Samantha Horowitz 7-2 1/3/13 The Story of Moshe A bird named Samantha was born during the slavery

of Egypt. I am that bird. I was born in Egypt, in the year, -1320. The land was hot and dry and therefore, I saw a lot of people dying. Between the hard work and the lack of food and water, life was almost unbearable. The first time I was able to fly, I was passing by the Nile River. As I was flying, I spotted baby Moshe in the basket. He was crying so Pharaohs daughter (Batya) decided to take him to the palace and raise him as her own son. Realizing he was special person, I tried my best to look over him. He was loved and taken care of in the palace for years. Until something bad happened One day while flying in the sky, I saw Moshe walking and looking at the slaves. When Moshe saw a fellow Jewish man getting hit, he immediately ran over to help the Jewish slave and stop the Egyptian from hitting him. I couldnt believe what I saw next; Moshe killed the Egyptian who was hurting the slave. When Moshe realized what he had done, he had run away from the crowd. When Pharaoh found out what had happened he was furious at Moshe that he wanted to kill him. Moshe decided to run away and hide from Pharaoh in Midyan.

Over the next few years, I took long trips between Egypt and Midyan to keep an eye on Moshe and make sure that he was safe. One day, G-d revealed himself to Moshe in a burning bush! G-d told him to go to Pharaoh and convince him to let the Jews go. I saw that Moshe was frightened, but he listened to what G-d told him to do and left to Egypt with his family. This was so exciting! I couldnt wait to see all the action in the palace! When Moshe arrived in Egypt he went straight to the palace, to speak to Pharaoh. He said, Let my people go, and Pharaoh said, No! His comment made me really angry. Moshe didnt give up even though Pharaoh didnt agree. Later on, Moshe said; If you dont let my people go, my G-d will punish you. Pharaoh wasnt scared and didnt let the people go. Therefore, G-d sent ten plagues to hurt the Egyptians. I felt that the worst of the ten plagues was when all the Egyptian animals died. I was upset because I am also an animal, a bird, remember? Pharaoh got angry because he lost a lot of people, even his own son died. After a while pharaoh decided to let the Jewish slaves go because G-d did a lot of damage to the Egyptians. When I overheard that pharaoh was letting the Jews go, I was really happy. Moshe immediately ran back to he nation and said, Pack your bags, were leaving. The Jews were really happy that they were leaving. Before I left Egypt, I overheard that pharaoh had changed his mind, and wanted to kill all the Jews. After that, I quickly flew to find Moshe to try to warn

him. I was trying to speak to him, but I knew he wouldnt understand me because I am a bird, so I gave up. After that, I decided to leave with the Jewish people who had already begun their journey to Israel. They had stopped at the boarder of Egypt to take a rest. They rested until they saw the Egyptians coming toward them. The Jewish people picked up their belongings and ran toward Moshe who was near the Yam Suf. At that moment I looked back saw that G-d had put a huge fire around the Egyptians. After that, Moshe picked up his stick and raised it in the air and G-d had spilt the Yam Suf in half. I saw the whole thing, which was so cool to see. Then, I saw all the Jews who ran through the Yam Suf to get to the other side. Before I left, I saw that the fire had burned out, and the Egyptians who survived ran after them. The Jews had made it through to the other the side. Meanwhile, G-d had brought down the water and the Egyptians had drowned Yeah! After I witnessed the miracle at the Yam Suf, I was really happy for the Jewish nation that they made it, and especially for Moshe. I was finally found my family again, and my family was so proud of me, that I watched over Moshe. After that Moshe and myself had a wonderful life together with our family. After all, this was the best life I ever had and including, watching over Moshe.