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paradisa2012-11-13 07:04 pm
circleoflife) wrote in paradisa2012-11-13 07:04 pm
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Tatu [3] -- Dictated
Thanksgiving is a holiday in the USA and Canada when people give thanks. It is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of November in the USA and on the second Monday of October in Canada.
[A pause, and then:]
Although not as famous, the first "day of Thanksgiving" actually took place at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia in 1619 - a year before the Mayflower brought the Pilgrims to Massachusetts.
The Pilgrims were early settlers on the east coast of North America. They traveled from England on a ship called the Mayflower and made their new home in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, 380 km northeast of what is now New York.
Many of the Pilgrims died during their first winter in North America. They were cold and did not have enough food. The following year, though, the Native Americans, who were from the... Wampanoag tribe, helped them grow crops. At harvest time in the winter of 1621, they were very thankful that they had a good crop of food to eat during the coming winter. They thanked God and the Native Americans for teaching them how to grow the local foods.
[The careful, deliberate tone then drops to something more conversational. It's easy to tell that Mufasa had been previously reading from a book.]
Do you find yourself thankful for the food that is supplied here, Paradisa? As I've come to understand, the food here has seemingly no origin-- either you can simply wish for it to your heart's content, or you may retrieve it from the... [Give him a moment to remember the word] Ah! Refrigerator.
It is easy to forget the value of things when they are provided to you at no cost. [And what, indeed, provided the food in the first place? But that was a topic for another time.] Food, shelter, good weather, even entertainment... and friends and family, as well. It is not as though we no longer enjoy these things-- we merely forget to pause and realize how lucky we are to have them.
I've a couple of questions for you, Paradisa. What is it that you are most thankful for? And what is it that you intend to do this Thanksgiving?
[A pause, and then:]
Although not as famous, the first "day of Thanksgiving" actually took place at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia in 1619 - a year before the Mayflower brought the Pilgrims to Massachusetts.
The Pilgrims were early settlers on the east coast of North America. They traveled from England on a ship called the Mayflower and made their new home in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, 380 km northeast of what is now New York.
Many of the Pilgrims died during their first winter in North America. They were cold and did not have enough food. The following year, though, the Native Americans, who were from the... Wampanoag tribe, helped them grow crops. At harvest time in the winter of 1621, they were very thankful that they had a good crop of food to eat during the coming winter. They thanked God and the Native Americans for teaching them how to grow the local foods.
[The careful, deliberate tone then drops to something more conversational. It's easy to tell that Mufasa had been previously reading from a book.]
Do you find yourself thankful for the food that is supplied here, Paradisa? As I've come to understand, the food here has seemingly no origin-- either you can simply wish for it to your heart's content, or you may retrieve it from the... [Give him a moment to remember the word] Ah! Refrigerator.
It is easy to forget the value of things when they are provided to you at no cost. [And what, indeed, provided the food in the first place? But that was a topic for another time.] Food, shelter, good weather, even entertainment... and friends and family, as well. It is not as though we no longer enjoy these things-- we merely forget to pause and realize how lucky we are to have them.
I've a couple of questions for you, Paradisa. What is it that you are most thankful for? And what is it that you intend to do this Thanksgiving?
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