This Country of Ours. Ch 4: How America was Named

From Micah (year 2):
Before Columbus died, he wrote a letter to Portugal. The guy whose name was like America and Columbus were friends. Some people said that Amerigo traveled four or six times across from Spain to the Islands. He also rode a horse (Columbus). Amerigo found America.

Second listening (in chunks):
When Columbus came back, then he told everybody that he proved that the monsters weren't real. And all the scary and creep stories were false. Everybody wanted to go across the sea To see if they could reach India. But it wasn't really India.

Amerigo decided to have a sea life because he was tired of trading. He had been in Spain for four years all trading. He knew Columbus. It was very likely that he saw Columbus riding through the streets on his day of triumph.

Amerigo probably took about six voyages. The first were from Spain, then they were from Portugal, then in the end he went back to Spain. They weren't his voyages, they were led by other people. He was one of the sailors on them.

He wrote a book to an old school friend and it was so interesting that it was published and read by many people. His voyages were mostly to South America, and was convinced that South America was a continent.

A professor wrote a book about the three parts of the world: Asia, Africa and Europe, and a new part of the world, which he called America. At first the name "America" was only for the south part. Columbus was associated only with the North part.

Later a map maker named both continents "America". The people in Spain wanted the North part named after Columbus. Some people even wanted to name it after Isabella.

Amerigo didn't name America, the people did. He and Columbus were friends.

Columbus has his name on parts of many places on the continent.

This Country of Ours. Ch 4: How Columbus Returned in Triumph

From Micah (year 2):
Columbus sailed out four times. When he came back to the little Island, the fort was all destroyed and burned up, and he found eleven graves. When he came back to Spain, the king and queen were glad to have him back, and the pope decided that all of the Islands to the west should belong to Spain and all of the Islands to the East should belong to Portugal. The big ship got wrecked. Columbus went back to Spain in the little ship that he had with him. Not everyone fit, so some stayed on the found Island, but wild Commanches came and attacked it. Columbus was well liked after that. And the second and third and forth time that he went out across the sea of darkness, it was easy to get other men.

Our Island Story: Ch. 20: Canute and the Waves

From Eva (year 1):
Canute was a king. At first he wasn't a good king. But in the end he was good and wise. And his nobles thought it pleased him if they told him that he was awesome and powerful. They said he had power over the waves. And Canute thought "I should teach those silly nobles a lesson." He ordered his servants to bring it down at the sea shore. He sat and he started to talk to the sea. He said "Do not get my land wet, do not dare to wet my feet." Soon his robe and feet were wet. He stood up and told his nobles that they were being silly.

Viking Tales Ch. 10: King Harold's Wedding

From Eva (year 1):
Gyda and Harold get married. King Harold cut his hair. It was all long. People liked his haircut. He went to Gyda's house. After all that, they went to the horse, and they went home. Gyda's women followed her. They went around the hall three times.

Aesop Fables: The Quack Frog

From Eva (year 1):
A frog came out of his home in the marshes and proclaimed to all the world that he could cure drugs and that he could do anything. Among the crowd was a fox, and the fox said "You? a doctor? Why can't you cure your own lame legs, and your wrinkled skin?"

Aesop Fables: The Boy Bathing

From Eva (year 1)
A boy was bathing in a river. And he was going to get out and he was in great danger of being drowned. A man was walking by and heard his cries for help, and went to the river side and started scolding him. And the boy said "Oh Sir, please help me first, and scold me afterwards".

Tales from Shakespeare, Ch 15. Twelvth Night

Two twins were born within one hour, and later, also within one hour, in danger of their lives, because they were on a ship, which was shipwrecked. The captain carried the girl, Viola, then rescued the boy, maybe, who is Sebastian. The island where they land is Aleria? The captain knows the ruler, Orseno. Who was seeking the hand of Olivia, the daughter of a recently dead count.

Viola wanted to go serve Olivia. But Olivia doesn't see anyone, because she's sad for her brother's death (her dad and her brother died). Instead, Viola decided to dress as a boy and serve Orseno as a page. The captain helped her dress as a boy.

Sebastian was her brother, and was saved, but Viola doesn't know that.

Viola is Cesario in the new world, and becomes a servant of the Orseno, who is pursuing Olivia. Olivia spurned him, and he tells all to Cesario.

Orseno and Cesario become good friends, and Orseno tells him all about how much he loves Olivia. Viola falls in love with Orseno.

Orseno sends Cesario to go to Olivia and tell her how much he loves her, and make her love him too. So Cesario goes, and sees Olivia.

But Olivia falls in love with Cesario, sends him a ring, and decides that she wants to marry him. She sends Cesario back to Orseno, and tells Orseno that she cannot love him, and not to ask any more.

Cesario tells these things to Orseno, and Orseno sends Cesario back to Olivia. Viola is realizing that this costume is a bad thing, because she loves Orseno, who thinks she's a man, and Olivia loves her, and thinks she's a man.

Cesario goes back to Olivia and asks her again to love Orseno. But Olivia tells Cesario that it's HIM she loves, not Orseno. Viola knows this is trouble, and leaves quickly. On the way out, she meets another man, who used to want to marry Olivia. He challenges Cesario to a fight. Viola is afraid, and almost tells that she's a girl to avoid fighting, but a man comes to rescue her and fight for her.

But before they can fight, the police come and take him. He looks at Viola, and asks for his money back. Viola has just a little money, and gives it to him, but says he hadn't given her any money. The man gets really mad and calls Cesario ungrateful, calling him Sebastian.

It turns out this man is a sea captain, Antonio and had rescued Sebastian, they were good friends. When Sebastian decided to come to Aleria, they came together, even though the sea captain expected trouble there, because many years ago, he had kill Orseno's nephew in a sea battle.

Antonio and Sebastian had just gotten to the Island, and he'd given Sebastian his purse to buy anything he wanted. Sebastian hadn't come back on time, so Antonio went looking for him, and then got into the fight for Cesario, thinking that it was Sebastian.

Cesario ran away quickly, hoping to avoid another fight, but not long after she had run away, Sebastian came back, and the man, thinking it was the same person, challenged him again, and they fought. The fight was ended by Olivia, who called Cesario back to her. They went to her house, and got married.

Then Orseno came back with Cesario, who is Viola. Antonio arrives on the scene, and tells Orseno how for three months, he has been with Sebastian, after resucing him, and now he's been so ungrateful. Orseno, tells him he's crazy, that this youth has served him for three months. Olivia comes out and is talking lovingly to Cesario, and Orseno also gets mad at Cesario, and takes him away to beat him. But Olivia won't let her husband leave. Cesario (Viola) denies that she married Olivia, but the priest indicated that she did. Just then, Sebastian walks up, everyone figures out who everyone is, after a bit, and Orseno comes to realize that Viola is a girl and loves him, decides to marry her right then and there, with the same priest.

So the twins were born together, shipwrecked together, and also married the same day.