RJ5 [JeT] 49777045 周婉婷

English Reading Journal 5 The Prince of Egypt Brothers in Egypt Adapted from the novelization by：David A. Adler Retold by：Brent Furnas Publishing company：Penguin Books Ltd Year of publishing：This edition first published 1998 Word Level：Level 3 ( Elemantary 1200 words) Number of pages：51 pages In Egypt, there is a new law that the Pharaoh's soldiers are ordered to kill every Hebrew new-born baby boy. A woman didn't went out until soldiers left the street. She ran to the River Nile and put her baby boy in a basket in the river. When her face was wet with tears, her daughter, Miriam, ran along the river. Miriam saw the basket floating on the water and eventually the basket was picked up by the Queen. Queen named this baby boy Moses, which meaned " I took him out of the water." Moses grew in the palace with his brother, Rameses, the next Pharaoh. Moses and Rameses are brothers and best friends. One night, the Pharaoh named Rameses Prince Regent, who did some of the Pharaoh's work. To celebrate this, two of the Egyptian priests sent Rameses a gift. The gift was a beautiful girl named Tzipporah and her camel, which were stolen from other land. Tzipporah tried to bite Rameses when he came to her, so Rameses gave this present to Moses. When Moses went back to his room, he found that Tzipporah was walking away from the palace. Moses distracted guards from finding Tzipporah. After that, he ran out the palace to find Tzipporah, but he failed. Surprisingly, Moses met a young woman and she called him "brother". It was Miriam. Moses didn't believe her until Miriam sang a lullaby that was similar to him. Moses went to bed quickly after he returned to the palace. He had a dream that a woman put a baby in a basket floating on water. When he woke up with shake, he realized that he was the baby in his dream. The next day, when Moses and Rameses carried out their plan for building temples, Moses saw many Hebrew slaves working for building temples. At the same moment, an old slave was hit by a guard to work hard. Moses was furious abount this and he pushed the guard away from the old man. The guard fell down and was dead. Moses ran away the palace to escape from being punished. Moses was caught in a deep sea of sand and he was saved by a tribe. In the tribe, there was Tzipporah. To thank Moses for helping Tzipporah from the palace, Tzipporah and her people decided to keep Moses with them. One day, Moses found a cave near a mountain and there was a burning bush in the cave. Suddenly, he heard someone calling him. It was God. He told Moses what to do to set Hebrew people free. Then, Moses went back to Egypt to see Pharaoh. Moses was surprised because the Pharaoh now was Rameses, his brother. Moses told Rameses what God told him and he asked Rameses to free the Hebrew slaves or there would be disasters. It was not until the prince died from plague did Rameses permit Hebrew slaves to be free. A few days later, Rameses regreted freeing the slaves. He sent soldiers to run after Moses. When Moses and his people reached the Red Sea, they found soldiers chasing after them. Moses put his staff into the sea and all of a sudden, there was a path through the sea. After people reached on the other side of the sea safely, the path dispeared and the soldiers were covered by big waves. Ultimately, Moses had done his mission that leaded his people to be free. Based on humanity, a person will feel sad when his people are suffering from pains. And Moses does, too. Now, around the world, many people take a pity on people even though they are not their people. Red Cross helps people all over the world and protect them from being suffered. I think it is our model of helping others. As a student, I can donate somethings such as books and clothes to orphanages. After helping others, I think that our life will be more meaningful. [JeT] 49777045周婉婷