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BOOK PUBLISHING
Book from the author of the blog published in amazon:
A sample may be seen at the links. And it's posible to buy it.
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Tuesday, 11 August 2009
The Neighbors and Friends Go to the Supermarket - Part III
When the group joined Peter’s parents they couldn’t believe how all those things had happened in so little time! But the worst arrived later, when they reached John’s home. His mother fell from the clouds, very worried:
- Only crazy things happen to you! – she exclaimed.
Then turned up to Grandma:
- Oh mother, but how is it possible? How did you allow the kids running after a thief? It could be dangerous! Only with you, really, this mess could happen!!
- Not only with me, My Dear… – Grandma replied, in a quiet but ironic tone – With you I also got some confusion very similar to these! So it is best to thank that all finished well and forget, don’t you think?
But after these words of Grandma it was not possible to forget. Mother as a child also had lived confusions and adventures? What confusion? It should be very interesting to hear about it!
- Tell us, Grandma, tell us!! - John asked, persuasive - Tell us about my mother confusions!!
John and Mary insisted and Grandma, who liked very much to tell the stories of old days, told, before the suspicious eyes of her daughter who was trying to figure out what history Grandma was referring to.
(to be continued)
- Only crazy things happen to you! – she exclaimed.
Then turned up to Grandma:
- Oh mother, but how is it possible? How did you allow the kids running after a thief? It could be dangerous! Only with you, really, this mess could happen!!
- Not only with me, My Dear… – Grandma replied, in a quiet but ironic tone – With you I also got some confusion very similar to these! So it is best to thank that all finished well and forget, don’t you think?
But after these words of Grandma it was not possible to forget. Mother as a child also had lived confusions and adventures? What confusion? It should be very interesting to hear about it!
- Tell us, Grandma, tell us!! - John asked, persuasive - Tell us about my mother confusions!!
John and Mary insisted and Grandma, who liked very much to tell the stories of old days, told, before the suspicious eyes of her daughter who was trying to figure out what history Grandma was referring to.
(to be continued)
The Neighbors and Friends Go to the Supermarket - Part II
Peter and Mary also raised, the man started running, without releasing the cart, and they ran after him, followed by grandmother shouting:
- Get a security officer, quickly, get a security officer!!
It was a big mess! The man, scared with the persecution, realized that to achieve escape he had to leave the cart. It was what he did and, already without the cart he accelerated trying to became lost in the middle of the walking people in the corridors of the shopping center. But John continued after him and managed to pass him a trick that made him fall down. A security officer came,. then Peter, then Mary. Grandmother arrived next, pushing the sopping cart, concerned if someone got hurt.
The security officer held the man, who was clearly ashamed looking for them all. “Mas o que é que lhe passou pela cabeça, por amor de Deus?” “Têm de vir comigo, vou chamar a Polícia e depois apresentam queixa”, disse o segurança. Grandmother talked to him:
- What was in your mind, for God’s sake!? Someone could be hurt!
- You must come with me – the security officer said - I will call the police and then you may file a complaint.
- Grandmother didn’t answer immediately. She was looking at the thief thoughtful. She could see that the man was about to cry but trying to hold it. And he was still looking ashamed. So she declared:
- Never mind, we don’t want to complain, we recovered our things and that’s the most important.
Everyone looked at her, completely surprised. Even the thief who must have been the most surprised of all.
- Thank you very much, ma'am! - he said – You can’t imagine how your generosity is important for me! I apologize for my stupid behaviour. The truth is that my life is being very difficult and I saw the cart, it seemed that nobody was taking care of it ... But after all this boy was. It is brave, the kid!
- Even if nobody was watching on you knew those things belonged to someone. – said Grandmother in a reproach voice. – You shouldn’t do what you’ve done! But I don’t want to increase the difficulties of your life.
The security was a bit defeated, but if Grandmother didn’t want to complain and once it had not been really a robbery it was better to let the man go. It was what they did. They saw him departing, after thanking again Grandmother. Then everybody began to speak at the same time, excited, discussing whether it was right or wrong to let him go. Grandmother explained her position the best she could:
- You know - she started - if he is a thief he’ll steal again, and sooner or later he will be caught. But if he is just a regular man, going through major problems in life, this will serve him as a lesson and is unlikely he’ll return doing something so foolish.
(to be continued)
- Get a security officer, quickly, get a security officer!!
It was a big mess! The man, scared with the persecution, realized that to achieve escape he had to leave the cart. It was what he did and, already without the cart he accelerated trying to became lost in the middle of the walking people in the corridors of the shopping center. But John continued after him and managed to pass him a trick that made him fall down. A security officer came,. then Peter, then Mary. Grandmother arrived next, pushing the sopping cart, concerned if someone got hurt.
The security officer held the man, who was clearly ashamed looking for them all. “Mas o que é que lhe passou pela cabeça, por amor de Deus?” “Têm de vir comigo, vou chamar a Polícia e depois apresentam queixa”, disse o segurança. Grandmother talked to him:
- What was in your mind, for God’s sake!? Someone could be hurt!
- You must come with me – the security officer said - I will call the police and then you may file a complaint.
- Grandmother didn’t answer immediately. She was looking at the thief thoughtful. She could see that the man was about to cry but trying to hold it. And he was still looking ashamed. So she declared:
- Never mind, we don’t want to complain, we recovered our things and that’s the most important.
Everyone looked at her, completely surprised. Even the thief who must have been the most surprised of all.
- Thank you very much, ma'am! - he said – You can’t imagine how your generosity is important for me! I apologize for my stupid behaviour. The truth is that my life is being very difficult and I saw the cart, it seemed that nobody was taking care of it ... But after all this boy was. It is brave, the kid!
- Even if nobody was watching on you knew those things belonged to someone. – said Grandmother in a reproach voice. – You shouldn’t do what you’ve done! But I don’t want to increase the difficulties of your life.
The security was a bit defeated, but if Grandmother didn’t want to complain and once it had not been really a robbery it was better to let the man go. It was what they did. They saw him departing, after thanking again Grandmother. Then everybody began to speak at the same time, excited, discussing whether it was right or wrong to let him go. Grandmother explained her position the best she could:
- You know - she started - if he is a thief he’ll steal again, and sooner or later he will be caught. But if he is just a regular man, going through major problems in life, this will serve him as a lesson and is unlikely he’ll return doing something so foolish.
(to be continued)
Friday, 31 July 2009
The Neighbors and Friends Go to the Supermarket - Part I
On a Winter Saturday John’s mother, very busy at home, asked grandmother if she could go to the supermarket for the week shopping. John accepted the invitation to go with her because he was quite bore. Outside it was raining and the programs on the television were really silly. So to became lost on the shelves of toys and make a snack of pizza after the shopping was a more promising program then what he was having. He asked grandmother to invite also his friend Mary, from the top floor and the three went to the shopping center, with the shopping list.
They finished the shopping fairly quickly, because everybody helped. John even completed with some things he knew were missing at home but that his mother had forgotten, like the corn-flakes for breakfast, toothpaste that needed to be replaced, the shampoo of swimming, and so on.
Maria was taking some cookies off the shelf when she collides with someone that came running to take a box of the same shelf. Maria started protesting: "Beware!" when she saw who it was: Peter that balanced with difficulty and opened an enthusiastic smile:
- Mary! What are you doing here?
She also laughed to him:
- Same as you, well, I'm shopping! I came with the John’s grandmother.
- Is John here? Where, where?
They quickly joined John who was waiting at the ham line.
The shops were made, the ones from the list and the extra list. It was pizza time! They invited Peter, of course. His parents allowed him to accept the invitation and even thanked because while Peter was with his friends they felt freer to focus on the courses.
So Grandmother, John, Mary and Peter sat on the terrace, each with its board. The shopping cart was in sight of in a corner next. They ate, talked and laughed. Grandmother was hearing them and also entered the conversation. She appreciated very much the company of her grandson and his friends. Peter was very excited. On the way to the shopping center he was protesting with his parents for having to go to the supermarket with them: "When I’ll complete 8 years I want to stay alone at home when you go shopping!" "But why can I not stay home, I am already grown up?!" "I won’t open the door to anyone, I promise!”And so on, but no argument convinced the parents. And now he was thanking for that because there is no doubt about what is the better: stay home alone or having a pizza and a good talk with friends! He told the friends about his protesting talk with the parents and they all laughed. They could perfectly imagine Peter making that kind of scene, convinced that to be 8 years old was really to be “grown up” and allowed to do everything you want. Maria disappointed him:
- You think that when you’ll be eight you’ll be considered grown? I’m eight and I’m not allowed to stay home alone. Except for a few minutes while my parents go to the cafe downstairs.
- But you wanted to be at home alone, too, Maria? - asked grandmother, intrigued.
- It’s a sign of being older, you see. It makes us feel less child. - replied Mary. - She was silent for a moment and then continued - I actually have a bit of fear, sometimes.
Grandmother laughed:
- Never mind, it happens to me also!
Peter, blusterer said:
- When I’ll be allowed to stay home alone I won’t be afraid! "
Suddenly John, who was looking to the side where they had left the cart with the shopping shouted:
- He is stealing our things!
- What?! - everyone looked to the place where they left the courses.
A man, started to push their cart, first dissimulating his behaviour with very slowly gestures then accelerating. John got up and started screaming:
- Hey, those are our courses!
They finished the shopping fairly quickly, because everybody helped. John even completed with some things he knew were missing at home but that his mother had forgotten, like the corn-flakes for breakfast, toothpaste that needed to be replaced, the shampoo of swimming, and so on.
Maria was taking some cookies off the shelf when she collides with someone that came running to take a box of the same shelf. Maria started protesting: "Beware!" when she saw who it was: Peter that balanced with difficulty and opened an enthusiastic smile:
- Mary! What are you doing here?
She also laughed to him:
- Same as you, well, I'm shopping! I came with the John’s grandmother.
- Is John here? Where, where?
They quickly joined John who was waiting at the ham line.
The shops were made, the ones from the list and the extra list. It was pizza time! They invited Peter, of course. His parents allowed him to accept the invitation and even thanked because while Peter was with his friends they felt freer to focus on the courses.
So Grandmother, John, Mary and Peter sat on the terrace, each with its board. The shopping cart was in sight of in a corner next. They ate, talked and laughed. Grandmother was hearing them and also entered the conversation. She appreciated very much the company of her grandson and his friends. Peter was very excited. On the way to the shopping center he was protesting with his parents for having to go to the supermarket with them: "When I’ll complete 8 years I want to stay alone at home when you go shopping!" "But why can I not stay home, I am already grown up?!" "I won’t open the door to anyone, I promise!”And so on, but no argument convinced the parents. And now he was thanking for that because there is no doubt about what is the better: stay home alone or having a pizza and a good talk with friends! He told the friends about his protesting talk with the parents and they all laughed. They could perfectly imagine Peter making that kind of scene, convinced that to be 8 years old was really to be “grown up” and allowed to do everything you want. Maria disappointed him:
- You think that when you’ll be eight you’ll be considered grown? I’m eight and I’m not allowed to stay home alone. Except for a few minutes while my parents go to the cafe downstairs.
- But you wanted to be at home alone, too, Maria? - asked grandmother, intrigued.
- It’s a sign of being older, you see. It makes us feel less child. - replied Mary. - She was silent for a moment and then continued - I actually have a bit of fear, sometimes.
Grandmother laughed:
- Never mind, it happens to me also!
Peter, blusterer said:
- When I’ll be allowed to stay home alone I won’t be afraid! "
Suddenly John, who was looking to the side where they had left the cart with the shopping shouted:
- He is stealing our things!
- What?! - everyone looked to the place where they left the courses.
A man, started to push their cart, first dissimulating his behaviour with very slowly gestures then accelerating. John got up and started screaming:
- Hey, those are our courses!
(to be continued)
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