Blog #2 - The Lions

The Lion that Speaks to me:

By: Jean  Luc Miralda

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              Ridding through the middle of the desert with no help, is a bit like a pain in the butt, but I thought I could do it all by my self. As a mater of fact, I was not doing that bad, till a stupid piece of nail change the whole story all around.

              “Oh dear! How could this happen to me! Why me?” were the only questions that could go through my mind. “A flat tire in the middle of the dessert?” I had no service in the middle of the savanna desert, and neither had I an extra tire. Who could have helped me in this crisis; I am only an ordinary middle age boy who has nothing to offer to this dessert.

             The night was falling and the animals where starting to come out of their hide outs! I was starting to get afraid, when in the distance I se a group of animals approaching. They are running really fast. I look at them and they are lions! Oh my dear what now!

             The Lions approached to my car, (in which I was hiding in the seats) and jumped right over it, when one of them saw me peaking over the open jeeps ceiling. “RAW!” sounded the tiger, and “BANG!” sounded my head.

             I do not know how this happen but I was ridding on top of one of this mortal stinky, beast! I do not know where they are taking me to, or what they are thinking on doing with me, but what I surely do know, is that can not run away. There where like 20 of them, when tragically, we encountered another jeep, which was left on top of the trees! I actually don’t know how it got there. The Lions manage to stand up in two feet’s and start walking as normal persons, they went up to the jeep, and brought down come cans of beans and a pizza. They opened the tree trunk and took out some beer, and gave me orange juice. This lions are really crazy now! One of the lions touched a leaf, and a disco ball came down, and from the same disco ball there was music coming.

            I was astonished at such amazing scenery. They took out some chairs and a table and sat me down with them. They started talking, and I could actually understand them. They started up by telling me their concerns about their world, and what was happening with all the hunting and stuff like that. They looked very desperate about what was happening. And so there we stood all night long telling stories about each others worlds, and trying to convince them to let me go.
            Next morning, they took me out to see the desert for a while and then they helped me move my jeep back to where their place was (They where actually not that far, they where only about 1 or 2 miles). And they took me right till the end of the desert with their rocket launcher.
            Before I got this crazy and wild experience I was only one of those normal persons who don’t care for anything much than for themselves, and their friends; but now, I am a different person, I have become a wildlife protector especially for lions. My old friends from the savanna desert send me letters every week, telling me what they are worried about and why. I will never forget this experience.

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USA believes that Cuba should still be restricted:

Should US reconnect with Cuba?

1. The current event that the article is dealing with is a card send by Cuban congress men asking president Obama, to soften the rigorous restrictions of flying into this country. President Obama committee is studding the possibilities of reconnecting with Cuban flights for academic, cultural, and athletic reasons.


2. The people involved in this article are mostly the American and the Cuban. Individually, they are 5 congress men, and the Cuban People.

3. I personally believe that the problem with this article is the lack of further information, it only gives background information. I believe that theirs no bias in this article, because it is talking about international relationships which have no relevance to the Honduran economy or industry, so theirs no bias for one side nor the other. The aspects of the event that are left out are the official thoughts of the dictatorship on Cuba, because this article is wrote base on a group of US congress men of Cuban origin.

4. My opinion: I believe that it was about time that the US started to think about regeneration opportunities for the Cuban people. They have suffered a lot, and they need help, and the US is starting to realize that. Cuba has great thing that could help the US, and vise versa to. I support the argument of reconnecting with Cuba for academic, cultural, and athletic reasons. For example this quote, “We are deeply worried for the changes, which can help the economic regimen in Cuba." (Translation of the letter. El Heraldo) said the five congress men on their letter. This shows that their could be a mayor impact on the Cuban and American economy, which will help both.

©Jean Luc Miralda