Derek!

The Grand Opening Splash! 

It seemed like an ordinary day. The birds were singing and the sun was shining. This wasn’t an ordinary day, though. It was the grand opening of the Central Mall. It just so happened that Josh and his two best friends, Ben and Amy, were going there.

  “Are you guys excited for the grand opening?” asked Josh. Josh is the leader of the three kids. He has blonde hair and dark blue eyes. Some say he looks like a movie star. He likes it when people say that.
 
  “Yeah!” said Ben. “But I don’t know why they are opening a mall.” Ben is the one who asks most of the questions. He puts more thought into things than most kids his age, which happens to be 13, like his pals. He has black hair and brown eyes and wonders what it would be like if he didn’t exist.
 
  “That’s kind of stupid,” Amy replied. “We all know why they are opening the mall.”
 
  “Why?” Ben asked.
 
  “Because, all JHK Town has is a Wal-mart.” Amy said. “We all need something other than a Wal-mart, especially when we know they don’t lower their prices!” Amy is an interesting girl for her age. Usually, 13 year-old girls talk about cute guys, clothes, shopping and what not. Amy not only does all of the above, she makes corny jokes all the time which usually gets on her friends nerves, but today is a special day. She has long, brown hair and has hazel eyes.
 
  “C’mon, guys!” exclaimed Josh. “It’s about to start!” So the trio went off to the grand opening of the Central Mall.  Finally, they made it.
 
  The Central Mall was huge. There were sparklers ready to explode, there were balloons ready to fly up into the sky, and banners all around. There were even fire works ready to take off as soon as the mayor finished his long, boring speech and cut the long, luscious, golden ribbon with his strangely large scissors.
 
  “This place is very crowded.” Josh whispered.
 
  “Yeah.” Ben agreed. “I wonder if the whole town is here?”
 
  “Sure looks like it.” Josh replied.
 
  All of a sudden, after the mayor’s speech was finished, a drum roll came up. Everybody was filled with anticipation, like a glass filled with water. Then, with a loud and mighty SNIP, the mayor cut the ribbon. Sparklers exploded, balloons flew up into the sky, and fire works took off as a rush of people ran inside.
 
  Josh, Amy, and Ben were amazed with what they saw. There were lights as far as the eye could see, stores all around, and even a few escalators and elevators here and there.
 
  “Wow!” Ben said in amazement.
 
  “Lets shop!” Amy shouted. “I really want to get a clown nose for my next joke!”
 
  “Easy there, Amy.” Josh said. “Lets meet at that fountain over there. The one that looks like a dolphin.” Yes, that was a beautiful dolphin. Already people were taking pictures beside it. The great detail of the marble fountain was magnificent. It even spit out what looked like the clearest water anybody has ever seen. No wonder why people take pictures beside it.
 
  “Okay!” Ben and Amy said at the same time. Then they went off. They explored through and through, and bought many things. Eventually, they met each other about 5 feet away from the fountain. There stood a huge puddle of water that was practically unnoticeable.
 
  “Lets sit at that bench.” Josh said, pointing at one of many benches by the fountain.
 
  “Okay.” Ben said.
 
  “Okay.” Amy said.
 
  When they started walking, they slipped on the water. It was almost like a slip n’ slide, except without that rubber like material and everybody is standing up. They eventually went in the fountain with a big SPLASH. Then everybody around the fountain started pointing and laughing as hard as they could. For the three, it felt like the new Central Mall walls were closing in on them very slowly, savouring the horrible laughter, making them blush and want to crawl into a deep, dark hole and stay there forever and ever. Then they got up, picking up their wet stuff they just bought, and left, not able to show their faces at the Central Mall again.
 
THE END

The point of this story was to write about someone feeling a certain emotion. My emotion was embarrassement.

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A City in the Rainforest
The Project
 
  An American company is planning on building a city in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest. They plan for it to be an American only project. They promise it would be one of the biggest cities in the world. They would name this city R.F
City, the R.F standing for rainforest. They think that the cost of the city will be around 30 million dollars, including the lights, buildings, and other such things.
 
  They plan on building the city in four sections. In each section, there would be schools, a hospital, a police station, and a fire station. Also, there would be homes like trailers, apartments, and duplexes. For entertainment, there would be a zoo, an aquarium, a theatre, an arcade, and other fun places to go to. For transportation, there would be an air port, a train station, and subways.
 
  In the middle of all four sections, there would be another section, making Main Street. Main Street would consist of car dealerships, Laundromats, grocery stores, and other important businesses. There would be other businesses like a Wal-mart, Canadian Tire, and The Bay. There would also be a huge mall on Main Street that would consist of clothing stores, jewellery stores, pet stores, and more. Main Street would also consist of fast-food restaurants like Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Boston Pizza, Burger King, KFC, Tim Horton’s, and more.
 
  Roads would be connected to every section in the city. They would be coming from Main Street, because that is the busiest place in the city. There would also be roads between the buildings on each section. The roads would be made out of concrete and would have a yellow line painted on it.
 
  There will be lots of pollution in this city, but they will try to lower it after the city is built. They already have plans. They are thinking that everybody must recycle and that you can only use hybrid vehicles, other transportation devices such as bikes, or you could walk. Nothing can stop the pollution from the factories and businesses, though.
 
The Ecosystem
 
  Now imagine yourself in the rainforest. Light is dim. Try to look at the many trees that you walk past by. Try to look at the frogs hop by you in a flash because they are scared of you. Don’t be afraid of the possible dangerous animals like snakes, because they aren’t anywhere near you at the moment. Look down at the pure soil beneath you as the temperature is warm and moist. Try to look for the few people that live here. You would probably find them in tribes. You might make some new friends if you do.
 
  The Amazon Rainforest is located in northern
Brazil and south of the Equator. It is a Tropical Rainforest. It is a Tropical Rainforest because of the location and climate. The climate is very humid and wet. The Amazon Rainforest gets about 2m of rain each year, which is about 3.8 cm each week. The temperature is usually 24-27° C. The soil is about 7.8-10 cm thick. There is also thick clay underneath.
 
  There are many animals in the rainforest. For example, there are frogs, apes, snakes, birds, butterflies and other insects, humans, owls, jaguars, monkeys, rats. There are also Anacondas, Bushmasters, Harpy Eagles, Howler Monkeys, Kinkajou, Sloth, Scarlet Macaw, Spider Monkey, and the Toucan. Did you know that there are more insects in the rainforest than other animals? Most of the animals are ground dwellers and there are less animals living in the trees.