Sunday, January 27, 2008

Ahnold adventure


In the north of the earth, there was a very very big place called Snow World. In the Snow World, there were five kingdoms: Sun Kingdom, Moon Kingdom, Sea Kingdom, Pool Kingdom, and Soil Kingdom.
One day, the prince of the Moon Kingdom, Ahnold received a letter, sent by his friend, Palphie. Palphie was also a prince. He was the prince of the Pool Kingdom.

The letter wrote:
Dear Ahnold,
I am Palphie, I will not go to the prince's party next day.
Yours,
Palphie


"No! No!" Ahnold said, "It's so strange. He loves party! He loves food! I must follow him and check what has got wrong!"

The next day, Ahnold brought some bows and arrows and chased after Palphie carefully. But
Palphie went to a big paradise, Eden. There was a lot of food! Ahnold saw Palphie ate some food and fell on the ground! Then a lady came. She wore a dress and a black flix coat. She said, "Ha Ha! Now I can take the revenge."

"Oh!" Ahnold thought, "I know now. Thirteen years ago, Pool Kingdom had a party to celebrate Palphie's birthday. They invited many royal people, but they didn't invite the thirteenth fairy, the smallest fairy of the thirteen! It was because the number thirteen was not a lucky word. The thirteenth fairy, wicky was angry. She made the queen sleep forever, and put a spell on Palphie, he would become lazy when he joined a strange party, so he would fall asleep forever ... That day has finally arrived! It is today!"

"Oh, no! Palphie is in danger!" Ahnold ran to rescue Palphie, but Wicky had already put Palphie into a black cloud and flew away. Then Wicky and Palphie disappeared! "No!" Ahnold said loudly, "I ... I must rescue Palphie!"

The next day, Ahnold brought a pair of arrows, which belong to his archery teacher, who knew Ahnold would have a problem. The way to use these magic arrows was prearranged. If someone shot the magic arrow and said a word; e.g. fire, the magic arrow would turn into a fire arrow. Then, Ahnold followed the black clouds.

A little girl saw it and said, "It goes into the black forest. Now the black forest is in danger, no one likes to go there. Prince Ahnold, if you go on there, you will be in danger!"

"No, I must rescue my friend!" So, Ahnold went to the forest and found the antidote. With the help of the antidote, the queen and Palphie woke up.

Although Wicky the fairy did not die. She lost her magic power and lived in the dark cloud forever.
We must not get angry so easily and take revenge in our anger. When you are angry with someone, may be Wicky's story may help you to reflect!

Friday, January 25, 2008

Noun Phrases in Sentence Writing

Today, I learnt 4 collocation patterns of a noun phrase.

1.Noun + Noun + Noun (main)
2.Adverb + Adjective + Noun
3.Adjective + Preposition + Noun
4.Noun + Preposition +Noun

Examples
1. glass chair
2. expensive glass chair
3. transparent as diamond
4. chair with cover

Sentence
I have a glass chair.
I have a very expensive chair.
The expensive chair is transparent as diamond.