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December 16th 2008

The African Gazette

C A R Y A C A D E M Y P R E S E N T S

A Bite Too Far

Villagers score revenge on Crocodile

Just recently, the Crocodile by the river has become a vegetarian

and will not bother the villagers again. Officials say that the villagers

gathered many sharp and pointy stones, and killed a sheep. Then the vil-

lagers stuffed this sheep with the sharp and pointy stones, and then

brought the sheep to the river. When the Crocodile saw the sheep, he im-

mediately ate it in one bite. Officials say that the Crocodile wasnt hurt

too bad, and that he should make a full recovery.

Many days ago, a small village in Africa was suffering from a longdrought. The entire epidemic began with Mother Earth asking her

daughter to go to the river and bring back water to the village. When the

daughter went to the river, she never came back. Mother Earth was get-

ting worried and sent (See Crocodile Page 2)

In this Edition

> A Bite too Far, Lo-

cal villagers score re-

venge on Crocodile,

avenging their lost

friends.

> Slave a Queen,Rhodopis goes from

house slave, to queen of

Egypt.

Slave a Queen?Could slave become queen?

Rosy Rhodopis, that is what everyone issaying in downtown Cairo after a young slave

girl became the queen of Egypt. It all happened

yesterday when a slave girl named Rhodopis was

sitting by the Nile. The three servant girls that

she lived with came down and insulted her.

Rhodopis just tried to ignore them like she did

every day.

When night fell, Rhodopis danced with her

animal friends. She was dancing so gracefully

that she didnt even know that her master had

woken up and began to make her some slippers.

As morning broke, the slippers were presented toRhodopis. They were rosy red and sparkled at

the toes. (See Slave a queen Page 2)

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Slave a Queen(Continued from page 1)

Just as Rhodopis was beginning to feel good about herself, word of a party at thepharaohs house reached the hut in which Rhodopis lived. All of the servant girlsleft, but Rhodopis was forced to stay behind. A bystander has said that Rhodopis de-

cided to sit under a tree and wait for the return of the servant girls. The bystander

then told us that a falcon named Horus swooped down and stole one of the rosy redslippers. The falcon flew to the Pharaohs house and dropped the slipper onto thePharaohs lap. A witness at the party said that the pharaoh needed to find the foot that

fit this slipper immediately. He called of the party and began his search.

When the servant girls arrived at the party, they were so angry that no one was

there. They left and went home. The Pharaoh himself was searching relentlessly un-til he arrived at the home of Rhodopis. He ordered everyone to try on the slipper.

The servant girls tried to fit their foot into the slipper but failed. Then Rhodopis slid

her foot into the slipper with ease. One of the servant girls has told me that the Phar-

aoh exclaimed that Rhodopis would be his queen forever. Im Colin Yeaney report-

ing from downtown Cairo.

Crocodile(Continued from page 1)

someone else to look for the daughter. But, he didnt come back either. Anotherperson was sent, and another, and another, but they didnt come back either.

The villagers knew that the Crocodile was the culprit, so the chief called for a

meeting. All of the elders stated many radical ideas but one elder finally suggestedusing sharp and pointy stones, killing a sheep, stuffing it with the stones, and letting

the Crocodile eat the sheep. All of the villagers agreed with this idea and proceededwith his plan. The villagers brought the sheep to the river during the mist of night,

and put it in plain sight of the Crocodile. Officials say that the Crocodile spotted

the sheep and ate it in one huge bite. The Crocodile had become so afraid of meats

that he became a vegetarian. Officials say that the Crocodile has remained in hid-ing and hasnt disturbed the villagers since.

By Josh Milligan