FRANCE
I remember this sunny and hot summer day
when my brother, mom and I went to the market for a walk. We were in
Biscarosse. There was a fat lady from Africa. She had braids that were tied by
a pink band. She owned a little place where we could get our hair done and I
desperately wanted to go in. I desired braids on the left side of my head only.
I begged but my mother wouldn't let me. Five minutes later, she eventually
agreed. I was in heaven ! Once I got my hair done, I was the happiest girl
in the world.
ITALY
Looking at
this photo I remember that day when my mother told me to go to the street
market to buy some fruit and vegetables. After having bought each product of
the list, I wandered about the market. At a certain moment I heard a young
woman who cried while selling the fish. I was attracted by her voice and as I
loved fish so much and as I am very curious I got closer to her fish stand.
There was each kind of fish! But two fishes I’ve never seen before attracted my
attention! The woman answered me there were two trouts and that they were very
tasty. I decided to buy
two trouts even if my mother
hadn’t told me to buy some fish! The woman explained me how to cook them. I
cooked them, then I layed the table and when my family arrived they were very
happy. That day I discovered I loved cooking!
Cristiano
Greco
SPAIN
This picture tells me that the woman is
selling fish to pay the rent or to feed her children. I can also guess that the
costumer has a family. The picture also tells me that in this town there is an
important commercial activity, a lot of markets and inhabitants, so it must be
a noisy place.
I think, as I look at the picture, that
this society is male chauvinist because I can only see women working. It
reminds me of an Asian country, like India, for example. By the woman’s face I
can guess that they work a lot, she looks as if she was in pain, as if her
bones were aching. The people in the picture are mostly old or middle-aged. I
think all the commercial activity of this town is based on consumer products
and craftwork.
Trade gives me a feeling of freedom,
because you can choose if you want to buy or sell and besides, is very familiar
to me, as you can see it everywhere you go.
Álvaro Sánchez
GERMANY
This story happened in a small town in
France at the Atlantic Coast. The lady in the picture is the wife of a
fisherman who made a big catch of sardines last night. So, when the fisherman´s
wife came to the port this morning she was so happy to see him with the big catch.
But then, the lady had a problem. She didn´t know how to transport all the
sardines to the market. But she tried and made it quite good. Before she sold
the fish on the market, she bought some ice to cool all the fish during the
warm day. The lady hoped to sell all the fish, because she needed the money to
pay the doctor who looked after her sick daughter. The photo was taken when the
mayors son came to the market and bought two kilos of sardines. The lady was
very excited, because nobody before him bought two kilos fish. But she didn´t know
that sardines were the son´s favourite dish. The rest of the day was also very
good, she sold all the fish. She only kept twelve sardines to make dinner for
her husband, her daughter
and herself.
Lennart Wieck
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