been coming up with clever new cages ever since.
The End
