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Hi my name is Izzy Pritchard. I am ten years old I live out Kaniere. I go to Hokitika Primary school.

 In my free time, I hang out with my sisters. I love walking tracks, like the West Coast Cycle Trail. I love to go on big bike rides with my family. I love hanging out with friends. I want to be a criminal lawyer when I grow up and go to university; then go to law school in Christchurch.

 I love writing about animals and learning new facts about them. I learnt that horses have 205 bones in their skeleton which is a lot. Horses also can run shortly after birth.

 My favorite books are the Diary of the Wimpy Kid series they’re very funny. They’re by Jeff Kenny, he is my favorite author. His books make me laugh a lot.

 I have learned lots of facts about horses. That I didn’t know and this year I have learned about new thing called jots. This is how they work sometimes we read a story and then we go to our desk and we write down things it reminds us about and they are called jots so when I need to write a story the jots are there to help me out.

 I have learnt that I can make lots of mistakes when I write and I can learn from them. Bad pieces of writing can turn into the best pieces of writing and the Writer’s Workshop has taught me how to edit and revise. It has made writing a lot better.

All About horses

I love horses because they are beautiful. They know when you are upset or scared then they become upset and scared so I try to stay calm when I am riding. I don’t have a horse but with all my heart I want one.

 Here are some of the many breeds of horses: Arabian, American Paint, Mustangs, American Miniature, Morgan, French Trotter, Canadian horse, American Indian horse, Welsh Cob, Dutch Draft, Russian Don, American Quarter Horse, Belgian Warm Blood, Friesian, Italian Heavy Draft, Thoroughbred, Appaloosa, Mongolian.

 Horses can sleep lying down and standing up. A horse can run shortly after birth. Most of them can run up to 88km per hour which is very fast; faster than a lion. I like Apploosa’s because they are different from other horses. The spots on their rump make them stand out from other horses.

 Horses have around 205 bones in their skeleton. When you touch a horse it feels silky. Horses can feel a fly on a single piece of hair when you rub a horse's hair the wrong way it feels hard and lumpy. When you touch a horse’s mane it feels tangled and rough and sometimes smooth.

 When I was little I always wanted a horse but they hard work and you have to brush them, feed them, give them hay and pick up their poop. Their poop can be great for the garden. I still love horses even though they are hard work. I will have to remind mum how good the poo is for the garden. Then she might get me one too.

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