Adora discovers a magical portal in the forest that leads to a wondrous rainforest landscape. There she meets a beautiful Babaylan (healer) who gives her a golden egg to heal her ravaged world. Adora places the egg in the field, and it hatches into a colorful bird that brings rain, restoring the forest. Years later, Adora establishes a nature reserve to protect the regrown forest, fulfilling the Babaylan's message to make a difference.
This summary provides the essential information from the document in 3 sentences:
The document is a collection of 34 short poems or vignettes written in English that explore Indian themes, culture, mythology, and current events. The poems cover topics like religious rituals, family, gender roles, politics, nature, and history. Many of the poems are abstract and leave room for interpretation, while others comment on or are inspired by specific people or events happening in India.
by W.H.Auden
it is a poem by Auden addressing his daughter. He expresses his own desires and expectations from his daughter. The poem has a universal feeling of a typical father towards his own daughter. The father in the poet indicates his concerns regarding his daughter.
A prayer for my daughter a presentation by asst. prof. vinodkumar pradhanVinodkumarPradhan
The storm is howling again as the poet's child sleeps in the cradle. For an hour, the poet has walked and prayed for his young daughter, hearing the sea wind scream. He imagines her future years dancing to a frenzied drum from the murderous innocence of the sea, and prays she is granted beauty but not the kind that distracts strangers or makes her vain. The poet hopes his daughter will value kindness over beauty alone and choose friends wisely. He compares her to a hidden, flowering tree whose thoughts are like a linnet's song, taking root in one place.
A prayer for my daughter by w. b. yeats SalahinLimon1
The document is a presentation about William Butler Yeats. It provides biographical information about Yeats, discussing how he was a leading figure of 20th century literature in Ireland and the first Irishman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. It also summarizes Yeats' poem "A Prayer for My Daughter" in 10 stanzas, each explaining the context and symbolism within the stanza. The poem expresses a father's love and concerns for his daughter's future during a politically turbulent time in Ireland. It outlines the father's hopes that she grows up with beauty, kindness, and roots herself in tradition by marrying into an aristocratic family upholding spiritual values.
A Prayer For My Daughter by W.B. Yeats Prepared by Kaushal DesaiKaushal Desai
William Butler Yeats wrote "A Prayer for My Daughter" to express his hopes and concerns for his newborn daughter's future. He prays that she will be blessed with virtue, wisdom, and kindness over mere beauty. Yeats hopes his daughter will find intimacy through courtesy rather than opinions, and find happiness in custom and ceremony rather than hatred. Overall, the poem reflects a father's desire to guide his daughter to a content life through spiritual qualities rather than superficial ones.
My Grandmother by Elizabeth Jennings Prepared by Kaushal DesaiKaushal Desai
The document provides an analysis of the poem "My Grandmother" by Elizabeth Jennings. It summarizes each stanza and discusses key themes such as the poet's complex feelings of guilt over refusing to go out with her grandmother once and the grandmother's close attachment to her antique shop and possessions. The analysis examines how the poet explores dealing with memories and relationships after her grandmother's death when she feels no grief but lingering guilt. It concludes by stating the poem elaborates on the poet's emotional life and memories with her grandmother.
This summary provides the essential information from the document in 3 sentences:
The document is a collection of 34 short poems or vignettes written in English that explore Indian themes, culture, mythology, and current events. The poems cover topics like religious rituals, family, gender roles, politics, nature, and history. Many of the poems are abstract and leave room for interpretation, while others comment on or are inspired by specific people or events happening in India.
by W.H.Auden
it is a poem by Auden addressing his daughter. He expresses his own desires and expectations from his daughter. The poem has a universal feeling of a typical father towards his own daughter. The father in the poet indicates his concerns regarding his daughter.
A prayer for my daughter a presentation by asst. prof. vinodkumar pradhanVinodkumarPradhan
The storm is howling again as the poet's child sleeps in the cradle. For an hour, the poet has walked and prayed for his young daughter, hearing the sea wind scream. He imagines her future years dancing to a frenzied drum from the murderous innocence of the sea, and prays she is granted beauty but not the kind that distracts strangers or makes her vain. The poet hopes his daughter will value kindness over beauty alone and choose friends wisely. He compares her to a hidden, flowering tree whose thoughts are like a linnet's song, taking root in one place.
A prayer for my daughter by w. b. yeats SalahinLimon1
The document is a presentation about William Butler Yeats. It provides biographical information about Yeats, discussing how he was a leading figure of 20th century literature in Ireland and the first Irishman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. It also summarizes Yeats' poem "A Prayer for My Daughter" in 10 stanzas, each explaining the context and symbolism within the stanza. The poem expresses a father's love and concerns for his daughter's future during a politically turbulent time in Ireland. It outlines the father's hopes that she grows up with beauty, kindness, and roots herself in tradition by marrying into an aristocratic family upholding spiritual values.
A Prayer For My Daughter by W.B. Yeats Prepared by Kaushal DesaiKaushal Desai
William Butler Yeats wrote "A Prayer for My Daughter" to express his hopes and concerns for his newborn daughter's future. He prays that she will be blessed with virtue, wisdom, and kindness over mere beauty. Yeats hopes his daughter will find intimacy through courtesy rather than opinions, and find happiness in custom and ceremony rather than hatred. Overall, the poem reflects a father's desire to guide his daughter to a content life through spiritual qualities rather than superficial ones.
My Grandmother by Elizabeth Jennings Prepared by Kaushal DesaiKaushal Desai
The document provides an analysis of the poem "My Grandmother" by Elizabeth Jennings. It summarizes each stanza and discusses key themes such as the poet's complex feelings of guilt over refusing to go out with her grandmother once and the grandmother's close attachment to her antique shop and possessions. The analysis examines how the poet explores dealing with memories and relationships after her grandmother's death when she feels no grief but lingering guilt. It concludes by stating the poem elaborates on the poet's emotional life and memories with her grandmother.
The document summarizes a pagan spring equinox celebration. It discusses pagan traditions associated with the equinox such as honoring Ostara and balancing light and dark. It then tells the story of the goddess Ishtar's journey to the underworld to rescue her lover and return with him to the land of the living. Finally, it describes charming plows by tying ribbons to bless them for the spring planting season.
This poem by Andrew Marvell describes a "gallery" or collection within the speaker's mind containing various portraits or representations of his love interest, Clora. The gallery walls are decorated with "arras-hangings" made up of many faces. The only furniture contained within is Clora's picture in the speaker's mind. The gallery contains opposing portraits - one depicting Clora as a cruel "murderess" examining the speaker's heart, and another portraying her like the dawn goddess Aurora when she appears beautifully at dawn. The speaker invites Clora to view this interior gallery within his soul and mind.
The document is a collection of poems written by Ray Foss about nature scenes and experiences canoeing on Swains Lake and Harper's Island. Many of the poems aim to vividly describe sights, sounds, smells, and feelings through just a few words. They focus on moments of solitude in nature and aim to capture fleeting sensory details through poetry.
CONTENTS
XV. JESUS AND THE TREES 151
XVI. JESUS AND THE GRASS AND WlLD FLOWERS 171
XVII. JESUS AND THE WAYSIDE WELL . . . 180
XVIII. THE GARDENER 190
XIX. JESUS AND THE SUN . 202
XX. JESUS AND THE SKY 212
The document tells the story of Snowmaiden, the daughter of Father Frost and Fairy Spring. Snowmaiden wants to live with humans and falls for a shepherd named Lel, but he abandons her for other girls. A merchant named Mizgir also pursues Snowmaiden, upsetting his lover Kupava. Kupava complains to the Tsar about how Mizgir mistreated her after losing interest in her for Snowmaiden. The story explores themes of love, abandonment, and seasonal change.
This document summarizes discussions at the Leopold Conference where participants shared their definitions of a land ethic and the places that inform their personal land ethics. Participants posted on social media sharing that a land ethic is about caring for the land and developing a sense of responsibility for it. They also shared places like forests, prairies, rivers and beaches that make them feel connected to the natural world and shape their land ethic. The document encourages others to also share their thoughts on social media to continue the discussion.
The poem tells the story of a boastful frog who sings loudly every night in the bog, annoying all the other creatures. One night, a nightingale sings beautifully and outshines the frog. The jealous frog then takes the nightingale under his wing, claiming to train her singing. However, he works the nightingale relentlessly and scolds her constantly. Overworked and miserable, the nightingale's health declines until she dies. The poem serves as a warning about being too easily influenced by strangers.
Miss Droplet and Master Droplet went on a journey and discovered a grey-brown puddle where a stream used to be. The droplets in the puddle explained that Dirty Plant Evil had thrown mud in the stream, turning it into a fetid puddle. Miss Droplet and Master Droplet rallied the other forest inhabitants to help save the stream. They used cobwebs to block Dirty Plant Evil's pipe, summoning Rain the wizard who poured down a terrible rainstorm on the plant. The stream was cleaned and returned to life, with flowers and grass growing again along its banks.
1) The gardener follows a glowing green stream deep into the forest out of curiosity to discover its source.
2) He finds a cave where the stream originates from glowing green rocks and mushrooms on the cave walls.
3) Within a chamber in the cave, he discovers the rocks glowing even brighter when touched and engraved with symbols, and hears strange sounds before finding an unknown leaf, hinting at an undiscovered discovery.
This document contains multiple short passages written by Ruskin Bond describing his observations of nature during different times of the monsoon season in the hills of India. He notes the arrival of the monsoon mist and how it silences the forest. He describes various plants and animals that emerge during the monsoon, as well as the consistent heavy rains that blanket the area for days. Bond conveys a sense of being isolated yet still connected to the natural world through the sounds of the rain.
FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE, OUR JOURNEY IN THIS WORLD IS OFTEN REPEATED, DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS. IT EXISTS IN A CONTINUUM OF A SERIES OF REBIRTHS.
TO THOSE WHO REFUSE TO BELIEVE; WE COME ONLY ONCE .... AND DIE. ONLY ONCE.
TO THOSE WHOSE PURPOSE IS UNFULFILLED; WE JUST HAVE TO BE BORN AGAIN.
The document describes a boy's experiences growing up in a small town in India. He is deeply afraid of the dark and strange noises and sights he encounters at night. He also observes and interacts with the people in his community, including a missionary doctor who helps the poor, and his unstable landlord who frightens him. The boy spends his time exploring the area, going to school, and dealing with illness and death in his community.
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there was a magical forest. The trees in this forest were tall and ancient, and their leaves shimmered in all the colors of the rainbow
Spring had begun and animals were emerging from hibernation. A red-winged blackbird flew over a meadow as turtles basked in the sun after spending winter in a pond. The scent of violets signaled that winter was over. A blackbird built her nest camouflaged in tall grass between stems. A hare hopped through new grass and sat by a stump waiting for her young.
This document provides an overview of pre-colonial and Spanish colonial Philippine literature. It discusses various pre-colonial oral literary forms like folk tales, epics, poems, and songs that existed across ethnic groups. It also summarizes some significant ethnographic epics. When the Spanish colonized the Philippines, they began influencing the culture and introduced the Roman alphabet and works of Christian doctrine. Literary works from the Spanish period included religious books, dictionaries documenting local languages, poems, metrical romances, songs, and Passion plays. Notable novels from this era discussed are Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
Spanish colonial texts and Pre-colonial texts CompilationAlsed Veliganilao
This document provides an overview of pre-colonial and Spanish colonial Philippine literature. It discusses various pre-colonial oral literary forms like folk tales, epics, poems, and songs that existed across ethnic groups. It also summarizes some significant ethnographic epics. When the Spanish colonized the Philippines, they began influencing the culture and introduced the Roman alphabet and works of Christian doctrine. Literary works from the Spanish period included religious books, dictionaries documenting local languages, poems, metrical romances, songs, and Passion plays. Notable novels from this era discussed are Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
Peace and Harmony lesson prescribed for Class VI English by APSCERT and TGSCERT syllabus. PPT prepared by M Padma Lalitha Sharada of GHS Malakpet under guidance of Smt. C B Nirmala Madam.
The Earth on Turtles BackFrom the Onondaga-Northeast Woodland.docxarnoldmeredith47041
"The Earth on Turtle's Back"
From the Onondaga-Northeast Woodlands tribe, Retold by Michael J. Caduto & Joseph Bruchac
Before Earth was here there was only water as far as one could see in all directions, with birds and animals swimming around in it. Up above in the clouds there was Skyland. In Skyland was a great and beautiful tree with four white roots stretching to the four sacred directions. Every kind of fruit and flower grew from its wide spreading branches.
The Chief of Skyland's young wife was expecting a child. One night she dreamt she saw the great tree uprooted. The next morning she told her husband her dream. "This is very sad," he said, "for it is a dream of great power and we must do all we can to make it come true." Then the chief called all the men together and told them they must uproot the tree. But the roots were so deep and strong they couldn't budge it. So the ancient chief himself wrapped his arms around the tree and strained and strained, until with one last great effort he uprooted it. Now there was a great hole where the tree's roots had been. The chief's wife came and leaned over to look down, holding the tip of one of the uprooted tree's branches to steady herself. Far below she thought she saw something glittering like water. Leaning out further, she lost her balance and fell into the hole. Her hand slipped from the tip of the branch, leaving her only a handful of seeds as she fell.
Far, far below in the waters some of the animals looked up. "Someone is falling from the sky," said one.
"We must help her," said another. Then two Swans flew up and caught her between their wings, and brought her gently down to the water where the birds and animals were watching.
She is not like us," said one of the animals. "She doesn't have webbed feet. I don't think she can live in the water."
"What shall we do?" said another of the water animals.
"I know," said one of the birds. "I have heard there is Earth far below the waters. If we dive down and bring up Earth she will have a place to stand. So the birds and animals tried to bring up Earth. First Duck dove far down beneath the surface, but he couldn't reach the bottom and floated back up. Then Beaver tried. He went even deeper, so deep that it was all dark, but he couldn't reach the bottom either. Then Loon tried and was gone a long, long time, but he too failed to bring up Earth. Soon it seemed that all had tried and failed. Then a small voice spoke.
"I will bring up Earth or die trying." They all looked to see who it was. It was little Muskrat. She dove down and swam and swam. She was not as strong and swift as the others, but she was determined. She went so deep that it was all dark, and still she swam deeper. Her lungs felt ready to burst, but she swam deeper still. At last, just as she was becoming unconscious, she grasped at the bottom with her little paw and floated upwards, almost dead. When the other animals saw her break the surface, they thought she had failed. Then .
The Comanche people were suffering from drought and famine. Their shaman went to listen to the Great Spirits, who said the people must make a sacrifice of their most valued possession to end the suffering. She-Who-Is-Alone's most valued item was her doll, made from her deceased family members' items. She sacrificed the doll, scattering its ashes, and flowers grew where the ashes fell as a sign the Great Spirits accepted the offering. Rain came and the land was restored. She-Who-Is-Alone was thereafter known as "One-Who-Dearly-Loved-Her-People."
This document provides summaries of the story elements and themes in two children's books:
1) Swamp Angel tells a tall tale about a strong Tennessee woman named Swamp Angel who conquers a menacing bear in the 1800s. It depicts the rural setting and culture through Swamp Angel's clothing and the coonskin caps worn by others.
2) The Great Kapok Tree tells a story set in the rainforest about different animals trying to convince a man not to cut down their home, a great Kapok tree. It emphasizes the message of considering the greater good and not harming the environment.
The document summarizes a pagan spring equinox celebration. It discusses pagan traditions associated with the equinox such as honoring Ostara and balancing light and dark. It then tells the story of the goddess Ishtar's journey to the underworld to rescue her lover and return with him to the land of the living. Finally, it describes charming plows by tying ribbons to bless them for the spring planting season.
This poem by Andrew Marvell describes a "gallery" or collection within the speaker's mind containing various portraits or representations of his love interest, Clora. The gallery walls are decorated with "arras-hangings" made up of many faces. The only furniture contained within is Clora's picture in the speaker's mind. The gallery contains opposing portraits - one depicting Clora as a cruel "murderess" examining the speaker's heart, and another portraying her like the dawn goddess Aurora when she appears beautifully at dawn. The speaker invites Clora to view this interior gallery within his soul and mind.
The document is a collection of poems written by Ray Foss about nature scenes and experiences canoeing on Swains Lake and Harper's Island. Many of the poems aim to vividly describe sights, sounds, smells, and feelings through just a few words. They focus on moments of solitude in nature and aim to capture fleeting sensory details through poetry.
CONTENTS
XV. JESUS AND THE TREES 151
XVI. JESUS AND THE GRASS AND WlLD FLOWERS 171
XVII. JESUS AND THE WAYSIDE WELL . . . 180
XVIII. THE GARDENER 190
XIX. JESUS AND THE SUN . 202
XX. JESUS AND THE SKY 212
The document tells the story of Snowmaiden, the daughter of Father Frost and Fairy Spring. Snowmaiden wants to live with humans and falls for a shepherd named Lel, but he abandons her for other girls. A merchant named Mizgir also pursues Snowmaiden, upsetting his lover Kupava. Kupava complains to the Tsar about how Mizgir mistreated her after losing interest in her for Snowmaiden. The story explores themes of love, abandonment, and seasonal change.
This document summarizes discussions at the Leopold Conference where participants shared their definitions of a land ethic and the places that inform their personal land ethics. Participants posted on social media sharing that a land ethic is about caring for the land and developing a sense of responsibility for it. They also shared places like forests, prairies, rivers and beaches that make them feel connected to the natural world and shape their land ethic. The document encourages others to also share their thoughts on social media to continue the discussion.
The poem tells the story of a boastful frog who sings loudly every night in the bog, annoying all the other creatures. One night, a nightingale sings beautifully and outshines the frog. The jealous frog then takes the nightingale under his wing, claiming to train her singing. However, he works the nightingale relentlessly and scolds her constantly. Overworked and miserable, the nightingale's health declines until she dies. The poem serves as a warning about being too easily influenced by strangers.
Miss Droplet and Master Droplet went on a journey and discovered a grey-brown puddle where a stream used to be. The droplets in the puddle explained that Dirty Plant Evil had thrown mud in the stream, turning it into a fetid puddle. Miss Droplet and Master Droplet rallied the other forest inhabitants to help save the stream. They used cobwebs to block Dirty Plant Evil's pipe, summoning Rain the wizard who poured down a terrible rainstorm on the plant. The stream was cleaned and returned to life, with flowers and grass growing again along its banks.
1) The gardener follows a glowing green stream deep into the forest out of curiosity to discover its source.
2) He finds a cave where the stream originates from glowing green rocks and mushrooms on the cave walls.
3) Within a chamber in the cave, he discovers the rocks glowing even brighter when touched and engraved with symbols, and hears strange sounds before finding an unknown leaf, hinting at an undiscovered discovery.
This document contains multiple short passages written by Ruskin Bond describing his observations of nature during different times of the monsoon season in the hills of India. He notes the arrival of the monsoon mist and how it silences the forest. He describes various plants and animals that emerge during the monsoon, as well as the consistent heavy rains that blanket the area for days. Bond conveys a sense of being isolated yet still connected to the natural world through the sounds of the rain.
FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE, OUR JOURNEY IN THIS WORLD IS OFTEN REPEATED, DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS. IT EXISTS IN A CONTINUUM OF A SERIES OF REBIRTHS.
TO THOSE WHO REFUSE TO BELIEVE; WE COME ONLY ONCE .... AND DIE. ONLY ONCE.
TO THOSE WHOSE PURPOSE IS UNFULFILLED; WE JUST HAVE TO BE BORN AGAIN.
The document describes a boy's experiences growing up in a small town in India. He is deeply afraid of the dark and strange noises and sights he encounters at night. He also observes and interacts with the people in his community, including a missionary doctor who helps the poor, and his unstable landlord who frightens him. The boy spends his time exploring the area, going to school, and dealing with illness and death in his community.
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there was a magical forest. The trees in this forest were tall and ancient, and their leaves shimmered in all the colors of the rainbow
Spring had begun and animals were emerging from hibernation. A red-winged blackbird flew over a meadow as turtles basked in the sun after spending winter in a pond. The scent of violets signaled that winter was over. A blackbird built her nest camouflaged in tall grass between stems. A hare hopped through new grass and sat by a stump waiting for her young.
This document provides an overview of pre-colonial and Spanish colonial Philippine literature. It discusses various pre-colonial oral literary forms like folk tales, epics, poems, and songs that existed across ethnic groups. It also summarizes some significant ethnographic epics. When the Spanish colonized the Philippines, they began influencing the culture and introduced the Roman alphabet and works of Christian doctrine. Literary works from the Spanish period included religious books, dictionaries documenting local languages, poems, metrical romances, songs, and Passion plays. Notable novels from this era discussed are Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
Spanish colonial texts and Pre-colonial texts CompilationAlsed Veliganilao
This document provides an overview of pre-colonial and Spanish colonial Philippine literature. It discusses various pre-colonial oral literary forms like folk tales, epics, poems, and songs that existed across ethnic groups. It also summarizes some significant ethnographic epics. When the Spanish colonized the Philippines, they began influencing the culture and introduced the Roman alphabet and works of Christian doctrine. Literary works from the Spanish period included religious books, dictionaries documenting local languages, poems, metrical romances, songs, and Passion plays. Notable novels from this era discussed are Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
Peace and Harmony lesson prescribed for Class VI English by APSCERT and TGSCERT syllabus. PPT prepared by M Padma Lalitha Sharada of GHS Malakpet under guidance of Smt. C B Nirmala Madam.
The Earth on Turtles BackFrom the Onondaga-Northeast Woodland.docxarnoldmeredith47041
"The Earth on Turtle's Back"
From the Onondaga-Northeast Woodlands tribe, Retold by Michael J. Caduto & Joseph Bruchac
Before Earth was here there was only water as far as one could see in all directions, with birds and animals swimming around in it. Up above in the clouds there was Skyland. In Skyland was a great and beautiful tree with four white roots stretching to the four sacred directions. Every kind of fruit and flower grew from its wide spreading branches.
The Chief of Skyland's young wife was expecting a child. One night she dreamt she saw the great tree uprooted. The next morning she told her husband her dream. "This is very sad," he said, "for it is a dream of great power and we must do all we can to make it come true." Then the chief called all the men together and told them they must uproot the tree. But the roots were so deep and strong they couldn't budge it. So the ancient chief himself wrapped his arms around the tree and strained and strained, until with one last great effort he uprooted it. Now there was a great hole where the tree's roots had been. The chief's wife came and leaned over to look down, holding the tip of one of the uprooted tree's branches to steady herself. Far below she thought she saw something glittering like water. Leaning out further, she lost her balance and fell into the hole. Her hand slipped from the tip of the branch, leaving her only a handful of seeds as she fell.
Far, far below in the waters some of the animals looked up. "Someone is falling from the sky," said one.
"We must help her," said another. Then two Swans flew up and caught her between their wings, and brought her gently down to the water where the birds and animals were watching.
She is not like us," said one of the animals. "She doesn't have webbed feet. I don't think she can live in the water."
"What shall we do?" said another of the water animals.
"I know," said one of the birds. "I have heard there is Earth far below the waters. If we dive down and bring up Earth she will have a place to stand. So the birds and animals tried to bring up Earth. First Duck dove far down beneath the surface, but he couldn't reach the bottom and floated back up. Then Beaver tried. He went even deeper, so deep that it was all dark, but he couldn't reach the bottom either. Then Loon tried and was gone a long, long time, but he too failed to bring up Earth. Soon it seemed that all had tried and failed. Then a small voice spoke.
"I will bring up Earth or die trying." They all looked to see who it was. It was little Muskrat. She dove down and swam and swam. She was not as strong and swift as the others, but she was determined. She went so deep that it was all dark, and still she swam deeper. Her lungs felt ready to burst, but she swam deeper still. At last, just as she was becoming unconscious, she grasped at the bottom with her little paw and floated upwards, almost dead. When the other animals saw her break the surface, they thought she had failed. Then .
The Comanche people were suffering from drought and famine. Their shaman went to listen to the Great Spirits, who said the people must make a sacrifice of their most valued possession to end the suffering. She-Who-Is-Alone's most valued item was her doll, made from her deceased family members' items. She sacrificed the doll, scattering its ashes, and flowers grew where the ashes fell as a sign the Great Spirits accepted the offering. Rain came and the land was restored. She-Who-Is-Alone was thereafter known as "One-Who-Dearly-Loved-Her-People."
This document provides summaries of the story elements and themes in two children's books:
1) Swamp Angel tells a tall tale about a strong Tennessee woman named Swamp Angel who conquers a menacing bear in the 1800s. It depicts the rural setting and culture through Swamp Angel's clothing and the coonskin caps worn by others.
2) The Great Kapok Tree tells a story set in the rainforest about different animals trying to convince a man not to cut down their home, a great Kapok tree. It emphasizes the message of considering the greater good and not harming the environment.
Extract Sample Myths and Legends from Room 33 1Wesley Morrison
1. The document is a collection of short stories and poems written by students in Room 33. It includes pieces on myths, legends, and imaginative topics.
2. In his introduction, the teacher, Mr. Morrison, encourages the students to not be afraid of mistakes in their writing and to keep practicing and improving.
3. The contents section lists over 20 student works covering themes like the sun, nature, life and death, and imagination.
1) A caterpillar living in the Garden of Urar envied the beautiful animals and wanted to be beautiful too.
2) She heard about a Magic Pond that could grant wishes and set off on a long journey to get there, despite being ridiculed by the other animals.
3) Along the way, she solved a riddle from a spider and continued on, finally making it to the Magic Pond.
4) At the Pond, she offered her silk as a gift and wished to be more beautiful than any other animal, which caused her to form a cocoon and emerge as the first butterfly.
This document describes a series of vignettes set in a cottage surrounded by nature at night. In the first vignette, an old woman reads by the light of her window as the sun sets. She pauses when she hears an owl hoot, seeming to understand a secret message. Further from the cottage, a stream babbles and frogs sing while fireflies illuminate a meadow under the moonlight. In the final vignette, the woman finishes her book with a contented sigh and a sense of peace washes over her as she embraces the night's mysteries from her armchair by the window.
The document summarizes the legend of Mount Mayon volcano in the Philippines. It describes how Daragang Magayon, the most beautiful maiden of Bikolandia, fell in love with a stranger named Panganoron despite a local suitor and traditions prohibiting marriage outside the region. When the local suitor Paratuga kidnapped Daragang's father, she agreed to marry him to save her father. However, on the wedding day a war broke out between Panganoron and Paratuga, and Daragang was killed. Both she and her lover were buried, and her grave grew into the volcanic Mount Mayon, named after her.
Mocomi TimePass The Magazine - Issue 82Mocomi Kids
What makes Malala Yousafzai such an amazing person? Is it her grit or her strength? Learn more about this icon in Mocomi TimePass Magazine Issue 82. Every issue has something fun for everyone. In each magazine you will find folktales, trivia, puzzles, health tips, jokes and much more!
Paper Presentation at the 33rd International Conference on Psychology and the Arts, Universitie de Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France June 29-July 4, 2016
Painting and Incarceration: Jie'Urs SanctumDulce Cuna
My Paper Pres entation Power Point Presentation for the 33rd International Conference on Psychology and the Arts. June 29, 2016 - July 4, 2016 in the University of Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France
VIVA EXCON 2014 ISLAND REPORT (LEYTE-SAMAR)Dulce Cuna
Slideshow Report on Art Happenings in the Visayan Islands of Leyte and Samar, Philippines for the Visayan Islands Exhibit Conference at Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, November 13-16, 2014
Powerpoint Presentation of Paintings for the Paper: "Pigment Grief: Expressing Loss Thru Painting (The Haiyan Aftermath)" presented to the 31st Annual International Conference on Psychology and the Arts at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, June 25-29, 2014
This document discusses how various fruits and vegetables resemble different parts of the human body, and how modern science has found that these foods help support the health of the corresponding organs. It provides examples like carrots supporting eye health, tomatoes supporting heart health, and walnuts supporting brain health. The document encourages sharing this "Candle of Love, Hope and Friendship" to keep it alive by passing it to others.
This document provides an overview of psychic readings from various perspectives. It discusses psychic readings as an art that some believe is a supernatural ability while others see it as a skill that can be acquired. It also addresses how psychic readings have become a commercial business with readers charging fees. Tips are provided for succeeding as a psychic reader and for being a good client during a reading session. The role of the client in contributing accurate information is emphasized. Debate exists around whether psychic abilities can be inherited from family members. Overall, the document explores the nature and practice of psychic readings.
The document summarizes the experiences of an art gallery owner over two years in three parts. In the first part, the owner took a risk in opening the gallery in an art-indifferent town but did so with an open heart. In the second part, balancing the finances and managing many artists was challenging. In the third part, the owner found both honest friends and those who were lost, but persevered by bringing in artists and performances that made the local art community happy.
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1. ADORA and the MAGIC PORTAL – a myth
Painting by Dulz Cuna
“Mentor an Babayeng Kahoynon”
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Cork
36”x 24”
Adora looked beyond the terrain of the valley. There were no forests anymore. Everything was plain.
Months back, people felled the trees in the forest and made them float down the hidden river down the
nearby valley slopes. Birds did not fill the air, their nests went down when the trees fell down. All
around the tree stumps was the burnt ground, an attempt to clean and flat-out the land. Adora was sad.
She reminisced the days when she played in the forest edge. She wondered what was deep down in the
forest. Nanay and Tatay told her not to venture far into the valley forests for there was a strange world
within. People in the village whispered of a portal that appears in the middle of the forest once during
Kadayao (full moon), in the month of May. Many have ventured into that portal and never came back.
Apo Tekari, the old nonagenarian of the village was the only person who came back, but the story of the
land beyond the portal and the place where it was found in the forest was all jumbled up in his mind
that the townsfolk thought of him as daft and senile or must have been enchanted. His story parts told
of a telltale “century-old tree” and birds with kaleidoscope plumes flying hither and thither in the air and
the land green with tropical shrubs, trees which held juicy fruit that glistened in the sun, and a stream of
clear water where wildcats and monkeys drank and played..
Apo Tekari said that there is a secret hidden in that place beyond the portal. The zephyrs told him of a
wonderful woman Babaylan (Healer) who lived there and who had the answers to everything there is,
and who knew of many things. It was told she lived in the past, the present and also in the future. She
was a magical healer and it was said she could reverse back time and correct it.. But Apo Tekari said he
never met her. The zephyrs whispered again that she only appears when she is really needed. When Apo
ventured into the portal it was only out of whim and curiosity. The zephyrs also said that he must go
back to the world outside the portal before the dawn breaks else he would never go back again to his
world and turn into a wildcat or monkey, for that happened to the curious people who dilly-dallied time
within the portal. So Apo Tekari hurried out of the portal before it disappeared in the forest.
Apo Tekari’s story was the same over and over again and Adora thought of it to be the village’s
susumaton (oral tradition). Apo Tekari grew old with the story all these years and he said he had never
2. chanced upon the portal again in all his treks deep down the forest at full moon. All he had now were
the memories and the anecdote he tells over and over again..
Now the forests have been razed down to the ground and all that was seen were the stumps of trees cut
down and the scorched ground left from the forest fire. Adora could not do anything but stare at the
sight with moist eyes. If the forest is gone, then the portal is also gone, that is, if the story of Apo Tekari
is true. The stream that run into a cleft in the field was still and murky. There were no more lily pads on
the water, or dragonflies that hummed from the lotus bloom to bloom--it was a visage of desolation, of
the bare and dry, black earth..
Adora was about to doze off in a nap late that afternoon. She was in the little shack that her Tatay built
as an outhouse beside the edge of the forest as a storage for rattan twines and nipa leaves that he
gathered for livelihood, when she saw a glimmer off the slope of the plain. It grew larger and larger by
the second. She glanced up at the sky and saw a huge moon looming. The light on the slope had an oval
shape and Adora could not help but be drawn to it. So she sauntered towards it, stumbling and tripping
effortlessly near the light. It was the Portal!
Peering within, she saw patches of blue sky with tall, green forest trees of a landscape in the hazy core
of the oval light. She stepped in and entered. Immediately, a cool and rustling breeze brushed against
her hair and cheeks whispering a word of “Welcome.”
In front of her was a tropical forest with a very large, century-old tree with will-o-wisps that circled
around its withered bark. The little lights looked like its leaves and some clumped together in bunches
on its branches. This must be the very old tree Apo Tekari told in his story, thought Adora. She was
mesmerized by the stray lights that floated around the tree. She made a move closer and felt its sparkle
in her skin.
All around the old tree were tropical shrubs that had fragrant flowers on them. Thick blooms like ginger
flowers and orchids hang from branches of tall rubber trees and banana fronds. A pond flowed into a
stream and was lined with lily pads and lotus blooms, skimming dragonflies played with the green frogs
that settled in the pads like sentinels. Lotus blooms opened up to catch the gentle spray of rain from the
treetops. On the branches, birds of different colour filled the air with birdcalls and tweets. Here and
there, flying or swaying from branch to branch were parrots, macaques and hornbills. It was a magical
wonderland of a rainforest..
Then something stirred in the old tree that loosened the clump of silvery will-o-wisps in the
branches..some of them floated like dandelion seeds around the old tree. From within its rough bark a
beautiful lady appeared. She was not old and aged like the bark of the tree, but youthful. She was all
aglow with the light of the tree and in her hand she held a golden egg which she handed over to the
Adora, who was rapt with wonder. “Come..” she whispered “take this and place it in the field in your
world to roost. When it hatches, it will heal your world.”
Adora received the golden egg and carefully wrapped it with her bandana (scarf) and held it closely to
her bosom. “Remember, when your world will be healed, give all you can to take care of it.. believe in
3. the power of light and make a difference.” With this, the magical lady slowly receded back to the tree in
a faint glow of light. Adora was arrested in silence by the awesome moment. Then the breezes started
to gently push her towards the oval portal, it was time, it said to go back to her world before the sun
rises and do what the Babaylan lady told her. Adora took a deep breath of the magical air of the
rainforest and exited the portal to the dark, ravaged and stump ridden slopes of her world.
Adora laid her bandana on a stump near the dark murky river. She placed the golden egg on top and
watched Kadayao moving on to her moonset. She waited beside it, all prepared for the hatching of the
egg.
The egg moved and a little hole appeared followed by a crack. Then a very large bird of iridescent
feathers came out and spread its colourful wings as if to oblate the coming of the dawn. The awakened
sun peered glowing in the horizon and the bird let out a shriek and flew up into the air encircling the arid
land with its flight. Then the rain came. It was the soft gentle rain of dawn. It watered the land and
stirred the river. Green sprouts sprung from the ground and spread like green washed carpet over the
slopes. In a moment shrubs appeared full of buds and flowers. Tall trees shoot up and loomed on the
plain, then all of a sudden, the whole rainforest came back, alive and green again…!
The colourful bird of iridescent feathers flew its last circle around the slope and the river came to life
back again with water lily pads spreading from bank to bank. Birds filled and air and nested on the tall
trees as the magical birld flew far into the distant peaks. Adora could not believe what was happening,
but at the back of her mind, the whisper of the Babaylan echoed in her ear: “Believe..and you can make
a difference!”
She went back to the stump where she left her bandana for she was in a hurry to return back to the
village to tell her experience and visit Apo Tekari and tell him that his tale was true and that she met the
magical lady at last. It was a great surprise when she found her bandana for placed on top of it was a
heap of gold nuggets as large as big berries. Overwhelmed she wrapped them and carried them home.
A few years after, the rainforest still thrived. But right on the entrance, near the outhouse is a sign:
“Welcome! This is the Portal Rainforest Reserve, please preserve its ecology and make a difference. By
Order: The Adora Rangers of PRR”
Written on Christmas Eve, 2012
By Dulz Cuna
Mahasarakham, Isan Province, Thailand