Tales from childhood: Value your friends.

Natalie was an important person for Sophie. Girls always trusted each other. Sophie could tell her secrects to Natalie and she didn't betray her.

But Sophie's best friend wanted to move in another city. So, Natalie visited this place with her family. She left this city for two weeks.

Little Sophie understood a lot of things for this time. No one of her classmates weren't so faithful for girl. Two weeks were very boring without Natalie.

When best friend arrived she said that they will live in this city. Sophie was so happy!

Value your friends!

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Birthday.

Birthday is an important day for every one of us. On this day, a person becomes older.

Famous symbols of birthday are: cake with candles, presents, and guests. Usually people have a party at home or another place.

Also, on children's birthday parties might have a clown.

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Photo in January.

Hades.

Hades was a Greek god of the underworld. He became the god of the underworld after a fight with the Titans. Hades had brothers Zeus and Poseidon. The god responsible for land and harvest in Ancient Greece. Also, Hades had his three-headed dog named Cerberus.

God was married to goddess Persephone. Hades fought with Heracles where he was injured. People were afraid of the god of underworld.

There are many pictures, legends, and statues of the Greek god Hades.

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Galette with fruits.

Recipe of homemade ice cream.

Ingredients:

Cream-500 ml
Condensed milk-5 table spoons
Sugar-2 table spoons
Cocoa-1 table spoon
Strawberry jam-1 table spoon
Milk-1 table spoon

Mix in one bowl cream, sugar, and condensed milk. After add milk.

Now in different dishes add cocoa and strawberry jam.

Also, you can add another jam, fruits, cookies crumbs, and/or nuts. Leave in freezer for 3-4 hours or more.

Paper Teddy Bear.

Tales from childhood: Teacher's birthday.

Sophie wanted to make a gift for her school teacher. She thought about it during for several days. At the end little Sophie decided to tell a long poem.

Next day the girl saw a lot of gifts for teacher. Chocolate sweets, bouet of flowers, cards, and even cosmetics. Suddenly Sophie became sad... but Johnny said that he will sing a son and dance for the teacher. Other two boys did it, too.

Little Sophie was sure about her gift. She told a long poem which they studied on language art lesson. Classmates and teacher cheered Sophie. Finally, teacher thanked her pupils for all the gifts.

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Potatoe flowers.

Sumer.

Sumer was one of the first civilizations in history. It was located in southern Mesopotamia. The period of this country was from Neolithic to Bronze Age (c. 4500-1900 B. C.).

The Sumerians had their own language, art, literature, religion, and architecture. Tigris and Euphrates rivers were very important for it.

Also, Sumer had it's own timeline: Early Dynastic Period (c. 2900-2350 B. C.), Kish (c. 3100 B. C.), Uruk (4000-3200 B. C.), Ur (c. 3800 B. C.), Awan Dynasty (c. 2500 B. C.).

Different cities, kings, people, and empires were important for history of Mesopotamia. Laws and education were similar to the modern ones. Statues, temples, palaces, culture, dishes, and writing still cause a lot of questions.

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Birth of Aphrodite.

Aphrodite is a Greek goddess of love and beauty. Her parents were Zeus and Dione.

The goddess was born fron the sea foam, in Phaphos, Cyprus. Horae met her on the shore of the island and adorned Aphrodite with beautiful jewels. The gods wanted to marry her.

Also, Aphrodite had personal symbols. For example, Rose, Apple, Dolphin, Viola, and Lily. There are many legends about this goddess in Greek mythology. Sculptors and artists used Aphrodite in their works.

What do you see here?

Literature. Part thirty five.

                                     The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde.

American ambassador Mr. Otis and his family arrived at a castle. The Otis family included Mr. and Mrs. Otis, the son Washington, the daughter Virginia, and the twins.

Not everyone believed in the ghost. But the strange things happened in the castle. Somebody thundered with chains. A red stain appeared on the floor.

Little Virginia wanted to meet the Canterville ghost. She disappeared in one day. All the members of the family looked for her but... Virginia appeared with jewels that were given to her by the ghost.

There are many movies, catoons, and theatrical plays about this novella. Book was translated in different languages.

Great people: Nicolaus Copernicus.

Nicolaus Copernicus was born on February 1, 1473 in Poland. His parents died when he was a child.

Copernicus was very interested in science, especially astronomy. Nicolaus Copernicus could speak and write in several languages, including Latin and German.

Scientist had education in Poland and Italy. He studied mathematics, physics, and astronomy. Nicolaus Copernicus created Copernican principle and Heliocentrism. Also, scientist wrote a book De revolutionibus orbitum coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres).

Nicolaus Copernicus did a lot of important things for science during Renaissance.

Copernicus died on May 24, 1543, in Poland.

Famous people and their quotes. Part twenty one.

                                           Benjamin Franklin.

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“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

“From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.”

“Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.”

“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”

“So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.”

“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.”

“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins.”

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