Thursday, January 13, 2011

Blog # 1 - A Girl Named Disaster

Read pages 181 - 202 and respond to the questions / prompts below.

Your responses need to be between 2 to 5 sentences.

Due Dates:
B4 - Monday, 1/17 - Before class
A1/A2 - Tuesday, 1/18 - Before class

1.  Why do you believe Nhamo established such an intimate relationship with Tag?

2.  What is a dassie?  How does Nhamo hunt and kill one?

3.  How does Nhamo change her tactics for building the boat?

4.  What had killed the Khudu and what worried Nhamo about this fact?

5.  How did Nhamo cure the Khudu meat?

6.  How do we preserve meat today with modern technology?




28 comments:

  1. 1. I think Nhamo establishes a good relationship with Tag because Tag is a playful and kind baboon. While Nhamo was gathering food for herself, for no reason Tag started to climb up Nhamo's back, this made Nhamo really happy and emotional because it had been a long time since she had been touched by something else. After that Nhamo started to follow the troop of baboons.

    2. A dassie is a type of rat, it's an African rodent. Dassies live in rocky areas. Nhamo hunts and kills the dassie by, waiting for it to get far out from it's den then she lunged forward to it, blocking its way back to the den. At that moment she grabs a rock and starts smashing the dassie's head until it died.

    3.Nhamo changed her boat building tactics by using burning coal. She thought of using burning coal to make a hole through the tree, it actually turned out to be better and she was accomplishing more work than before. She also gave an offering to Crocodile Guts for his help.

    4. The kudu had been killed by a leopard. This fact worried Nhamo because she realized not only that there was a leopard on the island but that it was close to were she lived.

    5. Nhamo cured the kudu meat by by smoke-curing it. She laid out the meat on trees to speed up the work.

    6. With modern technology we preserve meat by putting it in the freezer (refrigerator). If people can't afford that they would put it under ground were it is quite colder.
    A2
    Enrique Lopez

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  2. 1. I think that Tag is in a good relationship with Nhamo. I think its because Tag likes to play. I think its also becuse when Nhamo was gone to get some food, Tag just got on Nhamo's back and Nhamo liked that. The reason Nhamo liked it was because it had been long time since Nhamo didnt touched someone.

    2. Dassie is one of those rat who lives in rocky place. Nhamo was able to kill those dassie by hitting dassie's head with rock.

    3. She changed her building tactics by using those burning coal. She was able to make holes easily by using burning coal and she found it easier to build the boat.

    4. Leopard killed khudu and Nhamo got worried because that leopard lives near where Nhamo lives.

    5. Nhamo was able to cure the khudu meat by smoke curing.

    6. These days people do it by using the frying fan

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  3. 1. Because Tag was the only baboon that Nhamo was always looking at when he was playing around with his baboon friends. Also Tag was the closest baboon on the island.

    2. Dessie is rat that only comes out of its den at night. Nhamo waited for it to come out at night. When it came out of den, Nhamo killed it with rock, hitting it with rock until it stoppeed moving.

    3. Nhamo was talking to Crocodile Guts seeing njuzu giving advice. She thought Crocodile Guts is a selfish man after he left, but she figured out njuzu was giving her advice. With that advice she figured out that she could use burning coal to make hole on the boat.

    4. Nhamo was deciding if it was lion or leopard but lastly she came up with decision that kudu was killed by a leopard. Nhamo was worried that location where Khudu died was close to where she lived.

    5. Nhamo smoked the meat. But she had to be careful so it doesn't actually roast.

    6. These days people usually put it in the fridge. Sometimes old-fashioned people put the meat in the salt water so it doesn't rot for long time.

    B4 Literature
    Kyong Yong Kim

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  4. B4 World Literature
    Elle Clements


    1) When Nhamo was going to get some foods, Tag also went Nhamo's back. And it had been long time since she touched someone. So She was really happy and emotional.

    2) Dassie is kind of same types of rat but it's like an African rat. So Nhamo killed dassie by rocks. She throw the rocks to dassie's head until it died.

    3) Nhamo changed her boat with using the burning coal. And she thought it's better to make it more then before.

    4) Kudu was killed by a leopard so Nhamo worried because she lives close to where leopard lives.

    5) I think Nhamo cured meat Kudu by smoke curing.

    6) The people put it in the refrigerator.

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  5. 1. I think that Tag has a good relationship with Nhamo, because Nhamo have no friend (exept for siprit). He once have groomed Nhamo, and he is very playful and helpful baboon. Nhamo have not touch any human or animal for long time. Herself says she wants a company.


    2. Dassai is an african rat that lives in rocky landscape. Dassai is very quick, but Nhamo hunts and kills by waiting Dassai to come out, and cover its path, then hit Dassai's head with a rock.


    3. Crocodile Gut gave advice to Nhamo to build a boat. Nhamo is a selfish because he does not tell her much, saying you were not paying attention. But later, he told her to burn a hole to a boat with a coal.


    4. Khudu was killed by Leopard, and the proof is, the teeth mark on Khudu's neck. Nhamo was worried of leopard because she never knew leopard was in this island, and the area where khudu was killed was very close to her area.


    5. Nhamo have cured Khudu's meat by smoking with her fire. In my image, she would have probably be worried of the smells, because the Leopard might come. Nhamo was thinking her totem was Lion, and lion was stronger than Leopard, making her stress less.


    6. In these day, people have a freezer to make meat freeze, so it will not rot for a long time. Some people put the meat into salt or alcahole so the bacteria dies. Some people dried up the meat, and by that, some people make beef jerky.
    B4
    Seng Rang Jeon

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  6. 1. I think Nhamo was establishing a good relationship with Tag because Tag was bit different then other baboons. Tag was the closest baboon to Nhamo, and because Nhamo was alone for long time she liked Tag.

    2. Dessie is a type of rat that lives in rocky places. Nhamo was waiting for it to come out of it's den, and when it came out she started beating it with rock.

    3. Nhamo changed her boat building tactics by using hot coal. by using hot coal she could make a hole through tree and that made her job much easier.

    4. Nhamo thought Khudu was killed by a leopard. And she was worried because the place where she was living was close to where khudu was killed.

    5. Nhamo cured the khudu meat by smoking it. But she had to be careful.

    6. People these days preserve meat by putting it in the fridge. In Some undeveloped places, they put it in solted water or under ground to keep it colder.

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  7. 1. I think Nhamo is getting along with Tag in a positive way because when Nhamo sees Tag playing around cheerfully she probably gets in a better mood. Also, when Tag climbed up on Nhamo, he was the first one to have a body contact in the past few months in the wildness

    2. Dessie is an animal, one of the rats. She waited til the dessie came out, and hit the dessie's head until it stopped moving its body.

    3. Nhamo changed her tactics for building the boat. The Crocodile Guts gave her an advice how to make a boat faster. She used the burning coal to shape the wood, since, it was so much faster.

    4. Nhamo smoked the meat and put on the platform. Then she cut in to small pieces.

    5. We preserve meat by putting in the fridge-the modern technology. Also, salt has been used in the practice of meat preserving for centuries, or either storing it in to an cold place.

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  8. 1. I think one of the reasons is that Tag reminds Nhamo herself, because Tag's mother was acting like Nhamo's grandmother. Tag always made Nhamo feel better when she was in a bad mood. The most important reason though is that Tag was the first one to touch Nhamo in such a long time. She felt that she's not alone after that.

    2. It's an animal, type of rat. She waited until that only time when dassies come out. She made a spear so she could hunt a dassie. After Nhamo caught one, she hit its head with a rock until it stopped moving and died.

    3. Instead of chipping away the unneeded parts of the future boat, now, Nhamo was burning coal to shape out the boat. She got that idea from Crocodile Guts after having an advice from him.

    4. Leopard killed the kudu. Nhamo felt scared, because she never thought about leopards occuring on her island.

    5. She laid that meat on her platform and made a fire under, so it could smoke. Before that she cut it in long and thin pieces so it will cook faster and better.

    6. People usually put it in the refrigirator, so the meat will freeze and won't get rotten. Also we just cook it right after we buy it.

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  9. 1. I think Nhamo gets in a deep relationship with Tag because she sees Tag playing and messing around which made her in a cheerful mood and when Tag came close to her and climbed up on her, she felt with happiness since she was alone in the island for a while and she considered almost all living creatures on the island as her enemy.

    2. Dassie is one kind of hyrax and Nhamo beat the Dassie up by hitting its head with the rock until it died.

    3, Instead of chipping off the wood, she used the coal to shape the wood since its faster and better.

    4. The leopards killed the Khudu and she feared because in the past, leopards killed her mother.

    5. Nhamo cured the Khudu meat by smoking it but she had to pay attention to it very carefully so the meat wont burn.

    6. Today, we can freeze the meat in the fridge so it wont rot and stink. Or we can also freeze it with a dry ice, keeping its oil and taste

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  10. 1. I think Nhamo was establishing a good relationship with Tag because she is alone and Tag is the closest baboon to Nhamo. She always looked at Tag when he was playing with his friends. Also Nhamo was very happy when she was touched by Tag when she was gathering food.

    2. Dassie is a type of African rat that lives in rocky places. Nhamo was waiting until it came out of the den. She hit the head with a rock until he couldn't move.

    3. Nhamo changed her tactics by using hot coal. Crocodile Guts gave her an advice and she made a hole with coal. It made her job easier.

    4. The Khudu was killed by a leopard. Nhamo was scared because her mother was killed by a leopard. Also she was worried because the leopard was close where she lived.

    5. Nhamo cured the Khudu meat by smoking it. Then she cut into pieces.

    6. These days we freeze the meat in the refrigerator. Also salt can be used .

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  11. 1. I think Nhamo gets a good in a relationship with Tag because Tag made her so cheerful and happy.

    2. Dassie is a type of animal is a kind of hyrax rock. Nhamo have been beat Dassie head by hitting with the rock until it died.

    3. Nhamo changed her tactics for building the boat. The Crocodile Guts gave her an advice how to make a boat faster and she use it and broke it.

    4. Khudu got killed by leopards, so Nhamo was really scared of it.

    5. Nhamo cured the Khudu meat by smoke curing

    6. We preserve that we put the meat in fridge to be it freeze..

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  12. 1. I think Nhamo and Tag established a good relationship because Nhamo was lonely at the island but now Nhamo has company, which is Tag. Tag is friendly and funny so it cheers Nhamo up when she felt lonely.

    2.Dassie is a type of rat that lives in Africa. Nhamo waits for the Dassie to come out and hits its head with a rock until it dies.

    3. Nhamo changed her tactic by using burning coal. Crocodile Guts gave this idea to make the boat better.

    4. The Khudu was killed by a leopard. Also she notices that the leopard was living close to where she lives.

    5. Nhamo cooked the Khudu meat by smoke-curing. She had to pay attention so it wouldn't burn.

    6.Now days we use the fridge to make it freeze.

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  13. 1. Nhamo gets in a good relationship with Tag because of his characteristics. Tag is a really wild baboon and by watching her, Nhamo was able to feel happy. When she was sad, she can just look at Tag playing wildly with his friends and that made her happy.
    2. A dassie is a type of rat that usually doesn't come out under sunlight but in the night times. Nhamo killed it by waiting for it to come out of the den, she blocked them and when the dassies were panicked, she hit the dassie with a rock until it stopped moving.
    3. Nhamo started to use burned coal. Nhamo was paying attention to the baboons, but now the work was more faster.
    4. Nhamo thought it was a lion or a leopard but then noticed it was a leopard. She knew that it wasn't so far, the leopard was still somewhere near her.
    5. Nhamo had cut the meat into little strips, and she smoked it. She wasn't suppose to roast it, but to smoke it.
    6. Now a days, we put it in a freezer. By putting it in a freezer, we can save it from being rotten

    Hugh A2

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  14. 1) I think Nhamo gets in a good relation with Tag because Tag is playful. When Nhamo was getting food, Tag climbed on the back. This made Nhamo very happy because it was along time since she had been touched by someone.
    2) Dassie is an African rat that lives in rocky places. Nhamo kills them by throwing rocks at their head.
    3) Nhamo changed her boat by using a burning coal. She used the coal to make a hole in the tree.
    4) Khudu was killed by a leopard. Nhamo was worried because she lives close to where the leopard lives.
    5) Nhamo cured Khudu's meat by smoking it. She layed the meat on trees.
    6) Peolpe preserve meat by putting it in the freezer. Another way is, covering it with salt.

    A1 literature
    Katarina Kurosawa

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  15. 1) Nhamo was so lonely, that when Tag climbed onto her back she realized that it had been a long time since something had touched her. Even if they weren’t human beings, she wanted be with the baboons.

    2) A dassie is a kind of rock rabbit, or a rat that looks like a giant guinea pig. Nhamo kills one by lunging at it and preventing it from running away. Then she hits it repeatedly with a sharp rock, until it dies.

    3) She notices that burning a hole in the wood is faster that chipping at it slowly, so she decides to make the boat a different way. She is going to use burning coal for making the hole.

    4) Nhamo thinks a leopard had killed the Khudu. It worries her because she knows she doesn’t have enough strength to beat a leopard, even with her weapons.

    5) Nhamo cures the meat by cutting the meat into long strips and smoking it.

    6) Today, we preserve meat by putting it in refrigerators, adding other chemicals to the food, and sometimes canning it.

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  16. 1. Nhamo is establishing a good relationship between Tag because Tag is very playful, it makes Nhamo rise from her loneliness. She was really happy when Tag climbed on top of her because it had been a long time since she was touched by "someone".
    2. Dassie is a type of an rodent which comes out to the land at only night. She first threw her spear at it but it was trying to get away so she hit its head with a rock few times. After that, she knew hunting was a terrible and extremely hard thing to do.
    3. Crocodile guts and the nijuzus gave her advice to use burning coal, so Crocodile Guts gave her coals to make the boat.
    4. She found out that the Kudu was killed by a leopard, which had a proof that there was a teeth mark of a leopards teeth on its neck. She was afraid because leopard was living close to her "house".
    5. She heated and smoked the meat and cut it in small pieces.
    6. We put it into the freezer to keep it froze. If we don't, it will become rotten.

    Isshin Midorikawa
    A1 Literature

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  17. 1. Nhamo saw that Tag was a cute,harmless little thing, and Tag got on her back and groomed her hair, which Nhamo was very touched by. After that she thought to have a bond with the fury little thing.

    2. A dassie is African rodent which Nhamo tryed to kill with rock but they run away before she knew it.

    3. She used buring coal to perfectly make a hole in the tree.

    4. A leopard killed Khudu, Nhamo was nervous because there was a leopard leaving almost next door.

    5. Nhamo cured the Khudu maet by smoking it.

    6. Modern meat is preserved by freezing the meat in extremely cold temperatures.

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  18. 1. Nhamo established a good relationship between with Tag because Nhamo thinks that Tag is kind and blissful. What Nhamo really made her feel comfortable is when Tag came and followed her and climbed up on her. I think that made her happy because nhamo trusts Tag and favors him.

    2. Dassie is an African rat that usually lives around the dry rocky areas. Nhamo kills the Dassie by pounding the Dassie’s head with a rock until the Dassie is no longer alive.

    3.Nhamo changes her tactics of building by using burning coal, which made it easier,faster,and better to create her boat.

    4 .The Khudu has been killed by the leopard, and she notices that a leopard also killed her mother so she feels a little uneasy about it.

    5. Nhamo smoked the meat to cure it. She needed to be careful so it wouldnt burn.

    6. We use the refridgerator to preserve meat nowadays.

    A1 literature
    marvin

    due to my broken left wrist, i had to type this all with my right hand,
    so there might be some spelling/grammar mistakes.

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  19. 1. I think Nhamo was establishing a good relationship with Tag because she was all alone in the island and she felt maybe a little better because she got a friend.

    2. Dassie is a type of rodent that is active only at night and nhamo killed it by throwing a rock several times.

    3. Nhamo used a burning coal to make a hole instead of chipping it.

    4. She cured it by smoking it and she had be careful not burning it.

    5. In now days they store meat by putting it in a really cold freezar or room.

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  20. 1. Nhamo established a good relationship with Tag because Tag made Nhamo laugh. Tag was always full of energy that he and his friends never stopped running, jumping, and wrestlings.

    2. Dassie is a rat which looks like a giant guinea pig. Nhamo hit the dassies with the rocks until they died.

    3. She changed her tactic to using burning coal. She burned and made a hole in the trees.

    4. A leopard killed Khudu. Nhamo knew the leopard was near to Nhamo and so she worried.

    5. Nhamo smoked the meat and cured it.

    6. In today's modern technology, we use freezer.

    Literature A2
    Seonji Kim

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  21. 1) I believe that Nhamo begins to establish a good relationship with Tag because he is a playful and kind baboon. While Nhamo was collecting food, Tag jumped on her back for no reason, but it made Nhamo feel loved since she wasn't touched by anyone for a while for a long time. After that she followed the troops of baboons.

    2) The Dessie is an animal which is part of the rodent family. She waited till the dessie had come out, and so she hit the dessies body till it stopped moving.

    3) Instead of chipping away the parts which were unneeded for the future boat, Nhamo instead was burning coal to shape boats structure. She got the idea from Crocodile Guts after hearing some advice from him.

    4) The Khudu was killed by a leopard and the reason Nhamo was scared was because her mother was killed by a leopard. Plus in her village there were leopards living close by.

    5) Nhamo cured the khudu meat by smoking it. Although she had to be very careful

    6) People today reserve meat by putting it in the fridge. In Some undeveloped or poor places, they put it in salted water or under ground to keep it cooler.

    Kai Izumi
    A2 Literature

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  22. 1.I think that nhamo and tag is in a good relationship with tag because
    Nhamo's happy when Tag went on her back. She hasn't been touched ever since she ranned away... so she felt "alive" when Nhamo got touched from Tag.
    2 A dassie is a african rat that lives around rocky outcroppings. They're tale is really hairy and they're nose is yellowish kind of color.
    3.Crocodile guts gave her advice to build a boat.
    4.Nhamo was scared/nervous because since she lives in this random island that she lives, she's scared that the leaopeard might attack her too.
    5. Nhamo cured the Khudu meat by smoking it. and she cooked it and cutted it.
    6 Is freezed meat.

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  23. 1. Why do you believe Nhamo established such an intimate relationship with Tag?
    Nhamo and Tag have a good relationship because they play with each other and he reminds her of when she played tag in the village. The way he runs around is why she named him Tag.
    2. What is a dassie? How does Nhamo hunt and kill one?
    A dassie is like a Prairie dog. Nhamo kills it by cornering it, throwing a spear and hitting it with a rock.
    3. How does Nhamo change her tactics for building the boat?
    She changes her plans from digging the tree boat to burning the middle of the tree out.
    4. What had killed the Khudu and what worried Nhamo about this fact?
    The Kudu was killed by a leopard and Nhamo was worried because she thought she was going to be killed.
    5. How did Nhamo cure the Khudu meat?
    Nhamo cured the meat by smoking it on top of the fire.
    6. How do we preserve meat today with modern technology?
    We freeze it in the freezer and we have jerky too.

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  24. 1. Obviously Nhamo hasn't meet anyone since she is locked up in the island which makes her very lonely then Tag is being friendly to Nhamo how can she not be happy in that situation ?

    2. There is no professional way to catch dassie which is one types of rat in africa spread thoughout at rocky place, Nhamo just waited untill dassie comes out and as soon as dassie comes out Nhamo hits dassie with a rock.

    3. Nhamo got this new idea of upgrading boat from Crocodile Guts. Nhamo burned coal to make a hole in a tree.

    4. A leopard killed Khudu and this is also telling Nhamo that Nhamo is also in a danger because Nhamo doesn't know where the leopard is, it might lives close to her.

    5. Nhamo put Khudu meat on the fire, actually above fire it wasn't purpose of cooking it. Nhamo was able to cure the meat by smoking the meat.

    6. There are two ways of preserve meats, first one is you cut the meat in pieces and put those spices then dry it (Dry sliced meat). And the other way is just put it in the freezer

    Hyun-Ryung Yoo
    A1 Lit

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  25. 1. I think Nhamo and Tag got along really well is because they shared many feelings together, and also because Tag had a really open heart toward Nhamo, Nhamo was able to open her heart back to Tag.
    2. Dassie is a type of african rat which lives on rocky lands. and Nhamo tries to catch this by waiting for the dassie to come out, and as soon as the dassie comes out, she would hit it with a rock.
    3. She will burn the middle of the wood with coal make a hole, which would save her strength in digging and carving the wood.
    4. A leopard killed khudu telling nhamo shes also in danger
    5. nhamo put khudu's flesh on top of the fire, which cleaned the flesh with the smoke from the flame.
    6. two main ways to save meat. one keep the meat in spice and dry it well, the other is to freeze it.

    A2
    Jun Ogawa

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  26. 1. I think Nhamo is in good relationship with Tag because Tag is very playful. When Nhamo was gathering food, Tag climbed on Nhamo’s back. That made Nhamo cheer-up because she was alone for a long time and it was a long time since somebody touched her.

    2. A dassie is a rat which lives in rocky areas. Nhamo kills the rat by hitting dassie’s head with a rock.

    3. Nhamo changes her tactics for building the boat by using burning coals. Crocodile Guts gave Nhamo advice about the boat.

    4. The Khudu was killed by a leopard. Nhamo was worried because the location where Khudu died was close to her home.

    5. Nhamo cured Khudu’s meat by smoke curing. She was careful so it wouldn’t burn.

    6. With modern technology we use refrigerator to preserve meat.

    Anna Otake
    Literature A1

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  27. 1. Nhamo had a good relationship with Tag because he made her happy. He was always moving around and made her feel better about climbing to high place.

    2. Dassie is one type of rat. Nhamo killed them by hitting their head into the rock.

    3. Nhamo changed her taticts for building the boat to hot coals. This way, she could work faster.

    4. The leopard had killed the Khudu. This worried Nhamo because her mother was killed by leopard before and she was afraid about it.

    5. Nhamo cure the Khudu meat by smoke curing. This was to prevent the meat from roasting it.

    6. In modern technology, people preseve meat by cooling it into a freezer. Then, the meat will not get rotten.


    Ifumi Sato
    A2 Lit

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  28. 1. Nhamo and Tag begins to establish a good relationship because Tag groomed Nhamo and she needed someone who touches her because of her loneliness. Nhamo feels comfortable when she is watching Tag. Nhamo named him Tag because he is always running around.

    2. Dassies are African rodents that lives in groups at rocky areas. Nhamo killed dassies by hiding near them. She threw the spear she made and hit them with rocks until they died.

    3. Nhamo changes her plan from chipping the wood to burning the wood into the shape of an boat. At first Nhamo thought Crocodile Guts was a selfish man but apologizes when she noticed she wasn't paying attention.

    4. The Kudu was killed by an leopard, which makes Nhamo worry because leopards can easily kill her. Her mother was killed by leopards.

    5. Nhamo cured the Kudu by cutting the meat into small peices and by smoking the meat. Smoked food lasts more than roased food. She also roased some to eat it immediately.

    6. Today people preserve meat and fish by freezing them. Freezing food prevents them from rotting.

    Anna Ishii
    A2 Literature

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