2009年5月12日火曜日

spring BR4 The Riddle of the Camel Race


Hi. Today, I would like to talk about a book” The Riddle of the Camel Race.”
I chose this book because I like the picture.
In this story, there is very cruel sultan. This sultan ruled his kingdom with an iron fist.
It really was an iron fist, because he had lost his one hand in a fight of sword. Everyone in the land did exactly what the sultan has ordered. They were so afraid not to because if they do not exactly what the sultan ordered they must go prison.
For most of the year, the sultan ordered his people to do normal kingdom-type-jobs. For example, the sultan ordered people to do guarding his castle, hunting for his food and clipping his toenails.
But, one day, on the sultan’s birthday, he called two of his subjects, Ali and Baboo.
He said” My challenge for you two is a camel race.” They thought that dose not sound too bad. But he continued,” The winner of the race is the person whose camel comes last! The loser will get five years in prison and a tattoo of me on chest to remind of his failure.”
Ali and Baboo were led to the starting line of the race. They were ready to go, but their movement were so slowly. Neither man wanted to get ahead of the other.
They started to go but they were going so slowly that before long their camels stopped. They did not know what to do.
The kingdom’s wisest person named Shiraz approached the men. She told something to both of them. After that, they leapt on their camel and dug their heels into the animal.
They raced towards the finish line as quickly as they could. Each man was anxious to get to the finish line first.
Those who were watching the race were surprised at what they were seeing.
They approached Shiraz that what she said to them.
She said” I just told each of them to get on the other man’s camel. After all, the winner is the person whose camel comes last.”

It is a funny story and I think Shiraz is clever very well. (362words)

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