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Big Butterfly's Race: À Janela (Looking Out)
Big Butterfly's Race: À Janela (Looking Out)
It was spring in Rainbowland, the environment was very peaceful, with beautiful
tulips, daffodils, lilies, wisteria and jasmine and all the inhabitants were waiting for the
beginning of the knowledge race.
In this tranquil setting came a butterfly and it landed on a tree, stopped her big
beautiful wings and gave the warning of the beginning of the race.
Then a snail arrives and announced that a changing occurred in this race, the
Nightingale Betty and the Butterfly James got in love and didn’t come to the race.
So Kangaroo Maggie and Butterfly Frederick were the only two competitors in
this race.
Then the race started, explained Mom Mummy.
The winner of the race of last year explained the rules to the two competitors.
The rules were:
- There were 10 questions;
- Each competitors only could fail 1 question or it will be eliminated;
- The questions were about cultural challenges.
Here are the questions of the knowledge race:
a) Franco
b) Pinochet
c) Salazar
7- The Tower of the Clergymen (“Torre dos Clérigos”), a baroque church, in Oporto
was designed in 1732 by the Italian architect :
a) Gustav Eiffel
b) Nicolau Nasoni
c) Edgar Cardoso
8- This Tower, called “Torre de Belém” can be seen in a Portuguese city. Which
one?
a) Oporto
b) Viseu
c) Lisbon
a) Fried sardines
b) Codfish with cream
c) Boiled meat and vegetables(“Cozido
à Portuguesa”)
Solutions: 1-c; 2-b; 3-c; 4-a; 5-a; 6-c; 7-b; 8-c; 9-c;10-b
Kangaroo Maggie had more experience than Butterfly Frederick, so she won
the race.
Everyone was expecting this result, because the first dot of butterfly
Frederick only appeared on its wings lately.
Will Kangaroo Maggie win the last race? – asked Mom Mummy to the
children.
- No!! – Exclaimed the little children.
8º A and 8º E