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09
~ mooncake festival ~
11 September 2003 |

Rhialyn : Its dark outside.
Lily : It's okay. Its supposed to be dark when you light
lanterns, Chibi. ^^
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Lily : Here, have a candle.
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Rhialyn : No way ! Keep that
away from me !
I'm not going to touch a candle ! *runs*
Lily : *drags back* Come come, don't be a spoilsport. ^^
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Rhialyn : *cheeky long suffering
sigh*
Lily : *grins* Ahaks, come on, its a festival.
Come join in the fun ! Or else...
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Rhialyn : *grins and jumps up*
Yes, ma'am !
Lily : Hey ! I'm not that old !
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Lily : Let's try this... Take
the candle carefully and get light from the lit ones...
Rhialyn : *nods and tries* Like this ?
Lily : Yes ! You lighted your first candle ! Yatta ~!
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Rhialyn : *proud look* I lighted
this lantern !
Lily : *pats* Yokatta ne ~!
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Rhialyn : Such a nice night
outside...
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Rhialyn : ... with such lovely
lanterns...
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Rhialyn : ... and the full moon
shines brightly in velvet heavens...
Lily : O__o !!! Good gods, Chibi, where you learned that ?
You are spouting poetry !
Rhialyn : I'm not stupid, you know...
Lily : *falls over* Of course I know that...
But come on, lets go in and have mooncake ~!
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Rhialyn : Mooncake ? This is
mooncake ? What it is ?
Lily : *nods* Its a cake. ^^;; Chinese style cake ? *laughs*
Well, according to the stories, back in China a long time ago, there was
a bunch of bad guys who oppressed the people. They didn't have lots of
freedom like we do and they were really unhappy.
So one day, someone came up with a idea and made this mooncakes. In them
he inserted messages on slips of paper with plans to overthrow the bad
guys. When people ate them, they saw the message and they got ready to
help. On the night of the full moon, they carried out their plans and it
worked perfectly and the bad guys were overthrown. So now people
celebrate Mooncake festival as a mark of their freedom. ^^
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Rhialyn : Aah... That makes
today really special, ne ?
*stares off into space thoughtfully*
Lily : *grins* Here, have some Chocolate Walnut mooncake.
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Rhialyn : This piece of mooncake
is really dark XD
Lily : Try, its really nice ~!
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Rhialyn : *munch* Mmm ~! You are
right !
Lily : *grins*
Rhialyn : I really enjoyed tonight ! Lets go out again ?
Lily : Ok ~! *grabs more candles*
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| I couldn't
really get my facts straight for the story, but that's about it. XD
Anyway, celebrated Mooncake Festival back at Pa's place and it was
really fun ! The neighbours were at it too and the whole place lit up
with literally thousands of candles, like hope in the dark. The moon was
really beautiful too ! We both enjoyed ourselves a lot ! |