Gray sky on the street.

Tales from childhood: Growing up.

What does it mean to be an adult? Little Sophie often asked herself that question. Anne and Kate had their own opinion about it. They said that big girls wear many braclets and necklaces. Sophie thought about it.

Granny said that it means when you helped at home.

So, Sophie remembered these words. She thought about her deals and helped at home.

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Hermes.

Hermes was a son of Zeus and Maia. He was known as Olmpian god. God had relations with Aphrodite, Heracles, Athena, and Perseus. Also, Hermes helped other gods and goddesses in hard situations.

Hermes had his own symbols such as: tortoise, Petasos, and lyre. There are many myths and legends about this character. He visited different places and fought with his enemies. Hermes had several children.

This god was popular in Ancient Greece. He is often depicted on ceramics.

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Great people: Vincent van Gogh.

Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in Zudert, Netherlands. He was a son of Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Cerbentus.

Future artist studied at Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts, in Brussels, Belgium.

Anton Mauve was very influenced Vincent van Gogh.

The artist had his own style named Post-Impressionism. Also, he used genres such as: portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. Van Gogh made his paintings with oil. Vincent van Gogh's famous works were, Sunflowers (1887), The Starry Night (1889), Portrait of Dr. Grochet (1890).

Vincent van Gogh did important things for arts of XIX century. He died on July 29, 1890, in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.

Recipe of homemade hot sandwiches.

Ingredients:

White bread-1 slice
Ham or sausage-1 slice
Cheese-1 slice

Make a sandwiches.

Bake them in the oven about 5 minutes with temperature 180 C (356 F).

Famous people and their quotes. Part twenty seven.

                                               Winston Churchill.

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“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.”

“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”

Source of information:

https://www.biography.com/people/winston-churchill-9248164

Literature. Part forty one.

                                          Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.

This is a famous sciece fiction novel. It became classic in literature. French writer Jules Verne wrote his book in XIX century.

People noticed unusual creature in the ocean. Different mass media and scientists were interested in this monster.

Professor Pierre Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned Land decided to find this creature in the ocean. So, they appeared on the submarine named Nautilus.

Also, voyagers met there Captain Nemo or Prince Dakkar. He was captain of this submarine. Characters visited many different oceans and had a lot of adventures.

Novel was translated on many languages. There are many movies and cartoons about this story.