Widow and The Stepdaughter

                  A widow loved her own ugly and unpleasant daughter just as much as she disliked her lovely , kind stepdaughter. she made the stepdaughter do all the handest work in the house , and the girl obeyed her without complaint.

                    One day , the stepmother sent her out to the well to get water, and there she meet an old woman who asked her for a drink. The kind young girl served the old woman as if she were a queen. In truth , that old woman was fairy in disguise , and she was so moved by the young girl's kindness that she rewarded her with an extraordinary gift, every time she spoke , from her lips, along with the words, fell flowers and diamonds.

                   The stepmother was furious when she heardwhat had happened to her stepdaughter. immediately she sent her own daughter to the well , so that she could come back with the same gift. This time , the fairy appeared in the form of a queen. But when she asked for a drink , the young woman said rudely, "if you wnat drink get it your self."

   "you are most unkind ," said the fairy , " and for that will give you a very different reward."

                   And thereafter , whenever the unkind girl began to speak , her rude words could actually be seen in the snakes and toads that fell from her lips.

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African Bees

          In 1956 a Brazillian scientist imported some special bees Brazil from Africa. the Africa bees were same size a ordinary bees. But they were much stronger and more dagerous. A sting from one of these bees can kill a man or even a buffalo very quickly. The scientist imported the because he wanted to breed anew type of the bees using the African bees and ordinary European bees, He want to combine the strength of African with the safety of the European bees. Unfortunately in 1957 ,26 queen bees escaped and began to breed in the jungles of Brazil. 

           They spread very quickly and since that time they have been moving slowly northwards,covering 300 to 400 kilometers year, over 200 people have died after being stung by the killer bees, and thousand of animals have also died. Buy march 1978 the killer bees reached Venezuelan and in 1980 they arrived in Panama. If they continued to move at the same speed they would reach the USA in 1988.

             Today scientist from amny different countries are trying to find ways of the kille bees, but if they cannot be stopped , the Americans like the brazilians, will have to learn how to live with new dangerous visitors.

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Shepherd Boy

         There was one a young shepherd boy who tended his sheep at foot of the mountain near dark forest. It was rather lonely for him all day, so he though upon a plan by which he could gets a little company and some axcitement he rushed down toward the villages calling out "wolf" wolf, and villagers came out to meet him and some of them stopped with him considerable time. 

          This pleased the boy so much that a few days afterwards he tried some trick. And again the villagers came to his help. But shortly after this a wolf actually did a come out from the forest. And began the sheep, and the of course cried out "wolf,wolf"still louder than before. But this time the village who had been fooled twice before, though the boy was again deceiving them , and no body strirred to come to his help. So the wolf made a good meal of the boy's flock.

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Cloning Of Animals : Allowed Or Not Allowed

             In this era, technology has developed to such us a certain degree that scientists are able to create new forms of life. One of them is cloning. The debate whether cloning of animals should be allowed or not seems endless.

            Those who agree with cloning of animals ussually argue that the cells produced from them can be used stop animals from becoming extinct. They also add that cloning has a purpose to produce high quality of cells.

           Many species are becoming rarer and rarer. Scientists are concerned if they don't do something to save certain species, these animals will be extinct forever and this would be a big loss for animals kingdom. For this reason, researchers have improved cloning technology so that many rare species can be successfully cloned.

            However, not everyone to excited about cloning animals. Some people feel that it could have terrible consequences.

            For example, if dinosaurs are cloned, then men can be extinct. It is clear that these ferocious beasts cannot live together with human. In history ,these creatures lived several thousand years before men appeared. Can you imagine these giant killing creatures living within the same era and on the same planet with us ?

             As a ressult of this controversy, people still haven't got the answer yet for cloning animals. Moreover , some members of the scientists cimmunity think that the banning of cloning technology will destroy the creativity of science.

             

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