you dont nkow me

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Telephone Conversation

By Wole Sokinka

The price seemed reasonable, location

Indifferent. The landlady swore she lived

Off premises. Nothing remainedBut self-confession. "adam" , I warned,

"I hate a wasted !ourney - I am frican."

#ilence. #ilenced transmission of pressuri$ed good-breeding. %oice, when it came,

&ipstic' coated, long gold-rolled

(igarette-holder pipped. (aught I was, foully.

")O* +"...I had not misheard...."/ 0O1 &I2)T O %/0 +" Button B. Button . #tench

Of rancid breath of public hide-and-spea'.

ed booth. ed pillar-bo3. ed double-tiered

Omnibus s4uelching tar.

It was real5 #hamed

By ill-mannered silence, surrender

6ushed dumbfoundment to beg simplification.

(onsiderate she was, varying the emphasis-

"/ 0O1 + O %/0 &I2)T" evelation came

"0ou mean- li'e plain or mil' chocolate"

)er accent was clinical, crushing in its light

Impersonality. apidly, wave-length ad!usted

I chose. "*est frican sepia"7 and as afterthought.

"+own in my passport." #ilence for spectroscopic

8light of fancy, till truthfulness chaged her accent

)ard on the mouthpiece "*)T9# T)T" conceding "+ON9T NO* *)T T)T I#." "&i'e

brunette."

"T)T9# +, I#N9T IT"

"Not altogether.

8acially, I am brunette, but madam you should see the rest of me. 6alm of my hand, soles of my feet.

re a pero3ide blonde. 8riction, caused-

8oolishly madam- by sitting down, has turned

y bottom raven blac'- One moment madam5 - sensing

)er receiver rearing on the thunderclap

bout my ears- "adam," I pleaded, "wouldn9t you rather #ee for yourself"


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The Anatomy of a Filipino

By: Prof. Felix Bautista

ll: I li'e to thin' that I am a 8ilipino, that I am as 2ood, a 8ilipino as nyone.

2irls: y heart thrills, when, I )ear, the National anthem, being played.

Boys: nd my Blood ises, when, I see our flag, 8luttering in the bree$e.

ll: nd 0et, I find myself as'ing, )ow 8ilipino m I, eally

Boys: y 8irst Name is merican.

2irls: y &ast Name Is (hinese.

Boys: *hen I; am with 2irlfriends or more correctly, when, I; am with my 8riends, who happen to be girls

- I tal' to them in /nglish.

2irls: If they are thirsty, I buy them, a Bottle of merican co'e.

Boys: If they are hungry, I treat them, to an Italian 6i$$a pie.

ll: nd when, I have the money, I give them a real (hinese &auriat.

Boy


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ll: nd if the composer, desert, the 'undiman, and he writes song faithful to the spirit of the 0ouths

of today, does he become 1nfilipino *e are what we are today, because of our )istory.

Boys: In our veins, pulses blood with traces of (hinese and #panish and merican, but It does not stop,

being a 8ilipino, because of these.

2irls: Out culture, is tinges with foreign, influences, but it has become rich therely.

ll: This mingling, in fact could speed us on the road, to national greatness, loo' at merica, it is a greatcountry, and yet it is the melting pot of Italian, and 2erman, British, and 8rench, or Irish and #wedish.

Boy


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Korean Folk Tale: The Vanity f The !at :

long time ago, there lived a rat couple who had A daughter. #ince they had no other children,

they gave her everything. *hen it became time for their daughter to marry, they wanted only

the best husband for her. They thought about all of the rats that they 'new, but none of them

were good enough for their daughter.

One day, r at said to his wife "I 'now who will ma'e the perfect husband for our daughter,

the #un." "The #un" as'ed rs. at. "*hy do you thin' the #un would ma'e a good husband."

"Because there is none more powerful in the world than the #un" said the husband. "0es, 0es.

0es. The #un is the most powerful. )e9s bright as well. &et9s as' him at once" said rs. at.

The two rats went out into their garden where the #un was shining. "Oh, r. #un5" they called,

trying to 'eep their eyes open as they loo'ed up into the s'y. "0es, what can I do for you"replied the #un. "#hould you accept, my wife and I would li'e to offer you our daughter9s hand

in marriage," said r. at proudly. "I9m honored" said r. #un, "But why do you want me to

marry your daughter" "Because you are so powerful and magnificent5" said r. at, while rs.

at nodded her head in agreement.

"*ell, I9m pleased that you thin' so highly of me" said r. #un. "But there is one that is more

powerful than me." "*ho might that be as'ed r. at. "*hy r. (loud, of course5 I am

powerless when he covers me." "0es, so true" said r. at, nodding over and over."(ome on dear,

he said, ta'ing his wife by the hand. "&et9s go see r. (loud."They climbed up a nearby mountain, over which a big cloud hung in the s'y. They called to r.

(loud and telling him what r. #un had said, offered their daughter9s hand in marriage. gain,

the couple received a much different answer that what they were e3pecting. r. (loud said

"*hat the #un says is true. )owever, I am powerless when I meet r. *ind. *herever he

blows, I must go." "0es. 0es. Of course, of course" said r. and rs. at. They then set out to

find r. *ind.

(oming down the mountain, they found r. *ind in a grove of trees. "I am strong" he told them

on hearing their story. "I can ma'e a big tree fall over or blow down a house. I can sha'e up anocean. But try as I may, I can9t move a stone buddha." "Then, we9ll !ust have to as' a stone

buddha" said r. at. #o, r. and rs. at hurried down the mountain to the stone buddha

standing near their village.

"*ell, I9m flattered that you want me to marry your daughter" said r. #tone Buddha. "But I

don9t thin' I9m right for her either. I am indeed strong and r. *ind can9t move me, but I am

no means the strongest of them all. There is one that can ma'e me fall over easily. The very

thought of it is ma'ing me sha'e already." "6lease r. #tone Buddha" said r. at. "6lease tell

us who." "None other than you and your cousins the moles" said r. #tone Buddha. "0ou and yourcousins are very strong. *hy if you burrow under my feet, I9ll fall over and land on my head.

I9m no match for you" said r. #tone Buddha. "Than' you" said r. at, "0ou9ve been very

helpful.

fter the long search for a suitable suitor, the rat9s daughter married a rat.


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