From Flashmob to Poetry

Some may recall in the last blog that Sarah had been offered a new gig for May.  Well it turns out to have also been a paying gig -- a member of a Flash Mob (link for the unitiated) for a company publicising a new show on Cartoon Network.  Sarah and her fellow mobbers had to perform in the larger of the Dubai Malls on two different occasions (two paycheques -- yay!).  All proceeds are going towards Sarah's spending plan for the upcoming FrenchamFamily trip to London in July -- stay tuned for that one folks.

Photos of Sarah pre-mobbing and of the stadium like audience at the Dubai Mall.

May is also the beginning of assessments at school for Alexander and Sarah.  It is currently poetry time and the following were sellected by their peers to be read to the school assembly.  Both Sarah and Alexander had to humanise a non-human subject.

"Planets" by Alexander (yes, he deliberately omitted Uranus for obvious reasons):

Planets are all over the sky
But up there they are just normal guys

The sun is a hot head but warms up your view

Mercury is a hot head too, but that’s because he has a cold – achoo!

Venus is the most popular planet in the sky

Earth has tons of little guys

Mars has little guys too, but we can’t see them because they hide out of view

Jupiter is the one with the biggest mass but don’t stand to close – he’s got lots of gas

Saturn has been married more times than two - so many times that his rings are in view

You might think that Neptune has water from bottom to top – nice theory, but really, there isn’t a drop.

Pluto is misunderstood that why he is so blue and stays out of view

So on the whole planets are great just don’t forget that they’re in outer space

Sarah had to develop a 6 stanza 36 line poem and "Picnic Wars" resulted:

 

The morning sun comes up on the park

All over the place the bugs yell “Hark”

The red and white battlefield is laid

With the yummy prizes in the shade

All over they prepare for a war

For the scrumptious prizes that they long for

In the corner the ants were ready

Marching with armour and lines steady

Soldiers of massive strength are coming

Left! Right! Left! Right! Hearts and drums drumming

Organized, disciplined: the elite

The battle’s is theirs, they get the treat

The burly bee brothers come buzzing

With their black and yellow stripes fuzzing

Bumping, thumping, bulldozing their way

The bee brothers run into the fray

Loudly the brothers buzz “it’s ours!”

They start to brawl with their bee powers

Then the grasshopper gang comes hopping

Lead by their leader: One-eyed Chopping

All out in force a fearsome sight

Their helmets and spikes inspire fright

The prize, they believe is theirs to take

The hopping gang jumps into the wake

And along comes a straggle of flies

The promise of treasure in their eyes

With sleazy, sticky hands they reach out

“Move out of the way!”, “It’s mine!” they shout

With rabble and noise they arrive late
For the battle, they decide its fate

Bangs and crashes are the only sounds

As they fight over the treasure like hounds

The ant versus the grasshopper gang

“Come at me flies!” a bee brother sang

At the treasure is within reach
And the bugs give their victory speech

Finally here's a limerick from Ack entitled "A Frog named Nate":

 

There was an old frog named Nate

Who danced every night until eight

Until one day

To his great dismay

His legs were served on a plate

That's all folks!