BR 2-14: The Adventures of King Arthur

" 'Whoever pulls this sward from the stone is the true-born King of England.' said Merlin."

I have heard the name of King Arthur. His name is famous, I thought. But, I didn't know what he did, who he was.

This story is that. There was a legend that who could pull a sward out of a rock was able to become a king. Nobody could pull it. But, one day, a boy (his name is Arthur) tried to pull it and he could pull it easily. So, he became a king in Britain. After that, he could get a beautiful wife. He governed impartiality using a round table. So, he was called "knight of the round table". However, he was opposed to one of the comrades. King Aurthur was defeated. At the last time, he threw the sward to rerurn to the Holy Spirit of the lake. After that, a hand appeared, shaked the sward three times and it went away into the lake. 

The story is fantasy. It made me interested a lot.

Reference

 Angela Wilkes. (1981). The Adventures of King Arthur. London, England. Usborne Publishing Ltd. 

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BR 2-13: The Adventures of Sinbad the sailor

" 'Home again!' said Shinbad."

Shinbad comes from Arabian stories. It seems famous all over the world. But exactly, I didn't know this story before I read this book. I thought Shinbad is very clever man. Although he was left by his comrades, he could go home by using some way and got diamonds. The middle of the way, there were a lot of barriers. The barriers were so dangerous. But, he was able to clear them using his head. I was impressed with his bravery.

Reference

Katie Daynes. (2004). The Adventures of Shinbad the Sailor. London, England. Usborne Publishing Ltd.

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BR 2-12: Chicken Licken

" 'The sky must be falling.' said Chicken Licken"

This story is about misunderstanding by a cowardly little chicken. He is very cowawrdly boy. Every day, some happenings made him scared. He wanted to run away from them. One day, a tiny acorn dropped from the tree and hit his head. It was the beginning of the chain of misunderstandings. He didn't see the corn. He felt sure that it was an act by the sky. The sky must be falling! Then, he told someone to someone. And, they believed him. But, they noticed his saying was not true, at last. They blamed him.

Reference

Russell Punter. (2007). Chicken Licken. London, England. Usborne Publishing Ltd.

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BR 2-11: How Elephants lost their Wings

" 'Cock-a-doodle-do!' said the elephant"

Elephants have big body, so their crying are so noisy. For people, it is bad because elephants break their house and the trees. If elephants have wings and they can fly, it is not only cute but also fearful.  That's why, the gods took away their wings when they were sleeping. Though, it may fantastic only imagine. After finishing to read this book, I became to know the funny story is based on a folktale from India. I remembered the relation between India and elephants


Reference

Lesley Sims. (2007). How Elephants lost their Wings. London, England. Usborne Publishing Ltd.

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Review4: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

This time, I watched Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. I had never watched this series (Indiana Jones). So, this time is the first time watching it for me. 



 
This story’s stage is Shanghai in 1935. At night club “Obi-Wan”, Willie Scott, who is a songstress, sang “Anything Goes”. There, Indiana who is an archeologist and adventurer had dealings with Lao Che who is a king of crimes in Shanghai. Indiana got a Buddhist mortuary tablet of Emperor Nurgaci who is an ancestor of Rao and exchanged with diamond. But Rao made him drink poison and tried to take back diamond. After their fighting over an antidote and the diamond and a riot of shooting, Indiana ran away with Willy and went to Shanghai Airport taking Short Round who is a Chinese boy. 

However, the airplane which was taken by them was Lao’s airplane. Two of pilots ran away by using parachutes when Indy and the others slept. Thanks that one of them noticed about that, they could get away from airplane and got onto a lifeboat. After that, they made an emergency landing. An old man saw that, the old man guided them to a village. At the village, villagers believed that they were saviors of legend . Fields at the village went to ruin. They heard that the people from Pancotto Palace took holy stones and children by force from the village’s elders. And he asked Indiana asked to take back the stone. At the next morning, they rode on elephants and went to Pancotto Palace. They got out of woods, entered the big palace and met prime minister.

 
At the palace, they met colonel of British army. The colonel said “Before first century, a group of believers of Kali were here.” The group entrapped the region into fear. At night, Indiana who came back to hisa bedroom was attacked by a professional killer. 
They found a secret passage at the back of a wall and entered it. In the passage, there were a lot of bugs and the bugs tried to pierce them. After that, they found a palace of the god of Kali.

The priest offered sacrifice. And then, many of believers prayed. After the formality, everyone was gone. After that, Indiana got closer to an altar, took three shining golden stones and put it into a bag. 
The priest said “There are five stones. Two of the stones were buried one hundred years ago. Now, children excavate the rest of the stones.” 

Indiana drank Kali’s blood and looked blank after that happened. Because of that, Shorty stimulated him by using a flame. Thanks to Shorty, Indiana could take back his sanity. Then, Indiana launched a counterattack. 

The movie was made about 30 years ago. I surprised about that! The movie made me so excited. I want to watch other series of Indiana Jones someday.

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Practice of Driving

These days, I often practice of driving. I don't have my car, so I always drive my father's car when I drive. My father's car is a large-size car. So, it is difficult a little to drive. In addition, I have to drive with my father as I drive now. The day I can drive is only holiday. Because of the reasons, I didn't try to drive after getting a driver's lisence. However, more than two years has passed from I got a driver's license. I had a sense of impending crisis and started practicing.


The other day, I went to TSUTAYA at Kikuyo. And yesterday, I went to Kikuchi shrine by my driving. After that, I went to the ground at my hometown to practice parking with my father. I'm not good at parking, so I thought I have to practice it at wide parking space. It took about an hour for the practice of parking at that time. Considering it was my first time practice, I think I did pretty well. If I would go to practice it a few times, I will be able to master parking.


I'd like to drive alone as soon as possible. And, I want to go driving with my friends by my driving someday!!

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Good-bye Party and Fireworks Festival

The other day, we University friends held farewell party for one. My friend Misaki will go abroad to study from the end of this month. That’s why, we held party at my friend’s home. It was very interesting, so time spent so fast. However, we could make good memory before she goes to Canada.


Also, I went to summer festival at Uto with my University friends. The summer festival is first festival in this summer to me. In addition, because I wanted to wear yukata in this year, I was glad to be sunny. I was satisfied to be able to see fireworks and wear yukata with my friends. I felt summer.

Next my enjoyment is summer camp of which club.

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