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The day the Mountain Blew Apart.

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With Vicky Gregov we read a story called "The day the Mountain Blew Apart". The story is about a volcano which erupted on may 18, 1980 in Washington. We were talking a lot of this, and we bring some images and information, we also made a questionarie and we made a summary of this strory. The story "The day the Mountain Blew Apart" is what is known as a HISTORICAL NARRATVE, that means that is a story of a historical event, the people and places are true, but it is written as a story. Biographies are usually historical narratives. The volcano erupted on May 18, 1980, Jerry Wheeler a man that was on holidays there, and David Johnston, a goverment scientific that was studing the mountain and died when he was studing the mountain. The magma had been rising and pushing inside the mountain, making it expand until breaking point, 57 people die, more people will die but it was sunday and there was not much people in the streets. The forest was totally destroyed, there was...

Journey To Technos. Scene 5.

Scene 5 Mother: Willie, what´s wrong? Willie: Nothing mother, (Walking in the house) I’m only thinking. Mother: I am your mother; I know something is wrong with you. Willie: Mother… (Continued walking in the house) I am thinking that we should tell the truth to you and to everyone. Mother: (desperate) Truth? ... What truth? What´s happening to you? Willie: Well, have you seen the box that I received some days ago? Mother: Yes, you said that it was a randiform magnum circuit with a bilocated flabongo.   Willie: (Upset) It was not true, it was a Wave Amplifier, it trevels to a city in other world called Technos Mother: (Angry and raising her voice) Willie stop lying me!  Tell me the truth. Willie: (Shouting) But mother I’m telling you the truth. Mother: (Crying) I´m worried about you and the only thing you do is lie to me. Willie: I´m not lying to you can you believe me one time in you life? If you want I can show you the machine. Mother: (U...