FEB. 18th 2010

HODJA'S STORY
IF IT WEARS THESE
HODJA WANTED A JOB AS A PREACHER, DURING THE FAMADAN SO HE VISITED EVERY TOWN IN THE VICINITY. SINCE EACH TOWN HAD A PREACHER, HE COULDN'T FIND A JOB AND DICIDED TO GO BACK TO HIS HOME TOWN. ON THE WAY, HE STOPPED AT A VILLAGE AND NOTICED THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE YELLING AND SCREAMING IN THE VILLAGE SQUARE. HE WAS CURIOUS, SO HE ASKED WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THEY POINTED AT A WOLF TIED UP SECURELY AND SAID.
"THIS HORRIBLE ANIMAL KILLED EVERY CHICKEN AND ROOSTER IN TOWN. WE FINALLY CAUGHT IT BUT CAN'T DECIDE HOW TO PUNISH IT."
"LEAVE IT TO ME," HODJA SAID. AS THE PEASANTS WATCHED CURIOUSLY, HODJA TOOK OFF HIS ROBE AND TURBAN AND PUT THEM ON THE WOLF.
"WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, HODJA. WHAT KIND OF A PUNISHMENT IS THIS?" THEY ASKED.
"DON'T WORRY," HODJA SAID. "WHEN THE PEOPLE IN OTHER TOWNS SEE IT IN THESE CLOTHES, THEY WON'T LET IT COME NEAR THEIR TOWN, SO IT WILL DIE OF HUNGER."

FEB. 11st 2010

I LIKE THIS ONE >v<

FEB. 9th 2010

TODAY I READ 'THE PRECIOUS STONES OF AXOLOTYL'

A PRECIOUS STONE IS A PIECE OF ATTRACTIVE MINERAL, WHICH IS USED TO MAKE JEWELRY OR OTHER ADORNMENTS. HOWEVER CERTAIN ROCKS, AND ORGANIC MATERIALS ARE NOT MINERALS, BUT ARE STILL USED FOR JEWELRY, AND ARE THEREFORE OFTEN CONSIDERED TO BE PRECIOUS STONE AS WELL. MOST PRECIOUS STONES ARE HARD, BUT SOME SOFT MINERALS ARE USED IN JEWELRY BECAUSE OF THEIR LUSTRE OR OTHER PHYSICAL PROPERTIES THAT HAVE AESTHETIC VALUE. RARITY IS ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC THAT LENDS VALUE TO A PRECIOUS STONE. APART FROM JEWELRY, FROM EARLIEST ANTIQUITY UNTIL THE 19th CENTURY ENGRAVED GEMS AND HARDSTONE CARVINGS SUCH AS CUPS WERE MAJOR LUXURY ART FORMS, THE CARVINGS OF CARL FABERGE WERE THELAST SIGNIFICANT WORKS IN THIS TRADITION.

FEB. 2nd 2010

TODAY WE READ CAN-CAN.
A HUSBAND ARRANGES A SECRET MEETING WITH A WOMAN AND IS SURPRISED BY THE OUTCOME.

JAN. 28th 2010

YESTERDAY I READ THE 'TWO WERE LEFT' ABOUT ESKIMO AND HIS DOG HUSKY.
AND TODAY IN MY CLASS, DIANE AND MY CLASSMATES READ TOGETHER AGAIN.
THE STORY WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE TO ME. SO I'M GOING TO ADD ESKIMO AND HIS DOG HUSKY'S PICTURE.

ESKIMOS ARE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRADITIONALLY INHABITED THE CIRCUMPOLAR REGIOM FROM EASTERN SIBERIA, ACROSS ALASKA AND CANADA, AND GREENLAND.
HUSKY IS A GENERAL TERM FOR SEVERAL BREEDS OF DOGS USED AS SLED DOGS. HUSKIES WERE ORIGINALLY USED AS SLED DOGS IN NORTHERN REGIONS BUT ARE NOW ALSO KEPT AS PETS. THE WORD "HUSKY" IS A CORRUPTION OF THE DEROGATIVE TERM "ESKIE", ALSO GIVEN TO THE ESKIMO TRIBES THAT CAME INTO CONTACE WITH EUROPEANS WHO MADE EARLY EXPEDITIONS INTO THEIR LANDS. THE MOST COMMON HUSKIES ARE THE SIBERIAN HUSKY AND THE ALASKAN HUSKY.

HELLO

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