The Red Shoes

In a small village, lived a beautiful girl named Karen. She lived with her mother in a small hut. Karen was a poor girl. She had no shoes to wear. She always wore wooden shoes that her mother had made for her. The shoes were hard and Karen's feet hurt! Soon, Karen's mother got very ill. Karen spent all her time taking care of her mother. Once, while coming back home, Karen found a pair of red shoes in a box. Karen loved the red shoes. And decided to take them home.But her mother was not happy to see the red shoes. Her mother said "Karen, you must never pick up anything off the road the may belong to someone, this is stealing somebody must be looking for their red pair of shoes". Karen repiled "Then they should have been more careful, fonder are keepers"! Her mother replied "Oh, Karen don't be so stubborn my child, I know we are poor and I can't buy you shiny new shoes but our poverty must not make us do wrong things promise me that you will never wear these red shoes". Karen was sad but she could not break her mothers heart. So she promised that she will never wear the red shoes. Time passed, but Karen could not stop thinking about the red shoes. She said "Mother does not understand, if these beautiful shoes were thrown off the road, then maybe nobody needed them". A week later, Karen's mother passed away due to her illness. Karen was very, very sad. But she did something very unusual. On her mother's funeral, Karen wore the red shoes! Everybody at the funeral stared at Karen's feet. But Karen did not care. She loved her shoes. Just then, an old lady was passing by the funeral in her carridge. She was a kind old lady. When she learnt that a young girl was orphaned, she decided to adopt Karen. The old lady said " Oh my poor child, come with me I will give you a house to live and good food to eat you must study hard and make a name for yourself, oh what are those on your feet why did you where them to your mother's funreal those are ugly take those off"! Karen replied "No I like them, they are mine"! The old lady replied "Oh, child don't be so stubborn I will give you good pair of shoes to wear". The old lady forced Karen to take off the red shoes. Karen was sad to have her red shoes go away. The old lady had no children of her own. She treated Karen like her own daughter. She have her a room and new dresses to wear. Karen also got neww pair of shoes. But these were blue! Karen missed her red shoes. She always thoght of them. Karen said "Why doesen't anybody let me wear my beautiful red shoes, I will wear them someday and them nobody can stop me"! Years passed, and Karen grew up. She was now a beaufiul young girl. But as she grew, so did her stubborn nature. Karen was a difficult child. Karen said "I will not eat this, I want rice"! The old lady replied "But I have already prepared this delicious lunch, won't you at least taste it"? Karen replied "No, I would like to rather starve"! The old lady loved Karen and did not want her to starve. She always gave in to her unreasonable demands. Time passed by. All Karen's old clothes and her blue shoes were now tight and short. The old lady realised that she has to but Karen new clothes and new shoes. As they entered a shop to buy shoes, Karen saw a pair of red shiny shoes. Karen said "Oh, they are exactly like the ones I had when I was small, I want them"! The old lady replied "Oh, the red shoes again, Karen buy the ones that you can always wear, what if we have to attend to a funeral you can't wear red shoes to a funeral, it is disrespectful I have little money I can't buy you two pair of new shoes, else we have to walk home, my feet hurt now I can't walk". But Karen was so happy to see her red shoes, she didn't listen to a word. Karen replied "I don't care I love them and I want them, if you don't buy me these, I will walk barefoot for the rest of my life"! The old lady replied "Don't be so stubborn my child, this will cost you someday ". But Karen did not listen. The old lady had to buy Karen the new red shoes. She also brought a pair of black shoes for Karen. The old lady had no money now and they had to walk back home. All thorughout the way, the old lady crouched with pain. But Karen danced. She swirled with the wind laughing and singing, paying no attenition to the old lady's aching feet. The next day, the old lady had to attend to a funeral. The old lady said "Karen, we have to go attend a funeral in the town, come with me but don't wear those red shoes it is disrespectful"! Karen went to her room and looked at the black shoes, she them looked at the red shoes and wore them. She hid her feet behind her skirt as she didn't want the old lady to see the red shoes. All through the funeral, people kept looking at Karen's feet. There was gossip about the girl who doesn't respect the dead! Someone told the old lady of what happened. The old lady was now furious! She grabbed Karen's hand and stepped out of the funeral. The old lady said "Oh you stubborn girl what have you done I have asked you to not wear these here, why don't you ever listen"! Karen replied "But these are my shoes I will wear wherever I want to"! An old soldier passing by was watching the whole thing. As the old lady and Karen began to walk towards the carriage, he came to Karen kneeled down and whispered to her shoes. The soldier said to her shoes "Be stubborn just like your owner and sit fast as you dance"! The old soldier then patted Karen's feet. Karen said to the old soldier "Oh sir please get up what are you doing"? The old soldier replied "Oh I was only admiring your beautful red dancing shoes, you must be a brilliant dancer"! Karen was pleased. She wanted to shiw the soldier that she was indeed was a brilliant dancer. She started to dance few steps before boarding to the carriage with the old lady. Karen screamed "Oh, why can't I stop dancing  why don't my feet stop"? The old lady replied "Oh, Karen what are you doing come back here"! But Karen  gone far ahead of the carriage. The red shoes didn't listen to her anymore. They were stubborn. They took Karen to the forest and to the mountians. They danced and danced. Karen's feet now hurt. Her back was sore from the dancing. She couldn't sleep or eat. She missed her house and her bed. But moreover, she missed the old lady. But the shoes didn't stop. Off she swayed, night and day. Karen said "Oh, somebody help me, I am tired"! But nobody could come for her help. Karen was now scared. The shoes took her into the throny bushes and Karen's feet now badly hurt! Finally, Karen managed to take her shoes off. The shoes were off her feet but they were still dancing! Karen's feet was now broken. She could not stand without the support of a stick! Karen said sadly "Oh my legs hurt I want to go home". Karen somehow mangaed to reach home and the dancing shoes followed her. The old lady was happy to see Karen. She have her food and made her rest. The next day, Karen wanted to go out to the market. But as she opened the door, she found the red shoes right at her door step! They were dancing and stopping Karen from leaving the house! The old lady and Karen both were surprised to see the red shoes! Karen soon realied that this was all her fault. Karen said to the old lady "I am so sorry I shouldn't be so stubborn to you now we can't even go anywhere because of these red shoes"! The old lady said "You can just pray for the red shoes to go away and study hard". Karen agreed. So Karen went to study and pray night and day. While she prayed the old soldier appeared. The old soldier said "I am glad you learnt your lesson the red shoes are now gone". Karen went outside her door step and checked if the red shoes were there. Karen was suprised to see the shoes gone. Karen went to study hard and not to be stubborn ever again!





Thanks everyone for reading this story! And remember don't be so stubborn children it will cost you someday! Stay safe take care!

Samoa Facts

What makes me happy!

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Miss Trunchball's Office

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What to bring when you are going for a sleepover

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1. Clothes

2.Toothbrush

3. Shoes

4. Socks

5. Phone, tablet or chromebook

6. Board games

7. Hair brush

8.Charger

9. Lip blum

10. Towel

A Glass Of Milk

Once upon a time there lived a young boy who was very poor. He did odd jobs to be able to buy his daily food and go to school. One day, after school the boy was hungry. He said "I don't have money today and i have no job lined up till the night, how will I make it thorught the day maybe I should just have some water to fill my stomach". So the boy decided to ask one of the houses in the neighourhood for a glass of water. He knocked on the door. A young girl opened the door. The young boy said "I am very thristy can you please give me a glass of water"? The girl replied "Yes, wait a minute". The girl saw the boy's condition and understood how hungry he was. Insted of a glass of water she brought him a glass of milk. The boy was surprised to see the milk. He said "I cannot take this I do not have any money to pay you for it". The girl replied "It's okay you don't have to pay for it". The boy replied back "Thank you very much". The boy drank the glass of milk and felt better immediately. He thanked her and walked away. Many years went by. One day the girl who was now a woman very ill. She was taken to the hospital. The tests revealed that she had a rare kind of sickness that would need great care for many months. Doctor Phillp was assigned to her case. He said "Don't worry we will take great care of you". As he promised doctor Phillp took great care of her. He visited her daily. He stayed by her beside at the nights and made sure she was always comfortable. After six mounts of intensive treatment in the hospital the girl was finally well and could go home. But she had a worry. She called the nurse to her room. She said "I am wealthy now but I am worried it is time for me to pay the hospital bill but I am afraid I won't have enough money to do so". The maid replied "Oh, you don't need to worry about it your bill has already been paid". The girl replied "What, by who"? The maid replied "Have a look yourself". The girl was astonished. The bill was cancelled across. And in big bold letters it said "Paid in full years ago with a glass of milk". It was signed by doctor Phillps! The girl couldn't believe her luck! Doctor Phillps was the young boy she had helped many many years ago. Today, he had become her saviour and helper!





THE END!

The Goose Girl

Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful  princess. 

One day her mother the queen told her that she had fixed her marrige with a prince.

The queen said " The son of our friend King of shazam is a wonderful prince you will be happy with him, you must leave for shazam immedently to meet the King and the prince, take your maid with

you and this handkerchief, anytime, you feel confused keep it close to your heart and you will know 

what to do". The princess replied "Yes, mother". The princess set forth for her journey with her maid.

But on the way, the maid changed her behaviour entirely. The maid said "I refuse to serve you anymore, now onward you will be my maid and I will be the princess, and if you tell anyone you will be cursed give me your clothes and possessions right now"! The princess was gentle hearted and so she agreed. As tears rolled down her cheeks. She wiped them with her mother's kercheif. Suddenly, it spoke to her. It said "If the queen were to know of the maid's behaviour she would be heart broken". Hence, the princess decided never to tell anyone about her true identity and went along as a maid to shazam. When they reached shazam the real maid decided to get rid of the real princess. The real maid said "I do not need my maid anymore you can assign her some other job". The minister assigned the real princess to work on a geese farm with a man named Curdken. It was her job to take care of the geese. The real princess learned everything about her job and became a very good goose girl. One day Curdken and the princess got into a fight and Curdken went to complain about her to the King. He said "I do not wish to keep the goose girl, she is horrible and strange things happen around her all the time. The kind replied is that so let me investigate this myself". The king started following the princess. He noticed that she was a sincere and sweet girl and there was nothing wrong with her. He also thought there was extreme sadness about her so he decided to talk to her. The king said "Dear girl, is there a secret close to your heart"? She replied "Yes, your majesty there is but alas I cannot share it to anyone because no one should know about it". The king replied back "Why don't you tell it to the big boulder over there it can't tell anyone anything". The girl agreed and told the boulder everything. But she didn't know that the king was hiding behind the boulder and heard everything! The next day the king went to the court and summoned the maid and told her the story of the princess and the maid and asked her.  The king said "What a punishmment would be fit for such a maid"? The maid didn't realise that it was her own story and came up with the hardest punishment. The maid replied "Such a person should be flogged and sent away from the kingdom forever, your majesty". The king replied back "Correct guards take this imposter away she has been living amongest us as a princess while the real princess has been toiling as a goose girl, flog this liar and banish her from the kingdom"! That night the king threw a gala ball and celebrated the real princess as his son's wife to be. 

Blackpink

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Sorry everyone on slide 2 when it says her last name is kim it's actrally not its Jisoo

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My Backpack

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My dream treehouse

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All about me!

Talofa lava everyone my name is Krystallynna. I am a student from Hornby primary school. I am a year 5. We have 29 wonderful students in my class. My favrouite subjects are Writing and Art.In my spare time I like to color in and hanging out with my friends.I enjoy watching Netflix and playing with my cousins.My favrouite food is hotdogs and spring rolls. Thank you for reading this! Bye! 

My amazing car

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How to be a kaitaki

How to be a kaitaki

Respect the envoirment

Use kind words

Keep your hands to yourself

Helping others

Listen to others when they are talking

Look after the environment

Be caring 

Using your manners

Washing your hands

Coughing into your ellbow

Sneezing into your ellbow

Being optimistic

Playing nicely

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Bye now and have a safe time!

My family info

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My family speaks Samoan. My cousin Marvin and his little brother doesn't speak samoan. I speak samoan to my family sometimes. I understand everything what family says in Samoan. I have cousins in Samoa. They speak Samoan. Sometimes I don't understand what they are saying. Because I don't know Samoan that much. Hope you enjoy this bye!