The keys to the cage

Today reading has become even more enjoyable! I've got to the point where Rob finds out who his tiger belongs to.
Beauchamp who owns the Kentucky Star motel won the tiger at a card game. I maybe should have explained this before but the motel is where Rob's father works. They both live there since Rob's mother's death.
I'm not quite sure yet if Beauchamp is a bad man. He seems rough and uneducated and speaks with very bad grammar.

One day when Rob wasn't at school Beauchamp pulled up at the motel and asked Rob three questions. One of them was: "You like wild animals don't you?" Rob answered that he did, he new where Beauchamp was going, he knew that he meant the tiger. Beauchamp now wants Rob to feed the big cat. The exciting and worrying thing is that he has entrusted Rob with the whole set of keys to the cage.   Even the main key.

Now Rob is in a difficult position. He knows Sistine really wants to free the tiger and when he tells her he has the keys she will insist in setting it free.

PS: thank you mum for helping me sorting out my spelling




 

To free the tiger or not ?

Today in my readings Sistine has told Rob that she can't stand to see the tiger in a cage any more. So they make plans to free the tiger into the forest. Rob is now in the situation where he does not know if he should or should not free the tiger.

I think he should free the tiger because, just like Sistine, I can't stand looking at an animal in a cage, but that is only my opinion. If I where Rob I would be frustrated, annoyed and upset. I would be frustrated because I can't stand to see an animal in a cage, annoyed that someone had put an animal in a cage in the middle of the forest. 

Every day with my book my reading gets better and more enjoyable. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure stories with a bit of magic and mystery.

Chapter 1 what this blog is about

My name is Alice Knight. I go to school in Hampstead at Devonshire House Prep School.  I am in year 5 and I am dyslexic. I love stories, hearing them and telling them. I sometimes find it challenging to concentrate on reading and writing down my ideas. This is why my mum and I had the idea to start a blog. Here I will share with you the books I am reading. I will tell you about the characters, the thoughts I have on the stories I am reading and will try my best not to spoil the excitement for you. 

Right now I am reading The Tiger Rising by Kate Di Camillo. She is also known for The Tale of Despreaux that was made into an animation film. 

I am on chapter 14 and I will now introduce you to the main characters. The story takes place in Florida and the main character is Rob. Rob has no brothers or sisters he has a dad and no mother. His mother died six months ago. The next character is Sistine. Sistine has no brothers or sisters like Rob. Her mother and father are separated and she lives with her mother. Last but not least the tiger. The tiger is very big and unlike other tigers he is orange and gold.

The narrator talks about his mother a lot in the book. He has not thought about her since her death. Sistine is a new girl in his school. They like each other and both really like the tiger. It has been kept in a cage and Rob has been watching him for a while. Once Sistine set her eyes on the tiger she immediately loved it. 

Footnote: My mum helped me a quite bit with starting the blog and editing the first post. From now on, I hope I can (mostly) manage on my own and I will do my best to keep my spelling in check, but please bare with me I need a lot of practice.