Hi, as you might know already, last week, the day before we went into lockdown, me and my class went to Mangaone Station. It was an action day, and we had planned to do just gardening in the wetland. Even though it was a class trip because that's what this trip was for. Then this week my teachers made me relive it all through writing. This is my story of what happened at Mangaone station:
Sophie pulled up outside the shearing shed, all of us thinking we were to be the first there. We climbed out of the car, and to our great disappointment, found we were second there. With around 10 boys, we waited for the rest of our class. To my great disappointment, that car was all boys too. Us two girls waited for the rest of our group to get there, and just when I thought they'd never come, 7 cars pulled up handing us more girls. Still outnumbered, but thoroughly excited to get started, we waited. through our teachers talking. I listened a bit like this: ¨4 sharp whistles means there has been or is an emergence . . .
Then, my head wandered off with me. Before I knew it, we were starting. I didn't really listen. Or watch through Koka Rosies explanation on how to do it, but at least we were using sheep dags, not poo. (To be honest, at first I thought sheep dags were sheep poo.)
My team started with mulching the old plants. I wasn't very good at it at first. Then someone, (I forgot his name), Came and helped me, as did Koka pip. Koka pip understood as much as I did, but The other guy knew a lot, and made me and Koka pip understand a lot more too. Then I put the sheep dags, (that did actually have a lot of poo on them), around the teny flax bush. I continued doing that to every un-dagged plant I saw, until Koka Rosie called time. We tramped back through the muck up to the shearing shed for morning tea. It was quite fun, actually. After we ate we had 10 minutes of free time. In that time Josie decided to go to where the sheep go in the shearing shed. I followed. We got stuck, that was until I remembered my way out. The loose bit Of wood. I used it. Twice, But on my second turn, unluckily, someone turned on the tap. All the water came rushing down through the hole, and landed on top of me. Then on my 3rd go there, an adult came up. Afraid we were about to be told off we ran out into an feild, and climbed the fence back into the car park. No-one got told off, so it was sort of a waste of time.
We tramped back to the gardening scene and I started gardening. Unsure how to take the plants out of the pot without ripping it in half, I asked Cornelia and Ivy, Two of my , should be gardeners, friends. I squeezed both sides of the pot and then pulled by the base of the plant. POP! Out it came, and I placed it in the hole and filled it in. I did that until I got bored, which was after 3 plants, and then went to explore the wetlands. There was a little stream, with a fence dangling over top, so I climbed the fence, to the other side of the stream, and explored. After half an hour of that we went for lunch.
After lunch we went to see the lambs. We followed Cory, It's his farm, as we ran. Then, just before we got there, I slipped. I belly flopped into the mud. Yuck!! Just able to keep my face out, I hoped. I got there and started playing with the lambs. Half way through the lamb journey, I made a friend. It was a she, I could tell because she didn't have the funny holes for the horns, like the future ram. She let me pick her up, and cuddle her. Then cash, a boy in my class walked up to see if she really liked me. He touched her mouth. Usually when you do that lambs jerk, and jump out of your reach, but she snuggled into me and remained easy to hold. Just then Sophie came in, to feed the lambs. She ushered me and Ivy in to help her, but everyone else hopped into. After the lambs they had been holding finished feeding, we all picked up our special lamb again. By the end of the lamb adventure I had made a name for my lamb. It was Milkshake, because she looks like a vanilla milkshake. Then we had to leave, sadly. Not to mention, leave the lambs there! Nooo!! (I didn't actually say that.)
Me and Cornelia started talking about the lambs when we met up after the venture with the lambs. We started talking about which lamb was Our favorite, and what we would name our lambs if we actually had one. We ran down the slight hill and managed to get to the front of the pack. We ran up the massive hill we were told we were allowed up, and then ran to the next stretch of it. Sadly before we reached the top of the hill the adults got there and told us to come back. We did. Then we followed Nick, Cory's dad, to the fenced off forest. Before we got there me and Cornelia were at the front of the pack. But then we decided to climb the barbed wire fence so we could jump the stream. (There are A lot of streams there!) We ran until we reached the forest and then made our way into it. Nick was in there with 8 boys. When he saw me and Cornelia he hopped out, and told them to follow. Me, who was already quite far into the forest, was annoyed about this because I wanted to explore, I had just got there!!! I did not express this particular feeling, along with almost all of the rest of my feelings. I listened anyway, and then I slipped. I nearly fell into the water, but luckily caught myself before I was soping, I was utterly Dry! YAY!!! I thought in my head. We left, After an unfortunate Neko fell into the freezing water, pulling Olly in with him. I was a tiny bit funny. Anyhow, I eventually got back up the hill, then ran down it. It was so fun! I tramped through the mud and to the shearing shed, once more, and then, Whoosh! We zoomed back to school once more!
I hope you enjoyed my quickwrite, or maybe, DAY! Bye
