Walking Boats ,,, not Walking Boots ?! ~ by TPO

Walking Boats ,,, not Walking Boots ?!

 ~ by ~

TPO

[ Walking on water is still  a "miraculous" act ! ] Alexander Woznick of Manchester personally introducing his invention, "'the foot-boats", which permit him to walk on water !
(Alexander Woznick, de Manchester, présentant « les bateaux à pied », son invention qui lui permet de marcher sur l'eau. © Getty / Keystone) *

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* Source : - https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/grand-bien-vous-fasse/grand-bien-vous-fasse-25-octobre-2018 

Memories ! ትዝታዎች ~ by Hénock Gugsa

Memories !  ትዝታዎች !!

~ by Hénock Gugsa ~
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1953 (የኢትዮጵያ አቈጣጠር) 5ኛ ክፍል (5C) ... የክፍሉ አላፊ አስተማሪ አቶ ፋንታዬ * የተባለ እኛን እያንዳንዳችንን በስም እየጠራ "አንድ ዘፈን ዝፈን !" እያለ በግድ ያስዘፍነን ነበር ።
 

አንድ ቀን ፍዳዬ ሆነና እኔን ዝፈን ብሎ አዘዘ ፤ እኔም በ 11 ዓመት ዕድሜዬ አይን አፋር እና ትንሽም ኰልታፋ ስለነበርኩ ነገሩ ጭንቀትና መከራ ሆኖ ነበር የታየኝ ። በግዜው የምወደው ዘፈን የነበረው የጥላሁን "ኧረ ምን ይሻለኛል" የተባለው ነበር።

ግን እኔ ስዘፍነው እንደሚከተለው ሆኖ ብዙ የመሳቂያና የመቀለጃ ውጤት አተረፈ !!!

" ካንዴም ሁለቴም ሾሽቴም ... (everybody erupts in laughter)
ፍቅር ደርሾብኛል ... (another laughter)
ግን ዣሬ አዲሽ ሆኖ ... (more laughter)
ይቻወትብኛል ! " .... ( laughter and applause)
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* አቶ ፋንታዬ በጣም ዘፈን የሚወድ ሰውዬ ነበር ፤ በመንገድ ብቻውን ሲሄድ እንኳን ድምፁን ዝቅ አድርጐ እየዘፈነ / እየዘመረ ወይም እያፏጨ እና እየተውረገረገ ነበር የሚሄደው ።
 
Fantaye also had  a cruel streak in his personality.  He used to creatively come up with different methods of physical punishment in the classroom if a student talked (disturbed), got an answer wrong to a question, or had not done his homework.  Fantaye administered the punishment himself in the classroom; he did not bother sending anybody to Gagnon's office.

That man was a sadist; but I have no bitterness, anger, or resentment toward him now. It has all been long forgiven now !
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©ሄኖክ ጉግሣ (Hénock Gugsa)