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Produce a creative post using the idiom: I’d rather...

"I’d rather be deaf than listen to other people's shit"

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Answer the questions about the film Toy Story.

1. Have you watched Toy Story 4 ?
A: Nope, I haven't. I've cried like a baby during Toy Story 3 and I don't think I'm emotionally ready to watch the fourth one.

2. Did you like it?
A: It's a Toy Story movie, I would have liked it anyway!

3. What is your favorite scene?
A: The one in which Woody is with Forky - who's all depressive saying he's trash - and Woody says "we're all trash". I've felt represented, LOL!

4. Have you seen the other Toy Story´s films?
Which one did you like most?
A: What I can say is that the second one is my least favorite and it is not because I find ir bad. The other ones are simply better. I can't choose between the 1st one and the 3rd one because Toy Story 1 was a very important part of my childhood and I've watched it thousands of times. On the other hand, Toy Story 3 made me emotionally miserable from the beginning to the end. When the Toys thought they were about to die and HELD THEIR TINY FRIGGIN HANDS TO DIE TOGETHER, boy... I cried as a motherfucker. And when Andy plays with its toys for the last time, I felt heartbroken because I HATE goodbyes and  - specially when it comes to the departure of your younger self.

5. Could you summarize its story? Research on it.
A: TBH, I could. But I'd rather do it after actually watching the movie

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The Lion's trail
1. What kind of text is this?
A: A biographical text.

2. Following the trails, what can you find out about the song?

"They form a local music group called the Evening Birds, and are credited with popularizing the musical form of isicathamiya, which combines call-and-response vocal music with a choral sound."

a. Who was Linda Solomon?
A: Zulu singer

b. Where did he live?
A: Joining other Zulu migrants, Linda and his friends move to Johannesburg to find work.

c. What did he do in the thirties?
A: He and his friends form a local music group called Evening Birds.

d. What happened to his song Mbube?
A: “Mbube” becomes a hit record, selling up to 100,000 copies in the region, and Linda becomes a singing superstar among Zulu migrants in Johannesburg.

e. What were his last days like?
A: "Solomon Linda dies in poverty in South Africa, from kidney disease, at the age of 53."

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Follow the trail of "Mbube": from Solomon Linda's Zululand beginnings to its international hit status on Broadway and beyond.

1909
Solomon Linda is born. He grows up near Ladysmith, Zululand, singing Zulu songs with his friends.

1930s
Joining other Zulu migrants, Linda and his friends move to Johannesburg to find work. They form a local music group called the Evening Birds, and are credited with popularizing the musical form of isicathamiya, which combines call-and-response vocal music with a choral sound. Soon Linda lands a job packing records at Gallo Records, the first recording studio in sub-Saharan Africa and the recording home of most black South African musicians at the time. Started by Eric Gallo, the studio records songs in local dialects and distributes them on 78-rpm records.

1939
Spotted by a talent scout, Linda and the Evening Birds record several songs at the Gallo studios. One especially catches the record company's attention: "Mbube," or Zulu for "lion," a song inspired by an incident in the band's Zulu childhood when they chased lions that were coming after their fathers' cattle. Because blacks are not allowed to have royalties in 1930s South Africa, the studio gives the band a "petty cash voucher" in exchange for the rights to their song. "Mbube" becomes a hit record, selling up to 100,000 copies in the region, and Linda becomes a singing superstar among Zulu migrants in Johannesburg.

1948
Pete Seeger, a young American folk singer living in Manhattan, receives a copy of "Mbube" from his friend Alan Lomax, who is working for a record company. Lomax had "rescued" a box of records-including "Mbube"-from the trash, which the company had received from an African record company in the hope that they could be re-released in the U.S. Seeger is fascinated by the song and transcribes it for his band, the Weavers, writing the Zulu chant "Uyimbube" as "Wimoweh." The Weavers record and perform the song to acclaim in the early 1950s.

In A LION'S TRAIL, Seeger explains: "The big mistake I made was not making sure that my publisher signed a regular songwriters' contract with Linda. My publisher simply sent Linda some money and copyrighted The Weavers' arrangement here and sent The Weavers some money."

1950s
"Wimoweh" inspires a slew of covers by artists in a variety of genres, from jazz legend Jimmy Dorsey to the folk act The Kingston Trio, whose version remains on the charts for more than three years.

1961
The Tokens, a pop act consisting of four boys from Brooklyn just out of high school, land a record deal with RCA Victor. Singer Jay Siegel first introduces his bandmates to The Weavers' "Wimoweh," which they perform while auditioning for their record deal, dubbing it a song about "eating lions." Composer George David Weiss-the co-writer of Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love With You"-is sent in to re-make the song for the band. Weiss makes Linda's melody the main part and adds the famous lyrics "In the jungle, the mighty jungle..."

Controversy still remains between The Tokens and Weiss over who was the true author of the song. Drummer Phil Margo claims Weiss stole The Tokens' idea for the cover and inserted his own lyrics, while singer Jay Siegel says: "George David Weiss was the person who actually did write the lyrics to 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight,' but Solomon Linda is the one who wrote most of the music, and I am the one who wrote all the different parts of that. The second eight bars of 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' was my melody."

1962
The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" becomes an international number one hit. Solomon Linda dies in poverty in South Africa, from kidney disease, at the age of 53.

The song continues to inspire covers by artists such as Brian Eno and Robert John, who releases a number-three hit version in 1972. Every radio play results in a performance royalty: Weiss receives all composer royalties, while Pete Seeger and The Weavers receive the publisher royalties, even though Seeger openly acknowledges Linda as the song's true author. Seeger later sends Linda a check for $1,000 and instructs his publisher send all future payments to Linda's family-but the company does not.

1990s
The South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo releases a version of the song. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" regains popularity with the Disney film The Lion King, which also becomes a Broadway musical.

2000
South African journalist Rian Malan's Rolling Stone article on "Mbube" estimates that the song-in all its versions-have generated at least 15 million dollars in composer royalties since 1939, most of which are given to George David Weiss for "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."

2004
In a well-publicized copyright case, Solomon Linda's family sues Disney for 1.6 million dollars-a share of the composer royalties generated from "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" after 1987- for using the song in The Lion King. The family claims that under South African copyright law, the "Mbube" rights reverted to Linda and his heirs 25 years after his death. The lawsuit is still pending.

Although TRO/Folkways, the publisher of Seeger's "Wimoweh," was not named in the Disney lawsuit, the company admits that it had not paid Linda any royalties. It promises to give $3,000 a year to the Linda family and finance a memorial to Linda himself.

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Follow the trail of "Mbube": from Solomon Linda's Zululand beginnings to its international hit status on Broadway and beyond. 1909 Solomon Linda is born. He grows up near Ladysmith, Zululand, singing Zulu songs with his friends. 1930s Joining other Zulu migrants, Linda and his friends move to Johannesburg to find work.

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Write an informative text on a film (producer, diretor, cast,
release date etc.) using the passive voice whenever possible.

Gone with the wind
Nope, it’s not on Netflix, TV channels haven’t broadcasted it in decades, and despite its 10 Academy Awards, this movie is definitely not on the public’s eyes (anymore). If you’re part of the 40+ age group, I believe it’s not necessary to go over the reasons why Gone with the wind is one of the greatest silver screens’ masterpieces, but if you, as many, haven’t even heard of it, stick around and make sure your heart is ready to fall in love with the best story of all times.
The movie was released in 1939, only 3 years after the book written by Margaret Mitchell which led to its production. Both the book and the movie were massive successes thanks to the geniality in the plot and Sacrlett O'hara, Gone with the wind's powerful and strong willed character.
The plot revolves around Scarlett, a drop-dead beautiful young woman from the south of United States who lived in the 1860's - civil war period.
Scarlett was one of the most wanted bachelorettes in her city, but while men queued to have a chance to spouse her, he only had eyes for Ashley Wilkes, a distant cousin who lived in the neighbor farm.
When the beginning of the war is announed, Ashley reveals he's marrying Melanie, his sweetest cousin, before departuring as Confederacy's captain. Enraged and willing to make Ashley jealous, Scarlett marries her sister's boyfriend - who ends up dying at the war.
As a young and rebel widow, Scarlett meets Capt. Rhett Butler at a party, a very provocative man who admires Scarlett's feistyness and strong-willingness. Rhett falls for her but she despises him.
Scarlett ends up living in Atlanta, with aunt Pittypat in order to stay closer to Ashley. She becomes - against her own will - a nurse for the confederate soldiers and for Ashley's wife, Melanie, who's going through a very dangerous pregnancy. After the Yankees destroy Atlanta, Scarlett delivers by herself Melanie's baby and decides to take them and Prissy, a slave, back to her homeland, Tara. Rhett is called to help them cross the war.
Back to Tara, Scarlett finds herself i terrible sheets. Her family's planting fields had been partially destroyed, her mom had died, her father had went crazy and dellusional and her 3 sisters were almost dying because of tiphoid fever. Hungry, resourceless, and havig to take care of a crazy father, three ill sisters, a weak woman and her newborn baby, Scarlett became the woman of the house and restored her family's land. She healed her sisters, took care of her dad, took care of the baby, strengthened Melanie, protected her land from the Yankees and managed to pay the absurd taxes upon her property.
Running out of money to pay the taxes and maintain her land after her dad passed away horseback riding, Scarlett refused Rhett's financial help and married Frank, her other sister's fiancè in order to manage his lumber business.
Having become a powerful and rich business woman and, again, a widow, Scarlett stops fighting against Rhett's love and admits she feels things for him too. They end up getting maried and living a very luxurious life. Within a few months they have a baby, Bonnie Blue Butler, and Scarlett proves herself more of a business woman than a mother. Unfortunately, the girl, who was very fond of her father passes away at the age of 4 while horseback riding, just like her grandfather.
Scarlett and Rhett's relationship is terribly affected and their situation gets even more complicated after Scarlett's miscarriage. Amidst the misfortunes, Scarlett finds herself loving Rhett more and more, but she never gets to show him her love because he leaves and never comes back after finding out Scarlett still kept Ashley's photos in her drawers.
After losing several husbands, the love of her life, her children and her whole family, Scarlett abandons her luxurious home and returns to Tara to try to bring Rhett back, but keping in mind the most important thing she's got in life is the land which he inherited from her father and all the work she had done to maintain it.
Even though recent critiques consider Gone with the wind a misrepresentation of slavery and the male characters misogynistic, the movie is a silver-screen masterpiece due to the handmade scenario, incredible costumes, and atonishing performance of the actors.
This epic is definately a must-see.

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About text: How the Lion King gets real-life family dynamics
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Answer the questions.

1. What are the similarities and differences that the film brings regarding the real
animals’ life? List them and comment.
A: Real lions don’t rule over other creatures, the females rule the pride and there's no rivalry between male lions and curbs. Once they leave, they're gone forever.

2. Why should Lion Queen be a better title to the film?
A: It is due to the fact females actually lead the pride.

3. Pick up 3 examples of passive voice usage.
A:
- Most daughters are recruited to stay with their mother’s pride
- Lion habitats, though, are becoming fragmented.
- The species is now limited to just 8 percent of its historical range,

4. What is man doing against the real species?
A: Fucking it up

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based on the discussion of text Tipping points, answer the
questions.

1. Think of a recent trend. Where and how do you think it started?
A: Being communist. Apparently, in our president's  eyes, everyone (who's against him) is turning into a communist nowadays.

2. What makes trends start?
A: I believe trends are utterly related to 3 things: culture, identification, and power relations. It is nearly impossible to write a general statement simplifying how trends start because it depends a lot on the social spheres they are borning into.
Let me explain.
Chanel's 2020 Winter Fashion show was a huge event and the critics loved how stylists valued classic patterns such as the black and white windowpane checked and pied de poule. If you're into haute couture you would definitely notice that the color scheme and the patterns combination presented on Chanel's catwalk influenced winter collections on stores all over the world and you would probably see some of those pieces being worn by rich people. You see, even though Chanel started a winter trend and actually had some influence on popular stores, it was not a trend for the masses.
Another interesting thing to notice is: teenager are way more keen on worldwide trends than adults. Teenagers follow their pop idols' trends as  dogs chasing their own tails. Considering that teenagers are slowly leaving their parents "pre-fabricated identity's nest", they urge seeking what's new and desperately want to fit in. Therefore, they look up and support new fads in order to find acceptance and their own true selves.
Meanwhile, let's think a little bit in a large company - a place ruled by capitalistic  power relations. There are people from different social status and positions working together: janitors, and CEOs, directors and interns. Obviously someone is on the top of the chain and obviously lots of oher people eager the same. Couldn't we say that the most powerful one might inspire (and maybe even impose) a new trend given his/her position?
Also, we must consider that some cultural aspects actually started off as trends. In the early 60's fast food restaurants didn't even exist and, nowadays, we can't think of the US without them hence eating this kind of food turned into a cultural habit which has been going on for over 5 decades!
That being said, I reinforce how tricky it is to define how trends actually start.

3. What sort of people are trendsetters? Do you know any?
A: Again, it depends. Trendsetters are idols and thet can come in several types. There are companies who are trendsetters by adapting their product to society's needs or marketing moves. There are famous people who start trends thanks to their - digital or not - influence. There are people who unknowingly become trendsetters either because they're loved or because they're being representative of a community. Even hating the same people or the same ideals could become trendy, so I haven't got an answer to this question.

4. Think about a person who can be considered a trendsetter.Write about
him/her and why you chose her/him.
A: Does it have to be a person?

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Felipe Neto: um novo líder político brasileiro

1.      Discuss its title. Do you agree with Goes’ opinion?
A: Kinda. Felipe Neto has been easening people's way into basic politics

2.   Using Gladwell’s classification, do you think Felipe Neto can be considered a connector, a maven or a salesman? Why?
A: A salesman, because he captivates pretty well.

3.      Suppose you have to explain to someone (a foreign person, for example, who was visiting the Bienal) why people were carrying a book in which packing there were the words: “este livro é impróprio para pessoas atrasadas, retrógradas e preconceituosas”.

a.       Translate it to her/him.
A: This book is not recommended to prejudiced and backward-looking people.

b.      Refer to interdiscursive and intertextual references.
A: I would expain Brazil's situation regarding the homossexual kiss protrayed in the comic book

4.       Can you figure out which were the effects of Felipe’s attitude on people in general? Does Goes bring any of them?
A: I loved Felipe Neto's attitude. Biroliro minions didn't.

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Tony Goes
Ação na Bienal do Livro do RJ levou youtuber para um outro patamar

O começo desta década presenciou um fenômeno que não foi previsto por nenhum analista: a ascensão dos influenciadores digitais, também conhecidos como vlogueiros (blogueiros em vídeo) ou youtubers (por insistência do próprio YouTube, a plataforma favorita desses novos comunicadores).

A onda varreu o planeta inteiro, e é claro que o Brasil não ficou de fora. Nomes como Christian Figueiredo ou Kéfera Buchmann logo se tornaram ídolos de crianças e adolescentes, mesmo sem aparecer na TV. Entre tantas caras novas, uma se destacou: Felipe Neto, o primeiro vlogueiro brasileiro a conquistar um milhão de assinantes para seu canal no YouTube.

Hoje Felipe tem mais de 34 milhões de seguidores, muito mais do que seus colegas de ofício. Também é sócio de empresas ligadas ao setores de entretenimento e tecnologia. E começa a demonstrar um poder surpreendente para os adultos (entre os quais me incluo) que não acompanharam sua trajetória com o devido interesse: a capacidade de influenciar o debate político.

Não foi agora que Felipe Neto começou a incomodar os poderosos. Em 2017, o vlogueiro atacou o pastor evangélico Silas Malafaia, que convocou um fracassado boicote à Disney por causa de um beijo gay em um desenho animado produzido pela empresa.

A treta entre os dois escalou, e Malafaia entrou com um processo na Justiça. Propôs uma conciliação: Felipe tiraria do ar os vídeos em que denuncia esquemas fraudulentos em que o pastor estaria envolvido e pediria desculpas, e não se falaria mais nisso. Sem se deixar intimidar, o youtuber se recusou.

Essa e outras polêmicas em que Felipe Neto se envolveu costumam se restringir ao mundo virtual. Entretanto, no sábado (7) passado, o rapaz usou seu dinheiro e seu poder de mobilização para realizar uma ação concreta, de enorme repercussão no mundo real.

Em uma reação épica à atabalhoada tentativa de censura do prefeito Marcelo Crivella a uma graphic novel da Marvel à venda na Bienal do Livro do Rio de Janeiro, Felipe comprou 14 mil livros de temática LGBT, embalou-os em plástico preto e distribuiu-os gratuitamente na própria Bienal.

Os volumes esgotaram-se rapidamente. Mais tarde, no mesmo dia e já desembalados, foram empunhados por manifestantes indignados com a insistência do alcaide em devolver o Brasil à Idade das Trevas.

A extrema-direita tentou desqualificar Felipe Neto. Desencavaram um vídeo antigo em que o vlogueiro critica o movimento gay. Não funcionou: ele mesmo esclareceu que mudou de ideia por que - ta-dá! - leu muitos livros e abriu a cabeça.

Inconformados, os reacionários ainda levantaram hashtags no Twitter como #PaisContraFelipeNeto e #FelipeNetoLixo. Tampouco deu certo: os apoiadores de Felipe se apossaram delas, e os tuítes positivos ultrapassaram os negativos.

Enquanto isso, a mídia tradicional se surpreendeu com a firmeza e o alcance de Felipe Neto. O vlogueiro agora também é um autêntico líder político, capaz de dar voz aos anseios de uma geração e de apontar novos caminhos.

Felipe faz parte de uma nova leva de atores políticos, que inclui nomes como a deputada federal Tabata Amaral (PDT-SP) e os integrantes do MBL (que também vêm demonstrando amadurecimento em suas últimas declarações).

Mas ele irá se candidatar a algum cargo público? Tomara que não: Felipe Neto atinge muito mais gente -e afronta melhor seus adversários- de seu púlpito na internet. Convém prestar atenção aos seus próximos passos.

Tony Goes tem 58 anos. Nasceu no Rio de Janeiro, mas vive em São Paulo desde pequeno. Já escreveu para várias séries de humor e programas de variedades, além de alguns longas-metragens. E atualiza diariamente o blog que leva seu nome: tonygoes.com.br

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Tony Goes Ação na Bienal do Livro do RJ levou youtuber para um outro patamar O começo desta década presenciou um fenômeno que não foi previsto por nenhum analista: a ascensão dos influenciadores digitais, também conhecidos como vlogueiros (blogueiros em vídeo) ou youtubers (por insistência do próprio YouTube, a plataforma favorita desses novos comunicadores).

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Hayles and the post human world

1. Research on Hayles. Who is she? What does she study? Where is she from?
A: N. (Nancy) Katherine Hayles (born 16 December 1943) is a postmodern literary critic, most notable for her contribution to the fields of literature and science, electronic literature, and American literature. She is professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Program in Literature at Duke University. She is from United States.

2.    Summarize the four characteristics that describe the posthuman according to the author.
A: First, the posthuman view privileges informational pattern over material instantiation, so that embodiment in a biological substrate is seen as an accident of history rather than an inevitability of life. Second, the posthuman view considers consciousness, regarded as the seat of human identity in the Western tradition long before Descartes thought he was a mind thinking, as an epiphenomenon, as an evolutionary upstart trying to claim that it is the whole show when in actuality it is only a minor sideshow. Third, the posthuman view thinks of the body as the original prosthesis we all learn to manipulate, so that extending or replacing the body with other prostheses becomes a continuation of a process that began before we were born. Fourth, and most important, by these and other means, the posthuman view configures human being so that it can be seamlessly articulated with intelligent machines.

3.    Hayles states that “there are no essential differences or absolute demarcations between bodily existence and computer simulation, cybernetic mechanism and biological organism, robot teleology and human goals.” What can you infer from this?
A: That  humans and machines are intrinsically and helplessly connected

4.    The author brings two example from the cinema that are connected to posthuman (in spite of the fact that posthuman is not just cyborgs). Do you know other examples? Why do you consider them “posthuman”?.
A: Other examples are ‘Ex Machina’, ‘West Word’, Star Wars’, ‘The invisible guest’, ‘Black Mirror’ and ‘Alita’.

5.    What are other possible changes to be defined as posthuman?
A: A person or entity that exist in a state beyond being human.
Identity: social movements.

6.    Point out some aspects of the identity and subjectivity in a posthuman perspective compared to a liberal humanist one.
A: Post-humanism has got a lot from the liberal humanistic view. The researches and productions about it portrait the man as the center of the universe - just like liberal humanism.

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Language Work

1. Find three passive forms in the text. Are there agents in those sentences? Why? Transform one of them introducing a passive agent.

- ...A point of view characterized by the following assumptions.
- Rather, it names elements found at a variety of sites.
- ... substrate is seen as an accident of history rather than an inevitability of life.
*2 lazy 2 transform.*

2. Are there many phrasal verbs? Select two of them and write their definitions.

3. Find words for the definitions:

a. a person who behaves arrogantly is an idiot

b. an event or fact which is not the most important one is ephemeral

c. if you say something in a convincing way, you say it  convincingly

d. if a person is deprived of a right (for example, of voting), she is injusticed

e. If you give reasons for or against something, you argue for/against it.

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A.   Answer the questions related to the Legend of Alderley (extra sheet).

1. What time of year was it?
A: October, autumn

2. Why was the farmer riding to the market?
A: Sell his horse

3. Why did the mare refuse to go on?
A: An old man appeared

4. What did the old man want?
A: To buy the mare

5. What did the farmer do?
A: Refused

6. Did the farmer sell the mare at the market?
A: Nope, just as the old man predicted

7. What happened near Thieves Hole?
A: Some pretty dope magic

8. Who was inside the rock?
A: 40 knights in a shiny armour

9. Did the farmer get enough money?
A: Even more than he was expecting.

10.  What happened when he left the rock?
A: Left and never found the rock again

B.   Which British cultural values are connected to this legend?
A: Loyalty, nationalism, ambition, greed, wisdom, morals

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The blue blutterfly legend

There’s an Eastern legend that tells of a man who many years ago was widowed and left in charge of his two daughters.

The two girls were very curious, smart and were always eager to learn. They constantly overwhelmed their father with questions in order to satisfy their hunger for learning. Sometimes their father could answer them wisely. However, sometimes he struggled to find a suitable answer for his young ones.

Seeing the restlessness within his two little girls, he decided to send them off on vacation to live with and learn from a sage, who lived on a hilltop. The sage was capable of answering all of the questions the little girls asked him, without even hesitating.

However, the two sisters decided to set a mischievous trap for the sage, to truly measure his wisdom. One night, both of them started to hatch a plan: to ask the sage a question that he was incapable of answering.

– How can we trick the sage? What question can we ask him that he won’t be able to answer?- asked the youngest sister to her older kin.

– Wait here, I’ll show you right now- replied the older of the two.

The older sister went out to the woods and came back within the hour. She had her apron clasped shut like a sack, hiding something.

– What do you have in there?- asked the younger sister.

The older sister put her hand in the apron and showed the girl a beautiful blue butterfly.

– It’s so beautiful! What are you going to do with it?

– This will be our tool to ask the sage our trick question. We’ll go look for him, and I’ll be holding this butterfly in my hand. Then, I’ll ask the sage if the butterfly in my hand is alive or dead. If he answers that it’s alive, I’ll squeeze my hand and kill it. If he says that it’s dead, I’ll release it. Therefore, no matter what he answers, his answer will always be incorrect.

Accepting her older sister’s proposal, both girls went out to look for the sage.

Oh, wise one- said the older sister- Could you tell us if the butterfly that I have in my hand is alive or dead?

To which the sage, with a mischievous smile, replied: “That depends on you, it is in your hands.”

Our present and future is solely in our hands. We should never blame someone else when something goes wrong in our lives. If we lose something or if we find it, we are the only ones responsible.

The blue butterfly is our life. It is up to us what we want to do with it.