My Personal Legend: Playing Volleyball

 

                                 

                                       MY PERSONAL LEGEND

    Nothing fills my heart with joy like volleyball. I remember when I was in 4th grade and the volleyball coach asked me personally if I wanted to join the 6th grade volleyball team. I could play volleyball for the rest of my life. There may be some challenges along the way, like people saying that I can't do it, but I can handle them. Volleyball is my Personal Legend!

   To begin with, I remember the first time I played volleyball. It made an impression on me because even though people said I couldn't do it, it just made me want to play volleyball even more. Then there was that time when I played my first game. Just the idea of playing , makes me dream of all the games that I would play throughout my years. Volleyball has been exciting to me for as long as I can remember. That's why I know volleyball is my Personal Legend.


    There are lots of things I could do in order to make me happy, but volleyball is something that will always put a smile on my face. Additionally, if I pursue my dream, I will likely succeed. There are certainly many different things I could do in life to ensure that I can succeed my dream. In my opinion volleyball is a fantastic sport to play, it's fun, it gets you moving and makes you work hard. Volleyball is my sport. Volleyball is my blood.
  
 
  Some may say that there are too many challenges for me to face if I want to play volleyball. For example, I may not be good enough or I won't make a team. Though I may need to get a job which is certainly no fun at all, I think my love for volleyball will help me take setbacks like that in stride. Also, I know that living my Personal Legend won't happen right away, and I may end up liking something else, but as long as I keep my eyes on the prize I'll get there. There will be obstacles, but just remember, "keep moving forward to seek your desire."

  In conclusion, living my Personal Legend of volleyball will lead to a life well spent. From the very first time I touched a volleyball, I knew that volleyball was my first love. I'll get to try lots of different ways to embrace something new, but becoming a volleyball player seems like the best for now. There will be obstacles that I'll encounter, but as long as I remember how much I love volleyball, I can overcome them. We only have one life to live and I can't think of a better way to live mine than to become a volleyball player.

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        The Underneath, by Kathi Appelt, is about a pregnant calico cat, that has been abandoned on the side of the road. Left with no where to go she travels the woods, when suddenly she hears a lonely howl from a hound whose name is Ranger chained up deep in the back waters of the bayou. The calico cat about to have kittens becomes an unlikely family with Ranger. Ranger urges the cat to hide underneath the porch from a horrible man named Gar-face, if he got his hands on them he'd surely kill them or use them as alligator bait. The calico cat had two kittens, one boy named Puck, and one girl named Sabine. The calico cat and Ranger always told their kittens to stay in the underneath away and out of sight from the terrible man Gar-face. One early morning the sun was out and Puck was awoken first, he was hypnotized by it, not knowing that he was walking out from the underneath breaking the #1 rule. He was suddenly snatched by Gar-face. His mother awoke and ran out toward him to attack but she was just scooped up like Puck. Gar-face stuffed them into a burlap bag and tossed them in the river. As they were thrown in the river the calico cat kept telling her son Puck to keep swimming and to promise that he'd go back and break the chain, as those words were said they began to fade, Puck got out of the water but his mother was no where to be seen, but he promised her he'd go back and that he would do as she told. One night Sabine and Ranger were out from the underneath when all of a sudden Gar-face grabbed Sabine, Ranger couldn't lose her too so Ranger quickly sprung up and attacked Gar-face as he was in pain he dropped Sabine and she ran away. Ranger was in pain as Gar-face dragged him to the river where he tied him to a tree and used him as alligator bait.
      Here's another story, about a mother snake named Grandmother Moccasin, and a daughter snake named Night Song because of her beautiful lullaby. One night when Grandmother Moccasin was fast asleep, Night Song had fallen in love with a hawk named Hawk man. They both turned into humans and joined a tribe, leaving Grandmother Moccasin behind. Hawk man and Night Song had a beautiful daughter. When Grandmother awoke she knew Night Song had left thinking she'd come back. She waited and waited and waited, she began to become furious she wanted her back. She searched for her to turn her back but if she turned back then she could never turn back to her human form, she found Night Song and hypnotized her and turned her back into a snake, separating her from her family she was torn apart and passed away. Night Song's daughter went looking for her mother in the deep woods, if Grandmother couldn't have Night Song then she'd take her daughter. Grandmother went back to the tribe to only find a furious father. He thought she had taken his daughter, and he thought she was lying but she wasn't. Hawk man stuffed Grandmother into a jar and buried the jar so deep it was almost impossible for her to get out. A thousand years later Grandmother broke out of her jar and slithered out.

Following up to the other story, she followed Puck to the river where Sabine and Ranger were, Gar-face was eaten by an alligator. Puck, Sabine and Ranger were finally together. Grandmother knew they were a strong family and that Ranger was still chained. Grandmother still knew a thing or two about love, so she broke the chain with one strong bite! The hound family didn't go back to the horrible house. They lived deep in the woods and lived happily ever after!
      The theme of the book in my opinion was always keep a promise. When Puck didn't keep a promise he got snatched by Gar-face. When Puck and his mom were thrown in the river, his mom made him promise he'd go back and break the chain and free Ranger. Puck did keep the promise and went back and broke the chain, sort of. These are some of the reasons I chose always keep a promise as my theme.
     I would absolutely recommend this book. It's a little boring in the beginning but it gets way better more into the book. There are some sad parts in the book but it gets better. In my opinion I liked this book a lot. I enjoyed this book a lot and I hope you enjoy it too!

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Unicorns are real! I saw one flying around my house today. One pooped on my head while it was flying. I caught one with a net. Those are the reasons that prove unicorns are real!