5
November 2014
King
Tut
Howard
Carter was the man you called when you had a question about
archeology and Egyptology in the early 1900's. He always had had an
eye for ancient things. At a fairly young age he could replicate tomb
decorations and he even helped record wall reliefs of none other than
the woman king Hatshepsut. When Carter was invited to the Valley of
the Kings to aide in searching for the mysterious boy king,
Tutankhamun, he dropped everything and went. He searched the valley
for many months and soon Lord Carnarvon, who funded his search,
became weary. He threatened to cut funding if nothing was not found
quick. With even more gusto, Carter kept on and eventually found a
hidden set of stairs. He immediately called for Lord Carnarvon to get
to the Valley of the Kings. Excavating would take weeks but slowly
they found a a doorway. Carter used a chisel his grandmother had
given him for his seventeenth birthday and slowly taken bits away
from the ancient door. He made a large enough hole that he could peek
in and saw that there were signs of it being a tomb. There was gold
and ebony treasures that seemed untouched for thousands of years.
“Can
you see anything?” asked Lord Carnarvon
“Yes,
Wonderful things!” replied Howard Carter, words that would
externalize his famous find. The 4th of November turned
out to be the most glorious day of Howard Carter's life as this would
be the day he would stumble upon the most elusive tomb in history,
the tomb of King Tutankhamun. Many would say the tomb was cursed but
Carter would beg to differ. He retired shortly afterward and died
many years after his prominent find in Kensington, London. An
explorer like no other, Carter will always be remembered for his many
treasured finds that now have homes in museums all over the world.
6
November 2014
Love
in the Desert
The
desert was a hot and lonely place filled with deadly scorpions and
birds of prey circling the sky looking for dinner. Not many animals
stayed out during the blazing heat of the day but one particular
fennec fox did not heed the midday sun. The fox loved the sun and did
his very best to pay no mind to the extreme heat. Everyday, all day,
the little fox with the enormous ears sat outside and praised the
sun. Oh how the fox loved the sun. He loved it's golden rays and how
it made the sand look as if it glittered in the extreme temperatures.
On a particularly hot day, the fox was out in the bright, beautiful
sun when a ray reached down and touched the fox.
“Oh
glorious sun! I have wanted to be with you for as long as I can
remember! I first saw you when my mother left me in your care,”
beamed the fox.
“Oh
sweet fox, you cannot love me,” replied the sun.
“I
have only ever loved you!” cried the fox in desperation.
“You
must learn to love the moon dear fox. I will make you supper for
another desert creature if you are not careful,” and with that the
sun went back up into the cloudless sky.
The
desperate fox fell asleep so he could dream about his love, the sun.
A few days later he woke up to someone sniffing him. He bolted up and
yelled.
“HEY!
I am not dead! Get away from me!” he screamed.
“Calm
down! I wasn't trying to eat you. I was just trying to see if you
were still alive. You have been asleep for days!” the fox looked at
the sniffing culprit and suddenly forgot about the sun. Before him in
the shimmering moonlight was the most beautiful girl fennec fox he
had ever laid eyes on. She had large, dark eyes, her fur was a
perfectly golden hue. He was struck hard with cupid's arrow.
“I
am sorry for yelling,” he whispered, “who are you and where am
I?”
“I
am Colette,” she smiled, “I went out as the sun was setting and
saw you laying here near my home. You were passed out, probably from
the heat, and I was worried something would eat you if I did not
bring you here. My family kept you warm at night and now you are
awake.”
How
could the little fox be so lucky as to have met Colette? He thanked
his lucky stars then thanked her. The moon light graced her delicate
face from the hole of the burrow they were in and he knew the advice
from the sun was correct. He forgot about his love for the sun and
devoted the rest of his time to his new love, Colette. She in turn
loved him and they lived happily ever after.
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