For a long time I’ve woken up to you,
Then that one day.
We were sitting together
Then all of a sudden,
You weren’t a regular fish anymore.
That one day,
You were a fish out of water.
I kicked! Screeched!
Anything to grasp attention!
But by the time mom walked into the room
You had stopped jumping.
That one day changed me forever,
That one day you inspired me to stay at my best
That one day,
I became a fish out of water.
In this Holocaust lesson I have learned that just because one person or thing is bad does not mean that all things are bad. Hitler thought that because one Jew was bad, that all of them were. For example, I once thought that because my old dog bit me, that all of my dogs would bite me, so I left them alone! Now I know that, that one dog was just having a bad day I guess! In the end, I learned that I will not judge or assume about anything without knowing about it first.
My second lesson learned would be to do what you believe in. Hitler wanted to be an artist, his mother encouraged that but his father had no faith. He stuck to being an artist, went to art school, and was told by his teacher to give up because he had no talent. This has never happened to me, but I would say to be careful because if that happened to me I would probably feel like I had no talent or anything! All in all, I have learned to stick to what I believe in no matter what people think.
Dear Diary,
Tonight my mother told me that my best friend Ellen will be staying the night with us for possibly a few nights. Soon after, my father told me that we were actually hiding Ellen.
I’m scared. My father said that he wished to protect us from this knowledge. What is this knowledge? Is it bad? Is it classified? I have no idea. Why do they want to capture all of the Jews? My ten year old mind is completely lost.
Ellen is the new Lise , Papa had said. She and I are pretending to be sisters. I don’t think that we will have to work very hard to do that.
Right now I’m so glad that we are so close to the Rosen’s or Ellen would be captured by the Danish right now.
Until Next Time,
Annemarie
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We went to the store
And got more and more
and just when I thought we were going home
we went to another and got even more!
When we got home
we went to the backyard
immediately set up
we’re going to have fun!
Around dinner time,
we had a fire going
to keep us warm
Then we shot one off!
It was beautiful yet loud
but we would do anything
to rattle the crowd.
The more we shot off
the more we realized
we have to save some for midnight!
When midnight came,
the biggest one yet
Yelling happy New Year!
knowing we had a bright one
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It was all going so fast and it was just the beginning. I was so scared, maybe even petrified! I tried to open my eyes, but they wouldn’t budge!
Waiting in line for that ride was so hard! People laughing, screaming even playing games! I decided to relax and not think about the ride. We got up to the top and there were people everywhere! I could see the ride from where I was standing. Finally we got up to the gates. I pulled my mom down to my level and whispered “ Do we have to do this?” She didn’t reply just smiled. “Maybe after this we’ll do Rockin’ Rollercoaster! “Yea maybe,” I said under my breath.
Then we were next.
My heart was pounding, my brain thinking, I was out of control. It was our turn and I almost couldn’t breathe. We stepped in the cart, put our things in the basket and buckled up. Dad was chuckling, Mom was smiling and I was smiling too, but crying inside.
Then he did it! I can’t believe he pressed go! We started. In the beginning, it was like a mini ride. Then we went up, up, up.
Finally, we approached the top and went down, around, and all over! Then we stopped went backwards, and I wasn’t so scared anymore.
When we got off I realized that I went on Expedition Everest and conquered the Yeti! Fears are like monsters. You can conquer them but the story will live on with you forever. Face your fears and live life to the fullest!