A Trip to the Moon

Asher's elephant heard Asher's dad tell the kids a story about a rocket trip to the moon. In the story the kids rode on a rocket into space, landed on the moon, and collected lunar rock samples. In the story, Asher's dad told the kids not to jump too high because the gravity on the moon was not as strong as the Earth's gravity. Asher's elephant thought about how much fun it would be to go to the moon and play in the weak gravity. If Asher's elephant went to the moon he would jump very far from one point here to another point there. He would try to jump straight up and see if he could get ten feet in the air! Asher's elephant would try to walk on his two back feet.  Asher's elephant would try to walk on his two front feet.  He would try to jump over craters as big as a lake, he would try to jump over every hill no matter how long it might take.  He planned to balance on his trunk and bounce his way around and find the biggest moon rock anyone has found.  Asher's elephant knew the moon would be a fun place to play and hoped that he could visit very soon, maybe today.

 

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Treehouse

Asher's elephant awoke to a debate Asher was having with his sister. As they looked inside the plastic bottle their butterfly Franklin was living in they saw a new green shoot of a tree growing up through the dirt. Asher and his sister were wondering what would happen when the tree reached the top of the bottle. Asher's elephant went back to sleep and he had a dream about Franklin's bottle and the tree seed. The green shoot did grow, and as it did it broke a hole through the bottle and continued growing. It grew up to the ceiling. When it hit the ceiling it grew through it.  Branches grew out of the trunk and grabbed onto more and more of the ceiling. Eventually it was so strong that it pushed the bottle down through the table and onto the floor. As the tree grew bigger and bigger it lifted the house off the ground. What a tree house! Asher's elephant looked out the window and saw a hawk fly by. In the distance he saw tall mountains, a river, and a blue lake.  He thought it would be fun to swim and play in the lake one day. Asher's elephant was amazed when he thought about how a little seed had grown into something that could lift him and the entire house.  Asher's elephant awoke; he would have to tell Asher to keep an eye on the green shoot!

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Six year old journalist reports on poop

After a recent hike in the woods, I decided to hang the bag of dog poop out the window rather than keep it in the car. Asher's sister recorded the ensuing discussion.

Tree-climbing

Asher and his sister were talking about climbing a tree. Asher's elephant was very interested in this.  He had never thought about climbing a tree before. He wondered what kind of tree he would be good at climbing. He thought that a palm tree might be fun to climb, but then he decided there were not enough branches on a palm tree for him to climb one.  He also thought about climbing a weeping willow, but he thought he would only get tangled in its branches. Then he thought it would be fun to climb a cypress tree, but then he realized he would have to wade through a swamp to get to one.  Asher's elephant thought about climbing a pecan tree, but then he thought he might get distracted eating the pecans. He thought about climbing a fir tree, but he thought it would just bend over to the ground as he climbed it.  Next he thought about climbing a pear tree, but he had heard they blow over easily in wind storms and thought it would not be able to hold him.  He also thought about climbing pine trees and maple trees, but he thought he would only get sap all over himself.  He chuckled when he envisioned himself climbing a bonsai tree. He also thought about climbing a redwood tree, and decided it would be big enough and strong enough to hold him.  Now all he needed to do was find one!

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Franklin

Asher's elephant was excited. There was a new pet in the house and his name was Franklin. At first Asher's elephant did not know what kind of animal Franklin was. Franklin did not make any noises. He apparently liked to eat leaves. He spent a lot of time climbing and sometimes sat very still for long periods of time. Franklin lived in a container that Asher and his sister looked into. Asher found Franklin outside while on a walk with his dad. When Asher held Franklin, Asher laughed and said Franklin was tickling him. It sounded like Asher and his sister were waiting for Franklin to turn into something; Asher's elephant couldn't decide what Franklin would turn into. Would it be a flower? A leaf? Would Franklin turn into another animal?  What a mystery!  Asher's sister said Frankin was going to turn into a chrysalis. Asher's elephant thought this was a strange word, and he hoped that Franklin would be okay. Asher's sister said that Franklin would be growing while he was in his crysalis, and one day his crysalis would start cracking. Then it would crack some more, until Franklin came out again. Asher's dad said Franklin would be a moth, but he was wrong.  Franklin is a butterfly!

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