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Pássaros

A casa, construção de palha e ramagem, é muito maior que seu habitante. Mas erguer a casa, no meio do mato espinhoso, leva apenas um par de semanas. A arte, por sua vez, exige muito tempo de trabalho.

Não existem duas casas iguais. Cada um pinta sua casa como quer, com pintura feita de sementes amassadas, e cada um a decora à sua maneira. Os arredores são cercados com tesouros arrancados da montanha ou do lixo de alguma cidade vizinha: as pedrinhas, as flores, os cascos de caracóis, as ervas e os musgos se colocam buscando harmonia; e as tampas de cerveja e os pedacinhos de vidros coloridos, de preferência azuis, desenham anéis ou leques no chão. As coisas vão mudando mil vezes de lugar, até encontrar o melhor para receber a luz de cada dia.

Não é à toa que esses pássaros são chamados de caseirinhos. Eles são os arquitetos mais alegres de todas as ilhas da Oceania.

Quando conclui a criação de sua casa e de seu jardim, cada pássaro espera. Espera, cantando, que passem as pássaras. E que uma delas detenha seu voo e veja sua obra. E o escolha.

(Eduardo Galeano)

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Senhor, porque sei que terá prazer na grande vitória que Nosso Senhor me concedeu em minha viagem, escrevo-lhe esta, pela qual saberá como em 33 dias passei das ilhas de Canária para as Índias, com a armada que os ilustríssimos rei e rainha nossos senhores me concederam, onde encontrei muitas ilhas povoadas com gente sem número; e de todas elas tomei posse por Sua Alteza com pregão e bandeira real estendida, e não me contradisseram.

À primeira que encontrei, nomeei San Salvador em comemoração a Vossa Alta Majestade, ao qual maravilhosamente tudo isto se deve; os índios a chamam de Guanahaní; à segunda pus o nome de ilha de Santa Maria de Conceição (Cayo Rum); à terceira de Fernandina ; à quarta de Isabela; à quinta de ilha Juana, e assim a cada uma um novo nome.

Quando cheguei à Juana, segui pela costa dela em direção ao poente, e a achei tão grande que pensei ser terra firme: a província de Catayo. E como não encontrei vilas e povoados na costa do mar, excetuando pequenas povoações, com gente com a qual não se podia falar, porque logo fugiam todos, andava eu adiante pelo dito caminho, pensando em não errar grandes cidades ou vilas; e, a cabo de muitas léguas, visto não haver novidades, e que a costa me levava a setentrião, contrário à minha vontade, porque o inverno já estava encarnado, e eu tinha o propósito de ir ao austro, e também o vento me deu adiante, decidi não aguardar mais, e retornei até um porto assinalado, de onde enviei dois homens por terra, para saber se havia rei ou grandes cidades.

Carta de Colombo ao Rei da Espanha.

Fonte: http://www.ensayistas.org/antologia/XV/colon/

Disponível em: http://www.revistasamizdat.com/2009/10/ carta-de-cristovao-colombo-anunciando-o.html

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You read all the time. Sometimes you read just for fun. Other times you read for schoolwork. No matter what you are reading, what you read has meaning. You can connect to what you read.

Making connections is important. It’s giving your brain a place to store what you read. Your brain is like a file box. The new information is kept in a safe place. You can think about it later. When you want to use the information, it’s there in your brain. The more connections you make, the better. If you have a lot of connections your brain can work faster. If you have many ways to think about something, the information will be easier to find.

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You read all the time. Sometimes you read just for fun. Other times you read for schoolwork. No matter what you are reading, what you read has meaning. You can connect to what you read.

Making connections is important. It’s giving your brain a place to store what you read. Your brain is like a file box. The new information is kept in a safe place. You can think about it later. When you want to use the information, it’s there in your brain. The more connections you make, the better. If you have a lot of connections your brain can work faster. If you have many ways to think about something, the information will be easier to find.

There are different ways connect as you read. One kind of connection is self-to-text. This is when you realize something you read a story has happened to you in your own life. Usually, this kind of connection comes the emotions you felt at that time. It may make you feel happy, afraid, or sad. Another kind of connection is textto-text. This is when reading a story reminds you about a story you read before. The last kind of connection is text-to-world. It reminds you something you have seen happen to someone you know or have seen in the news.

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You read all the time. Sometimes you read just for fun. Other times you read for schoolwork. No matter what you are reading, what you read has meaning. You can connect to what you read.

Making connections is important. It’s giving your brain a place to store what you read. Your brain is like a file box. The new information is kept in a safe place. You can think about it later. When you want to use the information, it’s there in your brain. The more connections you make, the better. If you have a lot of connections your brain can work faster. If you have many ways to think about something, the information will be easier to find.

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You read all the time. Sometimes you read just for fun. Other times you read for schoolwork. No matter what you are reading, what you read has meaning. You can connect to what you read.

Making connections is important. It’s giving your brain a place to store what you read. Your brain is like a file box. The new information is kept in a safe place. You can think about it later. When you want to use the information, it’s there in your brain. The more connections you make, the better. If you have a lot of connections your brain can work faster. If you have many ways to think about something, the information will be easier to find.

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