自从儿子写了两本CHAPTER BOOKS, 并POST 在这里, 女儿也心动了, 几乎天天都拿着
哥哥的"书" 及我在这里打印的儿童习作看. 当我在网上时, 总是问我" Is there any
new kid's writing today?" 上周她悄悄动笔了, 还不让我们看. 等写好了, 才让我帮
她修改. 她讲的是生日PARTY, 她熟悉的事情, 人物都来自糖果的名字, 但没有地点, 时间, 我帮她加上第一段, 借此告诉她作文的几要素: who, when, where, what,
how 之类, 她要求我把她的故事POST 出来.
此 "show off " 与炫耀无关 , 仅仅是夸奖她的方法之一, 其目的是想鼓励孩子,肯
定她的努力. 让孩子快乐, 产生成就感, 提高他们的学习自信心.
这里也谢谢楚柴, 草梅, 阿微, Girlsmom等, 他们孩子的习作对我的两个孩子的写
作兴趣起了很大的激发作用.

Nerds’ Birthday
One day, in the Willy Wonka Candy Factory, all the Wonka candy numbers were playing on the playground.
During the break time, they chatted.
“Guess what is next week?” shouted Nerds.
“We are going to the dentist office,” said Bottle Caps.
“Willy is getting new shoes,” said Pixy Stick.
“Oh no! That is not a good sign,” said Nerds.
“I know it!” shouted Fruit Runts, “It’s going to be your birthday.”
“That’s correct!” cheered Nerds, “Now that’s the good sign,”
“I almost forgot it will be your birthday next week,” said Laffy Taffy.
“Are we going to have a party?” asked Tartn’ Tinys.
“It’s the time for you to make the decision, Nerds,” said Willy.
The nerds thought for while, “Uh…uh…uh…uh… OK!” Nerds continued “It is a good idea. We will have a party.”
“Yahhhhh……!” everyone jumped up and cheered
“Let’s now set up so we wouldn’t be busy,” said Lik-m-aid Fun Dip. Nerds agreed. So did others. Nerds was in charge since it was his party. Everyone would obey his commands.

The following days everyone helped for the party.
Wonka Bar made the birthday cake. Fruit Runts set up the table, including the plates and cups and the napkins. Willy and Laffy Taffy did the wall-to-wall decorations. Mix-ups prepared the juice and fruits. Mini-Shocktarts put out lollipops. Bottle Caps would bring all of the games. Nerds made many goody bags.
“Oh my! I can’t wait for that day!” cried Shocktarts.
Everyone excited. The days went by finally.

The next day everyone woke up early for the party. All the Wonka family members were invited to the party: Bottle Caps, Everlasting Gobstopper, Pixy Stix, Fruit Runts, Laffy Taffy, Tart’n Tinys, Willy, Lik-m-aid Fun Dip, Lik-A-Stix, Mixup, Wonka Bar, Shocktarts, Oompas, SweeTARTS Shockers, Flavor Flippers, Wacky Wafers,

The first game they played was shooting the arrows. The first person who got all four arrows, won first. “Wow! Xploder Bar won!” yelled the Nerds.
Other games were Dodge Ball, Doughnut Contest, Spin the Bottle, Pin the Tail, and more…
They were playing, eating, drinking…

It was finally time for cake and ice cream. Everyone sang the song Happy Birthday to Nerds:
“Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to Nerds,
Happy birthday to you!”

Then Nerds cut the cake for everybody. Nerds with their friends ate cake and ice cream. Everyone got a goody bag, then said Bye-bye to Nerds and went home.