Noah also used to draw patterns for clothing and cut and sew and pin shirts so that they were more appealing to him. He's retired from this art form, sadly. But has moved on to making music and plays his guitars daily.
This is a story Noah wrote when he was around 8. He's embarrassed of it now but it's brilliant. I edited it but only the punctuation.
…THIS IS MY STORY…
I WAS IN MY GARDEN UNTIL MY MOTHER CALLED. SHE SAID, “IT’S TIME TO GO TO BED.” THE NEXT DAY I HAD EATEN AND I WAS ON MY WAY TO CHECK ON THE GARDEN. WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR TO GO TO THE GARDEN, IT SEEMED LIKE A JOURNEY WITH SCORCHING DESERTS, BLISTERING SNOW AND THE MOST FRIGHTFUL JUNGLE, ALL TO GET TO MY GARDEN.
When I finally got there, there was a sword in the garden, a little man sipping tea and playing a flute. The flute had a type of Chinese tag on it. He had a hat with the same tag on it. He pulled the big sword out of the ground as he sang the sword of fire, the light that it brings, then he stopped, he took off his straw hat and said, “You are the next great ninja.” I paused and said, “Me?” The garden was quiet and the tiny man said, “Why yes, you don’t believe me, then talk to the sword.” “I’m not going to talk to some dumb old sword all day long.” The little man sighed, “ok,” he said, “well, you are.” “What do you mean, I am?” “Would you like some tea?” “Oh, uh, thank you.” “Well, time for training.” He smashed the glass right out of my hand and pulled out a big sword, I ducked and grabbed the sword that was in the ground. I felt its power and I blocked the sword so hard his small sword smashed into tiny pieces of dust and faded away. “What, how is that possible?” “How did you get that strong with the sword that fast?” “A few more days and you will learn to master the sword of fire. You see there is going to be a war with trolls, dwarfs, elves, shoguns, ninjas, the grim reaper, wizards, unicorns, centaurs, zorgs, dragons, snakes, chickens, dogs, why even cockroaches are at war with frogs. Well, let’s go on your journey. Meanwhile, the great ninja and shogun lord, the great dark, the elements; air, fire, earth, and light were destroyed. Lightening, thunder, darkness and shadow are all the soldiers of darkness, ready for war.
The evil one said, “Co, yes, Zen huh, I mean master.” “Good, now get the reinforcements.” “Yes, master, here they are. Zen, huh….I…oh…mean master, eh hehehe that’s it….eeeeerrrrr you’re going down! “Sword of darkness!!!!!!!!” “Nooooooooo!!!! Ah! Uhi….oh my…BLACK RIBBON ATTACK!!!!!! “Goodbye Co. Well, men this night we will have victory!” “Yaaaahhhhh! Let us go to war!” “The war will start at the desert if we cut across here and go through the mountains and lay smoke bombs and when the smoke is up we could throw our kwondos at them….hmmmmm…I will grab the boy, destroy it and throw the boy off a cliff. Meanwhile, come on twinkle toes, push.”
(a review of events)
There is a war with centaurs, zorgs, dragons, snakes, chickens, and dogs. Why even the cockroaches are at war with frogs. Well let’s go on your journey. Meanwhile, the great ninja and shogun lord, the great dark, the elements air, fire, earth, light was destroyed. Lightening, thunder, darkness and shadow are all the soldiers of darkness ready for the war. The evil one said, “Co, yes Zen huh I… mean master, good now, the reinforcements. Yes, master here they are. Zen, huh…I mean master…hehehehe.” “That’s it. You’re going down! Sword off. Goodbye Co. Well, men this night we will have victory! Yaaaahhh! Let us go to war! The war will start at the desert if we cut across here and go through the mountains and lay smoke bombs and when the smoke is up we could throw our kwondos at them. I will grab the boy, destroy it and throw im off a cliff. Meanwhile, come on twinkle toes, push some elbow into it.” “I’m trying!” “Well, try harder!”
I sigh and look to the right and see a huge tower that had dark. My eyes opened up wider than my great grandma’s plates…wha…what is that? Oh no, that’s the sors of all darkness, we’re in the enemy territory that’s why there is a war we better get out of here. Little do they know, I am watching them release the goblins! “Bring me the shadow sword, NOW! Yes, with the shadow and darkness, I will rule the world! Now! Let the war begin. Hmmmmm….release the beast! Now with two swords, the shadow sword and the darkness, the Black Ribbon Army of the south will begin their methods. Let us go to war! Attack!” The shogun releases them. “Bomb those dragons out of the sky. Step on the cockroaches. I will grab the boy but when Zen fought hard it was short.” Zen threw the man off the mountain; he grabbed me and took me to the dark tower.
When I woke up and melted the bars, I saw a pair of red and purple eyes in a corner. Purple and black shadow and darkness was coming right towards me and then I said, “You must be Zen.” “I am. Who are you?” “Why I am Tom. Good Bye.” “What! Ah!” I ducked and blocked his two swords. “Your swords, they are stronger.” I fought long and hard. Months passed. There were only three people in this battle, the sage of air, the darkness and the shadow sage. I was the fire sage. Oh! I forgot to tell you about the air sage, he came in at the same time I did so we became friends. Uh oh! The dark shadow sage has got three people, the lightening sage, the shadow sage and the thunder sage (!) on his team! What’s this…who’s that girl…why it’s the water sage. “No time to talk boys, three on four, I’ll take the storm brothers,” the air sage said. “I will get the shadow sage,” the water sage said, angry like. “I…I! w…will err…I will get the darkness sage!” “Right. Right. Right! Water blade, attack him directly.” “Shadow blade, attack here. Water blade and then attack here weakness, directly. Humkmm hu hahahahaha! So three points for the shadow sage. Hahahahaha the water sage, plus my friend.” I ducked my opponent’s blow and knocked the shadow sage off the tower. I guess you could say that he laughed to death. The air sage was still fighting strong. Storm blades attack him and his air sword directly and attacked him in his weakness, all done by blade. the storm brothers said they hurt him bad. I pushed him off. There is nobody but me and Zen. I looked out the window, I only saw five goblins and six zorgs, five dragons, six snakes, one hundred Black Ribbon soldiers, one shogun and the rest where all dead. The battle lasted for days, weeks, months! Even with a mighty slash of my sword he went flying out of the tower of darkness! Busting the wall with a mighty crash! Boom! Pow!
He lived but pieces of his armor; I could see his burnt torn clothes. I could see the sadness he’s been through. The only pieces of armor were two shoulder pads and that was it. He grabbed his two swords and slashed at me. I swung as hard as I could and broke his two swords and slashed at his helmet, that long white hair, that pale face, those black and red eyes. But I saw a red tear go down his pale cheeks. “I…I di…I didn’t think you were that strong.” He fell off the mountain not knowing there were spikes, poisoned water and sharks and….an…and m…ines that was a dark day. The elements got together and had a feast. But who knows if darkness is alive or not…!
I especially love the last paragraph! And the last writing of his I will display at this time is a song he wrote ad lib style with his beloved cousin Tommy playing guitar in the background. Noah performed this at my sister's graduation party, loudly and pulled off his shirt in true rock and roll form, in front of lots of grandparents.
(age 6 or 7)
(age 6 or 7)
Dark Corner
Don't want to go there
If you go there
you won't come back....
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