Part I Pre-reading Task
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What does courage mean? it's difficult ot explain but easy to recognize. One sure test is how one behaves in an emergency. I have a poem about this i'd like to read to you. It stats with a boy asking his father waht courage means. It ends with his father being able to give him a clear answer after he has sen courage in action. The Poem is called, quite simply,

Courage
Author Unknown
One day my son asked me, Dad?
What does courage mean?
At first i simply answered,
No fear of certain things.

THen in that same instant,
I looked acrossed the street,
I saw my neighbors running,
And jumped up from my seat.

As I ran out the front door,
I saw waht had torn theri lives,
The house that ehy had built and loved,
Was burning before my eyes.

We quickly called the firemen,
ANd the minutes seemed like years,
Then they came form everywhere,
To battle our biggest fears.

They sweiftly set up their weapons,
And clad theri armor in a flash,
Then they faced the dragon,
A monster of fire and ash.

THey boldly rushed into the flames,
To face the devil and pick a fight,
Risking the very life they held,
For another on that night.

No one was trapped inside that home,
But a life may still be at stake,
For they have seen many homes lost,
And many hearts break.

So once again they fight their enemy,
A war they can never win,
For if they win the battle,
The devil runs to burn again.

But while the devil was in that house,
They walked into his lair,
Facing his evil Talons,
With water and a stare.

They saved my neighbor's home,
And the houses all around,
THey then cleaned their weapons,
Letting their armor fall to the ground.

Ir wasn't until the morning,
That i realized what all had taken place,
When i went into the house,
I saw the scar of the devil's face.

THat is when i turned to my son,
And answred his question again,
Now a wiser man i said,
WHen you think of courage, son,
THink always of the firemen.


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