Princess Diana

Her sons gave her white flowers with a card that just said, 'Mummy'. (p. 36)

This book is written about Diana princes of England. She is loved all over the world even though she died for more than 20 years. On 1 July 1961, a baby girl was born at her family home, in Sandringham, Norfolk. Later, people called Diana 'a fairy-tale princess'. But her story was often a sad one too. She had experienced her parents' divorce, relentless pursuit by the press, isolation from the royal family and divoce with her husband prince Charles. She lived in royal family as a woman and mother having strong intention. I was really impressed with this fact about princess Diana. 

Gilchrist, C. (1998) Princess Diana. London. Penguin Readers

Mowgli's Brother

“Do not forget me!” (p. 72)

 One day, Mother and Father Wolf find a baby with no clothes near their home in the jungle. They decide to keep the baby and look after him with their own children, defending him from Shere Khan, the tiger who wants to kill and eat him. Mowgli grows up in the jungle under the protection of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the Panther. Baloo’s role is telling wolf cub (cub is a baby animal) law of the jungle. Bagheera taught Mowgli how to climb. Meanwhile Shere Khan plans to take revenge by convincing the younger wolves to rebel against the leader of the pack Akela and to give him Mowgli. Among wolves, it was said that Mowgli is a man. Mowgli must not be in a group of wolves. There, Mowgli brought red flower, fire. Mowgli exterminated Shere Khan and went down the hillside alone to meet men though he wanted to be in this jungle.

Kipling, R. (2008) Mowgli's Brothers. Helbling Readers

Alice in Wonderland

" Oh, I had such a strange dream," (p. 60)

Alice sees the White Rabbit scurry down a rabbit hole and decides to follow him. In Wonderland, she meets an assortment of strange characters, including the Cheshire Cat, who advises her to attend a tea party thrown by the March Hare.When the Queen orders her execution, Alice wakes up at the last minute to realize this was all a dream.

When I read this story, I was pulled into the world. I like strage world so much! You should try it!!

Carroll, L. (2009) Alice in Wonderland. Compass Classic Readers

The Lost Smile

"Lovely voices said: ‘Go and find the Lord of Tears. And take away the Mirror of Smiles." (p. 11)

 One night Sarah and Ben have the same dream which the Lord of Tears is going to remove a smile and make everyone sad. However, they don’t know how to meet the Lord of Tears. So they explored and found the Lord of Tears. At last, they could make the Lord of Tears smiling.

In this story, what happened in the real world, too. And smile has a lot of power. This is common both in this story and our world.

Holzmann. C (2007). The Lost Smile. Helbling Readers

The Stolen White Elephant

“ Hurray for the police force! Here is your elephant!” (p. 52)

This is the story of a royal white elephant. The elephant is on its way from Siam to England as a gift to the Queen. A senior official of the Thai government responsible for management asked the famous police of the New York Police to investigate and confidently inspectors dispatched dozens of detectives to various places and uncovered traces of elephants passed. However, although the violent elephant gives out many victims, it is hard to find and the amount of the prize money jumps up. After all, the elephant was found but he was dead.

This story is a little scary for me because I can not imagine that the elephant eats man. 

Twain. M (2007) The Stolen White Elephant. Helbling Readers.