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I recently read this book titled ‘Sold’ by Patricia McCormick and I loved it.

The story is about life in a village in Central Nepal in the teeming brothels of Calcutta, India, where a girl, Lakshmi, gets sold to a sex trade.

Lakshmi lived in Calcutta’s red-light district. She lived with her mum Ama, her little brother, and her stepfather. She had a friend, Gita, who went to the city to work as a maid.

In the red-light district festival Lakshmi met a city woman named Bimla who told Lakshmi she wanted her as a maid. Bimla sold Lakshmi to a turnip-nose man. The man sold her to a fat woman named Mumtaz where Lakshmi was forced to work in a sex trade place with other girls.

One day, an American came and told Lakshmi he will get her out. He brought the police and set the girls free from the sex trade in India.
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The girls and Lakshmi were free.

     I made this painting of a young girl, Lala, in MS Paint. I called it Lala because that was the word I was thinking after I drew her. I only paint in MS Paint because it's fun especially when I have nothing else to do. I like painting in MS Paint because I like to create my own art and I have made some paintings already (like CJ from the jigsaw puzzle). I hope you played the jigsaw puzzle already. I also hope you like my artwork.

     You might be wondering how I made it. So, here are the steps: 

     I made a circle for the head. Then, I drew a few curvy lines for the neck, chest, and legs. The arms and hands were very difficult to draw because I'm not really good at drawing hands but I succeeded. I thought that maybe I drew the legs a bit too small or the arms a bit too long when I was already coloring it. After that, I drew the hair and the ear which was not really that hard. I only draw one ear because even if I draw another ear it will be blocked by the hair.

     Next, I drew the eyes, mouth, and nose. I tried to make the eyes better but it got worst, so, I just went with the one I already made. I made one and the only eye winking because you can't really see the other eye and it would look very weird. The nose I had to erase later because it didn't really turn out that great after coloring it.

​     Then, I drew the clothes and accessories (which is the bracelet on her wrist). The clothes were very easy to draw. I decided to draw a women's off-the-shoulder tops for Lala because I saw my mom wearing one and she looked very beautiful (in my opinion) and I thought that it would look very good at Lala. I drew the shoes just like the original cute and simple Lala I made before. I drew a bracelet for Lala because I thought that maybe she would look more cute with it.
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     After drawing the body parts and clothing, I erased the parts I didn't need, and then colored the rest. I colored the off-shoulder top, red because it was the main dress color of the original Lala. I colored the skirt purple because I think that red and purple really match. I colored the sleeve-less inside her off-shoulder top, orange because I think orange and purple match. I colored the shoes and socks just like the original. I colored the bracelet lime because it looks really cool. I colored the two holes beside the middle with a darker shade and the one in the middle with a lighter shade (the bracelet). I colored the hair blond just like the original. Did you notice that just like the original, there is a brighter/lighter shade and a darker shade of blond in a pattern?

     I drew the parts of the body first with different colors so that I could see my mistakes, and later started coloring. It was also easy to start it this way because I could easily bring lines back and front by copy pasting.

     If you're wondering what pose it is I don't really know myself. I just made it up. I worked on this drawing for about two hours.

     Tell me what you think about it in the comment section below.

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A Poem by me for your Loved One

Your eyes are beautiful,
like a shining star.
Your face is pretty,
even from afar.

Your heart is pure,
and kind to all,
Your smile is contagious,
that makes others fall.

You're nice and charming,
I admire you.
I wish I could be your reflection,
Cause I love you.

Create a jigsaw using an image.

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openclipart.org/detail/281862/beagle-bros-food
https://openclipart.org/detail/275657/laughing-boy
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https://openclipart.org/detail/132133/magic-hat-and-wand

Hi guys! Do you see that slideshow on the left. Can you guess what it says because it's all pictures. It's a bit difficult but I'm sure you can guess it correctly. If you can't answer it, here is the hint: It's a quote. You can tell me what it says in the comment section.

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Images created using Tagul

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It is very unfair that men get their desired education and are allowed to get into professions they want, while most of the women are not allowed to choose to get education in their field of interest. Instead, they end up getting married after their primary or maximum high school education where they serve as housewives who do all the household chores such as cooking, washing dishes, doing the laundry, folding the bed sheets, cleaning the house, and taking care of the children and their husbands.  Sometimes the female children help their mothers do the chores.
 
What do you think, why it is like that? Is it that we have this cultural belief that women are less capable than men, therefore, they should be restricted to do certain jobs only. They should also not be exposed to outer world too much as they might turn into rebels. Some people even bring in girls’ safety and security concerns as they don’t have trust in society.
 
In my opinion, girls are also human beings. They should have an equal right to choose where and how they want to work. Girls are also equally skilled and they can prove to be even better than men. Don’t you think, they can be like the world’s most famous living political activist, Aung San Suu Kyi, or Malala,a  young woman who survived an attempt on her life and who is now an outspoken advocate of female rights and female education. There are of course many more examples like that.
 
So why wait? Stand up for women’s rights and comment in the comment section below if you agree with me.

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​Roses are beautiful,
Just the way they are,
Their thorns might be prickly,
And they might leave a scar.

Roses come in red, white and yellow.
What do you say, are they very mellow?
Some are pink, peach, orange and green.
There are more colors than the ones you have seen.

Then there are purple, burgundy, blue, and black.
I wonder how many could fit in a sack.
Are roses scary, beautiful or nice?
Oh, look down below maybe there are mice.
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If there are no mice, then comment on what you think.
I could hardly wait that I might not blink.
If you’re lucky enough to make me reply,
Then you are very lucky, now it’s time to say good bye.

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​Once there was a girl named Emma. She lived in a village with her parents and sister. Her father caught a life threatening disease but before he died he gave Emma a book with blank pages. Emma cherished the book and took care of it very well and she turned the book into a memory book of moments either sad or happy.
One day, there was a festival in the village which was hosted in the center of the village with lots of foods, and everyone in the village was invited to it. When Emma’s family was leaving for the event, Emma took her memory book with her.

When they arrived at the festival, there was campfire in the middle with plenty of food around. People were playing traditional musical instruments, singing and dancing. They were also busy enjoying food. But the weather didn’t seem to cooperate. Very soon strong winds started blowing and it started raining very heavy. The mayor ordered everyone to go to the nearest storm shelter. But unfortunately, Emma and her family got separated.
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Emma somehow managed to get to the shelter but then realized she had left her memory book in the center while she was dancing. She wanted to go outside but saw the tables flipping over, food flying all over and wood from the campfire hitting one of the houses. She realized that the storm was very strong but she didn’t give up on figuring out how to get her memory book. She stepped outside the shelter when a man grabbed her arm and asked her, “What are you doing? It’s dangerous to go outside in this storm, you’ll die out there.” “My memory book,” answered Emma. “It contains all of my memories and it was given by my late father, so I have to go out there and get it. I don’t care if I die or not, as long as the memory book stays in the hands of my family,” Emma opened the door and rushed outside.....

What do you think will happen next? You decide. Write your own ending in the comment box below.
Please make sure your ending is different from the other bloggers who had already written their ending.