Blue Whale

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The blue whale

The largest animals ever to have been on the earth are still living today. The blue whale is much bigger than the largest dinosaur one.

Blue whale measured nearly 34 metres and weighed more than 220 tonnes! Everything about the blue whale is big even its tongue may weigh up to four tonnes. They also call to each other in big voices which can be heard over 800 kilometres. They are easily the loudest living creatures.

Because they are mammals, blue whale breathe air, this means they must come to the surface of the ocean to breathe. The “waterspout” a whale blows out is not really water at all - it is hot breath and water vapour.

Mothers feed their young on milk by the time they are a year old, the young calf may weigh more than 20 tonnes. They can live for up to 45 years.

Tiger son

Tiger son

What happened in the story?

In the story of Tiger Son an old widow named Chen Ma lived with her only son in their house in the forest of Shanxi Province. Her son was one of the tiger hunters said by the local magistrate.

Her son died by getting eaten by a tiger and the rest of the hunters went to kill it and told Chen Ma. She did not get the profits but they got her the baby cub from the tiger that ate her son, he was tied up by the neck and it was choking him and he had cold wobbly legs and toothless gums. The tiger grew bigger and bigger until it grew to its maximum size. The tiger built his own house near his mum and because Chen Ma adopted him, he always came with gifts for Chen Ma. After Chen Ma died her tomb was guarded by the tiger that she adopted and after the tiger died his tomb was written where Chen Ma’s tomb was and the story of the tiger was written on it and it became a legend.

Problem?

The problem in the story was that Chen Ma was a lady and the baby tiger’s skin were good for boots for her feet and she could make Tiger bone wine to ease the pain in her joints. But she didn’t want to kill the young baby tiger so she fed the tiger some of the food in the shed. Tiger hunters were going to kill the tiger because it was to its maximum size and it could go and kill the villagers that go to Chen Ma’s house for sewing. Chen Ma went to the local magistrate to tell him that she wanted it to adopt it.

Resolve

The magistrate told Chen Ma that one day the tiger will lose his behavior and kill her. She said that she was too old now anyways and that the tiger was her only companion left, she said she lost her husband and lost her son and all she has left was the tiger so the magistrate let her adopt it.

My Prayer

This is my prayer about nature that God gave us.

Trip to Mary Mackilliop centre

Trip to Mary Mackillop Centre

It was our 60th Diamond Jubilee and we went to the Mary Mackillop centre in Mission Bay where the Josephite sisters live. We went there because they were the ones who founded our school in 1954.  We went inside the chapel and we celebrated the Eucharist, Fr. Peter officiated the mass.

Before we started Sr. Colleen was welcoming us to the Mary Mackillop centre and she introduced us to Sr. Elizabeth, one of the first sister who taught in our school and she was the principal in 1954. The church had a dome shaped roof and there was a big circle window saying  “ Go out, You may not rest secure for need calls loudly, You must seek God there, Loving shall be your flame. “.  There were lots of seats and the seats at the back were for the Sisters. I am thankful for the sisters because they found our school and they kept it going.

We started with our opening hymn, Mother Mary of the cross.  After the song Father Peter started the mass. During the mass  you could hear people singing and whispering to each other. The chapel looked like our church the dome roof and the shape look similar. We had the gospel then prayers for the faithful. Next we greeted each other by shaking hands and saying “ peace be with you.” . The mass was going to end in a short time but before that we had the bread and then prayed. Short time later the mass finished and did our final song which was with give me a J.  Sr. Colleen told what we were going to do so then we went with our groups and explored the  place.