2007年12月28日金曜日

The elephant man


One day in1884, Dr fredrick Treves, a doctor at the London Hospitals saw a horrible and ugry picture in a shop near the hospital. The man in the picture lokked like an elephant and Dr Treves thought that he want to see the "Elephant man". Merrick, the ugly man's look was very different from you and me. Dr Treves felt like looking at him carefully. Next day, Dr treves took Merrick to his hospital and checked him.
Two years later, Dr Treves met Merrick again. Dr Treves wanted to let Merrick enter the hospital, but he couldn't , because he wasn't ill. So the chairman of the London hospital wrote a letter to the editor of the times newspaper to raise the money to Merrick a room. The readers of the newspaper gave them a lot of money and they could give him a home. then a lot of people like ladies and Queen visit him and he became very famous.
One day he went to the theater. He was infuluenced by the play, and he hoped to go to the country. He live a very happy life there. Six weeks later he came back.
Another six month have passed, in Aplil 1890, he was dead as if he was asleep.
Nex day the chairman of London hospital wrote a letter again about death and kindness of the readers.

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