Sunday, October 31, 2010

Comparing Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand

 Papua New Guinea is less advanced and less wealthy than Australia and New Zealand due to many reasons. Australia and New Zealand have a greater connection to the outside world this and their resources helped them to become what they are today. Without these they would probably be just the same as Papua New Guinea. Even though Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand are in the same area they have different resources. 
 
 Papua New Guinea is isolated from the rest of the world due to its lack of resources. The world did not want much of what Papua New Guinea had to offer. For example they have lots of jungle but few have explored it. They only had manpower because their land did not have animals like cows or sheep but the Europeans and other countries did.The only problem was that they were not interested in their land because they had nothing to give them. Now in Papua New Guinea they do have the pig but it cannot be used for its coat or milk only the meat. This is the only animal that they have domesticated.

 Their connection to the outside world was not good unlike Australia and New Zealand. They  also had an advantage Britain needed a place for prisons and Australia had enough room for them. Some of the prisoners that were let free stayed. This meant that the natives were pushed off of their land. The prisoners brought with them the knowledge of farming and many more trades. Papua New Guinea had nothing like this because they did not have the room and they only had the jungle. 


In conclusion Papua New Guinea has remained largely undeveloped. Australia and New Zealand have become more western, because they had land for farming and greater connection to the outside word due to trade with Britain.      


            

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Mud skipper

 Well it all started in a small pool my friends and I were looking for food. When we could feel the ground thumping, the kids were here to plant their mangrove saplings.OH no a foot was coming down on me I try to move but I was frozen with fear.  My friend pushed me out of the way. I watched him die in pain. The little child pulled his chubby leg out of the mud. My friend was no where to be seen.
 I thought to me self just skip. So I went as fast as my body could take me in the opposite direction of the hole left by that little child. As I was going a long there were kids all over the place getting stuck. I felt a little sorry for them but their were probably taking the homes and lives of crabs and mud skippers. My heart pounded as I skipped a long the ground. Crabs were popping back in their holes.
 I decided that I could not run from this problem every time the kids came to plant the tree saplings. I was going to try and find a better place to live. Another part of the swamp, the far end where the trees are high. I had to go back and try to save so crabs from the boots of the kids. The mud skippers from drowning in mud. What a great idea that was. I headed back to help and just like before a boot came over me it was over. I had at least tried to help. I guess it was just not my day to shine.
 There were many unhappy people and creatures that day. The crabs in peoples boots, the mud skippers dying and the people how had to walk home in crab boot or mud skipper hair. Hopefully next time the kids come we will be ready for them and they for us.

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