IT’S THE BUTCHER! An old woman was lonely. She decided to get a pet. She didn’t have much money so she went to a second hand pet shop. She saw many animals: a three legged cat‚ a dog without a tail‚ fish that could only swim backwards and a beautiful bird that could only say one thing‚ “Who is it?”. She decided to buy the bird. She bought a cage for her bird and went home. She put the bird by the door and went downtown to do some shopping. While she was gone‚ a man knocked on the door
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The Raccoon & The Squirrel (The Priest Story) Once upon a time deep in the forest lived a raccoon named Simon who is a mischievous fellow that steals food occasionally from the farmer’s land. On every full moon Simon would quietly sneak into the farmer’s land and steal some of the ripe vegetables and fruits leaving his home unguarded. While Simon is busy stealing food‚ Ruphis the squirrel who recently moved into the forest noticed Simon’s daily routines and started to loot Simon’s home and takes
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"Bet you $10 he won’t‚" said the second guy. Then‚ the guy on the television closed his eyes and threw himself off the bridge. The second guy hands the first guy the money. "I can’t take your money‚" said the first guy. "I cheated you. The same story was on the five o’clock news." "No‚ no. Take it‚" said the second guy. "I saw the five o’clock news too. I just didn’t think the guy was dumb enough to jump again!" Discussing the tax rates A visitor from Holland was chatting with his American
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CELIA CRUZ Cruz was born on the date of October 21‚ 1925 in Havana‚ Cuba. She was born as Ursula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso to the parents of Catalina Alfonso and Simon Cruz. Her trademark quote was “azucar” meaning sugar in the Spanish language. She was the first female salsa mega-star and today she’s known as the Queen of Salsa. She was raised in the neighborhood of Santo Suarez along with 14 other siblings. She was the second of 4 children. Life in this neighborhood was very brutal and
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The theme of It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini is life is filled with problems‚ but you need to work through them‚ and learn about yourself. An example of this being the theme is while Craig is in the hospital he discovers his love for art after realizing how much he enjoys art Craig decides to go to art school instead of his original high school. By adding this the author wanted the reader to recognize Craig making concrete plans for his future. This showed that Craig learned about himself
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It’s Kind of a Funny Story Ned Vizzini Prompt #2 The word hope‚ in the dictionary means a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Everyone finds hope in their own way. Things or events we may not see hope in‚ may just be the defining hopeful moment in someone else’s life. Hope is in our daily lives weather we choose to see it or not. It is in the books we read‚ the people we meet and in our lives as a hole. A famous quote by Desmond Tutu states ¨Hope is being able to see
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NARRATOR: Once upon a time there was a beautiful young girl named Cindelila. She had a cruel stepmother. STEPMOTHER: And…did you make breakfast? CINDELILA: Yes‚ breakfast is ready. STEPMOTHER: Did you iron my clothes?? CINDELILA: Yes‚ I did. STEPMOTHER: Did you clean the kitchen??? CINDELILA: Yes‚ way to finish… STEPMOTHER: Uhhh-OHHH!! I see dirt!! Here….Here….Here…and you yourself!!!!! IS THIS WHAT YOU CALL CLEAN??? GET FAR AWAY FROM ME U THIS DIRTY GERM!!! EWWWWW!
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to what makes something funny. Generally‚ humor is something that makes people laugh. Family Guy is a sitcom that has been on the air since 1999. This show revolves around an extremely dysfunctional family‚ the Griffins. Family Guy is the only show to be cancelled twice‚ but be brought back due to high sales of their DVDs. Family Guy is an effective form of humor because of the use of put down humor‚ irony‚ and stereotypes. All of these elements of humor are what makes Family Guy one of the top ranking
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For many people‚ the zoo is a source of fond memories and funny childhood story’s like the swinging monkey‚ growling tigers and the others animals. Sometimes when we watch the animals in a captivity jumping through a flaming hoop or stand on its hind legs‚ it becomes easy to forget about all the abuse that the animals have been through. The animals may not like to do these things that we human feel amused about. They may prefer their own habitat if they had choices. Some people and I see zoos as
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Title: It’s Kind Of A Funny Story Author: Ned Vizzini Date Started: 4th April Date Finished: 6th May Text Type: Novel Genre: Drama Country of Origin: America Craig Gilner is a clinically depressed teenager. He gets accepted into exclusive school in Manhattan‚ promising him a good future if he is to excel. The pressure of being the average kid in class‚ piling up homework‚ pot smoking “so called” friends and the daily thoughts that he’s a failure beats him down into a deep depression. Craig
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