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VISION ACADEMY: THE GIVING TREE BY SHEL SILVEERSTEIN : THE GIVING TREE BY SHEL SILVEERSTEIN THE GIVING TREE BY SHEL SILVEERSTEIN Once there was a tree.... and she l...

THE GIVING TREE BY SHEL SILVEERSTEIN THE GIVING TREE BY SHEL SILVEERSTEIN Once there was a tree.... and she loved a little boy. And everyday the boy would come and he would gather her leaves and make them into crowns and play king of the forest. He would climb up her trunk and swing from her branches and eat apples. And they would play hide-and-go-seek. And when he was tired, he would sleep in her shade. And the boy loved the tree.... very much. And the tree was happy. But time went by. And the boy grew older. And the tree was often alone. Then one day the boy came to the tree and the tree said, 'Come, Boy, come and climb up my trunk and swing from my  branches and eat apples and play in my shade and be happy.' 'I am too big to climb and play' said the boy. 'I want to buy things and have fun. I want some money?' 'I'm sorr

VISION ACADEMY: EQUIPMENT BY EDGAR ALBERT GUEST : EQUIPMENT BY EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Figure it out for yourself, my lad, You've all that the greatest of men h...

EQUIPMENT BY EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Figure it out for yourself, my lad, You've all that the greatest of men have had, Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes, And a brain to use if you would be wise. With this equipment they all began, So start for the top and say 'I can.' Look them over, the wise and great, They take their food from a common plate And similar knives and forks they use, With similar laces they tie their shoes, The world considers them brave and smart. But you've all they had when they made their start. You can triumph and come to skill, You can be great if only you will, You're well equipped for what fight you choose, You have legs and arms and a brain to use, And the man who has risen, great deeds to do Began his life with no more than you. You are the handicap you must face, You are the one who must choose your place, You must say where you

VISION ACADEMY: HARVEST HYMN BY JOHN BETJEMAN : Harvest Hymn by John Betjeman Harvest Hymn by John Betjeman Getting Started  List the things that we get fro...

Harvest Hymn by John Betjeman Harvest Hymn by John Betjeman Getting Started  List the things that we get from Nature. What do we give in return?  What is likely to happen if there is no land to cultivate in the future?  We spray the fields and scatter  The poison on the ground  So that no wicked wild flowers  Upon our farm be found.  We like whatever helps us  To line our purse with pence;  The twenty-four-hour broiler-house  And neat electric fence.  All concrete sheds around us  And Jaguars in the yard,  The telly lounge and deep-freeze  Are ours from working hard.  We fire the fields for harvest,  The hedges swell the flame,  The oak trees and the cottages  From which our fathers came.  We give no compensation,  The earth is ours today,  And if we lose on arable,  The bungalows will pay.