Now read and enjoy a part of the novel "The Mill on the Floss"
Maggie - The Little Lass
Maggie ,the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tulliver is nine and tall her age.Sometimes she sites in the sunshine and reads a book.She has a brown skin and black hair. Hers mother is very sad that a little girl is not very pretty. She wished Maggie would try to make herself beauty. Maggie's hair was absolutely straight and she didn't bother to comb or brush her hair.Her mother had to remind her to do so.
"Now go upstairs and brush your hair, and change your shoes and then come and do your patch work,"her mother said.
"Oh! mother,I don't want to do my patch work,""What! Don't like patch work? Look at Aunt Glegg, " I don't like her. I don't like patch work either. Tearing things to pieces and sewing them together again."
Mr.Trulliver laughed at her intelligent utterance. "You encourage her to be naughty. Her aunts all say I don't teach her to be lady like."Mr.Tulliver laughed again.Mr.Tulliver always thought about his son, Tom's education."I want to send him to a really good school". This was an important matter.
Maggie's brother Tom was to be sent away to school.Maggie loved her brother very much.Those words worried Maggie.She went and sat on her father's knees.
"Father, When Tom goes to school can I go and see him sometimes? He'll miss home, the rabbits ,the born." Mr.Trulliver's heart was touched.He laughed with a certain tenderness and patted his girl on the back, and kept her between his knees.
Mrs Tulliver's sister and their families were coming on a visit. The visitors arrived."Go and speak to your uncles and aunts,"her mother said."Well my dear, you grow wonderfully fast.But I think the girl has too much hair," Aunt Pullet remarked. Mrs.Tullliver was upset.She pulled Maggie to a side and said,
" Go upstairs now, immediately , and brush your hair. Brush it twenty times. Now go. Don't be a disgrace."
Maggie was hurt.
"Why does mother call me a disgrace? It's my hair.It's always getting me into trouble.I'll cut it.: She took a pair of scissors, and ran upstairs. She just held it in her hand and "snip" went the scissors. She had cut her hair.then when the hair fell , she saw herself in the mirror and was truly frightened.She didn't want to go down.
Tom comes up looking for her.He was frightened too when he saw his sister with her hair cut.Maggie tried to be brave.Hand in hand they went down. Everybody was shocked.
"Little girls who cut their own hair should be whipped and fed on bread and water," said Aunt Glegg.
Maggie broke into loud sobs and ran to her father." Now, now," he said, " your hair will grow soon, don't cry."
She always went to her father for consolation and she knew father wad always there to listen to her grievances.
Reading 02
"The Merchant of Venice" is one of the 37plays written by William Shakespeare between the years 1598 and 1612.This play highlights the strong bond between tho friends.
In the city of Venice there lived two friends Antonio and Bassanio.Antonio was a ship owner and Bassanio a nobleman who was not as rich as his friend.
"Now go upstairs and brush your hair, and change your shoes and then come and do your patch work,"her mother said.
"Oh! mother,I don't want to do my patch work,""What! Don't like patch work? Look at Aunt Glegg, " I don't like her. I don't like patch work either. Tearing things to pieces and sewing them together again."
Mr.Trulliver laughed at her intelligent utterance. "You encourage her to be naughty. Her aunts all say I don't teach her to be lady like."Mr.Tulliver laughed again.Mr.Tulliver always thought about his son, Tom's education."I want to send him to a really good school". This was an important matter.
Maggie's brother Tom was to be sent away to school.Maggie loved her brother very much.Those words worried Maggie.She went and sat on her father's knees.
"Father, When Tom goes to school can I go and see him sometimes? He'll miss home, the rabbits ,the born." Mr.Trulliver's heart was touched.He laughed with a certain tenderness and patted his girl on the back, and kept her between his knees.
Mrs Tulliver's sister and their families were coming on a visit. The visitors arrived."Go and speak to your uncles and aunts,"her mother said."Well my dear, you grow wonderfully fast.But I think the girl has too much hair," Aunt Pullet remarked. Mrs.Tullliver was upset.She pulled Maggie to a side and said," Go upstairs now, immediately , and brush your hair. Brush it twenty times. Now go. Don't be a disgrace."
Maggie was hurt.
"Why does mother call me a disgrace? It's my hair.It's always getting me into trouble.I'll cut it.: She took a pair of scissors, and ran upstairs. She just held it in her hand and "snip" went the scissors. She had cut her hair.then when the hair fell , she saw herself in the mirror and was truly frightened.She didn't want to go down.
Tom comes up looking for her.He was frightened too when he saw his sister with her hair cut.Maggie tried to be brave.Hand in hand they went down. Everybody was shocked.
"Little girls who cut their own hair should be whipped and fed on bread and water," said Aunt Glegg.
Maggie broke into loud sobs and ran to her father." Now, now," he said, " your hair will grow soon, don't cry."
She always went to her father for consolation and she knew father wad always there to listen to her grievances.
Reading 02
On April 26th 1564 a name was added to the register of the village Stratford-upon-Avon in England as William Shakespeare. Nobody could foresee that this baby boy would be world famous as the greatest writer in the language.
"The Merchant of Venice" is one of the 37plays written by William Shakespeare between the years 1598 and 1612.This play highlights the strong bond between tho friends.
In the city of Venice there lived two friends Antonio and Bassanio.Antonio was a ship owner and Bassanio a nobleman who was not as rich as his friend.
True Friends
Adapted from " The Merchant of Venice"
Bassanio : Antonio,I heard that many suitors are trying to win Portia.
Bassanio : Antonio,I heard that many suitors are trying to win Portia.
