Week #2: To Kill or Not to Kill?

Overview of what happened this week:
Faced the fact the town won't have enough protein to last 40 days, the council and the town vote to kill some of the chickens. Emilie protests by locking herself in the chicken coop until the town changes its mind. She relents however, and gives in when she realizes it's best for the entire town to eat. It's tough for all the kids to watch the beheadings, especially when the chickens still move around headless; it's too much for Emilie to handle, and she thinks about going home.

Greg is valuable as the person who knows how to butcher a chicken and run PVC pipe. (Coincidence? Hmmm.) He's also helping the laborers and cooks out along the way. He's a strong leader on the winning Blue team, but people are starting to think he's helping only to get the gold star.

Michael has a lot of team spirit, and water fetcher this time and an attitude that's going to be hard to beat.


How's the food this week?
Pretty horrible and bland--until the chicken soup showed up.


The lowdown on the showdown:
Pipes to the waterwheels!



Which team wins the showdown?
Blue District = Upper Class
Red District = Merchant Class
Yellow District = Cooks
Green District = Labor class, for the second week in a row.


Town reward:
Water pumps that never freeze, or a 40-foot heated water slide. Unfortunately the Green District missed the goal by a matter of seconds, so no one got the prize.


Town Council:
What's discussed this week? What are the biggest issues facing the town?

Sophia brings up the fact again that the Yellow Team isn't doing a lot of work in the kitchen, and the Green Team is having to help them as well as doing their own job. Taylor brings up the fact that they're the youngest group. "You all have the potential, so don't blame your age, please," says Michael. This will obviously be an ongoing issue.


Who is considering going home:
Emilie who decides to stay.



Who gets the gold star? Why?
Michael--and Greg is NOT happy.



Kids say the darndest things:


"I can't help but smile when I'm around these people." --Laurel, even after her Green Team lost the town challenge.