Books: Cloudy with a Chance of Mulberries

Today has been cloudy and cool. And it's mulberry season. Mulberries come in purple and white. I've seen several people helping themselves to mulberries that grow wild here and there.

I found Jungle Book translated into Hebrew. I don't remember if I liked it in English or not. After reading the first chapter I decided to try something else.

So I tried Bambi. I really liked it in English. I read it when I was a child and cried myself sick when Gobo died. I read it again as an adult and it was even better (and not quite as sad). But after reading the first chapter in Hebrew, I decided to try something else.

So I tried The Prince and the Pauper. After one chapter, I think it's going to be good. It's about the right level for me, with only six words on the first page that I had to look up.

I have not yet mastered all the vocabulary in Little Princess, Doctor Doolittle, and Black Beauty. It's sad to realize I will never catch up in Hebrew to where I want to be, and I don't even really need to. I'm trying to let it go, with just a little time each day reading various things, including the manuals to appliances--do not use ladder as a bridge, do not connect cable with wet hands, do not eat the ice you take out of the freezer when you defrost it; or instructions on food and medicine--store in a cool, dark place, out of the reach of children, away from moisture; or recipes--bring to boil, cook over low heat. I hate trying to read utility bills or the news.