Monday, September 19, 2011

Harere's Diary, Part 1


Payni 15
Dear Diary,
My name is Harere. I live in Alexandria , near the library, because Ab works there. He is a scribe. I have an older brother named Buikhu , a little sister named Emuishere , and a baby brother named Awi.
Yesterday was my birthday, and Ab gave me this parchment. Mut gave me a absolutely gorgeous sleek black cat. I just can't seem to find the right name. Emuishere wants me to name her Kanika, but I just can't see it. I'm sure I'll find something soon . Anyway, Aunt Aloli gave me a doll . I think I'll call it Ati, which means cushion. I must go now. Mut is calling for me to come help with dinner.

-Harere



Definitions:

Ab: Father
Mut: Mother
Payni: A month from the middle of April to the middle of May

Names:
Harere: Flower
Emuishere: Little Cat
Buikhu: The Best
Awi: Glory
Aloli: Grapes
Kanika: Black;dark
Ati: Cushion

10 comments:

  1. Perhaps your cat could use some rat friends.

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  2. How do you like living in Alexandria? I hear it's lovely there this time of year. And how is that library?

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  3. My Ab loves the library, but I'm not allowed in. Alexandria's lovely, though.

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  4. Grandma,when I left, it was to help bake the bread, and then we had some lettuce and beans, with figs for dessert.

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  5. Lettuce and beans--that sounds like a meal Louis would love! Are you eating black olives too?

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  6. Ha. Louis loves olives. Maybe he can visit you there.

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  7. Sure! Any time he wants to come, just write a week in advance, so I can fix him a bed, and make sure we have enough beans.

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  8. It's not really the kind he'd be used to. Like , we've got papyrus scrolls instead of books. And uh.... kids kind of aren't allowed in. But I'm sure he'd love Alexandria anyway.

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