The Scarecrow

So much depends
upon

A greenish tall
scarecrow

Facing the mountain
and river

Standing on the
field

Fog & Smoke (Poem Project)

Sorrow is like smoke

Though sometimes it is light and soft

It still makes you cry

When it gets into your eyes

Happiness is like fog

It is beautiful and cold

So you walk into it

When your heart is set to fire

You never know

Which day you’ll be happy or sad

Just like you never notice

The difference between the fog and smoke

I'm a boomerang

I'm a boomerang
The harder you throw me away
The faster I get back to you

I'm a boomerang
You throw me anywhere
I'll always come back to you

Mother's Day Poem

When I’m lonely,

You’re always by my side

When I’m desperate,

You give me courage

You are the light

Guiding me with your love

Like an eraser,

Correct me when I’m wrong

Even the vastness of an ocean

Is still smaller than your kindness

Even the heat of the sun

Is still not as warm as your embrace

There’s nothing else I would say

To express the feeling in my heart

But this one sentence

“I love you, mom.”

Advertisement ( The Waknuk Star )

Deviation Rate ( The Waknuk Star )

Summer doesn’t prove to be a good time for Waknuk’s people. Lots of farmers are stressing out over having to deal with various problems concerning with their crops. For example, Angus Morton, the owner of a well-known farm in Waknuk, has now lost three of his fields due to deviations. Thirty-five fields have already been burnt in the district! Along with the amount of deviation crops, the number of people attempting to conceal their deviation crops escalates as well. Many people are also accused of consumption of undeclared, Offensive livestock. That is like eating a creature of the devil! There is no doubt that right now, our farmers are badly suffering with this increase in deviation rate.

            When comparing today’s situation with that in spring, it’s easy to see that the previous season was so far better. With sunny yet well-watered weather, it had been a great time to walk out to a field and work. Crops were mostly orthodox, and only a little deviation occurred.

            Today The Waknuk Star will bring the reader our analysis of the deviation rate made by our specialists. The graphs below will display two different statistics collected in different periods of time. 

Recipe ( The Waknuk Star)

 If you are looking for some delightful soup to distract you from this stressful summer, here is the way to make your own! Today we come up with a menu with its main ingredient commonly grown in Waknuk, a corn. Yes, we are going to make a corn soup!

Thinking of pleasant smell coming from the soup and its delicious taste, it is such a hard thing to resist. Not just its taste and smell that make this menu appealing, you will also realize after all that the cooking process is very simple.

To start, just walk to your backyard and pick up few fresh and good-looking corns. Try to find those with yellowish color since they are mature and give the best taste.

A creative idea I would suggest is using two different-sized pots, one inside the other. By putting all the ingredients inside the small pot and placing it into a bigger one that is already filled with water, you can greatly reduce the amount of cooking time. The water in the big pot that covers the smaller pot will prevent heat from escaping out of the smaller pot (that contains our soup). Also, it is recommended to use a melting pot made from clay, as it will add a really nice smell to your soup.

Ingredients:

-         2/3 sweet corns

-         2 medium onions

-         3 tsp. olive oil or butter

-         1 tsp. salt

-         1 cup of water

-         2 small potatoes

Directions:

1.     Remove their kernels of the corn and scrape off remaining corny bits.

2.     Chop onions and potatoes.

3.     Put oil or butter into a small pot and place the entire thing inside a large pot. Add some water to the large pot and boil it over medium fire for three minutes.

4.     Bring the small pot out and remove the large pot. From now on, you will only be boiling the small pot.

5.     Add the onions and half-tablespoon of salt into the pot. Continue boiling it and stir until the onions wilt.

6.     Add the potatoes and water. Cook the soup until you notice that both potatoes and onions get soft. This process might take about ten minutes.

7.     Add the corn kernels and stir them for another two minutes before you finish.

8.     Carefully pour the soup into a bowl. Add salt and/or pepper to taste.