The "mandioca" story (a Brazilian tale) There was a girl called Mara, she was the chief tribe's daughter. She always dreamed about true love and happy marriage. One night, she slept and dreamed with a young, blond and beautiful boy who came down from the moon. Mara fell in love, but soon the boy disappeared from her dreams. Although she was a virgin, she was pregnant. She gave birth to a baby girl, who had very pale skin and blond hair. Mara chose the name Mandi to her daughter. Mandi was adored like a goddess by the tribe, but she got sick and died. Mara buried Mandi in an "oca" and everyday Mara kneeled on the top of Mandi's sepulture. She dropped tears from her eyes and milk from her breasts. One day a bush sprouted there. Mara dug the soil and found a lot of white roots, it had a good smell and flavour and it was white like Mandi. The tribe understood that the child came to the Earth to feed them. "oca" is the name of Brazilian native people houses. "mandioca" is called cassava in English.

Personal Possession One of my favourite possessions is a golden ring that has my name engraved. When I was a baby my parents gave a golden bracelet which had my name engraved. I grow up and the bracelet didn't fit anymore. So, when I turned fifteen my parents asked the jeweler to melt the bracelet and make a ring. I use it almost every day and the ring reminds me of my parents because we don't live in the same city and we don't see each other frequently.

Children's leisure time Internet and mobile devices became available everywhere to everyone in the last years. Nowadays, it's usual to see adults and children distracted in their laptops and smartphones. Many parents encourage the little ones in this kind of activity because it stimulates their intelligence. And it's an easy way to entertain kids. However, specialists believe that virtual entertainment has benefits, but negative effects as well. The time spent online could be dangerous to the children. Because they don't need to develop only their intelligence and logical abilities. They need to develop their social skills too. Zumarova claims that the development of personality is affected by the social environment. In summary, the virtual life is a fact in children daily life and could be a good leisure time when used with wisdom.

Writing There are a lot of benefits in to make writing a hobby. If you are learning a new language, writing will help you to improve your vocabulary. Writing is good for your memory as well. Moreover, writing is a good exercise to your brain because you need to use your creativity. And, in my opinion, writing is excellent to express yourself in an organized way. You can start this activity little by little, maybe to write one or two paragraphs in a week and increase the frequency gradually until you are writing every day. You can use a laptop to write and enjoy the facilities of the text corrector. Or you can do it in an old fashion way using pencil and paper. But if you are the hipster type, you will need a typewriter. But about what to write? If you were in an inspired day, you could invent a fictional story or even write poetry. Or you can only do a journal and practice to write about your day.

Buildings I'm from Brazil and in my country there are a lot of famous buildings made by the famous architect Oscar Niemeyer. The Brazil's capital is the city of Brasilia which is a planned city and Oscar Niemeyer helped to plan it. In Brasilia, there are amazing buildings like the "Planalto" Palace. This palace belongs to the pilot plan of the city, so is one of the oldest buildings that Brasilia has. Furthermore, when we see the city from the sky, we can see the airplane shape of the city.