Bree's retell of Little House on the Prairie

Little house on the prairie  

Once upon a time there was a little family with three kids and two adults. They lived in the woods and they were going west to find a new place to build a house because it was getting too crowded and they could hear sounds of axes and it wasn’t nice. So they borrowed a wagon from their neighbours.  Then pa would just put a canvas over the wagon to keep warm and to keep the rain out. They are starting to go west. They travel far over the prairie land they look like a tiny little dot. They finally got to the place where they were going to build a house. Pa started to chop down trees and cut up logs and go down to the river bottoms to find logs to build a house. Pa had to make hollows in the ground to put the logs in and made notches in the other logs so Pa didn’t have to use nails. Then finally he got to making the roof on the house and he made the house in over two months. Now the girls, baby Carrie and Ma can live in a nice cosy house. Many adventures have past and now it has been about four months and they have got to christmas. Laura and Mary each got a tin cup, candy cane, a heart cookie and a penny at the end of they stocking. That was a happy christmas.

Bree

Pet and her foal Bunny

Jaydah's retell of Little House on the Prairie

                                         Little house on the Prairie.

Little house on the Prairie is a book.  There is a family in this book and their name is the Ingalls family.  They all lived together. They were going west. In the Ingalls family there was Pa the dad, Ma the mum, Laura the sister, Mary the sister also, Carrie the baby, and Jack the dog.  They were moving because where the Ingalls family lived was too crowded so they were going to move to a nice piece and quiet place to live. The Ingalls family was moving to a place called Indian country.  They came across this little town with log cabins and heap’s of people. They had to cross the Mississippi river before the ice breaks. They had finally crossed the Mississippi river when the Ingalls family where crossing the ice was breaking.  They were lucky the ice didn't break on them because if it did they would have been sunk in the water. They camped on the island for one night the next morning they were going to cross the creek. They were having struggles trying to get across the creek and Pa had to jump in the water to help the horses.  The wagon had sunk. The inside of the wagon wasn’t getting wet though. After they crossed the creek they went on to try and find a place to camp. They found a place to camp that night Pa had built a campfire to cook their dinner. In the morning Pa saw this animal Pa thought it was an animal coming to attack them but it was just Jack their dog.  I have really liked reading this book so far I just can’t wait to read the next part of the book.

Jaydah

The Ingalls

Sally's retell of Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

The Ingalls family were going to move to another place and they packed their wagon but they didn’t pack the furniture because Pa can build some more furniture. They travelled for a while and they had lots of rests. The next day they carried on going to another place to live. At that place they built a house, it took a long time to build the house it would have taken days or even weeks!!!When they had finished they made the furniture but Ma hurt her ankle. Soon they made a well but Mr.Scott got sick and Pa had to build the rest of it!!! Some Indians came into their house and they wanted food and they scared Ma, Mary and Laura. Jack their dog is a brindle bulldog. Jack had to be tied up so he wouldn’t attack the Indians. Pa came home from town with a red nose because he was so cold. It was Christmas and they got really cool stuff and they got yummy cakes, sparkly cups, candy canes and a penny each.

Sally

A cowboy

Rosie's retell of Little House on the Prairie

 Little House on the Prairie

So far Mary, Laura, Baby Carrie, Pa and Ma have came to the prairie, in the USA, on their wagon and they cleared the land where they were going to build the house. They cut the down  the trees and while they built the house they slept in the wagon. To build the house they cut notches instead of nails because in the 1800-1900s they didn’t have as many nails. They built it up then added the walls and roof on. Pa then added all main things in the house. Pa then made a stable for the horses because the wolves. A couple days later after they settled in their new house some Indians came to their house and they ate all their food and scared Ma, Laura and Mary. A couple days later they dug for water (bore water) they then made a well for the water so they could have fresh water and can’t run out. Then some cowboys came along and asked Pa if he wanted a cow and he said yes. Now they were very happy because they could have milk and butter and all the good stuff with milk. The Ingalls had a rest for a couple of days then Pa asked Mary and Laura if they wanted to see Indian camp they said yes so Pa took them so they started walking. When they got there there was no Indians there so they went for a walk around their houses they were in a hollow. Mary and Laura and Pa saw some moccasin foot prints. Mary and Laura saw some shiny beads and collected them they loved them so picked them up and went home. A couple days later some Indians came to their house and ate all their food and took Pa’s tobacco and the Indian got very angry.

Rosie

Ma doing the washing on the Prairie

Tess's retell of Little House on the Prairie

Little house on the prairie is about a family. They have been going to find a house on the prairie. They have left their cabin in the woods.They have been going over rivers. When they went over one of the rivers they lost Jack their dog. These are the people on the little house on the prairie Laura, Ma, Pa, Mary, and baby Carrie. They have got a good new home that Pa built. They have got a good place. Pa is going to town for three days. It will take a long time.       

Tess        

Ma doing the washing

Max's retell of Little House on the Prairie

Laura, Mary, Pa and Ma left home to go to the West because there were to many people where they were. They went across a frozen lake and came up to a river and Jack the dog got washed away. But later at night Jack came back the next day Laura and Mary played with the prairie dogs and tried to catch them and Pa cut down some trees for the house. They started the house and Pa put notch’s in the logs and put them over top of each other. Then a log fell on Ma’s foot and fractured it. Once they finished the house they put the wagon Canvas over the house for a roof until Pa made the wooden roof. That night a whole lot of wolves howled and Laura was scared. After days Pa finished the roof and some Indian's came in the house and ate the cornmeal and then went away.  Pa, Mary, Laura and Jack went up to the Indian's camp but they were already gone but they found beads. Then months later it was Christmas and they got cake, cups, candy canes and two penny’s each.

Max

A Texas Longhorn

William's retell of Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

Pa, Ma, Laura and Mary were packing up the stuff they needed and said goodbye to their family then they left. They were leaving for the prairie lands because it was getting too busy. It was Winter and they were leaving then so the ice would not break when the went over the Mississippi river. On their travels they nearly lost their Brindle Bulldog called Jack and they traded their tired horses for strong, energetic Mustangs. Once they’d got to the place they wanted to build their house, they built the house and stable and they asked their neighbour to help dig the well but he fainted and Pa saved him. Later in Summer they got Blackberry's and they picked an ate them all day long. But one problem was the Mosquitos they came in swarms and bit them. Then they got sick so the doctor came and thought it was Watermelons but it was the Mosquitos. Now they are fine. The End. So Far…….

I like the Little House on the Prairie so far because it is exciting to see what happens next! I wonder what’s going to happen? Pa is going to town I wonder what he is going to get? Or see?

William

Wolves howling into the night sky