Where I'm From

I am from the busy city and the quiet countryside,

from the fields of grape vines and apple trees,

I am from the planet that splashes,

from the fruit bowl of New Zealand,

I am from the stone lions by the soldiers names,

from the east coast,

I am from David, Amanda and Oscar,

from the big family BBQs

I am from croissants on Christmas morning,

from family gatherings on birthdays,

I am from late night journeys to Castle Point,

from boogie boarding on beach waves,

I am from long walks up to the peak,

from sunshine bay

I am from Hawkes Bay

The Bug Man

Today my school had a speicial visitor called Rude Kleinpaste who is also known as The Bug Man, He was here to talk to us about bugs and insects.
This is a list of what I learned:

• 10kg of grass = 1 kg of Beef3kg of grass = 1 kg of bug meat
• we wouldn’t have ⅓ of our food without bees
• Orchid bees can communicate with each other
• Some sorts of praying mantis disguise themselves as orchids to catch orchid bees
• Some geckos collect nectar
• Tui’s collect nectar
• Hummingbirds collect nectar
• A Kiwis diet consist of mainly bugs
• You can train bugs
• Bees suck up nectar and then poop it out
• Crickets carry seeds away from the trees and poop it out with fertilizer
• Sloths have a brain the size as a walnut
• Sloths only have to go toilet once a week
• Moths live on sloths
• In South America some people eat spiders
• The French eat snails and frogs.
• Ants eat bird poo
• Hummingbirds are the size of a praying mantis
• Scorpions glow in ultraviolet rays