tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60028519581440723742024-03-06T19:33:40.900-08:00TRYCAN TULLY the Travelling Toy TRYCAN TULLY the Travelling Toy.
That's me at the back with my back-pack, passport and cuddle blanket all set to go around the world.Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-46516365829876460582014-12-10T19:55:00.001-08:002017-07-21T19:25:44.676-07:00Last seen.....<div style="text-align: center;">
on a train from London to pick blackberries in Cambridge. </div>
Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-14266590271624663602014-10-16T02:14:00.003-07:002014-10-16T02:16:27.327-07:00In the meantime......<div style="text-align: center;">
... back in Yanchep, Angie has been busy getting a postcard of me & my friends printed to send around the world,</div>
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<span style="color: red;">AND </span>today she found - in her postbox a postcard made by Natalia in Russia!</div>
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Aren't I such a lucky little Tully :~)<br />
The weather has been wet in London - really wet, so haven't been out much. Photos soon.</div>
Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-51221596029700472472014-10-05T21:50:00.001-07:002014-10-05T21:50:40.241-07:00Harvesting berries.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Helping to pick Blackberries in Cambridgeshire. </div>
Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-60861555050212086122014-10-03T18:48:00.001-07:002014-10-05T03:14:01.948-07:00Yipee!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
I've arrived by <span style="color: red;">ROYAL MAIL</span>!!!<br />
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My wardrobe has grown - I still have the jacket & hat that Natalia dressed me in & now I'm off to Cambridge with Alice. </div>
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On the 13.23 out of Kings Cross Station. Maybe I'll bump into Harry Potter.</div>
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These commuting folk are rather grumpy! </div>
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Me, I'm as happy as a Tully can be.</div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-51961709977481573322014-09-27T21:19:00.000-07:002014-09-27T21:19:06.127-07:00Still travelling? <div style="text-align: center;">
It seems to be taking 4 evr to get to London. </div>
Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-86299627891534564142014-09-18T02:52:00.001-07:002014-09-18T02:52:06.431-07:00On the way.....<div style="text-align: center;">
Have left Russia.</div>
Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-67793274895807632832014-09-07T00:26:00.001-07:002014-09-07T00:38:20.004-07:00Travelling west ....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: magenta;">From Irkutsk to London. </span></span><br />
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Hello everybody, today's my last day in Irkutsk before travelling to London. I continue my walk around the centre of the City. Historical centre of Irkutsk was included into the Tentative List of UNESCO WHSs. </div>
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And this is Irkutsk Academic Drama Theatre, one of the oldest in Russia.</div>
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Not far from the theatre - the monument to the Russian Tsar (king) Alexander 111.</div>
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And here's the Central square of the city - Kirov square.</div>
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Now I am going towards the Angara and see a small chapel.</div>
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Behind it there is a Polish Roman Catholic Church. It was built in the 19th century, now it's Organ Hall of the Philharmonia. Some time age another Roman Catholic Cathedral was opened in Irkutsk for Catholic people.</div>
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Then I saw the Church of the Savior, dated 1710. (That is really, really old!).</div>
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To the left of Church of the Savior I saw a sculpture of St. Peter and Fevronia, they're the patrons of family. Just married couples come to them to put flowers and to pray about happy family life. </div>
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Behind St. Peter and Fevronia a hare sits. It symbolizes fertility and ladies touch its nose to have healthy children. "Hello, hare!!! How are you?" </div>
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On the embankment I saw a beautiful Epiphany Cathedral. It's rather big and great.</div>
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Brrr! It's rather cold especially near water and that is why I have my cap on.<br />
Look at the temperature, only +9 c. They say summer is over.<br />
It is getting dark and time to go back to say goodbye to all my friends.<br />
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I have had such a wonderful time with Natalia, her family and friends and now it's time for farewell. I will try and say in Russian ...<br />
So <span style="color: #212121; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">до свидания</span><span style="color: #212121; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.8020801544189px; text-align: start;">(</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">Da svee</span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">da</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">neeya</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.8020801544189px; text-align: start;">) and </span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333320617676px;">Спасибо </span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.8020801544189px; text-align: start;">(</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.8020801544189px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">spaseeba</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.8020801544189px; text-align: start;">).</span><br />
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-8838439479293148002014-08-30T19:52:00.000-07:002014-08-30T21:34:50.272-07:00To Dacha again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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overlooking the beautiful garden and to drink tea with a pie.</div>
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Here I saw a real Samovar! One of Natalia's colleagues baked a wonderful Hackberry (a kind of Cherry) Pie. Oh, that looks so good!!!</div>
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The day was cool enough and I climbed the Samovar to warm.</div>
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Such a lovely weekend.<br />
Back in Australia Angie is doing a journal of my travels<br />
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also the two cuttings from local Yanchep Newspapers<br />
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I now start the last project before I leave Russia. Natalia is going to take photos of places in Irkutsk (the ones mentioned on the computer in that place called Wikipedia!). Apparently if you do a 'Google' search for Irkutsk, lots of pages come up with images and information!! Isn't this amazing!!!</div>
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I could stay with Natalia for longer but Alice in London is wanting me to go to her. <br />
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Here I am with the 'tram' in the background.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irkutsk">wiki</a></div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-43562367316928955592014-08-28T20:49:00.001-07:002014-08-28T20:50:15.689-07:00Walking around Irkutsk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi there, today I went to the river Angara. It's not so hot near the water.</div>
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Here I saw plenty of small yachts </div>
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and an old ice-breaker 'Angara'. This is one of the first Siberian ice-breakers, it was built in Great Brighton and launched in 1900. It worked on lake Baikal because the lake freezes in winter. Now it's a museum.</div>
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Oh, here is something new!!! I found ...... Eiffel Tower,. It's rather big for me.</div>
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But not so big, now I am bigger than it. Ha,ha,ha.</div>
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I finished the day with a chocolate cake 'Prague'. The children said "We want something sweet". "So do I", said I. We drank tea and enjoyed cake.</div>
Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-82027545927944657992014-08-21T19:56:00.004-07:002014-08-25T02:02:05.385-07:00Lights, Camera, Action!<div style="text-align: center;">
Oh, Oh, Oh, I'm on Russian T.V!!!!</div>
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Isn't that fantastic....</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">At a </span></span><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">meeting of Irkutsk postcrossers ( that's people who send lots of postcards all over the world, at a place called </span><a href="http://www.postcrossing.com/about">Postcrossing</a><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">). And I was there with Natalia & her friends. Hello everyone....... </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Here is a photo of the film crew, Natalias friends and me.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US">From</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">Australia</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">to</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">Irkutsk</span></b></span><b><span lang="RU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="RU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;"> </span></b><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 14.2pt;">He is not even 1 year old but he visited 4 countries of the world.</i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The young traveler visits different places of
the world, staying in so called host families. One of such visits can last
during months; by the way, the traveler moves not by autostop but, curious to
relate, by post. </i></span></span><i style="line-height: 18pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">(The text above was told by the news speaker before the video)</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Meet, this tourist’s name is Tully. The future “pilgrim” was created last
November by the Australian lady Angie Beck. She took a sock, which was
wandering beforetime too, as a basic material. The first stop of the traveler
was in Hong Kong there Tully tried the Asian cuisine, walked in the lawn of
the </span><span lang="EN-US">Hong Kong Government Headquarters, Tamar Park. Then
there were several cities in the USA, again Australia, and at last Russia,
Irkutsk.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Here he was met by Natalia Valyushina. And as a
hospitable hostess, the lady showed him sights. Together they walked along the
central streets of the capital (here they
mean that Irkutsk is the capital of Eastern Siberia), went to Listvyanka
and even to Bratsk. As a real passenger he has always got documents with him. </i></span></span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: 14.2pt;">“It has got its own passport with all the information
about this toy. In the passport there are so called visas. In every country and
even in every city the real seal or the imitation of the seal is put when it
arrived and when it left” – Natalia Valyushina told.</i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>From the capital of Priangarie
(Priangarie is another name of Irkutsk
region because the large part of the area is around the river Angara) Tully
will leave for London. </i></span></span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Such round-the-world toy change is just a part of global postcrossing
movement, when unfamiliar people from different corners of the world exchange
by postcards. It must be said that before this travelling toy would step the
shore of Foggy Albion, her English greeting to Irkutsk, to be more exact to
Lilia Koroleva, the British Queen had sent. Some time ago the experienced
Siberian collector sent Her Majesty a postcard, and not to answer the letter in
England is mauvais ton. Lilia has several hundreds of cardboard greetings from
different countries. And every card is unique and precious in its own way.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US">“Every postcard is an emotion, it’s a day which was defined by this card.
It’s an opportunity to travel (staying at
home) because the pace of life is so fast that often there is no
opportunity to go anywhere. Here, for instance, I see … what is it? It’s Czech
Republic. So wonderful view, I can say… as if I’ve already been there, watched
it”, </span><span lang="EN-US">– says Lilia Koroleva, collector, the head of Irkutsk
Postcrossers’ Club. </span></i></span><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Besides greeting with best
wishes on the card, a postcrosser can write, for example, the recipes if the
receiver would like to get them. However, sometimes the filling of the card is
not so important. </i><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 14.2pt;">The main thing is to
remember that you can send a card to another person without any reason (to give him pleasure).</i></div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-27336232380796328972014-08-16T19:06:00.000-07:002014-08-21T19:42:49.390-07:00Another wonderful day in Bratsk and Listvyanka<div style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Walking around the town we saw … a hand. Why is
it put here? Whose hand is it? Nobody knows. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Hurraaaaay!
At last I’m going to Lake Baikal. The road goes through taiga and I looked at
soooo many trees...... </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">It takes an hour or so to get to the lake.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c;">I came to
Listvyanka [listv’jankə], a small settlement on the shore of the Baikal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">At this very place the river Angara flows out of
the lake. More than 300 rivers and springs run into the Baikal, but only the
single is flows out of it – the Angara.</span></span></div>
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where the lake’s located is seismically (that IS a long word!) active. And every day they have weak
earthquakes; many people even don’t feel them. The last strong earthquake
happened in 2008, it was about of magnitude 9 Richter scale. Natalia says she
was very scared on that day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Then we
went to the Baikal Limnological Museum. There I saw Baikal seals – nerpas. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">They’re endemics; (another long word) it means that these
animals live only in this very place and nowhere else.<span class="apple-converted-space"> In Australia we also have a lot of endemics. I am learning so much here!</span></span></span></div>
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lake is 20-25 million years old. Baikal is the deepest lake on the planet; its
max depth is 1642 metres. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">I’m interested in one of the exhibits – a manned submersible “Pisces
XI”, which was used to study the bottom of the lake.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"> Many other exhibits you can see <a href="http://www.museum.ru/M1924images">here</a>.<u></u></span></span><br />
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both sides there are cedars, pines and spruce trees. I climbed up the spruce,
this tree is very high and beautiful but it’s not comfortable to sit there – </span></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">the needles are very sharp. "Ouch!"</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0b5394; line-height: 115%;">After that we went walking along the lake.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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many wooden figures in Listvyanka. Baikal nerpa, the seal, is the symbol of the lake</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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trees with many colourful fabric strips on them.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>What
are they for?<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The native people of
the territory around Baikal are the Buryats. Some of them are the Buddists, the
others are Shamanists. Earlier they tied colourful fabric stripes in special
sacred places for good spirits. Now people do that for this purpose too and to
come back to the place again. Also they put small coins into the special place. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I tired my stripe and put a coin as well. I know Angie would have loved this as she is </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">always tearing up strips of fabric, maybe she could do this in Yanchep!</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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Olympic flame was travelling around all regions of Russia. Here in Listvyanka
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I heard that in Siberia the bears walk in the streets. And today I met one of
them. I wasn’t afraid. </span></em><em><span lang="RU" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">I’m </span></em><em><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">very</span></em><em><span lang="RU" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> brave! Look at me!</span></em></span></span><br />
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Up so high, kicking off my shoe!<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><em><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Oh,
it’s a chance for me to practice fishing. What fish can I have?</span></em><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">There are different
kinds of fish live in the lake. The most popular and tasty are Baikal omul (lat</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">(</span><span lang="RU" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA" title="Латинский язык"><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">лат</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">.</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i><span lang="LA" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Coregonus migratorius</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">, harius (lat. </span><i><span lang="RU" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymallus_arcticus" title="Thymallus arcticus"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;">Thymallus arcticus</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">)</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and sturgeon (lat.
Acipenser baerii baicalensis). </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Natalia</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> told me the </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Latin</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> names - the only one I've heard of is the sturgeon.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Oh, so many things and the fishing made me hungry!</span></span></span><br />
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ate a “small” vatrushka [va’truʃka] (a curd patty) and drank traditional tea
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Deity of the Straight Way (I've climbed it you see) and Deity of
Fair Wind (near). Usually people come here to
make wishes.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I came to the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Deities, dropped some coins on the axe-stone and made a wish. </span></div>
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I saw many different souvenirs: Buryat masks, Shaman drums, toy Nerpas (little white seals), matryoshkas (</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Russian nesting doll or babushka doll)</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, Baikal herbal teas etc. Oh, I could have spent all my money here! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Also at the market I
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like many tourists, ate it sitting at the table near the water and watching Lake Baikal. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">They think it’s much tastier. </span></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After that I tried the
water, it wasn't very cold and some people were swimming, but the majority only
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the shore I saw people building such </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">pyramids</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">. I made one for my Angie, they say it brings happiness. I dropped three Baikal water drops on my
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friends; they’re Natalia’s niece Tanya and a cat Kesha. Tanya called me Tolik,
it’s a Russian boy’s name. They were very sad when I had to leave for Irkutsk.</span></div>
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take 9 hours by bus because it’s about 700 km south from Bratsk. Good-bye, see
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-62763679817837527802014-08-15T20:34:00.001-07:002014-08-20T23:40:01.755-07:00Tomorrow has come today<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm still in Bratsk </div>
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called teplitsa [tep’litəsə] a greenhouse. In the north people grow such vegetables as tomatoes, cucumbers,
sweet pepper and others in greenhouses because summer is short and cool and
these vegetables have no time to mature outdoor.</span></div>
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reads special books, tries new sorts and discusses her success and problems with
other gardeners. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dacha where I stay is on the shore of the Bratsk
reservoir. The citizens call it “Bratsk sea” because it’s one of the largest in
the world. I wandered in the water, </span><br />
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surrounded by taiga (boreal coniferous forest))
and in the town there are many pine parks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-7477745195402381832014-08-14T20:17:00.000-07:002014-08-15T20:38:16.756-07:00In Bratsk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I have come with Natalia to Bratsk <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">it is a young industrial town situated on the banks of the Angara river. There is a Hydro-electric power station, Aluminium plant, Timber plant etc. near it. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Population of the town is about 300 000 citizens. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The name “Bratsk” sounds like the Russian word for
"brother" ("</span><span lang="RU" style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">брат</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">",<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>brat</i>), it comes from 'bratskiye
lyudi' (‘brother people’), an old name for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="RU"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buryats" title="Buryats"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Buryats</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (I’ll find out more about them later).</span></div>
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Oh, such bliss - I'm in the wonderful garden of <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Natalia’s</span> relatives! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Her parents in summer live in dacha [‘dɑ:ʧə].
Dacha is a small summer cottage with a garden or vegetable garden; it is
usually located in the exurbs of the cities. Almost all Russian families have
dachas. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Natalia’s
parents grow vegetables and berries there. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is a patch of
onion.</span> Just look at the size of those onions.</div>
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Don't I look smart in my hat, waistcoat & shoes?</div>
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Here I am resting on leaves of Marrows and 'patty pan squash'</div>
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Having a rest on some very large leaves, </div>
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in the cilantro bush. They dry its leaves and seeds for winter, and then add them
to different dishes. </span> Now I go climbing trees</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Its taste
differs from traditional cherry and the trees are rather low. They will gather
it in September.</span></div>
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[ˎɔble’pi:hə] in Russian. It’s very popular here because of its good taste and
curative properties. It’s very useful especially
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And this is irga [irg’a] (lat. Amelánchier) (maybe
</span><span lang="RU" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?t=197181_1_2&s1=%E8%F0%E3%E0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">shadberry</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, I’m not sure). It’s
sweet and tasty. But not only I liked it, the sparrows adore this berry. People
have to cover the shadberry tree with fabric to protect it from the birds.</span></div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-70610071325434956872014-07-27T23:38:00.002-07:002014-07-27T23:42:32.303-07:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">And now guess where I am?</span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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it seems to me that it should be somewhere else, not in Irkutsk and even not in
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with water. It’s too hot these days… I looked left and …</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">saw ... the
sculpture of the <b>Thinker </b>near. Mmmmm, I thought the <b>Thinker </b>to be kept in France.
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sat on his knees and started thinking. But the puzzle in my head hadn't been
solved. Really a strange place. So<b>, </b></span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I’ll think of it tomorrow (as Scarlet O’Hara said).</span></strong></span></span></span></span></div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-2427654857212053372014-07-26T19:32:00.002-07:002014-07-27T23:21:06.292-07:00Off for a walk around Irkutsk<div style="text-align: center;">
Today I was walking around the city and came across two children reading a funny book. </div>
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It was in Russian but I looked at the pictures <span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #141412; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and a serious book of kindness.</span></div>
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Natalia took me to see three monkeys sitting on a bench. <span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #141412; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s very strange. I saw them earlier but where? On the Internet, I think. They allowed me to take pictures with them</span></div>
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drinking milk every day helps being healthy.</span><br />
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-75354809372887870242014-07-23T03:41:00.001-07:002014-07-23T03:41:06.798-07:00YIPPEE!!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
I've arrived at the home of Natalia.</div>
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Oh so happy.....</div>
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.....safe in the arms of - 'what's it's name'?</div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-73080360717668885502014-07-06T02:26:00.002-07:002014-07-06T02:26:36.977-07:00On my way <div style="text-align: center;">
to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irkutsk">Irkutsk</a></div>
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Had a quick look at the map before I left - that is a long, long way to go!</div>
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Should be there in a few days.</div>
Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-83845546860000009022014-07-02T20:45:00.001-07:002014-07-03T01:51:15.342-07:00At last....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: red;">This morning</span></b> - I'm back from a <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">loooong</span> trip around U.S.A. </div>
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Thank you Kristin for all your trouble - I never saw the light of day in Florida!</div>
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Now it's off to Russia with Love.</div>
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Just a couple of hours sitting in the sunshine in Yanchep before I start travelling again.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">This afternoon</span></b> at the Post Office<br />
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Passport stamped & I'm off - xxxxx</div>
Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-63155333452027606962014-07-01T01:37:00.003-07:002014-07-01T01:37:58.671-07:00Oh, dear!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another day with an empty post-box.</div>
Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-88956930015545290542014-06-27T18:59:00.002-07:002014-06-27T18:59:43.050-07:00Please get me home soon, post-people!<div style="text-align: center;">
It seems everyone is worried about me ......</div>
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Kristin, the lady in America who posted me back to Yanchep, Natalia in Irkutsk, Russia who is waiting to show me around her place and of course Angie keeps looking in her large letter box.</div>
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I am so looking forward to visiting Natalia - she has just had a visit from a travelling dog. There are some pictures on her blog if you want to see, click <a href="http://darkball.net/suloworldwide/?page_id=528">here</a>. Doesn't it look fun! </div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-79426446333984814302014-06-24T03:51:00.002-07:002014-06-24T03:51:30.744-07:00Not home yet!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: lime;"><b>THREE WEEKS HAVE GONE BY AND I'M STILL NOT HOME.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">How much louder do I have to shout?</span></div>
Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-89946725975288953662014-06-07T21:21:00.000-07:002014-06-07T21:21:03.131-07:00Not home - yet!<div style="text-align: center;">
I was supposed to be back home by now, but I didn't even get to see the light of day in Florida. I seem to be causing a bit of a problem in the good ol' US of A. Instead of being home in Yanchep I have ended up back in Massachusetts!!! </div>
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Angie has been watching the post box for days and now it looks like another week (at least) before I am home. </div>
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Think I'm going to need a rest from the dark confines of the packages, maybe a trip to the beach or having a coffee with some friends. </div>
Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-40501553928294145142014-05-28T20:16:00.002-07:002014-05-28T20:21:21.807-07:00Where to next?<div style="text-align: center;">
Have passport, backpack and travel light<br />
(I don't mean <b><span style="color: red;">a</span></b> travel light, I mean <b><span style="color: red;">I</span></b> don't weigh much!).</div>
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I think my next stay-over is in London and in July I travel to Siberia. Maybe some kind host can give me a little holiday in between or after. All you do is take me around and take some photos and send them back to Angie and she will put them on this blog -<br />
easy peasy as Jamie would say!</div>
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Here are some dolls that a friend sent her a picture of ......</div>
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I would LOVE to hang out with these three.</div>
Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837499893218903655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002851958144072374.post-15062419309886043502014-05-27T19:00:00.001-07:002014-05-27T19:00:21.447-07:00I'm in the dark, singing a song, on my way home!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Nobody loves me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Everybody hates me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Think I'll go and eat worms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Long thin skinny ones,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Short fat juicy ones,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">See them squiggle and squirm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Bite their heads off,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Suck the juice out,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Throw the skins away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Nobody knows </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">On worms three times a day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Long thin skinny ones</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Slip down easily,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Short fat juicy ones stick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Nobody loves me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Everybody hates me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">I think I'm going to be SICK!!</span></div>
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