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EMILY. ** Hi! This is my page. **

Book Group Test
2. I think that the most mysterious part of the book was right after the Smalls found out that someone crashed their kitchen and Mr. Small and Thomas were looking for Mr. Pluto and they found his cavern. What happened was the Smalls came home and found that their kitchen was ruined. There was a layer of brown pace evenly spread across the kitchen coating and it was made of flour water and apple juice all mixed together. Mr. Small was furious and he thought that it was Mr. Pluto who did it so he told Thomas to come with him to Mr. Pluto’s house. They left Thomas’s mom locked in the twin’s room so she would be safe. Mr. Small and Thomas went to look for Mr. Pluto and they were going to his house. They went around a hill and wandered through the woods. There was no light outside but Mr. Small knew where he was going. Finally they heard footsteps nearby but not in the forest because they were too loud. So the Smalls kept walking until they saw a light and could hear the footsteps even more. They walked into a clearing and there was a cave with plank doors and torches on either side and Mr. Pluto pacing back and forth. Mr. Pluto was really big and he looked quite strong and he was fast. Mr. Small called out to Pluto and Mr. Pluto stared at him and ran back into the cave in a hurry. Mr. Small took one of the torches and threw it into the cave and they walked in ahead of them was a lit room and they noticed they were in Mr. Pluto’s house. But Mr. Pluto was gone. I find this the most mysterious part of the book because of all the weird things that happened all at one time and the way Mr. Pluto just disappeared and the way he was so strong. Comment From Shirley - This was certainly a mysterious part of the book and you have summarized it well with lots of description and details. I would have liked to read more reasons why you thought this was the most mysterious part of the book but what you have stated is clear and appropriate.Nice work!.

3. I do not think that Mr. Pluto handled the situation about the house very well. I think that he went a little overboard. He called his son and his son got a fake face and acted like Mr. Pluto. He also got over upset when his son asked him to go to the hospital when he was really sick and he was really old and might die. Mr. Pluto and his son also went through all the trouble of having a whole play for the Darrows and having to lie down on the grass for hours. They could have avoided all of the trouble if they just called the police and arrested the Darrows. Then the Darrows would not have bothered them anymore. I do think that Mr. Pluto acted very well for being so old and sick. Mr. Pluto is a old man and when you don’t know him very well you think that he is crazy and might be a ghost because he tries to avoid people and he acted weird in church and he chased Thomas. I also found it weird that he lied in a cave. Once you get to know Mr. Pluto you find out he is better that you think and he just wants to keep his house safe. You also find out that most of the time it was Mayew acting like Mr. Pluto. Mr. Pluto is just misunderstood. Comment From Shirley - This was an interesting and well written response that clearly answers the first part of the question. You could have given a more detailed character description of Pluto, but what you have stated is accurate and clear.

@Book Group Questions 6 - please write your response here
1.What do think is in the black chest suspended by the chain? Give reasons for your answer.

I do not really know what is in the black box suspended by the chain. I think that it is very valuable because it is somewhere hard to get. Maybe it was Dies Drear's oldest book or another piece of art work like glass or a painting or cloth. Or maybe the thing in the chest is something Dies Drear didn’t want anybody to see. I t could be the bodies of the slaves when they died or maybe it is Dies Drear’s body. Maybe there is nothing in the box and the thing was taken out a long time ago. I also think that at the top of the chain that the box is on there was another passage like the one to get into the cavern. So I think that there could be anything in the black box.

**__Emily #2__**
. I think that the plan of scaring the Darrow’s worked very well. I think it worked because the Darrow’s were so scared that they were begging them to stop. I didn’t think it was going to work at first mostly because Thomas wouldn’t of sat very longer and because one of the Darrow’s almost stepped on Thomas and if that happened the Darrow would of noticed him, I’m surprised that the Darrow didn’t notice him when he was that close. The other thing that Thomas did wrong is that he got scared and did not move when he was a ghost. The thing that surprised me the most was when they started laughing to early so that the Darrow’s it was them faking it. 3.

**__Kristi #2__**
. I think that the most surprising part of the book to me was that people would go so far for that treasure. I do think the treasure that Mr. Pluto found is wonderful but I would not ruin some ones kitchen and risk going to jail to get it. Another thing that surprised me was that the Darrow’s are still trying to get it after such a long time and that Mr. Pluto has keepen it hidden for that long. Another thing that surprised me was that Mayew put a fake face on and acted like his father. I wonder if Mayew was the one that layed down on the isle in church. If it was him then why did he do it was he trying to look like his father or was that really Mr. Pluto.


 * Amelia: Emily, This answer is short, but sweet and it looks like you wrote every idea that you had. Well Done!**


 * 1.** I think that the cavern that Thomas and his father found sounded beautiful. I would really want to see it if the cavern was real. I think that the cavern was probably beautiful with all of its bright glowing colors. There was a high vaulted ceiling and there were bright tapestries of all colors that glowed on the wall. I would want to see the carpet and the desk that Mr. Pluto sat at. I want to see the 40 foot tall canoes were that hung on the walls and I’ve always wondered what a totem pole looks like. I wonder how many barrels of silk there were and how much jewelry; I bet that there was over a thousand dollars. But most of all I want to see the glass prism and all the colors. I think that the object that surprised me the most was probably the glass prism and all of its colors.

Shirley:
Hi Emily: You wrote a very interesting response. It did sound beautiful with all of those great treasures. It would be awesome to see everything. It reminded me of Aladdin's cave. I wonder if we could draw this room and compare our visions?

Alex: Hello Emily...I agree, good response...I thought that the prism was pretty interesting also! Hi Shirley, good idea...we should draw our visions of the room!

Sam: Hey Emily! I like your description of the room! It's very cool and I like how you're asking a lot of questions!


 * Amelia: I really like how you really imagine the cavern. Your are really descriptive in this paragraph. Great job!!!!**

Schuyler: I really liked your answer I thought that it answered the question very well. When I was reading it I started wanting some of those things as well. good gob!!!!