Punctuation Gnomes

I found this story and i thought it is really high time for me to make 4 of these Gnomes for JE.

The Adventure of the Four Punctuation Marks (A 4th/5th grade skit by Gail Klar)

Several characters represent each punctuation mark. Each group enters as the narrator describes them. They then proceed to walk through the forest while talking.

Narrator: One day in the forest four friends were walking, and each of these comrades was doing much talking. First marched the FULL STOP- who often kept tiring. (Period marches and stops; marches and stops...)

Then came the QUESTION MARK - curious, inquiring. (Question Mark peers left and right, looks up, explores...)

The EXCLAMATION POINT followed, excited, surprised; (Exclamation Point makes excited movements, astonished pauses)

The COMMA, well-breathing, light-stepping, small-sized. (Comma weaves lightly from side to side, with measured breath)

FULL STOP: It's dark in here. The trees are high. I firmly trudge and heave a sigh.
Question Mark: Why are the trees so slender and tall? Where do they come from? Why don't they fall?
Exclamation Point: Alas! Oh look! It's so exciting! This place is spooky! It's so inviting!
Comma: It's mysterious, colorful, magical, gloomy, beautiful, soft, enormous, quite roomy...
(A Bear enters and the Exclamation Point interrupts the Comma and exclaims:)
Exclamation Point: Oh, my gosh! Help! Help! Look there! Look what's coming! A bear! A bear!
FULL STOP: Quiet down, friend. Don't jump in the air. Now, let me see. It is a bear.
Question Mark: Do you think he is hungry? Do you think he will eat us? If we try to escape, do you think he will beat us?
Comma: He's a grizzly, ferocious, massive, black heap. I think we had better flee, fly, dash, run, leap.
Exclamation Point: Well, let's not just stand here! No time to waste! He's coming much closer! Quick! Let's make haste!
(All the Punctuation Marks run very quickly off stage.)
CURTAIN.

为什么华德福教育提倡老师和父母给孩子制作玩具呢？

抄来的：

“为什么华德福教育提倡老师和父母给孩子制作玩具呢？这仅仅是为了满足孩子玩的需要而为他们提供纯天然的、或者适合他们年龄特点的玩具吗？
首先，华德福教育认为，学龄前的孩子主要是通过模仿来学习，老师或者父母在孩子面前制作玩具，这本身就为孩子提供了一个很好的学习机会。这里所说的学习机会，并不意味着单纯让孩子感受、学习玩具制作，而是提供给孩子比这更为重要的学习内容。制作一个手工玩具可能需要花费几个小时甚至几天的时间，如果成人在制作玩具的过程中，能做到聚精会神、持之以恒，同时内心充满轻松和喜悦。这些对待工作的态度和作风会为孩子模仿树立好的榜样，从中孩子可以学会专注、耐心、工作是愉快的等品质。当然老师和父母带着对孩子的真爱来制作，这样的玩具中自然而然就融入了老师和父母的情感，这些是孩子完全能够体会到的，因而他们的内心也会受到这些情感的感染，这样的玩具甚至可以让成人和孩子的心贴的更近。这才是孩子真正渴望和珍惜的。一个买来的现成的玩具当中，完全不包含类似的可以让孩子感受到的情感，所以，孩子玩不了多久就会对其失去兴趣。为什么华德福幼儿园在孩子自由游戏时，老师经常是安静地在做手工，也许现在你可以真正理解了。
其次，每一个孩子天生都有与众不同的想象力和创造力，华德福教育注重的是保护孩子这些与生俱来的天赋，所以注重让孩子体验整个过程，这比只是简单的让他们得到一个结果更重要。一根带树皮的树枝，经过老师的加工变成了一只可爱的小鸟；或者各种不同色彩的毛线，最终成为一个迷人的娃娃。这些对成人来说可能非常简单，但对孩子来说就不同了。孩子对整个世界都具有极强的好奇心，在树枝不断地减少、毛线不断地增加的过程中，当孩子看到这些，也会主动发挥他们的想象力。”

曾经

曾经喜欢过我的男生，看到他一家幸福的照片，真替他开心。
那时，不为所动。这是10多年前的事。

还有一个男生，那是Ken，后来他回国了。提起曾经约我出去，怎么我都不知道呢？我不是后悔或什么。。而是感恩自己的‘迟钝’。。。要不‘迟钝’，就搞更多事了。哈哈。

这只是今世呵，前世呢？还有前前世呢？

曾经喜欢过我的男生。。。我都祝福他有个幸福美满的生活。
诚如，我也希望，身边的朋友都祝福我幸福美满一样。

确实，我真的很幸福，生活很写意。
祝福每一个众生，尤其是在这与盂兰盆节，平安快乐。