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PICTURE IT AND WRITE ~  WISDOM AND DIET ~ 26TH JANUARY 2016

28/1/2016

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WISDOM AND DIET
by John Yeo

   The wise man was a scholar of wide renown, he had written many books in his short life and had a high intelligence. It was said that his last lecture before he sadly passed away, contained many secrets of how he maintained his robust health and his extraordinary brain-power. The wise man swore by the hidden properties in his diet.
   “Fresh fruit and vegetables contain many micro nutrients to keep us healthy and wise. I am a firm believer in the effects of eating large quantities of oily fish to gain the benefits of the amazing properties of Omega 3 fish oils. I eat a lot of oily fish. Sardines and Mackerel cooked in many delicious ways. I can eat ten to fifteen Sardines in a single sitting. I believe that the accumulation of these oils and the micro nutrients will allow us to live longer and become more intelligent!”
  Six black horses, with black plumes pulled a black carriage to the church as the wise man went to his grave, with all due pomp and circumstance. Many people attended the funeral of this man who was respected around the world for his insight and judgement.
   Among the mourners along the roadside were a venerable retired couple, Jack and Lil, who had come to pay their respects. As the cortège passed them, Lil turned to Jack with a tear in her eye and asked, “How did he die?”
   Jack wiped away a tear and replied “He choked on a fish bone.”

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PICTURE IT AND WRITE ~  NEW PERSPECTIVES ~ 10th JANUARY 2016

12/1/2016

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NEW PERSPECTIVES   
 
by John Yeo

                    
   Fleur and her sister Belle were both clever and pretty, always standing out from the rough and ready tough flowers that surrounded them in the garden. They were not really sisters however, although they were always together, always supporting each other from the outside unruliness that surrounded them. They lived in an unreal protected environment, built up over many months into a smooth comfortable fertile border.
    One day they were picked out from the mass of relentless, thrusting weather-beaten flowers, and placed in an impressive vase by the lady of the house. Water was provided, plant food was drip-fed into the vase, leaving nothing for our pretty captives to strive for.
    These were no ordinary flowers, and the pressure of this unreal existence began to build inside their stamens and the energy began to boil up the water. Then one fateful day the stress cracked the vase and water gushed out from the shards of the broken vase, taking the life forces of Belle and Fleur into a new environment leaving the husks of their previous existence behind to be cleared away with the rubbish.
   The lady of the house blamed the cat.  
   Belle and Fleur mingled with the water to be re-circulated into the environment in their new existence.
   If two well balanced young people were picked to be removed from the rough and tumble of life, into a stress-free environment.  The chances are they would break down the walls of the cushioned life and develop their existence with different characteristics.

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PICTURE IT AND WRITE ~  DANDY LIONS IN THE JUNGLE ~ 3RD JANUARY 2016

5/1/2016

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DANDY-LIONS IN THE JUNGLE
by John Yeo

  The tropical rainforest steamed as the heat and rain mingled to create the perfect growing conditions. The Professor and the team were on an exploratory expedition, to discover an almost mythical species of flora, that was rumoured to have extraordinary effects on the human body.
  The Chief native guide who had an unpronounceable name, was commonly called Chalky by one and all, due to his habit of wearing white zig-zags all over his body. On this day he approached the Professor. to parley.
     “We are getting close Boss! The plants are growing everywhere in the next wide clearing. Many spirits of our tribe guard this secret area. We will have to take care we do not tread on sacred ground.”
    “Of course! We will extend every due respect to you and your ancestors Chief. Mrs Mills, who funded this trip is keen to sample the amazing effects of these wondrous flowers immediately. I am here to take some seed and samples to reproduce the effects at home in our country.”
  The team crossed a broad river, over a rickety bridge, and were immediately confronted by a sea of yellow flowering plants that stretched as far as the eye could see.
      “Almost like a distant relation to our own dandelions. I believe dandelions are a useful diuretic if they are taken in vast quantities of dandelion tea.” said the Professor interestedly.
The team quickly set up a camp on the edge of the clearing and began harvesting some of the roots, leaves and the yellow flowers.
  Chalky, the Chief, began to instruct the Professor’s assistant in the preparation of the plants, to produce the desired effects.
   Seventeen stone, Mrs Mills stepped forward, “I hope this works on me, I really need to lose weight instantly.”
  The professor nodded, and reassured her that the effects had been working for centuries on these tribal people.
  The tribal shaman instructed Mrs Mills to lie prone on a stone altar and the prepared fluid was administered. Instantly water started gushing from every pore and orifice in her body. The shaman stepped forward and administered an antidote to stem the flow. Almost half of Mrs Mills body fluids had gushed away in seconds, before the antidote was administered.
   A very surprised Professor then exclaimed,  “Call the medics forward to examine Mrs Mills at once!”

  A stunned Mrs Mills had lost a great deal of her body-weight almost instantly.

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