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On the Brighton RoadSlowly the sun had climbed up the hard white downs, till itbroke upon a sparkling world of snow. Once above theskyJine, the sun seemed to climb more quickly, and as itrose higher it began to give out a heat that blended with thekeenness of the wind.

' It may have been this strange altemation of heat and coldthat disturbed the tramp in his dreams, for he struggled fora moment with the snow that covered him, like a man whofinds himself twisted uncomfortably in the bed_clothes,and then sat up with staring, questioning eyes. ,Lord! Ithought I was in bed,'he said to himself as he took in thevacant landscape, 'and all the while I was out here.'Hestretched his limbs, and, rising carefully to his feet, shookthe snow off his body.'Come, I feel pretty fit,' he thought. ,I suppose I am luckyto wake at all in this. Or unlucky - it isn't much of abusiness to come back to.'He looked up and saw thedowns shining against the blue like the Alps on a picture_postcard. 'That means another forty miles or so, Isuppose,' he continued grimly. The sun crept up higherand higher, and he started walking patiently albng the roadwith his back tumed to the hills.

Presently, when three milestones had loitered past, heovertook a boy who was stooping to light a cigaritte. Hewore no overcoat, and looked unspeakably fragile againstthe_snow. 'Are you on the road, guv'nori, astea *ri Uoyhuskily as he passed.'I think I am,' the tramp said.'Oh! then I'll come a bit of the way with you if you don,twalk too fast. It's a bit lonesome walking this timl of day.,The tramp nodded his head, and the boy started limpingalong by his side.'I'm eighteen,' he said causally. ,I bet you thought I wasyounger. ''Fifteen, I'd have said.,'Eighteen last August, and I've been on the road six years.I ran away from home five times when I was a little ,un,and the police took me back each time. Very good to me,the police was. Now I haven,t got a hom; ti *n u*uyfrom.''Nor have I,' the tramp said calmly.

'Oh, I can see what you are,' the boy panted; .you're agentleman come down. It's harder for you than for me.''I dropped by the roadside last night and slept where I fell.It's a wonder I didn't die,' the tramp said. The boy lookedat him sharply.'How do you know you didn't?'he said.'I don't see it,' the tramp said, after a pause.'I tell you,' the boy said hoarsely, 'people like us can't getaway from this sort of thing if we want to. Always hungryand thirsty and dog+ired and walking all the time. And yetif any one offers me a nice home and work my stomachfeels sick, Do I look strong? I know I'm little for my age,but I've been knocking about like this for six years, and doyou think I'm not dead?

You'll find out presently. We're all dead, all of us who'reon the road, and we're all tired, yet somehow we can'tleave it, There's nice smells in the summer, dust and hayand the wind smack in your face on a hot day; and it,s nicewaking up in the wet grass on a fine morning. I don'tknow, I don't know -' he lurched forward suddenlv. andthe tramp caught him in his arms.'I'm sick,' the boy whispered - .sick.'

The tramp looked up and down the road, but he could seeno houses or any sign of help. yet even as he supportedthe boy doubtfully in the middle of the road a motor_carsuddenly flashed in the middle distance, and camesmoothly through the snow.'What's the trouble?' said the driver quietly as he pulledup, 'I 'm a doctor. ' He looked at the boy keenly andlistened to his strained breathing.'Pneumonia,'

he commented. ,I'll give him a lift to theinfirmary, and you, too, if you like.'

The tramp thought of the workhouse and shook his head.'I'd rather walk.' he said.

The boy winked faintly as they lifted him into the car.'I'll meet you beyond Reigate,' he murmured to the tramp.'You'll see.' And the car vanished along the white road.

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The Clock

I was staying with my aunt in Hampstead. There was for twelve days' No one had come in to air it or to light

another guest, whom r naO neue, met before, u fuf" iufJ fires' And yet rh; clock was going' I wondered if some

She lived in Lewes and had been staying *rf *y "#;; uit'u'ion h;d set;he mechanism in motion' and pulled out

abour a fortnight. Frankly, I disliked her. She *"r;;;;, my watch.to t;;; ti*"' It was five minutes to one' The

and secrerive; underground, if you can u-s: the "^n'"Jion, tll'l on ttt".tun[rpi"t" said four minutes to one' I again

rather thon underhand. eno t couto feel in my bJ;il ioo["a-*a trt" room. Nothing was out of place' The only

shedidnotlikeme. nd I could teel ln mv ooov ur.r

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v" " -r ---- how difficult it ls to rnake them perfectly smooth' I gave a

'I wonder,' she said, 'I wonder if you could do me a small hunied glance under the bed and then' and much more

favour. If you do have any time to spare in Lewes -;;ly tf reluctantly,- opt*a trt" doors of two honibly capacious

you do - woutd yor u" ]o'tinJ.ri" ,Jr ", ., n""",Jt'i il;;;tdt' -ryltr rrap'v emptv' Bv this time I reallv was

ieft a little travelling-clock there in rhe hurry "r p*i"e.'ri t^r"ry"i:g, rnf tio"t'*"ni ticking on' I had a horrible

it,s not in the drawing-room, it will be in my uaroofi- or fee--ling ttrat an uta'm migltt go off at any moment' and the

in one of the maids, bedrooms. Would it u. ,"" -jJri, i" tr,o"grq "f uti"g in trtut itnp-ty it*t" *as almost too much

ask? The house has been locked up for twelve d;l;, ror ire. Howe-ver, I made an attempt to pull myself

everything is in order. r il;; k;i, r,"."; ,r,r.ru.#onJl, ;;;;;;. It 'cltl* ltt b: " f":l::"-dav clock' If it

for the garden gate, the ,i'f on" f- tf,, f,ont Ooo'i ""- --

wJre' then it w-ould be almost run down' I could roughly

r courd onry accept, and she proceeded ro rer me how r ntliln,:ft;**Hri::"ri",il: iJJTilh:could find Ash Grove House' uncertainty *u' too'much for me' I took it out of its case

'You will feel quite like a burglar" she said' 'But mind' and began 1o-*i"a' I had scarcely turned the winding-

it,s only if you have time to spare., screw twice when it stopped. The clock clearly was not

r found Ash Grove without difficurty. rt was,a T"diy,T; #*ij*:j5"t#f:.11:ffi"iri#*?iff::fi;sized red-brick house, standing by itself in a high walled ;" tf;i;il' *ot* up the sash' letting in the sweet' live

earden that bounded . ;;;; lane. A flagged path leq uit or ,rt. garden' I knew now that the house was queer'

fffi;;;;;t ;; t:;;; door' The dining-ro-om and r'olriurv qu""t Coora someone beliving in the house? was

drawing-room tuy on .itil", ,io" or the hall and I looked '"#;.';l'" in ir'" r'oo'" now? I thought that I had been

round hurriedly ror trre ltoct' It was neither on the table *';ii;l*;;;tt'-u"ihad I? I had.only just opened the

nor mantelpiece' The rest of the furniture was carefully ;il;;il;' and I had certainly not opened any

covered over with white dust+heets' Then I went upsairt' '"pf"*c'' "ffi iirose in tl.re room-i1-which I was' Then'

I made a hunied '"t"i "i titt principal bedrooms' There ;iltil';;if" open window' wondering what I should

was no sign of Mrs cut"ui, .to.t. rr," impression thlt *re ]i ;;;;;# fe'eting rhat I just couldn't go down that

house gave me - you ;;; ;;;;"re of penonality tirat a i]j;;; il ,h" J".r.*.d hal io tum-ble at the latch of the

house conveys - *u' ntitrto pt*'ing noi displeasing' but ffi;;";tth iJon'' know what behind me' I heard a

it was sruffy, stunv rrom trr.ltr"n.J of fresh air, with an ffi;;;;; *" faint at f11_T1,::tted to be coming

additional stuffiness added, that seemed to com€ gut.ftoT ffi il r"irr. ft was a curious noise - not the noise of

the hangings una quift.. deluu aoo, that I unlocked - (I ilil;ffitrs up the stairs, but of something hopping

should say that the d""^;;;iiA;rooms were locked' and ;p'il#;' dt a very big bird would hop' I heard it on

retocked by me "ftr; il;d;ianced-inside. *re1)_- ,ti"ilil;itriopp"o. rn"n ttto. was a curious scratching

contained the object ;;';;#1" Mrs caleb's travellrng- noi'" uguin't on"'if th" b"dtoot doors' the sort of noise

clock was on the mantelpiece, ticking away memly' t"" tti'tn" *itrt 'rtt nail of your little finger scratching

That was how I thought of it at first. And then for the first polished.wood' whatever it was' was coming slowly down

dme I realised that there was something *ronr. ,n" ,"J in" "ot'iaoi 'cra;hing at the doors as it went' I could

had no busine., ,o u" ii.ting. rt" t ouJ" had been shut up stand it no longer'

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snow, but at midday he begged some bread at a cottage

door and crept into a lonely bam to eat it' It was warm m

tfr"r", *A afler his meal he fell asleep among the hay' It

was dark when he woke, and started trudging once more

through the slushY roads'

. Two miles beyond Reigate a figure, a fragile figure'

slipped out of the darkness to meet him'

'On the road, guv'nor?' said a husky voice'-'Then I'11 come

Ji ot the wiy with you if you don't walk too fast' It's a

bit lonesome walking this time of day.'

'But the pneumonia!' cried the ftamp aghast'

'I died at Crawley this moming,' said the boy'

Nightmare pictures of locked doors opening filled mybrain. IJook up the clock wrapped it in my mackintosh anddropped it our of the window on to n nJ*.i]rlc trn tmanaged ro crawt our of rhe w!!ow *d,;.rri;;; grip of3:.

rl1l'successfully negodated,, u, tf,. ;o"*J?rts woutasay, 'a twelve-foot drop'. picking op tf,. rnu.tintorh, I ranround to the front dooi and locked it. Then I felt I couldbreathe, but not until I was on the faruiA, "itf,, grte in thegarden wall did I feel safe.

Then I remembered that the bedroom window was open.What was I ro do? Wild Iintotrrairrouse"r,ti,'i,]"ffi ;?JjI'LXff #iii'*#jto goJo the police-station and tell tt.rn "n.ryiiine. f huaactuatty begun ro walk down rhe lane in tf,. jii"rri"? of ,fr.town, when I chanced to look back at ,fr. fr*r". ffrcwindow that I had left open was shut.

No, my dear, I didn't see any face or anything dreadful likethat. . .. and of course, it may have ,frotiyitlrff. i, *u, *ordinary sash-window, und you tno* ifrry'u.e oftendifficult to keep open.

And.the rest? Why, there's really nothing more to tell. Ididn't even see Mrs Caleb again. 3rrc rruJ firorol" ,on orfainting fit just before lunch_lime, rny;;ii;";;;," onmy return, and had had to go to bed. Next morning Itravelled down to Comwall to join mother *Jri,r-.f,ifAr"n.I tho:ght.I had forgotren ail about it, b"t;;;;rh*e yearsli:l y_T]: c"lar.tgs. suggested givins me a ou"rrr-i ,g-"ro"tror a twenty-first birthdav,present, fwas foolish enough top_refer the atremative ttrai he offered, ;;"d; iiition orthe works of Thomas Carlyle.

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@ wnat the butler saw

The dirner plr t-osf,,q g-r-r,ed nr,-'\rno p,f, ahoul 7.30. That evening, F,everend Truelove, uhef f l g u r l r f r v l S u u u u u

ne'ohhnrr ns old \4r ArchibaLd and hls son, and Dame Christie, a lad-y novelisl, werejoinlng the weekend guesls.

I served drinks in the parlour before dlnner. From the start I couLd see things weten't6roinBi i,oo well Miss Danhne lnoked a,s if she had been c-rJ,'ng, and after she had spoken5 v ! 1 5 r v r r u v s u v r u

a few words ro young Mr Archibald in the hal| that young genLleman looked pretty

unhappy Loo. Mr Jeffery looked. exrremely angry - he can look quile violent aL times.. lhe ncl,ness \,{ iss Torl-oss looked ft tr iotts 1,nn p.nd T corr ld c,op 'nrhrr hor nnmnsni^n, Mr^ * ^ _ - * J U V V I q f l u 4 v v u u u u u v v r r J ' r r v r v v r r r } / s r r 4 v r '

Oscarsson had been flirting with Mrs Horsehair al.l weekend, and as I served the wine al

dinner I noriced thal rhey were having a parlicularly intimale conversalion at, one end

of lhe table.

Dinner ended at abouL nine o'clock, and I served porL to lhe gentlemen in the bll,liard

room. As I left the kitchen, Miss Daphne came up to me, and,looking appeaJ-lngly at me- cho ql rnzqrzc lnnkc R^ t - r rot ,T, \ / in h l r r -o - nreqsed A nOt,e inf ,O mV h.c-d nskind mC t 'O give i t ,

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lv{eet me in the conselvatory at 9.50. I have a plaJl.

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Daphne.

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Archiba]d-. Then I went back lo the kilchen where I remained until shortly after half

pasl nine, when I went back into the billiard. room to refilI the port glasses. As I wasnpnacin.d t.he hcl l \ f iss Tnnless ea,me out nf t .ho ns.r lorrn and Went, OVet [O fhe baJ-]fOOm.v 4 v v v + t l o } J u r r v u r

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As she opened the door, I heard voices, and caught a glimpse of a young man in a white

suit. I'm sure it was Mr Oscalsson.

I went inlo lhe billiard room to flnd" onl-y old- Mr Archiba,ld, F,everend Truelove and Mr

Jeffery. Mr Archiba-ld took a glass of port and said he woCd joln the iadies h theparlour, and the F,everend followed him. Mr Jeffery took lhe port decanter from me and

went, into the library, saytng he had an urgent letter to write.

I returned. ro lhe kirchen and stayed.lhere till aboul ten o'clock when I heard a pierclrLg

scream. I rushed into the ha,ll and found Charlot,Le, lhe maid, standing there with a [raynf noffc.o nr rns Shp r*^--.^i ' \7^rr-^- '1- 'n r i \nqa:17 'a.nd faint,eCi.I Went into lJhe l ibfafy and

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found \4rs Horsehair d-ead- on the floor. She had been hit on the head. I looked aroundr.hA .rror.r The nnnt, donent,cn r,nras lrzi nd smashed on ihe floor and lhere was broken glassu1 lg f uua l l f r fu Pvr u uvvur ruvr

orrer"rn,rrhere The p,shi,r"srrrnra.s firll of cidarette stubs - the kind lhat N4l Jeffrey smokes. Ig v g I J v v l l u f u . r r a u a u r r u r u J

a,Iso noticed lmmed,iately that one of the targe silver candlesticks was missirrg. Both the

llbrary window and Lhe connecring door to fhe billiard room were open. I ca-lled for help'

and Miss Daphne and.young Mr Archibal.d came runrung jrr from lhe conservatory.

Dame Christie and \4yrlle Berry were next on the scene, followed by old Mr ArchibaJ-d.

Mr Oscarsson came in via the billiard, room, followed a few seconds iater by his actress

friend, and.last of a,lL L4r Jeffrey came rushing in, catllng for he1p, and shoutjng that he

had found- lhe vicar unconscious on the terrace.

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Around seven o'clock I went upstairs to put on my new uniform. F,evelend Truelove,old Mr ArchibaLd and his son, and a famous Iady novelisr were joining lhe weekenddtr4st.s for dinner sn ir r ,rrss s fn-rn.ql nr:cRsion As T dor, r,o r,he Lon of t .he st,airs T heafdt u v r v v v u u

tn.t?\7 rrn'noe n^m jnef f i .om \/ [rs HorqchR in's noom and Otressed that MfS HOfSehaif andu I v v . u a t

her niece were having one of rheir rows. T tried not bo lis1,en, but couLdn't help catchingon-onhra .ser re r r rd is ' . ine t , l rz l \ / I rsHn lsehn. i rshor r t ,ed tT f r ro r rmaFr \ /h im rzor rs r , r ro id l i t t leur rv uuvsr f l ra r r J

fool, I'll cast you off without a penny.' Then the door bursr open, arid Miss Daphnen' r qh cd or r r, snhlri n d Sh -o rR r sr,rai dh r, lo her own room and slammed lhe door.v uur uv v vu f - . u r r e r qar u u r a rbr lu

I cam downstalrs again about fifi,een minutes laLer, and heard Mr Jeffery ta.lking on Lhe' telephone in the hal-l. I lried nol to lisren, bur I couldn'L help overhearing one or lwo

nhra,ses' ((la,n't, rzorr r,rrajt, a bjt, lonser - the old woman'S so damned mean with hefmoney ...'. There was a long pause rhen he sald, 'I'll find rhe money somehow ...' andslammed rhe rece.iver down. I gNressed he was ra,lking lo one of his gamblingnnmnR.nions N,i ln "T.affonrr is rrcnrr fnnd nf -nrr 'et, t ,e hrrt , his mnt,hen disannlorres tnd t1' iesa v u r u U U v ,

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From a quarter pasl seven ril1 eighr o'clock I was in the kilchen preparing r,he food, burI peeped our ro watch Lhe guesrs amive - young Mr ArchibaLd looked very dashing in ablue velvet suit.

Dinner was ar eighr, and as soon as I came in with the soup, I noriced rhat thingsweren't going too well. Dame Christie and Myrtle Berry seemed to be getting on quiternral l r l isorrecinr t anrna rnrrrdor in drar t . dor.s i l hrrr . l \ fn "Taf fo l r r lnnkod l iko r , ] r r rnr lor , .e l r l! r5 uvruv l r r 5 r vuu u v ravr J r r L ,uau

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Daphne, you know. Daphne looked as if she were about to cry, and the ac[ress, MissTnnless lnoked a. hi'. :.nnnrz-od aq rnrell Th is mighr, hnrze heen because she and \,{iSSr v j / r v v v t

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conversation at one end of the lable. Reverend Truelove and old Mr Archiba,ld lried tokccn t,hp con\/crqnf, ion doind hrrr, i t rnra.q n'r i t ,c n rcl ief r,rrhen dinne- hnoke rrn ar, about-vurbr \4qruv u

nine o'clock. The ladies then retired to the parlour for coffee, and the gentlemen wentto lhe billiard room. I served coffee, and then went back to ihe kitchen to clear up.

Ar about 9.45I went, into lhe parlour to collect the coffee cups, and as I crossed the hall,I overheard loud voices ln the baLlroom. I tried not, to listen but iL sounded very likel \ f iss Tnnlesg $116lr lanlr , tha r l^an anana6l : l rd l f rs Hnrsehni f Came OUt. She IOOkedu. vuuuvrry v}/vrrvu,

rarher embarrassed on seeing me, and said, 'Oh, CharlotLe, I was looking for my book.Do you know where ir might be?' I said that I hadn'L seen it, and she muttered^^ ._ ^+L ih a -L^ . .+ look ' r o i r the

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I wenr on into the parlour where I found Dame Chrisrie, Myrtie Berry, and old MrArchiba,ld deep in conversation. They were stil talking abouL murder. I couldn'r helplistening. It made me feel qu-ite cold, so I co.Llected up rhe cups as slowly as I cor.r-ld. As Iwas doing lhis, I heard a door slam in lhe hal1, followed by the sound of footstepscrossing the hal-I. Then the front door slammed. I fini.shed collecting the cups, and wenlout into Lhe hal.i, but no one was there. I started to cross the hall towards the kitchen,suddenly, I heard a piercing scream. Ir came from rhe library. i couLdn't move. I l,ried toca,ll for help, but corildn't make a sound. The kitchen door opened, and Velvet, thebulier, came running ouL. lle looked aL me in asronishmenL. I gasped, 'The library ...'and then I fainted.

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@ wttat the vicar felt

I arrived at, Conhers for Sunday tea as usuaJ-, arrd was lnvited to return for dinner aflerFlrrersond Refore T left, \frc Ho-sehn.ir",sked me to advise her on a certain problem, andI I v r v t r v r r

we went, into the library to discuss it. Mrs l{orsehair then confided in me ihat she andthe young film director Oscar Oscarsson, who was one of her weekend guests, wereplanning to marry. I expressed. my approva] of the projecL, congfatuJated her, and thenenquired whal the problem might, be. She was worcied, it, appeared, about how thernrFr iqdo rn idhr. nf foor. hor snn .Tef fenrz QL^ +L^. 'aL- 1"^ - i41- ' t , d isannrove of her*-- iuu Irvf DUrr uElf 9lJ. ul tu UIIUU6tlU I f ,U l f !5fru uruuy}Jr

remarrying so soon, and, furrhetmore, might objecr to her altering her wllL in favour ofher new husband-. I advised her to put her own inierests first. She appeared satisfiedrnrir,h t,his ,qnri T lcfr, r,he house.v v . L u f f u a l u t

I returned at about, half past seven, after Evensong, and was shotvn lnto the parlour byVelvet, the butler. I was immediately conscious of a rather strained atmosphere,particuLarly among the young people. Daphne and A-rchibaLd looked very un-irappy -

although I put thi.s dovm to a lovers' tiff - and Jeffery's face looked hke a thundercloud.I wondered if his mother had broached the subject of her marriage. The older membersnf t.ho ner,t.rz l.rnr,rrorrer s ]adrr nnrreljst p.nd anAmefican ffiend Of MIS Hofsehair'S

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Maybe some people can read minds. Perhaps there isa n r p h i s f o r i c h e a s l a l t h e b o t t o m O f L o c h N e S S .Spir i tual ists could be in touch with those who havedied, passing on their messages to us at a fiver a time.

But there is an a l te rna t ive , ra t iona l , non-mag ica lexplanation available for all these mysteries. You mightnot accept it. You might think that it is more likely thatpeoplE bend cut lery through the power of thoughtt h a n b y a d e p t s l e i g h t o f h a n d . B u t a s W i l l i a m o fOckham pointed out, it is usually better to accept theexp lanat ion wh ich doesn ' t requ i re you to inventsomething new and unknown. For instance, corn circlesmight be c rea ted by l i t t le g reen men, o r e lse byhoaxers. Take your pick - except that we know al labout hoaxers; the world is full of them. Little greenmen have yet to put in an appearance.

People who do believe in the paranormal often appealto the sceptics' sense of fair play. They imply that wescept ics a re g reedy when we say tha t there is arational explanation for all the phenomena they comeup with. Can't we be open minded, they ask, and al lowthem at least one or two miracles? Sorry, no. l f youmet someone who claimed that rain was the angelscrying, you'd probably feel obliged to tell him that itwas water vapour condensing in the atmosphere. Andif he tried to claim that at least sometimes it was theangels crying, you'd have to be firm and say that it wasabsolutely always and invariably condensing watervapour.O f c o u r s e p e o p l e h u n g e r f o r t h e s t r a n g e a n dwonderful. And they can find it. The dead walk and talkin my living room when I watch a video of Casablanca.I can sense what people thousands of miles away arethinking by calling them on the phone. And scientistsare learn ing the secre ts o f the un iverse , f rom thetiniest particles of life in our bodies, to the origin of themost distant galaxies.

B u t t h e s e w o n d e r s a r e n e v e r e n o u g h f o r t h ep a r a n o r m a l b r i g a d e . T h e y w a n t m o r e . F l y i n gt e l e p h o n e s . C h o s t l y t a m b o u r i n e s . B e n t s p o o n s .Chi ldren who can detect a picture of a ship inside al i n e d , s e a l e d e n v e l o p e . O f t e n t h e y m a n a g e t opersuade others that these are the result of weird,inexp l i cab le happen ings . Peop le who are normal lyquite sensible, wi l l say: 'Wel l , I don' t understand -

there must be something in it. '

Cenerally there isn't. But it 's hard to find explanations.The press, particularly the tabloids, are in the businessof creating wonderful mysteries, not explaining them.lOften the most absurd claims are pr inted withoute labora t ion . For ins tance, in December 1989, Ur iCeller claimed to have stopped Big Ben. The fact thathe made this claim only after the clock had brokendown did not, apparently, strike anyone as absurd.)

Does it all matter? After all, there's no harm in readingyour horoscope in the daily paper. On the other hand,some people pay large sums to people who claim thattheir l ives are being dominated by heavenly bodiesmi l l ions o f mi les away. The w i fe o f the he i r to thethrone consults astrologers. For several years thePresident of the US had his t imetable drawn up inconsultation with the Planets.Psych ic hea le rs , f i re -wa lk ing teachers and o thersrelieve people of large sums by offering them the falsehope of a better life. Authors of innumerable 'occult'

books make small fortunes by peddling nonsense tothe gullible and the naive. Even clever people are takeni n i f t h e r a t i o n a l , p r a c t i c a l a l t e r n a t i v e s a r e n o tpresented. Here are a few ...

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This myth has been kicking round for more than ahundred years, but really came to public attentionwith Charles Berl i tz 's I 974 book The BermudaTriangle MAsterA. Allegedly within this area of seav a s t n u m b e r s o f s h i p s a n d p l a n e s h a v edisappeared completely, mysteriously and wilhouttrace. lt 's sometimes claimed that they have been'stolen' by flying saucers, and that the crews arestill alive on some other olane. this time an astralo n 6 . t n i s i s a c l a s s i c e x a m p l e o f c r e a t i n g am y s t e r y w h e r e n o n e e x i s t s . N e a r l y a l l t h ea c c i d e n t s h a d n o r m a l c a u s e s , s u c h a s b a dw e a t h e r , a l m o s t a l w a y s i g n o r e d b y T r i a n g l ewriters. Stories are copied from book to book andart ic le to art ic le, of ten embel l ished with fresh,inaccurate details at each stage. In his book, IheBermuda Triangle Mgsterg - Solved, Larry Kuscheexamines many of the disasters and f inds al l oft h p m p v n l i e : h l p

On the night of Saturday 1 1 July this year, in a fieldin Buckinghamshire, I 2 teams set about creat ingcorn circles and geometric patterns without the useof artificial light. The magnificenl results were visibleby daylight, and one team won the t5,000 prize -proof i f i t were needed that there is no problemabout making corn patterns, as hoaxers have alreadyadmitted.T h i s o f c o u r s e h a s n o t p r e v e n t e d t h e b a t t i e r'cereologists' from declaring that the fact that somepeople fake some corn circ les does not mean thatothers aren' t being made by vis i tors from outerspace. As John Mart ineau of the Centre for Crop

For example , the a l l - t ime favour i te Tr iang lemystery involves Flight l9; five US Army Air Corpsp l a n e s w h i c h w e r e l o s t t o g e t h e r i n 1 9 4 5 . A l lm a n n e d b y e x p e r i e n c e d a i r c r e w , t h e y a r esupposed to have disappeared for no reason, outof a clear sky, while in no apparent peril.

In fact Fl ight 1 9 was a training f l ight, led by alieutenant who was unfamiliar with the area andwhose two compasses had malfunct ioned. Theweather was poor. Radio messages indicated thatthe f l ight - lacking modern guidance systems -had become hopelessly lost soon after take-off.They had on ly enough fue l to f l y un t i l 7 pm,s h o r t l y a f t e r t h e I a s t r a d i o m e s s a g e s w e r ereceived.In other words, no mystery at al l . But as in theother Triangle cases, the promulgators leave outany information which doesn'l suit their case.

Circle Studies said afterwards, 'You could say thatcorn circles are the entrance to fairyland ... I think wea r e b e i n g t o l d o f o t h e r l a n d s . ' B u t t h e r e i s n oe v i d e n c e t h a t c r o p c i r c l e e x p e r t s c a n t e l l t h edifference between circles made by self-confessedhoaxers and those so far'unexplained'.

By the same token, we know that many toys aremade by peop le in fac to r ies . Th is does no t , o fcourse, prove that the rest aren't made by elves inSanta's workshop.There has been much anguishing over the fact thatcorn circles are more common in Britain than in anyother country. This could indicate that there is morep s y c h i c e n e r g y h e r e , o r t h a t s p a c e a l i e n s a r epart icular ly interested in us. Or i t could show thatthere has been an awful lot of publicity here.

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This is the study of mysterious and probably non-existent creatures, of whom much the best known isour own Loch Ness monster. Sadly, there is scarcelya scintil la of evidence for Nessie. Tales of sightingsbefore the twentieth century are either untraceableor else refer to beasts in different bodies of water.The or ig ina l p ic tu re wh ich s ta r ted the c raze , the'surgeon's photo' of 1933, is easy to dupl icate witha cut-out model and was taken suspiciously close toApril Fool's Day that year.

Other sightings turn out to be mistakes or hoaxes.Otters playing in the waler could easily look like amoving serpent. Deer sometimes swim across theloch . F la t water , espec ia l l y in poor l igh t o r w i thatmospheric refraction, can play tricks on the eyes,making schools of fish or even floating logs look likea monsler,ln 1972 the Rober t R ines exped i t ion produced aremarkable photo of what looks like a flipper taken

in the loch. Based on this, Sir Peter Scott went on topaint a picture of the whole monster, Iooking l ike apleiosaur, a prehistoric water animal. Yet this picture

was extrapolated f rom a retouched vers ion of a

c o m p u t e r - e n h a n c e d p r i n t o f a n e g a t i v e w h i c hshowed almost nothing at all.

In h is fasc inat ing book, Pseudoscience and theParanormal , Terence Hines asks how i t is thatseveral examples of the f ive{oot long coelacanth,which was thought to have become ext inct 200

mi l l i on yea rs ago , have been d i scove red i n t hevas tness o f t he I nd ian Ocean , wh i l e we appea rincapable of f inding a far bigger beast in a 2S-milelake.

Much the same combination of hoaxes and mistakesprobably accounts for the Himalayan Yet i and for

Bigfoot, the shambling half-man, half-beast alleged to

l i ve i n t he no r th -wes te rn US . I n bo th cases the

sightings are probably of bears, seen in lhe distance

on their hind legs. In similar fashion, the shy orang-utan was once thought to be the myster ious Wi ld

Man of Borneo.

O f c o u r s e U F O s e x i s t . T h e t e r m s t a n d s f o rUnidentified Flying Object, and there are plenty ofthose l i t ter ing the skies. The quest ion is whetherthey are alien visitors from outer space, or aircraft,weather bal loons, the Northern Lights, or nearbystreet lamps refracted in the haze. Evidence for flyingsaucers is regrettably short and what there is of it ishighly suspect. The f i rst person to spot a ' f ly ing

saucer' was a civilian pilot named Kenneth Arnold in1947. He reported seeing nine moving objects f ly ing'like a saucer would if you skipped it across water'.Four years later one Ceorge Adamski announcedthat he had met a Venusian in the Californian desert.

Unfortunately there is no chance that any of theseaccounts i s t rue . The la te Chr is topher Evans , anexperimental psychologist, wearily explained why lnhis 1974 book Culfs of Unreason.

Although there may be advanced civi l isat ions inspace, most of the solar systems in our part of thegalaxy are at least 200 light years distant. Assumingthat these civilisations had invented travel at close tothe speed of light, it would stil l take them more thantwo centuries to get here. Evans reckoned this mightmake their visits rather infrequent - 'pernaps every10,000 or 50,000 years' .

R a t h e r t h a n g u e s s a t h o w V u l k a n s c o u l d h a v emanaged to conquer the laws of physics, time wouldbe better spent investigating the witnesses of theirarrival. Although George Adamski bills himself in hisbook as 'a philosopher, student, teacher and saucerresearcher', he in fact worked a hamburger stall ont h e r o a d t o t h e M o u n t P a l o m a r o b s e r v a t o r yKenneth Arnold later c laimed (against stat ist icalodds) to have seen UFOs on seven subsequentoccasions. lnvisible entities, what is more, once paidhim a visit. ' l was aware of their presence,' he stated,'because I could see my rugs and furniture sink downunder their weight.'

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This is the technique used by innumerable charlatans,inc lud ing fo r tune te l le rs , pa lmis ts , as t ro logers andspir i tual ists - anyone who wants to appear to have aunique, paranormal method of finding out about completestrangers. lt is not too difficult to learn, but it does requirehard work, cunning and acute observation, plus a certainamount of sheer fraud. Luckily there are plenty of how-to-do-it books available. The techniques are many, but theyall rely on the suspension of scepticism by the customerwhp, after all, has paid the money in the hope of receivingreassurance, or to get a message from a departed lovedone, and who is anxious for the cold reader to succeed.

One standard technique is to use general statementswh ich peop le th ink re fe r un ique ly to them, bu t wh ichcould apply to almost all of us. 'You are sometimes toosensitive ... you occasionally let your good nature get thebetter of you ... now and again you are aggressive andregret i t later . . . ' The customer's reply often providesfur ther in fo rmat ion wh ich can be par layed in to moresurprising knowledge.

The late Mrs Doris Stokes, the 'spir i t medium' who didboth individual sessions and mass gatherings in concerthal ls, was a remarkably ski l led cold reader. She would

produce a s t ream o f guesses , a few o f wh ich wereinevitably correct. Mistakes were either ignored, or turnedto her advantage. fAnnouncing that a man had died froma heart attack, she was told he had in fact been thrownfrom a motorbike. Without missing a beat she said, 'Yes,

dear, but he had the heart attack just before he came off,'thus turning a rotten guess into a fake 'hit'.) Her warm,c o s y m a n n e r m a d e i t s e e m i m p o s s i b l e t h a t s u c h adelightful old lady could be a fraud.

Sometimes distressed people phoned her home, and wereencouraged to tell their story by her husband, who thenoffered free tickets to her next show. When the peopleappeared she seemed to have a miraculous knowledge oftheir c ircumstances. Either they had forgotten the chatwith Mr Stokes, or else were too polite to say: 'l told youthat'. Other listeners were mightily impressed. Mistakeswere blamed on the fact that many dead people weretrying to talk to her at once, and that their ' l ines' werecrossed.

The trick largely depended on the great goodwill of hercustomers. Years ago, after we had scorned a reading inwhich she had not even real ised that the chi ld she wastalking about was dead, we got an angry letter from theboy's mother. She was cross, not with Mrs Stokes forbeing so spectacular ly wrong, but with us, for spoi l ingwhat to her had been a powerful emotional occasion.

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months before police arrested the man they said was lheYorkshire Ripper, I had drawn the killer's face, describedwhere he l ived and worked, and predicted two moremurders before he was caught.'The drawing lmade 14 months before Peler Sutcliffe wascaught ) in fac t bore no resemblance to h im. As fo rdescribing where he lived, Jones had said: 'Stop him att h t r . i t \ / r c n t r p C n t n C h e n p l S t r e e t t h c n t t m b e f S i XL ' r r U L J v v L v v r r q y v

f lashed across my mind, the name Joyce . . . a wroughtiron gate in front. . . a smal l garage nearby but ld idn' tknow i f i t be longed to the house or was a separa tebusiness. 'Sutcl i f fe l ived at 6 Carden Lane, Heaton, Bradford. Soalthough Jones was r ight about the number, she waswrong about the city centre, wrong about the name Joyceand at best half-right about the 'small garage'.

ln November 1980 Jones c la imed tha t Sutc l i f fe wasabout to claim another vict im, possibly within a week.Mercifully, there were no more victims. Recently Jonestold a researcher working for the psychic invest igatorJames Randi that she was about to be declared an officialpolice psychic and that New Scotland Yard had validatedher claims.Randi says: 'We were told by Inspector Edward Ellison oft h e Y a r d t h a t t h e y n e v e r a p p r o a c h p s y c h i c s f o rinformation; there are no official police psychics; they don o t e n d o r s e p s y c h i c s i n a n y w a y ; a n d t h e r e i s n orecorded instance of any psychic solving a criminal caseor providing evidence or information that led directly toits solution.'

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A Gallop poll last year found that a third of Americansbelieve in telepathy - communication, thal is, betweentwo peop le w i thou l us ing any o f the f i ve senses .Twenty - f i ve per cent o f Amer icans c la im to haveactually had a telepathic experience. 'Telepathy,' saysCarl Shrager, editor of American Psgchic magazine, 'is

real ly our sixth sense, the shadow sense that peopleaccept to vary ing degrees . Knowing who 's on thephone when i t r ings is probably the most commoneveryday telepathic experience.'Yet correctly guessing from time to time who is on thephone before you answer it should hardly be a matterof great surprise. Civen the limited number of peoplew h o c a l l a n y o n e o f u s i n a y e a r , a n d g i v e n o u rknowledge of how long it is since someone last calledand of the possible reasons for their calling, you and Icould make an educated guess as to who wi l l r ing usnext. ' l thought i t was going to be you, 'we shal l saysmugly i f we are r igh t , bu t we w i l l keep qu ie t andquickly forget if it turns out to be someone else. Only ifwe were right almost all the time should we begin towonder - but then no one ever is.

This lack of consistency is not confined to amateurs.Professional mind-readers consistently fail to repeatunder scientific conditions what initially appear to havebeen ex t raord inary resu l ts . S tud ies w i th the mostconsistent success rates are invariably those doneunder the least stringent conditions and employing theweakest methodology.To date, not a single repeatable scientifically controlledexperiment in which subjects have been asked to guessunseen numbers, pictures, shapes or playing cards hasshown results higher than would be predicted by thelaws of probability. The problem is that most peopleare bad a t es t imat ing probab i l i t ies , usua l ly w i ld lyo v e r e s t i m a t i n g t h e c h a n c e s a g a i n s t s o m e l h i n ghappening.Unscientific tests produce much more exciting results.The Amazing Kreskin, a leading mentalist, used to askaudiences to think of an odd two-digit number less than50 with the restriction that the two digits cannot be thesame. Kreskin would announce he has received thenumber 37, al though he was ini t ia l ly going lo say 55.Hands would shoot up all over the theatre - impressiveuntil you read the survey that found that on average 56per cent of people will pick either 35 or 57 when giventhese instructions.

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calculator, key in your birth date, and work out whereyou are placed for all three cycles every day.

For each cycle, it 's alleged, you wil l be comfortable andsuccessful in that aspect of your l i fe on high days; thereverse on low days. The very best days are when allthree are high, though since the number in each cyclehave no common factors, you wi l l reach an absolutepeak for a l l three together only once every 21 ,252days, or 58 years. Equal ly , they wi l l a l l meet at thebottom only once in mosl people's l ives.

Biorhythm 'science' was allegedly invented and testedby three European researchers ear l ier lh is century.Sadly, almost none of their work survives, though one, aHermann Swoboda of Vienna, claimed that 'eighl trunks'o f h i s resea rch documen ts we re s to len bV Russ ian

t roops in 1945. This has not prevented the missing'findings' from being much quoted in biorhythm booksand art ic les.Proponents often cash in on the fact that humans areindeed subject to certain rhythms, such as the circadianrhythm, which helps cause jet lag, and the menstrualcycle. These acknowledged phenomena are ci ted ass u p p o r t f o r t h e p s e u d o - s c i e n c e o f b i o r h y t h m s .Advocates a lso l i ke to 'p rove ' the i r case by c i t ingspecific examples. Marilyn Monroe killed herself on baddays for both her emotional and intellectual cycles.

One favourite story concerns Arnold Palmer, who wonthe 1962 British Open when high in all three cycles. Afortnight later he lot the PCA when he was low in allth ree . So Wi l l iam Ba inbr idge o f the Un ivers i ty o fWashington analysed all the tournaments Palmer wonfrom 1955 to 197 1 . He found that he won considerablyless often when his physical cycle was al leged to behigh. A 1 979 Transport and Road Research Laboratoryrepor t wh ich examined the b io rhy thms o f 1 I2 ,560drivers involved in accidenls concluded that 'convincing

ev idence was no t found to suppor t the b io rhy thmtheory'.

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f n olden rimes, when people could have all they wished for at once, lived a king who had manyI beautiful daughters; but the youngest was so lovely, that the sun himself would wonder whenever heshone on her fac-e. Near ro rhe king's castle lay a dark, gloomy forest, in the midst of which stood an oldlinden tree, shading with its foliage the pleasant waters of a fountain.

One day, when the weather was very hot, the king's daughter came into the forest, and seated herselfon the side of the cool fountain, and when at last the silence became wearisome, she began to toss agolden ball in the air, and catch it again, as an amusement. Presently, however, the king's daughter failedio catch the golden ball in her hand, so that it fell on the ground, and rolled over the grass into the water.

The princess followed it with her eyes till it disappeared, for the water was so deep that she could notsee the bottom.

Then she cried aloud, and began to weep bitterly for the loss of her golden ball. Presently she heard avoice exclaiming:

'Why do you weep, O king's daughter? Your tears could melt even the stones to piry youf' }( (5)

She looked at the spot from whence the voice came, and saw a frog stretching his thick ugly head outof the water.

'Ohl there you are, old water-paddler,'she said. 'Well, then, I am crying for the loss of my golden ballthat has fallen into the fountain.'

'Then weep no more,' answered the frog; 'l can get it for you. But what will you give me if I fetch yourplaything?'

'Ohl anything you like, dear frog,' she replied. 'What will you have - my dresses, my pearls andjewels, or the golden crown I wear sometimes?'

'Neither,' answered the frog. 'Your clothes, your pearls and your jewels, or even your golden crown,are nothing to me. I want you to love me, and let me be your companion and playfellow. I should like tosit at your iable, eat from your golden plate, and drink out of your cup, and sleep in your nice little bed. Ifyou will promise me all this, then I will dive down into the water and bring up your pretty golden ball' '

'Oh yes!' she replied. 'l will promise you anything you like if you will only bring up my ball again.'

But she rhoughr to herself that a silly, chattering frog as he was, living in the water with others like

himself, and uolking, could not be fit to associate with mankind. F (4)

The frog, who believed in the promise of the king's daughter, dipped his head under the water, andsank down to the bottom, where he quickly found the ball, and seizing it in his mouth, carried it to the

surface and threw it on the grass. When the king's daughter saw the beautiful plaything, she was full ofjoy, and, catching it up, ran away as fast as she could run. F< (5)

'Wait, wait,' cried the frog, 'take me with you, I cannot run so fast as you can.' But the young princess

would not listen to the frog's croaking; she got to the house as fast as she could, and soon forgot the poor

frog, who was obliged to ,eturn to the fountain, and remain tfrere. F (3)

The next day, however, while the princess was sitting with the king and his courtiers, and eating out

of her own linle golden plate, she heard a strange noise on the marble steps outside, splish, splash,splish, splash, and presently came a knock at the door, and a voice cried, 'Lovely princess, open the door

for me.' So she rose and went to see who could be outside; but when she caught sight of the frog, she

closed rhe door hastily and seated herself again at the table, looking quite pale. The king, seeing that his

daughter was alarmed, said to her, 'My child, what is there at the door? Is it a giant come to carry you

away?''Oh no, my fatherl' she replied; 'it is no giant, only a great ugly frog.''A frogl What can he want with you, my daughter?'

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'Ah, my dear farher, I will tell you all about it. Yesterday, when'l was playing with my golden ball bythe fountain in the forest, I let it fall into the water, and because I cried, the frog fetched it out for me,and he made me promise that he should come to the castle and be my companion, for I thought hecould not get out of the water to come to me, and now here he is.'

Just then came a second knock at the door, and a voice cried:'King's daughter, king's daughter, open for me;

You promised that I your companion should be.

When you sat in the shade from the sun's bri$ht beam.

And I fetched up your ball from the fountain's cool stream.' F 1+ + S;'Then,' said the king, 'my daughter, you must keep your promise; go and let him in at once.'So she was

obliged to go and open the door, and the frog hopped in after her close to her feet and quite up to her chair.But when she sar down he cried: 'Take me up by you.' She would not at first, till her father obliged her to liftthe frog on the chair by her side. He was no sooner there than he jumped upon the table and said: 'Now,

then, push your little golden plate nearer, and we will eat together.'The princess did as he told her, buteveryone could see how much she disliked it. The frog seemed to relish his dinner very much, but he wouldgiveihe princess half of all he took. At last he said: 'l have eaten and drank quite enough, and I feel very tired,

io now carry me upstairs into your little bedroom, and make your silken bed ready, that we may sleeptogether.'

When the princess heard this, she began to weep, for she was really afraid of the cold frog: she could noteven touch him, and now he actually wanted to sleep in her neat beautiful little bed.

But the king was displeased at her tears, and he said: 'He who helped you when you were in trouble must

not be despised now.' So the young princess found she must obey. Then she took up the frog with fwofingers, and holding him as far from her as possible, she carried him upstairs and placed him in a corner ofherroom. F (3)

ln the evening, however, as soon as the princess was in bed, the frog crept out oftris_corner and said toher: 'l am so tired; lift me up, and let me sleep in your bed, or I will tellyour father.' F< (4)

On hearing rhis, the princess fell into a great passion, so seizing the frog in her hand, she dashed him with

all her strength against the wall, saying: 'You will be quiet now, I hope, you ugly frog.'

But as he fell, how surprised she was to see the frog change into a handsome young prince, with beautifulfriendly eves, who afterwards became her constant companion, and at last her father gave his consent lo

their mar;iage. F (5)

Before it rook place, however, the prince told them his history, how he had been changed into a frog by awicked witch, and that she had condemned him to live in the fountains until a king's daughter should come

and release him. No one else in the world had the power to do so.

After they married, rhe young prince propospd that he should take his bride to his own kingdom. So on

the wedding day a splendid carriage drawn by eight white horses drove up to the door. They had white

feathers on their heads and golden harness, and by the side of the carriage stood the prince'ssteward, the

faithful Harry. This faithful Harry had been so unhappy when his master was changed into a frog, that he had

fastened three iron bands round his heart, to prevent it from bursting with woe and sorrow.

The carriage with rhe prince and his bride soon drove away with Harry behind in his old place, and full ofjoy at the releise of his master. They had not travelled far when they heard a loud crack - as if something

had broken.Now, the prince knew nothing of the iron bands round his servant's heart, so he cried out: 'Harry, is the

carriage breaking?''No, sire,' he replied, 'only the iron bands which I bound round my heart for fear it should burst with

sorrow while you were a frog confined to the fountain. They are breaking now because I am so happy to see

my master restored to his own shape, and travelling to his kingdom with a beautiful bride.'

The prince and princess never forgot faithful Harry, who had loved his master so well while he was in

trouble.

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THEFROG MAIDEN

lf n old couple was childless, and the husband and the wife longed for a child. So when the wife foundI \that she was with child, they were over-joyed; but to their great disappointment, the wife gave birth notto a human child, but to a little she-frog. However, as the little frog spoke and behaved as a human child, notonly the parents but also the neighbours came to love her and called her affectionately'Little Miss Frog'.

Some years later the woman died, and the man decided to marry again. The woman he chose was awidow with two ugly daughters and they were very jealous of Little Miss Frog's popularity with theneighbours. All three took a delight in ill-trearing Liule Miss Frog.

One day the youngest of the king's four sons announced that he would perform the hair-washingceremony on a certain date and he invited all young ladies to join in the ceremony, as he would choose atthe end of the ceremony one of them to be his princess.

On the morning of the appointed day the two ugly sisters dressed themselves in fine raiment, and withgreat hopes of being chosen by the prince they started for the palace. Little Miss Frog ran after them, andpleaded, 'Sisters, please let me come with you.' ;< (5)

The sisters laughed and said mockingly, 'What, the linle frog wants to come? The invitation is to youngladies and not to young frogs.' Linle Miss Frog walked along with them towards the palace, pleading forpermission to come. But the sisters were adamant, and so at the palace gates she was left behind. However,she spoke so sweetly to the guards that they allowed her to go in. Little Miss Frog found hundreds of youngladies gathered round the pool full of lilies in the palace grounds; and she took her place among them andwaited for the prince. a< (4)

The prince now appeared, and washed his hair in the pool. The ladies also let down their hair and joinedin the ceremony. At the end of the ceremony, the prince declared that as the ladies were all beautiful, he didnot know whom to choose and so he would throw a posy of jasmines into the air; and the lady on whosehead the posy fellwould be his princess. The prince then threw the posy into the air, and all the ladiespresent looked up expectantly. The posy, however, fellon Little Miss Frog's head, to the great annoyance ofthe ladies, especially the two stepsisters. The prince also was disappointed, but he felt that he should keep hisword. So Little Miss Frog was married to the prince, and she became Little Princess Frog. F (3)

Some time later, the old king called his four sons to him and said, 'My sons, I am now too old to rule thecountry, and I want to retire to the forest and become a hermit. So I must appoint one of you as mysuccessor. As I love you all alike, I will give you a task to perform, and he who performs it successfully shallbe king in my palace. The task is, bring me a golden deer at sunrise on the seventh day from now.' 3'< (5)

The youngest prince went home to Little Princess Frog and told her about the task. 'What, only a goldendeerl'exclaimed Princess Frog. 'Eat as usual, my prince, and on the appointed day Iwill give you a goldendeer.'

So the youngest prince stayed at home, while the three elder princes went into the forest in search of thedeer.

On the seventh day before sunrise, Little Princess Frog woke up her husband and said, 'Go to the palace,prince, and here is your golden deer.'

The young prince looked, then rubbed his eyes, and looked again. There was no mistake about it; thedeer which Little Princess Frog was holding by a lead was really of pure gold. So he went to the palace, and tothe great annoyance of the elder princes who brought ordinary deers, he was declared to be the heir by theking. The elder princes, however, pleaded for a second chance, and the king reluctantly agreed.

'Then perform this second task,' said the king. 'On the seventh day from now at sunrise, you must bringme the rice that never becomes stale, and the meat that is ever fresh. 3'< (4)

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So the youngest prince stayed at home, while the three elder princes went in search of the rice and meat.

On the seventh day at sunrise, Little Princess Frog woke up her husband and said, 'My Lord, go to thepalace now, and here is your rice and meat.'

The youngest prince took the rice and meat, and went to the palace, and to the great annoyance of theelder princes who brought only well-cooked rice and meat, he was again declared to be the heir. $< (: + S)

But the mro elder princes again pleaded for one more chance, and the king said, 'This is positively the lasttask. On the seventh day from now at sunrise, bring me the most beautiful woman on this earth.'

. 'Ho, hol' said the three elder princes to themselves in great joy. 'Our wives are very beautiful, and we will

bring them. One of us is sure to be declared heir, and our good-for-nothing brother will be nowhere thistime.'

The youngest prince overheard their remark, and felt sad, for his wife was a frog and ugly. When hereached home, he said to his wife, 'Dear Princess, I must go and look for the most beautifulwoman on thisearth. My brothers will bring their wives, for they are really beautiful, but I will find someone who is morebeautiful.'

'Don't you fret, my prince,' replied Princess Frog. 'Eat as usual, sleep as usual, and you can take me to thepalace on the appointed day;surely I shall be declared to be the most beautifulwoman.'

The youngest prince looked at the princess in surprise; but he did not want to hurt her feelings, and hesaid gently, 'All right Princess, I will take you with me on the appointed day.' F< (a)

On the seventh day at dawn, Little Princess Frog woke up the prince and said, 'My Lord, I must makemyself beautiful. So please wait outside and call me when it is nearly time to go.' The prince left the room asrequested. After some moments, the prince shouted from outside,'i'rincess, it is time for us to go.' $< tS)

'Please wait, my Lord,' replied the princess, 'l am just powdering my face.'After some moments the prince shouted, 'Princess, we must go now.''All right, my Lord,' replied the princess, 'please open the door for me.'

The prince thought to himself, 'Perhaps, just as she was able to obtain the golden deer and the wonderfulrice and meat, she is able to make herself beautiful, and he expectantly opened the door, but he wasdisappointed to see Little Princess Frog still a frog and as ugly as ever. However, so as not to hurt her feelings,the prince said nothing and took her along to the palace. When the prince entered the audience chamberwith his Frog Princess the three elder princes with their wives were already there. The king looked at theprince in surprise and said, 'Where is your beautiful maiden?'

'l will answer for the prince, my king,' said the Frog Princess. 'l am his beautiful maiden.' She then took offher frog skin and stood a beautiful maiden dressed in silk and satin. The king declared her to be the mostbeautiful maiden in the world, and selected the prince as his successor on the throne.

The prince asked his princess never to put on the ugly frog skin again, and the Frog Princess, to accede tohis request, threw the skin into the fire.

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CINDERELLA

A nce upon a time the wife of a rich man fell sick, and as she knew her end was approaching, she called

\rl fr., only daughter to her bedside, and said,'Dear child, when I am gone continue good and pious, andHeaven will help you in every trouble, and I will be your guardian angel.'

Soon after this the mother closed her eyes in death, and day after day the maiden went to her mother'sgrave to weep. But she never forgot her last words, and continued pious and gentle to all around her. Winter

iame and covered the grave with its dazzlingdrapery of snow; but when the bri$ht sun of spring again

warmed the earth. the husband had taken to himself another wife. This wife had been already married, and

she broughtwith her nvo daughters who were fair and beautiful in appearance, while at heart they were evil-

minded and malicious. It soon became a very sad time for their poor stepsister, of whom they were very

envious, and at last persuaded their mother to send her to the kitchen''ls the stupid goose to sit in rhe parlour with us?' they said. 'Those who eat ought to work. Send her into the

kitchen with the kitchen-maid.'

Then they took away all her nice clothes, and gave her an ugly old frock and wooden shoes, which she was

obliged to put on.'Look at our fine princess nowl See how she has dressed herselfl' they said, laughing, and driving her into

the kitchen.And there she was obliged to remain doing hard work from morning till ni$hl and she had to rise early to

draw water, to light the fire, to cook, and to wash. Besides all this, her stepsisters invented allsorts of ways to

make her more unhappy. They would either treat her with scorn or else push her outof their way so roughly

that she somerimes fell among the pea shells and cabbage leaves that lay in the yard. F< 1S1

At night, when she was tired with her work, she had no bed to lie on, and when the weather was cold she

would creep into the ashes on the warm hearth, and get so black and smutty that they gave her the name of

Cinderella. }< (4)

It happened one day that the father was going to a fair, and he asked his npo stepdaughters what he

should bring back for them as a present.'A beautiful dress,'said the eldest; 'a pearl necklace,'said her sister.'And, Cinderella,' asked her father, 'what will you have?''Father,' she replied, 'please bring me the first twig that strikes your hat on your way home.'

So the father bought for his stepdaughters a beautiful dress and pearl necklace, and, as he was returninghome, he rode through a shrubbery, where the green bushes clustered thickly around him, and a hazeltwig

stretching across his path struck his hat. Then he stopped, broke off the twig, and carried it home with him'

As soon as he reached the house he gave his stepdaughters the presents they had wished for, and to

Cinderella the hazel twig from the hazelbush. She thanked him for it even more than her sisters had done for

the beautiful presents, and went out immediately to her mother's g1ave, where she planted the hazel twig,

and wept over it so much that her tears fell and softened the earth. F (3)

The rwig grew and became a beautiful tree, and Cinderella went three times every day to pray and weep at

the grave; and on each visit a little white bird would perch on the tree, and when she expressed a wish, the

bird would throw down whatever she wished for. 3'< (5)

After a time the king of the country gave a grand ball, which was to continue for three days' All the

beautifulyoung ladies in the land were invited to this ball, so that the king's son mi$ht make a choice of a

bride from amongst them.

The muo stepsisters, when they heard that they were invited, knew not how to contain themselves for joy.

They called Cinderella in haste, and said, 'Come and dress our hair and trim our shoes with gold buckles, for

we are going to the ball at the king's palace.'

When Cinderella heard rhis she began to cry, for she was fond of dancing, and she wanted to go with her

stepsisters, so she went to her stepmother and begged to be allowed to accompany them.'you, Cinderellal' cried her stepmother, 'so covered with dirt and smut as you are; you go to a balll Besides,

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Then she turned her back on the poor girl and hastened away with her two proud daughters ro the ball. }<There was no one at home now, so she went out to her mother's grave and stood under the hazel-tree andcried:'Shake and shiver, little tree,With gold and silver cover me.'

Then the bird in the tree threw down a beautiful silk dress embroidered with gold and silver, and a newpair of glinering golden slippers. In great haste she dressed herself in these beautiful clothes and went to theball' When she entered the ballroom, looking so beautiful in her rich dress and slippers, her stepmother andsisters did not know her; indeed, they took her for a foreign princess.The king's son took a great deal of notice of this unknown lady, and danced with her several times, iill atlast.he would dance with no.other, afways saying, 'This is my partner.' so she danced all the evening till it wastime to go home, and the prince said he would accompany her, for he wanted to discover where she lived. Butshe avoided him, and with one bound she vanished. when the stepmother and her daughters reached home,they found her in her smutty dress, lying in the ashes, and a dingy little lamp burning oi the chimn.y-pi.... e<A short time after this the king gave another ball, to which her parents and stepsisters were invited. Sheagain went to her mother's grave and said to the tree:

'Shake and rustle, little tree,Throw gold and silver over me.,

Then the bird threw.down amostmagnificent dress, more glinering and elegant than ever, and thebrighresr pair of gilded slippers. F< t3l

- when she appeared at the fete in this dress, everyone was astonished at her beaury. The prince dancedonly with her, and to every other proposal replied, 'trris is my partner'. when the time came to leave, shewanlgd to go, and the prince wished to accompany her, but ihe darted away from him and vanished soquickly that he could nor follow her. F< t*l

Now, the king's son had had recourse to stratagem in the hope of discovering the home of the lovelyprincess. He had ordered the steps of the castle to be strewed wiitr pitcrr, so thar is she hurried away trer tertslipper stuck to the steps, and she was obliged to leave it behind. The prince himself picked it up; ir was verysmalland elegant, and covered with gold.

. . The next morning he sent for one of his servants and said _to him, 'None other shall be my bride but thelady to whom that slipper belongs, and whose foot it shall fil,F (5)

when the stepsisters heard of this proclamation from the prince they were delighted, for they both hadsmall feet. The messenger went with the slipper from house to hour., and the yoult"g ladies who had beenpresent at the ball tried to put it on, but it would fit none of them, and at last he cami to the two sisters. Itwould fit neither of them.

'Hast thou not another daughter?,asked the prince.'None,' he said, 'excepting the child of my first wife; she could not possibly be your bride.,'Send for her,'said the prince.But the stepmother answered, 'Oh nol I dare not let you see her, she is much too dirty.,But the prince insisted that she should be sent for, so at last they called her in.

. After washing her hands and face, she made her appearance, and bowed to the prince, who offered herthe golden shoe. She seated herself on a footstool, toot ofr tite heavy wooden shoe from her left foot, andslipped on the golden slipper, which fitted her exactly. Then, as strelifted up her head and looked at the king,he recognised the beautiful maiden who had danced with him at the ball, and exclaimed, ,That is rhe rightbridel'

The stepmother and her nvo daughters were in a dreadful rage when they heard this.

. .But the prince disregarded their anger, and taking her on his horse, rode away with her. As they passedthe hazel-tree on the grass, the two white doves cried:

'Fair maid and true,No blood in her shoe;She is the bride,wirh the prince by her side.'

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BEAUTY AND POCKFACE

f here were once wvo sisters; the eldest was very beautiful and everyone called her 'Beauty'; but the|, younger had a face covered with pock marks, and everyone called her 'Pock Face'. She was the daughter

of the second wife, and was very spoilt, and had a bad character. Beaury's mother had died when herdaughter was very small, and after her death she had turned into a yellow cow, which lived in the garden.Beaury adored the yellow cow, but it had a miserable existence, because the stepmother treated it so badly.

One day, the stepmother took the ugly daughter to the theatre and left the elder one at home. She wantedto accompany ihem, but her stepmother said: 'l will take you tomorrow, if you tidy the hemp in my room.'

Beauty went off and sat down in front of the stack of hemp, but after a long time she had only dividedhalf. Bwsting into tears, she took it off to the yellow cow, who swallowed the whole mass and then spat it outagain all clearly arranged bit by bit. Beauty dried her tears, and gave the hemp to her mother on her returnhome: 'Mother, here is the hemp. I can go to the theatre tomorrow, can't I?'

But when the next day came, her stepmother again refused to take her, saying: 'You can go when youhave separated the sesame seeds from the beans.'The poor girl had to divide them seed by seed, until theexhausting task made her eyes ache. Again she went to the yellow cow, who said to her: 'You stupid girl, youmust separate them with a fan.' Now she understood, and the sesame and beans were soon divided. Whenshe brought the seeds all nicely separated, her stepmother knew that she could no longer prevent her goingto the theatre, but she asked her: 'How can a servant girl be so clever? Who helped you?' And Beauty had toadmit that the yellow cow had advised her, which made the stepmother very angry. Without, therefore,saying a word, she killed and ate the cow, but Beauty had loved the cow so dearly that she could not eat itsflesh. Instead, she put the bones in an earthenware pot and hid them in her bedroom. p< (5)

Day after day, the stepmother did not take her to the theaffe, and one evening, when she had gone thereherself with Pock Face, Beaury was so cross that she smashed everything in the house including theearthenware pot. Whereupon there was a crack, and a white horse, a new dress, and a pair of embroideredshoes came out. The sudden appearance of these things gave her a terrible fright, but she soon saw that theywere real objects and, quickly pulling on the new dress and the shoes, she jumped on to the horse and rodeoutofrhegate. F< (*;

While riding along, one of her shoes slipped off into the ditch. She wanted to dismount and fetch it, butcould not do so; at the same time she did not want to leave it lying there. She was in a real quandary, when afishmonger appeared. 'Brother fishmongerl Please pick up my shoe,' she said to him. He answered with agrin: 'With great pleasure, if you will marry me.' 'Who could marry you?'she said crossly. 'Fishmongers

always stink.' And seeing that he had no chance, the fishmonger went on his way. Next, an assistant of a riceshop went by, and she said to him: 'Brother rice broker, please give me my shoe.' 'Certainly, if you will marryme,' said the young man. 'Marry a rice broker! Their bodies are all covered with dust.' The rice brokerdeparted, and soon an oil merchant came by, whom she also asked to pick up her shoe. 'l willpick it up if youconsent to marry me,' he replied. 'Who could want to marry you?' Beauty said with a sigh. 'Oil merchants arealways so greasy.' Shortly after a scholar came by, whom she also asked to pick up her shoe. The scholarturned to look at her, and then said: 'l will do so at once if you promise to marry me.' The scholar was veryhandsome, so she nodded her head in agreement, and he picked up the shoe and put it on her foot. Then hetook her back to his house and made her his wife. K (3)

Three days later, Beauty went with her husband to pay the necessary respects to her parents. Herstepmother and sister had quite changed their manner and treated them both in the most friendly andattentive fashion. In the evening, they wanted to keep Beauty at home, and she, thinking they meant itkindly, agreed to stay and to follow her husband in a few days. F< (5)

The next morning her sister took her by the hand and said to her with a laugh: 'Sister, come and look intothe well. We will see which of us is the more beautiful.' Suspecting nothing, Beauty went to the well and leantover to look down, but at this moment her sister gave her a shove and pushed her into the well, which shequickly covered up with a basket. Poor Beauty lost consciousness and was drowned.

After ten days, the scholar began to wonder why his wife had still not returned. He sent a messenger toinquire, and the stepmother sent back a message that his wife was suffering from a bad attack of smallpoxand was not well enough to return for the moment. The scholar believed this, and every day he sent oversalted eggs and other sickbed delicacies, all of which found their way into the stomach of the ugly sister.

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The next day the old woman stood outside the scholar's house and shouted that she had a bag for sale.Maddened by the noise, he came out to ask what kind of bags she sold, and she showed him Beauty,sembroidered bag. 'Where did you get this bag?' he asked. 't gave it to my wife.'The old woman then told thewhole story to the scholar,-who was overjoyed to hear that his wife was itill alive. He arranged everythingwith the old woman, laid down a red cloth on the ground, and brought Beaufy back to his iouse.

When Pock Face saw her sister return, she gave her no peace. She began to grumble and say that thewoman was only pretending to be Beauty, and that in poinr of fact she wis a spirit. She wanted to have a trialto _see which was the genuine wife. Beauty, also, would not admit herself in the wrong, and said: 'Good. Wewill have a test.' Pock Face suggested that they should walk on eggs, and whoever broke the shells would bethe loser, but although she broke all the eggs, and Beaury none, J[" refused to admit her loss and insisted onanother trial. This time they were to walk up a ladder made of knives. Beauty went up and down first withoutreceiving the tiniest scratch, but before Pock Face had gone two steps her feet were iut to the bone. Althoughshe had lost again, she insisted on anolher test, that of jumping into a cauldron of hot oil. She hoped thatBeaury, who would have to jump in first, would be burnt. Beauty, however, was quite unharmed by theboiling oil, but the wicked sister fell into it and did not appear again.

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ARIES ... Sign of tre Ram (21 March - 20 ApdDTheir life-stvleRam personalit ies l ive in a constant state of paradox.They're rash but conventional. They're idealistic buthard-headed. They'l l lead you to believe they're theeighth wonder of the world but deep down they doubtevery word they tell you.

Their angleAbrup t i n manner , a r rogan t i n conduc t , f r ank i nspeech, they charge their way through their day anddon't even notice if they trample down a daisy or twoin transit.Their problemsThe on l y t h i ng wh i ch rea l l y t h rows them i s i nne rconflict, and'then they become nervous, t imid, halting- just another sheep.Their attitudeTypical Ram personalit ies have minds that go with theirpassion for rushing into things. With them, courage/quick decisions, bright ideas and competit ion are thebreath of life.Individual expertise, speed and a forceful personalityare the Ram's answer to everybody's problems. Solidteamwork or plodding through statistics is strictly forothers.Action is the Ram's motivating force.Never t ry to order Ram personal i t ies around. Theycan't bear taking orders, uncommunicative friends, orlayabouts.

TAURUS ... Sigrr of tre Bull(21 Apdl - 21 May)Their life-styleBu l l pe rsona l i t i es a re commi t t ed sensua l i s t s o fbeautiful simplicity. All they ask is a satisfying partner,a comfortable domain, and a regular supply of good,plain food. But cross them, coerce them or try tofence them in and you' l l wonder what s tar ted theearthquake.Their angleSlightly ponderous in manner, persistent in conduct,s low of speech. No one could descr ibe them assel f ish but they can be very stubborn and detestbeing contradicted.Their problemsIn fact, their only problem is their capacity for suddenblind rage. Then they become violent, destructive,t e r r i b l e - sa t i s f i ed w i t h no th ing l ess t han to ta ldemolit ion.Their attitudeTypical Bull personalit ies have minds that go with thecalm, comfortable, simple l ife in which there is alwaystime to pause and watch the grass grow.They' l l work on sol id , worthwhi le pro jects wi th atenac i t y o f pu rpose tha t has to be seen to bebelieved. Construction is the Bull 's motivating force.Never try to push or hustle Bull personalit ies, Theycan't bear ugly surroundings, fair-weather friends orpushy, restless people.

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Ceminis actuallv do have twin personalit ies, both asdifferent as chalk and cheese. This duality adds up todoub le t r oub le f o r any o rd ina ry pe rson t r y i ng t ounderstand them. As a result, even their nearest anddearest find them 'two-faced'.

Their angleQuick with their wits, alert, sympathetic and affable,they never ever lose their air of youthful let's-have-a-party type enthusiasm.

Their problemsAs long as the sun's shining and gay, gregarious TwinNumber One's in charge - they're everybody's friend.But let the storm clouds gather and the first f lash ofl ightn ing wi l l o f ten reveal the sel f -centred, ch i l ly ,disgruntled profi le of Twin Number Two.

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CANCER ... Sign of tre Crab (22 June - 23 JuV)Their Iife-style

Crab personalit ies l ive in a swirl ing sea of emotions,which sweep them along - ebbing and flowing, risingand fall ing l ike the tides of the ocean. But unti l youreally know them, you'd never suspect it!

Their angleSl ight ly gruf f in manner, immediate ly sensi t ive toatmosphere, careful of speech, they pick their wayover the rocks of life with judicious caution. Alwaysprudent, sometimes ruthless but never reckless, theyhave a strong sense of duty.

Their problemThe only th ing that s tops them in thei r t racks anencounter with a stranger whose perspicacity is sharpenough to see though them.

Their attitudeTypical Crab personal i t ies have a tough sur face,concealing exceptional softness of heart. They canimmerse themselves absolutely in work or play withunwaver ing determinat ion. Tenaci ty is the Crab'smotivating force.They can' t bear inquis i t ive st rangers, capr ic iousminds or untrustworthy people. Never neglect orrebuff Crab personalities.

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Their attitudeTypical Lion personalit ies have minds which go withtheil high, wide and handsome life-style.They are never mean-spirited or petty, often generousto the point of lunatic extravagance. Lion personalit ieslove to be loved and often are - for those reasons.Power is the Lion's motivating force.They can't bear inhibited characters, or being dictatedto. Never try to outdo Lion personalit ies.

VIRGO ... Sign of tre Mryin(24 August - 23 September)Their life-style

Virgin personalities are purists.

Their angleBasically loners, they usually look for occupationswhere they have only to rely on their ownimpeccable judgement. Professions l ike law,medicine and journalism thus appeal.Slightly reserved in manner, down-to-earth inconduct, quick but sparing of speech, they possesstalents, great industry, keen intellect - and so rarelyfail.Their problemsSadly, the absolute dedication of Virgin personalit iesdon't exactly encourage close friendships or warmcommunication.Their attitudeTypical Virgin personalit ies have minds that f it theirneat, trim and immaculate appearance. Cool-hearted,clear-minded and incredibly dil igent, theymethodically pursue chosen objectives with quietdedication.Their recreations are invariably some other form ofwork.They can't bear pretentious behaviour or pomposity.Never push Virgin personalit ies into acceptingsecond-best efforts or second-best relationships.

L|BRA... Sign of tre Scales(24 September - 23 Ocbbe{Their Iife-style

Scales personalities function with the perfectpredictability of a beautiful but unsophisticatedmechanical device.Their angleAgreeable in manner, tactful in conduct theygenuinely strive to balance the scales of life and createa calm, comfortable, civilised world.

Their problemsThe only defect is their superficiality. Because they seebut rarely feel, they do not understand that humanresponses are frequently inharmonious, oftenunbalanced with pride or passion.

Their attitudeTypical Scales personalit ies have minds that work l ike aperfectly tuned machine plus an elegant, appearance.They are attracted to civilised occupations.Harmony is the Scales motivating force.They can't bear discourteous people or freakishattitudes.Never be inconsistent or unjust with Scalesoersonalit ies.

SCORPIO ... slgn of fre scorpion(2a October - 22 November)Their Iifestyle

Scorpion personalities are born to be misunderstood,loved or hated but never ignored. They act with aruthless intensity which rarely counts the cost tothemselves or to others.Their angleThey rely on hunches and intuit ion. Because of theirdeep secret minds, Scorpion personalit ies work inmysterious ways.Their problemsThe only defect in their powerful and compellingpersonality is their refusal to trust any leadership buttheir own and their desire to revenge themselves onthose who wrong or oppose them. They are loyalfriends and are dangerous enemies.

Their attitudeUsually highly intell igent, they apply themselves withsilent determination to the achievement of theirprivate dreams. The rougher the competit ion, themore they thrive. For the Scorpion, winning is thename of every game. Victory is the Scorpion'smotivating force.They can't bear insincerity or stuffy, formal parties.Never deliberately deceive Scorpion personalit ies ormake them promises you can't keep.

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SAGIITARIUS ... Sign of $e Centaur(23 November - 21 December)Their Iife-stvle

Centaur personalit ies are creatures divided againstthemselves. Their instincts are crude, easily satisfiedand unbridled. (They emanate from the horse half!)Their thoughts are noble, high-minded and pure. (Theyemanate from the human halfl) Their actions can bedictated by either half or by both halves together.

Their angleTact or delicacy is beyond them. They are open inmanner, confident in conduct, jovial in speech.Their problemsThe chief defect in their big, bold and breezy natures istheir animal e'xuberance, which often leads them intoempty boasting.Their attitudeTypical Centaur personalit ies have minds that f it theirfavourite maxim: 'a healthy mind in a healthy body'.Most forms of athletic effort exert a lifelong attraction,particularly those connected with horses and dogs.In work and play, they take wins and losses withequally exuberant good humour. The race is always forthe excitement - not the gold cups. Enthusiasm is theCentaur's motivatin g force.They can't bear frosty mannersf undemocratic people,or gloomy behaviour.Never try to control Centaur personalit ies.

CAPRICORN ... sign of tre Goat(22 December - 20 January)Their Iife-style

Coat personalit ies are individuals with one-track minds.Their track is narrow, lonely and the signpost always says'The Way to the Top'. For'Tops' - professional, socialand emotional - are all Coats reallv care about. Theymust climb every Everest they encounter - or die in theattempt (which in fact, sometimes happens). Desire forprestige and the financial recognition of it, drive them,onward and upward.

Their angleAustere, taciturn, routine-minded, they leap to successuntil the topmost summit is theirs.

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higher they fly, the harder they fall'.

Their attitudeTypical Coat personalities have minds that go with theirstrong, trim, wiry bodies. They're mentally and physicallybuilt of endurance, survival, agil ity. Learning appeals.Sports do not. Throughout their l ives they never lose thesame persevering approach to everything.Tradition is the Coat's motivating force.They can't bear being talked down to, or mixing withirresponsible, frivolous people.Never nag Coat personalit ies.

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Water-Bearer personalit ies are the original. Theyconfidently expect all troubles to melt away and arepositively shocked when they don't.Nevertheless, the daily disappointments of l i fe nevergive them pause and they travel cheerily on.

Their angleAltruistic, independent and spontaneous, Water-Bearerpersonalit ies can be lost in their thoughts of brotherlylove and dreaming their utopian dreams while the busgoes without them.Their problemsPeople often regard them as eccentrically individualistto the point of being unreal.

Their attitudeNeither organised sport nor study have much appealto Water-Bearers. They are always far too busy workingout bigger, broader and better designs for l iving.lnventiveness is the Water-Bearer's motivating force.They can't bear meanness in money or spirit.Never preach orthodoxy or conventional standards toWater-Bearer personal ities.

PISCES ... Sign of $e Fish (20 February - 20 March)Their lifestvle

Fish personalities are creatures of the depths, foreverpulled this way and that by the conflicting forces of theirphysical and spiritual selves. They think deeply on allkinds of problems, but aren't really interested in solvingthem.Their angleTentative in manner, hesitant in conduct and oftenvague in speech. Because of their idealism, Fishpersonalit ies are l ifelong'Love thy neighbour' types.

Their problemsThe major defect is their total lack of worldliness.Because they feel the need of others with such intensity,they are too easily swept away by (often misplaced)trust only to find themselves left with nothing.

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The Rat is adaptable and creative, not lacking inflair or inventiveness. But, quick-witted, bright andsociable, the Rat also tends towardsostentatiousness.The Rat's outward personality is certainlyappealing: but below the surface there issometimes a crafty and opportunist character,who tends to 'use' friends before eventually losingor dropping them, for one reason or another.In flnancial matters, Rat-personalities are erratic:budget ing careful ly when money is scarce, butspending lavishly instead of saving in t imes ofplenry.In a business situation Rats make great planners.

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The Ox is steadfasl and methodical, reliable andsensible. Suspicious of anything that is untriedand unproven, lhe Ox fears taking the initiative.Being so thoroughly dependable, the Ox may riseto positions of authority; but not to administrativeposts where quicltthinking and a flair for makingimmediate decisions are essential.The Ox may be unromantic, but there is no lack ofaffection for a few select friends. Preferring suchcompany to a wide circle of acquaintances, the Oxcan be both loyal and possessive.In business, the Ox often brings prosperity - notthrough imagination and risk, but as a result ofiogical thought, resolute practicality and honestendurance. What others achieve through flair andinvention is what the Ox achieves throush routineand pat ience.

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The Hare needs company, and needs to belong toan established crowd. Safely within their socialcircle, Hares feel protected and secure; outside it,they are reserved and withdrawn.The typical Hare will be submissive, even humble,in a constant effort to avoid all confrontations.Happiest with friends, this kind and benevolentlover of conversation, reading and literary pursuitsmay appear rather meek.Traditionally associated with clear-sightedness,the Hare is an excellent judge of character, with aninstinct for recognising sincerity in others and anability for sensing falsehood.Hare personalities are often gifted healers.

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Whether male or female, Horse personalities feelmore comfortable in the company of their ownkind. The Horse may be afraid of the opposite sex,overawed by them, worship them, or disdainthem, but relate to them - never.Sporty and sociable, the Horse is the sort ofperson for whom clubs were invented. Butsociability does not rule out competitiveness,although in sports the Horse prefers to be parl ofa team effort rather than perform as an individual.The Horse needs to feel successful, and to be seenas one of the gang.Horse-types are good talkers, never short ofconversation, though less quick with ready ideasand always keen to hear other people's opinions.Love of social contact remains the most importantforce in the Horse's life; and whatever career ischosen, ideally it will involve close liaison withothers.

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Fidelity, honesty and humour are among the traitsof a typical Dog-character. Such a likeablepersonality easily makes friends and, being asteady worker, the Dog becomes a trusted andvalued member of any community.The Dog, however, is handicapped byconservatism, and takes a long time to adjust tomajor changes. Nothing is really ever as good as itwas 'in the old days'.Intensely defensive where friends and family areconcerned, the Dog will not stand by while othersare maligned. The Dog has a sympathetic ear forother people's troubles and is always ready with ashoulder to cry on. Rare displays of violent angerare almost always justified; but wrongs are quicklyforgotten.Very active and liking sports of all kinds, the Dogcan always be relied on to join in at social events,especially if these are outdoors. This can,however, lead to friction at home unless thepartner is particularly understanding of the Dog'so : o a r n p q c t n m i v

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Abrasive and aggressive, the Rooster frequentlyalienates people. The Rooster is resolute inpursuing a career and has a shrewd businesssense.The Rooster is alert, with precise attention todetail. The problems arrive when so many projectsare taken on that some get lost. This happens, notjust in business, but in personal relationships aswell, when the quieter, more reserved members ofthe Rooster's social circle or family may beneglected or forgotten.Stamina in business and vitality in play contributeto making the Rooster a stimulating companion.The Rooster has high ideals and, being aperfectionist, has little tolerance for people whosestandards are second-rate.

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BATS - To dream of seeing a bat flying inthe air signifies that you have an enemy. lf i tappears flying by daylight you need not fear,but if by night, you are in danger. For ayoung person in love to dream of a batdenotes that you will have a dangerous rivalro annoy you.BEAR - To dream of seeing a bear, expecttrouble, and that some enemy wil l injureyou; and that if you travel, you will meetwith hardships, but the end of your journeywill be safely accomplished, and the objectachieved. To dream that you are fightingwith a bear, and kill it, is a favourable sign ofyour overcoming a foe.BEAUTY - To dream that you are beautiful,is a dream of contradiction denoting thatsickness may debilitate your strength. Todream of any friend as beautiful, denotestheir sickness.BED - To dream of being in bed signifies avery early marriage; and to dream of makinga bed indicates a change of resldence, andthat you will live away from home a longtime. To dream of sitt ing upon a young girl 'sbedside is certainly a sign of marriage.BEEF - To dream of eating beef indicatesthat you will always live in plenty, thoughyou may not be rich; but to dream of beef,and that you have not the power to eat,denotes that you will be dependent onanother's bounty.BETLS - To dream of hearing the bells ringis a fortunate sign. lt is a sign of coming

good news. To the young it foretells a happyand early marriage to the person so ardentlyloved by them. To persons in business itdenotes the acouirement of a fortune. ltforetells advancement in your trade orprofession.BOAT - lf you dream that you are sailing ina boat or ship and the water is smooth andthe weather pleasant, it is a lucky omen,denoting a prosperous business, andhappiness in marriage. lf the water is roughand muddy you wil l have to labour all yourlife. lf you fall into the water you mustbeware of disaster.BOX - lf you dream that you are opening abox, and looking for something in it, andcannot find it, i t is an indication that you aregoing to be troubled about money matters;or that you will suffer some pecuniary loss.BOX - To dream of the plant'Box', implieslong life and prosperity, with a happymaniage and large family.BRACELET - To dream that you arewearing a bracelet, you will shortly bemarried to a wealthy person. lf you dreamthat you find a bracelet it is a sign of acoming fortune; if you dream that someoneput upon your hand a bracelet you will soonfall in love, and be accepted, or if already inlove, you will be married without delay.

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I dreamt that I was trying to climb a steep hill. The hill was covered in brambles and I kept getting

caught in the brambles and scratched by the thorns. I began to cry because I thought I would never

get out and reach the top of the hill. Suddenly I found that I was flying in the air over the brambles

and up into the sky over the top of the hill. The sun was shining and I felt very light and suddenly very

happy. I landed on the other side of the hill in a huge orchard full of many different trees: apples

almonds and lemons. The trees had many branches and were laden with fruit. There was a ladder

reaching up into one of the trees. I climbed up the ladder into the tree and found I was surrounded

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BRAMBTES - To dream of briars andbrambles and that you are injured by them,is a very unluckY dream; it denotesdifficulties and problems to be overcome all

vour life. lf you are not hurt by them, youwill have trouble, but of a short duration'

BRANCH - lf you dream that you see a treefull of branches, it denotes abundance, anda numerous family - a happy posterity'

BREAD - to dream of seeing a quantity ofbread is a sign of sufficiency of worldlypossessions. lf you dream of eating good

bread, you will enjoy good health, and livelono; but if the bread is burned it is a badsiq;. to dream of baking bread is also bad,g6nerally denoting affliction and sorrow'

BRIDE, BRIDESMAID' ORBRIDEGROOM - This is a dream ofcontradiction. To dream that you take any of

these characters is very unlucky, it is a sureforerunner of grief and disappointment'

BRIDGE - To dream that you are crossing-abridge in the daytime, foretells a change ot

situition. lf any person interrupts you, itimplies that the one you love will deceiveyou; but if you pass along without anyimpediment, you wil l succeed In your

undertakings, and prosper. lf you dreamthat vou are walking towards a bridge that is

broken down, do not make anY hastYchange in your situation for you wil l not besuccessful.CAMELS - To dream of these wonderfullyhard and patient creatures, denotes that you

I dreamt that I was alone in the desert. lt was evening and as it began to grow dark a cloud of bats

appeared and began to attack me. I was terrified and crouched down with my hands over my head to

protect myself, but their beaks were very sharp. suddenly, although it was night' the sun came out and

immediately the bats flew away. Now that the sun was shining I could see that there was a river not far

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found it was real. I got in the boat and floated down the river. The water was as smooth as glass and

gradually the desert gave way to orchards on either side' The river got wider and wider and soon flowed

into the ocean where I was gently rocked on the waves' The boat seemed to guide itself across the sea

and eventually we came to a small fertile island with brill iant green trees and bright flowers' I got out onto

the beach and began to walk inland and suddenly found myself in a dense forest where the trees were full

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health.CTOUDS - To dream of dark cloudssuspended over you, indicates that you will

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the clouds break, and roll awaY, Yoursorrows will pass away, and prosperity willfollow.CORNFIELD - To dream of cornfields, or

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DARK - lf You dream that You are indarkness and cannot find your way, and you

stumble, it denotes a change in Yourtemporal affairs for the worse; by your

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vourself . But if you dream that you emergeirom the darkness, and behold the sun, it

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letier iontaining pleasing intelligence; but ifyou dream that you see a candle snuffed or'blown

out, it denotes the death of a friend'

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a pasture, it is a good sign of prosperity andaffluence. lf you dream of driving cattle itportends that if you are diligent andindustrious, you wil l make money. Black and

large-horned cattle denote many violentenemles.CATHEDRAT - To dream that you are ln a

cathedral denotes that you will have enoughmoney to enable you to travel and see thesights of the world. To manied persons, it

d6notes good children, some of whom will

be eminent in the church.CLOCK - To dream you hear the clock strikedenotes a speedy marriage, and that you

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dreaming many strange faces, it portends achange of your present abode, andassociations. lf you gaze in your dream uponthe faces of friends, etc., it is a sign of aparty, or wedding, to which you will beinvited.FACTORY - To dream that you areinspecting a factory, when all is in operation,denotes that your trade will flourish. bywhich you wil l acquire much wealth, and bevery useful all your life. lt also betokens atime of commercial prosperity generally.FAILURE - This is a dream of contradiction.To dream that you fail in business - that youfail in securing the person you love - thatyour plans do not succeed, indicates that, bywise and cautious procedure, in all thingsyou will succeed.FAIR - lt is very unlucky to dream of beingat a fair, it portends negligence in yourbusiness, and also false friends. The personsabout you are not so honest as they shouldbe. Through rivalry the lover is likely to sufferloss.FAIRY - To dream that you see a fairy, is avery favourable dream. Poor men have hadthis dream, and aftenrvards become veryrich. Engagement and happy marriage wil lfollow this dream by either sex. Indicatesrapid rise for a man in his business orprofession.FALCON - This is a very bad dream. Thereis a foe near you, full of envy, injuring you

with the tongue, and mind he or she doesnot injure you with the hands.FALL - To dream that you fall from aneminence, from a tree, or the edge of aprecipice, denotes a loss of situation, and ofproperty. lf you are in love. you bestow yourattachments in vain; you will never marrythe person. To the tradesman, it denotes afailing business, embanassment, etc,FALSE - An unusual dream. lt indicates thevery reverse, true, firm, and lastingfriendships; a lover not of mushroomgroMh, but like an evergreen. alwaysperennial!

FAMIIIIE - This is a dream of contradiction,denoting national prosperity, and individualcomfort, in wealth and much enjoyment.You will have many friends, a true lover, anda happy family.FARM - To dream that you are taking afarm, denotes advancement. Probablysomeone will bequeath property to you, andmake you independent. lf you dream ofvisiting a farm, and of partaking of itsproduce, it is a sign of good health. lf youare single and unengaged, and a youngperson there serves you with something toeat and drink, you will soon be veryagreeably in love.

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I was in a huge stone cathedral, feeling very cold. There was music at the far end and as I walked towards

it I suddenly found that I was no longer in the cathedral but flying over it on a large bird. I looked down

below me and saw the cathedral towers and all around the cathedral square was a big, bustling market

where people were selling eggs, bread, and all kind of fruit and vegetables. As I flew over the cathedral

the bells began to ring and the clock struck twelve. I was so surprised that I fell from the bird but landed

on the back of a white horse that was galloping out of the town. Soon we had left the town and were out

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FAT - To dream of getting fat is anindication of illness and also of lovers'quanels.FATHER - To dream of your father, denotesthat he loves you; if he be dead, it is sign ofaffliction.FAWN - For a young man or Young womanto dream of a young deer, is a sign ofinconstancy. lf a married woman has such adream, it portends fruitfulness.FEVER - To dream you have a feverdenotes constant change in your businesscircumstances. They will alternate:sometimes you will be ProsPeroussometimes Poor.FLOWERS - To dream that You aregathering beautiful and fragrant flowers, it isan indication of prosperity; you will be veryfortunate in all you undertake. lf in yourdream, you bind the flowers into a bouquet,it portends your very agreeable marriage. lfthe bouquet gets loose, and the flowersappear to be scattered, your brightestprospects, and most sangulne hopes will beblasted.FLYING - To dream of flying denotes thatyou will escape many difficulties anddangers. lt denotes success in trade and inlove. Very likely you will have to travel. lf youdream that you are trying to fly very high, itis an indication that you will aspire after aposition which you will never reach, and fora job for which you are not qualif ied.

FOG - lt denotes great uncertainty. Youwish to be accepted as a lover. lt is doubtful.You have applied to your friends forassistance. They will never give it. You arespeculating in shares, they may ruin you. Thedream is unfavourable. lf you dream that the

fog clears away and the sun shines, yourstate will be happily reversed - uncertaintywil l vanish.HILLS - To dream of ascending a high steephill and you are unable to arrive at the top, itis a sign that you will have to labour and toilall your l i fe, and have many diff iculties andtroubles to overcome. lt denotes that thosein love will not find their path easy.HONEY - To dream you are eating honeydenotes good health, long life, prosperityand great enjoyment. Your business will beall you can wish, lucrative, raising you toindependence. lt denotes that your lover isvirtuous, sincere, and very fond of you. ltwould be death to part from you. lt denotesthat the husband, or the wife, will be of asweet disposition, industrious, affectionateand faithful.HORSE - Dreaming of this noble animal isgenerally good. To dream that you are ridinga handsome and good horse betokensfuture independence and happiness. But if itthrows you, it denotes that your purposeswill be thwarted. lf you dream thathorsemen approach you, it foretells that youwill receive news from a distant friend, Todream of white horses, denotes a maniage,yours, if you are riding uPon it.ISLAND - To dream that You are on adesolate island implies the loss of your lover'lf it appears a fertile island, covered withvegetation, it implies that your present loverwill prove unfaithful; but you will soon meetwith a more favourable match.JEWELS - lt is always a good dream, theharbinger of great prosperity, and a greatamount of wealth. To dream that the oneyou love gives you jewels is a sign that his

a{fection is real, and that he will certainlymarry you. lf a young man dreams that hesees his loved one adorned with jewels, itforetells his speedy and happy union; thathis bride will possess a sweet and lovelydisposition. To dream that both you andyour lover are counting and inspectingjewels, denotes numerous healthy, andfortunate offspring.KEY - To dream that You lose a keY,denotes disappointment and displeasure. Todream you give a key denotes a marriage; tofind or receive one, the birth of a child; todream of many keys, denotes riches, as theresult of a flourishing business.LADDER - This dream has great import.You will reach the top of the ladder of theambition to which you aspire. lf in businessyou will prosper. lt is the portent of wealth,honour and glory. Scholars and students wil lreach the climax of their ambition.

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reading was about a leopard that had escaped from the zoo. Suddenly I wasn't in the house any

more, but riding on the back of the leopard as it ran away from the zoo' The leopard carried me deep

into the mountains where it began to snow heavily. Then the leopard disappeared and I was alone in

the mountains in the snowstorm. I knew that if I could find my way to the top of the mountains I

would be able to see where to go, so I tried to struggle uphill, but the snow made it difficult to walk'

Suddenly from behind an enormous rock there appeared a big brown bear, growling and snarling

and coming towards me. I turned to run but it was too late. The bear attacked me and we began to

fight. I was badly wounded and bleeding but just as I had given up hope the snow stopped, the

clouds began to clear and as the sun came out the bear ran off. I found that I had stopped bleeding

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LEMONS - To dream you see lemons growingon a tree denotes that you will visit a foreignland, and probably marry a native of it. Todream that you eat lemons denotes you will beattacked by a dangerous illness, from whichyou will recover. To dream you see a greatnumber of lemons denotes that your marriage,though pleasant for a while, wil l not l ive up toyour expectations.TEOPARD - To dream of these beautiful, yetsavage creatures, indicates travel to a foreignland, where you will have to encounter manydangers and difficulties. But you will eventuallyovercome t[em, marry well, and be veryprosperous and happy. lt is likely that you willstay there all your life.TETTER - Dreaming of receiving a lettersometimes indicates presents, or at least thereception of unexpected news, from a personyou have not heard of for many years. Todream that you send a letter, denotes that youwill soon be able to perform a generous action.METONS - A young man, or a young woman,who dreams of melons is destined to marrv orbe married to a rich foreigner, and to l ive in aforeign land. Such a union wil l be crownedwith great happiness, be attended with greatwealth; their children wil l be few, but they wil lbe virtuous and happy.MILK - To dream that you drink milk, foretellsjoy. To dream of selling milk, denotes badtrade, and disappointments in love. To dreamthat you give milk, denotes prosperity, and ahappy marriage. To dream that you see itflowing from a woman's breast, denotesmarriage, and a very large family. To dream ofmilking a cow, foretells abundance to thefarmer, healthy cattle, and good crops.MOUNTAIN - To dream that you areascending a steep and rugged mountain,shows a life of toil and effort; all your

endeavours to better yourself will be madedifficult by unforeseen events.NEWSPAPER - Dreaming that you arereading a newspaper shows that you will heargood news, from a distant friend, which willcause you to quit your present employment,but you will benefit from the change. You willbe able to commence business on your ownaccount, in which you will have great success.lf you are a single man, it portends that youwill marry a widow. To persons in love it showsthat the object of their affections will travel toa distant part of the world, and it wil l be manyyears before they are again united, but theirreunion will be a very happy one. To thepolitician, it betokens great and stirring eventsin the nation. To the farmer it shows afavourable season.OCEAN - To dream that you gaze upon theocean when it is calm, is good; when it isstormy and turbid, it augurs i l l . To dream ofsail ing on the ocean when it is smooth, and theweather calm, with favourable breezes,certainly denotes the accomplishment of apurpose, and any object devoutly wished for,obtained. After such a dream hapoiness andsatisfaction will follow. lt prognosticatessuccess in love affairs. To lovers. it foreshowsthat they wil l have a delicious courtship, andsail straight on into the harbour of matrimony.Your wishes wil l meet in one another, and youwill have mutual and endearing affection.ORCHARD - To dream that you are in anorchard, gathering fruit, agreable to the taste,as well as pleasant to the eye, foretells goodfortune: you will become rich. lf the fruitappears ripe, your advancement wil l beimmediate; if green, it is yet in the distance; butit wil l come.PARROTS - To dream you hear a parrot talk,foretells that you will have a very talkative

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person for your companion. To dream that yousee many parrots foretells that you willemigrate to a foreign country, where you willsettle and marry, and be very happy. You willcultivate land and by it amass wealth, andsecure some honour. You will only have twochildren, a boy and a girl; the latter will bemarried to a rich man; and the former will holdan official position and be held in high esteem.RABBITS - To dream that you see rabbitsimplies that you will soon have to reside in alarge and populous city, where you will marryand have a very numerous family. lt alsoforetells that you will have a flourishingbusiness, that your plans will be successful, andthat you wil l tr iumph over your enemies. For amarried woman to dream of rabbits, indicatesincrease of family.RAINBOW - This is a token for good. ttportends change, but a change for the better.RIVER - To dream that you see a broad, rapid,and muddy river denotes troubles anddifficulties in love and business; but if the riverappears calm, with a glassy surface, it foretellsgreat happiness in love, happy marriage,beautiful children, and commercial prosperity.SNOW - To dream that you see the groundcovered with snow is a sign of prosperity, andthat you wil l maintain an unblemishedcharacter in spite of the attempts of yourenemies to blacken it. To dream that you arewalking upon snow with the girl you love,foretells that she will be very beautiful. Todream that you are in a snow-storm and verymuch harassed, is a good dream. You will havedifficulties. but you will overcome them, andcome out unscathed.

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adjectives

adverbscan't have

conditionals

could

could have

lflirst conditional

imperatirfes

maymay have

might have

must

must have

passives

past ParticiPle as adjective

past tenses: continuous,simple, Perfectpresent continuous

present Perfectpresent simPle

reported sPeech

used to

willwould

would (to exPress habits)

11

1 9

1 9

20

1 9

23I , Z L

221 1 , 1 9

1 1 , 1 9

1

1 9

1 4z q

2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 1 1 , 1 3 , 1 5 , 1 6 ,

17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ,21 , 23

6 , 1 0

6 , 1 0

1 , 6 , 1 o , 12 , 14 , 17 ,20 ,22 ,23

9

1 1

/ 2 , l 5

1 1

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vocabularY.

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actingadventure

animalsart

babycare

books

characterchildhood

churchcityscaPes

clothes

crime

2 , 96

16 ,232 , 9t )

217 , 19 , 22

5 , 7 , 1 1

6 , 2 31 1

3 , 8 , 1 3

1 2

7 , 1 1 , 1 4 , 1 s

7 , 1 1 , 1 3 , 2 1

8

1 5 , 1 7 , 1 9 , 2 2 , 2 31 7

1

21 0

1 3 , 1 81 4

1 8

6, 18,23

1 4

23

1 1

5 , 1 3 , 1 5

2 11 3 , 1 5

9

1 0

3

1 3

1 3 , 1 s

24

20? o

3 , 661 37

1 32 , 1 1 , 1 4

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customs and rituals

daily life

domestic life

driving

emotionsfamily history

famous PeoPlefootballgesturesghosts

hobbieshouses

landscaPesleisure

life events

living conditions

love

magic

marriage

music

nationalities

office work

pop music

quarrels

school

the sociallY disadvantageo

the suPernatural

theatre

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