Jan 26, 2007 09:30
BOOKWORM:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5.Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag 5 people.
That was not as easy as it sounds.
The nearest book is "Leo Lausemaus macht Ferien" a picture book, belonging to Luca. No site 123 by a loooooooong stretch.
The second one is "Lustiges Taschenbuch, Stromausfall in Entenhausen" a Mickey and Donald comic, confiscated from Yannis earlier, when he was cought in the act, trying to smuggle it to school. Here is what it says:
"Drei gegen einen?"
"Das ist unfair!"
"Was höre ich da?"
The first book in my reach without pictures was "Der kleine Hobbit" by Tolkien, my reading project with the kidlings at the moment.
"Einen halben Augenblick", rief Bilbo, den noch immer der peinliche Gedanke plagte, gefressen zu werden.
Glücklicherweise hatte er einmal etwas Ähnliches gehört.
Nachdem er sich gesammelt hatte, fiel ihm die Antwort ein.
The first book not belonging to my children, but me, was "The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide" by Douglas Adams. A compilation of all six Hitchhikers Guide books. I re-read it at the moment while supervising Bennet and Luca in the garden.
"Do you want me to kick you?" said Ford.
"Would it give you a lot of pleasure?", said Zaphod, blearily.
"No."
Okay, all done.
And now I tag the Muse, Alexandra Lynch, Cynic, Emarys and Volatile