Tuesdays will henceforth be deemed "Dewey Tuesday" in honor of the inexorable Melvil Dewey of Dewey Decimal fame. Tuesdays will thereby be dedicated to the sole purpose of education and the rejuvenation of the mind.
And I will type in a British accent. (If you play the music while reading, it will aide in imagining that my British accent doesn't keep veering off into Australian.)
Today, we will examine the Romans as viewed by precocious elementary school children for a class project.
Scene 1Brian: Unlike the Greeks, both boys and girls went to school in Rome. When a boy turned 16 he was given a citizen’s toga and his first shave. This is the story about a not so brilliant boy who becomes a great gladiator. This scene takes place during the ceremony in which the boy becomes a man.
Drew: Ouch! You just cut me!
Kelly: Sorry, but there’s always a cut or two in the first shave.
Drew: Sure
Kelly: (After finishing) Ah, you look great, now here’s your toga.
Drew: (Putting on his toga) Yes, now I can become a gladiator…….. Ah now the Great Sal Ami is in his Togo’s!
Kelly: It’s called a toga.
Drew: Togo’s, toga, whatever
Jenny: The government of Rome was smart. They knew that if the people were not occupied they would cause trouble. So, they set up brutal fights between gladiators to entertain the people. This is Sal’s first battle against the Great Turk Ey.
Scene 2Drew: You shall die you swine!
Kelly: Not likely. (lunging at Sal)
(They fight)
Brian: Needless to say, he won that battle and many more after that. But, finally he met his
"match" in the Great Pas Trami.
Scene 3Pas Trami and Sal Ami fight until Sal dies.
Kelly or Brian: Sal met an honorable end to his life.
Fin.
(P.s. Yes we did mean "match" in that way)
