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In a poor, small village in Afrika lives an old man. His job was to make bread and he sold it for little money.
Many people could not afford it so he gave much bread away.
That made him a popular man in the village.
His big dream was to make so much cookies for the people in his village that nobody had to suffer hunger.
But the big problem was that there was no money to do that.
The old man had a son in Europa, they wrote letters to each other.
In one of his letters the man wrote about his dream, to make very much cookies for everyone in his village.
His son wrote back that he had a surprise for his father.
A week later, the son had came to Afrika to visit his father.
The old man was very happy, he hadn't seen his son for years!
The people in the village were also very happy for the old man.
If that was not enough, his son still had a surprise!
He had taken money for his father so he could make the cookies!
So the old man stood in his old days making cookies for his village.
A few weeks later, the old man died, but he was happy!

The love story

The second book I've red is called 'The love story', written by Eric Segal.

Oliver Barrett is studying at the library of Radcliff. He met Jennifer at the disk, because he needs to borrow a book. The have an argument and later they have a coffee together. When they’re drinking a coffee Oliver invites Jennifer to watch an ice-hockey game and she goes.
At the end of the game, Ollie says to Jenny that he loves her and he kisses her. Jenny doesn’t react. But later on they start dating.
Together Jenny & Ollie form a great couple! One day when Jenny has the chance to go studying in Paris, Ollie asks her to marry him. He doesn’t want to be separate of her. Jenny says yes to the proposing.
When the dad of Oliver heard of it, he refuses to give any financial support to Oliver if he marries Jennifer. Oliver doesn’t care about what his father said and he applies for a scholarship.
When both of them graduate, they marry. In the beginning of their marriage, they live in a cheap apartment with very little money. Jennifer works, she teaches music and Oliver continues his law school.
For the sixtieth birthday of Oliver Barrett III, Oliver’s father, Oliver and Jennifer are invite. Jennifer wants to go, but Oliver refuses. Jennifer calls to the Barrett’s to tell that they don’t come, but that Ollie loves them anyway. When Oliver heard about what Jennifer said at the telephone, he’s becoming mad and he says to Jenny that she get the hell out of his life. Jenny runs away, at the same moment he feels so stupid that he has said that. So he went searching her. He can’t find her anywhere, so he went home and found her in the front door. Oliver says to her that he’s sorry and she replies: “Love means not always having to say you’re sorry.”
Oliver finishes his law school and he gets an offer for a good job in New York. Jenny & Ollie move then to New York. They get a beautiful apartment, near the office of Ollie. Because they have a new start in life they want children. But Jenny doesn’t get pregnant and after doing some tests, they hear that Jenny is mortally ill, she has leukaemia.
Jenny wants to live as long as she can normally with Ollie. But someday she isn’t very well and asks Ollie to get her to the hospital. Ollie wants for her the best in the hospital, but he hasn’t enough money. So he went to his father and asks him 5.000 $. He doesn’t say for what, only that it’s for a good thing. His father gives him the money.
Oliver is holding tight the hand of his wife, but she asks him to hold her tight and squeeze her. When he does, Jennifer dies in his arms.
When he gets out of the room, he saw his father. His father heard about the illness of Jennifer. He wants to help them. Oliver says to him that he’s too late, she is already dead. His father says he’s sorry and at that moment Ollie repeats the words that Jenny said him once: “Love means not always having to say you’re sorry.” He falls in the arms of his dad and cries.

This was a very beautiful and romantic book, a real love story but not with a happy end. I really recommended this book but I think it's only for girls, because it's all about love and romantic things.

The kite runner

The book I've red is called 'The kite runner', written by Khaled Hoseini.

The book is about a man named Amir, who tells the tale of his life, beginning with his innocent days as a young, wealthy boy, who enjoyed playing with his servant's son, Hassan. The two are the best of friends, although Amir often regrets admitting it, as Hassan is much lower in status.
The story builds a foundation on the fact that Amir is constantly vying for his proud, headstrong father's affections. Sometimes he even feels as though he has not come from his father's blood, because of his lack of courage and pride.
One day, during an annual kite-flying competition, Amir manages to make his father extremely proud by winning. All he must do is retrieve the loser's kite, which is Hassan's job. Hassan, a faithful servant to Amir, does everything in his power to capture the kite. When Hassan doesn't return from his kite hunt, Amir goes out to look for him, only to find that Hassan is in big trouble with the rich village bullies in the middle of a dark alley. Rather than jump out and defend Hassan, as Amir's father would have done at his age, Amir hides out and witnesses the nightmare Hassan must deal with for the rest of his life.
After encountering the horrible event that took place in that alley, and feeling very uncomfortable about it, Amir selfishly finds a way to get rid of Hassan and his servant father from the house.
For the rest of his life, from his tragic flee out of Kabul as a teenager, to his impoverished struggle as an immigrant in America, Amir searches for a way to save himself.

I think it was a beautiful book, a real must!
The book is beautifully written and there happend a lot, so it's totally not boring to read!

Christmas, the best time of the year!

Christmas, the best time of the year!
Everybody is happy, everybody has a nice christmas tree and everybody is with familiy.
I hope that we have a white Christmas this year,so we can throw snowballs!

All I want for Christmas.......

My favourite christmas song is : 'All I want for christmas' by Mariah Carrey.
By this song I get the real Christmas feeling!

Welcome to my blog!

Hello everybody! Welcome to my English blog!
I'm Tamar Lootsma and I'm fifteen years old.
I live in a city called Dordrecht in the Netherlands.
This is an assignment for my English lessons at school,

So I hope you enjoy reading it!