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Reading Tasks 09 Term4
Task 1 Beginning Red riding hoods mother calls and gives her a basket for her sick granny. Problem Red riding hood meets a wolf who pretends to be nice and tells him about her sick granny. Minor resolution The wolf walks away. Little red riding hood walks on to her grannies house. New Problem The wolf eats granny and then tries to eat little red riding hood. Resolution Woodcutter comes and cuts the wolf into pieces with his massive axe.

Task 2 It was a fine day and Little Miss Muffet was walking along the forest path after a particularly good day. She had robbed the bank, the gunsmith and the pub. Sitting in her lazyboy, a spider came near her and she pulled out a semi-automatic shotgun and blew him away. Task 3 Hey man! Shuba Lace here. But my homeys call me Shoe, I’m a shoe lace made for tying shoes broda. Pretty weird eh man? A talking shoe lace? But hey, don’t be freaked man. I’ve just got a special gift. All shoe laces can understand yo lingo. I’m just da special few who can talk to yo, man. Flats over there has got it to, but yo don’t wanna talk to him. He’s a snobby flat, man. But me, I’m a gnarly curly, man. Yo wanna here my life story? Well to bad. Don’t be rude man, you come into my crib and dis me! Respect man, that’s what it’s all about, dog. It all started on a Saturday night, or maybe Sunday, either Saturday or Sunday, or maybe Wednesday. Anyway dog, all I remember is I was man handled and bruised then they chucked me into this hugenormouse cup and brought me out like this handsome and shiny like bling, yo. Hey! Come back here man. Don’t leave me! Why? Why why why why why????? Great, I’m alone again. Hey! Flats crank up those tunes, dog. I need some music to get me through. NO! NOT BLUES!!! Put some heavy metal on, dog. That’s better. Task 4 It was a cool night, and there was a good chance of a frost in the morning. The man who called himself Tom was looking over the grim remains of Allan Baxter, his brow furrowed deep in concentration. A couple of metres away were the skeletal remains of Baxter’s home, a couple of embers were still glowing red. Tom scouted around and found the place where a horse had waited, by the look of the marks, for a long time. Suddenly there was a rustle of leaves, Toms hand dropped instantly to his six-gun. It was Lou-Anne, Baxter’s wife, Timothy, who was just turning twelve, and Ruby-Lou, who was only three and sound asleep. He asked Lou-Anne what had happened and she told him the whole thing. “Someone stampeded all of our horses and when Allan went outside they shot him. Clay made sure that we were safe in the bushes and then grabbed his fathers old hunting gun, but by then they had left and were high-tailing it out of here.” Tom looked at them again and realised that Clay, the oldest of the children, even though he was basically an adult as he had just turned twenty-three, was missing. He said as much to Lou-Anne. “After those intruders had left he went of to track them. We heard some shots half an hour ago but then nothing.”. Tom thought for a while. “You fellers kin stay a time at mah ranch if’n ya have a mind to.” He offered, “Really? Oh thank-you so much Tom.” “Not a problem,” he said walking to where he had picketed his horse, “You jest sit tight, I’ll fetch ya some hosses.”. It didn’t take long to find the horses that had been stampeded when Allan was shot. “Sorry but yore gunna have to ride bareback” he called, after he had returned. “Timothy, take yore ma and Ruby-Lou ter mah place and scrub down the hosses.” Tom instructed. “Then fix something ter eat, there’s some venison in the cupboard and pull some carrots from the garden and make a stew.” The boy grunted in acknowledgment. The track left by Clay and the murderers was very clear but in the fading light it was hard to follow. Tom followed the trail for another half hour and then the dark closed in so he camped in a hollow near an outcrop of rocks with a small fire. When the fire was set up he went into the rocks to look for bright orange dots on the prairie that would indicate a campfire. He found two spots of orange in the distance. The one to the right was obviously Clay’s camp. Tom got up before the first rays of sunlight reached the earth. He poured dirt over the embers of the fire and pulled some jerked venison from his saddle bags, and then set off down the trail. He reached Clays camp in just under half an hour, the first rays of sun were touching the mountains.

Reading Task 1 Term 4 2009
Breed: Bounty Hunter Author: MUIR, James A. Duration to read: 1 week Publisher: Sphere Date Published: 1980 Number of Pages: 154pp ISBN Number: 0-7221-6283-9 Genre: Western

Around the boarder they call him Breed. Part white man, part Apache, he was christened Mathew Gunn, but the Apache had given him their own special name, Azul. Breed saves an artist from two angry cowpunchers and in doing so he’d killed two men, one of them a rancher’s son and the other his top cowhand, and got a price on his head. What he didn’t know was that Fritz Baum, a big German bounty hunter with a taste for violent killing, had been paid a handsome prise for capturing Breed and taking him to Cinqua. And when the two of them clashed the fighting took on a whole new colour. Blood red. Baum took Azul to a cave to escape the flood then Azul killed him and went on to Cinqua to meet the man who paid for his capture. When he gets there he finds him and sets his house on fire. My favourite character in this book would have to be Azul be cause he is the main character and the main character usually creates a bond with the reader so the reader feels closer to the main character than the other characters. In this book Breed saves the life of an artist by killing two men, one of them a rancher’s son and the other his top cowhand, gets his life saved by the artist, fights with an angry rancher and a fierce bounty hunter, talks peace with Indians, and get a big price put on his head This book by far is not the greatest book ever made but it is not that bad. If you are into violence and guns then it is an alright book. But it is a very violent book and I do not recommend this book for any person. This book is hard to follow but you’ll get there in the end. I think that if you are a young adult and into violence then this would be a choice, but otherwise stay away. This book doesn’t capture the reader’s interest and is a bad attempt at a book. It is the thirteenth book in the Breed series and if you are really fixed on reading this book then I suggest that you read the first twelve books.

Reading Task 2 Term 3 2009
Westward the Tide Author: L’AMOUR, Louis Duration to read: 1 week Publisher: Bantam Books Date Published: 1977 Number of Pages: 216pp ISBN Number: 0-553-24766 Genre: Western/Fiction

They promised gold. A whole river, filled with gold, waiting in the Big Horn Mountains. The plan was to head out with a handpicked party and nothing but the best in wagons, stock, and goods. Matt Bardoul came because the girl he wanted to marry was there. But Matt suspected there was something wrong, even before someone tried to warn him off. Clive Massey was acting dodgy and there were a lot of outlaws riding in Massey’s company. Before they left someone else tried to gun him down. Sure enough, as the wagon train journeys toward the Big Horns, a deadly plot unfolds. He is made Deputy U.S. Marshal and In my opinion this is one of Louis L’Amours best books. I really liked how this book runs smoothly and comfortable. But I warn you. It’s addicting! Full with action and suspense. I think that adults or young adults would enjoy this book. But not many would enjoy it as much as I did.

Reading Task 1 Term 3 2009
Brionne Author: L’Amour, Louis Duration to read: 3 days Publisher: Bantam Books Date Published: 1961 Number of Pages: 151pp ISBN Number: 0-553-28107-0 Genre: Western/Fiction

Major James Brionne brought Dave Allard to trial for murder. Just before the hanging, Dave swore his brothers would take vengeance. Four year later the Allard boys returned to settle the score. Only Brionne's son, Mat, escaped. They murdered his wife, destroyed his home, and left Brionne nothing but the charred ruins of his past to haunt him. Seeking peace and a new life, Brionne and Mat headed west on a train. When the train was half way across a prairie a prairie fire came roaring from over a knoll, and Brionne left his son with a young woman named Miranda while he went to battle the fire. When they got to Promontory Miranda goes off searching for her Uncles silver mine. Brionne and Mat head for the hills. But the Allard’s had followed him on the train. He knew they had and tried to lose them by heading for the Uintah hills, but the Allard’s follow him-and this time he'd be ready.

I really liked this book because it was short and interesting. My favourite part of this book is when Brionne and Cotton Allard have a gun fight in the cabin. My favourite character was James Brionne because he was from the army and probably because he was the main guy.

This book would be based at adults but it is very good reading.