Monday, March 17, 2008

Book review - Clever Katya

Clever Katya is a very interesting book. The book is about a Czar who thought he was the cleverest person in Russia. But one day he was very hungry and saw a farmer eating some bread. He was very satisfied after having some of the bread because the bread was very delicious. He asked the farmer who made the bread. The farmer said his daughter made the bread. His daughter was Katya. The farmer also said that she was the cleverest person in Russia. The Czar was very shocked to hear that someone else is smarter than him. So the Czar asked Katya to do some tasks. She passed all of the Czar's tasks. The Czar then asked her to marry him. Katya said yes only because he promised that if he asked her to go back home, she could bring anything she liked from the palace. They lived happily for a year. But one night the Czar was very angry. He told Katya to go back home. So she also took something that she loved the most in the palace. Once she got home, she told her father to open the lid of the trunk. The Czar was in the trunk. The Czar was very angry when he woke up. She told the Czar how much she loved him. So in the end, they lived happily ever after.

The part that I liked the most was the part when the Czar woke up in the trunk because I thought it was very funny and it also reminded me of the movie "Pirates of the Carribean Dead Man's Chest."

From this story, I learned to respect everybody for what they are. Nobody can be said to be the most cleverest. There are all levels of cleverness. Take people for what they are and do not "test" them.

From a rating of 1 to 10, I rate the book a 8. It is an easy to read and interesting book.

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