Exemplars

The sounds of horses' hooves and the creaking of saddles started to fade away. The rugged land and

green grass fell back into the words of the page. as I looked up everything morphed back into my

room. I had just finished the last line of __Paint the Wind,__ my favorite book. There are many reasons on

why I admire this but you can only fit so much in one paragraph. To begin with, __Paint the Wind__ is

bittersweet. Sally's,main character, parents die in a car crash. Sally's grandmother dies from a stroke. 

She has to let go of her most prized possession: her mom's old horse! Sally found her when looking

at wild horses with her aunt and cousin. Moving on, __Paint the Wind__ is adventurous. I don't mean

sword fights and magic. Here is what I mean. Sally goes to her relatives' house. Then, Sally live in a

tee-pee for 3 whole months During that 3 month period, Sally learns to ride a horse! Last but

certainly not least, __Paint the Wind__ teaches some very important life lessons. These life lessons are

not to be greedy. Sally was so devastated when she has to let go of Artimisia, mother's horse, but

she knew it was the right thing to do. Something to add on to that, is try to let go of things that

need to be free. To end this shenanigan is don't give up when things get hard. When Sally fell flat

on her face, she did not want to get back on her horse. But, her aunt made her, she did not want

Sally to give up so easily. In summary, this book is brilliant. It was intriguing to read and has a great

moral. I have one last thing to quote from my horseback riding teacher. "Dust the dirt off your

pants when you fall, and don't get too big for your britches when you win." - Kris McConnell. Nate Troutman  3-8-10  Many Americans eat out often. My favorite restaurant is Red Robin. First of all, the food there is truly exquisite. They have French- onion soup that is very tasty, especially the melted cheese on top of the soup. Another addition to the tasty food is the bottomless steak fries. I mean there enormous. Second of all, the drinks there are amazingly delicious. They have a very wide selection of drinks to choose from including shake, lemonade, soda, and other tasty drinks. In addition, the arcade there is extremely fun. They have 6 enjoyable games to choose from. There is “The Amazing Road Trip”, “ Fast&Furious” and many more. Next,the booths are awesome. The booths are very comfortable. There are tvs in the bar area were the booths are. Next to the booths are some really cool animal statues. Finally, the entry way of Red Robin is really cool. The entry way has some really comfortable seats. This place also has tvs in the floor. Lastly they have very good artistically designed pillars in the front. That is my favorite place to eat out.