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27.
I took a riverboat from my hometown after 20 years’ absence. I like boat trips. Looking into the water always leads me to some delightful thought. Expecting the graceful curves, woody heights, and reflected images along the river that I remembered from my childhood, I was thrilled as I boarded the boat. I was looking forward to a wonderful day. Yet this time as the boat was going up the river, I felt something was lost. No longer were the shores densely wooded, nor could I see any wildlife anywhere. It gave me a sick feeling. All the grace and beauty had gone out of the majestic river.
28.
During the whole of a day in the winter, the clouds hung low in the sky. I had been passing alone on horseback through an especially depressing area of the country. At length I found myself, as the evening shadows drew long, within view of the cheerless house. I looked upon the dark, gray walls and upon a few white trunks of some dead trees. I brought my horse to a stop at the edge of a black, motionless mountain lake beside the old house and looked down upon the rotting, dead tree-stems and the empty, eye-like windows.
29.
Recently, a severe disease hit Asian nations hard,
causing several hundred deaths. Many people who live in this part of the world are likely to be worried again with the beginning of the cold weather. In spite of its close location to these countries, however, Korea has remained free of the deadly disease. Many people think the secret is kimchi, a traditional Korean dish served with almost every meal.
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