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Friday 18 March 2011

Fairy Tales. East of the Sun and West of the Moon.


If you feel like reading some more fairy tales here is a link where you will find plenty of them:  
Let us choose a story and we will talk about it in our next meeting. If you have chosen  East of the Sun and West of the Moon  you can watch it on YouTube.

Thursday 17 March 2011

Sapsorrow.

Dear friends,
 I am sure you have already read  and watched Sapsorrow . Why don´t you choose a paragraph to read aloud in our next meeting? We can talk about it and try to explain our choice.
I have chosen the following paragraph:
And while he waited, holding his breath for sight of his darling, down below in the steaming kitchen, as full dishes poured out and empty plates poured in, the Straggletag worked, scrubbing, soaking, cleaning, hurrying, desperate to finish. All around her the servants chatted. "She hasn't come," said one. "He's there, poor love," said another. "He hasn't even gone  inside." The Straggletag doused the dishes anxiously. "Can I have them, please?" she demanded of the servant who lounged at the sink, clutching a tray loaded with dirty plates. "What's the hurry?" quizzed the servant. "Meeting a sweetheart?" "Maybe," whispered the Straggletag. This sent the servant into convulsions of amusement. "That's why the Prince is still waiting!" he explained to the others, "She hasn't finished the dishes!" And they all laughed.
I don´t know why I like it but I will try to find out.