A Day In My Life As an Ancient Egyptian

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A DAY IN MY LIFE AS AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN

Hi! My name is Shinobu. I am an eleven year old Egyptian girl. I live in the city of Giza. Here is a detailed description of what my life is like. Read on, and you will be amazed !

When the sun came up I got out of my bed…well, you can’t really call it a bed, when it’s just a blanket on the floor! I sleep on the fllor together with my six brothers and sisters. I have two sisters and four bratty brothers.

I was up at the crack of dawn to help my Mom with the baking of the bread that we would be eating for breakfast. I ground the wheat and mixed it with water, added the yeast, and proceeded to kneed the dough for about two minutes. It’s really hard work! Then I placed it on a large wooden board with a long handle that I placed in our brick oven to bake it. I like watching the bread as it rises.  When it was done my Mom cut it into eight pieces and poured out eight clay cups of wine for us. We had to drink wine today because the water in the Nile River is too dirty to drink.

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After I finished eating I put on a long white plain linen dress. I looked longingly over at my only colored dress, which is red, with shades of blue and green. I think the colors are made from different plants. I have never worn it because then the colors would wash out. It is very pretty, though!

I stepped outside to see my best friend Nephrotitia.  We played a great game of tug of war with some other kids in our town.  Our team was losing, but then we pulled extra, extra hard and won!  After that we were a ...

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