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=Atoms and Arcimboldo Competition (Middles and Seniors)=
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 * ==__Atoms and Arcimboldo Quiz__ Name:...............................==

A hidden meaning in words or art is called an ................................................................................
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= = =Harris Burdick Story-writing Competition= When Chris van Allsburg was invited to the house of Peter Wenders, he discovered fourteen mysterious drawings. Each one was like a piece in a much bigger picture-puzzle mystery. With no story accompanying the drawings, the solutions to the mysteries can only be solved by you! If you think of yourself as unimaginative, these pictures prove the opposite. Even the most reluctant imagination will begin to work....

by Harris Burdick.**
 * [[image:harris_burdick.gif width="408" height="510"]] || ==Captain Tory==
 * Write a story about this mysterious picture


 * This is the first sentence of your story:**

and slowly the schooner appeared.//** ||
 * //He swung his lantern three times

Competition Entries from Room 6:
It silently sailed over to Captain Tory. Slowly they stepped onto the boat. 'Aaaahhh!" shouted Ashleigh. "What?" said Captain Tory. "Th...th...th...there's no one on the boat." "You're right," said Captain Tory."Maybe it's from a million years ago." Suddenly the lights flickered on. "Oh no," said Ashleigh. Suddenly a man appeared around the corner. "Ahhhhhhh," they shouted at each other. The man disappeared again. "That was scary," said Ashleigh. Suddenly the same thing happened again but it was a different man. They seemed to have crossbones on their hats. "Maybe they're pirates," said Ashleigh. They jumped off the boat and swam to shore and walked home, all wet. Mother wasn't very happy! ||
 * [[image:P1080683-1.JPG width="121" height="168" caption="Hannah"]] || He swung his lantern three times and slowly the schooner appeared.

It was like a sunken ship rising from the dead. Slowly the light flickered on and off. The anchor was down but the boat was still moving. It came towards Captain Tory. "I'm scared," said Zac. Suddenly they heard a //bang!// A cannonball rolled across the ground. "Run Zac!", said Captain Tory. "But what about you?" Then before he could say "Okay", a cannonball swept him away. But the wind made the cannonball turn around and "//Bang//", the ship went into tiny pieces. But luckily Captain Tory was at the back of the cannonball. He swam to shore and they lived happily ever after. ||
 * [[image:P1080679-1.JPG width="116" height="167" caption="Harry"]] || He swung his lantern three times and slowly the schooner appeared.

Suddenly the lights turned on. The boat had no one in it. "What a mystery. I bet no one has seen this before," said Captain Tory. Silently the sail came up. The boat turned and it came heading straight at him. There were bones on the ship. It creaked! "Aaahhhh!" said Jack. "Don't be scared of the silly boat. It's an adventure!" said Captain Tory. The boat was from another land. They could see gold. Away the boat went into the mist. "How strange", said Jack ||
 * [[image:P1080674-1.JPG width="126" height="188" caption="Benjamin"]] || He swung the lantern three times and slowly the schooner appeared.

Captain Tory and his son Hunter looked at it. "Let's go closer," said the Captain. "Okay," said Hunter. They went into the bottom of the boat. The light went on, off again and again. Captain Tory swung his lantern two times and slowly a blanket appeared. "Aahhhh," said Hunter. "It's okay," Captain Tory said. Captain Tory and Hunter stepped off the boat. They had one last look at it as it sailed into the mist. "How did it do that?" Hunter said. "No one knows," Captain Tory said. ||
 * [[image:P1080677-1.JPG width="102" height="151" caption="Caleb"]] || He swung his lantern three times and slowly the schooner appeared.

a million years ago. Joe, Captain Tory's son said, "Bring the time machine Dad." "I've got it in my pocket. Come on. Don't be seen," said Captain Tory. As they reached the schooner they peeked through the window. Inside was a powerful sorcerer talking to a wizard and a good witch. An elderly man walked in from the wall. Captain Tory wanted to know if it was a curtain. As he peeked through the corner he saw the wheel moving by itself. "Booo!" "Ahhh!" said Joe. A ghost was down by their knees. "Go away!" said the sorcerer slithering through. The wizard picked them up with his magic. Then the witch said,"Put them down!" But the wizard didn't listen. He put them down on a whale. The whale squirted water and up...up...up went Captain Tory and his son. They landed safely on the shore.
 * [[image:P1080682-1.JPG width="117" height="169" caption="Louise"]] || He swung his lantern three times and slowly the schooner appeared from
 * We had better go home," said Captain Tory. ||

The man's name was Captain Tory. His son was called Luke. Then //bing//, //bang// on shot the lights. The schooner had tiny little windows, even smaller than jail windows. The schooner was magical. So when it had been given a signal, it sped out of the mist with its 900-horse power motor. "Wow!" yelled Luke. "How did you do that?" "Magic", replied Captain Tory. It zoomed to shore. //Rrrrrrrrrrr//... and the boat stopped. "Jump in!" So in jumped Luke. The floor creaked as they silently tip-toed down to the cabin. Suddenly there was a crash! "Oh dear, there's a storm coming. We'd better hop on out,"said Captain Tory. The water rapidly turned into gigantic waves. Then they hopped out of the schooner. They landed on the shore. Luke said, "Wow! That was fun." Then they went home and had a nice hot, hot chocolate with marshmallows too! ||
 * [[image:P1080686-1.JPG width="115" height="172" caption="Joshua"]] || He swung the mantern three times and slowly the schooner appeared.

When he swung his lantern the boat came out of the magic of the lantern. The boat silently dropped anchor in the dock. Then a man came through the mist and said to Captain Tory and to Harry, "Get on the boat!" Harry started to shiver... Just before Harry could step off the boat it moved away from the dock. Captain Tory said, "Don't be scared Harry." Harry said, "Where are we going?" Captain Tory said, "I don't know." Then they sailed down the Taieri River to Wellington. Then they got off the boat in the dock. After that he swung his lantern and the schooner went back into the mist. Then Harry thought, What an adventure!" ||
 * Thomas Sime || He swung his lantern three times and slowly the schooner appeared.

The schooner was a ghost boat from Outer Space. It fell all the way to our world. It fell into the water. There was a huge //splash//! The boy was scared. His name was Anikin Skywalker. A man said, "Come on board." Captain Tory and the boy carefully stepped on. They both fell down a big hole into a very cold dungeon. Captain Tory got his knife out and cut a plank out of the boat. Captain Tory and Anikin swam out. They both finally got back to shore. ||
 * [[image:P1080671-2.JPG width="135" height="188" caption="Hunter"]] || He swung his lantern three times and slowly the schooner appeared.

When they saw the boat, the lights suddenly came on and it had no one on it. The ship had been there for 50,000 years. It was a ship that had been shot by a cannon. There was a boy by Captain Tory and his name was Joseph. He said, "How did you do that...?" He said, "I don't know." Then they sailed over to the boat. Suddenly something grabbed them. The boat sailed on even though it was tied up. They got out of the rope and jumped off the boat. They swam to shore. They were so lucky that they didn't die. ||
 * [[image:P1080675-1.JPG width="126" height="192" caption="Charlie"]] || He swung his lantern three times and slowly the schooner appeared.

= = =SURF ON CALEB'S WAVELENGTH!=