Assisi

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Created on: 30-04-13 10:55

the dwarf with his hands on backwards sat, slumped like a half-filled sack on tiny twisted legs from which sawdust might run

The dwarf is disabled, really small, deformed limbs, abit like a ragdoll, unable to care for himself, well feel sympathy, non-human

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He had the advantage of not being dead yet

poet meaning the dwarf is better of dead because of the condition he is in

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A priest explained how clever it was if giotto to make his frescoes tell stories that would reveal to the illiterate the goodness of god and the suffering of his son

Giotto was a famous italian painter, painted drawing on the church for those who couldnt read.

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A rush of tourists, clucking comtentedly fluttered after him as he scattered the grain of the word.

referring the tourists to chickens, the priest fillls their heads with information instead of helping the poor innocent dwarf.

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Whose eyes wept pus, whose back was higher than his head, whose lopsided mouth said "grazie" in a voice as sweet as a childs when she speaks to her mother or a birds when it spoke to St francis

The dwarf is alone and needs help, his looks are diseving but his voice is like angel, he is very poliet and its whats in the inside that counts

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St francis, bother of the poor, talker with the birds

St francis was a man whom helped those less fourtunate

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Card 2

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poet meaning the dwarf is better of dead because of the condition he is in

Back

He had the advantage of not being dead yet

Card 3

Front

Giotto was a famous italian painter, painted drawing on the church for those who couldnt read.

Back

Card 4

Front

referring the tourists to chickens, the priest fillls their heads with information instead of helping the poor innocent dwarf.

Back

Card 5

Front

The dwarf is alone and needs help, his looks are diseving but his voice is like angel, he is very poliet and its whats in the inside that counts

Back

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