Two Crazy Pigs by Karen Berman Nagel

     Today we read the story Two Crazy Pigs by Karen Berman Nagel. In the beginning of the story, the two crazy pigs lived on the Fenster Farm and did crazy things. They jumped out of the barn, they tickled the hens, tied the cows tails together when they were getting milked, and even threw mud at Mr. and Mrs. Fenster. The Fenster’s told them to leave. The two crazy pigs went to the Henhawk’s Farm and met Mr. and Mrs. Henhawk. Mr. Henhawk built them a very cool pigpen. The Henhawk’s let the crazy pigs bake mud pies in the oven and laughed when they dipped a sheep’s tail into some ink. One day Shirley the Cow came to visit the crazy pigs. She said all the animals at the Fenster Farm missed them and wanted them to come back. The two pigs said, “No!” and that the Fenster’s loved them for who they were. One week later, the animals from the Fenster Farm came to the Henhawk Farm and asked if they could stay. They were all welcomed and they all jumped on the bed for two hours. At the end of the book, the pigs were happy with their new home and so were the other animals. Mr. and Mrs. Fenster moved to the city because they thought it was better than living on a farm. The crazy pigs thought about visiting them, but never did. In the end, the two crazy pigs and the rest of the farm animals lived with the Henhawks, and enjoyed every minute of time together.

By Kyle, Isabel, and Mr. Feustel

Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel

     Yesterday we read the book Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel. The book had four stories in it as well as an introduction. In the introduction, a mouse was reading a book under a tree when a weasel came and got him. The weasel wanted to eat the mouse in some mouse soup. The mouse said, “You need to add some stories to mouse soup so it will taste good.” The weasel said, “I don’t have any stories.” The mouse said he would help out by telling the weasel four stories to make the soup taste good.

     The mouse told the weasel four stories. “Bees and the Mud” was the first story he told him. The next story was “Two Large Stones”. The third story was “The Crickets” and the final story was “The Thorn Bush”. Tyler and Grace’s favorite story was “Bees and the Mud”. Mitchell enjoyed “Two Large Stones” the best. Mr. Feustel was a big fan of “The Crickets”.

     After the mouse told the weasel some stories, the weasel went out to get a nest of bees, some mud, two large stones, ten crickets, and a thorn bush to add to the soup. Each thing the weasel got had some problems and the weasel got hurt, but he didn’t care because he just wanted to make the soup taste good. Without the weasel knowing it, mouse followed the weasel as he got each thing because the weasel left the door open when he left. When weasel returned with all the stuff, he was surprised to see that the cooking pot was empty. The mouse had escaped and was safe in his home reading the rest of his book.

     We loved the book because it was hilarious and the mouse was never eaten by the mean weasel.

By Grace, Mitchell, Tyler, and Mr. Feustel