November 20th, 2008 Thursday meeting's Topic

Hey guys !~ Picture and short touching story are ready for you.   Have fun ! Scarlett.   <img src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cafefile/pds103/8_cafe_2008_11_18_01_20_492199e414ce0" border="0" hspace="1" vspace="1" class="tx-daum-image" style="CLEAR: none; FLOAT: none" actualwidth="361" width="361" />   The little prince tame a fox  Scene 21 NARRATOR: It was then that the fox appeared. FOX: Good morning. PRINCE: Good morning. NARRATOR: The little prince responded politely, although when he turned around he saw nothing. FOX: I am right here, under the apple tree. PRINCE: Who are you? You are very pretty to look at. FOX: I am a fox. PRINCE: Come and play with me. I am so unhappy." FOX: I cannot play with you, I am not tamed. PRINCE: Ah! Please excuse me. NARRATOR: But, after some thought, he added: PRINCE: What does that mean--`tame`? FOX: You do not live here. What is it that you are looking for? PRINCE: I am looking for men. What does that mean--`tame`? FOX: Men, they have guns, and they hunt. It is very disturbing. They also raise chickens. These are their only interests. Are you looking for chickens? PRINCE: No. I am looking for friends. What does that mean--`tame`? FOX: It is an act too often neglected. It means to establish ties. PRINCE: `To establish ties`? FOX: Just that. To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world... PRINCE: I am beginning to understand. There is a flower ... I think that she has tamed me... FOX: It is possible. On the Earth one sees all sorts of things. PRINCE: Oh, but this is not on the Earth! NARRATOR: The fox seemed perplexed, and very curious. FOX: On another planet? PRINCE: Yes. FOX: Are there hunters on that planet? PRINCE: No. FOX: Ah, that is interesting! Are there chickens? PRINCE: No. FOX: Nothing is perfect. NARRATOR: But he came back to his idea. FOX: My life is very monotonous. I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored. But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all the others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow. And then look: you see the grain fields down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat... NARRATOR: The fox gazed at the little prince, for a long time. FOX: Please--tame me! PRINCE: I want to, very much, but I have not much time. I have friends to discover, and a great many things to understand. FOX: One only understands the things that one tames. Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends anymore. If you want a friend, tame me... PRINCE: What must I do, to tame you? FOX: You must be very patient. First you will sit down at a little distance from me--like that--in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day... NARRATOR: The next day the little prince came back. FOX: It would have been better to come back at the same hour. If, for example, you come at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o'clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o'clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you ... One must observe the proper rites... PRINCE: "What is a rite? FOX: Those also are actions too often neglected. They are what make one day different from other days, one hour from other hours. There is a rite, for example, among my hunters. Every Thursday they dance with the village girls. So Thursday is a wonderful day for me! I can take a walk as far as the vineyards. But if the hunters danced at just any time, every day would be like every other day, and I should never have any vacation at all. NARRATOR: So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near-- FOX: Ah, I shall cry. PRINCE: It is your own fault, I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you... FOX: Yes, that is so. PRINCE: But now you are going to cry! FOX: Yes, that is so. PRINCE: Then it has done you no good at all! FOX: It has done me good because of the color of the wheat fields. Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world. Then come back to say goodbye to me, and I will make you a present of a secret. NARRATOR: The little prince went away, to look again at the roses. PRINCE: You are not at all like my rose. As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I have made him my friend, and now he is unique in all the world. NARRATOR: And the roses were very much embarrassed. PRINCE: You are beautiful, but you are empty. One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you--the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone she is more import!ant than all the hundreds of you other roses: because it is she that I have watered; because it is she that I have put under the glass globe; because it is she that I have sheltered behind the screen; because it is for her that I have killed the caterpillars (except the two or three that we saved to become butterflies); because it is she that I have listened to, when she grumbled, or boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing. Because she is my rose. NARRATOR: And he went back to meet the fox. PRINCE: Goodbye. FOX: Goodbye. And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. PRINCE: What is essential is invisible to the eye. NARRATOR:The little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember. FOX: It is the time you have devoted to your rose that makes your rose so import!ant. PRINCE: It is the time I have devoted to my rose— NARRATOR: Said the little prince, so that he would be sure to remember. FOX: Men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose ... PRINCE: I am responsible for my rose. NARRATOR: The little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.    Questions ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What is your favorite fairy tale? 2. Have you ever felt that you want to be tamed by others? 3. Have you ever been responsible for anyone before? for any reason?     Two Become One on Journey of Marriage    Photographer Lee Eun-joo captures the love and affection of 43 distinguished couples that she considers ``exemplary husbands and wives" in her photo exhibition ``Profiles in Love." This exhibition shows photographs of couples who have stayed married for years, some as long as half a century. With current divorce rates at a staggering 47%, such longstanding couples are somewhat of a rarity in today's Korean society. ``In view of the rising divorce rate among the young generation, I wanted to show the image of couples who are on their beautiful journey as 'a whole one,'" Lee said. The exhibition contrasts the couples' past and the present. Photographs of the newlyweds with their young, hopeful faces are shown alongside their current photos, with their wrinkles and graying hair revealing the inevitable marks of passing years. Lee, who took the photos in the comfort of the couples' homes, presents them in the warmest light. The photos are accompanied by short writings; some couples write letters to each other, while others reflect on their past and renew their promises for the future. Seoul National University professor Ahn Chung-si and former politician Sohn Bong-suk are each other's ``best friend." ``To become 'like' one another probably means to become 'familiar' with one another. You cannot become familiar with one another if you don't communicate and get to know each other. The mere passage of time doesn't automatically make two different people alike. A committed effort on both sides is necessary," Sohn said. Director Im Kwon-taek expressed his gratitude to his wife, who has ``always lowered her height to match his." Admitting that the role of an artist's wife must have been a lonely job, Im said: ``My wife's sacrifice and support have been roots that allowed me to bloom the leaves and flowers of my art. I consider my wife, who has always quietly held me up, as my 'pillar.'" After 42 years of marriage, novelist Jo Jung-rae gives advice to marrying couples: ``First, love each other's weaknesses. Second, marriage is not a tree that grows by the powers of nature but a flowering plant that needs constant care." Indeed, he notes that his wife, poet Kim Cho-hae, ``has no weaknesses, because I love all of them." The photos of these husbands and wives show that years of love and devotion have truly made them ``a whole one." The exhibition runs through Nov. 17 at Sun Gallery in Insadong. Visit <A href="http://www.sungallery.co.kr/">http://www.sungallery.co.kr</A>.   Questions ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Do you think divotion is need in marrage?  2. Do you agree to become familiar when they live together for a long time?  3. Will you find a partner who is fit with your background or just love each other?  4. What is the most expecting factor for your soul mate?