★ WENDELL'S ROCK BLOG ★

since Nov 14, 2008 posts: 47 rocks: 23 ½ town: Cherryvale, KS i am 9 ¾ years old

i made a WORD LADDER!!!!! out of all my rocks!!! ★ NEW ★

posted by wendell · tuesday morning before school · 4 comments · filed in: ROCKS, PUZZLES, MY DAD

okay so!!! my dad is a engineer and he draws on this BLUE PAPER all the time with white pencil. its called blueprint paper and it is for buildings. but i asked if i could have some for my rocks and he said YES so now this is the blue paper version of my blog!!! (the regular one is on blogger but the colors got weird today.)

OKAY so here is the BIG NEWS. my pack of pet rocks?? all of their names make a WORD LADDER. i didnt even MEAN to do that. it just HAPPENED!!! i was lining them up to count them again and i saw it. EACH ROCK'S NAME IS ONE LETTER DIFFERENT FROM THE ROCK NEXT TO IT. isnt that incredibe??? my mom says incredible is spelled like that.

here is the ladder. you can click on a rock's name and it will show you what letter is the new letter, AND it will scroll you down to that rocks personel card. try it!!!

ROCK the original. found him first.
LOCK guards the back gate.
LICK tongue-shape. NOT lickable.
LACK missing a chip. still cool.
BACK has a big hump on top.
PACK that's ALL of them together!!

tap a row → the new letter lights up & it shows you that rock

START: ROCK · END: PACK · five hops · my dad helped me check that they are all real words and he said YES.

a dog standing on a rock, in blueprint colors
★ THIS IS PRETZEL ★
she lives next door. she comes over EVERY DAY to stand on ROCK. she is not allowed in the pack because she is a dog. but she is the unofficel pack mascot. my mom said unofficel is spelled unofficial but i like mine better.

★ MEET THE PACK ★ (one card each!!)

ROCK #01

the founder. quiet. very heavy.

found
under the porch
wgt.
1 lb 6 oz (kitchen scale)
color
kind of gray
job
being the first one

LOCK #02

guards the gate. heavier than rock.

found
by the gate (obvy)
wgt.
2 lb 1 oz!!
color
dark gray w/ a stripe
job
not letting raccoons in

LICK #03

tongue-shape. DO NOT lick her.

found
creek behind the school
wgt.
9 oz (small but mighty)
color
pinky-orange??
job
looking judgmental

LACK #04

she is missing a chip. it's HER chip.

found
after grandma dropped her
wgt.
13 oz (used to be more)
color
sand-color
job
showing it's okay to be missing parts

BACK #05

has a HUGE hump on top of her.

found
back lot, behind the dumpster
wgt.
1 lb 11 oz
color
two grays
job
letting smaller rocks lean on her

PACK #06

not a rock!! the WHOLE GROUP!!

members
5 official, 18 ½ provisional
total wgt.
≈ 14 lbs
lives
on the porch (mostly)
job
being a pack

if u figured out the ladder before me u r a GENIUS. and also u can probably help me with the next one i am trying to do which is from FROG to TOAD but i can only get to FROG → FROM → FOAM → and then im stuck because FOAM and TOAM aren't both words. (TOAM isnt a word. i checked.) my dad says it might not be possible. but i bet it is. comment if u know!!

— wendell, on the back step, before the bus comes

★ COMMENTS (2) ★

marisol_v · tues 7:42am · from her dad's office wendellllll this is so cool. tell BACK that my rock GERTRUDE says hi. also i think you could go FROG → FROG... no wait. okay i'll keep thinking. what about going the OTHER way? like start at TOAD?
cousin_ben_in_topeka · tues 8:01am dude. ROCK has gained weight since thanksgiving. tell him i said hi. p.s. LICK is creepy and i love her.
(it just appears here for you. wendell will probably never see it. sorry.)