Description of Terabithia

Terabithia is located at the backyard of Leslie house. On the left side of Terabithia, there is a rope and the bridge to Terabithia. In the middle of Terabithia it is the spirit of the grove and it is surrounded by a lot of trees. On the entrance of Terabithia there would be creatures such as soldiers bees and giant guiding Terabithia and on the right side of Terabithia there are a group of creatures which are enemies of Terabithia. On the top is the castle of Terabithia, surrounded by friendly creatures. Most of the people who see the place will see it as just a plain old forest but to Leslie and me, it is a enchanted place.

Letter to Leslie's parents

To Mr and Mrs Burke:

I felt sorry for you that you have lost your daughter. I am also sad that she is no longer here with us… As her best friend, I don’t know what to do about it. Without her, my life may be insignificant. She has brought me into a whole new world and taught me the true definitions of friends. She’s the best friend I’ve ever seen in my life. She’s such an intelligent, brave and friendly person. I have never regretted meeting her and the both of you. I hope that the both of you can cheer up. You should be proud of such a daughter. It is not your fault that you have brought Leslie here, nobody can expect what to happen next. Every one of us will keep her in our hearts and remembering her forever…

Best Regards,
Jesse Oliver Aarons, Jr

Newspaper Article

On May,23 2006, the body of a girl named Leslie Burke was found in the creek near her backyard. Based on the statement of her friend, Jesse Aarons, as she was swinging over to the woods, the rope snapped and as she was falling down, she hit her head and dropped into the creek. The police have listed the cause of Leslie Burke's death as natural death. Leslie Burke's family had decided to move back to their hometown in Pennylvania after her funeral. Her body will be buried at Sungrove cemetery. Jesse Aarons in now in a state of confusion and as said by his mother, he is coming in terms with the death of his best friend,Leslie Burke. Leslie Burke's funeral will be held at the Grove Building, 2nd storey #2-486 Reporting from Washington- Benjamin Edwards

A new leash of life

I want to make things normal again and this time I am going into the castle stronghold of Terabithia.I wanted to do something fitting but this time, Leslie was not here to tell me what it was. Anyway, I have decided to make a funeral wreath for Leslie,Queen of Terabithia. It was meant as a mark of respect and remember her by. After Leslie's death, it made me realise that I have hardly began to live. I had also grew more mature to take care of May Belle. I have decided to build a bridge to Terabithia to cross the creek more safely and I made May Belle the next Queen of Terabithia. When I went back to school, my feelings of loss came back when I saw that Leslie's daeth had been removed from the classroom. I was surprised when Mrs. Myers confronted me as this was the first time she had been nice to a student! She shares her experience of loss and grief over her husband death and it made me realise one thing: With Leslie gone, life still has to go on but the memory of Leslie will always be kept in my heart. I could live for her...

Attending Leslie's funeral

My parents and I went to Leslie place to attend Leslie funeral. P.T. (Prince Terrien) was happy when it saw me and I was relief to see P.T. since the peoples in the house are all crying. I still could not accept that Leslie was REALLY dead and hoped that somehow she is still with me. Bill told me that Leslie was grateful that she had such a friend like me and I finally know that she still regard me as a friend even thought I was often treated as a coward. I do not know what came over me but out of anger, I actually blamed Leslie and hoped by hating her, she would come back to life. My family know that the impact of Leslie's death was great, so they was gentle to me. I wanted to say sorry to May Belle but I was too exhausted to figure out how. Leslie was a best friend to me and now she was gone FOREVER......

Leslie's death

When Leslie died, I just could not accept reality. It was just plain rubbish. How could Leslie be dead??!! When I woke up in the middle of the night, I still thought of going to Terabithia with Leslie in the moonlight and stuffs like that. My household had became silent. Before Leslie came, I was just an average boy in a school, always scared of this and that. When I met Leslie, she brought me into a whole new world,Terabithia. Before I had got used to it. She left, she simply just left without a word...
I am lost but who can help me? I had no one to confide in. I am stranded... and here I am, filled with guilt amd regret. But, who can help me? Who can free me? I am confused.

The most perfect day for me?!

I was invited by Miss Edmund to go with her to Washington. I tried not to wake my mother fully while asking her if I could go to the trip with Miss Edmund. She agreed and I was over the moon and replied to Miss Edmund that I could go. When the car was past Millsburg it occurred to me that Leslie was not with me on this trip. I wanted to ask Miss Edmund if Leslie could go but I wanted to be alone with Miss Edmund and do not want a third-party to ruin this day. After spending the whole afternoon there I finally arrived home. I was embarrassed that Miss Edmund had to pay for my lunch as I do not have enough money. I was extremely happy and thought that this is the most perfect day for me in my entire life until I arrived home. I could only see sad faces in the house and wondered what happened. My annoying sister said that Leslie("my girlfriend") is dead. I could hardly believe it and begin to think that this is the worst day for me instead of the most perfect day.If Leslie went together with me for the trip, none of this would happen.It was all my fault...

A raining Easter

It was a Easter Monday and it was still raining. It was then Leslie said that she wanted to go to Terabithia with boots and raincoat. As we reached the bank of the creek, we saw water rushing just below us, I was scared because I feared that we might get into some sort of dangers. Leslie, on the other hand, was amazed. I slipped Prince Terrien into the rear of Leslie’s raincoat and as she swing over, and as I was too scared, the rope seems to be slipping off my hands and finally when I caught hold of the rope, I swinged across and landed on my rear, Leslie kept giggling and it was an awkward situation for me. We went to Terabithia on Tuesday and Wednesday and it was still raining, Leslie thought it was the work of some evil spirits and we went to the sacred grove to enquire of the evil spirits, she said some lines to the ‘spirits’ and I had to follow her to prevent getting poked by her. After that day, I knew that no matter how high the water rose in the creek, Leslie would still want to cross it.

Leslie first trip to the church

It was Easter and it was also the only time when my whole family go to the church. I was unaffected by my siblings usual quarreling and fighting about what to wear to the church. Leslie asked if she could go to the church and after some persuasion, my mother finally agreed only if Leslie dressed well. I was feeling kind of shocked as in my view, who would want to go to that boring church? My mother had a bad impression of Leslie and she hoped that Leslie will dress well as that is the only time we go to the church and she do not want us to lose face. Leslie was indeed well dressed and to my surprise,she actually liked going to church! Leslie do not believe in the whole God thing and tried to ignore May Belle remark which is:"What is going to happen to you if you die?" I also know that the water in the creek is rising fast and someday I will have to tell Leslie that I am afriad of crossing to Terabithia. I know that she would understand but I do not know how to say it to her.

Terabithia DISCOVERED!

It was one night when I was going to bed and May Belle told me that she knew the place where Leslie and I went to hide (Terabithia). I was desperated and grabbed her in the shoulders and she was startled and she wanted to tell mom. Terabithia was supposed to be a secret place between Leslie and I. I did not want my mother to find out, thus I threatened May Belle that if she told mom about it , I would tell her friend, Billy Jeans that she wet her bed sometimes. I made her swear on the Bible that she would never follow me or tell other people about the location of Terabithia, but still ,I stay awake for a long time as I knew I could not trust a six-year-old.

The life of Janice Avery

Leslie told me that she heard crying coming from one of the stalls in the girls' room and she suspects that it is Janice Avery. I was shocked as I simply could not imagine Janice crying while sitting on the toilet seat. It was then when I began to felt responsible for her crying, after all, I had a part in tricking her. Leslie intially did not want to go in the girls' room and ask the reason why Janice was crying but after I tried to intimidate her by asking whether she was scared of Janie and indeed, she agreed to go. I had prepared myself for the worst scenerio that could happen to Leslie, i thought she would end up like the coyote in "Road Runner". Instead, she came back, unharmed and said that Janice lived in a violent environment where she was often abused by her father and that made her become a bully. Also, the reason she was crying as her two vile friends (as described by Leslie) spreaded rumors around the school that she was rejected by Willard, even the school principal, Mr Turner had heard about it.

Decorating Leslie's living room

As Leslie's father was free, he decided to have a total makeover for their house. I volunteered to help out and it was hard work painting and decorating the living room. Intially, Leslie and I wanted blue for the colour of the walls of the living room but Bill ( Leslie's father) insisted on gold,thus we painted the living room gold and indeed, it looks spendid.

Prince Terrien, the puppy's arrival

I could still remember the day Prince Terrien enters our lives. It was Christmas and I hardly had enough money to buy Leslie a present. I thought that I must gave Leslie a special present as she is my best friend but I had agreed to pool my money for May Belle present since she had been left out when Leslie and I went to Terabithia. I was stressed over this problem until I saw a sigh saying "FREE PUPPY". I got a puppy and gave it to Leslie as a present at Terabithia. She was exuberant and gave me a box of colour pencil as a present. Leslie named the puppy Prince Terrien -the guardian and the clown of Terabithia. It is my most happy Christmas I ever had and felt that it is like Christmas again since there is nothing to celebrate in the past during Christmas.

Revenge on Janice Avery

After much thought, Leslie knew the way to get revenge on Janice Avery was to made a fool out of her. Leslie decided to write a letter to Janice Avery, pretending she is Willard Hughes. Janice had a crush on Willard and we used that as an advantage to get revange. As girls' handwritings are better than boys, I wrote the love letter to prevent Janice from suspecting that it was a prank. I sneaked into Janice's classroom and put the love letter into her deck. Janice fell for the trick and was being rejected by Willard in front of her friends. May Belle was finally happy that revenge was served and promised not to tell anybody about this or else,Leslie and I will be in deep trouble. For some reasons, I felt she deserved it and at the same time, feel sorry for her and I also wondered if I had done the wrong thing... ...

Poem

This is a poem written by Leslie to me.It was quite touching.

My best friend

This is for you, my best friend,

the only person who I can tell my soul too

Who can relate to me like no other

Who I can laugh with to no extents,

Who I can cry to when times are tough,

Who can help me with the obstacles of my life.

Never have you turned your back on me

Or told me I wasn't good enough.

May Belle's Twinkies got snatched

I should not have let May Belle show off her Twinkles in school bus today and when I noticed that Janice Avery, the school bully perk up, I knew that May Belle was in trouble with Janice Avery, I tried to warn May Belle but she is up to her childish acts again, she accused me of being jealous that she had Twinkles and I had none. I got irritated and decided to ignore her, I turned to Leslie and said ,"I warned her,didn't I?" and she nodded back. SURE ENOUGH, she came crying during recess and and we are not astonished at all as we expected that something like that would happened. She said that Janice had snatched her Twinkies and she wanted revenge.

Creation of Terabithia with Leslie

Money is always a problem for me but for Leslie, it is merely peanuts to her. Thus, we decided to create a special place like Narnia where I am the king and Leslie is the queen and the perfect place was the woods near Leslie's backyard. It was exciting going over to Terabithia as the only way to get there is by swinging on an enchanted rope which is just a ordinary vine, but to us, it is much much more. We had also set up a castle stronghold which I felt was the best place as it would be too scary to set the castle up deep in the woods. It is not because I am a coward but because it would be too dangerous when the day gets dark. Leslie also lent me all of her Narnia collections to let me have some ideas of things that is going on on a magical kingdom; how the animals must be protected and so on. It was a memorable day for me.