Week 12 Story: Anti Aunt

Authors Note: This story is based off of the reading The Jealous Uncle from the Native American Hero Unit. In that story there is an uncle who kills all of his nephews. This story is about an Aunt who kills all of her nieces. It is just barely shy of 300 words on purpose. The brevity of the story adds to the mystery of it all. Is the Aunt killing the girls? Is all this made up in the young child's mind? Is anything even real? Please enjoy.

Caption: Only for a little while

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Swing, Swing, Swing

Little girl swing

Up you go

and down you fall

Swing, Swing, Swing

- Anti Aunt

Sally is going to our Aunt's house today. She has never met Aunt Nel before, but I have. She is a beast of a woman with long painted fingernails. Her shoes always point a little in. Her hair always sticks a little to the left. Her eyes always look a little up. My point is that nothing about our Aunt Nel seems quite right. Everything is a little off.

Sally is now four years old. She keeps to herself, but is good at sharing. She likes to snuggle in a blanket with me on nights when it gets cold. She will even pick up my toys after she is done picking hers up. She laughs a sweet, tiny laugh when I do something funny. She loves our mom and dad, and they dote on her. I always find them holding onto her as if her life depends on it. I actually think it may.

I used to have a big sister, you know. She was quite like Sally if only a little louder. I can barely remember her except the last day I saw her. You know when that was? The day she turned four. I was three. I can just recall her walking out the front door by the kitchen to trek to Aunt Nel's house. After that... I never saw her again.

Sally is leaving now. Dad is clutching onto mom's shoulder. I think I saw mom shed a quiet tear.

Goodbye sister. It has been a real pleasure knowing you. Hopefully, next time, mom will have a boy.

Reading Notes: King Arthur, Part B

King Arthur: Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang
Reading B

This story has such a tragic ending. A brave hero like Arthur must have had an obituary. Many shared words for him for his funeral, but a story based on this reading could  do well with putting all Arthur's followers words together for him.

Caption: Here Lies the GREAT King Arthur: Killed by his nephew

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From Microprocessors to Java Virtual Machine

1. Microprocessor

- works with a computer's central processing unit
- register based, and has instructions in its memory
- has made other computer forms pretty much out of date

2. Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC)

- digital computer
- communicated with astronauts to control modules like the Lunar Module
- first integrated circuit computers

3. Opcode

- used in computer architecture to differentiate between instructions
- stands for operation code
- intended for software interpretation

4. Java Virtual Machine

- an abstract computing machine
- has a hierarchy for a process

Caption: JVM hierarchy

- an extremely abstract virtual computer

Reading Notes: King Arthur, Part A

King Arthur Unit from King Arthur: Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang

I have always wanted to hear of how the Round Table became. What a delight.

This story differs from the Disney movie in the way that Arthur's step-family actually loved him and did not make him do all their dirty dishes.

I did not know that Merlin was buried alive.. I also had no clue who Morgan was.

Arthur's is an engaging story. A story written about this unit would need to include either a knight of the round table spin-off or another encounter with Morgan Le Fay.

Caption: Not Excalibur, just the sword in the stone. (They are different)

Link: https://www.sydneyvapour.com.au/top-shelf-e-liquid/kings-castle-premium-e-juice/excalibur

Reading Notes: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Part E

Bibliography: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The china land is all rainbows and sunshine. The colors, which must have been very important to Baum for he mentions them often, are describes as pinks and blues and purples and golds and silvers. There are even some little china dogs and cats and cows. The people, being china, are also as delicate as china. A cow kicked and broke its whole leg off! I missed a part in there with a princess because some of the pages are missing from the book above. Most likely due to the age of the story. Poor china people, though. If they are taken from their country, they become statues and no better than little figurines who cannot talk or move. I believe a story written about these characters would be so fun to write. The antagonist could be an antique collector who has figured out a way to travel to Oz and back to carry away the little china people in their sleep!

Caption: Climbing Over the China Wall

Link: http://oz.wikia.com/wiki/China_Country