Ken's diary

Day 1

Moosy died. She was outside. And then the lightning struck. I wanted to keep her inside. But Grandma won’t let cows inside. We didn't even have a cowshed. She was pink and she had white spots. I can hear Granny murmuring in the next room.Hm.She always does this when she is upset. But Moosy was outside yesterday too. And there was lightning yesterday too. But Moosy didn’t die yesterday..
Aa..it is full moon. She used to moo so loud on full moon nights. I think she tried jumping over the moon. She must have. Cos I 've read so. Cows do jump over the moon. And it must have been so easy because the house is on top of the hill....

Day 2

I miss that glass of milk in the morning. I miss Moosy too. And today she was wearing grandpas boots and tie. Since the time he left her, she does this when she needs comfort. Maybe it makes her feel better.

We've got Cooper, but he doesn't lay eggs since he is a HE. He just does cock-a doodle -doo. I take Bigo to work because, you never know. You never know. Things happen. Even he could jump over the moon and get killed or maybe get abducted by aliens to test for some weird experiment. After all he is a rat. I got him near a drain on a rainy day. He was a baby and he was shivering and I didn’t see his mommy around. We made a card board box and put papers in it to make him warm .Moosy was kind of his mom because he grew up drinking her milk. We never thought he would survive, but he did. I thought I should take care of him. Mr. Jay does use rats to experiment. I have seen. I wish I was abducted by aliens.

Day3

I didn't even feel like going to work .I wanted to go to school like other kids in the village do. But granny tells me I know more than them. She is very proud of the huge telescope I made in the graveyard. I am not scared of ghosts ,if you think so.
Today, I went to peep into the class rooms at school, but the peon saw me and scared me away. He is a big ugly fat man who snores sitting on that wooden chair below the bell. He doesn't even move. I’m sure that chair is going to give up on him someday.
I guess I like those stars,the bright one there. I guess they are my parents. I don’t miss them, because I have never known what it is to be with them. The war happened then. This was the day.
Grandpa was missing too. My granny must have been a woman with super powers to fight the war and escape with me. She is great. She is calling me for dinner. It must be spinach soup and bread.I will get stronger and become a great man, she says.Spinach is too leafy for me though.....but I love cheese, so does Bigo.

Day4

I saw a book on stars - A complete guide to our galaxy. It was amazing ,I took some sketches with me back home . I am going to find out what all I see through my telescope. I forgot to get her roses from downhill .She is angry with me. She went to the grave without flowers today. I am sorry for that granny. I just didn't remember because I was lost in the book/ I cannot tell her I do this when Mr.Jay goes for a vacation. The secret doorway...and the huge library. She doesn't know who Mr.Jay is. I chose to work for him because of this. Not only for money.

Day5

It’s been a bad day...My stomach is upset. I am glad Granny let me have my bed near the only window in the house. I can look out , see the skies, the forest and the river below. It is said that there used to be tiger who used to eat up little kids down the valley. And even a demon who used to pluck out kids eyes to make a chain for his demon wife. I wonder if Nina became blind because of that. I never ask her because I don’t like to hurt her .She might just feel bad. I find her very pretty with the green ribbon. I have promised her that I’ll get her a white one with pink dots. I know that she will never know if it is a white one with pink dots or not as she cannot see. But I will get that one from the Sunday market when I get my money. She will be happy. It is cold tonight.

Day 6

I am still tired. Grandma has been giving me some really yucky medicines. I hope to get better tomorrow because day after tomorrow I have to go and clean Mr. Jays house. Grandma doesn't look too well today. She has been coughing. She knitting a muffler for me. Bigo sleeps most of the time now. He gets very bored at home. He becomes very active when I take him to Mr. Jays place. I feel like he can read the books and sense things. He is my rat. 'Like master, like rat' .He really looks like he wants to read .I think I should start talking to him more. He wants to say some things to me. The sky looks funny today. I can smell the rain. I hope it doesn't rain .We still haven't fixed the leaking roof.
And then Cooper is not going to wake me up in the morning. He gets throat- problems and cannot do his cock- a-doodle-doo for few days. She just sits on my window sill. I like the window because I can look out and see so much. I like seeing things.

Day 7


I went for work today. The river was unusually calm today. They were many people on the boat. They looked like tourists and they were quite fascinated by the scenery around. They had cameras too. I wish I too had one so that I could have taken pictures of all the things I wanted and put it in my diary. I could have had Moosy to look at in my diary when I miss her. Mr.Jay got me some a brilliant red coloured stone. I never thought he would get me anything. It was tiring to clean the whole place. As he was in his lab most of the time, I could read the Book of Spells in the library. He spent most of his time in the lab. It looked as if he was going to invent something soon. I peeped in and saw different colours of smoke. I wonder what he is up to.