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Racoon absolutely loved New England weather. He lived in Connecticut his whole life, and the best part of this area was the four seasons. He enjoyed the crisp, cool air of Winter with its billowy snow that melted when he reached out to catch it on his warm tongue. With his thick, soft fur coat even the biting winds in the coldest month of January didn't bother him! Slowly, the season turns into Spring. He liked to call it "The Season of Friendship" because that is when the daffodils (which symbolize friendship), showered with refreshing rain and the hot sun, come into full bloom with their range in colors from white to soft yellow to deep yellow to a yellow with deep orange centers. Reminding him of the bright yellow sun, that keeps getting hotter and brighter as the Summer nears. These are the days for relaxing and enjoying all that Mother Nature has to offer. But the season that was his least favorite of all was Fall. This was the time when it was so hard to find shelter to sleep in at night, he sometimes had to sleep in the snow. Fall time was coming and once again the largest tree in Connecticut, the Pinchot Sycamore tree, was worrying about what would happen to her beautiful leaves when the earth started to cool down and die. The Sycamore was very sad because she had no one to talk to about her fears. It seemed like everytime someone came across her massive tree trunk, limbs that stretched so far West they thought for sure they reached California, leaves with its five sections appearing to be human like hands, and her sheer height nearly touching the clouds, they felt they were being dwarfed by a mean giant and ran away scared before having the chance to find out that she was

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Assessment: SC2AS9b Assessment: SC2AS9b Retelling a Legend Retelling a Legend By: Sarah Benson By: Sarah Benson Introduction: The Māori legend I have chosen is Rata and the tree, this legend is about a young man named Rata whose father had been recently murdered. When Rata learnt his father’s remains were on another land he wanted to seek revenge and went out into the forest so he could build a waka. He finds the tallest, straightest tree in the forest for the waka, but forgets to offer…

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Cats And Mice Became Enemies

differences between two legends. “Cat and Rat” Chinese Zodiac” and “How Cat and Mice became Enemies” are the two legends I will talk about. I think the theme of “How Cats and Mice became Enemies” is to don’t lie because friends to can turn into enemies. I think the theme of “Cat and Rat: Chinese Zodiac” is to don’t trust everyone and friends can stab you in the back in the blink of an eye. Lets start with similarities. First, this essay will explain the similarities of the legends “Cat and Rat: The Chinese…

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Comparing Ichabod Crane And The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow

Many legends today are never clearly shown as fictional or factual. Most legends are based on complete myths and fiction. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is one of the legends that are actually more clearly steering toward fictional. This legend has many events and parts that can in fact be quite true, but it is not clear if this legend is a myth. Many people have done research on this topic and come up with many different conclusions on what they believe of it. First of all, the headless…

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Myths And Motifs In Tim Winton's In The Winter Dark

Legends of big cats are preeminent in not only Victoria, but around the world. These legends have be perpetuated by ongoing reports of alleged big cat sightings in media outlets such as newspapers. This in turn, inspires the creation of pieces of pop culture that incorporates elements of the folklore. Thus maintaining the folklore and keeping it in the minds of the population. In many cases these pop culture pieces are created by locals who have firsthand exposure to the legends. For example, in…

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Comparing Achilles And Gilgamesh

King Arthur is known as a hero and over time a legend, with a story none have heard of. Just like King Arthur, there are other heroic legends, coming before him, each having their own unique tale. These heroes and King Arthur are similar in certain ways, however, they are different in the aspects of their actions along with what kind of hero they are. How these heroes act with the abilities they obtain affects the cause of how individuals came to idolize them and write about them. There were lionhearted…

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Hispanic Culture: The Legend Of La Llorona

German proverb. This quote relates to the Hispanic legend of La Llorona and how the fear of La Llorona produces a myth deadlier than the myth actually is. In the legend of La Llorona a beautiful mother throws her children into a river after her husband ignores her. She instantly regrets killing her children and now, as a ghost, roams bodies of water looking for her lost children. La Llorona is a mythological character in the Hispanic culture; the legend affected the past Hispanic culture by stimulating…

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The History Of Derptrolling

(their Twitter can be found at www.Twitter.com/#!/DerpTrolling ) The start of these attacks or the plotting of these attacks began at 11:07 AM CST on 12/30/13 When they released the tweet saying, "Something special planned for League of Legends :D" which was followed up with, "Coming soon." 3 Hours later the DerpTrolling group released a tweet stating, "Apparently the test from 2 hours ago is actually caused the NA League Of Legends login server to be #nulled." (Released at 2:19 PM CST 12/30/13)…

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the citizens in Chicago?How did the fire start? The Chicago Fire in 1871 had tons of destruction of well, the houses, buildings, and even everyday life for the people. Lots of questions will be answered because of legends of the Chicago Fire.It started way back on October 8th and lasted until October 10th.At least 300 people died and the fire left about 100,000 people homeless. There was about $200.00 damage to the city also. How did the Chicago Fire start and also where? Well, the Chicago Fire started…

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mice and Men. Both stories talk about the dreams that the main character(s) and what they do to achieve them. In Of Mice and Men we see all of the hardships and difficulties that main characters George and Lennie go through to reach their Personal Legend, or, what they always wanted to accomplish. So far I believe the book is trying to show what it may take to reach your goals. I understand so far what is going on, and why Santiago has sold his sheep and left for Africa, because he was inspired…

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Navajo Long Walk Chapter Summary

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