Friday 6th March 2010, was special for Laura, and me our sleep over at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). I am guessing you've seen the movie? 1)_____ in 2006 and called "A Night at the Museum" with Ben Stiller starring. It's a kicking comedy about a night guard who 2)_____ an ancient curse that makes the animals on display come to life every night and trash the place.


I am not sure if the night Laura and I spent at the museum was 3)_____ by the film, but it was way cool. Fact, fact, fact! AMNH is one of the largest Museums in the world. There are 25 buildings and 46 4)_____ exhibition halls set in fab grounds near Central Park, New York. There is a famous library, research labs and a totally awesome 32 million specimens. The night costs $129 per person. Grandma paid for us as early birthday presents.


It began at 5.45pm and 5)_____ all the way to 9.00am on the 7th. It was real creepy as the doors swung closed and locked and the lights dimmed away. We switched on torches — and so our first mission began: Looking for fossil facts. I can 6)_____ describe to you walking through those dark halls, our torches cutting beams through the inky black. There was a way scary moment when a huge buffalo head lit up and made me jump like a wuss.


After some bites and coolin' we settled down to sleep — directly 'neath a 94 foot blue whale and next to a mighty fine Brown Bear. Luckily no animals came to 7)_____ and we slept like babies. Wicked!