Allison-Michelle

I played games with my kids and worked on work stuff along with homework. I agree golf is boring. I would much rather play cards then play golf. Week 3

= Adult: Michelle = Student: Allison Book Title: “King of the Wind” Pages Read: 95

The protagionst is Agba. He reminds me just a little bit of myself because he cares so much for a horse and I really like horses and I care about them too. He tries everything he can do to stay with Sham. He does end up getting separated from Sham because the cook of the palace got really mad at Sham, so he sold him. I felt very mad that the cook had sold Sham because Sham didn't do anything wrong. Agba went out to find him and he did. I would like to acquire that Agba is very caring. He does everything that he can to save Sham from the mean man that the cook sold him too. The man sits there and whips Sham. Then Agba tends to Sham because Sham is so hurt. I would want to be friends with Agba because he sounds like a really good person. He just doesn’t talk much. The antagonist is Sham. Sham reminds me of my horse, Anna Bell. She is wild and is always running, just like Sham. I would like to say that Sham is a very good horse. He knows who he can trust and who he can’t. He couldn’t trust the cook but he knew that he could trust Agba. I would like to be his friend because he seems like a nice horse. I’m glad that you like the book. I like it too. I think that Agba will stay with Sham and they will race for someone. Then Sham will be famous! That must have been very bad to get hit in the head with a golf ball every time that you ran the 800. That had to hurt. I don’t really like golf. It’s too boring, I think, but it’s really fun to just hit one for the fun of it. I have golf balls at home and my brothers and me just hit them into our pasture. Its fun! What did you do this weekend? I just stayed at home and stayed out of the rain. I don’t like rainy days because you have to stay inside. I like to stay outside. Do you like rainy days? Well have a good day!!
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Week 4

Allison, I didn't think it was fair of the inn keepers wife to be that way that she way either. She was just rude. I am sure glad that she was not my mom in real life or someone I had to stay with. I don't think that I would have liked her at all! I agree with your reasons as to why Agba does what he does. I think that he tells them about Man o War's ancestors because the people are upset that he is retiring and want them to understand why it is important for Man o War to end his recesiion on a great stance that his forefathers would admire. Sorry that this is late and not very long. My daughter Whitley has the start of mono. I am hoping that her little brother does not get it because he drank after her. I will see you next week. I enjoyed chatting with you and I too enjoyed the book.

Adult: Michell Student: Allison Book Title: "King of the Wind" Pages Read: Finished the book

Mistress William’s had put Agba in jail. I don’t like that woman at all. Agba only wanted to see Sham. Then after Agba gets out of jail because Mistress Cockburn says that he didn’t do anything wrong and the Duchess looks into his case. She finds that he didn’t do anything wrong so she takes him to her palace and they get Sham too. When they arrived the head groom, Titus Twickerham, says bad things about Sham. That makes Agba mad. It made me mad too. When was Sham every going to get to prove that he was fast? He finally does in the end. He is 29 years old when he dies. He also has a lot of colts that are from him. I did enjoy this book. It was very interesting. I think that everyone that likes horses should read this book because they would like it just as much as I have. Agba is the main character and he changes through out the story. He changes because after all he’s been through he just cares about Sham and the cat, Grimalkin. He just wants to prove to someone that Sham is fast. The theme is that if you have a hard life in the beginning, you will eventually get your chance to prove something. That’s what happened to Agba and Sham. In the beginning no one would give Sham a chance to prove that he was fast but in the end they got to race. I do have some questions though. Why did Samuel Riddle, the owner from the beginning of the story, tell everyone this story about Man o’ War ancestors? Why did he retire Man o’ War after this race? That’s all the questions I have. I wouldn’t change the ending to the story because it’s good enough. If you changed the ending, it wouldn’t be as good!