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Waggle BearsSo, DebbieD...what was it that made you snort mint tea up your nose? Was it the
...ghosts, goblins, virgins, and other mythical creatures... or was it because Henry VIII had an abbess on his knee...?
Continued from yesterday...
Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote. The next great author was John Milton. Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Then his wife died and he wrote Paradise Regained.
During the Resaissance America began. Christopher Columbus was a great navigator who discovered America while cursing about the Atlantic. His ships were called the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Fe.
Later, the Pilgrims crossed the ocean, and this was called Pilgrim's Progress. The winter of 1620 was a hard one for the settlers. Many people died and many babies were born. Captain John Smith was responsible for all this.
One of the causes of the Revolutionary War was the English put tacks in their tea. Also, the colonists would send their parcels through the post without stamps. During the War, the Red Coats and Paul Revere was throwing balls over stone walls. The dogs were barking and the peacocks crowing. Finally the colonists won the War and no longer had to pay for taxis.
Delegates from the original 13 states formed the Contented Congress. Thomas Jefferson, a Virgin, and Benjamim Franklin were two singers of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin invented electricity by rubbing two cats backwards and declared, "A horse divided against itself cannot stand." Franklin died in 1790 and is still dead.
George Washington married Martha Curtis and in due time became the Father of Our Country. His farewell address was Mount Vernon.
Soon the Constitution of the United States was adopted to secure domestic hostility. Under the Constitution the people enjoyed the right to keep bare arms.
Abraham Lincoln became America's greatest Precedent. Lincoln's mother died in infancy, and he was born in a log cabin which he built with his own hands. Lincoln said, "In onion there is strength."
Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address while traveling from Washington to Gettysburg on the back of an envelope. He also freed the slaves by signing the Emasculation Proclamation.
On the night of April 14, 1865, Lincoln went to the theater and got shot in his seat by one of the actors in a moving pictue show. The believed assinator was John Wilkes Booth, a supposingly insane actor. This ruined Booth's career.
To be continued...
Posts: 3,540The pyramids are a range of mountains between France and Spain. The Egyptians built the pyramids in the shape of triangular cubes.
was where I 'lost it'! 
The 'history' lessons get more and more hilarious :crackup: Yes, I'm pretty sure that would have put a crimp on Booth's career And so very interesting that Lincoln's mother died in infancy 
...let alone the bit about the log cabin! :crackup:
Past Time BearsHee hee .. . what these students are writing is hilarious, but sad at the same time. Where were their minds when they were supposed to be learning this stuff??
