tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88465378959376067422024-02-20T20:03:46.296-08:00Bradlehark!Don't go crying to Papa. Lisa writes on the influence of animalia on humanity...About Lisa BradleHark:http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654722345466908835noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846537895937606742.post-74798097857082517962011-08-01T07:07:00.000-07:002011-08-01T07:07:36.677-07:00Soldier Bill<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Version>12.00</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-GB</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">Solder Bill was a soldier ant.<span> </span>Soldier Bill decided to leave the colony.<span> </span>So Soldier Bill took off.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">It was a soldier ant, so while all; the other ants, hundreds and thousands of ants were marching back to the anthill, little Solder Bill dropped his leaf, abandoned the trail and started going back, against the communal will, who were still very passionate about the queen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">Another ant suggested that Soldier Bill should have the decency and courtesy to inform the queen before deserting.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">‘You want to leave us?’ the queen asked; ‘You want to abandon us?<span> </span>What are we going to do without you?’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">‘It’s only me.<span> </span>It don’t make no difference if I leave.’ Said Soldier Bill.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">‘But who will look after your little sister Monker?’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">‘Sister Monker is a grandmother.<span> </span>She has over fifty grand ants.’ Soldier Bill replied.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">‘And who is going to look after them?’ the queen continued.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">‘Well my brother Bboo is not leaving.’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">‘Brother Bboo is a soldier, just like you.’ said Soldier bill.<span> </span>’So he can look after Sister Monker.’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">‘Which means, if you leave, there will be no one to look after sister Monker and Bboo, who should be working in the tracks to get me food will be looking after sister Monker.<span> </span>And while he’s looking after Sister Monker, no one will be bringing me food.<span> </span>So you see; you leaving does not affect just you.<span> </span>You have a cascade of reverberating repercussions tumbling down all the way till it hits me.’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">‘I’m still leaving.’ Soldier Bill said.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">So Soldier Bill left.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">Three days out of the colony, a lizard threw his tongue at him.<span> </span>Luckily, at the same time, a bullfrog leaped on top of Soldier Bill and he was flattened.<span> </span>He did not die.<span> </span>The bullfrog leapt away, unaware of his clumsiness.</span></div><strong> </strong><blockquote>"<i><b>Leaving home for college is not only a big deal for children, but also for parents. Some parents may find it hard to let go. A children enter adulthood, a parent’s role shifts from supervisor to adviser, and that can be tough."</b></i><a href="http://savannahnow.com/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">(http://savannahnow.com)</span></span></a></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">On the fifth day outside the colony, a bird pecked at Soldier Bill and he lost one of his legs.<span> </span>And by the thirtieth day outside the ant colony, Soldier bill was a shadow of his old self.<span> </span>He had only three out of his eight legs, his thorax was flattened further by other bullfrogs and one of his antennas was broken.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">This is a lesson for all...It is not enough just to think of one’s self.<span> </span>While you look after other mates, neighbors and friends, they in turn will look out for your safety, interest and concerns.<span> </span>Soldier Bill returned, unfortunately, his thirty days out in the wilderness had a damaging ripple on the rest of the colony.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">Three days after he had left, another six hundred ants followed his lead.<span> </span>Only seven of them returned.<span> </span>Soldier bill was the luckiest of the rest.<span> </span>He had three legs, the others had just two.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;"><i><b>Not to be Quoted:</b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Population 9,500,000</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Avg income: $49,000.00 (US) </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">A thing or two about Richmond Hill: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Houses (3 bed detached) cost $150,000 (AVG)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Unemployment rate is 6%</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Forecast employment growth = 27%</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crime: below average.</span></span></div></div>About Lisa BradleHark:http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654722345466908835noreply@blogger.com0Richmond Hill, GA, USA31.9382652 -81.30344330000002631.9049217 -81.346565800000022 31.9716087 -81.260320800000031tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846537895937606742.post-79359505802631353642011-07-25T07:00:00.000-07:002011-07-25T07:00:11.039-07:00BradleHark's: World of Welcome!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAeVPlBDZQDEtybhK-Qk92gangINxfUB8alpdDhrk54Rzm2iiWijoLhysNQKNQZtBR-xk-EQIYhGrPwTuJRIR7suDUSFgjEDt5As8NRRE4ve0eXecs0xkitMO2bK7BFDwI1kuhU9XgpeQ5/s1600/BHCrest.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAeVPlBDZQDEtybhK-Qk92gangINxfUB8alpdDhrk54Rzm2iiWijoLhysNQKNQZtBR-xk-EQIYhGrPwTuJRIR7suDUSFgjEDt5As8NRRE4ve0eXecs0xkitMO2bK7BFDwI1kuhU9XgpeQ5/s200/BHCrest.png" width="177" /></a></div>This is my <strike>first</strike> Post...<br />
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The actual work will, however, not start until <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.108104525955501.11907.100002678633127#%21/profile.php?id=100002678633127&sk=photos">August</a>.<br />
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Here's a list of forth coming <span style="color: red;">titles</span> & posts:<br />
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<ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="color: magenta;">Magnate & Laknott</li>
<li style="color: magenta;">The Pirate's Cat</li>
<li style="color: magenta;">Allidile & Crocogator</li>
<li style="color: magenta;">Chameleon & the Tortoise</li>
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NOTE: The stories are not really from the Nevada state alone. This is the <span style="color: magenta;">WEB</span>. We will be going places beyond <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.108104525955501.11907.100002678633127#%21/profile.php?id=100002678633127&sk=info">international barriers</a>. </div>About Lisa BradleHark:http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654722345466908835noreply@blogger.com0Henderson, NV, USA36.033669 -115.00236435.9170905 -115.1618635 36.150247500000006 -114.8428645