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Community News
Daughters drive paralytic mother away from home
The Milli Gazette
Published Online: Dec 30, 2010
Print Issue: 16-31 December 2010
Ahmedabad: 55-year-old paralytic Noorbano Pathan, deserted by her daughters, is living under a tent and is being looked after, nursed and fed by philanthropists – Muslims, Hindus and Christians. They are trying to find a shelter, an old age home, where she can spend her last days in peace. Resident of Ujjain, Noorbano lost her husband Muhammad Siddique twenty five years ago. She brought up her two daughters – Shabana and Farzana with great difficulties. After getting them married she began living in her Bapunagar home. When her sons-in-law harassed her for dowry she was compelled to sell her home and pay them. Whatever cash and jewellery she had was also siphoned away by the two daughters. When she became penniless they began distancing from their mother. Neither of the two agreed to shelter her. One unfortunate day, one of them brought her in a rickshaw and dumped her on the road crying and wailing for help. The recent rains during Diwali made her paralytic. Prabhubhai Solanki moved by her sordid tale contacted local corporator Kalpesh Bhai Chawda, Waseembhai Ansari and Ahsanbhai Sheikh. Close to the Malek Saban Stadium they erected a tent, arranged a cot, beddings and other necessary articles. A Christian lady Sheetal Ben provided her with clothes to wear. All these look after her as one of their own and take care of her meals, breakfast. This does not make the daughters to feel ashamed for themselves. One of them says why should she bother about her when she has brothers to look after. The elder wants the younger to shoulder her responsibility as she was the bigger beneficiay of her mother's money. Her other house, which she had bought by her own earning by teaching the Qur'an, has been tactfully claimed by Muhammad Arif and Muzafar Alam. She has no documents in her possession. Hope Muslim charity will rise to the occasion and extend her a helping hand!
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Serie A. Inter, Milan, Juventus, Napoli… and Feralpi Salò. Until two years ago we were playing in a stadium that had a lower capacity than one stand from any of those four clubs. Many of our players are still Serie C quality. I got promoted with a £20k per week wage budget… for my entire squad. And now we have to survive in a league where the mid-table teams spend £16m a year on wages alone.
Yet there is some hope that we might be able to cut it in the big leagues. For a start, there was a very timely board takeover at the end of last season where a consortium bought the old chairman out and started investing in the club – improving the training facilities and giving me a massively unexpected transfer fund that wouldn't have the other manager's laughing at me during Walter Mazzarri's pre-season slumber party.
With all that money burning an £11m shaped hole in my pocket, we embarked on a massive scouting mission, armed with the priorities that I'd specified in my last update. There has been so much transfer activity over the summer, as you'd expect, that I felt I should write an update purely covering the signings… there's been a lot of them!
To go with that £11m transfer budget, the board were good enough to increase my wage allowance from £20k to £100k a week. Whilst this represented a 5-fold increase on what I was used to, I still didn't think that it would be good enough for Serie A, nor did I feel that the maximum individual wages, etc that it enforced were good enough. Therefore, one of the first things I did was to transfer £6m of the wage budget into the wages – doubling my salary limitations.
The board also saw fit to extend my scouting capacity – both in terms of numbers of scouts allowed and how far I could send them on assignments. For the first time we could scout outside Europe which makes sense as clubs in Italy are not allowed to buy non-EU players from outside Italy until they reach Serie A; and even then are limited to 2 a year… unless they mysteriously discover an Italian or Spanish grandmother of course…
No such nefarious opportunities are available in FM, though, so I had to knuckle down and scour the globe, making sure that my money was spent wisely. I think I've done rather well… it certainly took long enough.
£3.1m!! A quite ludicrous sum of money which is 47 times my previous record signing!
I managed to find my priority targets for cheaper than I had anticipated and it left a lot of room for bringing in players that I hadn't originally identified as crucial to staying up but rather "nice to haves". I faced a few dilemmas over whether to stay loyal to the players who got us here but, on nearly every occasion, the more talented signing won out. Starting with the priorities as identified in the last update, here are the new arrivals in Salò:
Cosmin Codreanu – £1.2m from Ceahlãul – Right wingback
Having let Bandini's contract expire, we had no right-back to speak of and so it was an absolute priority to bring in the right candidate. Whilst I managed to bring in Vivaldy Mbala on loan from Lyon as cover, Codreanu will be my first choice.
At 22, he's still got plenty of room to progress but his current attributes were more or less exactly what I was looking for. Solid in defence, he'd make a decent defensive fullback with relatively high values in positioning, strength, anticipation and marking whilst he has good decision making, page, stamina and crossing for providing the attacking threat. What set him apart from the other options I had was his aerial ability – 6 foot with 14 for jumping and 12 for heading, he should be more than adept at defending the back post against incoming wingers – something which his predecessor was painfully incapable of doing.
Kevin Faillá – on loan from Juventus – Right inside forward
I'd initially lined up an incredibly expensive deal for a winger released by Juventus, some of you may have seen a picture of him on my Twitter feed. He would have been on about £18k per week plus bonuses and was worth it, to be fair. Unfortunately, I ended up missing out on him as he went to Benfica for £3k more per week and so I had to fall back on my second choice.
Faillá was always my second choice and I actually arranged a permanent transfer at first. However, I eventually talked myself out of the £3,2m transfer fee and £14k per week wages that we'd agreed; instead taking a chance on cancelling the deal and seeking a loan move instead. Why? I'm not convinced he's the real deal and that's too much money for us to potentially throw away. Besides, I think I can find better if given long enough to scout.
Having said that, I do like Faillá. He's got great pace and crossing ability whilst his finishing, first touch and movement are decent for his age. He's touted as the "next Angel di Maria" but I can't see him reaching that level with relatively low anticipation, composure, creativity, decisions and teamwork – there's just too many attributes for him to catch up.
Having said that, a loan move should be a good deal for us just now as I may already have the long term option coming through…
Vladimir Dyusekeev – Free transfer (released by Bayern) – Right inside forward
He's purely based on pace just now with a few handy natural attributes such as flair and off the ball but my scouts think he'll become a "leading Serie A" winger and he's impressed in his few games thus far, including this rather lovely hat-trick:
He needs training and game time but movement and pace go a long way in FM so he's got a solid start.
Daniel Okoye – £1.2m from Rosenborg – Centre back
Narrowly defeating Codreanu to become our record signing, I was initially on the lookout for a 3rd centre half to provide back up to Kaba and Omic. Instead, our former centre back partnership will be battling it out to play alongside the giant Nigerian newcomer.
With the deep defensive line that we employ in our counter attacking system, I was quite happy to sacrifice pace for the excellent attributes that Daniel has in heading, jumping, marking, tackling and positioning plus solid anticipation, concentration and teamwork. At 20, he's still got plenty of scope for improvement too and I see him as a future Feralpi captain.
And on to the rest…
With the crucial pieces of business done, it was now down to a detailed analysis of the literally hundreds of players that I had scouted and how much they could conceivably improve the squad I already had at my disposal. I had a fair idea that the starting box-to-box roles and left inside-forward were settled but that left a lot of scope for strengthening other areas and adding depth to the squad. Starting with…
Erick Chavarria – Free transfer (released from R Madrid) – Goalkeeper
I feel a little sorry for Felice Bonetti as he has done well up to this point and certainly had the potential to be a good Serie A 'keeper. Despite plenty of game time, I feel that our poor training facilities have stunted his growth and there really is no comparing him with Chavarria, labelled the next Pepe Reina.
Not as tall as the 6'8" Italian, he does, however, have fantastic physical attributes in balance and jumping which, combined with his 14 for aerial ability, should mean that he does just fine under any aerial bombardment. Meanwhile his regular 'keeper attributes are very good with positioning, an absolute must for me, is excellent for a 21 year-old.
With another full star of development to come, I had no qualms in making him our biggest earner – a 'keeper is vital for a team fighting relegation.
Luís Martins – £150k from Benfica – Left back
Mattia Desole has been our starting left back since Serie C and the Venezuelan international has developed into a decent player but I'm not quite convinced that he's Serie A quality. He should do a decent job, though, and I couldn't find a suitable replacement that didn't want potentially bankruptcy-inducing wages.
Martins was something of a compromise. An experienced player who is okay at just about everything without really being very good at anything. Relatively pacey and with a decent cross on him, he lends himself well to our offensive wingback roles. A solid back-up but little more.
Petr Kopecky – £100k from Viktoria Plzen – Centre back
With a full 3 stars potential yet to fulfil, according to my coaches, Kopecky is the first in what will hopefully be a number of long term signings. Capable of stepping up in an emergency, he's very much one for the future.
Tom Dolk – £500k from Djurgården – Deep-lying playmaker
Scandinavia is a fantastic source of relatively cheap, quality newgens and I would highly recommend any FM manager of a top tier team that is struggling in the bottom half to take a tour of clubs like AIK, Djurgården, Malmö, Brondby, Rosenborg, Molde, Brommapojkarna, Lillestrøm and Viking. You might just turn up a gem.
Dolk isn't a world-beater, indeed my coaches really don't think much of him but for the role I want him to fulfil I think he's just about the best player I could have got this summer.
He's got better defensive ability than Piacenza, my previous deep-lying playmaker, but isn't as creative as the Italian; meaning that I can be comfortable playing him in the more difficult games and allowing Piacenza to move into the box-to-box role where his creativity is likely to be of more use.
Dolk's pace is also very handy in covering the wide areas that can be vacated by my marauding wingbacks whilst his "dictates tempo" PPM is well suited a counter-attacking style – allowing him to get it forward quickly when the moment dictates and keeping it simple when required.
He's also versatile enough, with his excellent passing and off the ball, to play a more advanced role whilst his set piece ability was the clincher. An extra 5 goals could be crucial to a club in our position and corners could be particularly fruitful for us with giants like Okoye lumbering up from the back to meet corners from Dolk or, similarly…
Domenico Cosentino – Bosman from Lecce – Versatile midfielder
I'm really happy with picking up Cosentino from the lower leagues although he was originally part of my grand scheme to get promoted from Serie B this season! I still think he's got potential to be Serie A quality and is another who will provide great versatility and depth.
My only other signing was the free transfer of former-Lazio midfielder Hernanes who joined as a player/coach, although primarily for the latter position.
And that is the squad which will see me take on the might of Serie A.
Despite strengthening the squad significantly, and increasing the squad to a burgeoning 30!, I'm actually well under the original wage budget that the board gave me – spending just £84k per week, coincidentally exactly the sum that Juventus are paying Claudio Marchisio… less than half what they're paying Kwadwo Asamoah…
To go with the £114k leeway in wage bill, I've also still got over £2m left in the transfer budget but, most pleasingly given our previous struggles, a bank balance that is £5.3m in the black and making profit every month.
Our gate receipts have rocketed from around £100k a month to almost half a million. With a proportionate increase in match day income and merchandising, we'd be in a solid financial position even were it not for the fantastic sponsorship deals that the new chairman negotiated and the TV money. With that TV money paid in instalments rather than a pre-season lump sum, we're making circa £500k per month.
So you could argue that I should have simply splashed my entire budget on whatever I could get this summer to keep us up, safe in the knowledge that the bank balance will keep ticking up… well my failure to do so isn't simply based on Scottish tight-fistedness.
Firstly, I want to keep a lump of money available for the January transfer window. It may become apparent in the intervening months that a player I thought was good enough really isn't going to cut it at this level. We may get an injury to a key player. Either way, I want to have a little put aside in case I need to provide some winter impetus to an ailing squad.
Secondly, I want to have a nest egg put aside in case the worst should happen and we go down. At current projection, we'll have £14m in the bank by the end of the season, capable of losing over £1m a month in what I hope would be a single Serie B season before we come back up – and capable of coming back stronger.
Lastly, at some point in the latter stages of this season, we'll have a general idea of our fate and where we'll be playing next season. Leaving wiggle room in my wage budget will allow me to offer potential Bosman transfers an attractive deal. And by that time we'll hopefully be able to attract a higher quality of player. "Doing a Redknapp" and throwing cash at whatever player I can get just now will mean that I'm stuck with that standard of player until his contract expires and at an inflated wage… not something I want to do.
So how has my newly assembled squad done so far:
Not bad, not bad at all.
I was worried after the opening game when we lost out to Paganese, the Serie B playoff winners from last year. But since then we've really improved. Although we've struggled for goals, we've got the third best defence in the league (albeit from just 7 games). Getting our first win was going to be crucial to prevent an early irreversible slump in form and, fittingly, it was two players that have been with Feralpi Salò since the start of my reign who came off the bench to grab an 86th minute winner for our first Serie A victory:
We were desperately unlucky not to beat Torino at home and "only" lost 1-0 at Milan before thumping at Atalanta side who are predicted to grab a European spot this year.
Like I said, not bad at all.
But then I look at my fixture list and next up we have Roma, Fiorentina, Catania, Palermo, Chievo and Juventus… bloody hell.
Only one thing for it though… hit continue and hope for the best!
As always, thank you for reading, I hope you continue to enjoy these updates even if there isn't as much statistical or tactical analysis. If anyone has downloaded the save game to play as Lazio or tried my tactic from the last update, please let me know how you got on! As always I welcome any comments.
Forza Feralpi!!

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Beer-Battered Onion Rings
Up your snack and side dish game with a crowd-friendly recipe for hot, crispy Beer-Battered Onion Rings. Nothing beats the winter blues quite like a hot tub ... of bubbling…
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My family usually sticks to roasted turkey during the holidays, but this year we've decided to expand our menu to include roasted duck. Peking duck is a traditional Chinese dish that includes serving the crispy duck in a pancake that's loaded with thinly sliced scallions, julienned cucumbers and Hoisin sauce (a sweet and pungent sauce made from garlic, soybeans, red chili and vinegar).
Preparing the duck in and of itself can be a bit time consuming, so we use already prepared Hoisin sauce and very thin, partially cooked tortillas for the pancakes. Spice up your holiday menu by including this Peking duck dish along with all of your traditional favorites.
Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
Remove the duck from the packaging and rinse it thoroughly under water.
Pat the duck dry and place it in a foil-lined roasting pan.
Insert the sliced onion and garlic cloves into the duck.
Rub the exterior of the duck with the butter and salt it thoroughly. Fold the foil over the duck to cover it.
Place the roasting pan in the oven and cook the duck for 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Remove the pan from the oven and uncover the duck.
Increase the oven to 400ºF.
Return the duck, uncovered, to the oven and allow it to cook until golden brown and the skin is crispy to the touch (the cooking time will vary according to the type of oven & oven rack placement).
Remove the crispy duck from the oven and allow it to rest for 10 minutes before carving.
Heat a mu shu wrapper in a non-stick skillet over medium heat just until warm.
Spread a serving of Hoisin sauce on the warmed wrapper, then add the scallions, cucumber and duck. Fold like a burrito and serve.
Helpful Hint: The duck does not yield as much meat as you may anticipate, so I would suggest one duck per two or three people.


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Friend of the Museum award presented to Fond du Lac Area Foundation
FOND DU LAC - The Children's Museum of Fond du Lac presented the Friend of the Museum award to the Fond du Lac Area Foundation at the Museum's 14th annual Young at Heart fundraising gala on May 18.
The Fond du Lac Area Foundation was honored for the key role it continuously plays relative to the existence and advancement of the Museum and for the Foundation's ability to connect donors with causes for which they are passionate about.
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Saturday June 1st and what a stunning start to the month – perhaps it will turn out to be a proverbial 'flaming June?' During the morning we walked up over Seaford Head. The first image shows the difference where Sussex Wildlife Trust have winter-cut the invasive tor grass and where not; note the cut, flower-rich lower RH side of image against the rank LH side of the image.
On the bare chalk area on the Hawks Brow area, noticed at least 6 vertical seems of flint within the chalk, flint normally having been deposited horizontally within the bedding of the chalk. Note one of these peculiar features running from right of centre at bottom of image towards right of person, the adjacent chalk being more eroded towards the cliff edge and so highlighting it better.
Attended the Southease Open Gardens event. Some idyllic houses and beautiful gardens, all set-off in a quintessentially English fete-like atmosphere, accompanied by the brilliant The Maestro Big Band from Newhaven playing 40's swing music.


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And it just gets weirder from there. The celebrity cut-ins are done strangely, George Clooney barely resonating, Amy Poehler and Lena Dunham appearing solely towards the end of the film, giving way to the next generation, (although Dunham is quite a few generations after Lear). For a film about a showbiz career, it's concentrated very much on a specific point in a career, this being All in the Family and perhaps specifically, the parallels between Archie Bunker and Norman Lear (and how much Carroll O'Connor was unlike the outspoken Bunker and often hated the things he said). Rob Reiner appears, much more fleshed out than Meathead, and the effect of Lear and others watching clips, especially of their younger selves creates a sort of a time loop. The film seems to theorize that the end is the beginning is the end, the Lear's inner child become him and then proceeds to watch a scene in which Bunker, his television representation is watched by Lear, and he tears up and cries when Bunker describes his difficult father (natch, it's his daddy issues that bring together Lear's version).
Obviously the naming is coincidental, and this idea is in no way suggested by its co-directors, yet it is difficult not to think about King Lear. At the end of his life, he remarks to his children, (who in many cases are much younger) that the world continues on without him. The final version of Norman Lear, which he encounters through the filmic medium, is that his work will remain even when the man himself will not, a sad crescendo.
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"Yes," Jane said, "is Yes Boy Ice Cream still
"No," said the Kyrii, "as a matter of fact,
they're not. The said they couldn't play at midnight, so they departed Tyrannia.
Chomby and the Fungus Balls have taken over."
At that, a purple Fungus Ball with an afro hopped
down the hallway in which Jane, Cali, and the Kyrii stood in, heading for the
"They left Tyrannia?!" Jane shrieked.
"Yes," the Kyrii replied, "they are currently
boarding the ferry in the Tyrannian Jungle, heading for Mystery Island for a
"long awaited vacation", as they called it."
"Oh no!" Jane cried, turning to Cali.
She quickly spun to face the Kyrii again, "When
is the ferry leaving?!"
The Kyrii turned around to look at the clock
on Yes Boy Ice Cream's desk.
"Five minutes," he said.
"C'mon!" Jane exclaimed, grabbing Cali's arm
and flinging her out of the hallway.
The two bolted out of the Concert Hall and spotted
their bikes behind the stack of boxes. The two hopped onto their bicycles and
started pedaling rapidly. They zoomed out of the area and sped right past Andrew,
who was slowly pedaling his bike.
"Hey! Wait up!" he called, pedaling faster,
trying to catch up with the two.
Soon enough, Jane and Cali spotted the ferry.
It was very far away, and they would never reach it in time.
"No! The ferry is going to leave!" Jane cried.
And at that, Jane pedaled much faster than before.
She flapped her wings extremely hard, and while still sitting on the bicycle,
lifted herself off the ground and became airborne. Flying through the air while
pedaling a bicycle at the same time made Jane extremely fast. She zipped over
the tops of trees, leaving Cali behind.
"Go get 'em, Jane!" Cali called to her.
Andrew's bicycle came to a sudden halt when
he pulled the brakes on it. He stopped right before Cali, confused.
"Is Jane flying her bicycle?" Andrew asked,
his eyes locked on Jane.
"Yup," Cali replied, not taking her eyes off
of Jane.
"Figures," he said.
Jane let go of her bicycle, and then flew down
to the ferry. She landed on the dock, and her bicycle landed in front of her
with a loud THUD!
"All aboard!" yelled an elderly Aisha, "Next
stop, Mystery Island!"
And at that, the ferry started departing the
dock very slowly. It turned slightly, and sailed off, headed for Mystery Island.
"Oh no!" Jane cried.
She flapped her wings multiple times until she
was lifted off the ground. She flew through the air, headed for the ferry, which
was moving faster than she suspected. Soon enough, Jane was directly above the
"I have to land on that thing!" she exclaimed.
Jane straightened herself so that she was as
straight as a pencil. She pointed herself towards the ferry, and zoomed down
towards it. That was when the ferry made a sudden sharp turn. Jane shrieked
when she found that she couldn't stop herself from flying downwards.
Because she couldn't control herself, Jane landed
in the water, missing the ferry by a few inches. She quickly swam to the top
and screamed in pain.
"The water's so cold!!" Jane said, teeth chattering.
Jane found that she was in the shallow end of
the water, and stood. She stood up and looked to her left to find that Mystery
Island was about five steps away. She walked onto the beach of Mystery Island
and shook her head rapidly, hoping it would dry off.
"Okay, now where's that ferry?" Jane said aloud,
looking around the area.
She pushed aside some trees and spotted a dock
not too far away. The ferry parked itself in front of the dock, and soon enough,
Yes Boy Ice Cream exited the ferry, and walked onto sandy beach of Mystery Island.
"Oh my gosh! It's them!" Jane exclaimed, turning
her back to the trees she pushed aside.
She turned around again to see what they were
doing. The Yes Boy Ice Cream Shoyrus were carrying small suitcases, and were
wearing sandals. They had sunglasses shielding their eyes from the sun, and
were looking pretty relaxed already.
Jane hopped through a small passageway in the
collection of trees and ran towards Yes Boy Ice Cream. She ran and ran and ran,
ran as fast as her little legs could go. She must have forgotten she could fly.
Soon enough, Jane stopped running. She stood
before Yes Boy Ice Cream themselves… well, sort of. They had their backs to
"Yeah, we should find out what hotel we're staying
in before we go lay at the beach," the Yellow Shoyru said to the Blue
"Nah, we can do that later," Blue said.
"Nope. I agree, we should go see what hotel
we're staying in," said Red.
"Yes Boy Ice Cream!!" Jane shouted with joy.
The Yes Boy Ice Cream Shoyrus turned to face
Jane. She was dirty, sweaty, wet, out-of-breathe, and very tired, all at the
same time.
"Oh, gosh, another rabid fan," Yellow said,
under his breathe.
He took off the green sunglasses he wore and
toyed with his red gloves before saying anything to her.
"Can we help you, little girl?" Yellow finally
"Okay, I know this is going to be a little hard
to believe, but…" Jane started, "YOU GUYS ARE RELATED TO ME!"
The Yes Boy Ice Cream Shoyrus stood there for
a moment and then looked at one another. They suddenly burst out laughing. And
they wouldn't stop, they were hysterical! The Blue Shoyru even fell over and
rolled around on the ground laughing extremely hard.
"I'm serious!" Jane cried.
The Yellow Shoyru stopped laughing for just
a moment, "And do you have any proof of that?"
Right after he spoke those words, the Yellow
Shoyru began laughing his butt off, again. Jane angrily reached behind her,
and revealed the photo that she hid underneath her pillow.
Yellow stopped laughing completely, while Blue
and Red continued to laugh hysterically. Yellow put his sunglasses on with a
confused look on his face. He walked slowly up to Jane, and took the picture
from her, with an angry expression still glued to Jane's face. Yellow spotted
him and his band members sitting on the bench in the background.
"Jane?" Yellow said, speaking softly.
"Dad?" Jane softly replied, tears forming in
her eyes.
Yellow's face suddenly dropped, "You're that
pesky Shoyru!"
"What?!" Jane demanded.
"You're that Shoyru I adopted!" Yellow said,
"I adopted you so that I could have an extra personality! Something like a back-up
personality, in case my ratings suddenly dropped extremely low! I would use
you against them, pretending I was a loving and caring father who still had
the time to play the lead singer in a band!"
Jane was flabbergasted.
"But nobody gave a care about me having a daughter!"
Yellow began to get angry, "So I quickly abandoned you on the day they were
giving out one million Neopoints at the Money Tree! No one would be at the pound
at that time, and that way, no one would see me as a "careless and irresponsible
father"! But that one girl was there! She adopted you as soon as I abandoned
you. She asked someone to take a picture of you two, and I tried my best to
get out of the area. But I was too late! They took the picture, and my band
and I ended up in the background of this photograph!"
And at that, Yellow ripped the photograph he
held in his hands to a couple thousand shreds.
"No!" Jane cried, bursting into tears.
"There! Now no one will ever know about that!"
Yellow said.
And that's when Jane snapped. She stood up slowly,
staring at the ground.
"You don't know what I went through to get here,"
Jane said.
"Does it look like I care?" Yellow asked, rolling
his eyes.
"I rode my bike all the way from my home in
the Tyrannian Jungle to the Tyrannian Concert Hall in the Tyrannian Plateau,"
Jane started, still staring at the ground, "just to find that you weren't there
anymore. A Kyrii told me that you were boarding a ferry in the Tyrannian Jungle
that was headed for Mystery Island. I rode my bike as fast as I could, there.
My bike was totally destroyed. I then miss the ferry, and fly from Tyrannia
to Mystery Island, missing the beach and landing in the water. I finally meet
you guys, and this happens."
Yellow rolled his eyes and turned to Red and
Blue, who stopped laughing, "So, do you guys know what hotel we're staying in?"
Jane suddenly and infuriatingly lifted her head
and bored her eyes into the back of Yellow's head. She flapped her wings a few
time, and lifted herself into the air. She then zipped down at Yellow, and gave
him a good old kick in the rear end. Yellow screamed as he flew through the
air and landed in the waters of Mystery Island's ocean.
Blue and Red watched the whole thing, and turned
to face Jane, wide-eyed.
"Can I help you, little boys?" Jane smirked.
Blue and Red exchanged glances, and then sprinted
out of the area, running for cover. Jane smiled, and soon afterwards frowned.
"I'm such an idiot," Jane said, aloud, crouching
down and sitting on the sandy landscape of Mystery Island, "I'm much better
off living with Amy. I have no clue why I wanted to live with these slobs. They're
such jerks. And now, I'm in Mystery Island. I'm too weak to fly back to Tyrannia,
and my siblings and mother are all the way in Tyrannia. I'm helpless."
Jane stared at the ocean, washing the waves
elegantly crash to she shore, creating the most relaxing sound Jane could possibly
"I've told you several times not to put yourself
down, Jane," said a voice from behind Jane.
Jane hopped up and spun around. It was Amy!
"Mum!" Jane said, immediately hugging her mother,
never wanting to let go, "But… how?!"
"I knew what you were up to," Amy replied, smiling,
"you were always so clever! I knew you would discover this whole thing sooner
or later. So, I followed you. I followed you to the Concert Hall, and when I
found that Chomby and the Fungus Balls were filling in for yes Boy Ice Cream,
I boarded the ferry that they were taking to Mystery Island. And now, here we
Jane hugged her mother again, "You're the best,
Amy smiled once more, and then motioned towards
the ferry.
"The ferry is heading back to Tyrannian in the
next five minutes or so," Amy said, "let's go home, shall we?"
"All over it," Jane smiled.
The two boarded the ferry, and pretty soon,
the ferry left Mystery Island, heading straight for Tyrannia.
"Jane?" Amy said, a confused look spread across
her face.
"Yeah, Mum?" Jane replied, turning to look at
"Where are Cali and Andrew?"
The End
Author's note: Yay! This is Char speaking. Thank you for reading my story!
This one was so fun to write! But it took me about three weeks to write because
of that EVIL writer's block. I hope you enjoyed it! I wrote it pretty late at
night, so there's bound to be millions of billions of typos. Oh yeah, don't
forget to eat your cheese, it's YUMMY! O.o


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Headmistress suspended for stealing mid-day meal rice
The District Education Officer (DEO) Krushna Chandra Nayak suspended the headmistress yesterday after investigation reports confirmed her involvement in the misuse of MDM scheme rice, the official said.
The irregularities came to the fore after some students, guardians and locals brought it to the notice of the DEO last month, he said.
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