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Monday 14 December 2009

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EXPLANATION TEXT

BREAD


Almost everyone eats bread daily, especially for breakfast. Bread making is not a complicated task. You must have an oven, water, sugar, salt, flour and yeast. The basic ingredient is flour comes from wheat. There are two kinds of flour which is soft, and the hard one.
Hard flour, made by Winter wheat, is better choice for making bread. Bread using hard flour produces better texture and taste. Luke warm water is added to the flour to make dough.
Yeast is a microscopic organism, the size may not be impressive but it is capable of producing carbon dioxide. It is also easy to use. Powered yeast needs only be dissolved in water to be used instantly. Yeast works best in the presence of sugar and warmth.
Besides, encouraging yeast to grow quickly in the dough, sugar is added to give flour to the bread. Salt is added for the same purpose, to make the bread taste nice. However, it has the reverse effect on yeast, unlike sugar. The next ingredient is oil, olive oil, com oil, peanut oil and butter. It is essential for making the bread tender. After mixing with all these ingredients, the flour are hard beaten before sent to the oven.


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NARRATIVE TEXT

BLUEBIRD



Once, in the far away kingdom, there was a wealthy king that overwhelmed by grief, was unable to do anything but mourn the untimely loss of his wife. A lady came to him, telling tale that she too had lost her just husband. In time they talked of other things, fell in love and cherishing one another, wed. The king had a daughter named Fiordelisa whom he loved dearly. The queen too had a daughter from a prior marriage named Turritella.
One day the king turned to the timely matter of his daughters' well-being and to matters of state and the arranging of marriages. Soon, Prince Charming visited the kingdom. The queen dressed Turritella in all her finery for the reception and bribed Fiordelisa's ladies-in-waiting to steal all her dresses and jewels. Still, Prince Charming was taken with Fiordelisa and paid only her attention. The queen and Turritella badgered the king until he agreed to lock Fiordelisa up for the length of the visit, and attempted to blacken her character to the Prince.
Turritella conspired with her fairy godmother, Mazilla. Mazilla told her it would be difficult to deceive the Prince. Prince Charming turned into a blue bird. The queen, on hearing of the news, blamed Fiordelisa, “You have ruined my Turritella wedding ! As you know, The Prince had said yes !” . At the night, The bluebird flew to the tower and told Fiordelisa the truth. Time went by, The queen had known about it and she sent a spy. The spy said, “The bluebird often come to visit Princess Fiordelisa, You’re Highness.” Then, The queen trapped The bluebird. After that, by the Enchanter’s persuade, Mazilla changed The Prince Charming back into a man for a few months, after which if he still refused Turritella, he would be turned back into a bird.
By the days flowing and Fiordelisa's father died. Fiordelisa became queen and made preparations to find King Charming. Along the way Fiordelisa met an old woman who proved to be another fairy. The fairy told her that King Charming had his own form and gave her four magical eggs. One day, she opened the last egg, and it held a pie with six singing birds. She gave it to a page who told her that the King takes sleeping potions at night. King Charming had told her of, one night: whatever she said in Chamber of Echo, there would be heard in the king's room. Then, She bribed the page the singing birds and told him not to give the King a sleeping potion that night. The King was awake, heard Fiordelisa and they were joyfully reunited.
The enchanter accompanied by the fairy went to find Mazilla, and assured them that they could prevent Mazilla from harming them, and when Turritella attempted to interfere, they turned her into an owl.



HAUNINA K. S.
XII – IA 11 / 14

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