Category Archives: The Harp

Harris Burdick, Inquiry project, Narrative, The Harp, Writing

The Harp By Daylon Miller

Logan is an 11 year old boy that loved going to play with his friends. He has a dog. His name is Spot. He is 6 months. He always trains him to be a good dog. Logan’s friends are Samuel and Stefan.

 

For a half year Logan lived in a place called Bent Creek Terrace. Logan’s house had a red door his house was blue. He had a downstairs backyard and a upstairs porch. There are 13 or 14 windows on the house. Logan’s house is made out of blue siding.

 

 

When Logan and Spot were tossing the ball around Logan heard a noise. Spot also heard it. Spot got confused so he started to jump and the air like a donkey and barked.

 

So Logan ran in the woods to see what it was. Spot followed him too. Logan peaked around the corner and saw a harp playing all by itself. Logan was like what the!! he went and grabbed the harp then ran to his friend Stefan’s house. Logan knocked on Stefan’s door. Logan said” Stefan look what I found in the woods” Stefan’s said“What I found a harp in the woods that plays all by itself.”

 

Stefan said” Let’s go show Samuel.” They ran to Samuel’s house then they showed the harp. He was surprised. Spot barked and ran back home while Logan, Stefan and Samuel ran after him. When they got up the hill they saw Spot clawing the door. Logan opened the door with his keys.

Everything was gone. Stefan dropped the harp and it brought them back in time.

 

They fixed what happened. Then they thought it was because of the harp. They played some music They went back to 1939 when the war was going on they appeared in a house with a half of a roof they played it again they got home they all went home.

 

The next day had begun they all got up and planned to meet at the park. Stefan and Samuel told logan to bring the harp to the park so he did they play music. Then they appeared in the jungle.

 

They have been wanting to go camping for a while. It was becoming night and they had build a fort they had hear a noise in the bushes when it popped out they ran. IT WAS A MONSTER!

They notice that they had left the harp. They could not get back home the monster had chased them for a hour. Once they got tired the monster got to them and it really wasn’t a monster, it was a girl named Samantha.

 

The real monster grabbed her, Logan, Samuel, and Stefan. They ran and found the harp. They tried to play it but it was broken so they could not go back home. They built another fort then tried to find a way out a few weeks later they found a cave. So they went in the cave and they found Samantha and Logan, Stefan and Samuel pulled her all the way back to the fort. Samantha fixed the harp they tried to go home.

 

But they appeared in a 1991. They were dressed up like fools. Samuel looked like a clown Logan looked like a ugly watermelon and Stefan looked like a pineapple. They danced like goof balls and jumped in the air.

 

They left and got back home. They missed their mom and dad. A month later Logan had found it under his bed and thought about doing it again. Logan grabbed the harp and called Stefan and Samuel.

 

Stefan and Samuel said they would never do that again if they could’ve never come back. Logan begged them to come but they still said no.

 

So Logan went all by himself. He appeared on top of his house, he did parkour off of it and he saw a lion in the zoo. The lion broke out and chased him. The lion ate his leg and he was in the hospital.

 

Spot burst out of the house and bit the lion in the back.  the lion turned around and ate spot. The lion ran in the woods acting like nothing happened. A woman got out of her car and took . Logan played music and came right back to the jungle with one leg. Stefan and Samuel came threw the harp they were blown that they saw logan’s leg broken.

 

They helped logan up and went back up Logan was in the hospital for one day then got a cast and went back home and layed in bed.

 

Samuel and Stefan went to visit Logan in the hospital but he wasn’t there so their mom’s speeded to Logan’s house and got a too tickets from the police they got their and he wasn’t in bed.

 

Logan went back to kill the lion with a cast on the lion almost bit his finger off and Logan kicked the lion in the mouth the lion fell and died he grabbed the harp while smiling more than he ever did.

 

When he got back home Stefan and Samuel were downstairs. After a three months  Logan’s leg wasn’t broken any more. Logan grabbed the harp and digged and digged then the harp  was gone. So it’s true he thought it’s really true.  He said that magic is real.

Harris Burdick, Inquiry project, Narrative, The Harp, Writing

The Harp

The Harp

Once two friends named Luke and Kai were wandering behind the park when they heard a soothing sound coming from the end of the creek. There was a strange ripple in the water. More ripples came. They were following a pattern that turned into a song. Then they saw it. It was a energy yellow harp that was playing by itself. Beside it was a ocean blue flute that was also playing by itself. So its true he thought, it’s really true. The boys played a game and said that the winner would pick which one they wanted. Kai got the flute and Luke got the harp. Luke said that they should go home and research, so he stuffed the harp into his backpack and walked home. When he got home Luke went to his room,locked the door,and took it out of his backpack. When he researched about the harp this is what he found: The harp is a stringed musical instrument which has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard, which are plucked with the fingers. When Kai researched he found this: Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reed less wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening. When they finished they both met up in a place near a waterfall and a dark cave where nobody could see them. “Did you bring your instrument?”said Kai. “Totally.”replied Luke. And with the first breeze of air, they started. Luke plucked the individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard. First it was a light drizzle,then a few water drops, and finally it came. A thunder storm! Kai heard thunder shocks coming closer and closer until it struck the flute. Kai whistled into the flute and produced a flow of air across an opening. They both watched as the nearby waterfall turn into a massive wave and wiped out the harp. “Dude. These aren’t just regular instruments. There magic.” “Lets call it a tie okay?”said Luke. “Okay.”replied Kai. But the flute wanted to win.. When Luke went to check on Kai he noticed the shattered window. “Dude, the worst thing happened!”Kai exclaimed. “What, no more P.E and Art in school?”asked Luke. “Worse!It’s the flute dude. It’s evil!”screamed Kai. “How?”said Luke. “When I went to go downstairs and watch T.V I heard a sound that almost melted my ears off. When I went to check, my window was shattered!”said Kai. “Dude, I don’t believe you.”said Luke. “Does this prove my point?”said Kai. When Kai moved out of the way he saw the flute floating in the air and trying to destroy Luke’s backpack. “Hey! That backpack’s new!”said Luke. “Wait, do you have the harp in your backpack?” Kai asked. “Obviously.”said Luke. “That’s it! The flute wants to destroy the harp since we said it was tie and nobody won. The flute wants to win.”said Kai. “If the flute wants to destroy the harp,we have to destroy the flute first.”said Luke. They both plucked the strings from each side of the harp and let out a really loud drum roll. “Cover your ears!”shouted Kai. “Ok!”Luke shouted back. Once the drum roll stopped they uncovered their ears. “The flute its… its gone.”Kai stuttered. “I know.Now we have to hide the instrument before it hurts anybody else. The power of magic is too powerful.”said Luke. So Luke and Kai hid the harp and never said anything about what happened ever again.          
Fantasy, Harris Burdick, Narrative, The Harp, Writing

The Harp

There was a boy named Lewis. He lives with both of his parents. His mom had blond hair, the dad had  hair that was dark as night. Lewis had golden blond hair. Lewis was 10 years old. the family had a collie named is Toby. They lived in a small town in Texas.  Lewis had blue eyes the mom has brown eyes the dad has blue eyes two the moms name was Marry the dads names was Jeff the last of the family’s name is Harrison. They live in Dallas, Texas.

One day Lewis was bored so he went outside to play with Toby. They went to the woods and they played. When heharris harp was playing he heard strange noises so he went to investigate.

They see what looks like the figure of a boy. They follow him and find a harp. Lewis picked it up and a notebook with songs.

He played the song called “Clear Land” but it had a warning. Lewis ignored it and played the harp.

Lewis ran home to show his mom and dad but the house and town were gone. So it’s true he thought, it’s really true. He rushed through the notebook to find out how to reverse the warning. The notebook said to play the song backwards so Lewis played it backwards. His house, mom, and dad come back.

He put the harp and notebook back in the forest.

He went back home. Before he went inside he saw a boy coming out the woods. It looked like he had the exact same harp and notebook with him.