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Why Ducks Sleep on One Leg and Other Stories
64 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1997
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John Escott
250 books117 followersJohn Escott started by writing children's books and comic scripts, but now writes and adapts books for students of all ages. He especially enjoys writing crime and mystery thrillers, and is a member of the British Crime Writers Association.
With Oxford University Press John has published London for the Oxford Bookworms Factfile series; Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery, Star Reporter, Girl on a Motorbike, The Fly and Other Horror Stories, and The Scarlet Letter for the Oxford Bookworms Library series; The Magician, Time for a Robbery, Star for a day, Tomorrow's Girl, and The Man with Three NAMEs for the Hotshot Puzzles series; and A Pretty Face for the Dominoes series.
With Oxford University Press John has published London for the Oxford Bookworms Factfile series; Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery, Star Reporter, Girl on a Motorbike, The Fly and Other Horror Stories, and The Scarlet Letter for the Oxford Bookworms Library series; The Magician, Time for a Robbery, Star for a day, Tomorrow's Girl, and The Man with Three NAMEs for the Hotshot Puzzles series; and A Pretty Face for the Dominoes series.
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December 16, 2015
1.HEINEMANN ELT level elementary
2.12/15=80min
3.god,duck,leg,pray,king,heaven,rain
4a.'Why are all these people happy?' he thought. 'Why are they singing and dancing? Everything on the Earth is dying!'
b.When I read this, I thought that yes, we are really happy indeed. Also, we are selfish because we are living and doing what we want to do. But sometimes we become weak because we can't live without animals and nature.
5.There are some short stories in this book.
We are told some stories that people's wishes were fulfilled long time ago because of praying but, nowadays, it's not a easy way to solve some problems like diseases, climate change, poverty. So, I wonder that when the powers of praying disappeared! or does it still work?
I mean....especially in Japan.
2.12/15=80min
3.god,duck,leg,pray,king,heaven,rain
4a.'Why are all these people happy?' he thought. 'Why are they singing and dancing? Everything on the Earth is dying!'
b.When I read this, I thought that yes, we are really happy indeed. Also, we are selfish because we are living and doing what we want to do. But sometimes we become weak because we can't live without animals and nature.
5.There are some short stories in this book.
We are told some stories that people's wishes were fulfilled long time ago because of praying but, nowadays, it's not a easy way to solve some problems like diseases, climate change, poverty. So, I wonder that when the powers of praying disappeared! or does it still work?
I mean....especially in Japan.
Displaying 1 of 1 review