Ellen Emerson White - Kaiulani, Ebooks (various), 2014 Best Ebooks(1)
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//-->KaiulaniThePeople’sPrincessBYELLENEMERSONWHITEScholastic Inc. New YorkJanuary 5, 1889Ainahau, Waikiki, OahuIt is a new year, and yet I am terribly sad. What I have beendreading for so long will soon happen. In just a few monthshence, I must leave my beloved Hawaii and go to Englandto complete my schooling. I knew that this day wouldcome, but I am only thirteen. I thought surely I would havemore time here, in the land of my birth. It is for the good ofmy people that I leave, but I am still very afraid.But perhaps I should start at the beginning. I am notsure that I want to keep a diary at all. Yet who can I tell mymost private thoughts, especially when I feel troubled? Isuspect it is best just to write them down in this smallbook and keep them to myself. To the world, I wouldrather present a brave, smiling face. I also feel that it isprobably better that even my dear father not know aboutthe extent of my fears and concerns. He worries so.3So, once more, to start at the beginning. I was born onOctober 16, 1875, here in Honolulu, and my full name isVictoria Kawekiu Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Kaiu-lani Cleghorn. It takes quite a lot of ink to write thatdown! I am weary now. Perhaps I shall close my eyes for awhile.If I am to be silly like this, I must truly be careful to letno one else read these private entries, for they will thinkme a simpleton.As I write, I am sitting in my favorite spot in the world,under the massive banyan tree, here at Ainahau. Theshade is lovely, the air is thick with the scent of fresh flow-ers, and all about me, my sweet peacocks shriek and strut.How funny they are! Whenever I take tea here, theygather close by to wait for the crumbs they know I willtoss them. I daresay that our dogs are better manneredthan my peacocks. Although when no one is looking, Ishare bits of food with them as well.Ainahau is the name of our home. My godmotherAuntie Ruth gave the estate to me the day I was baptized,and we have lived here since I was very small. My beauti-ful mother chose the name Ainahau, and it means “thecool place” in Hawaiian. We are right by the sea, and the4 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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//-->KaiulaniThePeople’sPrincessBYELLENEMERSONWHITEScholastic Inc. New YorkJanuary 5, 1889Ainahau, Waikiki, OahuIt is a new year, and yet I am terribly sad. What I have beendreading for so long will soon happen. In just a few monthshence, I must leave my beloved Hawaii and go to Englandto complete my schooling. I knew that this day wouldcome, but I am only thirteen. I thought surely I would havemore time here, in the land of my birth. It is for the good ofmy people that I leave, but I am still very afraid.But perhaps I should start at the beginning. I am notsure that I want to keep a diary at all. Yet who can I tell mymost private thoughts, especially when I feel troubled? Isuspect it is best just to write them down in this smallbook and keep them to myself. To the world, I wouldrather present a brave, smiling face. I also feel that it isprobably better that even my dear father not know aboutthe extent of my fears and concerns. He worries so.3So, once more, to start at the beginning. I was born onOctober 16, 1875, here in Honolulu, and my full name isVictoria Kawekiu Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Kaiu-lani Cleghorn. It takes quite a lot of ink to write thatdown! I am weary now. Perhaps I shall close my eyes for awhile.If I am to be silly like this, I must truly be careful to letno one else read these private entries, for they will thinkme a simpleton.As I write, I am sitting in my favorite spot in the world,under the massive banyan tree, here at Ainahau. Theshade is lovely, the air is thick with the scent of fresh flow-ers, and all about me, my sweet peacocks shriek and strut.How funny they are! Whenever I take tea here, theygather close by to wait for the crumbs they know I willtoss them. I daresay that our dogs are better manneredthan my peacocks. Although when no one is looking, Ishare bits of food with them as well.Ainahau is the name of our home. My godmotherAuntie Ruth gave the estate to me the day I was baptized,and we have lived here since I was very small. My beauti-ful mother chose the name Ainahau, and it means “thecool place” in Hawaiian. We are right by the sea, and the4 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]