The Silver Donkey‚ a tale of a young English soldier who fled the chaos of the first world war to be founded by two French sister‚ Marcelle and Coco. Lieutenant Shepard is temporarily blind and has walked away from the war as he found it too hard to bear. The two sisters hide and feed the soldier and in return of their kindness‚ he tells the sister marvellous tales‚ each story connected to the keepsake he carries in his pocket: a perfect tiny silver donkey. The lieutenant‚ himself longs to cross
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The donkey or ass‚ Equus africanus asinus‚[1][2] is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family. The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African Wild Ass‚ E. africanus. In the western United States‚ a small donkey is sometimes called a burro (from the Spanish word for the animal). A male donkey or ass is called a jack‚ a female a jenny‚ and an offspring less than one year old a foal (male: colt‚ female: filly). While different species of the Equidae family can interbreed‚ offspring
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Benjamin is a fictional donkey in George Orwell’s novella Animal Farm. He is the oldest of the animals and is alive in the last scene of the novel. He is less straightforward than most characters in the novel and a number of interpretations have been put forward. It has been suggested that he represents the aged population of Russia‚ or that he represents the Menshevik intelligentsia: as intelligent‚ if not more so‚ than the novel’s pigs. He is very cynical about the Revolution and life in general
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THE DONKEY CART At twenty-five I was a teacher in a small town in the Northwest China. The town was sparsely populated and‚ being so remote‚ lacked modern means of communication. In the evenings the wolves howled in the nearby hills and occasionally entered the town in quest of prey. I spent only one year there and‚ being unable to endure the isolation‚ packed my bags when the summer holidays arrived and prepared to return home. A traveler had to take a donkey cart to the nearest railhead‚ some twenty-five
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Adamson and Vicky Jenson‚ one important character is Donkey. In the film the directors introduce non-traditional characters to the traditional fairy tale storyline to put a funny twist on things. In a traditional fairy tail there would not be a talking Donkey as one of the main characters. In most traditional fairy tales there is a ‘handsome‚ strong’ prince and a weak princess whom relies on the prince rescue the damsel in distress. Donkey is very quick witted this is illustrated when he uses
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the mid sixteenth century a silver mine located at Potosi‚ South America was formed. This silver mine was one of the few major silver mines in the world‚ the others located in Northern Central America and Southern Japan. This certain mine was known for its distinctive rich black flint. Extensive excavation required more than three-thousand Indians to work away with picks and hammers to break up the ore and bring it up to the surface. Just after refining the ore‚ the silver is shipped to Spain then from
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Silver Atomic Number:47 Atomic Weight: 107.8682 Melting Point: 1234.93K (961.78C) Boiling Point: 2435K (2162C) Density: 10.501 grams per cubic centimetre Phase At Room Temperature: Solid Element Classification: Transition Metal Period Number: 5 Group Number: 11 Origin-: The word silver derives from the Anglo-Saxon word seolfor. Silvers chemical symbol comes from the Latin word for silver‚ argentum. History and Uses-: Silver has been in use for over 5‚000 years. Silver is obtained from
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SILVER By: Wahida Gh-Sakhi What is Silver? Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft‚ white‚ lustrous transition metal‚ it possesses the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal. Element Symbol • Ag • Silver‚ Symbol Element Name • Silver Atomic Mass • The atomic mass is 107.8682 Atomic Number • The atomic number is 47 Bohr-Rutherford Diagram The Story of its Discovery Unknown since prehistoric
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1.John is twice as old as his friend Peter. Peter is 5 years older than Alice. In 5 years‚ John will be three times as old as Alice. How old is Peter now? 2. John’s father is 5 times older than John and John is twice as old as his sister Alice. In two years time‚ the sum of their ages will be 58. How old is John now? 3. Joan is 3 times as old as her sister. In 3 yeas ‚ shee will be two years more than twice the age her sister will be then. What are their ages? 4. Kevin is 4 years older than
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Arsh Shah Mrs. Murphy Honors English 1 March 24‚ 2011 Analytic Essay on “Silver” From similes to rhyme scheme Walter de la Mare shows what a beautiful evening is really like in this poem.The lyrical poem‚ “Silver”‚ by Walter de la Mare‚ enhances the imagery by repeating the word ‘silver’ to illustrate how the moon shines on everything by using similes and sensory language to describe a beautiful serene evening. Reading this poem the author will draw a great picture of a serene and calm evening
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