The Door To Time-Chapter 3

This week, I kept reading the book called "The Door To Time" written by "Ulysses Moore." Chapter 3 is about Rick Banner, who is the friend of the Jason and Julia the twins in the Covenant family. Rick was riding his bike up to the cliff to see Jason and Julia at Argo Manor.
On the way, he was thinking about the first time he met the Covenant twins at school and when he tried to look inside the Argo Manor before the Covenant had moved to this mysterious house. When he was thinking about it, a car came and hit his bike a little bit and then he fell down on the road. The car stop, and a woman apologize him for the accident. After that, Rick walked on the rest of the way to the house and when he was arrived, he saw that women again and she was acting in very bad and angry mood to Nestor, the caretaker of the Argo Manor. Later, he knew from Nestor that the woman named Oblivia Newton and she is not used to the word "No." Rick hate her as if she is a scary witch that comes from fairy tale.

During I read this chapter, I used three reading strategies to helped me understand and remember the story better. First, I used dictionary to help me with the words in the story that I did not know. Second, I read the story slowly to make sure that I understand the story. Lastly, I tried to imagine the story when I read to help me remember the things and details that happen in the story.

In the book, it said that Rick's father had once bicycle all around England, from Kilmore Cove (where the story is taking place) to the Isle of Skye, in Scotland, I was thinking about how could he do that? How could he be so patient? what made he do that? If I was him, I will just sleep at home and maybe watch the television. I'll not do the thing that makes me feel tired without reasons or needs for doing it. So, I think that he is a guy that full of patient and I feel respect and admire for him. I think that his son, Rick, will has the same trait with his father.