Tales from childhood: Our choice.

 Little Sophie had several friends and toys. She could change her opinion about them.

Several years ago Sophie liked playing with Kate. It was during elementary school. When Kate went to another school, Sophie found new friends. Also, she noticed that she doesn't miss Kate.

"All we have different opinions," said Sophie's mother.

Little Sophie changed her own opinion on many things. Before the first grade she liked chocolate cake with cherries. But then Sophie liked cake with strawberry.

She forgot about some classmates. Maybe they didn't want to be friends with Sophie. Her best friends were Natalie and Johnny.

Sophie liked Mr. Theodor's son. She trusted only him. The other children didn't inspire confidence in her.

Lara's father made his choice, too. But no one could understand why he did this. Perhaps the man had a stranger love for this good and kind woman.

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Chocolate with coconut.

 

Eros.

 Eros (Ἔρως) was a god of love in ancient Greece. His father was Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) or Zephyrus (Ζέφυρος). His mother was Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty. Or Iris (Ἶρις), goddess of the rainbow. Also, Eros had several siblings: Gaia (Γαῖα), Nyx (Νῠ́ξ), Erebus (Ἔρεβος,), and etc.

His symbols were bow and arrows. Eros was known as Aphrodite's assistant.

Eros looks like a young man with two wings on the back. He helped people to find their true love.

In Greek mythology there are many different legends about this god. One of them is a love story. This myth about Eros and Psyche.

The young Psyche was very beautiful. So, everyone forgot about Aphrodite. She became evil. Aphrodite wanted to hurt her.

Psyche became unhappy. Because Aphrodite gave her difficult tasks. Psyche should have gotten the Golden Fleece, she had to bring Persephone's box from the underworld, and she had to get water from the river Styx (Στύξ). Psyche did it all with the help from others.

Later Eros and Psyche got married. There are many versions of their story. 

He had relations with other gods and goddesses, such as: Chaos (χάος,), Themis (Θέμις), Ares (Ἄρης,), Hephaestus (Ἥφαιστος), Zeus (Ζεύς), Cronus (Κρόνος), and etc.

There are different paintings and statues of Eros. 

Tales from childhood: Sophie and her secrets.

 Little Sophie knew her real friends. Natalie was Sophie's best friends. She had good qualities. Natalie never told other people's secrets of her friends.

Therefore, Sophie trusted her friend very much. Also, Natalie told Sophie about her personal life.

But Sophie knew children who could be told secrets. Lara couldn't know how to keep secrets. Well, she was very little child. And her maternal grandfather was really chatty. He told his granddaughter a family secret. The granddad revealed about her father running away.

"I want to share my secret with you," Sophie told Natalie.

Little Sophie whispered several words into her best friend's ear. She was sure about everything.

"I'll keep it a secret," Natalie said with a smile.

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Red flower in the yard.

 

Store-bought cake with raspberry cake.

 

Neanderthals.

 Neanderthals or Neandertals (Homo neanderthalensis or Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) lived about 40,000 years ago. They were spice of humans. But Neanderthals became extinct.

They inhabited different places in Eurasia. Neandertals weren't direct descendants of modern human. These ancient people had their own look and lifestyle.

The height of Neanderthals was 160-163 centimeters. But their body parts were large. The Neanderthals lived in caves. Also, they moved to different places. 

These people maybe could speak to each other. They hunted mammoths and other large animals. The Neanderthals gave birth to children.

Ancient people had their own culture, too. They wore animal skins, made fire, and tools. The Neanderthals had usual rituals.

Homo neanderthalensis had different looks. They had unique genes. The Neanderthals could mix with other spices.

But these people became extinct. There were many different reasons for this. Changing climate and rivalry with other spices are some of them.

Home sapiens had 0.3 % and 2 % genes of the Neanderthals.

Paleontologists and anthropologists study these ancient people. They found their cave drawings. There are traces of Neanderthals in Europe, Central Asia, the middle east, North Africa, and other places.

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Helen of Troy.

 Helen of Troy (Ἑλένη) or Helen of Sparta and beautiful Helen. She was the most beautiful woman in the world. Her parents were Zeus (Ζεύς) and Leda (Λήδα). 

When beautiful Helen was a child, she was kidnapped by Theseus (Θησεύς) and Pirithous (Πειρίθοος). Helen of Sparta was in the temple of Artemis during that time. But they took Helen of Troy to Athens.

She lived in Sparta. Her husband was Menelaus (Μενέλαος,). They had a daughter Hermione (Ἑρμιόνη).

Hera (Ἥρα), Athena (Ἀθῆναι), and Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη,) had a dispute. Helen of Sparta was abducted by Paris. The apple of discord was the reason for this. 

During Judgment of Paris gave this golden apple of discord to Aphrodite. She promised to reward Paris with the woman he loves. He abducted beautiful Helen. 

Later the Trojan War started.

There are many paintings and statues about Helen of Troy.

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I'm at twenty five.

 

Great people: Euclid.

 Euclid (Εὐκλείδης) was a mathematician in ancient Greece. Euclid of Alexandria was born in mid-4th century BC.

Also, he was known as the "father of geometry". Because Euclid made many things for this science.

He lived in Alexandria. Euclid created many different works about mathematics, algebra, and geometry. There is Euclidean geometry.

Now Euclid's works studied in schools and universities. 

Euclid, the Greek mathematician died in mid-3rd century BC.

Recipe of homemade sandwich with cream cheese.

 Ingredients:

Bread-1 slice

Cream cheese-2 tea spoons

Spread the cream cheese on your bread slice.

Famous people and their quotes. Part fifty two.

                                     Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus. 

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“In the country of the blind, the one eyed man is king.”

“There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.”

“He who allows oppression shares the crime.”

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Literature. Part sixty seven.

                                                      Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren.

Ronia was the only daughter in her family. Her parents were Matt and Lovis. They were living in the castle. Their house was situated in the forest among trees. 

One day Ronia met Birk Borkason. This boy was the son of another robber. Their families became enemies. But Ronia and Birk were friends and helped each other. They had difficulties and disagreements with their parents.

At the end families made up. Ronia and Birk Borkason decided that they’ll choose their own paths in life.

This book was translated to many languages. There are different movies and cartoons about this story.

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