Ch 7 Dear diary,
Charles said that this mission was already going to be dangerous, and we need not fear. For the first time in my life, I doubted him. Calvin himself said only he should go in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence, but we refused to let him go alone. In the end, we decided to hold hands and go together. We entered the building's door, it was huge! But somehow, this place felt unsafe and dangerous to me, It was as if something really
bad was waiting to happen. We continued holding hands until we reached a blank wall, not knowing what to do in this building, we asked a gent what was the procedure around here. The man got very suspicious when we asked him too many questions, so he decided to report us or risk
himself what? Yes. Risk himself being reproccesed. He placed a card on the blank wall and the wall disappeared, in it was a room full of machines, as we approached the end of the room, before us was a chair, and on the chair was a man. He spoke to us. His voice was knid and gentle, unlike the coldness and darkness when we plunged through the Black Thing. Charles Wallace, while walking through the room just now, said that somebody was getting into his mind, could that somebody be this man? I was sure of it. While Charles and Calvin spoke to the man, I stared at the man, his eyes were bright and had a reddish glow, above his head was a light, it glowed in the same manner as the eyes, pulsing in steady rhythm. Just then, I heard Charles Wallace suggesting violence if the Man with red eyes dared hypnotized him. It was a first for Charles. He was usually gentle and kind, but in order to protect me and Calvin, he actually suggested violence. Upon hearing Charles, he was amused, then four men appeared and flanked all of us. He then talked to us, and then started saying the multiplication tables, and Charles, he started saying nursery rhymes, then speeches, for what I don't know. It was as though they were having a mind battle. Suddenly, I screamed out 'Father', and my mind was out of the darkness. The man with red eyes broke into laughter and said we passed the preliminary test. What preliminary test? I thought. I then looked up at the man, and asked him where Father was. He said some things, but I knew he wasn't going to help me unless we did him a favor or something. Suddenly, Charles Wallace stepped right up to him and punched him fairly hard. The four men was almost on him immediately, but the man signaled them away.The man asked Charles why he did that, and Charles said that somebody was controlling him. The man then asked Charles to try find out who he was. Charles Wallace then looked deep into his eyes to see who was controlling him, even when he didn't get our consent. Charles Wallace began his slow walk forward. I screamed, and lunged at Charles to stop him. Charles opened his eyes again, shook his head, and sat up. I was so glad he was all right. The man looked very annoyed at me for interfering with his plans. I retorted and said that if he is going to be horrible to us, we might as well get something to eat first. Once again, the man broke into laughter and said that I was very amusing. He then offered to feed if I won't interfere with his plans. Of course I refused his 'kind' offer. I would never betray my home for treaties. Charles was now fully conscious, and asked the man to get on. I offered to do it, but the man said my neurological system was not as complex as Charles, which would result in my brain exploding. 5 minutes later, the four men brought a table in, on it was a metal box. When the man opened it. There was a full turkey dinner in it. Charles said it was safe to eat. and I believed him. Me and Calvin sat down and ate, it tasted all right. But to Charles it tasted like sand to him, as he shut his mind out to the man with red eyes. Charles was very grumpy as he had to eat something that tasted like sand. The man made a deal with him to say that if Charles went into his mind, he would tell us where Father was. In order to save Father and to get rid of the Black Thing, he agreed to the deal. I went into hysterics when I heard that Charles, my dear Charles, was about to risk his life like Mrs. Whatsit as a star. Charles concentrated very hard on the man's eyes, his eyes was engulfed in a light again, all the black in his eyes became blue. Charles then turned to me and smiled sweetly. One look and I could tell that he wasn't Charles. Charles was being controlled, just like the man with red eyes. I was devastated that Charles was gone.
Ch8 Dear Diary,
Charles Wallace sat on the table tucking away the turkey dinner as though it was the most delicious thing he had ever tasted. He was everything like Charles Wallace, just that his eyes was different from the real Charles. His character was also different. After a lot of ruckus, the man said that the new and deproved Charles would lead us to where Father was. We moved down a white and seemingly endless corridor until we reached a wall, which Charles put his hand up to, and Charles walked through it, we followed suit. Charles told us he just rearranged the atoms of the wall to create a space to walk through. We came to an elevator and went up. When we reached the top. we went straight and saw the boy who dropped his ball earlier in the afternoon. He was bouncing the ball and each time the ball bounces on the floor, he screamed in pain. We went deeper into the corridor after seeing the boy being taught not to deviate. We entered another small room, and in the center of the room was a large, round, and transparent column, and in it was a man. I recognized him almost immediately. I screamed 'Father!'
Ch9 Dear diary
I rushed to the man imprisoned in the column, who I knew was Father. I was then flung back as though I crashed into a brick wall. Charles Wallace gave her a evil look and snickered at her. This confirmed that Charles was not the real Charles, whenever she was injured, he would go quickly around my neck and he would press his soft cheek against mine in loving comfort. The man in the column did not seem to look at me. I realized that he could not see me, but I could see him. I tried to lunge at Charles to wake him up just the way I did when we were with the man with red eyes. Charles kept saying if we wanted to save Father, we must go to IT. I kept trying to think of a way other than going to IT him/her/itself. When I almost gave up, I saw Calvin concentrating very hard on Charles, at the same time he was whispering The Tempest softly. For a moment Charles seemed to listen, then he shrugged and turned away. Charles said not to stare at him. Again the shudder went through Charles Wallace. Calvin kept trying to get Charles to come out, but it was as if he was always almost coming out, but won't. At this point in time, I remembered Mrs.Who 's glasses. I took them out and Charles seemed to take a lot of interest in these glasses. He ordered me to give him the glasses. Dream on. I barely had time to take out Mrs. Who's glasses and switch them with my own. She flung herself against the transparent door. She went through it, and she was in the same cell where her father was imprisoned. Charles Wallace also entered the column. He again demanded for the glasses. I kicked at Charles Wallace and ran at the column, and she was through. This was the moment for which I had been waiting for. This was the moment that meant that now and forever everything would be all right. My voice broke into a happy sob. Father was very surprised. We quickly got out f the column, seeing a very grumpy Charles. But then I realized that Father could not see me and Calvin and Charles. I gave him my glasses and almost immediately he could see everything.
He got out first, then got me out.He started talking to Charles as though he was really Charles. I asked him to stop talking to him that way. In the end, we had no choice but to follow Charles to IT. Father had not done anything to save us. And for the first time in my life, I believed that Mrs. Whatsit & Co. had betrayed us and left us here, alone. Calvin was shocked when heard this. He thought that I had given up. With that, he caught up with Mr.Murry and Charles. I didn't mean it! Calvin actually thought I gave up. I, having nothing to say, went to catch up with Calvin and the rest. We followed Charles out of CENTRAL Central Intelligence, then we turned a corner, and at the end of the street, was a strange domelike building, where I was sure IT was waiting for them. At the building, a violet flickering sucked them in them into the building. Inside my body, I felt a rhythmical pulse, as though my heart and lungs had a same rhythm. It was terrible. As we continued to step slowly forward, I realized what IT was. IT was a brain, A disembodied brain. IT was the most horrible, the most repellent thing I had ever seen. I was now beyond fear, and at the same time I was beyond screaming. Mrs. Whatsit said she gave me my faults. Now I have to rely on my faults to save myself. I remembered how Calvin fought the man with red eyes by reciting the Gettysburg address, and how Charles fought the man by reciting nursery rhymes. So I started reciting addresses and nursery rhymes. "Georgie, porgie, pudding and pie, kissed the girls and made them cry'." "We hold the truths to be self-evident!, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." But IT was still too strong. Charles Wallace said something about like and equal. I screamed, 'Like and equal are not the same thing at all!' Then was a moment I had escaped from the power of IT. Then Father asked me to recite the periodic table. That was something. I started reciting the periodic table, 'Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Neon, Sodium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Silicon, Phosphorus." Then Father asked me Maths questions. I answered them confidently, but she couldn't concentrate on the second math problem. Then I heard Calvin shout 'Tesser, sir! Tesser!" I felt Father grabbing my wrist, then the nothing of tessering. The agony of pain finally dissolved into the darkness of complete unconsciousness.
Ch10 Dear Diary,
The first sign of returning consciousness was cold. Then sound. I was aware of voices that seemed to be traveling through her across an arctic waste. Slowly the icy sounds cleared and I realized the voices came from Father and Calvin, not Charles Wallace. I could feel my body, but could not move it. I heard Calvin having a long chat with Father, while I tried desperately to make a signal to them that I was conscious, just that I could not move any part of my body. I realized that I couldn't move my body as it was frozen. I was away from IT. That thought made me feel better. I realized that the Black Thing we passed through while tessering here had made my temper shorter than ever before. I was practically scolding Father, when I shouldn't be. Coming towards us, were three figures that did not look like any sensible creature. They had four arms, and more than five figures for each hand. They had a head but no eyes. They walked to us and looked down at us. A tentacle moved across me with the breeze and I felt a soft, tingling warmth go all all through her that momentarily assuaged her pain.I felt sleepy. The creature picked me up with two of its arms and carried me away, even at Father's refusal.
Ch11 Dear Diary
The tallest beast said 'We frighten you?' who seemed to be the only creature of the three who spoke. The beast said that it spoke better with Calvin. Calvin spoke with the beast for a while, and the beasts ask them about where they came from. The beast also claimed, that it could save me, I struggled in its grip at first, but then relented when it said it could save me. While in it's grip. I thought about what happened just now about IT. Father did do something. With his help, I resisted IT long enough to get away, but I could not hold out for much longer. I realized that the beasts were not smart, they could not understand basic words like 'boy' or 'girl' or 'dark'. When I woke up, all the pain had gone, I was warm and alive. I had been stripped of my clothes, and something warm and pungent was gently being rubbed on her body. I talked nicely to the beast, and it got to know more things about me, and so did I about her. The beast was very gentle in her words. A tentacle touched her delicately, as tender as her mother's kiss. I realized I hadn't ate since the horribly fake turkey dinner given by the man with red eyes. I was so terribly hungry. Then she gave me a filling dinner. In the end, me and the beast decided to call it Aunt Beast. I felt that Aunt Beast had a lot of love for me, like Mrs Whatsit and Charles Wallace. After dinner, I dozed off immediately. I woke up in the morning and felt wonderful. Aunt Beast told me that the place we were on was called Ixchel. She said that her planet was also fighting the Black Thing. Aunt Beast bathed and dressed her in a new garment, which was very light. After that, we went to have breakfast with Calvin and Father. Breakfast was heavenly. After breakfast we tried to call Mrs. Whatsit to Ixchel. After many ways of trying. We finally succeeded. A familiar shout came 'WWEEE ARRE HHERRE!' That was one of the happiest moment of my life.
Ch12 (The final Chapter) Dear diary,
I couldn't see anything, but then the beasts got to their feet, turned toward an arched opening, and greeted Mrs. Whatsit & Co. I told Mrs. Whatsit what happened, and asked her to help. She said she couldn't do anything about Charles as he was on the dark planet, Camazotz. When I heard this, I thought that all was lost and we were all doomed. Father greeted the three witches, and requested them to teach him how to tesser, so that he could get Charles back from IT. But his request was rejected as he knows that he will not succeed. Calvin couldn't go as Charles gone deeper into IT. I understood, the person to save Charles would have to be me. I have to be brave and face IT. Mrs.Which asked me what did I understand, I told her that is has to be me. It can't be anyone else. Even though I don't understand Charles, he understands me. I there was anyone who knew him longer than me, there was only Mother, but she wasn't here, so it had to be me. But Father defiantly disagreed, he won't allow me to go alone into the danger. Then Calvin started being angry. He said IT was right about Mrs.Which,Who and Whatsit being our enemies. Aunt Beast was worried that I wouldn't be able to take the shock of tessering again. Mrs. Whatsit said that if Mrs.Which took me I would be okay. Calvin and Father still thought that Mrs.Whatsit and Co. were on IT's side. Meg became angry at them for saying that when the three Mrs. Ws were evil, but Mrs.Whatsit didn't blame them. What they were doing now was extremely dangerous and risky. But of course Calvin and Father would be worried. Soon we were saying goodbye to each other. I put my arms around Aunt Beast and said 'I love u' Aunt beast also said the same thing back. Calvin came to me and kissed me. I was so surprised and happy at the same time. I liked him from the start. Lastly, I apologized to Father for wanting him to do it all for me. Through this whole journey, I learnt to be brave and independent. I learnt many other things, but I forgot what. Mrs. Whatsit gave me her love, Mrs Who a saying: The foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called, but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not , to bring to naught things that are. I was very confused after hearing out Mrs. Who. Suddenly, Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who were gone. Mrs.Which had tessered me to Camazotz, before she left me alone, she gave me the most important gift, a hint: I have something that IT has not. This something is my only weapon, but only I myself can find it. Then she left. I felt afraid. I started heading towards the dome that held IT. I got there, and the violet flickering again sucked her in the dome. This time was different, there was no rhythm with my heart and my lungs. IT didn't quite get me. I cleared my eyes of some red liquid and I saw the same brain I saw yesterday. Hideous. IT was IT. I thought to myself: What has IT got that I didn't? I then heard Charles' voice: 'You have got nothing that IT does not have. We knew Mrs. Whatsit would send you. She is our friend, really.' He said it rather coldly. I knew he was lying. I screamed that Charles wrong about Mrs Whatsit.' Charles then said Mrs. Whatsit hates me. That was when IT made ITs fatal mistake. I retorted,'Mrs.Whatsit does not hate me. She loves me!' I knew! Love. That was what IT didn't have that I had. I was sure IT could not withstand love. I cannot bring myself to love IT. But I could love Charles. I could stand there and love Charles Wallace. I thought to myself: Charles. Charles, I love you. My baby brother who always takes care of me. Come back to me, Charles Wallace,come away from IT, come back, come home. I love you Charles. Oh, Charles Wallace I love you. Tears were streaming down my cheeks. I love you . Charles Wallace, you are the darling and my dear and the light of my life and the treasure of my heart. I love you. I love you. I love you. I really wanted Charles back. Slowly his mouth closed. Slowly his eyes stopped their twirling. The tic in the forehead ceased its revolting twitch. Slowly he advanced towards me. I love you, Charles, I love you! I shouted. Soon Charles was running, pelting, he was in arms, he was shrieking in sobs."Meg! Meg! Meg!' Suddenly, a whirl of darkness, then an icy cold blast, and an angry, resentful howl that seemed to tear through me. Through the darkness to save her came a sense of Mrs.Whatsit's presence, so I knew it wasn't IT that had her in its clutches. Charles was shouting,'Meg! You saved me!' over and over again. 'Meg!' came a call, and there were my father and Calvin hurrying through the darkness towards us.Everybody was happy and proud of me. I was so ecstatic at that time. I learnt that people only treasure things when they are gone. And it was so true for my case. I love you Charles. I asked Father where were we, he looked and said that we landed in the twins' vegetable garden, on the broccoli. We four all laughed. Father was running across the lawn, and Mother was running toward him. And then there was a happy jumble of hands and legs and hugging. The old Murrys and Meg and Charles Wallace and the twins, and Calvin grinning by them until Meg pulled him in and Mother gave him a special hug all of his own. Fortinbras could not bear to be left out of the joy, so he launched his body across the lawn and almost knocked everybody over with the exuberance of his greeting. The three Mrs.W's was standing in front of them, and the joy and love were so tangible that I felt that if she only knew where to reach she could touch it with her bare hands. Then there was a gust of wind, and they were gone. I will always miss them, and they will always have a place in my heart. I love you all witches.
Monday, September 3, 2007
2nd entry (Meg Murry) Ch 5-6
I began to cry when I heard my father was behind the darkness, but could not get to him. Mrs. Which announced that we were going to have to tesser again(Which I still do not understand). I told Mrs.Who who explained what tessering meant. After she explained throughly, I still did not get it. It was only when Charles went through it with her she got a little of it.
Calvin got enough for him to understand the basic of tessering, but did not get enough to know it like Charles.
Then suddenly, without warning, coming as a complete and unexpected shock, I felt a pressure I never
imagined, as though I was being rolled over by a steam roller. There was no need to breathe, my lungs were
squeezed together so there was no way the lungs could expand or contract. This was completely different than my last time at tesseling. But then I heard a voice that said we couldn't stop here as this was a two-dimensional planet.I was whizzed into nothingness again, and nothingness was great. Mrs. Which then apologized
for almost killing them. Mrs. Which explained that we were in Orion's Belt, and that they had a friend they want us to meet with. We moved along to an entrance that led to a deep, dark cavern. Then Calvin asked Mrs. Whatsit how old she was. Mrs. Whatsit then murmured to herself, then nodded truimphantly and said 2379152497 years 8 months, and 3 days, in our calender, which was terribly unaccurate for them. Sonn they came to a bonfire, which Mrs. Whatsit asked 'her' (whom I don't know who is this yet). As we approached the fire, we could see a dark shadow, a shadow of a woman, the Happy Medium(what Mrs. Whatsit called her). She was told by Mrs. Whatsit to show us our homeplanet, Earth. It was covered by the black thing, the thing we saw at the summit of the mountain at Uriel. The 3 Mrs.w's explained everything clearly to us, and told us about Earth's past fighters. They elaborated on where our father was, which made me very excited. Again, the Happy Medium raised the crystal ball high in the air,and with a agonizing voice, told us to look into the crystal ball. I was very nervous at that time, worrying about what I was going to see.
Ch6 Dear Diary,
We focused our eyes on the crystal ball again, and seeing the Thing once again. But this time, the Thing seemed to seethe and writhe. But I don't understand. Was this supposed to comfort them? Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the darkness. It spread out until the darkness was gone,and there was only a gentle shining, and through the shining came the stars, clear and pure. No shadows, no fear, only stars and the clear darkness of space. very different from the darknesss of the thing. Mrs. Whatsit said that it was a star that gave out the light, when it was giving up its life to win the battle. Mrs Whick said softly that it wasn't so long after Mrs. Whatsit sacrificed her life. At first I did not know what she meant, but then a second later,
I realised that Mrs. Whatsit was once a star before, and she sacrificed her life to win the battle.
Charles understood a second before me. And he gave Mrs. Whatsit a kiss.
I asked Mrs. Whatsit what were we going to do next. As I asked too many questions at once, she just told me to ask one at a time, but did not reply me. I insisted that me and Calvin should see our mothers first before we leave. The Happy Medium gladly showed us with her crystal ball. After looking into the crystal ball, I decided to get a move on, me, Charles, and Calvin kissed the Happy Medium for good luck. Once again, they tessered to the planet that has given in(Or Camazotz, as Mrs. Whatsit calls it). Before for us three set off into the townof Camazotz, Mrs. Whatsit each gave us a hint, for me an extra gift. To me, my faults, which will come in handy in the journey. To Calvin a hint. She recited the Shakespeare's work:The tempest. Only charles and Calvin knew what she was talking about. And finally, to Charles, the resilience of his childhood, a reminder too, that he does not know every thing, but there is a great deal of things he knows. The gift for me was Mrs. Who's thick glasses, she says to use them as a last resort. With that, Mrs. Which commanded us to go into the town of Camazotz, and to go together, and not to let the people separate us. In town, in front of the houses all the children was playing. I noticed that they were all playig with the same rhythm. Children who bounced the ball all bounced the ball at the same speed and timing. The same goes for skipping rope. But there was one specific boy who was out of rhythm with the rest, his mother saw him, grabbed the little boy and rushed indoors with him. His ball dropped from
his finger and rolled out into the streets. Charles went after the ball and took it to their house. The door opened ad Charles had a talk with the mother, and with the ball in his hands, the little boy grabbed it back. The door slammed, and so did the rest of the houses. And so we went on deeper into town. We ran into a paper boy who threw the papers with amazing accuracy and consistency. Charles asked him a few questions, and the paper boy was getting suspicious, until he thought we were some kind of examiner to inspect the town. That and Charles brisk and stern voice scared him away. The boy had mentioned something called CENTRAL Intelligence, and Charles decided to head that way. They kept heading straight, and shortly ended up at what they thought must be CENTRAL Central Intelligence. We were about to go in when Calvin grabed Charles and my hand and told us to remember when we first me, he(Calvin) had a compulsion to go to Mrs.Whatsit's house, this time, he had another feeling that if we went in, we were headed to terrible danger. I shuddered when he said it. I was scared, no, petrified when I heard Calvin.
Calvin got enough for him to understand the basic of tessering, but did not get enough to know it like Charles.
Then suddenly, without warning, coming as a complete and unexpected shock, I felt a pressure I never
imagined, as though I was being rolled over by a steam roller. There was no need to breathe, my lungs were
squeezed together so there was no way the lungs could expand or contract. This was completely different than my last time at tesseling. But then I heard a voice that said we couldn't stop here as this was a two-dimensional planet.I was whizzed into nothingness again, and nothingness was great. Mrs. Which then apologized
for almost killing them. Mrs. Which explained that we were in Orion's Belt, and that they had a friend they want us to meet with. We moved along to an entrance that led to a deep, dark cavern. Then Calvin asked Mrs. Whatsit how old she was. Mrs. Whatsit then murmured to herself, then nodded truimphantly and said 2379152497 years 8 months, and 3 days, in our calender, which was terribly unaccurate for them. Sonn they came to a bonfire, which Mrs. Whatsit asked 'her' (whom I don't know who is this yet). As we approached the fire, we could see a dark shadow, a shadow of a woman, the Happy Medium(what Mrs. Whatsit called her). She was told by Mrs. Whatsit to show us our homeplanet, Earth. It was covered by the black thing, the thing we saw at the summit of the mountain at Uriel. The 3 Mrs.w's explained everything clearly to us, and told us about Earth's past fighters. They elaborated on where our father was, which made me very excited. Again, the Happy Medium raised the crystal ball high in the air,and with a agonizing voice, told us to look into the crystal ball. I was very nervous at that time, worrying about what I was going to see.
Ch6 Dear Diary,
We focused our eyes on the crystal ball again, and seeing the Thing once again. But this time, the Thing seemed to seethe and writhe. But I don't understand. Was this supposed to comfort them? Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the darkness. It spread out until the darkness was gone,and there was only a gentle shining, and through the shining came the stars, clear and pure. No shadows, no fear, only stars and the clear darkness of space. very different from the darknesss of the thing. Mrs. Whatsit said that it was a star that gave out the light, when it was giving up its life to win the battle. Mrs Whick said softly that it wasn't so long after Mrs. Whatsit sacrificed her life. At first I did not know what she meant, but then a second later,
I realised that Mrs. Whatsit was once a star before, and she sacrificed her life to win the battle.
Charles understood a second before me. And he gave Mrs. Whatsit a kiss.
I asked Mrs. Whatsit what were we going to do next. As I asked too many questions at once, she just told me to ask one at a time, but did not reply me. I insisted that me and Calvin should see our mothers first before we leave. The Happy Medium gladly showed us with her crystal ball. After looking into the crystal ball, I decided to get a move on, me, Charles, and Calvin kissed the Happy Medium for good luck. Once again, they tessered to the planet that has given in(Or Camazotz, as Mrs. Whatsit calls it). Before for us three set off into the townof Camazotz, Mrs. Whatsit each gave us a hint, for me an extra gift. To me, my faults, which will come in handy in the journey. To Calvin a hint. She recited the Shakespeare's work:The tempest. Only charles and Calvin knew what she was talking about. And finally, to Charles, the resilience of his childhood, a reminder too, that he does not know every thing, but there is a great deal of things he knows. The gift for me was Mrs. Who's thick glasses, she says to use them as a last resort. With that, Mrs. Which commanded us to go into the town of Camazotz, and to go together, and not to let the people separate us. In town, in front of the houses all the children was playing. I noticed that they were all playig with the same rhythm. Children who bounced the ball all bounced the ball at the same speed and timing. The same goes for skipping rope. But there was one specific boy who was out of rhythm with the rest, his mother saw him, grabbed the little boy and rushed indoors with him. His ball dropped from
his finger and rolled out into the streets. Charles went after the ball and took it to their house. The door opened ad Charles had a talk with the mother, and with the ball in his hands, the little boy grabbed it back. The door slammed, and so did the rest of the houses. And so we went on deeper into town. We ran into a paper boy who threw the papers with amazing accuracy and consistency. Charles asked him a few questions, and the paper boy was getting suspicious, until he thought we were some kind of examiner to inspect the town. That and Charles brisk and stern voice scared him away. The boy had mentioned something called CENTRAL Intelligence, and Charles decided to head that way. They kept heading straight, and shortly ended up at what they thought must be CENTRAL Central Intelligence. We were about to go in when Calvin grabed Charles and my hand and told us to remember when we first me, he(Calvin) had a compulsion to go to Mrs.Whatsit's house, this time, he had another feeling that if we went in, we were headed to terrible danger. I shuddered when he said it. I was scared, no, petrified when I heard Calvin.
1st entry (Meg Murry)CH 1-4
Ch 1 Dear diary,
It was so dark and scary in the attic, where I slept, and the conditions were bad. As the saying goes: It doesn't rain, it pours. Everything
must come down on me, Meg Murry. Why must everything go wrong for me? Most things I did was all wrong! Take school for an example. Just today my teachers had insulted me being stupid, and during lunch, one of the girls said I still act like a baby. I just can't get things right! My anger always gets the best of me! I wish there was someway to curb my anger. Coming back from school I fought with a boy for saying Charles, my dear Charles, was dumb. Mother and Father were the only ones who believed Charles and I weren't stupid, it was just that our minds were slow in developing, and they proved it with a couple of IQ tests. That made me feel slightly better. But the only ting was Father had not come back since the last time he left us. I remebered something when I heard Fortinbras bark. He wouldn't bark for no reason. I remembered that a tramp had stolen Mrs. Buncombe's sheets and I thought that the tramp was heading towards our house. At that time I already left my little room, and headed for the shadows of the main attic. After going through her siblings' rooms, I headed to the kitchen to make myself some cocoa.When I got there, Charles Wallace was there first. He told me that he knew I'd be down. But how did he know? He already heated the milk up for me. Charles always could tell what me and Mother's thoughts were, but he doesn't seem to care what the twins were thinking.
Charles then made a lettuce-tomato sandwich for me. I noticed that there was twice than enough milk. He told me that Mother would like some. A second later, Mother was down. How did he do it? It was amazing how he probed me and Mother's mind with amazing accuracy. After a talk with Mother and Charles, Fortinbras was still barking. And Mother went to have a look.
she saw a person bundled in clothes, impossible to tell whether he/she is a woman or a man. Again, Charles knew who she was. He called her Mrs. Whatsit. Somehow, he knew Mrs. Buncombe sheets were stolen by she and her two friends. Ms Whatsit comes sitting in the kitchen and keeps talking. The only signficant part is when she mentions the word 'tesseract' What was a tesseract? Whatever it was, Mother took great interest in it.
Ch 2 Dear diary,
I woke up wen my alarm clock went off. I kept thinking what happened last nght was a dream. I pondered what Mrs.Whatsit said that made Mother frightened and upset. I got up and made my bed. I met my mother downstairs, and she said sorry for showing she was upset.But still, what ws a tesseract?
School today was harsh for me, my teacher asked me questions and I failed to answer them. Angry for being laughed at, I said rude things, and it was off to the principal for me. The principal talked about my father and made snide remarks about him. When I got home, Charles wanted me to go with him to see Mrs. Whatsit. Along the way Charles has a chat with me, and I ask him about him being able to read me and Mother's minds. Charles says he understands a sort of language, like if he concentrates, he is able to understand the wind talking to the trees.
Then ahead of us, Fortinbras barked loudly to signify that someone was in front. At the edge of the woods was a boy. I recognised him as Calvin O'Keefe, a grade eleventh junior in Regional. . Charles and Calvin had a small dispute over why ,who was supposed to be a moron, became so smart in talking. After the dispute, we three went on to look up Mrs. Whatsit.
At her house door, seated on a Boston rocker, was another old woman who was not Mrs. Whatsit. NOw, nsuprisingly, Charles Wallace again knew her name: Mrs.Who. Mrs. Who was a woman who spoke fluently in many languages, and loved to translate.
Charles also knew it was her who truly stole Mrs.Buncombe's sheets, but he wasn't sure why she stole them.
Mrs. Who also said something about Father needing help. fter the talk with Mrs. Who, Calvin went with me and Charles back home.
Ch3 Dear Diary:
In the forest evening was going to fall, and we walked in silence. What happened this afternoon was the most impossible and confusing afternoon of my life. But amazingly I don't feel upset anymore, I only feel happy. When we got back to the house, Mother was doing an experiment with a weird blue fluid, while cooking stew over a bunsen burner. Calvin gladly stayed for dinnerand told me how lucky I was to have such a great mother like mine. Before dinner, Mother sked me to do my homework, and coincidentally, Calvin needed to do his too, so Mother asked me to help him with the tough questions. Calvin was surprised as he was a few grades above me, and he thought I wouldn't understand the problems, but I proved him wrongby showing him how to do his Math problems. Calvin found out that the problem with me and Maths is that, when Father and me played with numbers, I learnt far too many shortcuts, so when the school wants us to do the long way around, I get sullen and stubborn and won't listen. Later on, Charles insisted that Calvin carry him to bed and read to him. While doing my homework, I noticed that Mother was troubled, and she told me that she missed Father, and thinks that all that recently happened is related to him. After a long talk with Mother, Calvin came down from upstairs, and asked Meg to take a walk with him. Mother then used this excuse to delay talking to me about what a tesseract was. During the walk with Calvin, he wanted to clarify things about Mother and Father, and so I told him. Then while they were talking halfway, Charles popped out of the house and wanted go somewhere, not specified, but he thinks it's to find Father. Then out of nowhere came Mrs. Who and Mrs. Whatsit. Soon, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Whatsit started to bicker, and then came a voice, whom Charles recognised as Mrs. Which.
Ch4 Dear Diary,
WHile we were on the move, the trees lashed into a violent frenzy. I screamed loudly and clutched at Calvin, but Mrs. Which's authorative voice called for me to stop screaming. Did the moon simply go out, extinguished as abruptly and completely as a candle? The sound of rustling leaves was still there, but all light had gone. Darkness was complete. Suddenly the world was sound. I felt Calvin being torn away from her, I tried reaching for him, but my fingers touched nothing.I felt lonely, helpless and weak. i screamed for Charles but there was no response. I was completely alone, I had lost the protection of Calvin's hand and Charles was nowhere.Then all of a sudden I felt my limbs again, they were tingling faintly, but I was still lost in a horrifiying void. I kept thinking that I was asleep. I told myself to wake up. It was then I heard CHarles Wallace speak. I was so grateful to hear his voice. Me, Charles and Calvin found each other and asked Mrs. Which where were we. She said we were in Uriel, the third planet of the star, Malak in the spiral nebula Messier 101. What kind of name for a place was that? Mrs. Whatsit explained to us that from Earth, we tessered to Uriel, or in other words, we wrinkled to Uriel.Only Charles seemed to understand, not me and Calvin. Nevertheless, we continued with our journey. Mrs.Whatsit changed or metaph-something. Yes, she metamorphosed into a creature that looked like a horse, but was not a horse at the same time. It, no she looked like one of those Greek centaurs in mytyhlogy. We all rode on her back and heard creatures that looked like Mrs. Whatsit transformed. They were singing a in a language only Charles could comprehend. Then we came to a point where Mrs. Whatsit made a full stop, and let out a call, in which one of the creatures near them fetched three flowers from a tree growing at the river. Mrs. Whatsit then received the flowers and gave one each to Charles, me and Calvin. We started going up a mountain, in which the air got thinner for every 100 meters we go up. I felt very scared that I would dorp the flowers, which I knew would help later on. When we reached a certain point, Mrs. Whatsit, told us to breathe through the flowers. At that point I was glad that I didn't drop the flower. The flower did not give us a lot of air, but it was enough to survive on. We reached the summit sooner than I thought. Beyond the summit Isaw the most amzing thing I have seen in my life. It was a great white disc, one of Uriel's moons, said Mrs. Whatsit. Then we turned behind and saw the black thing, what my father was fighting. I felt so afraid at that time.
It was so dark and scary in the attic, where I slept, and the conditions were bad. As the saying goes: It doesn't rain, it pours. Everything
must come down on me, Meg Murry. Why must everything go wrong for me? Most things I did was all wrong! Take school for an example. Just today my teachers had insulted me being stupid, and during lunch, one of the girls said I still act like a baby. I just can't get things right! My anger always gets the best of me! I wish there was someway to curb my anger. Coming back from school I fought with a boy for saying Charles, my dear Charles, was dumb. Mother and Father were the only ones who believed Charles and I weren't stupid, it was just that our minds were slow in developing, and they proved it with a couple of IQ tests. That made me feel slightly better. But the only ting was Father had not come back since the last time he left us. I remebered something when I heard Fortinbras bark. He wouldn't bark for no reason. I remembered that a tramp had stolen Mrs. Buncombe's sheets and I thought that the tramp was heading towards our house. At that time I already left my little room, and headed for the shadows of the main attic. After going through her siblings' rooms, I headed to the kitchen to make myself some cocoa.When I got there, Charles Wallace was there first. He told me that he knew I'd be down. But how did he know? He already heated the milk up for me. Charles always could tell what me and Mother's thoughts were, but he doesn't seem to care what the twins were thinking.
Charles then made a lettuce-tomato sandwich for me. I noticed that there was twice than enough milk. He told me that Mother would like some. A second later, Mother was down. How did he do it? It was amazing how he probed me and Mother's mind with amazing accuracy. After a talk with Mother and Charles, Fortinbras was still barking. And Mother went to have a look.
she saw a person bundled in clothes, impossible to tell whether he/she is a woman or a man. Again, Charles knew who she was. He called her Mrs. Whatsit. Somehow, he knew Mrs. Buncombe sheets were stolen by she and her two friends. Ms Whatsit comes sitting in the kitchen and keeps talking. The only signficant part is when she mentions the word 'tesseract' What was a tesseract? Whatever it was, Mother took great interest in it.
Ch 2 Dear diary,
I woke up wen my alarm clock went off. I kept thinking what happened last nght was a dream. I pondered what Mrs.Whatsit said that made Mother frightened and upset. I got up and made my bed. I met my mother downstairs, and she said sorry for showing she was upset.But still, what ws a tesseract?
School today was harsh for me, my teacher asked me questions and I failed to answer them. Angry for being laughed at, I said rude things, and it was off to the principal for me. The principal talked about my father and made snide remarks about him. When I got home, Charles wanted me to go with him to see Mrs. Whatsit. Along the way Charles has a chat with me, and I ask him about him being able to read me and Mother's minds. Charles says he understands a sort of language, like if he concentrates, he is able to understand the wind talking to the trees.
Then ahead of us, Fortinbras barked loudly to signify that someone was in front. At the edge of the woods was a boy. I recognised him as Calvin O'Keefe, a grade eleventh junior in Regional. . Charles and Calvin had a small dispute over why ,who was supposed to be a moron, became so smart in talking. After the dispute, we three went on to look up Mrs. Whatsit.
At her house door, seated on a Boston rocker, was another old woman who was not Mrs. Whatsit. NOw, nsuprisingly, Charles Wallace again knew her name: Mrs.Who. Mrs. Who was a woman who spoke fluently in many languages, and loved to translate.
Charles also knew it was her who truly stole Mrs.Buncombe's sheets, but he wasn't sure why she stole them.
Mrs. Who also said something about Father needing help. fter the talk with Mrs. Who, Calvin went with me and Charles back home.
Ch3 Dear Diary:
In the forest evening was going to fall, and we walked in silence. What happened this afternoon was the most impossible and confusing afternoon of my life. But amazingly I don't feel upset anymore, I only feel happy. When we got back to the house, Mother was doing an experiment with a weird blue fluid, while cooking stew over a bunsen burner. Calvin gladly stayed for dinnerand told me how lucky I was to have such a great mother like mine. Before dinner, Mother sked me to do my homework, and coincidentally, Calvin needed to do his too, so Mother asked me to help him with the tough questions. Calvin was surprised as he was a few grades above me, and he thought I wouldn't understand the problems, but I proved him wrongby showing him how to do his Math problems. Calvin found out that the problem with me and Maths is that, when Father and me played with numbers, I learnt far too many shortcuts, so when the school wants us to do the long way around, I get sullen and stubborn and won't listen. Later on, Charles insisted that Calvin carry him to bed and read to him. While doing my homework, I noticed that Mother was troubled, and she told me that she missed Father, and thinks that all that recently happened is related to him. After a long talk with Mother, Calvin came down from upstairs, and asked Meg to take a walk with him. Mother then used this excuse to delay talking to me about what a tesseract was. During the walk with Calvin, he wanted to clarify things about Mother and Father, and so I told him. Then while they were talking halfway, Charles popped out of the house and wanted go somewhere, not specified, but he thinks it's to find Father. Then out of nowhere came Mrs. Who and Mrs. Whatsit. Soon, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Whatsit started to bicker, and then came a voice, whom Charles recognised as Mrs. Which.
Ch4 Dear Diary,
WHile we were on the move, the trees lashed into a violent frenzy. I screamed loudly and clutched at Calvin, but Mrs. Which's authorative voice called for me to stop screaming. Did the moon simply go out, extinguished as abruptly and completely as a candle? The sound of rustling leaves was still there, but all light had gone. Darkness was complete. Suddenly the world was sound. I felt Calvin being torn away from her, I tried reaching for him, but my fingers touched nothing.I felt lonely, helpless and weak. i screamed for Charles but there was no response. I was completely alone, I had lost the protection of Calvin's hand and Charles was nowhere.Then all of a sudden I felt my limbs again, they were tingling faintly, but I was still lost in a horrifiying void. I kept thinking that I was asleep. I told myself to wake up. It was then I heard CHarles Wallace speak. I was so grateful to hear his voice. Me, Charles and Calvin found each other and asked Mrs. Which where were we. She said we were in Uriel, the third planet of the star, Malak in the spiral nebula Messier 101. What kind of name for a place was that? Mrs. Whatsit explained to us that from Earth, we tessered to Uriel, or in other words, we wrinkled to Uriel.Only Charles seemed to understand, not me and Calvin. Nevertheless, we continued with our journey. Mrs.Whatsit changed or metaph-something. Yes, she metamorphosed into a creature that looked like a horse, but was not a horse at the same time. It, no she looked like one of those Greek centaurs in mytyhlogy. We all rode on her back and heard creatures that looked like Mrs. Whatsit transformed. They were singing a in a language only Charles could comprehend. Then we came to a point where Mrs. Whatsit made a full stop, and let out a call, in which one of the creatures near them fetched three flowers from a tree growing at the river. Mrs. Whatsit then received the flowers and gave one each to Charles, me and Calvin. We started going up a mountain, in which the air got thinner for every 100 meters we go up. I felt very scared that I would dorp the flowers, which I knew would help later on. When we reached a certain point, Mrs. Whatsit, told us to breathe through the flowers. At that point I was glad that I didn't drop the flower. The flower did not give us a lot of air, but it was enough to survive on. We reached the summit sooner than I thought. Beyond the summit Isaw the most amzing thing I have seen in my life. It was a great white disc, one of Uriel's moons, said Mrs. Whatsit. Then we turned behind and saw the black thing, what my father was fighting. I felt so afraid at that time.
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