English

=Year 8 English =

The Clockwork Girl



= The Clockwork Girl is a comic set in the future. One day the ‘Tinker’ who is an inventor, manages to create a living robot out of scraps of metal and bolts, after so many unsuccessful trials before. = = = = The Clockwork girl is innocent, curious, but not stupid. She does look at stranger like a kid at a candy shop, and wants to know about everything, in this world. = = = = On the first day of the clockwork girl’s life, she is taken to a science fair to look after her older ‘brother’ called T-Bolt and the Tinker's first automaton. He's not as primitive as he might appear, nor as a harmless, and the Tinker is show casing the T-bolt as a ‘maid’ to do house work. But something goes terribly wrong and the T-bolt over-heats, which causes the crowd to get scared and run away, but Huxley, a ‘monster boy’ saves the day by spraying water over T-bolt and making him shut down. = = = = Dendrus is the Tinker’s former friend, and the creator of Huxley. Dendrus cares for his created son a big deal but he is over-protective and he shelters him as much as he can. Huxley, is reckless and emotional, impulsive, but has a good heart. He wants to be free of his father's restrictions regardless if the world is ready for him. = = = = One day the clockwork girl meets Huxley and, her beauty charms Huxley, and he starts to understand her ways, “everything is dancing” means everything is living. Huxley and the Clockwork girl start to meet at night in secret, and their love starts to grow, Huxley asks her what her real name is and she wants to be called Tesla. = = = = But one day Tesla asks Huxley what Kill means, and he explains in a way she can understand “everything stops dancing and never dances again” then Tesla tells Huxley that the Tinker says that she has to kill him, Huxley gets angry and runs away from her. = = = = Huxley returns to Dendrus while Tesla looks for Huxley. Soon the tinker starts to look for Tesla and so do Dendrus and Huxley, putting their former friendship behind them. Soon after that it starts to rain, Telsa starts to rust, the Tinker, Dendrus and Huxley know that they have to hurry, because if they’re too late Tesla’s cogs will stop. = = = = Eventually Huxley finds her and they have to replace her major pump, which keeps her alive, Huxley offers to give her one if his hearts as a pump, her has two hearts, so Dendrus and the Tinker start to work on Huxley and Tesla all night. = = = = When Tesla and Huxley wake up Huxley tells Tesla what their “fathers” had worked all night to do, and they see them sleeping in the corner and go to put a blanket over them. = = = = This story was very interesting but i had to read it a few times to fully understand it. =

MY DOGS POEM

= I have 2 dogs, Ziva and Apollo the Golden retriever, = = They love to bark and play, = = They do this all day, and sometimes I like to watch them when I am bored = = Apollo loves attention, = = He wines when Ziva get pet or goes to the vet without him. = = Ziva hates water, = = She fell into our pool when we moved in, = = She also loves to cause trouble and chew things up! = = Apollo loves his squeaky toys, = = And when you take them away from him he thinks your playing with him. = = Some days Apollo and Ziva race around our two-storey house, = = Chasing each other and then they have a lie down, = = From all the racing and running, =

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