Jack+deBruin

__** Morning: **__
==== A day in the life of me, Francis, is very hard. Especialy in the morning, because I have to get up at about __5:30 a.m.__ and I dread getting up that early. Except I do it for my job that I love. I'm an archer as you can see. My whole life and family are wrapped up in this job. My father, my grandfather, my great grandfather, and so on were all archers too. Well back to what I was saying, I eat breakfast at around __6:00 a.m.__ It usually is dark bread and ale to drink. Somewhere between __6:20 and 6:30 a.m.__ I would go to the Butts. (It is a place for archery training in the medieval times not the thing on your body that you sit on.) On the way there I would usually see some of my friends and walk with them to the Butts. As I walk, I stop with my friends and go to the bakery and pick up my lunch. Yum! ====

__** Afternoon: **__
==== I would train until lunch which would be around __12:30.__ Lunch would mostly be dark bread with cheese and ale, but today I get to have meat except I asked the baker if I could save that for dinner and thankfully he said yes. You will see why I asked to do that later. So, that means I am having the usual for lunch but I am fine with that because of my dat.... I mean, I mean. Okay you got me, I am having a date tonight with someone named Alice Mowbray. She is so beautiful! I'll tell you more about that later. Now back to the point, I would have trained until supper but the King is coming into my manor! He is having a meeting with my Lord so I have to protect him. It goes from __4:00 to 5:30 p.m.__ After that is my date from __6:30 to 8:00 p.m.__ with Alice Mowbray. Better get ready! ====

__** Night: **__
==== Now it is only 30 minutes away from the meeting and it's 1 and a half miles away! So that means I'm sprinting to get to the Lord's house in my best clothes. I finally get there and it's 10 minutes until the King comes! I get into position with my bow and arrows seconds before the King comes driving down in his horse drawn carriage. It's like it has been days but finally it is __5:30 p.m.__ and I rush to pick up Alice for our date. It's our fifth date so it is very easy to talk with her. Before I go to Alice's house I pick up my meat for dinner from the bakery. Finally I get to Alice's house 2 minutes before __6:30__! It was a great night. I had tons of fun. What happened was we ate our meat for dinner which would normally be vegetable pottage and ale but tonight we had meat because I was lucky. We ate at __6:45p.m.__ After supper we went on a walk outside to get some fresh air at around __7:00 p.m.__ When we were walking into town we saw one funny jester on the street. The man was super funny!! As the sun went down I took Alice home and said goodbye to her. It might have been the best night of my life!! Well it is about __8:35 p.m.__ so that means that it is time to go to sleep. Goodnight! ====

** I Wish I Were A ...... **
==== ﻿ I wish I were a lord because when you are an archer and a knight it is nonstop protection for the people in my manor, but lords have it EASY!!! Since I am in the knight class I have to do much more than what a lord does. It's very hard and time consuming to be an archer. I have to fight for the village under attack and let me tell you that is not that easy. I also have to train until it seems like forever and ever. Except I get to be treated much much better than the peasants and surfs, and I'm just one class away from the lords class. Except let me tell you there is a BIG difference between the knight class and the lords class.I also have to show up to work everyday and listen to what the king and what the lord says. There some rights I have if you can believe it, like I have the right to be treated not as well as a lord or a king gets treated, but not as bad as peasants and serfs get treated so I am fairly treated like everyone should be. I also choose who I protect, but I must protect somebody. So pretty much there are a lot more responsibilities than rights, but I'm fine except all I am saying is that I wish I were a lord. ====

==== Lords have it easy with running a manor. If you ask me I would like to run a manor any day now, how about you? Well I don't know what you said, but like I said I would so like to run a manor. Actually lords have some responsibilities like they can not go over the king's rules or make sure everyone in the manor is safe. They also have to follow the Code of Chivalry.There are not many responsibilities for a lord as you can tell. One is that he must show loyalty to the king for the manor he rules and must do what ever the king asks him to do. Also he has to keep watch over the manor. There are not many disadvantages to a lord. Some might be that he is not in charge of the whole kingdom, that is the kings job. Another disadvantage is that he must do what ever the king says. The advantages of being a lord are that he is in charge of the all knights, archers, peasants, and serfs. Also he rules the whole manor and gets more money and better food than all the classes below him. So what I am trying to say is that I wish I were a lord and not an archer, but I am fine. ====

** Modern Day Knight **
====** ﻿ ** There are many qualities for my archer. For example my archer has a great eye and knows where he is going to hit when he shoots his arrows. Also he has a strong grip to be able to hold onto the bow and string with all that tension between is quite a quality. He can run and shoot at the same time, and shoot many arrows at a time. When he shoots, his arrows go very fast. It can get as fast as 150 miles per hour (mph) with one arrow! He also is very kind. So kind that in his free time he teaches children how to make a bow and arrows to go with it. It is very simple to make, all you have to do is: ====

**4: Attach the string into holes**
** Arrows: **

==== My modern day knight, I mean my modern day archer is Roy Halladay. He, like my archer, has a great eye and knows were he is going to throw the baseball. He also has a strong grip on the baseball and on the glove. He can throw a baseball at up to 95 miles per hour (mph), and is handsome like my archer. I bet you he would be able to work a bow and arrows with ease. Except he is a baseball player and would have no time to dilly dally with a bow and arrows because he would practice pitching and hitting all day. Also he might have to practice a little to get the hang of it. I mean with all that tension on the string, it is really hard. Well probably not really hard for him because of him being really good at baseball and pitching. ====

==== There are some qualities that my archer has which makes him better than Roy Halladay, my modern day archer. One is that my archer knows how to make a bow and arrows, but Roy Halladay does not know how to make them. My archer is very brave and strong to be able to fight and battle and possibly be killed! I bet Roy Halladay does not do that. ====