The Rope
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Something like a rope passed him again. It was not tied to anything. It was floating. It moved slowly, back and forward, like seaweed. Pablo watched it for a moment. It did not feel dangerous. He reached out and pushed the rope away from his body. He pushed it to the side so he could start to go up. His breath was running out. His chest felt tight. He needed to go back to the surface. Then he saw more of it. Not all at once. At first, it was only a shape. A grey shape moving in the water. It did not look like a rope anymore. It looked like skin. That was when he understood. It was a shark. He...
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Learning the Water
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Pablo had only learned to swim recently. He was in his early twenties. It took him a long time. He worked full time. He also had a part-time job. That day, he swam out from the shore and dived down. He wanted to see the rocks he had heard about under the water. He did not know how deep the ocean was there. Even close to land, it could be very deep. He felt like he was about five meters down. He did not look up at the surface. Something touched the back of his leg. It frightened him, but he kept going. The seaweed was large. It felt thick, like kelp. It brushed past the tattoo on his leg. He...
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Pablo — The Kitchen
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Perhaps he thought when he got home he could hang his wooden spoons up, although at the moment they were sitting in a great big blue jar—which seemed to be the right place, as then he could just grab them beside the air fryer, you know, that kind of thing, when he was cooking on the run. This was making him hungry now, thinking about all these wooden spoons and the boat made of wooden spoons. He was thinking about dinner. Maybe he could have some nice pasta with some garlic and some black pepper, vegetables, and maybe some olives. He might be able to put some tuna in there too, and he may...
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The boat made of wooden spoons
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After his swim, Pablo decided that he was going to sit down and do some writing. And when he sat down, he suddenly remembered that he had a dream the other night about a boat, and the boat was made from wooden spoons. Why would a boat be made of wooden spoons? That was an interesting idea. They must have been all glued together because the boat was bobbing along quite well in the water, and there was a small crew of sailors sitting in the boat having a lively chat. What were they talking about? He wondered. He hadn't remembered that part of the dream. Was the discussion about coming to land or...
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Swim First
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The Room
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Not a Busy Day
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Pablo jumped up to snatch the newspaper
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A different cup
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Pablo was suddenly very tired. He was also feeling very thirsty. So he decided to go home and make himself a nice cup of coffee. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day. And though he was feeling hungry, he decided first he needed to get himself a nice drink. Normally, he wouldn't drink coffee after about 2:00 PM as he felt somehow made it more difficult for him to sleep. He was thinking about his favorite coffee cup when he suddenly realized that he had a series of habits that some people might have found a bit strange. The first habit he had was that in the morning first thing he would have a...
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Pablo in the park
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Pablo sat down on the stool in the kitchen and closed his eyes to think back for a moment. He remembered a few weeks ago being in the park near his apartment, sitting on a bench in the sun and noticing a small blackbird. “It can’t be the same one,” he thought. Then he remembered that was the day it rained. He had gone for a walk, turned his phone on silent, and sat on a park bench. One of his teachers had told him years ago that he should improve his skills in observation. So, when it rained, he stayed on the bench with his rain hat and raincoat for a few minutes, observing the...
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English, Lesson 76 Part 20 Chapter 1
Pablo had planned his Christmas alone and was getting ready.
He already knew it was not a good time to waste time
watching lots of bad news and had prepared to be busy.
He had charged his phone and ordered a new charger for his old iPad
to arrive in the new year.
He liked to use that for his exercise videos, sometimes placing
it high on a stool when he was doing stretches.
He wanted to do some warm-up exercises and warm down stretches
with videos from YouTube when he was home alone over the holidays.
Sometimes he just used his laptop or phone.
He made time to talk with Silvia and some other neighbors he liked at a distance.
He also made time to wave to people he knew on the street.
He did this in the mornings very early when he went for a good walk
early in the morning.
A massive winter storm was coming, and he knew other people
would be lonely also, so he liked to wave or chat at a distance
when he could.
He knew it made him and other people feel good.
He had also found some old cards and gave some to people who lived alone as happy new Year cards.
But he would keep Mr. Pickering's cards to sell.
He had already got some good food, vegetables, and fruits.
For New Year's Eve, he was planning a kitchen challenge
and cooking something he had never cooked before.
Pablo had some extra cans of soup and vegetables he took
to the local food back in his neighborhood.
He also made a small donation on a list of local food banks
across the US at feeding america .org
https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank
If the Christmas storm became terrible in January,
he would sort through some old photos and videos.
He planned to move them into separate folders on his old laptop.
Then later carefully onto a drive and get organized into the new year.
He might even update his CV and maybe his LinkedIn profile
but would do that last.
Pablo wanted to wish everyone a happy new year and had a
list of people in English to message the new year
Wow, Pablo thought he was going to be so busy, he
hoped he had time for a few naps in the afternoons.
and so our story begins