miraculous lake. He jumped in the water instantly and started to clean himself. He could sense how the noises from his head were disappearing and the external injuries were healing themselves. The legend was true. He was so happy that he could find a cure for his disease. When he arrived home, nobody could recognize him. He was handsome and even taller. Since he arrived in the town, everyone started calling him,, the lucky boy’’ and apologized for everything mean they had done. Ioan lived a long and good life since then.
The Story of Bărăgan Vârlan Teodora, coordonator prof. Teodorescu Mihaela
Do you know the story of Bărăgan? This is an old untold story. People didn’ t call it like this a long time ago, they had to get through a painful experience before that. Maybe many of you haven’ t heard of the land called‘ The land of the King‘, but there our story started.
In‘ The land of the King’ there was a big king, rich and powerful, but he was known as’ The Unmerciful’. He disliked to be disobeyed and he used to kill everyone who was against his family. His wife, the queen, was sometimes afraid of this side of him and even stayed away when he was angry. But, behind this cruelty, he was a good king and loved by his people Soon, the queen found out that she was pregnant and she gave birth to a beautiful girl, Elena. She had a happy life until one day when her father declared that he was looking for a prince to marry her. Like every girl in the world, she wanted to love, and then to marry and live happily ever after. But the king wanted to be sure that his kingdom will be led by someone with courage and intelligence. When she woke up with hundreds of men in her garden, waiting to meet her, she went to her father but he did not want to listen. Then, when she saw her father would never give up, she locked in her room and looked in the garden. There, she saw a man behind a tree. He was handsome, very cute and tall. She couldn’ t resist, so she got downstairs and went to him.
,, Bărăgan” she said in exhilaration and hugged him. She remembered she had seen him before in her childhood but then he had disappeared. The girl was afraid that her father could see her so she left. Bărăgan was the son of the gardener and when he came there, they fell in love. Then, he left and she thought that she would never see him again. Now, it finally happened.
The next day, Elena talked with Bărăgan, and he said that they should leave together. They were about to do that, but the king found out and he killed the young man. Bărăgan died and magically, every tree, every plant and all the grass dried away and all died along with the princess’ love. The princess, in tears, blamed her father for the rest of her life and named that place Bărăgan, after her beloved boyfriend.
The princess refused to marry the ones her father had chosen and after many years she found love again, but she never forgot the love of her life.
Ștefan cel Mare- Soarele Moldovei
Ștefan cel Mare a fost unul dintre cei mai cunoscuți domnitori ai Moldovei. Mulți au aflat cine este Ștefan cel Mare sau ce a făcut el, dar puțini știu ce fel de om a fost. Prin victoriile sale împotriva turcilor a dovedit curajul, demnitatea și istețimea cu care a pregătit fiecare plăieș în parte. A fost un om strateg și diplomat. În lupte, era mânios și omora fără judecată. Indiferent că alții mai cădeau, el îi încuraja să se ridice cu speranța că vor birui. Ceea ce dovedea ambiția și optimismul său. Pe lângă faptul ca era un domnitor înțelept, a fost un tată bun. A vrut tot binele fiului său, pentru ca, într-o bună zi, să fie și el un domnitor chiar mai bun.
Nu a fost un om așa de înalt, dar, înschimb, a fost un cuceritor. Când a ajuns prima dată pe tron era doar un tânăr plăpând, cu părul bogat și ondulat. Visător, dar hotărât. Părea un om simplu ca înfățișare, dar în privirea lui era tăria omului conștient că trebuie să învinga orice greutate. A ajuns un domnitor viteaz și înțelept, de neînfrânt. Îi prețuia pe oameni nu după ceea ce erau, ci după omenia lor. Turcii, spaima popoarelor, se visau cuceritorii lumii, dar Ștefan al nostru, dârz apărător al pământului strămoșesc, nu i-a lăsat așa ușor. Sabia lui fulgerătoare, a pus dușmanii sub glie, a luptat cu o îndârjire fără seamăn. Strategiile sale de luptă au biruit de multe ori turcii. A fost un adevărat învingător, un om cu suflet ales. Cea mai strălucită victorie a avut-o asupra turcilor, în 1475, la Vaslui.
Teodora Iosub, Prof. Gabriela Dorofte, Cl. a lV-a B
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