We have been looking at Autobiographies, biographies and diaries. We particularly liked Roy Hattersley's "Buster's Diaries." So in Literacy, our teacher told us to do a diary as if written by one of our class pets. Most of us decided to do Jin.
Jin's Diaries. (Eat your heart out Buster!)
September 2nd 99
It was very busy today and lots of people or should I say "things" looked through the freedom glass (the walls of my cage) to observe me and that other gerbil next-door. I like attention at times but there were no voices I knew.
September 4th 99
Today Tonik and I were left in the classroom all on our own. I was quite glad that I could now have some peace and quiet, because most of the strangers are loud!
September 5th 99
Not much to write about, except that I hope I will get more tubes tomorrow.
September 6th 99
I had quite a terrifing experience today when one of the things grabbed me from my cage. I was very tence on the first few minutes of the experience, but after a while it became fun. I really hope it wll happen again tomorrow.
September 7th 99
Nothing new to say.
September 8th 99
I t was great today when I got a brand new tube!!! I loved playing in it during Maths, but when it was time for English I consentrated (because English is my favourite subject). I invented a new technique of washing today and I personally think it is better than Tonik next door.
October 1st 99
I was just waking up when suddenly the lady walked in,followed by a boy. Then they went out and another boy came and there was a masive hand suddenly scooped me up, pulled me out of my cage and played with me. Two girls played with me as well. After a horible squil went they put me back and galavanted off out of the door. Not much happened after that.
October 2nd 99.
I got left for 2 days by myself with the dinky little thing, Tonik next to me.
October 4th 99
Nothing happened today. I got held five times, five times too many for me!
October 5th 99
Today was the worst day of all of my two years of life. Guess what they did, they CLEANED ME OUT! They rummaged their big hands in my cage trying to catch me - I was peacefully sitting on someones hands when suddenly disaster struck! They dug their hands in my cage and wrecked it. I could not belive it - I had just re-decorated that cage! Tonik's cage is a pig-sty, or really I should say Gerbil sty.
October 6th 99
Today was boring, nothing really happened, just getting used to my HORRIBLE new house!
1st November 1999
I was quite surprised to see a million more things looking at me again, since I had only seen about four the other day. My house seems normal apart from the fact I had chewed up all my tubes, the only piece of furniture I have left is my big round-about. I'm sure I will get a few more tubes soon though.
In the morning hardly any of the 'things' looked at me, but after my lunch (which was very peaceful because the things had ran out of the door and dissapeared.) they all started looking at me because I had started tapping on the glass which made a loud noise that I liked, so I carried on making this music. After a while all the things were staring at me but it didn't stop the lovely sound I was making. After about half an hour of me making music I got bored and very thristy, so I started drinking out of the large bottle full of water which hangs from my roof. It was quite low so it was harder than usual. One of the things noticed this and came towards me and my next door nieghbour Tonik's house to adjust the bottle. The thing managed to do so on little brat Tonik's but not on mine or I felt if I stopped drinking I would die. I noticed the thing move it's hole, which was on a round thing attached to a thick tuby type thing, which was then fitted on a thing that had two lines coming out of the side of it and two other lines that went down. The ones that go down the things seem to stand on.
I thought maybe the things might at least wash themselves once in a while they are very un-hygenic. (even Tonik washes himself.)