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GLES VIEW
Slave Narrativeโโ 4 Eve van de Weg
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Snowfallโโ 5
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Carla Mulli
Struggle against HIV in Botswana Finds Hopeโโ 6
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Caitlin Smyth
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Bee Wise Utilise la Micro-Financeโโ 8 Maylee Goรฏot
Microfinance Saves Poverty and Womenโโ 10 AN EAGLE
Mina Matsushima
Of Mice and Men Releasedโโ 12
LIFE
Jack Wroldsen Teamwork
Die Wetterherstellungsmaschineโโ 14 Amy Rosenbluth
Die Hotdogherstellungsmaschineโโ 14 Michelle Wosinski
Die neue, schnelle Hausarbeiterledigungsarmeeโโ 15 Morgan Rogers
Der Hundespielerundspaziererroboterโโ 16 Federica Lainati
NEWS
Die Coktailgetrรคnkeherstellungsmachineโโ 17 Christina Nazariyan
Le survivant de la Rue de cassisโโ 18 Amy Rosenbluth
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Maylee Goiot
La jalousie est un vilain dรฉfautโโ 23 Capucine Matte
LโHomme au Dauphinโโ 26 Chiara Picchi
Illustrated book reportsโโ 31 Emma Duer Marcel Grossarth Aleksandra Dziurdzia
Lighting up a trampolineโโ 37 Bryndis Kara Sigurdardottir
James and his poolโโ 39 4m Unnur Maria
Recipe Review from the Science of Baking!!โโ 40 War Zoneโโ 41 Grace Weiler
The Outsiders Book vs. Movie Comparison Essayโโ 42 Sophie Sutherland
Of Mice and Men Film and Book Comparisonโโ 43 Maya Muscat
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Grade 7 Anonymous
Wandering through a busy cityโโ 46 Lana Harris
A stroll along the beachโโ 46 Tali Golergant
Book Brochuresโโ 48 Stefan Ingi Sigurdarson Juan Moreno Mika Bouchet-Virette Tom Verlaque
Mayan Timeโโ 52 Sarika Hayes
Cartoons Grade 7 Scienceโโ 54 Illustrated summaryโโ 56 Caroline Michel
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Interview with Ian Holmรฉr, a ski racerโโ 57 Sou Hirabayashi
Breaking News
Issue 1 June 2013
Grade 8 Political Cartoons - Colonialismโโ 58
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SLAVE NARRATIVE Eve van de Weg
The dust hung, swirling just above the dry, packed dust of the path. His bare feet avoided rocks and thorns, continuing on even at the height of midday, his empty water basket swinging lightly by his side. He was used to the heat. The sun beat down on his back as he made his way towards the communal well in the outskirts of the village and he rested in the shade of a few trees that grew around the sparse area. The container, now full of water, rested beside him. He sighed and let his eyes close, it was the hottest part of the day after all. He was woken by a pair of strong arms throwing him to the ground. The dust swirled around his eyes, making them water. With his face pressed into the dirt, he struggled as much as he could against the strange men as they tied his hands behind his back. He nearly managed to unbalance one of them, but just as he was about to get to his knees, he was pushed down again. He screamed for help as a heavy wooden club came into contact with the side of his head. The pain flashed behind his eyes. It took two solid hits for his muscles to go slack. If he had seen any possible means of escape, he would have been long gone from this nightmare, but there was none. His wrists were tightly shackled, thick, black chains linking lines of haggard heads bent towards the ground, bare feet shuffling, inching through the dust. His path was lined on either side by men with menacing smirks or weather hardened faces, armed with rifles or the snap of a sharp whip. It whistled through the air. It snapped again and the entire line of captured men and women, flinched. All of them had felt the sting of the leather against their exposed backs, keeping them in line as they were loaded onto row boats in groups and ferried across the sloping waves to the ship anchored just off the bay. He, and ten others were pushed into a boat that rolled with the waves. It was nearly upset many times, the unsteady contraption bucking and swinging toward the ship in the distance. There was netting around the side of the ship, extending above the deck, surrounding the entire length and width of the vessel. It was only much later, while he was packed into the dark hold surrounded by the suffocating reek of the other captives, that it came to -4Grade 8 English
him what this might be there to prevent against. It hung like thick cotton in the air, the stench, stinging his throat and nestling behind his eyes. It coated the inside of his mouth with the slimy burn of bile and crept into his lungs, residing there until they were dragged into the sun and splashed with buckets of frigid sea water. The salt would itch and ferment in the thick heat below decks, mingling, almost undetected, below the odor of feces and all manner of bodily fluids. Somewhere among the mass of bodies, two babies fed off each others tantrums, adding to the moans and screams of the sick, dying and tortured. After many weeks they were all brought up on deck and thoroughly examined. The group was separated, all the desperately sick were moved to one side and re shackled together. A sickening feeling began to grow in his stomach, rising up and tightening its grip around his airways. It only increased as a large pile of stones was attached to the long line of taught chains. It was when these rocks were pushed overboard with a splash that echoed across the wide expanses of ocean that the screaming started. Everything slowed down slightly, and it felt as if he were watching it from a memory, detached, as the chains sped across the deck and grew taught. He watched as the shackles around one mans feet yanked his ankles out from under him and he was dragged across the deck, clawing at the wood in hopes of grabbing onto something that would keep him on the ship, keep him alive. There was nothing, and with a gurgling screech, the man flew off the edge of the ship, through the hole that the crew had made for this event. The chain skittered overboard and the next in line, a petite woman, hair knotted and eyes wide and full of insanity, was pulled down. There were deep scratches up the inside of her forearms and her clothes were in shreds. She laughed as she was whisked over the side and the flat smack of her limp body hitting the water almost made him vomit. The next man was much like the first, a little older, marks of the whip deep on his back, a haggard beard on his face. He flailed wildly as the chain tightened around his ankle and he grabbed for peopleรข€™s feet as he passed. The sounds of his begging were cut off by water filling his lungs. The faces began to merge into one. There was nothing that he could do, nothing he could say to make this horror stop. He watched, tears making tracks in the dirt on his face. The last one in the line, a woman, Middle School Magazine
lay down as the man in front of her fell. She closed her eyes as she was jerked across the rough wooden planks. She slipped overboard quietly. The whip cracked overhead once again, and they were herded, eyes downcast, back into the dark hold. They reached the shores of North America much later. They were bathed in sea water and rubbed down with the fat of dead animals, to make their skin shine. All this he endured silently, staring at a point far in the distance. They were pushed into groups and one by one, pulled up on stage. The onlooking eyes regarded him, some with eagerness, some with a trained eye. He did not flinch at the sharp sound of the mallet against wood that declared that his life was being transferred from one man to another, nor did he look his new owner in the eye. He just continued walking, unseeing. Numb.
Issue 1 June 2013
Grade 8 English
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๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ Struggle against HIV in Botswana Finds Hope ๏
๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ Botswana has ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ one of the highest rates of HIV in the world, despite๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ the fact they have extremely comprehensive and effective HIV treatment programs. Bot๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ swana provides free, lifesaving drugs to almost all of its citizens in ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ need of them. They can afford to do ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ so due to its ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ diamond deposits as Botswana is the worldโs largest๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ producer of diamonds. One of the ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ก๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ reasons that their HIV treatments are so effective is ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ก๏๏๏๏ข๏๏๏๏ฃ๏๏๏๏ because the country moved to address the epidemic ๏ค๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ reasonably quickly. Although the treatments have ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ helped significant amounts, there is still so much ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ก๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ that needs to be done concerning the issue and there ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ are many organizations in Botswana for the cause, as ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ค๏๏ฅ๏๏ one can see in this article. ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ก๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ก๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ The government has helped the AIDs situation ๏ข๏๏๏๏ฃ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ by an enormous amount by moving quickly to ad๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ค๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ dress the epidemic and people are now calling Bot๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ swana a success story. Botswana was the first nation ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ in Africa to try to provide access to HIV drug treat๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ฆ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ง ment nationwide, the government provided money ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ for the projects to provide the necessary life-saving ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏จ๏ ๏จ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ค๏ฉ๏๏ค๏ช๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ฃ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ drugs and other life changing actions such as the SOS ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏ villages and ACHAP. Botswanaโs government makes ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ sure to educate its children on HIV and how to pre๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ก๏๏ vent it. If the ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ government hadnโt helped as much as ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ก๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ it did, Botswanaโs situation would be a million times more severe. ๏๏๏๏ค๏ฉ๏๏ค๏ช๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ก๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ซ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ The๏ฌ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ค๏ฉ๏๏ค๏ช๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ first organization to be discussed is ACHAP, a public private partnership with the gov๏ฉ๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ค๏๏ฅ๏จ๏๏ช๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ernment and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. ๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ก๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ค๏ฉ๏๏ค๏ช๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ก๏ ๏๏๏ ACHAP stands for Comprehensive HIV AIDS Part๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ nership. The organization was built to confront the ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ก๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ aids crisis head on, ACHAP gives education about ๏๏ก๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ก๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ HIV mainly to young people which improve their ๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ก๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ social progress๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ because they are learning about their ๏ญ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ก๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ก๏๏๏ bodies and it gives them a feeling of understand๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ing about what is happening to the people suffering ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ก๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ก๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ from aids around them. Education about HIV also ๏๏๏๏๏๏ก๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ promotes stable economic growth as hopefully when ๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ก๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ youngsters are better informed about aids, it will be ๏
easier for them to prevent themselves from being infected and therefore, the government wonโt have to spend as much money on treatments. ACHAPโs priority is prevention; they want to inspire the people of Botswana to find hope and inspire them to try as individuals to stop the spread of HIV. ACHAP is based mainly on donations, it is a fairly well rounded -6-
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Caitlin Smyth
๏ฉ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏จ๏ ๏จ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ฃ๏ ๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ค๏ฉ๏๏ค๏ช๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ฎ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ Children at the SOS Villages www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ organization, what with the provision of education ๏ค๏ฉ๏๏ค๏ช๏๏๏๏๏ก๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ about HIV, providing treatments and testing people ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ก๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ all free of cost. ACHAP truly changes the lives of the ๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ people it helps. ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ค๏ฉ๏๏ค๏ช๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ Next year an estimated 20% of children in Bot๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ swana will be orphans due to Aids. The organization ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ฏ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ฐ๏ฑ๏ฒ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ SOS๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ก๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ค๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ Villages for AIDS orphans it provides schools and๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏จ๏ ๏จ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ค๏๏ฅ๏จ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ fully functioning communities for the children. SOS๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ Villages provides a village designed specifically ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏จ๏ ๏จ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ to gives the orphans a chance for the future. Each ๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ woman working there is assigned children and is ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ญ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ฃ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ meant to act as a motherly figure towards them; they are ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ called a house mother. There are three SOS Vil๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ฎ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ lages in Botswana, all funded through donations and ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏จ๏ ๏จ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ government support. The point of the organization ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ is to๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ensure that the children donโt lose the chance ๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ to have a family or a future ahead of them, to make sure๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ AIDS doesnโt ruin their lives and leave them ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ฃ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ค๏๏ฅ๏จ๏ without hope. There are around 120,000 AIDS or๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ phans in Botswana, the SOS Villages only looks after ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ณ๏ฐ๏ฑ๏๏ฑ๏ฑ๏ฑ๏๏ค๏๏ฅ๏จ๏ 560๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏จ๏ ๏จ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ children, there is still a long way to go before the ๏๏ ๏ ๏ฃ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ด๏ต๏ฑ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ problem is solved completely SOS Villages canโt do ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ ๏๏ก๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ก๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ it on๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏จ๏ ๏จ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ their own. SOS Villages give hope to children whose lives have been ruined by AIDS, and they will ๏ ๏๏๏๏๏จ๏ ๏จ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏ continue to provide this hope for as long as they can. ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ก๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ก๏๏๏ค๏๏ฅ๏จ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ Botswanaโs situation is severe and their goals ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ for the future are ambitious, however they believe
that with hope and perseverance they will achieve them with the help of the governmentโs cooperation and the organizations like the ones mentioned above. Both the SOS Villages and ACHAP have their own strong points, ACHAP provides medicines needed to survive and SOS Villages provide a
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promising future to new generations. None of this could have been achieved without the governmentโs approval, if these three groups and others work hard and continue fighting against the epidemic, there is still hope for Botswana. This article has addressed the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Botswana and discussed two main organizations helping the situation in their own way, as well as what the government has done to help. It is an on-going struggle and no one can quite see the light at the end of the tunnel yet however it is important that the people of Botswana donโt lose hope. v Editorial The editor thinks that both of these organizations are helping an enormous amount to the HIV/AIDS situation in Botswana however they both have their strong points and their weaknesses. The situation is critical, a matter of life or death for most and it is of the utmost importance that the epidemic is kept at bay or else the country of Botswana will crumble. SOS Villages create a fully functioning community for AIDS orphans to grow up in, they educate, feed and care for them. The organization is based solely on donations and completely changes the lives of the young children, giving them hope for the future which they otherwise wouldnโt have had. The organization encourages social progress by giving children an education so they can get jobs, start businesses and basically just earn a living. Also, SOS Villages promotes stable economic growth by educating the children which will give them the chance to get a job, make money and be able to pay taxes in the future. The organization also has its weaknesses; it only holds 560 out of the 120,000 AIDS orphans in Botswana, if they want to make a bigger impact on Botswana, it is important that they increase their numbers. Another problem is that the organization is based solely on donations, if the donations stop coming due to them being careless or a number of other reasons, everything theyโve worked towards would most likely go up in flames. A solution to this or a way to improve the organization altogether would be to take a small percentage of the childrenโs earnings once they start earning money in a job thanks to the education provided for them at SOS Villages. This could be their way of repaying the organization for its help and ensuring future generations get the same care. On the whole, SOS Villages is a well put together organization however they would do well to consider some of the improvements mentioned above. Issue 1 June 2013
ACHAP suffers from similar weaknesses as SOS Villages, the organization educates the people of Botswana on HIV/AIDS, gives tests and lifesaving drugs all free of cost which is great however it too is based solely on donations. If the donor no longer wants to give the organization the money it needs, or another issue along those lines, ACHAP would come crashing down. Also, the people are just getting all the medications and treatments for free which could render them careless, thinking as it was so easy to get treatment for the disease and free they didnโt have to worry too much. A realistic improvement to these would be to get the people to do voluntary work for the community in exchange for the drugs or something along those lines so people remember how privileged they are to have the drugs and learn that they have to work for the things they want in life. This idea also encourages social progress by bringing the community together. The organization does of course have its strong points as well, it encourages social progress by making the people feel very privileged and grateful that they have been given a โsecond chanceโ at life and some may decide to give back to the community by doing some good with their lives. ACHAP saves lives on a daily basis, if the people are healthy, they can think about the future, get a good education and give back to the community whereas if they had full blown AIDS they would be forced to think one step at a time so this encourages social progress and stable economic growth. It is rather obvious that both organizations lifesaving work has helped significant amounts, while they both have weaknesses, their importance to Botswana cannot be emphasized enough.
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Issue 1 June 2013
Grade 8 Social Studies Articles
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LUXEMBOURG TIMES ADMI NI STRATOR
ADMINISTRATOR
MICROFINANCE SAVES POVERTY AND WOMEN Mina Matsushima
CURRENT STUATION Microfinance in Ghana is in fact very successful. Indeed, the concept of microfinance is not new in Ghana. There has always been a tradition of people saving and taking small loans from individuals and groups within the context of self-help to startup businesses or farming ventures. The first credit union in Africa was itself established in Northern Ghana in 1955. Microfinance was introduced in Ghana in helping the poor was seen, microfinance started to show how much it helps poor people. For instance, the Non- Bank Financial Institution (NBFIs) in Ghana showed that the
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Microfinance was started in Bangladesh in
trends in loans and advances extended to small businesses had increased 28.3 per cent from 2001 to 2002. Moreover, in 2006 a total of GHยข160.47
1976 by Muhammad Yunus, who is a banker
million was extended to clients, which represents 48.8 per cent higher than
and economist. He developed the concepts of
the previous yearโs total loans. (See the graph)๏
Microfinance in the villages of Bangladeshi and the concept then spread out all over the world. The concept of microfinance is to help poor people and women have a better quality of life by providing financial services which include the management of small amounts of money (loans) and a system of intermediary functions targeted at low income clients. A special bank called Grameen Bank which was created by Muhammad to lend money for them. This enables the borrowers to meet their
This shows the upward- trending NBFI's credit to individuals, small
basic needs and protects the very poor
businesses, groups and others and indicates marked improvements in level
households. It also supports these borrowers
of microfinance in the country because people are now starting to borrow
starting up businesses or ventures which make
money to use for businesses. Some of the loans are used for a variety of
more opportunities to earn money and this
activities such as: dairy cow raising, weaving, cloth trading, pottery
means that their quality of life can be
manufacture and leasing land for cooperative farming.
improved. Microfinance can also empower
Some experts also describe how microfinance is working well. David
women by giving them the chance to work.
Roodman, of the Washington-based Centre for Global Development claims
Then not only the men but also the women in
that โthey are good for business and help protect an MFI's bottom line.โ
poor villages can earn some money and it helps
Those date and the comments from experts shows that microfinance really
support gender equality.
helps poor people have better quality of life and empowers women around
One good example of the success of Microfinance is Ghana.
the world. Moreover it can also help resolve many worldwide issues (e.x. Global warming, HIV/AIDS) when we look at its long term goals because microfinance enables people to start their own businesses which are concerned about these issues.
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Social Studies - Grade 8 Articles Administrator
EDITORรข€™S OPINION Recently, the concept of Microfinance has become popular around the world. It has a lot of strengths but it also has some problems. The biggest strength of this project is the social progress it enables. Microfinance helps not only men but also women to invest money in work projects which makes it easier for women to work as well as providing more work for men. This project empowers women by supporting their economic participation in the community and at the same time supports gender equality. It allows very poor people to meet their basic needs, for example providing them with clean water, sanitation and electricity. In addition, because this project promotes various businesses the money generated by them can be used to tackle the modern issues such as global warming. When we look at the long term effectiveness of microfinance, there will be benefits. For example microfinance can lead to more children being educated because people can now send them to school. When people are educated, they can understand more about diseases such as HIV/AIDS and that might help to reduce the percentage of people getting these diseases. From those benefits, we can say that it is making a good attempt towards achieving the target of the relevant Millennium Development Goals which are to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty, promoting gender equality and empowering women. When we look at the long term it could also achieve the goal of universal primary education, improving maternal health and combatting HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases . However there are also some disadvantages. One of them is about too responsibility for the leader of the group. Normally groups of people borrow money from microfinance so that if someone in the group did not return the money by the deadline, the leader had to pay them back. This system has caused some leaders to commit suicide because the responsibility is too much. However, since this project is improving towards many MDG (Millennium Development Goals)s, I think it is a good project. However it still needs to work on making sure that it cares about peopleรข€™s mental health so that poor people and women can borrow money more easily.
Issue 1 June 2013
Grade 8 Social Studies Articles
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Grade 8 Social Studies Articles
Middle School Magazine
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Issue 1 June 2013
Limericks
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Machine descriptions from German class
Die Wetterherstellungsmaschine Amy Rosenbluth
Die unglaubliche, einzigartige Wetterherstellungsmaschine ist eine fantastische Maschine, die die Welt รคndern will. Der Benutzer kann mit der hellgelben Tastatur sein Traum-Wetter schreiben. Nach ein paar Minuten beginnt die Wetterherstellungsmaschine, das Wetter zu machen. Sie kann Temperaturen von -15ยฐ bis 40ยฐ machen , und sonniges, regnerisches, stรผrmisches, windiges, bewรถlktes, nebliges, kaltes Wetter und Schneewetter machen. Die Maschine ist extravagant und sehr praktisch. Ein Beispiel: EinBauer kann sie fรผr Regen oder Sonne benutzen. Sie ist auch sehr umweltfreundlich, weil sie einen elektrischen Motor hat. Die Maschine ist enorm und kompliziert: Sie hat zwei Bildschirme, eine Lรผftungsรถffnung, viele Knรถpfe etc., aber glรผcklicherweise hat die Maschine ein dรผnnes, kurzes, einfaches, rotes Handbuch mit klaren Instruktionen.
Die Hotdogherstellungsmaschine Michelle Wosinski
Die fantastische Hotdogherstellungsmaschine ist eine neue, wunderbare Maschine, die jeder kaufen sollte. Sie hat viele erstaunliche Funktionen. Wenn du die Hotdogherstellungsmaschine kaufst, werden alle deine Freunde eifersรผchtig sein. Die Hotdogherstellungsmaschine hat zwei Einstellungen, sie machen kalte Hotdogs oder warme Hotdogs. So oder so, sie sind sehr lecker. Du wรคhlst aus, welche Temperatur du willst, und die tolle Maschine macht das. Um die Option zu wรคhlen, drรผckst du den blauen Knopf fรผr einen kalten Hotdog, und du drรผckst den roten Knopf, um einen warmen Hotdog zu wรคhlen. Wenn du gewรคhlt hast, kommt dein warmer oder kalter Hotdog aus einem gelben Fach. Die Hotdogherstellungsmaschine braucht 6 Minuten, um einem Hotdog zu machen. Wenn sie fertig ist, klingelt sie. Du wรคrst dumm, sie nicht zu kaufen. -14-
Machine descriptions from German class
Middle School Magazine
Die neue, schnelle Hausarbeiterledigungsarmee Morgan Rogers
Die fantastische, originelle, Hausarbeiterledigungsarmee ist sehr praktisch. Jeder Roboter erledigt eine spezifische Arbeit und ist sehr schnell. Der erste grรผne Roboter wรคscht mit vier langen Armen die Tellern ab. Der zweite blaue dicke Roboter hilft jeden Tag, weil er mit einem groฮฒen, modernen Staubsauger Staub saugt. Er hat drei Fรผฮฒe aber nur zwei lange Arme. Der dritte lila Roboter macht die anstregende Gartenarbeit. Er kauft viele bunte Blumen, und dann pflanzt er die Blumen. Der vierte mehrfarbige Roboter ist eine laute Alarmanlage. Er sucht feige Einbrecher mit groฮฒen, gewaltigen Augen. Er pratrouillert um das Haus, sieben Tage pro Woche rund um die Uhr. Ein anderer grรผne Roboter leert den multiplen Abfallbehรคlter. Er hat nur einen krรคftigen Fuฮฒ und vier Ohren. Der letzte orange Roboter putzt deinen chaotischen Raum mit langen flexiblen Armen. Die Hausarbeite Armee ist sehr praktisch und zweckmรคฮฒig. Man kann die Roboter auch programmieren. Die Armee ist sehr billig und nรผtztlich. Man bedauert diesen Kauf nicht.
Issue 1 June 2013
Machine descriptions from German class
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Der Hundespielerundspaziererroboter Federica Lainati
DER HUNDESPIELERUNDSPAZIERERROBOTER Dieser wundervolle, freundliche, und lustige Hundespielerundspazierroboter ist eine sehr umweltfreundliche Maschine, mit der dein Hund sich nie langweilen wird! Diese super tolle und originelle Erfindung ist nie mรผde.
Diese fantastische Glaskreation zeigt, wo dein Hund ist. Dieser intelligente Roboter benutzt die strahlende Solarenergie, um immer Energie zu haben.
Mit seinen auรergewรถhnlichen Augen wird er ihren Hund nie aus dem Blick verlieren.
Mit dem kleinen, weiรen Knopf kann man den aktiven Roboter an- und ausschalten.
Auf seinem rostigen Rรผcken gibt es einen kreativen Bildschirm, der die moderneste Technologie hat. Hier kann man Vorchriften geben.
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Dein zweckmรครiger Roboter kann mit deinem Hund sprechen. Er kann seine Laune besser machen. Mit diesem Hundespielerundpaziererroboter wird dein Hund immer jemanden haben, der mit ihm spielen kann.
Mit seinen roten, langen Beine kann dieser schnelle Roboter mit deinem Hund mithalten. Deshalb kann dein Hund nicht verloren gehen.
Machine descriptions from German class
Diese runde, praktiche Anzeige zeigt, wie glรผcklich der aufgedrehte Hund ist. Er weiร immer, wenn dein lustiger Hund etwas gefunden hat oder wenn dein unglรผcklicher Hund verletzt ist.
Middle School Magazine
Die Coktailgetrรคnkeherstellungsmachine Christina Nazariyan
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Issue 1 June 2013
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Machine descriptions from German class
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Grade 8 -petites nouvelles policiรจres Le survivant de la Rue de cassis - Amy Rosenbluth
Le survivant de la Rue de cassis Amy Rosenbluth
Cโรฉtait le soir sur Paris. La nuit tombait avec une rapiditรฉ effrayante et les ombres griffues รฉtendaient leur menace sur la Rue de Cassis. Dans son appartement au cinquiรจme รฉtage, dans un coin dโune piรจce ร peine รฉclairรฉe, elle frappait maladroitement les touches numรฉrotรฉes du tรฉlรฉphone. Dans ses yeux se lisait une terreur qui se mรฉtamorphosait peu ร peu en folie et elle รฉtait prise dโรฉtranges tocs : elle รฉcarquillait les yeux et regardait toutes les quelques secondes vers la porte, puis la fenรชtre. Tout ร coup, une petite voiture tรฉlรฉcommandรฉe lui percuta la jambe et la fit chavirer. Sans le faire exprรจs, elle laissa tomber le tรฉlรฉphone qui percuta le carrelage et effaรงa le numรฉro quโelle avait entamรฉ. En fronรงant les sourcils, elle le ramassa et le raccrocha. Puis elle prit la voiturette dans une main et cria : ยซ Logan ! Arrรชte de jouer, cโest pas le moment ! Reste dans ta chambre ยป Une voix lui rรฉpondit du fond du couloir. ยซ Mais quโest-ce-que jโai fait ? ยป ยซ Tu sais trรจs bien โฆ ยป Elle nโeut pas le temps de finir sa phrase quโun BOUM รฉnorme se fit entendre. La voiture explosa et le choc retentit dans tout lโimmeuble. Maintenant, il faisait nuit sur la Rue de Cassis. Une nuit froide et terrifiante oรน rodait lโange de la mort. v Lโinspecteur Crosswell marchait dans les dรฉbris de lโappartement calcinรฉ. Elle jeta un regard froid sur les journalistes entassรฉs derriรจre les lignes de sรฉcuritรฉ. ยซ Bandes de parasites ยป pensa-t-elle. Elle sโรฉloigna de la fenรชtre et avanรงa vers Patrick Steal de la police scientifique qui donnait justement des instructions ร son รฉquipe pour quโils fassent des analyses sur les corps de la femme et de lโenfant retrouvรฉs morts, carbonisรฉs. ยซ Il faut que tu fasses vite avant que ces vautours de mรฉdecins lรฉgistes nโarrivent ยป lui dit-elle. Il nโeut pas le temps de lui rรฉpondre que du fond de la salle retentit une voix : -18-
ยซ รa me fait plaisir de te voir aussi Kate ยป. Une grande femme blonde suivie de toute une escorte arriva et sโarrรชta devant elle. ยซ Bonjour docteur Ireton, ยป rรฉpondit lโinspecteur ยซ Comment va ? ยป ยซ Bien bien. Les affaires marchent en ce moment ยป elle fit un clin dโลil ร Kathleen avant de sโรฉcarter et de rejoindre son รฉquipe qui avait dรฉjร chassรฉ les scientifiques et entamait de placer les corps dans des sacs protecteurs. Kathleen nโaimait pas les mรฉdecins lรฉgistes et en particulier cette femme. Il y avait quelque chose de malsain chez elle qui la dรฉgoรปtait. Patrick sโรฉloigna du corps, et rejoignit sa collรจgue. ยซ Elle a un sens de lโhumour insalubre ยป dit-il en fronรงant les sourcils. Kathleen hocha doucement de la tรชte. La horde de mรฉdecins se retira, emportant les morts. Docteur Ireton sโarrรชta devant eux avant de partir. ยซ Alors, tu as terminรฉ ton raid? ยป demanda Patrick. Elle lui fit un sourire narquois et se tourna vers Kathleen. ยซ Bon, alors Crosswell , quel est le bilan ? ยป ยซ Elizabeth Bourne , 37 ans et son fils Logan , 10 ans. Ils ont รฉtรฉ tuรฉs dans lโexplosion dโune bombe dissimulรฉe dans une voiture tรฉlรฉcommandรฉe. Son fils aรฎnรฉ : Jean, 19 ans, se trouvait ร lโautre bout du couloir lors du choc et a reรงu des dรฉbris qui ont provoquรฉ une lรฉsion au niveau de la suture sagittale. Il est actuellement ร lโhรดpital Robert-Debrรฉ, dans le 19รจme arrondissement, dans le service spรฉcialisรฉ dans la mรฉdecine et la chirurgie pour personnes de moins de vingt ans.ยป ยซ Si tu nโas que รงa comme information je vais me retirer ยป Elle se retourna et marcha jusquโร la porte dโentrรฉe. ยซ Au revoir, croquemortยป lui lanรงa Patrick en lui faisant de petits signes de la main alors quโelle disparaissait dans les escaliers de lโimmeuble. ยซ Cโest fou ce que je peux dรฉtester cette femme ยป dit Kathleen en marchant ร son tour vers la sortie. ยซ Oรน vas- tu ? ยป ยซ A lโhรดpital ยป v Jean รฉtait profondรฉment endormi quand lโinspecteur vint le voir dans sa chambre dโhรดpital. Elle contempla ce jeune homme qui en quelques secondes avait tout perdu. Dans cette pรฉriode difficile quโest la vie dโun jeune adulte, il allait se retrouver dรฉpourvu de lโaide et de lโassistance de sa mรจre. Kathleen pouvait imaginer sa vie de lร oรน elle se trouvait, ร cรดtรฉ de lui : Quand il marchera dans la rue, il scrutera les passants en se demandant lequel dโentre eux avait
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rรฉduit sa vie ร nรฉant et il ne pourra plus jamais faire confiance en qui que ce soit. Il sera incapable dโaimer de peur dโรชtre abandonnรฉ comme sa mรจre et son frรจre venaient de lโabandonner. Ceci, Kathleen le savait car 18 ans auparavant, elle sโรฉtait trouvรฉe ร sa place. Ses parents avait รฉtรฉ tuรฉs par une femme รฉchappรฉe dโun hรดpital psychiatrique. Elle sโรฉtait retournรฉe contre tout le monde et nโavait pas dit un seul mot pendant des mois au cours desquels elle avait รฉtรฉ trimballรฉe dโune maison dโaccueil ร une autre avant dโen รชtre rejetรฉe ร chaque fois. Ne pas parler avait รฉtรฉ sa faรงon de se rebeller contre son entourage. Elle inquiรฉtait tout le monde et plus particuliรจrement lโagence qui dรฉpensait des fortunes en soin psychiatriques qui nโavaient eu aucun effet sur elle. Cโest seulement un an plus tard, quโun professeur de son lycรฉe avait fini par lui redonner la parole. A partir de lร , ils devinrent trรจs liรฉs. Il lui redonnat goรปt ร la vie et lโaida ร se rรฉintรฉgrer dans la sociรฉtรฉ. Lโagence en avait รฉtรฉ tellement ravie que quand il fit une demande dโadoption, ils nโhรฉsitรจrent pas ร accรฉlรฉrer la procรฉdure pour quโil devienne officiellement son tuteur devant la loi dans les trois mois qui suivirent. Il devint son pรจre et pour la premiรจre fois Kathleen savoura le vrai bonheur. Elle avait eu une chance incroyable mais ne pouvait pas en dire autant pour Jean. Cโest pour cela quโelle รฉtait dรฉcidรฉe ร dรฉmasquer celui qui avait posรฉ la bombe dans lโappartement. Il fallait au moins que le jeune homme puisse vivre sans se demander constamment qui รฉtait le coupable. Il fallait rendre justice ร ce garรงon qui venait subitement de se retrouver seul au monde. Elle lui prit la main et la serra. Il essaya de tourner la tรชte mais sa blessure lui fit grincer des dents tellement elle รฉtait douloureuse. Il ouvrit les yeux et les รฉcarquilla comme pour prendre conscience de ses alentours, puis, il regarda Kathleen. ยซ Qui vous รชtes, vous ? ยป demanda- t-il ? il. Elle prit sa respiration et se lanรงa : ยซ Je suis lโinspecteur Kathleen Crosswell. Je viens vous voir ร propos de lโaccident qui a eu lieu hierยป ยซ Ah. ยป ยซ Humโฆ. Votre mรจre et votre frรจre sont morts dans lโaccident. Ils se trouvaient tous deux trop prรจs de lโexplosion. Je suis dรฉsolรฉe ยป Elle aurait tout fait pour ne pas avoir ร lui annoncer cette triste nouvelle. Elle aurait bien aimรฉ remonter le temps pour ne pas se trouver dans cette chambre dโhรดpital. Il la regarda fixement. ยซ Ils sont morts ? Elizabeth est morte ? ยป ยซ Euh, oui. Je suis vraiment navrรฉe, je โฆยป Elle ne Issue 1 June 2013
put finir car il lโinterrompit : ยซ Sortez ! ยป Elle รฉtait perplexeโฆ ยซ Sortez ! ยป Sur- ce, une nurse arriva dans la chambre et guida Kathleen vers la porte. v Il รฉtait prรจs de 23 heures quand Kathleen revint au commissariat. Elle entra dans la section scientifique et trouva Patrick, lโลil collรฉ ร son microscope en train dโanalyser un cheveu trouvรฉ sur la scรจne du crime. Elle poussa un soupir en posant une boite sur le comptoir. ยซ Voilร ! dit Patrick, jโai rรฉcupรฉrรฉ les analyses sanguines de Jean Bourne ร lโhรดpital. ยซ Tu espรจres trouver quoi avec tout รงa ? ยป demanda sa jeune collรจgue. ยซ Des bactรฉries, de microbes โฆยป rรฉpondit-il ยซ je pense quโen comparant les analyses passรฉes et prรฉsentes, je pourrais recueillir des microbes laissรฉs sur la bombe et ainsi avoir des renseignements sur celui qui lโa conรงue ยป Kathleen hocha de la tรชte, puis soudainement ; elle se frappa la tempe. ยซ Jโai oubliรฉ de demander les analyses passรฉes ! Jโy retournerai demain. ยป ยซ Non, ce nโest pas la peine. Jโirai moi. Tu en as assez fait pour aujourdโhui. Repose-toi un peu ยป ยซ Bon, merci ยป dit-elle. Elle sourit et sortit du laboratoire. *** Kathleen ne dormit pas de la nuit. Elle รฉtait hantรฉe par le cauchemar de la mort de ses parents ; elle revoyait la femme ร la machette qui les avait assassinรฉs. Cette image sโentremรชlait avec la voix de Jean qui lui ordonnait de sortir. Le lendemain, elle se rรฉveilla en proie ร un sentiment de malaise. Assise ร son bureau, Kathleen lisait le rapport dโun certain Mathieu Barofski, le voisin de palier dโElizabeth Bourne qui avait justement appelรฉ les urgences aprรจs lโexplosion. Jusquโici, il รฉtait leur plus proche tรฉmoin, mis ร part Jean qui nโรฉtait pas mentalement prรชt ร venir pour lโinterrogation. Soudain, elle entendit Patrick lโappeler de derriรจre la porte : ยซ Kate, ouvre la porte sโil-te-plaรฎt ! ยป ยซ Fais le toi-mรชme Patrick ; je ne suis pas ร ta disposition et je suis occupรฉe ยป rรฉpondit-elle dโun ton las. ยซ Allez, sโil te plaรฎt ! Jโai les mains pleines et je nโarrive pas ร attraper la poignรฉe ! ยป ยซ Bon jโarrive, jโarriveโฆ. ยป Elle se leva, traversa la piรจce jusquโร la lโentrรฉe et ouvrit la porte. Patrick entra, le visage cachรฉ par une รฉnorme caisse sรฉcurisรฉe
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recouverte par une bรขche en caoutchouc quโil dรฉposa sur la table. ยซ Merci,ยป souffla-t-il en sโessuyant le front. Jโai dรป porter, depuis lโhรดpital, toutes les analyses passรฉes de Jean. ยซ Et avant que tu ne me le demandes, cโest parce que ma voiture est en panne ยป ยซ Aรฏeโฆ. dรฉsolรฉe, ยป rรฉpondit Kathleen ยซ je te revaudrai รงa ยป ยซ tu vas les analyser ? ยป lui demanda-t-elle. ยซ Donne- moi une seconde et jโy vais ยป. Il reprit doucement son souffle puis disparut dans son labo avec la caisse. v Il รฉtait une heure de lโaprรจs-midi et Kathleen revenait au bureau aprรจs sa pause dรฉjeuner. Elle venait de garer sa voiture dans le parking et marchai vers lโascenseur quand son tรฉlรฉphone sonna dans sa poche. Vite, elle le dรฉcrocha et le colla ร son oreille. ยซ Allo ? ยป ยซ Kathleen, cโest Patrick. Ecoute, il faut que tu ailles ร lโhรดpital ! ยป Brailla la voix de son partenaire. ยซ Quoi ? Pourquoi ? ยป ยซ Cโest Jean Bourne le coupable ! ยป ยซ Tu plaisantes ? ยป ยซ Il est schizophrรจne Kathleen ! Schi-zo-phrรฉ-ne ! Jโai trouvรฉ des molรฉcules de ยซ chlorpromazine ยป et de ยซ risperidone ยป dans ses analyses de sang. Ce sont des mรฉdicaments employรฉs pour traiter les cas extrรชmes de la maladie ! Il risque dโavoir des crises ร nโimporte quel moment ! Jโai contactรฉ la gendarmerie du 19รจme arrondissement et ils mโont rapportรฉ quโils avaient รฉtรฉ appelรฉs plusieurs fois, au cours de ces derniers mois, par Elizabeth Bourne pour quโils maitrisent son fils aรฎnรฉ qui pouvait se montrer incontrรดlable. Il est dangereux Kate ! Ireton a trouvรฉ des fragments de la bombe sur les corps et les ont faits scanner. Il y avait ses empreintes dessus ! Dรฉpรชche-toi ! ยป Kathleen courait dรฉjร ร sa voiture et dit avant de raccrocher : ยซ Appelle-moi des renforts ยป Elle claqua la portiรจre et fonรงa hors du parking, sur la route de lโhรดpital Robert Debrรฉ. Elle sโarrรชta en plein sens interdit devant lโรฉtablissement et fonรงa ร lโintรฉrieur. Lโendroit รฉtait rempli de patients. Elle courut vers la secrรฉtaire et lui montra son badge avant de sโemparer du microphone. ยซ Je suis lโinspecteur Kathleen Crosswell. Que tout le monde garde son calme. Je vous prie dโรฉvacuer lโรฉtablissement selon vos moyens, dans le silence. Je prie aussi le personnel de sรฉcuriser les chambres des patients de longues durรฉes et de sโenfermer dans une piรจce sรฉparรฉe. ยป Elle posa le microphone. Un infirmier lui fit signe de la tรชte et procรฉda ร lโรฉvacuation pendant que -20-
dโautres se dispersaient pour fermer les portes des chambres des patients. Kathleen fonรงa au fond du couloir, monta les escaliers jusquโau troisiรจme รฉtage, et courut jusquโบร la chambre 314. Elle ouvrit la porte et entra dans la piรจce. Vide. ยซ Oh nonโฆ. ยป, pensa-t- elle. Elle se retourna pour sortir et se retrouva juste en face de Jean. Elle fit un pas en arriรจre dans la chambre. Jean la suivit. Elle recula jusquโบร la fenรชtre et se retrouva coincรฉe. Elle sortit son arme de service et la pointa sur le jeune homme. Il la fixait dangereusement. Soudainement, il bondit en avant et lui frappa le bras avec un objet lourd et contondant ; cโรฉtait une des tuiles de carrelage quโil avait dรป arracher. La douleur lui fit lรขcher prise et le rรฉvolver tomba dans les mains tendues de Jean. Il avanรงa encore dโun pas. Elle devait essayer de lโamadouer. ยซ Jean, calme-toi. Je sais que ce nโest pas de ta faute. Tu ne sais pas ce que tu fais ; tu โฆยป ยซ Si ยป lโinterrompit โil, en pointant lโarme sur elle. Elle continua : ยซ Je ne sais pas ce que tu crois que je suis ou ce que tu penses que tu dois faire mais โฆยป ยซ Vous รชtes tous aprรจs moi. Vous voulez tous me tuer. Ils mโont prรฉvenu. Je croyais que cโรฉtait fini, mais ils disent que vous aussi vous voulez me faire du mal! Il faut que รงa sโarrรชte. LAISSEZ MOI ยป ยซ Non Jean. Je ne te veux aucun mal, je te le jure. Crois- moi. Les voix qui te disent รงa ne sont pas vraies. Elles sont fausses tu comprends ? Tu ne dois te protรฉger de personne. Tu nโรฉtais pas obligรฉ de tuer qui que ce soit ยป Il retira la sรฉcuritรฉ du pistolet et pointa le canon sur elle. Kathleen pouvait presque sentir la trajectoire toute tracรฉe du fusil ร sa tempe. Elle savait que sa derniรจre heure รฉtait arrivรฉe mais ne cligna pas des yeux ; elle le fixerait jusquโร la fin. Elle vit lโindex descendre sur la gรขchette et retint sa respiration avant de recevoir le coup. Comme ses parents qui avaient รฉtรฉ assassinรฉs par un malade mentale, elle allait subir le mรชme sort, elle aussi. Elle essaya de se rappeler ses derniers instants de bonheur que lui avait offerts la vie mais elle fut comme รฉveillรฉe par un craquement. Elle se retourna et vit un petit trou percรฉ dans la fenรชtre, ร cรดtรฉ dโelle, puis se retournant rapidement, elle eut juste le temps de voir Jean sโรฉcrouler par terre, une entaille laissรฉe par la balle dans la poitrine. Qui รฉtait son mystรฉrieux et invisible sauveur ?
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ร chacun ses secrets - Maylee Goiot
ร chacun ses secrets Maylee Goiot
La douce France, Paris, la ville lumiรจre qui fut toujours sous lโemprise de la fรชte รฉtait vide. Je me retrouvais de garde, coincรฉ au commissariat de police pour toute la nuit. A moitiรฉ endormi sur ma chaise, je pensais ร la tรฉlรฉconfรฉrence que je devais donner le lendemain matin. Il รฉtait vingt heures quand le tรฉlรฉphone qui se trouvait sur la table entiรจrement ensevelie sous la paperasserie inutile de lโadjudantchef, sonna. Le bruit รฉmis par le tรฉlรฉphone me fit sursauter et je bondis de ma chaise. Je fouillais dans les documents officiels, les plaintes, les lettres de menace et les contrats de mon supรฉrieur jusquโร ce que je dรฉniche finalement cette machine infernale dont la sonnerie retentissait dans mes oreilles. Dโune voix lasse, je rรฉpondis : - ยซ Commissariat de Police du 20รจme arrondissement, inspecteur Lefloc, comment puis-je vous aider ? - Je vous en supplie aidez-moi ! On a enlevรฉ mon fils. ยป Ses paroles รฉtaient quasiment inintelligibles ร cause de ses sanglots. - ยซ Dรฉsolรฉ, madame mais je ne comprends rien ร ce que vous venez de dire. Pourriez-vous rรฉpรฉter calmement sโil vous plait ? - On vient de kidnapper mon fils, il รฉtait en train de jouer dans la rue. - Oรน habitez-vous? - Nous habitons rue des Fauvettes au numรฉro 19. Notre appartement est au troisiรจme รฉtage sans ascenseur. - Cโest notรฉ. Vers quelle heure votre fils aurait pu disparaรฎtre ? - Jโai regardรฉ par la fenรชtre vers 19h30 et il รฉtait encore en bas de notre immeuble et lorsque jโai regardรฉ vers 20h30, il nโy รฉtait plus. - Il est possible quโil se soit rendu chez un voisin Madame. - Non, il nโa pas dโamisโฆ Il est trรจs solitaire et assez peu sociable. - Quel est votre nom ? Et nous aurions besoin dโun signalement de lโenfant mais je vais vous laisser le temps dโy penser et me rendre chez vous avec un collรจgue. - Mon nom est Amรฉlie Bellanger, je vous attendsโฆ ยป Quelle soirรฉe, un enlรจvement peu probable, une manifestation et un mari brutal. Il nโรฉtait que 21 heures. Je regroupai mes affaires et appelai mon collรจgue, Jean-Baptiste pour aller rendre visite ร la Issue 1 June 2013
dame en espรฉrant que son fils serait rentrรฉ entre temps. Jean-Baptiste et moi montรขmes dans la voiture et pendant le trajet jโobservai avec attention mon collรจgue qui fouillait dans la boite ร gants ร la recherche du paquet de bonbons quโil avait cachรฉ dans la voiture de fonction il y a trois jours. Il avait du mal ร ouvrir la boite ร gants car ses longues jambes en bloquaient lโouverture. Tout ce quโil trouva dans le compartiment รฉtroit fut un peigne fin, noir, quโil utilisa pour coiffer ses cheveux bruns dรฉcoiffรฉs. Jean-Baptiste venait juste de se rรฉveiller pour venir mโassister et aller rencontrer la mรจre de lโenfant disparu. Arrivรฉs dans le quartier peu rassurant de la femme, jโentendis mon collรจgue verrouiller toutes les portiรจres de la voiture. Les habitants du quartier, nombreux, se promenaient dans les petites rues sombres pleines de dรฉchets. La voiture ne pouvait plus avancer. Comme il nโy avait plus aucune place de parking dans les environs, nous allรขmes garer la voiture dans une รฉtroite ruelle. En sortant de la voiture, je sentis une prรฉsence qui me mit mal ร lโaise. Ma main se posa machinalement sur la poignรฉe de mon revolver. Jean-Baptiste sortit de la voiture ร son tour et me rejoignit. Il nโy avait personne dans la ruelle et tout de mรชme je sentais cette รฉtrange prรฉsence qui nous observait. Nous arrivions dans la rue des Fauvettes quand je sentis un lรฉger souffle au-dessus de mon รฉpaule gauche. Je me retournai ; personne nโรฉtait lร . - ยซ Puis-je vous aider messieurs ? ยป me dit une voix bizarre mais plutรดt familiรจre. - ยซ Bonjour madame, mon collรจgue et moi, nous dirigions vers le numรฉro 19 de la rue des Fauvettes. Nous allons rencontrer une certaine Amรฉlie โฆ - Bellanger ? ยป rรฉpondit la femme en me coupant la parole. Mais pouvait-elle mโinformer sur la femme que je cherchais ? - ยซ Oui, cโest exact. La connaissez-vous ? - Bien mieux que vous ne pouvez lโimaginer. Je suis Amรฉlie Bellanger. - Ah, ravi de vous rencontrer. Je suis lโinspecteur Lefloc et voici Jean-Baptiste, mais dites-moi que faites-vous dehors aprรจs la tragรฉdie de ce soir ? - Jโinspectais les environs, dans ce quartier, on ne peut faire confiance ร personne. Vous voyez ce que je veux dire, nโest-ce pas ? - Oui certainement mais vous devriez laisser cette affaire ร des professionnelsโฆ plus compรฉtents.
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- Nous sommes au 21รจme siรจcle, je peux me dรฉbrouiller sans vous ! - Je voulais dire que vous pourriez vous faire attaquer par le ravisseur qui a enlevรฉ votre fils. - Bon, si on allait chez moi ? - Bien sรปr, je vous suis et nous serons certainement mieux chez vous pour discuter. Nous montรขmes les marches de lโimmeuble, รฉtage par รฉtage et enfin la porte de lโappartement 6B apparut devant nous. Aprรจs la rencontre avec lโรฉtrange dame, Jean-Baptiste avait arrรชtรฉ de parler ou de sโimpliquer dans les discussions. Alors je le laissai rentrer chez lui pour finir la nuit que jโavais interrompu. Madame Bellanger mโoffrit un cafรฉ, mais vu lโรฉtat dans lequel รฉtait sa cuisine, je refusai le petit rafraichissement. Pendant quโAmรฉlie buvait son cafรฉ, jโentrepris de la questionner tout en lui demandant la permission de commencer lโenquรชte dans la chambre de son fils. Jโallai dรฉcouvrir la chambre du petit Louis ; la seule chose surprenante de la piรจce รฉtait la fenรชtre brisรฉe, vraisemblablement par une pierre. Je fis plusieurs pas et ร chaque mouvement, jโentendais le verre brisรฉ qui crissait sous mes bottes. Je me penchai par la fenรชtre et remarquai quโune brique du mur entourant lโimmeuble manquait. En allant prรฉvenir Amรฉlie de ma dรฉcouverte, je la surpris en train de dรฉcouper une viande rose. Au moment oรน jโallais franchir la porte de son appartement pour retourner au commissariat, Amรฉlie me regarda avec reconnaissance et mโinvita ร rester diner pour me remercier. Quelque peu perturbรฉ par les รฉvรฉnements, je ne pus quโaccepter son invitation vu que jโavais fini mon travail et que rien ni personne ne mโattendait ร la maison. A table, en dรฉgustant le repas accompagnรฉ dโun bon verre de Bordeaux, je dรฉcouvrais la tendresse et lโhospitalitรฉ innรฉe dโAmรฉlie. Etait-ce le vin ? Etait-ce cette voix si douce et si apaisante ? Je ne pouvais plus dรฉtourner mon attention dโelle. Pour la premiรจre fois de toute la soirรฉe, je remarquai ses yeux bleu clair scintillants. Etais-je en train de tomber amoureux ? Amรฉlie, gรชnรฉe, remarqua que je lโobservais attentivement de la tรชte aux pieds. Pour dรฉtendre lโatmosphรจre รฉtrange, elle engagea la conversation : - ยซ Dites-moi Inspecteur Lefloc, cela fait combien de temps que vous exercez ce mรฉtier ? - Cela fait maintenant quatre ans que jโexerce cette profession, mais vous pouvez mโappeler -22-
Jacques. Et vous dinez souvent avec les victimes ? Non, cโest la premiรจre fois. Y-a-t-il une femme spรฉciale dans votre vie ? Non, je vis seul. Savez-vous que vous avez de magnifiques yeux. - Ah, je vous remercie pour ce joli compliment, vous nโรชtes pas trop mal vous-mรชme. ยป Me ditelle dโun air moqueur. - - - -
Plus la nuit avanรงait, plus je trouvais Amรฉlie incroyable. La douceur de ses mouvements, ses formes dรฉlicates, son aisance dans tout ce quโelle faisait et son amour pour son fils ne cessaient de mโรฉmerveiller. Aprรจs lโagrรฉable diner, nous nous installรขmes sur un vieux canapรฉ trouรฉ mais rien ne pouvait mโempรชcher de passer une nuit inoubliable. Tout a une fin donc je dรฉcidai de rentrer chez moi. Le lendemain je me rendis au commissariat de police pour rรฉdiger mon rapport sur le dรฉbut de lโenquรชte mais mon esprit รฉtait troublรฉ car Amรฉlie lโoccupait sans cesse. Aprรจs avoir achevรฉ mon rapport, je me rendis sur le lieu du crime. Je me retrouvai de nouveau dans ce quartier abominable. Les frissons me montaient le long du dos ร chaque pas que je faisais dans la rue. Je venais de monter les marches jusquโau troisiรจme รฉtage quand je vis la porte de lโappartement 6B entrouverte. Voulant surprendre Amรฉlie, jโouvris dรฉlicatement la porte pour dรฉcouvrir quโelle รฉtait absente. Mon instinct de dรฉtective expรฉrimentรฉ me disait que quelque chose de terrible sโรฉtait produit dans cet appartement. Pour cette raison-lร , je dรฉcidai dโaller fouiller les environs. Comme jโavais dรฉjร inspectรฉ la chambre de Louis, la veille, je nโavais aucun besoin de la revisiter alors en tant que bon professionnel je commenรงai ร inspecter la chambre dโAmรฉlie. Je soulevai le matelas du lit et la seule chose que je trouvai fut le vieux ressort qui sortait du matelas avec son rembourrage. Mon regard fut attirรฉ par quelque chose qui me semblait anormal au niveau des tiroirs : chaque compartiment รฉtait marquรฉ par une petite รฉtiquette blanche sur laquelle รฉtait notรฉ ce que chaque tiroir contenait. Je pouvais lire : ยซ Chaussettes, Pantalons, Jeans, Pulls, etc. ยป
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La curiositรฉ prit le dessus et je commenรงai ร fouiller dans les diffรฉrents tiroirs. Au fond du tiroir ร chaussettes je trouvai un sac en plastique rempli de billets de cinquante Euros. Je nโavais jamais vu une aussi grosse somme dโargent auparavant. Je me demandais pourquoi elle vivait dans un appartement aussi mรฉdiocre et insalubre si elle possรฉdait autant dโargent. ยซ Rien dans cette piรจce ยป, me dis-je ร moimรชme. Ensuite je tombai sur une piรจce de la maison dont la porte รฉtait fermรฉe ร clรฉ. Cela me sembla suspect. Jโallais chercher un marteau pour dรฉfoncer la porte lorsquโune odeur nausรฉabonde me chatouilla le nez. Je rentrai doucement dans la piรจce sombre et en allumant la lumiรจre jโaperรงus un cadavre que jโidentifiai comme รฉtant celui de Louis. Le corps รฉtait dans un รฉtat horrible. Le cรดtรฉ gauche du visage avait รฉtรฉ dรฉcoupรฉ, et sur le sol on voyait des traces de sang qui entouraient le corps du petit garรงon sur le plancher. Le petit Louis รฉtait complรจtement dรฉfigurรฉ. La personne qui avait dรป commettre cet acte sanglant devait รชtre dโune cruautรฉ diabolique. Comme la derniรจre fois dans la ruelle je sentis une prรฉsence qui mโencerclait. A ce moment, je compris que la vraie fautive dans lโhistoire รฉtait juste en face de moi. - ยซ Cherchez - vous quelque chose, Jacques ? - Oui, le coupable ou devrais-je dire La coupable ! - Vous devez sรปrement vous poser des questionsโฆ Laissez-moi vous expliquer une chose : depuis sa naissance, Louis est un enfant plutรดt compliquรฉ. Il a toujours รฉtรฉ trรจs agitรฉ et en grandissant, cela nโa fait quโempirer. Les cris, les pleurs et les plaintes, je nโen pouvais plus ! La seule solution รฉvidente pour une femme dans ma situation รฉtait de lโassassiner. - Pourquoi avoir simulรฉ un kidnapping auprรจs de la police ? - Si jโavais expliquรฉ ร la police que mon fils รฉtait mort, ils auraient fait des fouilles dans mon appartement et dรฉcouvert le cadavre. - Mais quel est le rapport avec votre situation financiรจre ? - En racontant ร la famille que Louis รฉtait mort, jโai pu toucher la somme qui lui รฉtait destinรฉe pour ses รฉtudes. ยป Nul besoin de toutes ces explications, il suffisait de voir le corps mutilรฉ de son fils pour comprendre que Issue 1 June 2013
son รฉtat psychologique รฉtait fragile. - ยซ Comment avez-vous dรฉcouvert le corps de lโenfant ? - En voulant faire des recherches plus approfondies, je me suis dirigรฉ vers votre appartement. Quand jโai vu la porte entrouverte, il รฉtait de mon devoir de pรฉnรฉtrer ร lโintรฉrieur pour dรฉcouvrir ce mystรจre. Mais un dรฉtail mโintrigue : pourquoi avoir laissรฉ la porte entrebรขillรฉe ? - Je savais que vous viendriez - Ah oui et pourquoi cela ? - A la faรงon dont vous mโavez regardรฉe hier, je savais que vous alliez revenir. - Donc vous mโattendiez? - En quelques sortesโฆ Je devais rรฉussir ร vous faire entrer dans cette piรจce de la mรชme faรงon que jโy ai fait entrer Louis. - Pourquoi moi ? - Vous en saviez dรฉjร beaucoup trop, vous nโauriez jamais dรป venir ce premier soir - Pourtant cโest vous qui mโavez contactรฉ en faisant croire ร un enlรจvement ! - Il fallait que ce soit crรฉdible, mais normalement aucun officier ne sโaventure jamais ร une heure pareille dans ce quartier de Paris - Pourquoi ici ? Dans cette piรจce en particulier ? - Cโest ici que je pratique tous mes meurtres Inspecteur. Cette piรจce est parfaite, il nโy a aucune fenรชtre et elle est trรจs bien isolรฉe. Dโun geste brusque et rapide, elle sโempara du marteau qui avait servi ร dรฉfoncer la porte, et le projeta sur moi. Il mโatteint au visage et me brisa la mรขchoire. Jโeus juste le temps dโapercevoir une lame qui brillait, cโรฉtait un couteau de cuisine quโelle brandissait. Le coup fut portรฉ et je sentis le sang couler le long de mon visage. Ce fut le trou noir absolu. La derniรจre La jalousie est- Capuun vilain dรฉfaut chose qui me vintcine ร lโesprit Mattefut que rien ne dureโฆ
La jalousie est un vilain dรฉfaut Capucine Matte
IL รฉtait six heures vingt, je mโapprรชtais ร ranger mes affaires pour rentrer chez moi aprรจs une longue journรฉe de travail. A cet instant, jโentendis frapper ร la porte de mon bureau. - Entrez ! Je vis une grosse main ouvrir la porte. Cโรฉtait mon patron. - Leroy, puis-je vous parler ? Jโacquiesรงai de la tรชte, laissai mes affaires en plan
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suivis mon chef en direction de son bureau. - Asseyez-vous Leroy. Je mโassis sur la premiรจre chaise en vue. - Jโai une bonne nouvelle pour vous, Leroy, je trouve que vous vous รชtes beaucoup investi sur notre dernier projet et jโaimerais vous rรฉcompenser. Vous savez que je prends ma retraite ร la fin de lโannรฉe et que je nโai toujours pas trouvรฉ quelquโun ร ma hauteur pour me remplacerโฆ A ce moment-lร , une sรฉrie dโimages se mit ร se dรฉrouler dans ma tรชte ; je me faisais des idรฉes folles. - โฆ je voudrais que vous me remplaciez pour les annรฉes ร venir. Je vous donne la nuit pour rรฉflรฉchir ร mon projet et nous signerons un contrat demain matin. A prรฉsent, je vous laisse. Je vous ai dรฉjร retenu assez longtempsโฆ Et lร , comme un imbรฉcile de premiรจre, ne sachant pas quoi rรฉpondre, je me contentai dโun - Merci monsieur pour votre confiance. Et je me dirigeai vers la porte, retournai dans mon bureau, pris mes affaires et rentrai chez moi.
Je mโappelle Etienne Leroy. Je suis mariรฉ depuis 5 ans avec la femme de ma vie, Aurore. Ensemble, nous avons eu un fils, Mathis, il est maintenant รขgรฉ de 4 ans et demi. En tous les cas, cโest le petit bรฉbรฉ de ma vie et la chose que je protรจge le plus. Je travaille depuis dix ans au bureau dโavocat ยซ Fabian et associรฉs ยป de la ville de Renne. v Une fois rentrรฉ chez moi, il รฉtait dix-neuf heures. Aurore รฉtait en train de faire manger Mathis. Je les embrassais tous les deux. Plus tard, dans la soirรฉe, jโallai coucher mon fils. Puis je mโinstallai au salon pour parler ร Aurore de la proposition que Mr. Fabian, mon patron, mโavait proposรฉ. Elle me dit de ne surtout pas laisser passer lโaffaire et de signer le contrat le plus tรดt possible sinon, quelquโun pourrait avoir lโoffre ร ma place. Soudain, la sonnerie du tรฉlรฉphone retentit. Aurore se leva pour rรฉpondre alors que je continuais ร songer ร mon nouveau poste. Puis elle accourut au salon pour me passer le combinรฉ. - Etienne Leroy ร lโappareil, jโรฉcoute. Une femme รฉtait de lโautre cรดtรฉ, elle รฉtait en sanglots. - Mr. Leroy ? je suis la femme de Charles, Charles Fabian, je vous appelle car il vient de se faire renverser par une voiture. En ce moment, il se trouve dans le bloc opรฉratoire pour une amputation du la jambe โฆ -24-
Lโรฉpouse de mon patron รฉtait dรฉsormais en train de pleurer et ne savait plus oรน donner de la tรชte. Elle me demanda de la rejoindre ร lโhรดpital de la ville le plus vite possible. Je lui proposai donc de prendre lโair pendant quelques minutes et de mโattendre devant lโentrรฉe principale. Elle me remercia beaucoup et me promit de me faire signer le contrat une fois ร lโhรดpital. Je raccrochai. Encore choquรฉ par lโaccident de mon patron, jโavais du mal ร rรฉagir. Je regardais Aurore, elle รฉtait toute floueโฆ sa bouche sโouvrait mais aucun mot nโen sortait. Puis, ma tรชte se mit ร tourner ร toute vitesse pendant quelques secondes. Je mโassis sur le canapรฉ et fermait les yeux pendant quelques minutes. Puis je me rappelais quโil fallait que je retrouve Madame Fabian ร lโhรดpital. Je sautai dans ma Mercedes et me rendit ร lโhรดpital ร deux cents ร lโheure. Une fois arrivรฉ aux urgences, je cherchai Mme Fabian. Elle nโรฉtait plus lร . Puis, jโentendis un รฉnorme cri de douleur. Cโรฉtait la voix dโune femme. Dans ma tรชte, je pensais au pire. Je courus ร lโendroit dโoรน venait le cri et lร โฆ le pireโฆ lโhorreurโฆ une flaque de sang sโรฉlargissait sur les pavรฉs noircis par les pneus dโambulances. Mme Fabian รฉtait allongรฉe par terre, une grosse entaille au crรขne. Du sang jaillissait de plein fouet de la meurtrissure. Je tombai sur mes genoux. Jโavais peur. Je pensais aux enfants et aux petits enfants de Mr. Et Mme Fabian. Mme Fabian vomissait du sang, ses dents bien alignรฉes รฉtaient devenues rouge vif. Elle รฉtait dรฉfigurรฉe. Il nโy avait pas dโautres mots pour la dรฉcrire. Jโavais peur, trรจs peur. Cela รฉtait le premier ยซ accident ยป auquel jโassistais et jโavais comme une vague impression que jโen รฉtais la cause. Quand je repris mes esprits, je dรฉcidai dโappeler au secours. Plusieurs mรฉdecins accoururent et embarquรจrent la jeune femme aux urgences. Je dรฉcidai de rentrer chez moi. Sur le chemin du retour, mon tรฉlรฉphone portable sonna. Jโallai rรฉpondre lorsque je vis une grande affiche au bord de lโautoroute oรน il รฉtait รฉcrit ยซ Au volant, lassez sonner ยป puis une autre avec ยซ la vitesse fait des orphelins ยป. A ce moment-lร , je pensai ร Mathis et dรฉcidai de ne pas dรฉcrocher. v Une fois chez moi, je mโassis dans le fauteuil du salon et songeai vaguement ร la journรฉe que je venais de passer. Plusieurs images se mirent ร dรฉfiler dans ma tรชte et je revรฉcus le petit film des รฉvรจnements de la journรฉeโฆ Ce matin je me suis rรฉveillรฉ ร 6 :27 comme tous les matins. Jโai pris ma douche et me suis lavรฉ les dents. A 7h moins le quart je me suis habillรฉ et suis allรฉ rรฉveiller Aurore. A sept heures, je suis allรฉ rรฉveiller Mathis qui comme tous les matins jouait ร la comรฉdie
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en toussant trรจs fort et en disant quโil รฉtait malade et incapable dโaller ร lโรฉcole. Bref, aprรจs lui avoir mis de la crรจme magique (de la crรจme solaire) sur le ventre, il allait beaucoup mieux. A sept heures dix, Aurore est partie ร son cabinet dentaire. Peu aprรจs je suis parti ร mon tour. Aprรจs avoir dรฉposรฉ Mathis ร lโรฉcole maternelle, je me suis dirigรฉ vers le bureau. A 8h moins cinq, je suis arrivรฉ ร destination. Jโai croisรฉ Mr. Fabian dans les couloirs, qui semblait de trรจs bonne humeur. Puis jโai croisรฉ mon collรจgue, Mr. Delcourt. Lui aussi semblait รชtre de bonne humeur. La journรฉe sโest passรฉe normalement. Vers 18h 15, mon patron est entrรฉ dans mon bureau et a demandรฉ ร me parler. Je lโai suivi dans son bureau. Il mโa parlรฉ du contrat et de sa retraite. Et lร , au moment oรน je sortais de son bureau, jโai aperรงu la silhouette de Delcourt, mon collรจgue. Il รฉtait cachรฉ derriรจre un mur. Il avait sรปrement tout entendu. v Je connaissais Delcourt depuis plusieurs annรฉes et savais quโil รฉtait dotรฉ dโune jalousie maladive. Malgrรฉ la fatigue accumulรฉe et le choc subi, je venais de dรฉcouvrir que lโagresseur de Mme Fabian et le conducteur du vรฉhicule qui avait renversรฉ Mr. Fabian รฉtaient probablement une mรชme personne, et que cette personne seraitโฆ. Delcourt ?! Tout se mรฉlangeait dans ma tรชte. Comment รฉtait-ce possible. Delcourt ? Un malfaiteur ? Je ne pouvais y croire. Mais dโun autre cรดtรฉ, cela paraissait รฉvident. Delcourt รฉtait jaloux et sans pitiรฉ. Il ne supportait pas que ses collรจgues aient un poste meilleur que le sien et lโidรฉe que je puisse รชtre son patron lโannรฉe prochaine lui paraissait insupportable. Cโest pour cela quโil voulait absolument mโempรชcher de signer le contrat avec Mr. Fabian. Mais de lร ร le renverser avec une voiture et de blesser griรจvement sa femmeโฆ Delcourt en รฉtait incapable, du moins je le supposaisโฆ Sans me soucier de prรฉvenir ma femme, je partis prendre lโair dans le jardin. Aprรจs avoir fumรฉ deux cigarettes, je rentrai me coucher. Je passai donc devant la chambre de mon fils pour lโembrasser. Jโallumai la lumiรจre, et lร โฆ rien ! Mathis avait disparu ! ยซ Mathis ? ยป demandai-je en espรฉrant quโil se cachait sous son lit. ยซ MATHIS ?? ยป Criai-je de plus belle. Il nโรฉtait pas dans sa chambre. Je courus vers ma chambre ร coucher en espรฉrant quโil dormait avec sa mรจre, mais une fois entrรฉ, je dรฉcouvris que sa mรจre avait disparu รฉgalement. ยซ NONNNN !!!!!!!! ยป hurlai-je en mโรฉcroulant par terre ยซ pitiรฉ, pas ma famille ยป v Le lendemain, je me rรฉveillai avec une migraine Issue 1 June 2013
รฉpouvantable. Je repensai ร la veille et courus dans la chambre de Mathis en espรฉrant que son enlรจvement nโรฉtait quโun mauvais rรชve et quโil serait revenu. Mais non. La chambre de mon fils de 4 ans รฉtait vide. Je regardai mon IPhone et rรฉalisai quโAurore avait essayรฉ de mโappeler une dizaine de fois. Je ne comprenais plus rien. Jโessayai donc de lโappeler mais elle ne rรฉpondit pas. Puis, je vis un message sur la table de la cuisine. Il y รฉtait รฉcrit : ยซ rendez-vous au square ร 16 :15. ยป je regardai ma montre, il รฉtait 14 :30. Le papier nโรฉtait pas signรฉ et jโaurais jurรฉ que ce nโรฉtait pas lโรฉcriture de ma femme et pourtant il me semblait connaitre cette รฉcriture. Comme jโavais un peu de temps devant moi, je dรฉcidai de me rendre ร lโhรดpital pour en savoir plus sur lโagression de Mme Fabian et prendre des nouvelles de Mr. Fabian. A lโhรดpital, une vingtaine de policiers enquรชtaient sur les รฉvรฉnements de la veille. Je demandai ร voir leur chef qui me demanda ce que je voulais. ยซ Bonjour, je suis Etienne Leroy ยป ยซ Que puis-je faire pour vous Mr. Leroy ? ยป me demanda lโofficier ยซ Je voudrais voir les rรฉsultats de la camรฉra de surveillance de lโhรดpital ยป Il me demanda pour quelle raison et je lui fis part de mes soupรงons : Je lui expliquai que mon fils et ma femme avait disparu et que je pensais que le kidnappeur รฉtait de toute รฉvidence le conducteur du vรฉhicule qui avait renversรฉ Mr. Fabian et blessรฉ de Mme Fabian. Il me conduisit vers la salle des camรฉras sans un mot. Nous repassรขmes les vidรฉos de la veille et tombรขmes sur la scรจne qui nous intรฉressait. On pouvait y distinguer Mme Fabian attendant devant les urgences. Puis, une voiture rouge arrivait, un homme cagoulรฉ en sortait et commenรงait ร agresser la quinquagรฉnaire. On avait lโimpression quโil lui demandait quelque chose. Puis une autre voiture arrivait mais on ne pouvait pas la distinguer sur lโรฉcran. Cโรฉtait probablement ma Mercedes. Lโhomme cagoulรฉ avait lโair paniquรฉ, il sortait un poignard et entaillait la tรชte de Mme Fabian. Puis il sโen allait. Jโavais pris avec moi la vidรฉo de la camรฉra de surveillance du parking de notre bureau et nous pรปmes constater quโune des voitures garรฉes devant nos bureaux รฉtait exactement la mรชme que celle que nous venions de visionner sur les camรฉras de lโhรดpital. Or, ร qui appartenait cette voiture rouge ? ร Mme Delcourt qui lโavait prรชtรฉe ร son mari lโavant-veille. La police mโaccompagna donc au square ร 16 :15h et nous pรปmes attraper Delcourt qui mโattendait sur un banc ; je pus ensuite serrer ma petite famille dans mes bras.
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LโHomme au Dauphin Quand il entra dans le studio pour la premiรจre fois, personne ne le connaissait, personne ne savait quโil allait se joindre aux autres danseurs pour le spectacle et pourtant il prit sa place comme lโun de nous, sans dire un mot. Son physique puissant avait quelque chose dโextrรชmement gracieux, ses cheveux noirs corbeau รฉtaient coupรฉs courts, coiffรฉs dans un chaos de pointes, mais une fine tresse naissait sur sa nuque pour retomber sur ses รฉpaules. Des รฉpaules de nageur. Je pris ma place ร cรดte de lui et lโobservai discrรจtement. Ses trais รฉtaient sรฉvรจres, sa mรขchoire carrรฉe, son nez droit, ses pommettes hautes et sa bouche รฉtait une de ces bouches qui ont oubliรฉ depuis longtemps comment se forme sourire. Mais ce qui me bouleversa le plus furent ses yeux. Des yeux vairons. Lโun รฉtait noir, lโautre bleu. Non seulement leurs couleurs diffรฉrentes me troublaient mais lโintensitรฉ de son regard me mettait mal ร lโaise ; cโรฉtait comme sโil pouvait me traverser du regard. Je fus incapable de soutenir son regard et baissai les yeux. ****
La rรฉpรฉtition รฉtait terminรฉe quand Jenn nous annonรงa la mauvaise nouvelle, une nouvelle qui nous glaรงa le sang dans nos veines. ยซ Jason est mort !ยป La nouvelle fut un choc car il รฉtait notre chef et on lโaimait tous beaucoup. ยซ Comment cela est-il arrivรฉe ? ยป Ce fut le jeune inconnu qui posa la question. Il se tenait contre le mur avec un air nonchalant quelque peu รฉnervant. En le regardant plus attentivement jโaperรงus une fine cicatrice au coin de sa bouche, comme une prolongation des lรจvres ร peine perceptible. ยซ On lโa retrouvรฉ dans les vestiaires dans une mare de sang, une balle dans la tรชte. La nouvelle dโun homicide ne sembla pas le troubler mais le reste de lโauditoire frissonna dโhorreur. ****
ยซ Tu veux vraiment faire le dรฉtective ? Ce nโest pas un peu dangereux ? ยป Sa voix me fit sursauter. Comment avait-il pu deviner ? ยซ Je suis trop curieuse et puis les vrais policiers sont trop lents. ยป Sur les lรจvres du jeune homme se dessina ce qui pouvait passer pour un sourire amusรฉ. On marchait dans les couloirs du bรขtiment oรน se dรฉroulait Issue 1 June 2013
lโentrainement et nous nous dirigions vers la scรจne du crime. ยซ Fais attention Yelena, se mรชler aux meurtres est dangereux. ยป Comment connaissait-il mon nom ? ยซ Jโai des oreilles pour รฉcouter ยป, dit-il en guise dโexplication, comme sโil lisait dans mes pensรฉes. Je restai silencieuse, fascinรฉe par ce mystรฉrieux personnage. Il se tourna vers les escaliers qui menaient ร la sortie. ยซ Tu connais mon nom mais je ne connais pas le tien. ยป Lโair amusรฉ quโil avait au commencement de la conversation apparut de nouveau sur ses traits durs. ยซ Appelle- moi Dashai ยป ยซ Je nโai jamais entendu ce nom. ยป ยซ Jโai dit que tu peux mโappeler Dashai, mais cela ne veut pas dire que cโest mon vrai nom. ยป Et sur ces mots il descendit, me laissant perplexe. ****
Jโรฉtais si perdue dans mes pensรฉes, que je ne mโaperรงus pas que jโรฉtais arrivรฉe sur la scรจne du crime. Je devais faire vite car la police pouvait arriver dโun moment ร lโautre. Le cadavre gisait sur le sol dans une position grotesque, une mare de sang lโentourait et lโexpression sur le visage du mort trahissait lโhorreur et la peur quโil avait ressenties. Je ne trouvai que deux indices : le premier รฉtait dessinรฉ sur le mur avec du sang, probablement celui de la victime. Cโรฉtait un dauphin. Et le mรชme dauphin รฉtait tatouรฉ sur une main de Jason. Dโune main tremblante, je reproduis le dessin sur du papier puis me dรฉpรชchai de quitter la salle avant que la police nโarrive. ****
Ce soir-lร je passai des heures et des heures ร me tourner et retourner dans mon lit sans rรฉussir ร mโendormir ; je quittai donc les couvertures, me vรชtit dโun jeans et dโune chemise et sortis dans la nuit parisienne. Il ne faisait pas froid mais lโhaleine fraiche du vent me fit frissonner. Tout รฉtait calme, le temps semblait sโรชtre arrรชtรฉ. ยซ Tu nโarrives pas ร dormir toi aussi? ยป, le ton moqueur de Dashai attira mon attention. Il semblait faire partie du ciel nocturne avec ses vรชtements noirs et ses cheveux sombres, transformรฉs ร ce moment en boucles douces. Il sโassit ร mes cรดtรฉs. ยซ Pas vraiment ยป
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ยซ Peur des spectateurs alors ? ยป. Il plaisantait et malgrรฉ moi un sourire discret se dessina sur mes lรจvres. ยซ Je suis allรฉe voir le cadavreยป, confessai-je en chassant de mes souvenirs lโhorrible position du mort et son visage dรฉformรฉ par la peur. Jโessayai de dรฉchiffrer son visage mais telle une statue de bronze, ses traits รฉtaient inexpressifs. ยซ Jโai trouvรฉ ceci dessinรฉ sur un mur avec du sang. ยป Un รฉclair fugitif brilla dans ses yeux sombres et le trahit : Il connaissait ce symbole. ยซ Tu le connais ? ยป ยซ Je ne lโai jamais vu auparavant. ยป Dashai avait retrouvรฉ son inexpressivitรฉ troublante. Pourquoi me mentait-il ? Que cachait-il ? Pouvait-il avoir tuรฉ Jason ? ยซ Cโest pas moi le killer, mรชme si je nโhรฉsiterais pas ร tuer en cas de nรฉcessitรฉ. Encore une fois, il semblait avoir lu dans mes pensรฉes ; la facilitรฉ avec laquelle il comprenait mes รฉtats dโรขme รฉtait stupรฉfiante. ยซ Mรชme si je nโhรฉsiterais pas ร tuer โฆ ยป Pas trรจs rassurant comme propos et surtout, trรจs maladroit pour รฉviter dโรชtre soupรงonnรฉ. ยซ Tu viens dโoรน ? ยป ยซ De Russie, de Volgograd ยป. Sa voix avait un rien de mรฉlancolique, comme si parler de son pays dโorigine le faisait souffrir. ยซ Moi, de Moscou ยป. ยซ Je sais ยป. On retomba dans le silence. Tout รฉtait calme et cette atmosphรจre paisible nโรฉtait pas en accord avec mes sentiments. Les diffรฉrentes solutions du meurtre tourbillonnaient dans ma tรชte sans me laisser tranquille. Sentir Dashai aussi proche de moi me mettait mal ร lโaise tout en me rassurant. Le jeune homme se mit debout et dit : ยซ Cโest peutรชtre mieux de rentrer maintenant ยป. Je le suivis et il mโescorta jusquโร ma chambre. ยซ Ne te fais pas tuer pendant la nuit ยป, plaisanta-il avant de se diriger vers sa chambre, me laissant, encore une fois, perplexe et dรฉsorientรฉe. Il avait un sens de lโhumour vraiment bizarre et pourtant je lโaimais bien. En tous cas, je pouvais prรฉtendre connaitre le nouveau un peu mieux car au moins je connaissais sa nationalitรฉ. **** ยซ Laisse tomber ton investigation si tu tiens ร la vie ยป Le message รฉtait รฉcrit sur un bout de papier et je -28-
le trouvai sur ma table de nuit en me rรฉveillant. Un frisson me parcourut le dos en dรฉcouvrant que quelquโun รฉtait entrรฉ dans ma chambre pendant que je dormais. La calligraphie รฉtait claire et prรฉcise, probablement celle dโune femme plutรดt que celle dโun homme. Je nโavais aucune intention dโabandonner mon enquรชte, les choses devenaient trรจs intรฉressantes et mon insatiable curiositรฉ me poussait ร ignorer cet avertissement. **** Du coin de lโลil, je vis Dashai mโobserver pendant que jโallumais mon ordinateur pour poursuivre mes recherches sur le mystรฉrieux dauphin. Jโaurais peut-รชtre dรป le faire dans ma chambre, ร lโabri des regards indiscrets, mais avoir des personnes autour de moi me rassurait. La seule information qui mโaida fut un article sur les tatouages criminels qui citait les dauphins. Grรขce ร ce symbole, on pouvait retrouver lโauteur de cet homicide. Mais pourquoi un criminel voudrait-il รชtre retracรฉ ? Pourquoi avoir dessinรฉ ce dauphin ? Tout sโembrouillait dans ma tรชte. **** Mon attention fut attirรฉe par Jenn qui sโapprochait de moi, le visage contractรฉ par une expression prรฉoccupรฉe. Elle marchait de ce pas rapide et dรฉterminรฉ de quelquโun qui doit annoncer une nouvelle importante. ยซ Regarde ceci. Ton beau chevalier nโest peut-รชtre pas celui que tu crois ! ยป Elle semblait en colรจre mais je ne savais pas pourquoi. En jetant un coup dโลil au papier quโelle mโavait laissรฉ, je compris tout : la photo dโun jeune occupait la moitiรฉ de la page, un jeune homme aux cheveux noirs avec une mรจche blonde rebelle qui venait lui couvrir la moitiรฉ du visage ; un visage aux traits durs, renforcรฉs par une fine cicatrice au coin de la bouche. Sous la photo, on pouvait lire cette lรฉgende : ยซ Recherchรฉ pour meurtre ยป. Ces mots รฉcrits en grand furent pour moi comme un coup de poing en plein ventre. Cโรฉtait Dashai ! La photo avait รฉtรฉ prise en 2010. Je dรฉglutis avec peine et poursuivis ma lecture. Le nom รฉcrit dans lโarticle รฉtait Zacha Draguinov mais la ressemblance avec Dashai ne faisait aucun doute. Ces pommettes hautes, ce nez droit, cette bouche cruelle prolongรฉe par une cicatrice, ces yeux vairons, tout indiquait que cโรฉtait bien le nouveau venu.
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Je me rappelais parfaitement de ce fait divers : la victime รฉtait une jeune femme franรงaise qui avait รฉtรฉ sauvagement assassinรฉe. Comment avais-je pu ne pas voir la ressemblance entre Dashai et lโhomme qui avait รฉtรฉ montrรฉ par toutes les tรฉlรฉvisions ? Peine, rage, dรฉception et peur se mรฉlangeaient en moi sans quโaucun de ces sentiments ne prenne le dessus. Ma seule certitude รฉtait que je devais absolument aller parler avec lโhomme que je continuais ร appeler Dashai. ****
Avant cela, il fallait que je jette un coup dโลil ร sa chambre et comme cโรฉtait lโheure ร laquelle le personnel de lโhรดtel nettoyait les chambres, je nโeus aucune difficultรฉ ร y accรฉder. La chambre du Russe รฉtait encore plus chaotique que ses cheveux : des vรชtements gisaient un peu partout ainsi que des livres dโhorreurs et des classiques de la littรฉrature russe dont Anna Karenine de Tolstoรฏ. Cachรฉe sous une pile de chemises, ร lโabri des regards indiscrets je dรฉcouvris un pistolet Tokarev, chargรฉ et pourvu de munitions . Je dรฉglutis avec peine en trouvant cette nouvelle preuve contre Dashai, je voulais plus que tout croire ร son innocence mais cela nโรฉtait plus possible.
honteuse de mโรชtre trompรฉe, sans oser le regarder. - Il sโappelle Sergei si cela tโintรฉresse, rajouta le Russe en sortant dโun pas nonchalant, comme si on lui avait enlevรฉ un grand poids. Encore une fois, il me laissa seule face ร mes questions. ****
Trois mois aprรจs, jโai รฉpousรฉ le chef de la police secrรจte russe, Dashai Draguinov, le collรจgue et frรจre jumeau de Zacha Draguinov.
**** ยซ Que fais-tu ici ? ยป La voix รฉtait froide et tranchante. Je me retournai doucement et rencontrai un regard vairon fermement plantรฉ dans le mien. Je nโarrivai pas ร lui donner une explication plausible et la rigiditรฉ de ses traits me fit comprendre sa rage. ยซ Ce nโest pas moi le tueur. ยป Ses paroles semblaient absurdes dans la situation dans laquelle il se trouvait et pourtant une partie de moi sโy agrippaient dans une naรฏve espรฉrance quโelles soient vraies. Je remarquai une coupure qui lui traversait la paupiรจre droite en diagonal, du sourcil ร la pommette droite ; la blessure saignait encore, ainsi que ses lรจvres. Sโรฉtait-il battu ? ****
ยซ Cโest fini, on lโa pris. Avec un peu de peine, mais on lโa eu ! ยป Cette phrase venait dโรชtre prononcรฉe par un policier dont je nโavais pas aperรงu lโentrรฉe en scรจne. Dashai me sourit dโun air moqueur. - Tu avais raison aprรจs tout, chuchotai-je, Issue 1 June 2013
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Maths
Lighting up a trampoline Bryndis Kara Sigurdardottir
James decides to illuminate his trampoline, which is located in the center of his backyard. The diameter of the trampoline is 3m. Give all your answers to 2 decimal places.
1. If he puts 1 light in one of the corners of his yard, how much area does the light have to lit up to cover the whole trampoline?
2. But with 2 lights on opposite corners, both covering 2/3 of the trampolineรข€™s diameter, how much area does each beam of light cover?
3. If a light is put in every corner of the garden, each beam radius reaching the center of the trampoline, how much area does each light beam illuminate? Do the lights lit up the whole area of the garden? If not how much area is left unlit? Give reason for you answer.
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James and his pool
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Issue 1 June 2013
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Answer Key: 1. ยฝ (a+b)x h = area 0.5 (24+36.2)x 6 = 180,6 m2 24,0 60,2 30,1 +36,2 x 0,5 x 6 60,2 30,1 180,6 2. Width x height= area 21 x 4 84m2 3. A) Area of garden-area of pool= space left over 108,6 - 84,0 24,6m2 b) Space left over-garden set= space 24,60 -12,25 12,35 m2
Recipe Review from the Science of Baking!! The recipe that we have been testing this week changed both the flavour and texture of our homemade chocolate chip cookies. We experimented with the recipe, changing the type of shortening to achieve the best results. The class unanimously voted that using Crisco vegetable shortening was a healthy alternative to butter and gave the cookies a chewier texture than did the recipe with all butter. Ultimately, we decided that the perfect combination was half butter, to get the great flavour, and half Crisco for the texture. Try the recipe and see for yourself! Chocolate Chip Cookies ยพ Cup Granulated Sugar ยพ Cup Light Brown Sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract 2 large eggs ยฝ Cup butter (softened) ยฝ Cup Crisco all vegetable shortening Mix well together until light and fluffy. Then gradually add 2 ยผ Cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking soda Do not over mix. By hand stir in 2 Cups of chocolate chips. Bake at 160 Degrees until light golden brown about 8 โ 10 minutes in most ovens. ENJOY!!!
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War Zone
Grace Weiler
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Movie vs Book
The Outsiders Book vs. Movie Comparison Essay Sophie Sutherland
The Outsiders is a brilliant book with a movie to make it even more realistic. It is written by S.E. Hinton and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. S.E. Hinton wrote The Outsiders when she was just seventeen years old. She was disturbed by the two gangs in her high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The book was published in 1967 and became an immediate success. S.E. Hinton has also written a few other books for young adults including Rumble Fish. Francis Ford Coppola directed The Godfather Trilogy and Twixt. The Film also started the career for many famous actors like Tom Cruise. The story is about two gangs, the Socs and the Greasers. The two gangs divide the teens and young adults by wealth, the Socs being the richer with a wealthy background. The rivalry between these two gangs causes problems and twists the lives of some boys upside down. The book has detailed descriptions and it feels as if you are in the story. However, the movie skips some important parts. This essay will be about the differences of the book and the film. One would expect that the plot is portrayed better in the book. The story in the book has important details that you do not see in the film. For example in the beginning of the book the main character, a Greaser, gets jumped (assaulted) by the Socs. The film starts with the ending, which is where the main character is writing his essay. On page 5 it says, โSo I stood there like a bump on a log while they surrounded me. I donโt use my head. They walked around slowly, silently, smiling.โ This shows that one part of the plot, where it displays how the two gangs are rivalries, is left out. The director probably didnโt think that it would be important, but it helps one think of how the gangs are rivals. Another example is that the film skips most of the ending from the book. The ending of the book includes the protagonist to be sick, confessing to something he didnโt do and talking to a teacher at school. This shows that the plot was better in the book because there were more details in the -42Movie vs Book
book. One would like to understand the ending with a longer description. The last example is about the parents. You do not fully understand what happened to the parents in the book. The director does put a flashback in the movie where you see a car being crushed by a train, but one would not know that the protagonistโs parents were in the car unless you had read the book. It also shows that the plot about the parents was mildly mentioned. Since the plot was different, the characters also changed. The characters in the film did not fully match the descriptions in the book. On page 12 it says that Dally (a Greaser) had white-blondish hair. In the movie his hair is as brown as chocolate. The point here is that the characters didnโt all look the same. If the characters didnโt look the same then the characters would not match the descriptions in the book. Another example is that Sodapop (the main characters brother) acts differently. On page 2 it says, โ Sodapopโll never grow up at all.โ The book describes Sodapop like a teenager who still likes to act childish. In the movie, Sodapop is more serious and careful. This shows that the actor didnโt know how playful Soda shouldโve been. One would also think that the Socs and Greasers had some different traits than described in the book. For example the Socs were not displayed as vicious and heartless as S. E Hinton had depicted. This proves that the film actors chose to act the characters differently and change the plot a bit. The Socs and Greasers had traits that made them who they were in the book, but in the movie they were just fighting guys without showing any emotions. One would also think that the accents were a bit strong and hard to understand. Having the characters being a bit different did impact the quality of the movie but not on a great scale. It only impacted the feeling of knowing the characters and changing the characters also slightly impacted the plot. The director maybe did this because he couldnโt find good actors to match all the descriptions. The characters might not be the same, but the setting may have been better. The setting in the movie is more or less the same as the book, but still forgetting the details. When the main character and his friend run away, there is a part with a sunrise. On page 94 the book says, โ All the lower valley was covered with mist, and sometimes little pieces broke off and floated away in small clouds. The sky was lighter in the east, and the horizon was a thin golden line. The clouds changed from grey to pink, and the mist was touched with gold. There was Middle School Magazine
a silent moment when everything held its breath, and then the sun rose.โ In the film there are only a few colours in the sky with the sun and you canโt really see how beautiful the sunrise is. One reason to write a good book is so people will enjoy it but the other is so that if someone makes a movie out of it then everything has good details and it would be just as it felt in the book. Another example is the annoying train noise that comes in every scene of the film and is not mentioned in the book. The train sound disrupts the quality of the film. The music in the film matches the scenes well. The music gets loud when itโs scary and the music gets honourable when there are family and crying moments. At the opening title you think itโs going to be a cowboy movie. The setting was greatly described by S.E Hinton just like the narration. The narration was slightly better in the book. In the book one can make up your own voices for the characters making it easy to understand. In the film the actors had to choose those voices. This was a problem because the actors used too much of an accent which made it harder to understand everything. The narration of the characters in the beginning in the book also helps you understand who is who unlike the film where one wouldnโt know which character was which. In the book, the narration is in first person speech of the protagonist. In the movie there are some parts where the main character narrates, but it doesnโt happen often enough to understand everything. The narration helps support my statement that the book is better. All in all, the book was the best. The book described more, was easier to understand and had a higher impact for the plot. One always wants to be able to imagine what it feels like to be there and dream about it. One would also want the movie to have the same details as the book and the same plot to follow. However The Outsiders book and movie are similar, yet different at the same time. I thought the book was better because of all of the reasons above and more.
Of Mice and Men Film and Book Comparison Maya Muscat
The novel โOf Mice and Menโ, written by the talented John Steinbeck, is a classic. It is a moving story set in the 1930โs during the Great Depression. George and Lennie are the two main characters that the novel is centred on. The story follows their many Issue 1 June 2013
struggles of trying to achieve the American Dream and it covers many powerful themes and emotions that a lot of people could relate to. The novel was made into a film in 1992, directed by Gary Sinise; who also plays the character of George. The plot and settings were well represented, the actors overall did a good job portraying the emotions from the novel, the dramatic scenes were mostly exciting although at times not true to the book, and the themes were relevantly depicted throughout the film; making it enjoyable to watch. The plot was similar to the novel and the settings were mostly accurate representations. Almost all of the settings such as the river camp, the barn, and the harness room were similar to the novelโs description. The only setting which was not as described by John Steinbeck was the bunk house. It was much bigger than one would have guessed and it seemed as though it definitely was not as personal to each of the ranch men; for instance the items described in the novel, were nowhere to be seen. By contrast, the river camp was very similar to the written description. You could see the โwater lined with treesโ and the โrecumbent limbs and branches that arched over the poolโ, as the descriptions in the novel illustrated. The river camp is also important in the plot because it was the opening scene from the novel. However, the director chose not to begin the same way in the film, but with a flashback of when Lennie got into trouble for touching the girl in the red dress. This was a different but effective introduction because it was a dramatic scene and already from the beginning there was action. You could also start to see the friendship between Lennie and George. Overall the plot seemed a lot slower than in the novel, nonetheless there were many similarities such as when George and Slim were talking to each other and George confided in him, or when Lennie finally got his puppy and was overjoyed. The characters and actors were also important in helping the plot flow. Overall the characters in the film were rightly portrayed, in particular George. On the other hand, Lennie Smallโs character was not as described in the novel. John Malkovich, who played Lennie, was too obvious about Lennieโs disability. Although he portrayed his innocence, the way he spoke and the way he acted all indicated that Lennie had strong problems; however this is not how Lennie was portrayed in the novel by John Steinbeck. For example, when Lennie finally gets his puppy he seems more childish and immature than anything Movie vs Book
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else. Lennieโs disability should have been subtle, yet John Malkovichโs impression was the exact opposite. Furthermore, Lennie was shown in the book as caring and hopeful, however this did not come through in the film, as when George was telling him about their future by the lake. It almost seemed as if Lennie wasnโt paying any attention to George but focusing on nothing in particular. On the contrary, Gary Sinise did a great job playing George. From the very beginning you could tell that he always took care of Lennie and cared about him, which is how he was depicted in the novel. An example which shows this is the flashback from Weed when Lennie gets in trouble for touching the girl in the red dress. George automatically takes control of the situation and flees with Lennie, not giving it a second thought. This shows that he was concerned for Lennie and he was ready to help him. Other than John Malkovichโs acting, the actors played their characters well, and this also made the scenes more enjoyable to watch. The dramatic scenes in the film were exciting to watch, although they were at times a bit exaggerated; for example, the fight between Curley and Lennie. First of all it was meant to be a scene that made you sympathise with Lennie and really feel the atmosphere around the bunk house; however some of the props used, such as the fake blood, were not so believable and took away from the actual scene. In addition to the fake blood, the actual fight itself wasnโt as realistic as it could have been; therefore the scene didnโt feel as intense. Also this scene was one of the most significant scenes in the novel, yet in the film the effect of it was not as strong. The second most dramatic scene in the film was the final scene where Lennie was shot by George. The scene started off well, engaging the audience and creating suspense. Although when it came to the actual shooting, it seemed abrupt and fast rather than gradual, which would make the scene even more emotional. Nevertheless, the dialogue building up to the shooting was touching and emotional and the audience could feel Georgeโs guilt, sadness and regret. Also, George and Lennieโs friendship was strongly portrayed and this was important because friendship was one of the main themes in the novel. The two main themes in the novel โOf Mice and Menโ are loneliness and friendship. The film does a good job portraying the themes in a truthful and emotional way. The loneliness was mainly centred on Crooks the stable buck, and Curleyโs wife. You could tell from the way Crooks talked about how he -44-
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wasnโt allowed to be with the other men on the ranch, that he was lonely and jealous. This really came out when he talked to Lennie. He talked with feeling and emotion, and although Lennie wasnโt really listening to him, Crooks was happy to finally have some company. Moreover, whenever Crooks was shown in the film, one could tell that he was lonely just by the way he talked and moved. The film also showed that Curleyโs wife was lonely. This is the reason why she talked and flirted with the other men on the ranch. She was just lonely. In almost every scene she appeared in, she was looking for some attention, or even just some company other than Curley. The way she spoke to Lennie at the barn showed her many regrets and true feelings about Curley and her life. The audience could tell that she was desperate to tell someone about how she felt and she enjoyed sharing her stories with Lennie. The friendship between Lennie and George is strongly portrayed throughout the film. It is clear that George cares for Lennie most of the time and although Lennie mostly relies on George, their bond is very strong. When Lennie asks George to tell him about the great future that they will have, George doesnโt mind too much and tells him about it even though he has told him many times before. Gary Sinise does well to show that George wants Lennie to believe in something better for himself and to keep him happy, promising convincingly each time that he can tend the rabbits. As well as this, in the film it is clear that Lennie looks up to George and always tries to do as George tells him, as he did in the novel. For instance, when Curleyโs wife comes into the barn and tries to talk to him, Lennie tries to avoid her because he doesnโt want to disobey George, and he tries hard not to cause trouble. This is very similar to the novel. In conclusion, the film โOf Mice and Menโ, directed by Gary Sinise, was a success. The characters were played well, the dramatic scenes were mostly exciting and suspenseful to watch, the plot and settings stayed true to the novel, and all the main themes were covered appropriately. With only a few points needing improvement, the film overall was impressively touching and the audience could easily connect with the characters and the plot.
Middle School Magazine
A Blizzard
Icy, white soft sugar covered the frozen river. White teeth whirling in the landscape made you quiver. Graceful snowflakes whizzing in the glacial wind, Made him dance with his coat white as milk. Purifying wind whirled around his giant coat, Screaming dangerous noise in a strident and acute note Tufts fell off his coat and slowly deposited on the uncovered forms, His breath made his surroundings grow into storms. His destructive power made more than one beware, However, even if he killed he did not care. His appearance is more than clean Sometimes transparent he is seen. No impurities were part of him, But everybody knows where he has been. Grade 7 Anonymous
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Wandering through a busy city Lana Harris
I was warned numerous times not to venture out into the depths of the city alone, and especially not after dark, but here I found myself doing it despite the warning I had received. It was only mid-September, and still quite warm, but as soon as I set foot outside into the night of the city a shiver was sent up my spine. The bright, vibrant lights flashing from the streets helped me to locate where I was going along the crumbling, shadowy cobblestone pavement. The evening sky was lit up with an eerie fluorescent glow. I looked down, my feet moving faster, scurrying away from the winding isolated alley ways nearby. Unless they weren`t abandoned? My mind was composing terrible, haunting excuses that I was trying to discard, even though they kept floating back. What if that daunting alley way wasn`t empty? Maybe everybody avoided it purposely because someone or something was lurking inside waiting to emerge from the darkness andโฆ No! I mustnโt let my mind wander! Getting home was my first priority, and I had to arrive there soon. I hurried on, passing graffitied buildings, long ago closed warehouses, and overflowing filthy garbage cans that had the smell of moulding leftovers, decomposing fruits and vegetables, and all putrid smelling things I could think of. As I neared the corner, a taxi screeched its brakes and swerved as it pulled over beside me. The driver slowly rolled down the filthy, unwashed windows and began to speak to me. His teeth were stained yellow from nicotine and his breath had the odour of smoke. His face was unshaven and his hair was greasy and tangled. I couldnโt hear what he was saying because the honking from the cars and sirens of police cars were too deafening. Finally, after the noise had died down I could hear him shouting to me. โDo you need a ride home?โ he called. His voice was raspy, and it seemed like he was trying to persuade me to come with him. I wasnโt foolish and I especially knew never to go with strangers so I began to head calmly in the other direction. โNo thank you, Iโm getting near my house,โ I replied, starting to walk at a much faster pace. I heard the click of the taxi door opening and turned around to see the man was getting out. I could feel my palms sweating with nervousness and my stomach churned. โOh no I insist; itโs awfully late at night and I should be giving you a -46-
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ride home,โ the man replied in an urging tone. He began to walk towards me, reaching out to shake my hand. I started jogging faster, turning around every now and then to see if he was still there. After a while I began to slow down to catch my breath.
A stroll along the beach Tali Golergant I arrived seeing the gleaming dry sand bursting into my green eyes. The sun flashing strongly, blinding me while hearing the tide going in and out. The shimmering blue sea with some sparks of green crashing noisily into the faraway rocks. I sat down on a cosy lounger and relaxed feeling the squishy sand around my sweaty feet. I smelled a distant smell of delicious pancakes that made my stomach grumble loudly. I lazily got off the lounger feeling the warmth crashing into my body. The sunscreen dripping leisurely off my skin, feeling the powerful wind blowing into my messy hair. I continued walking but suddenly felt an agonizing pain in my right foot. It was a stunning shell with light purple speckled. A golden fish swimming through the water, rapidly caught my attention. I saw distant children ecstatically splashing the water with laughter. My left foot touched the first drop of freezing water. Shivers started travelling through my body. I could feel the sea persuading me to enter to his territory. I placed my other foot in getting ready to dive in already feeling the salty water in the tip of my dry tongue. Closing my mouth and eyes firmly, I dived in the icy water feeling like Poseidon, the God of water. I felt as free as birds flying up high in the sky. I got of the sea, shoving the water as strong as my legmuscles could. I felt the cooling wind crush into my wet body. The scratchy, hot sand beginning to stick into my body making me feel uncomfortable. I ran as fast as a cheetah and grabbed my warm cosy towel.
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Hannah Griffin 6 Shornclifferade A-9627 Australia 12th January 2001
Dear Michiya,
It is amazing to hear from you, my son. I am so glad that you are alive! My ship went down while we were at sea. I must have drifted to an island somewhere near Australia. After my ship got bombed, I was the only survivor. I couldnโt control the ship anymore. By chance, the ship drifted to a deserted island. I took everything I could from the ship, then searched the island for any potential place to live. When I heard through the radio in the ship that Nagasaki had been bombed, I was devastated and I just thought that there would be no point of going back to Nagasaki. I couldnโt bear the thought of Nagasaki without you. For the past few decades, I have been living on an obscure island near the Coral reef. I searched the island for a while, and ended up finding a cave I could spend the cold lonely nights in. It was a good size and with the help of one of the sheets I brought in from the ship, it kept me out of the deadly mosquitoes. There were amazing creatures in the jungle, but my all-time favourites are still my beloved orang-utans. As soon as I made a connection with the orang-utans, I started to feel a lot less lonely. I rummaged the island for any edible food to keep me going. I mostly followed the orang-utans to see what they ate. I didnโt want to risk being poisoned. The orang-utans also led me to a fresh water river, which was fatal. Before the ship completely submerged under water, I took whatever else I could find on the ship. Like some pots and pans to boil the fishes, I am catching quite frequently. As much as I missed you, the orang-utans were always there for me. I named my favourite orang-utan Tomodachi. I found a near dead boy and dog on the shore, I dragged them up to the sand so he wouldnโt drown. I gave them food every morning, and then left them for the rest of the day. They didnโt bother me, until one day, the boy made a huge roaring fire! I was so angry at him, as soon as he went into the jungle to get more dry leaves, I put out the fire with dry sand. I didnโt want him starting a fire because I donโt want anyone on my island, they could take my beloved orang-utans away and kill them! I parted the island, so I have my side and he has his side which he stays on! I kept on bringing him food even though I was angry at him, I didnโt want him to die. A big storm came around, and straight after, the boy tried to start another fire! I shouted at him, he wanted his parentsโฆ He got very angry at me, he just jumped into the sea, I tried to warn him but he wouldnโt listen. He got stung by a jellyfish. I took care of him until he got better. He told me his name is Michael but I call him Micasan. We became very good friends, even family. We tell each other everything. One day a boat starts coming to our island, it was his parentโs boat. I was very sad to see him leave, I loved him. He was my only friend and company. He asked me if I wanted to go with him, but I said no. I liked my island and orang-utans too much. After Michael left, I become very lonely with only my orang-utans. I decided to take my boat and go to New Zealand. I bought a house there and lived a peaceful life. I regularly visited my orang-utans to check if they are OK. I made sure nobody is allowed to go there and kill them. A few years after I bought my house, a surprising visit came knocking at my door! It was Michael, it was very strange seeing him again after such a long time, but it was wonderful. He told me all about his visit with you and the letter. I was so happy that you were still alive, although I am sad your mother died. He told me your address, and I started writing to you right away! I am very much looking forward to maybe meeting you in the future! Yours truly, Your father, Kensuke Issue 1 June 2013
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Grade 6 Book Brochures Elizabeth Laird Oranges in No Manโs Land
Elizabeth Laird
Elizabeth Laird was born on October 21st 1943 in New Zealand. Her parents were Scottish but she grew up in London where she went to Croydon High School. She is married to a writer named David McDowall and they have two sons. Elizabeth Laird has written many children books and she has won several awards, including the Childrenโs Book Award and the Nestlรฉ Childrenโs Book Price. She has also been qualified 5 times for the Carnegie Medal. She lived in Lebanon during the civil war so she clearly has first hand experience of what she wrote about in this book. She also lived and worked in Malaysia, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine.
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My general opinion of this book is that it is really good. I enjoy the kind of drama as when Ayesha risks her life to get medicine for her grandmother to save her life. I enjoyed most parts of the book but I think it had a rather slow start. My favourite part of the book was when Ayesha went over the โgreen lineโ to get medicine for her granny. Even though I thought the beginning was a bit boring I donโt have a least favourite part. I think the authorโs message is to make us see how lucky we are not to have to live under constant fright and make us see what is going on in the world. This book affected me because when I read books about war, people having to move because of war or people getting killed I get depressed and then I realize how lucky I am to live in places like Luxembourg that has no war. I think you have to be ten and over to enjoy this book and fully understand what it is about. My rating of the book is four and a half stars out of five, because it was really interesting, it had some action in it, which I like, and the author really dragged me into the story.
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ever we want, this may not seem like much but for them it would be heaven. I would rate this book five stars because it really reached deep into my feelings and it hooked me in immensely that I couldnโt stop reading until late at night because I felt like that was my life and I was living through what Karim was living through. I think that the authorโs message is to feel lucky for what you have and not feel greedy. She really delivered this message to me because now that I think of it we are really lucky to even have enough food and water. My favourite part of the book was when Hopper put the fake bomb under the bridge and pranked the Israelis because showed that he had the courage to go down under the bridge avoiding the watch of the Israelis and risking his life just to give the message that Palestine was notIngi surrendering. He risked his life Stefan Sigurdarson Elizabeth Laird for his country and that act of courage made me feel proud for him which is a really good feeling.
From a young age Elizabeth Laird had always wanted to be a traveller. A railway line passed by her house in New Zealand and she would listen to the train and wish she was in one. She was born in New Zealand and her father was a shipโs surgeon in Scotland. Her first big adventure was being a teacher in Malaysia she often went trekking in the jungle and she decided that it was an adventurous life for her even though she got bitten by a sea snake and almost died. Then she went to Lebanon but a civil war was raging at that time so she got evacuated to Vienna. While she was travelling the nastiest job she had was washing dirty linen in a hospital laundry in Malaysia because she never liked to do the laundry especially if it is dirty. However the nicest job she ever had was playing the violin in the Iraq symphony orchestra mainly because ever since she could read she had been fascinated with the sound of music. While travelling from adventure to adventure she had bought a house in London and that is where she is up to present day writing books related to her adventures.
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A Little Piece Ground Juan Moreno Elizabeth Laird In general I think that A Little Piece of Ground is a fascinating book with electrifying moments chasing each other like heart beats for various reasons. In this book I enjoyed how the author made the book feel realistic. It made me feel as if I was in Karimโs brain and I was living through what he was living. This book affected me in a very sentimental way because it made me realise how lucky we are here in Luxembourg that we have no war, we have everything we need and more and that we are free to go outside whenever we want, this may not seem like much but for them it would be heaven. I would rate this book five stars because it really reached deep into my feelings and it hooked me in immensely that I couldnโt stop reading until late at night because I felt like that was my life and I was living through what Karim was living through. I think that the authorโs message is to feel lucky for what you have and not feel greedy. She really delivered this message to me because now that I think of it we are really lucky to even have enough food and water. My favourite part of the book was when Hopper put the fake bomb under the bridge and pranked the Israelis because showed that he had the courage to go down under the bridge avoiding the watch of the Israelis and risking his life just to give the message that Palestine was not surrendering. He risked his life for his country and that act of courage made me feel proud for him which is a really good feeling.
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A CRAPMAN PUBLICATION A QUICK HOLEDIGGING GUIDE
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Dangerous Animals
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Daily Routine
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A Quick 1 Hole-Digging Guide Meet the Staff
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Advice Corner
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Famous Quotes
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Contact Me!
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Dangerous Animals: Beware The Lizards! Despite Camp Green Lake looking like a deserted block of dusty holes and rough houses, there is wildlife there, and not the type of creatures you want to pet and feed. There are various types of rattlesnakes and scorpions, but the worst of all are the yellow spotted lizards, previously known as the red-eyed creatures. If you donโt bother the rattle-
snakes or scorpions, they wonโt harm you, they will just lie in the sun and relax. Sometimes, you might try to get bitten by them, which is okay since you wonโt die, but usually spend a few days recovering in the shade. If you see a yellow-spotted, redeyed, white-tongued lizard, this is when you want to run away. If one bites you, you are sure to die!
Daily Routine: A Harsh Day 4:30 โGood Morning! Time to wake up!โ These will be the words of Mr; Pendanski when he tells you to get dressed and ready for breakfast. 5:00 A crappy old breakfast is waiting for you in the dining room. Eat it up quickly and be out! 5:30 This early time is when you start digging. 5 feet
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wide, 5 feet long and 5 feet deep are the requirements. You do this early in the morning so you do not have to dig too much when the sun is up and it is warm outside. 14:00/15:00 You should be done by then. You will spit in your hole, take a quick fiveminute shower and be off to the wreck room where you
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will be able to chill with the others until dinner is ready. 19:30 Yet another crappy meal is waiting in the dining hall. You must eat, and get ready for bed. 21:00 Lights out, sleep well, and remember: the second hole is always the hardest!
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Holes Survival Guide By Tom Verlaque
Tarantula
Dangerous Animals At Camp Green
Green Lake is the
Lake, there are 3
Yellow Spotted Liz- find any of these
varieties of dan-
ard. If somebody is animals, try to re-
gerous animals. The bitten by this liz-
Yellow Spotted Lizard Rattlesnake
treat to a safe dis-
least feared ani-
ard, then they will
mals are scorpions
die a slow and pain- turbing them, and
and rattlesnakes.
ful death. During
always check your
These animals will
the day, these liz-
hole (and those
not generally kill
ards hide in the nu- around you) to make
someone unlucky
merous holes, to
sure that none of
enough to be at-
stay out of direct
them contain dan-
tacked. Further-
sunlight, but they
gerous animals.
tance without dis-
more, they will gen- are able to jump erally not attack,
straight out of their
unless provoked.
hole, if disturbed.
The most danger-
In conclusion, if you
ous animal at Camp
happen to be unfor-
Daily Routines
The Rec Room
tunate enough to
games going on; the
Camp Green Lake
and about 5 feet
Rec Room is rather
has a strict timeta-
deep). Every so of-
dilapidated, after
ble: The day starts
ten, either Mr Sir
many years of use,
before sunrise (as
or Mr Pendanski will
but this dilapidation
to avoid the worst
come around with
is mainly owing to
of the dayโs heat).
the โWater Truckโ;
previous (or cur-
After a breakfast
this is when the
rent) campers. Af-
of โlukewarm cerealโ
campers fill their
ter spending their
and orange juice,
canteens with wa-
evening in the Rec
the campers start
ter. After they fin-
Room, the campers
digging in an as-
ish their hole, the
go to bed, preparing
signed place, until
campers go to the
for another ex-
they finish their
โRec Roomโ to rest,
tremely lengthy, tir-
hole (which has to
and join in with
ing day.
be 5 feet across,
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Grade 7 Social Studies Research Papers
Mayan Time Sarika Hayes
The Mayans were an ancient civilisation, that existed from 2000 B.C. to 900 A.D. During their time the Mayans accomplished many things. They established their own religion and rituals, as well as developing three different calendars. In recent times one of the Mayan calendars has been interpreted to mean the end of the world. However, the reality of what the Mayan calendar indicated is less dramatic. In this essay I will be discussing the ancient Mayan civilisation: their history and how the Mayans had sophisticated methods of measuring time; so sophisticated that they have been misunderstood by modern day societies. The Mayans were an ancient civilisation who had an advanced understanding of the world that they lived in. The Mayan era can be divided into three segments, pre-classic, classic, and post-classic. The Pre-classic period lasted from about 2000 B.C to 250 A.D. The Classic period, which was so called because this period was when the Mayans reached the height of their civilisation and their population numbered in the millions. The classic period was from about 250 A.D to 900 A.D. The Post-Classic period lasted from 900 A.D until the arrival of the Spanish in America in around 1517 A.D. The reason for the fall of the Mayan civilisation is unknown; some say the Spanish killed them and some say it was due to an extensive drought (Mayan Civilisation). The Mayan civilisation was situated in southern America and Mexico. The early Mayans were farmers, (Schuman, page 11). As their population grew they started chopping down forests and building cities, and in each city there was a least one pyramid about 200 feet high, (Schuman, page 13). Pyramids were very important to the Mayans and religious ceremonies were held inside the pyramids. A temple was placed on top of each pyramid so that it was closer to the heavens, (Mayan Civilisation). Sacrifice was a big part of Mayan religion. Mayans would burry nobel people -52-
and anybody who died in war, under the pyramids. Ritual human sacrifice would take place on top of the pyramids. The Mayans believed that in order to keep their gods happy they had to give their gods gifts, and the best gift was human life. The most common way to be sacrificed was for someone to have a limb chopped off and to bleed to death. The blood was caught on a piece of paper and the paper was burned. The burned blood and paper were believed to send messages to the gods (Schuman, page 14). Mayans also used the pyramids to look to the sky. They had broad knowledge in astronomy and mathematics. The Mayans developed an accurate understanding of the planets and stars, that was far beyond that of any other civilisation at the time. They had mapped out the movements of the moon, sun, and a few planets close to earth, and they used this information to predict eclipses. As well as astronomy, they created their own way to depict numbers in a manner similar to the Roman number system. What was special about the Mayan system was that they included the concept of zero, (Mayan Civilisation). Using what they knew about astronomy and mathematics the Mayans created their own calendars. The Mayan system for measuring time was in some sense a deeper one than we use today. They had three ways of measuring time; the annual calendar, the religious calendar, and the Long count calendar that measures time since the beginning of the existance of earth. The Mayan calendars were not originally created by the Mayans-they adapted them from other cultures and then improved and finalised the system themselves. Researchers have found that the Mayans adapted parts of their calendar from those that existed in Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador (Mayan Civilisation). The first calendar that the Mayans used was the Haab or civil calendar. This calendar was their annual calendar. It was based on the solar year and consisted of 365 days made up of 20 months of 18 days and 5 extra days at the end of the year. The Mayans believed the last five days were unlucky. The second calendar was the Tzolkin or religious calendar. This calendar had a 260-day year with 20 months of 13 days. Each month was named after a saint and according to the day a baby was born on, that saint was its patron saint (2012hoax) & (Schuman, page12&13). There is a similar calendar used today to determine a personรข€™s star sign. The third and most unique calendar was the Long-count calendar. The Long-count calendar is an elaborate clock used to measure long periods of time (since the begining of the earth). This calendar looked
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similar to a speedometer in a car. It had digits that rotate. This means that any given day can be repeated (nasa science). The Mayans thought time was a cycle, whereas the system we use today can never repeat itself. In our system days, weeks and months can repeat but years cannot. The Mayans thought that years could repeat like weeks and months (Latin America). The calendar had five segments (0.0.0.0.0). The first number represented a single day, and after 20 days the next number would turn. The Mayans called the second number a uinal. Eighteen uinals, or 360 days, made a tun, 20 tuns made a katun (7,200 days); and 20 katuns, or 144,000 days, made up a baktun. So on the 20th of July 1969 the calendar would show 12.17.15.17.0., meaning that 12 x 144,000 days and 17 x 7,200 days and 15 x 360 days and 17 x 20 days and 0 days have passed since the begining of earth. Another way of expressing this date is to say that 1,856,140 days have passed since the beginning earth. According to the Mayans the earth was created on the 13 August 3114 B.C. and the calendar read 13.0.0.0.0. Once 13 baktun had been reached the cycle would repeat.(2012hoax) This repeat of the cycle on the 13th baktun is the basis for the misconception about the Mayan prediction of the end of the world.
the truth behind the idea. The Mayans never actually predicted the end of the world. In conclusion the Mayans were an ancient civilisation that achieved much during its time. The Mayans built cities and became great mathematicians and astronomers. They also developed a sophisticated way of measuring time. The myth that formed from one of their calendars is an example of how a simple misinterpretation can for many people become something more significant. To the Mayans for there to be a new begining there does not need to be an end.
The Mayan concept of cycles was interpreted to mean the end of something; 13.0.0.0.0 was a significant date in the Mayan calendar, however the nature of its significance has been misunderstood. The misconception started because according to the Mayan calendar the world started on 13.0.0.0.0 (long count) or 13.8.3114 B.C and that day would re-live itself on the 21.12.12 A.D According to the Mayans this meant a new beginning. Others took this idea further and said in order for there to be a beginning there must be an end. However, for the Mayans 21.12.12 is an important date because they believed that on that day the god who created earth would come back and refresh it (but not destroy it). They also believe that a god (known to be difficult to understand) was going to come and conduct rites of passage. It is not written or stated anywhere in Mayan ruins that the world would end in 2012. When the story came out in the media people became worried but no asteroids or comets were anywhere near to earth and the sun is no different to what it was 10 years ago (nasa science). The idea became commercialised, such that even a movie was made based on the concept that the world would end in 2012. People became fixated on the idea of the end of the world and they either didnรข€™t know or care about Issue 1 June 2013
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Excerpts from Grade 7 Science Comics - The Immune System
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Interview with Ian Holmรฉr, a ski racer Sou Hirabayashi
How old were you when you started skiing? 4 years old. How does it feel going 80 miles per hour? โAfter you have done the run, you get the biggest adrenalin run ever.โ Ian stated that he can also be very nervous, but yet he has so far never had an accident. Whatโs your relationship with your rivals? โMost of the people I ski against are very good friends of mine, because I knew them for a long time.โ What training do you do in the summer? โI follow a program that my trainers give me, and I maybe do about 5 training sessions a week, so that I can have some rest.โ Does your size matter? โItโs good to be normal height and weight pretty much (80 to 90 kilos) but in some cases, it would be better to be small and quick.โ Where do you race? โMost of the time I race in Sweden in a thing called USM, meaning Swedish youth championship. And in the end of the season, I have the finals for USM. Most of my season is about qualifying for the USM finals. In addition, I do some international races in Sweden and also I ski for the school. I came second for NECIS even though I was accidently placed in a higher age category, which included boys who were 16 and 17 years old. If I would of have been in the right category, I would of have been first.โ How long is the skiing season? โIt starts in August and it ends in April. There are around 90 days of skiing every season.โ
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