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  The Monkey's Tale "When Ziggy escapes from the pet shop, he sets off to explore and have an adventure."  The main character of this book is a monkey, Ziggy. He had lived in a pet shop, and been raised by Mr. Luke, who is a worker there.   One summer day, Ziggy escaped from his cage. He was full of curiosity, so he kept running around. Mr. Luke tried to catch him, but he couldn't. Finally, Ziggy went into the forest, so Mr. Luke gave up trying to catch him. Ziggy made a living on the tree, and he ate nuts and fruits.   However, his lifestyle had been turned upside down because the winter came and it was getting colder. He couldn't get any food, and endure cold temperature. Then, he was about to freeze to death. A little while after he fell down on the snow, two children found him. They are brothers, Jess and Daniel. They are so kind that they took Ziggy to their home. After four weeks, Ziggy recovered from illness, and he got along with the family. Then, Zig

Hotel Casanova  The main character of this book is a man whose name is Dino. He was 21 years old and he worked at the reception of the Hotel Grand. Then, he had a life plan. First, he wanted to marry when he was twenty six. Second, when he was thirty, he wanted his own hotel.   One day, a woman came to the Hotel. Her name was Carla. He fell in love with her. Although he was only 21 yeas old, he decided to get married to her. She was so rich woman, so she bought a new hotel for him.  About one years later, their marriage life wasn't going well. Then, Carla told shocking fact to him. The fact that she had a husband and killed him because she wanted to get married to Dino. Dino was shocked and he was interested in a girl who had worked at Hotel Grand with him. Her name was Maria. Then, Dino and Maria left the town by boat. Carla was so angry and she also chased them, but her boat had an accident. Finally, Dino and Maria were able to be together.   This story was interesting,

  The Elves and the Shoemaker "Once upon a time there lived a shoemaker and his wife. The man was a good shoemaker and he worked hard, yet he and his wife were very poor. As time went on, they grew poorer and poorer."  The main characters of this book are two elves and shoemaker husband and his wife. The shoemaker was very poor, and finally, he couldn't buy materials for shoes.  One day, he found the nice shoes which made of the rest of materials. He didn't know who made them. The shoes was made carefully, and looked so nice.   Therefore, the shoes were bought by a rich woman. In this way, the shoes made by someone became popular and the shoemaker became rich. He wanted to know who made the shoes, so he and his wife hid to watch    in the corner of the room  who came. They found two elves coming to make shoes. Then, they made a small clothes for the elves in reward for shoes. Two elves felt happy and went back to their home.  It was good story and made me happy. 

    The Canterville Ghost "…the ghost is not happy. His job is to frighten people, and the Otis family aren't frightened by any of his best tricks. Their hair doesn't turn white, they don't run away in terror, they don't faint - they don't even scream!"  The main character of this book is a ghost living in canterville house. The ghost  tried to scare a family living there, however, they weren't surprised him at all and they tried to kick him out of the house. When the ghost was down and felt sad, the eldest daughter worried about him. She was kind to him and she helped him to go to the heaven. He felt the power of love for the first time. Then, he went to the heaven happily. I was very moved reading this book. It was long story, but this book is worth reading. I am sure many people will like it.

 Hensel and Gretel "Once upon a time there lived a woodcutter and his wife. Their early days were lived in bliss in a small wood cottage with their two children, Hensel and Gretel."  The main character is two children, Hensel and Gretel. They are brothers.  One day they were abandoned by their parents in the forest. Then, they found candy house. A human eating witch was living in the house, and she tried to eat two children, but they cooperated with each other to kill her. Finally, they went back to their home  and they lived happily. I feel sad because two children were abandoned by their parents in the beginning of this story. However, they met their parents again and they lived together, so I feel happy. This story is interesting, so I want many people to read this book.