Muiyin

5o dollars In a small town along the US and Mexico border where most people got along .But there was a problem, and that was that two families that didn’t get along. An American family and a Mexico family.

Those families were very good friends in the past but because the Mexican family named Gonzales didn’t repay 50 dollars loan. This resulted a big argument between the Murphy (Americans), insults, and hurt feelings. Afterwards the Murphy family never talked to Mexicans, and the Gonzales family never talked to Americans.

After a few years the Murphy family decided to move into a very old house located in a hill alone. They had their own crops and animals to eat. The Gonzales family moved into to the dessert with their own crops like the Murphy family but they didn’t have animals so they became vegetarians.

After 10 years when both families were kind of old, and grumpy, the people who lived in the town decided to control the situation. So when they met they said that it is impossible to continue having these families fighting against everyone (They all knew the story because they were close friends). One guy called Tony knew that both of the families loved food and that they would do anything to get food so a Chinese guy called David that owned the best restaurant in the town decided to invite them to trick them to come to the restaurant at the same time. So that they could actually talk. That day a waiter called both families and told them that they had won a free dinner at the “Aquarium Sea” the best restaurant. Both families agreed to go. The same day everyone decided to reserve the whole restaurant to those 2 families only.

The day of the dinner at 7 pm the Murphy family got there, around 7:15 the Gonzales family got there and they wondered why is it so quiet and what is the Murphy family doing there? So they sat down and started arguing but then the waiter said “What would you like to eat” So they started ordering like if they would have never eaten before. When the food came and the waiter slipped so the food dropped into the table, and everybody started throwing food at each other. When the foods fight ended both families were happy so they started about what had happened before. They realized that they made stupid things. They finished eating and they shook hands, everything was okay between them.

The next day the Murphy family found an envelope that said “SORRY I hope every is okay between us.” Inside the envelope there was the 50 dollars that they had loan.

Lion in a forest Once there were some hunters that have been looking for a lion to hunt for, because they got a very good deal with someone. They saw a very big lion in the forest of Miami, and they just knew that it was just perfect. They took their guns and shot that big furry, strong lion. When they went to see that lion they figured out that she had two baby lions. One of the hunters thought that they looked very harmless and cute so he decided to keep it. Since it was a baby it didn’t eat much so he would give him some left over’s, but after the days past it was getting bigger and bigger. The cage wasn’t big enough, and he didn’t have enough food to give him, so he decided to leave it in the forest of Guanacaste.

The lion had lots of things to eat, Deer’s, little leopards, monkeys, and even fruit but the was a problem. That lion didn’t know how to kill anything, because he was raised by humans and they gave everything to it. At first he was very scared of killing, but it got hungry and he knew that he had to eat. It started with the little leopards, then with the monkeys, and last the deer’s. There it had everything he needed food, water, and even a place to live in.

The lion was okay, but then the people who lived there, and worked there got scared when they saw all the trees scratched, and when they hear growls. They didn’t know what to do. Should they continue working so that they would get paid, even though they could get eaten by the lion, or stop working and starve? They decided to take the risk, but they were very afraid.

One day in the afternoon Florenco, Manuel, and Luis went to do some measurements, in the middle of the forest. When they finished Manuel whispered, “Don’t talk. Look, the lion is right there. What should we do?” Florenco and Luis almost fainted, when they saw that big furry lion sitting in a branch of a big tree, but they said, “What are we doing here lets run!”Manuel whispered, “Are you crazy, if that lion hears us and wakes up were all dead.” Luis was clever and said, “There are three of us, and if he wakes up he can only catch one of us. So let’s run.” They ran as fast as they could until they got to the street. When they noticed that they were all alive they started thanking god, because the lion did wake up, but it was full.

After that happened they called their boss, and told him what happened. At first he didn’t believe them but when he got there he saw all the scratches in the trees, and believed them. His wife told him that they should send the lion to another place that have more lions, so that it wouldn’t be alone. He agreed and called a wild animal transport center to come.

When the experts came they started hunting threw all the forest. It took days to find the lion, but they found it. And when they did they used a special gun that makes it sleep. So they shoot it with it but something happened, and it didn’t shoot correctly, and the lion found out so it got very mad. It turned its head around and started chasing us. We yelled, “Hurry! Get the car and run.” A man named Roberto that was beside their screamed, “Shoot Shoot” The woman that was shooting argued with Roberto. She said, “Don’t you see that this is not working?” So Roberto ran into the front seat and got the spare gun. And he yelled at her, “Here save our lives, you only have one shot that is it.” The woman was so nervous that she started sweating like a pig, but the man was pressuring her too muck so she shot really fast. Then she closed her eyes.

When she opened her eyes she noticed that she had pointed at the lion right in its face. Then the lion slowly fell on the ground. The woman felt such a relief and sat down. Roberto whispered, “Thank you I don’t know what I could have done with done without you.” The woman said, “This was team work. You helped me out a lot. You were so brave everyone else just ran off but you didn’t why?” Roberto looked at her with a happy but embarrassed face, but didn’t answer the question then he said, Let’s move the lion into the cage before it wakes up, because if he does wake up we would be in huge trouble. The woman agreed. They took the lion out off the forest and when they got to the town the rest of the people were outside waiting for them, and they started clapping of joy. Then everyone asked, “Where are you going to put that thing in?” The woman replied, “We are going it to a great place with lots of freedom and food. It is going to be so happy I just know it! You can also visit him in Jaco if you would never want to.” The people were so happy. When the lion left they were kind of sad because it protected the town, because people knew that there was a lion there and they were scared. As the years passed everyone was happy for it, because they would get pictures of it so happy. Then everyone went to visit him. So that was the story of the lion that gets out of the forest.

The kids that got lost in a mountain Once there was a girl named Sophia, she was turning eleven everyone was expecting a huge birthday party like when she turned ten, but her mother had some friends that were going to a mountain that had springs and so much stuff. So she decided to celebrate her birthday there, because she thought it would be so pretty in those houses like castles Sophia also agreed.

Then they started packing everything a piñata, the pretty gift bags, and some decorations. She thought that she was going to the most beautiful place. The next day when we had to leave in a bus for nine- hours Sophia thought that it would be a bad idea, and that she didn’t want to go. Well not matter how she tried to stop from going her parents made her go. In the bus people were singing, shouting, eating everything that you could have imagined. No one ever mentioned that it was her birthday so she was so mad all the way.

When they got there they took a very long time to buy the tickets for the park and hotel. It didn’t look that bad, but when they asked if we would want to go walking for fifty-minutes or go by car in twenty- minutes. Everyone was confused and they asked, “Isn’t it here?” The man that worked there replied, “No it is not here, it is in the mountains.” Everyone got in the cars and went up. The roads were full of dirt and they were full of rocks so it was very rocky. In the middle of the way one car got stuck and couldn’t go further so we had to wait another car to come. It was the worst ride. Finally after 30 minutes of waiting the other car came and we got to our hotel/ house. It wasn’t like anything like they have said the houses were so old and ugly. The floor was all wet and dirty, we were in the middle of nowhere, and the worst part was that we couldn’t fit in one house. It was so sad one woman named Lora had to sleep on the coach, and about seven persons had to sleep in one room with two beds. Can you believe that Sophia was so mad at her mom that she stared at her with that scary look her mom was trying to say sorry but that didn’t help.

When everyone finished unpacking all the children including Sophia, and even some adults went for a walk Sophia shouted to her parents “Mom, Dad I am going out for a walk with my some children” She thought that her parents have heard her, so she left.

When they started walking she asked “where are we going?” a woman said, “We are going to climb a mountain because people say that there is a beautiful waterfall on top.” So she followed along. But when they got there she saw those broken bridges, and a bugs every where she thought that was not a good idea so she told everyone to go back, but they didn’t want to. So she didn’t have a choice as they went further she was getting more terrified. She thought that snakes were going to crawl on her, and that tigers were going to appear somewhere.

Meanwhile at the house Sophia’s parents were freaking out they were looking for her everywhere. Other parents were also looking for her, but suddenly they realized that it wasn’t only her there were lots more children missing. So the captain Lora, went to find the tour guide and asked him with anger. “Where are the children?” The tour guide didn’t know he started thinking and he said, “They might be in the mountain” “What mountain” she asked. “Here I’ll show you” He said. So they everyone went to see, but a woman called grace said “Are you sure, because here it said DANGER DON’T COME IN” Sophia’s mother looked at those broken bridges and she Sais “She is not here, I know my daughter she is not this type of a person”, but anyway they both went up with the tour guide and in the middle of the way they found everyone.

When they went back down Sophia’s mother asked “Why didn’t you tell me that you were leaving?” Sophia replied “I did I shout it out at the house.” But then she said “You should have told your dad to go with you.” Sophia looked a shame and said, “I am sorry; I promise you I won’t do it again”

When they went back and got to the hot springs there was no more time to do anything. So they went to have some lunch. When we got to the restaurant everything had already been ordered, but after like 40 minutes food haven’t come not even the soup that was already done. So Lora came went to the kitchen and started to rush everyone because we had plans. When we finished eating Sophia, her parents and I were all trying to prepare the party. Sophia was mad because everyone was in the hot springs except her, and she was the birthday girl.

At night when it was her birthday party everyone came and played, and Sophia was the one that was doing all the work. For example she had to teach everyone how to play, and she had to serve everyone. The worst part was that when they gave everyone the little bags even to her one kid lost his so Sophia had to him hers. Imagine how that felt, and on their way to the house everyone was playing with their cool toys (A yoyo, bright sticks, and bright rings with colors, water guns and their cool jackets) except her. She was complaining to her mom, but she wouldn’t put any interest she would just say come on can’t you see they are having so much fun, just enjoy it. She was so mad that she did her angry face. When they got back to their room they put on some cheerful music and started dancing in the living room without any lights, because everyone had a bracelet that was very bright. Sophia thought about being a better person and trying to be happy so she did her mother gave her the last bracelet and starts dancing. At eleven o clock all the children were tired and fell asleep on the coach but their parents all carried them to their rooms.

The next day in the morning everyone put their swimming suit on for the hot springs. We were all excited, when we got their we went to pay the tickets. Before we left for the trip the guide said that children didn’t have to pay, but apparently he was lying because we had to pay for every single child. We were not happy their where more than 20 children, and each had to pay 50 dollars can you imagine that? Everyone paid because It was Sophia’s birthday she was very happy because of that.

When everyone finished paying and when we all got in the hot springs. The springs were really how they said they would be like you could tell that they were real, because the water was coming from the bottom with pressure. Not only that they had different types of springs there were milk springs, and rose springs. The most interesting for me was a lake. It wasn’t a hot spring in the lake there were some little fish, but those were not those usual fishes those fish eat your old and bad skin, so if you put your skin in the lake they will eat all of your skin so that you will have new and softer skin. Sofia was really scared of putting her feat there so she put her feat, and when they saw the fish come she would jump, and scream. Finally when a man told her to close her eyes she saw that the fish wouldn’t hurt her, but they would make tickles.

About at 10’o clock in the morning after having some breakfast everyone was packing to leave. Sofia was happy to go back home. When they went down the mountain, and the bus came they were on their way back home. On the way everyone was tired so most of the people fell asleep for the entire ride. When they got there at 8 at night we all went to have dinner and talk about had happen in the trip. On that trip Sofia learned that you should not be selfish and that you could have a good time sharing. For their own Sofia shared with everyone.