Wednesday, October 18, 2006
its my birthday
I'm 21! And I bought a steak to cook myself for my birthday dinner. Yumm. I can't wait for that.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
a class assignment
The first half is the story given to us, after the -----s is the part I wrote.
Once upon a time there lived a king and a queen, and that queen had a wickedly evil mother-in-law. When the king went off to war, the old queen had her daughter-in-law locked up in a musty room in the cellar, and her two little boys were also locked up with her. One day she thought to herself, I would love to eat one of the 2 children, whereupon she summoned the cook and had him go down to the cellar to get one of the little boys and slaughter him and prepare him for cooking.
“What kind of sauce should I prepare?” asked the cook. “A brown one,” replied the old queen.
The cook went down to the cellar and said: “Oh my queen, the old queen wants me to slaughter and cook your son tonight.” The young queen was deeply distressed and said: “Why can’t we just take a baby pig instead? You can cook it just as she wanted and tell her that it’s my child.”
The cook did just that and presented the roasted suckling in a brown sauce: “Here’s the child.” And she ate it with a hearty appetite.
Soon the old woman thought to herself, the flesh of that child was so delicate and tasty, I’ll just have to eat the other one too. She summoned the cook, sent him to the cellar, and ordered him to slaughter the second son.
“In what kind of sauce should I cook him?” “A white one,” replied the old queen.
The cook went down the stairs and said: “Now the old queen has ordered me to slaughter and cook your second little son.” The young queen said: “take a suckling pig and cook it the way she likes it.”
The cook did just that and presented the suckling pig to the old woman in a white sauce, and she ate it with an even heartier appetite.
Finally the old woman thought to herself: “Now the children are in my body, and I can eat the young queen herself.” She summoned the cook and ordered him to cook the young queen.
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The third time the queen tells the cook to slaughter a young hind, but this time he was to add to it the herbs she found in the basement. The queen knows the potion will put the old queen to sleep, and this may be the one and only chance they have to escape because the children’s’ crying is getting louder every day and soon the old queen will hear them and figure everything out.
The old queen eats the young hind with much more gusto than the previous dishes. “This is the best meal I’ve ever had. I hope my son’s next wife will taste as good.” The old queen then fell into a deep slumber, and did not awaken for six days until the king came home from the war.
“Mother, wake up, I’m home. Where are my children and my wife?” he asked the old queen. “Oh son, I’m so glad to see you” she said while wiping the sleep from her eyes and thinking fast. “I have bad news. When you left to fight in the war, your wife became very upset. She was so upset that she decided to jump off a cliff, and she took the children with her. I tried to stop her of course, but she wouldn’t listen to reason.”
Upon hearing of his family’s death, the king goes mad with grief. “Mother, I demand that you take me to the spot they jumped from. The whole kingdom must pay their respects and pray for their souls.”
“Of course you’re right” the old queen agreed. “But I must warn you, there was a terrible storm the day after it happened, so it may have washed away their bodies.”
Naturally the cliff was a great distance away, at the far edge of a forest and would take many days for the Royal party to reach.
On the journey the king took many people from the palace. The king commanded that everyone that loved the young queen must go with, and since she was loved by all that met her (except the old queen), many servants, scullery maids, the cook, and even animals made the journey.
Three days into the journey the Royal party came across a path that was known to be frequented by thieves and would be near impossible to travel on without being robbed. Sure enough, not even halfway down the path the Royal carriage was surrounded by a group of dirty ruffians.
“Let us pass, or it shall be the death of you!” warned the king while drawing his sword. Suddenly, miraculously to his ears, he heard the voice of his beloved deceased queen telling him no harm would come to them. “Who dares to pretend to be my beloved dead queen?” he questioned with rage. “Show yourself! I will not have you sullying the image of my beloved!” To his amazement, it was the young queen that stepped forward. The king had not noticed her before because of the dirt and rags she was covered with, but there was no mistaking her now.
“My love, I have much to tell you. But first I ask that you lock your Mother in the carriage, because she will surely try to escape before I’m finished.”
“As you wish, my queen” said the king, who was so amazed at the queen’s resurrection that he would have done anything she asked. The young queen then told the king everything that had happened while he was away, from being locked up in the cellar to the old queen wishing to eat the children and her, and then finally of the escape they made with the help of the cook.
The king was outraged, as any good husband would be. He then ordered that the old queen would be punished severely; she was to spend the rest of her days in the cellar where she had locked his family previously, but because she lied to him she would spend it without her tongue. The king allowed his wife the pleasure of watching while he cut off the old queen’s tongue.
The king sealed the old queen’s fate with a declaration: “I hereby declare that as soon as we arrive back at the palace the old queen will be put in the cellar and will never be heard from again. The day will be marked by a celebration of my family being reunited, and everyone is required to attend and the main course at the dinner shall be Broiled Tongue.”
Update: I recieved the grade on this story, and I was actually quite surprised (and disappointed) that I got a 'B' on it.
Once upon a time there lived a king and a queen, and that queen had a wickedly evil mother-in-law. When the king went off to war, the old queen had her daughter-in-law locked up in a musty room in the cellar, and her two little boys were also locked up with her. One day she thought to herself, I would love to eat one of the 2 children, whereupon she summoned the cook and had him go down to the cellar to get one of the little boys and slaughter him and prepare him for cooking.
“What kind of sauce should I prepare?” asked the cook. “A brown one,” replied the old queen.
The cook went down to the cellar and said: “Oh my queen, the old queen wants me to slaughter and cook your son tonight.” The young queen was deeply distressed and said: “Why can’t we just take a baby pig instead? You can cook it just as she wanted and tell her that it’s my child.”
The cook did just that and presented the roasted suckling in a brown sauce: “Here’s the child.” And she ate it with a hearty appetite.
Soon the old woman thought to herself, the flesh of that child was so delicate and tasty, I’ll just have to eat the other one too. She summoned the cook, sent him to the cellar, and ordered him to slaughter the second son.
“In what kind of sauce should I cook him?” “A white one,” replied the old queen.
The cook went down the stairs and said: “Now the old queen has ordered me to slaughter and cook your second little son.” The young queen said: “take a suckling pig and cook it the way she likes it.”
The cook did just that and presented the suckling pig to the old woman in a white sauce, and she ate it with an even heartier appetite.
Finally the old woman thought to herself: “Now the children are in my body, and I can eat the young queen herself.” She summoned the cook and ordered him to cook the young queen.
-----
The third time the queen tells the cook to slaughter a young hind, but this time he was to add to it the herbs she found in the basement. The queen knows the potion will put the old queen to sleep, and this may be the one and only chance they have to escape because the children’s’ crying is getting louder every day and soon the old queen will hear them and figure everything out.
The old queen eats the young hind with much more gusto than the previous dishes. “This is the best meal I’ve ever had. I hope my son’s next wife will taste as good.” The old queen then fell into a deep slumber, and did not awaken for six days until the king came home from the war.
“Mother, wake up, I’m home. Where are my children and my wife?” he asked the old queen. “Oh son, I’m so glad to see you” she said while wiping the sleep from her eyes and thinking fast. “I have bad news. When you left to fight in the war, your wife became very upset. She was so upset that she decided to jump off a cliff, and she took the children with her. I tried to stop her of course, but she wouldn’t listen to reason.”
Upon hearing of his family’s death, the king goes mad with grief. “Mother, I demand that you take me to the spot they jumped from. The whole kingdom must pay their respects and pray for their souls.”
“Of course you’re right” the old queen agreed. “But I must warn you, there was a terrible storm the day after it happened, so it may have washed away their bodies.”
Naturally the cliff was a great distance away, at the far edge of a forest and would take many days for the Royal party to reach.
On the journey the king took many people from the palace. The king commanded that everyone that loved the young queen must go with, and since she was loved by all that met her (except the old queen), many servants, scullery maids, the cook, and even animals made the journey.
Three days into the journey the Royal party came across a path that was known to be frequented by thieves and would be near impossible to travel on without being robbed. Sure enough, not even halfway down the path the Royal carriage was surrounded by a group of dirty ruffians.
“Let us pass, or it shall be the death of you!” warned the king while drawing his sword. Suddenly, miraculously to his ears, he heard the voice of his beloved deceased queen telling him no harm would come to them. “Who dares to pretend to be my beloved dead queen?” he questioned with rage. “Show yourself! I will not have you sullying the image of my beloved!” To his amazement, it was the young queen that stepped forward. The king had not noticed her before because of the dirt and rags she was covered with, but there was no mistaking her now.
“My love, I have much to tell you. But first I ask that you lock your Mother in the carriage, because she will surely try to escape before I’m finished.”
“As you wish, my queen” said the king, who was so amazed at the queen’s resurrection that he would have done anything she asked. The young queen then told the king everything that had happened while he was away, from being locked up in the cellar to the old queen wishing to eat the children and her, and then finally of the escape they made with the help of the cook.
The king was outraged, as any good husband would be. He then ordered that the old queen would be punished severely; she was to spend the rest of her days in the cellar where she had locked his family previously, but because she lied to him she would spend it without her tongue. The king allowed his wife the pleasure of watching while he cut off the old queen’s tongue.
The king sealed the old queen’s fate with a declaration: “I hereby declare that as soon as we arrive back at the palace the old queen will be put in the cellar and will never be heard from again. The day will be marked by a celebration of my family being reunited, and everyone is required to attend and the main course at the dinner shall be Broiled Tongue.”
Update: I recieved the grade on this story, and I was actually quite surprised (and disappointed) that I got a 'B' on it.
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