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Silk Road – Kitaro
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• Valerie Bloom was born in Jamaica in 1956
• A poet – a person who writes poem
• A novelist – she writes stories for children
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A wanderer
A wanderer is a person who moves from one place to another without hurry and without purpose
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A nomad
A nomad is a member of a group that moves from place to place and does not has permanent home
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A tramp
A tramp is a person who has no home, moves from place to place and begs for money
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A wanderer, a nomad and a tramp do not settle down in a particular place because they are
always on the move.
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The River’s a wanderer,A nomad, a tramp, He doesn’t choose one placeTo set up his camp.
The river moves or
flows without stopping
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A winder
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Winder
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Through valley and hill
A valley is a gap between hills
Hills
Valleys
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The River twists and turns
Twist means bend
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The River’s a winder,Through valley and hillHe twists and he turns,He just cannot be still.
The river does not move in a straight line. As it flows, it will turn left and
right.
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A hoarder
A hoarder is a person who likes to collect and keep things
newspapers
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The River buries down deep
Those little treasures
Bury means hide.
Treasures are precious or valuable objects.
I have buried the treasures.
treasures
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The River’s a hoarder,And he buries down deepThose little treasuresThat he wants to keep.
The river will collect the things that it finds as it is
moving. It hides these things deep down at the
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Example of things that the river hoards / collects
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The River’s a baby, He gurgles and hums,
When a baby gurgles, he makes a bubbling sound
When a baby hums, he makes a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee
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The River’s a baby,He gurgles and hums,And sounds like he’s happilySucking his thumbs.
The river makes a soft sound when it flows as if
the river is happy. The soft sounds are like a baby’s
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The River’s a singer,
As he dances along,
The countryside echoes
The notes of his song.
Echoes happen when sounds bounce back
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The River’s a singer,
As he dances along,
The countryside echoes
The notes of his song.
•The sound of the flowing river is like a song. •The movement of the flowing river is like a dance.
•When the river flows down through the village, the river’s sound can be heard by the villagers.
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A monster is a large, ugly, and
frightening fantasy creature
The River’s a monster
Hungry and vexed,
Vexed means angry
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He gobbled up trees
And he’ll swallow you next.
Gobbled means eat quickly and noisily
Swallow means to allow something to pass down the throat
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The floods can destroy animals, plants, homes and kill humans.
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